Well firstly I don't think your past **** ups are relevant reasons as to not to spend now. Also as 'the plan' is to spend what we can afford, we could build on our 10th place, finish higher up in the league and secure more TV revenue. With a world cup coming up in the summer we could find an increase in fees and wage demands of some of our targets and finally it gives players a chance to bed in and allows the team to have a better chance of starting stronger next season.
Ok, let's say you have 10 apples, you give Aston Villa 2 apples. Aston Villa gives those 2 apples to a bunch of average footballers whose wage demands mean you lose a further apple every year unless you sort it out. You then do manage to find someone to sort it out for you, but it takes 2 years.
How many apples have you got left?
Are sky TV giving me a load of apples each year?
Yes...but the average footballers are eating them....and the extra apples Randy puts in from his own orchard.
At this point? I thought our apple books were balanced and the lazy Irish apple eater went to stoke to get his fill from now on.
That may be the case (I have no idea) but why, having just balanced the apple growth/consumption number.... why would I go out and find another apple eater just to make so I can keep some apple eating enthusiasts happy, putting myself back into apple defecit when I have spent 3 years trying to avoid that exact situation.