steken1
Player Valuation: £70m
Bruce Wayne;2195895[B said:]I'd say the difference between the sides challenging for honours is that they can have both a strong first team and a strong squad[/B]. Often there's not a huge amount of difference between their reserves and their starters. Of course, you have some players like your RVPs and Toure's that are very hard to replace, but otherwise most have got 20 odd really good players to choose from.
Anyway, back to the question of Felli. Spurs and Bale are perhaps the nearest comparison. Bale won them a lot of points last season, so even though they're bringing in a lot of talent with that £80 million, will they be able to win games as Bale did? They've certainly strengthened a few areas of their squad with that windfall, but whether any can replicate his standout performances is another matter.
When the best teams by squad players they're purely doing it to offset any lost points from fatigue. We're trying to offset lost points by match winners. Tough ask.
I think the choice is a very clear one for us. One or the other. We can't afford both.