Ofcourse there are busts if you pay big money. I'll even give you a recent Liverpool example: Robbie Keane. But the likelihood of getting a top player is HIGHER if you spend more money. If you are happy with us assembling a bargain basement squad then you are effectively tacitly agreeing to the Americans being in charge. We are Liverpool and our manager who got us into 2nd place should be supported with a decent transfer budget.
Rafa wanted Michael Turner. His second choice was Matthew Upson. If we can't afford these players it's a plain disgrace. As for Maxi, you've just repeated my point: "remains to be seen if he can do the job for us". Wouldn't you have been more confident if it was David Silva or someone like that we signed? When I first heard Maxi Rodriguez coming to Liverpool I was excited. But then it hit me: he has the name but why are we getting him for next to nothing and why aren't Atletico keen to hold on to him? Think about it.
Could you quote me where I said that I was happy about Rafa having to be fucking shrewd and get bargins in the transfer market and could you quote me where I said i was happy with the ownership?
Maxi on a free is shrewd business, he's an international, he's played at the highest level, he's not some chump from a 3rd division of a random country.
No one on this forum is happy about the way that the club is being run, but don't you sit there and try to make yourself better than others on here by suddenly changing tack and making it about the owners. You wrote a bit on Maxi that was unnecessary spouting off about his age.
If he pops up with goals now, are you going to sit there and go "Well, i'm not applauding him, he's too old". I bloody well hope not. In fact did you do that after his one touch pass for N'Gog against spurs which gave us a penalty?
You're acting as though he's washed up and had a limb removed.
Perhaps, he was unhappy at Atletico and now has something to prove here, alongside his 2 international teammates. you think about it and stop attacking players that have only just arrived. it's pathetic.