Aye, because Saivet, Doumbia, Lazaar, Hanley, Gamez, Sels we're all great uses of funds. Not to mention the s**** that was peddled through here before. We may not spend big on players and signings, meaning our transfer failures aren't so costly as other clubs around, but we've wasted a fair share of budget on crap that's taken the side nowhere.
We're currently footing the bill for to some extent or another for at least four senior goalkeepers ffs, likely still paying a cut on Sels loan, and wouldn't surprise me that Krul's contract at Brighton is being subsidised to a small extent. So potentially 6, near certain 5
Jury has to be out on the three loaned in on January, but on the face of it we've instantly written off fair few million on three players for less than half a seasons work.
Clearly I'm going to get canned for stepping off the party line re: Ashley, but he can't be blamed for Charnley or whoever being f***ing inept at getting deals, and right players through the door. Guess him being in a job is down to Ashley, but whilst he's being dealt a bad hand to start with, him or whoever is running the club day-to-day doesn't need to start tearing the cards up into tiny pieces before playing.
What an absolute rectangle.