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Originally Posted by Dubs  I don't understand why we can't spend 6m on a player. Clearing out the hangers on should of been a priorty the minute the season ended (i know its easy said then done) but if we got rid of the dead wood thats holding is back wage wise there is no reason why we couldn't fork 6m on a decent european quality player.
6m isn't even much in todays market and i think the crosas deal was an excellent move by the club but we need somoene thats proved themselves and peter lawwell should be working us to be able to splash 6m on a player. |
It's a matter of economics at the moment; the signing may cost £6m but we then need to look at the wages. Players who cost more (because they are better players) are looking for higher wages. £25K per week is £1.3m a year so a 4 year deal costs another £5.2m and if you get 2 or 3 players a year on those wages (Gravesen and Bobo) we end up spending £5.2m over 2 years on players who haven't kicked a ball for us! WGS was right - £10m for Andy Johnston? I don't think he'd get a game for us to be honest - he's no more than an average Premiership player.
I think Strachan is right in his approach to attempt to build a young team who will last for a 3 or 4 seasons, bring success and be assets in the future should we sell them on (which we may have to do at some point).
The purchases of Mizuno, Hutchinson and Crosas tell us that's where we are going; brining Caddis and McGowan through along with McGeady, Brown and O'Dea will be IMHO a return to the way we approached the game in the halcyon days when we always brought our own players through. Dalgliesh and McGrain anyone? I know at the moment we do not have anyone of that standard, but I honestly think it's the way forward and will be TB's legacy to us; remember he fought for the Lennoxtown idea for years.
So let Lawell do his job and only buiy a £6m player if he is a £6m player and not some foreign also-ran who isn't as good as what we already have. We're not that bad a team to be honets; the stats tell us that for the last two season we have been in the top 16 teams in Europe (if we take the CL as the benchmark).