Always really poor in preseason and then inevitably start the season really slow
I know the results are meaningless in preseason but it does usually overhang into the start of the season
I don't think people mean he is too old in the purest sense. For example, if we already had Soucek I suspect people would be fine renewing his contract. I think they mean that a large transfer fee, a signing fee and big wages as a total package...