I've said it several times in the past that my worry was that there would be that initial investment that was supposed to see us qualify for the CL, then the extra money from that would see us cement our place there by adding one or two quality signings each year.
But my worry after last Summer was that Dalglish had spent that initial investment, it hadn't worked out and there'd be no more this Summer.
I am starting to be concerned that either that is the case or that Rodgers will have to 'prove himself' in the transfer market this Summer before being 'trusted' with more money next Summer, as the owners have been 'spooked' by Dalglish and Commoli's lavish spending on mediocrity.
The thing the owners really need to understand is that there is no cheap option in football. In American sport things are arranged in such a way as to try and even things out as much as possible and if the owners aren't bothered about winning in a sporting sense, they can at least win in a financial sense.
Agree Tes.
Rafa insisted on quality (expensive signings) got some bargains Arbeloa (£2 million) and signed some dross.
I would be wary of moving too far from that formula if the idea is to compete in the upper echelons of the league.
Certainly the policy of signing young (early 20s) talent for relatively inexpensive sums is a sound policy but requires a
seriously kick ass scouting set up. Again the academy should be contributing to this model going back even
further to the development of 14/16 year olds. My point is that it takes years to implement these ideas and
wonder whether they sit comfortably with the short term goal of CL qualification. The likes of Reina, Skrtel, Agger,
Johnson, Lucas and more recently Suarez are perhaps entitled to feel (if we don't get CL) heading into a WC
year that the project at LFC doesn't fit their career ambitions and because Ayre, Werner are such idiots it's
basically down to the cult of personality of the manager to avoid a mass exodus. Basically Rodgers has to hit
the ground running and take a team that finished 8th and break into the top 4 in his first season in charge.
My fear is we could end up like O'Neill (another energetic Northern Irishman) under Lerner at Villa and hit a perennial
glass ceiling of 6th
