The reality with CMS is the club are unlikely to recoup their investment, that ship sailed when he did not go to Norwich.
Your point about doing well to come back from the injury is questionable, as most players do now come back from those sort of injuries, especially at his age.
One overseas forward for a fee similar to what we paid for Ulloa.
We might actually sign a left back that we own for once.
Then any other forwards on loan.
Lopez had been a 6 million Euro player. Orlandi a Premier League player, Buckley was playing in the league above when we signed him. Upson and Bridge both former England internationals, Tomas a Polish international.
At present the new boys do not follow that pedigree, however that is not to say...
Your opinion.
He could change a game, but he did not want to be here, so it was correct to sell. However it would be nice to actually line up a replacement, rather than be so reactive in the transfer market.
That is true.
However prior to that Buckley was a game changer. At this stage I am not writing anyone off, but they are replacing some genuine quality and we are doing this by shopping at Aldi rather than Fortnum and Masons.
I cannot imagine that McCourt is going to be better than Buckley and suggesting he is will be heaping pressure on the lad. However it is a low cost risk with him.
I am not sure you can compare the recently dropped Hughes with the undroppable Upson.
To contribute more than Orlandi would be to stay fit.
However I am not sure Ulloa, Barnes, Ward or Buckley have been replaced yet.
I understand where you are coming on from, but with the exception of Stockdale & Holla (and at this stage is he better than Bridcutt?) none are improvements (or many cases as good as) what they are replacing.
Also Stockdale is replacing a decent keeper and cost us a fee. Now I know that we...
Reading this;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26055733
We lost £14.7m for the 2012/13 season but we are on target to meet FFP for last season.
Worrying level of misinformation in your post.