that summer's buys, Stewart Downing being one of them, has turned into a total public embarrassment for dalglish (and comolli). And is ruining the club financially. It's bad enough football-wise; but even worse given that they can't be got rid off easily.
As we feared would happen, did happen and has happened. We said we were worried that FSG would give Dalglish 'the pot' to spend. 'The pot' being a one off transfer fund designed to propel us back into the top four, and that if they did that then there'd be precious little to follow. All of that has happened.
Now that one-off 'injection' has been well and truly squandered, and in fact has probably taken us backwards in terms of squad and team quality.
The next thing it will do is cost us again as we make huge losses on the original fees paid and have to pay huge contract settlements or continue to pay a large percentage of their salary at their new club, so whilst we've been paying them instead of the right players, we'll also have less to spend over the next two or three seasons as our salary budget takes a hit in paying up or continuing to pay all or a portion of their salaries. Money that, once again, can't go towards other players.
Hodgson did relatively minor damage in terms of the players he bought in comparison to what Comolli and Dalglish have caused. Purslow's signing of Joe Cole was bad, but the Comolli/Dalglish axis blew Purslow out of the water.
If Rodgers get's any financial support he needs to do much better than he has with Allen, Borini and Assaidi so far. Time
may give that trio of purchases a different reflection but we don't have time, or least time to keep attempting to right wrongs rather than actually start to put things in place that move us forwards.
Whilst Rodgers still has to deconstruct Dalglish's mess, he can't afford to simultaneously start making his own mess that either he or someone else has to try and clear up.
It's very early days for the scouting additions the club brought in during the Summer, and it's possibly unfair to lay blame yet, but if the names we've been linked with turn out to be anywhere near accurate, then you have to wonder why we bothered and add that to the huge sum of money this club has wasted in the last few years.
