QUOTE(dillonyong @ Sep 3 2012, 09:43 AM)
We can afford Dempsey. It's not about the $1million extra we have to pay. It's about refusing to pay.
The club felt that we were bullied in this situation, hence refuse to pay.
We can also afford Drog's wages after releasing 9 players and recruiting only 3. The question is, will we do it? I doubt the present management will be so generous.
I think the hierarchy was a little emo when refusing to pay that extra mil for Dempsey. on the other hand, i felt we are suffering for the the previous regime aborted plan. We were chasing Adam for 2 window and now he is gone. Out record signing Carroll loaned out. The case of Carroll going on loan is more like we refuse to bulge yet we want to reduce wage. It's all about the money now. We threw away a truck load of cash recently, now we are faced with the consequences.
Its a harsh reality but this is a good example of the club is a business first and a football club next.
I don't like the idea of saving a mil and loan Carroll out when we only hv 1 experience striker who is not exactly scoring and 2 young striker. I don't fancy Carroll but we have him and yet loan him when we are thin.
Its gonna be a long and testing season this one. the good thing i see is apart from our opening match, we didnt play bad against City and Arsenal. We were unlucky against City not to win. Against Arsenal we sorely miss a lethal striker.