The idea that other clubs spending more is kinda weak...Plenty of teams with less money build more coherent squads...this is my issue, it's not about what we spend it's always been how we spend it - has Lange improved on that since he's been around? You'd have to say so far, no. Villa and Newcastle have both recruited better than us yet pay less wages so that's not an excuse.
What is Lange's job?, is it just to recruit players or is it also his job to build an adequate squad and seek out the right profiles we need to improve us because from where I am he hasn't done any of these. This is my biggest issue with Lange we have had a load of holes in our squad that needs plugging yet there's 0 evidence of any joined up thinking in terms of recruitment, for example things like not recruiting another LCB to cover or push VDV, not recruiting a LB for 3 years, the failure in profiling a passing mid, the failure in not recruiting a LW, the over reliance of ball carrying midfielders etc...This is why by the way I fully believe that he turned to Gallagher when he couldn't get Jones out of Liverpool because it aligns with our transfer strategy of not really having any consistency.
I don't like the fact that he has seemingly ignored our injury crisis which has been happening over the past few years, you can't stop injuries happening but you can do your best to manage the situation and I don't believe the club or he has done that very well.
For a club to put out there and send the message stating we want to 'compete on all fronts' how can you look at this squad and think that's any way true - this is what I judge him off by the way, the state of the squad doesn't even allow us to compete in 2 competitions let alone 4 - This is why I question the decision to buy kids, if your sole focus is buying 18-24 year olds it's contradictory to the statement of competing.
