I disagree entirely. I think that PEH, Reg, Doherty and CV are here to do what I suggest. What I suggested is that they are here to try and help us WIN things. We become attractive by winning thing, and yes, if Hart can be better cover for Hugo than Gazza can, that helps too.
I am not sure how attractive we become by winning the League Cup or even Europa and don't think we are likely to win anything more than that if we even win those.
I don't see us ever being in the top group of teams so we still need to rely on building a solid squad that has good players, rather than just buying guys all the time.
Why? And where do you find this quality 24-year old, who hasn't already been tapped up by one of the teams who keep winning things? The whole point is that Doherty is an upgrade NOW, not in 2 years' time, who can give us what we need to try and win something right NOW.
You keep typing NOW which is short term. I agree he is a short term add. The best way for us to find that 24 year old is to identify him when he is younger and bring him in then rather than reactively buyinhg a 29 year old to fill a need. Maybe what we do is when buying Doherty also buy a 20 year old RB that can develop into his replacement, then we can have the NOW improvement with some long term planning as well.
Do you not agree that Doherty was a strong addition to the squad? Do you think it was a Eric Nelson signing? Cause I don't. I see it as getting in the man who fits the way that the coach wants to play, and which he thinks will actually win us some stuff. We can't base our entire ambitions eternally on potential; sometimes you need to get in older players who can do what you need right now, to help provide a platform for potential to be realized in others.
He was a fine addition to the squad and an upgrade on Aurier but I don't think he is anything close to a world class talent or at a level we couldn't have got with a younger player.
They will if they win things for us. There is absolutely zero chance than signing another young 'hopeful' is going to make us more attractive either, and much less chance of it paying off in the short term.
That is a massive IF, both in terms of us winning anything and in that making a lick of difference.
Like I said. Make this short term successful, and the long term is already serviced by that. And if not? It's not any different to what we've already been doing, is it? Or is your complaint merely that we will have to engage in the transfer window again in 2 years time?
My complaint is that good teams make decisions for both the short and long term. That we can make our team competitive now, while at the same time adding guys that will be here for the long term.
I still don't get what your actual complaint here is...
I think it is pretty clear, my concern is that in two years we are going to need replacements and upgrades for everyone we have signed so far. That, to me, is not long term planning, I understand that their focus is the short term right now but I was talking about the long term.
I also don't buy your idea that hoping on winning things will make us some sort of desired clubso we can ignore making long term signings or plans for our club.