You said Wayne Bridge was "the only player of that ilk and wage that we have acquired" . Sensibly others refute this as Vicente, Upson and Bent are/were also extremely highly paid internationals, who signed for the Albion in recent years and were looking to rebuild their career via that route, 2...
Agreed about long term future.
We did sign players (McCourt, cog, Baldock, Colunga, stockdale, Holla, Toko, and recently BK) - that's 8 signings in a few months. Would you have signed more ? Or are you saying we should have signed better players ? If latter- I agree. And TB agrees doesn't he...
We've just invested in the future by securing new long contracts with Lua Lua, JFC, solly March, Walton, Ince and Rea.
(You can argue they aren't the future or quality players but that's a different argument)
We've also invested in world class academy facilities and the u18s this season have...
The players budget is the highest its been in the clubs history, and its reported to be well inside the top 10 in the championship.
How much more should be spending to *guarantee* success, given its his investment and it will run out one day ?
Chris Hughton has worked in football all his life , playing for Spurs and then managing in the Championship and Premier League.
Paul Barber has worked on the commercial/marketing side of football all his life - Spurs, the FA, and football teams in Canada
Head of Recruitment; Paul Winstanley has...