allezlesbleus
Player Valuation: £35m
Good points mate, especially about the risk about the up and coming guy even though I still think that is better for us in the long run if we could actually find him.Fair point mate…though it’s also fair to say that Benitez bought players like Alonso who were key to success.
we have had a succession of managers blow more than a quarter of a billion and we’re 10th in the table.
I accept your point though that there is always a risk in appointing a manager who won things years ago. But there is also a risk in appointing one who has never won anything.
Sadly we are not an attractive enough proposition for the current crop of top managers who are winning things at the moment.
Alonso was a good player I envied. He tends to spend a lot if he gets his way. A bit of a scattergun rather than sharp eye IMO. I think we have suffered from this over the last 5 years or so.
I am pretty sure his default style is pretty defensive. How do you feel about that if it is Allardyce type footy?