Granted, plenty has. But on the fundamental question of our ability to compete with the best for the top prizes, where do we stand vis a vis the Doug era?Seems to me, not much has changed. We sell our best players; we ask managers to sell to buy new ones; we give the impression we don't want to go the extra yard to compete for the top prizes; we patronise fans with a lot of flannel about our "ambitions"; managers and players leave/want to leave stating/implying all the above.Your thoughts.
Well we're not having players leaving who cite ambition and then join West Ham or Boro anymore, so progress of sorts from the latter end of the Herbert era.Unfortunately, until we nail a CL place ourselves we're one of many clubs vulnerable to losing our best players to sides directly above us. One minor consolation may be that after Downing -and possibly Bent- I can't see any of the players currently on our books attracting that kind of attention again for a while. So we might actually have a bit of breathing space to build.
Quote from: eamonn on June 24, 2011, 04:57:43 PMThe gap has got too big during Lerner's tenure. I wonder how we would have fared had he been at the helm a decade earlier.A decade earlier Doug was investing a similar amount in the squad as Lerner has, in relative terms.
The gap has got too big during Lerner's tenure. I wonder how we would have fared had he been at the helm a decade earlier.