You are welcome.The Dalai Lama is wonderful, thank you We had to buy nearly a new starting 11 and squad players also, of course the club is going to have to spend a fair amount to get back into contention for silverware! Just because you have spent a lot of money doesn't mean the squad will be immediately cohesive, there is still quite a bit of work left to do on the coaching side of things. Then add in that it would have been impossible to get all of the transfers we needed in one window and it makes sense that a major overhaul would take a few years.
Just because we have a history of success does not mean that we will never have rebuilding periods. The point of the net spend numbers was to show that despite spending a large sum these last two summers it is really not that impressive when you consider how little we spend usually. This rebuild has been a long time coming and the year under Moyes made it an even more difficult task.
It should be noted that when I talked about patience I was referring to the fans, nowhere did I say the club couldn't splash the cash. I said the fans should be patient because even though we have spent a large sum of money the team will not immediately play at the highest level possible, that takes time. You are making a straw man argument, I am saying that the fans should be patient with the club because this kind of overhaul takes time. You said "For someone getting all Dalai Lama on us and preaching the virtues of patience, you completely ignored the way the club has acted in the last couple of transfer windows. We are looking for instant success, so for you teach that we need to be patient for 3-4 years for the "process" to come to fruition is ridiculous." So if I say the fans should take a patient approach then the club should also? No the club should do everything it can to get back to the top but the fans should be patient because it is a process and we are making improvements.
My counter point is that our sterile is play is not due to lack of cohesiveness but due to the defensive tactics. It's not a question of being patient, we have evidence of more than a season of football now, and the first three games have been a continuation of the same. We still look as inept against a parked bus as we did last season. The onus remains on someone to produce a moment of magic or for us to use Fellaini chest/head, if available.
The net spend figure is skewed because in the last 11 years, we also had a period after the buyout in which we weren't in a position to spend a lot of cash. I don't think the comparison is apt to show that what we are currently doing is any better than what City or Chelsea have done during the period. The better measure would be to see our net spend in comparison with City and Chelsea post Fergie.
Again, I think fans would be more patient if they saw a change in approach, just some signs that we are moving towards a more attacking form of football. On the contrary, I think our attacking play has deteriorated. The latest news is that Fellaini would be used as one of the front two in order for us to pump balls to him. That's repulsive to me as a United fan.
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