interesting read.
to be fair to BR, the prem league now is a way different animal than when the 'top eight' started. back in the day, you had a small group of clubs dominating (think prem league and the top 4)... now, the prem league is much more congested... with only man utd running away from the pack... well i guess you can kind of group man city as well... however, the league has never been as close as this and I for one enjoy it. although frustrating sometimes.
but back to the topic at hand, the biggest issues i see are that BR is slightly handicapped.
1) you can improve your squad sure, but how much has it improved or 'not improved' against the other 19 teams because those teams are making changes as well.. and some of them have vastly larger sums of money to make changes faster
2) BR really only had one transfer window (winter) to bring in players that can play his style.
3) we dont have the unlimited pockets of cash anymore... think of pep when he takes over bayern this summer... He is going to have hundreds of millions to splash. BR
will be lucky to get 40mil. we'll have to sell more players to fund newcomers
4) and lastly, BR's mandate from Henry is to develop players and grow from within. What this means is that until the crop of U19s..U21s etc are ready, we really wont be able to see what BR has brought in for us. If you want instant results (instant is within a season, you are really buying talent and slotting them in and not home growing.
I personally think BR is growing and learning as well and he is doing a remarkable job. Sure not every day I like the guy and some of his subs were totally questionable, but over the year, he is making better decisions and starting with the right XI... for the most part. I think if he gets a proper chance and support, he might be around for quite some time... but as usual, we shall see
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