Same old, same old

Torres has done nothing yet to justify his price tag. He will need to score a hundred goals for Chelsea before that's the case.

exactly so you can hardly say that 70m of tallent has been taken away.

comment by Siempre Rojo aka tenemos diecinueve (U1560)

posted 43 seconds ago

exactly so you can hardly say that 70m of tallent has been taken away.
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He was worth 50m to us. Hence why he cost Chelsea 50m.

you seem to be disagreeing with yourselves

"Torres has done nothing yet to justify his price tag"
"He was worth 50m to us. Hence why he cost Chelsea 50m"

Regardless of where the 50m came from, it was spent frivalously.

comment by Siempre Rojo aka tenemos diecinueve (U1560)

posted 4 minutes ago

you seem to be disagreeing with yourselves

"Torres has done nothing yet to justify his price tag"
"He was worth 50m to us. Hence why he cost Chelsea 50m"

Regardless of where the 50m came from, it was spent frivalously.
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I don't think so. I think after spending 30m our overall squad and not just first 11 has improved. More spending is needed, to go that bit further but we have to gamble on getting Champions League.

Its ok spending money its wether the players fit in a system of play that will win you games enough consistently ..

it may be a better squad and team than this time last year but I don't think its a patch on the squad Rafa had which gave United a run for their money.

comment by Siempre Rojo aka tenemos diecinueve (U1560)

posted 5 minutes ago

it may be a better squad and team than this time last year but I don't think its a patch on the squad Rafa had which gave United a run for their money.
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Well no, as Rafa had two seasons of spending big which pushed us back up and then seasons of no spending which put us back down. Now we have spent 30m and went up a little. It is quite simple really. The problem now is when teams like Chelsea have come and just spend big amounts at one go then, it is only a matter of time before they go above you. It was Arsenal and Man United, now it's Man United, Chelsea and Man City with Spurs and Arsenal also challenging Liverpool for a top four place. So unfortunately to improve your squad beyond that of the others then you need to spend, which is what Liverpool have and what Arsenal are this season finding out.

United haven't spent big in years.

comment by Siempre Rojo aka tenemos diecinueve (U1560)

posted 8 minutes ago

United haven't spent big in years.
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Well they had a much higer starting point. Also I'm sure you'll agree that in the past couple of years you have slowly declined. It might not show on the trophy count but it does show on the pitch. You aren;t as good as you were when you were spending big. You'll have to start spending big again from next season as City will improve their already expensive squad.