Saw a quote in the Mirror(?) yesterday along the lines of, "We need to be successful on the pitch before we can start to invest in players". What does that even mean?
Edit: Found the actual quote...
"Ten years ago, we would be able to rival [the likes of] Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool in terms of transfers but that looks difficult at the moment, until such times as we can grow the club and, on the pitch, show we can bring some success. Then we can keep our better players and build on that."
The logic here is surely backwards. We need our best players and keep improving the squad in order to have success on the pitch, surely? If we can be successful without investing in players then surely we're working some kind of voodoo shit.