Elm Park Pasty I thought we had done alright to be honest with the business we had conducted, but now I am not so sure. I guess only time will tell, but when you look at the money QPR are throwing round, Sunderland are buying big. I am just wondering a little if we will look a bit lighweight in the coming months. Even NCFC are apparently in for CMS (his head rears again, not that I would want him!!), can we really say we are happy with what we have?
Thing is, I think the thing a lot of people miss is that, with footballers, you're not buying a "known quantity".
You cannot say "if we spend £"x"M it will add "y" goals, or prevent us shipping "z" goals - what you're actually buying is potential, and that potential is not always realised. Andy Carroll anyone? His transfer fee to Liverpool translates to a little more than £3M per goal - I'd argue that (although Liverpool overpaid in the first place) he hasn't reached his potential at Liverpool.
It's all very well to talk about QPR, Sunderland, Southampton, Norwich etc spending more than us, but there's no guarantee that their money will see a return...in many cases it may well not (CMS hasn't exactly set the World on fire at Brighton - is he really worth similar money to what WBA paid for Long? I doubt it.).
With us, Brian has told us he knew what his targets were, and got them (I believe that there's a large degree of truth to that). Much better that than running around with 36 hours of the window left throwing money at "potential" to keep the fans happy.
As Brian would say, we've brought in players that add to our "group", we've done it early, and we've not created any "egos" by making late, extravagant, moves in the market....
I'm pretty happy with where we are myself....