I disagree. They said when they took over that they were looking at a long term plan to regain our status as a top club. They mucked up originally by thinking they could just spend a load and break back into the top 4, but our players like Downing, Carrol, & Adam failed us and we had to rethink the strategy.
The players you mention and the disastrous consequences involved prompted our owners to introduce their long term plan, which basically entails not spending big money on signings as with the players mentioned .
The owners appointment at that time as 50% management team with KD was Damien Comolli, this fact is conveniently omitted when finance and FSG appear in the same paragraph, as luck would have it his appointment and subsequent dismissal led to stringent financial constriction and the leaving of Mr Dalglish in questionable circumstances. Who did that benefit I wonder?
It was good fortune of incredible proportion that our saviour BR was appointed, yet FSG seem reluctant to revise their extended project to accommodate the aforementioned good fortune.
Irrespective of whose money is used, FSG's, the shareholders or capital acquired in lieu of the club's success, the rewards are there for the taking.
Since then, the recruitment strategy has been very consistent:
- Buy talented young players and build a squad with good chemistry and understanding over time
- Don't pay over the top in transfer fees or wages in order to limit the risk factor associated with player transfers
- Tie the best players and key contributors down to long term contracts (Agger, Skrtel, Gerrard, and Suarez have all been given lucrative long term deals in the last 2 years)
FSG have had a positive impact on almost every tangible aspect of the club. We are playing better football, we have a better playing staff (on lower wages), we have increased commercial revenues, and they just unveiled the stadium expansion plans. They also have us on the brink of winning our first league title in over 20 years, and we are guaranteed a spot back in the CL next season which we have not been a part of in 5 long years!!
We have one of the smallest squads in the Prem, I can't imagine that is any ones intent - in a footballing context at least.
The manager has done an unbelievable job on the budget he is forced to address, the demands of the CL are beyond miracle workers.
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