To a certain extent, we seemed to manage fine before Gravy Train Steve arrived, with his man bag and dodgy passports.
Moyes, albeit limited as a manager, had no choice, due to a limited budget and had to unearth cut price gems - Arteta, Cahill, etc.
Martinez, much as he turned into a mad man in the end, generally got it right with his signings ( I`m not including Alacaraz, Kone etc in this ).
The appointment of Koeman and Walsh in tandem, was the start of this free fall that we`re in.
We were led to believe that Walsh was the main man in Europe for his knowledge of player stats, which seemed to be the case with the signing of Gueye.
However his DOF philosophy now seems to be that of a sales rep, with an unlimited expense account on a extended European business trip.
It wouldn`t surprise me for him to be photographed in Thailand with a couple of Lady Boys on his arm.