I liked it better when we had no money

[Zezti]

I liked it better when kids worked in the factories, the average lifespan was 40 years and people only played and watched football between dying to various plagues and wars.
The 1800's were the best.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

It was much easier to accept that we were playing badly and had crap players then.

Can’t really argue with that.

Williams, Bolasie, Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Klaasen... utter dross the lot. Not a club on the planet would pay these guys what we’re paying them.

 

[Simon Buttle]

I think it is more about what you do with the money. It is clear that Walsh and the team of scouts at the club are simply not up to the job of recruiting. Just look at the RS and the way they got Coutinho from Inter Milan because he had fallen into the reserve team, Spurs have just bought Moura from PSG because he has fallen out of favour at PSG, yet we see fit to spend £40m on a player from Swansea that we didn't really need and more recently £27m on a much needed striker that the manager doesn't seem to rate. Moyes did well on a small budget when he was here because prior to starting out in management he spent a lot of time travelling round europe watching matches and making good contacts within the game, it's clear we just don't have that setup anymore sadly.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

We just had a better manager tbh.

We need a competent board of directors! Or at least someone in the DoF role who can guide the board properly.

30 years of under investment, followed by Koeman spunking millions on dross has left a mess Pep, Mourinho or Paul Daniels would struggle to sort out.

 

[Khalekan]

It was much easier to accept that we were playing badly and had crap players then.

Yip.

And we all held on to the belief that we would be challenging again when a bit of decent investment came in.

 

[Gladystweet]

We haven't actually got any money. Some helmets called Sam and Steve have spunked it on some magic beans.

 

[efcjames]

Wouldn't mind Martinez back tbf

 

[billyblue80]

Not sure if we just had better players or if they cared more

 

[Jamiednm]

Imagine a player like Cahill in the Everton squad now - a proper player and grafter and full of spirit. We don't have anyone like that now.

Moyes had his tactical limitations, but most of his signings were excellent, and I think it helped him being financially restrained.

Having said that, the Premier League is totally different now. There is just so much money in the game that we would be struggling even more if we didn't have this cash injection.

 

[ilikecheese]

The "I liked it better when we sold Arteta and loaned in Straqc and Drenthe" thread shocker.

 

[kenada_blue]

We had to spend wisely.

Now we spend £45million for a limited player who takes really good freekicks.

We're also relying a lot more on the youth team the more we spend, when under Moyes it was very rare.

 

[Professor Toffee]

It was much easier to accept that we were playing badly and had crap players then.

We had spirit and fight

 

[billyblue80]

Problem is when you have money you attract players motivated by it. We have some shocking mercenaries now. In the past we had a spirit despite our shortcomings and inferiority complex, it's gone out of the window now. The only ones who care are probably the youngsters, Rooney, Niasse and Seamus. The Moyes team cared about the club.

 

[Khalekan]

We haven't actually got any money. Some helmets called Sam and Steve have spunked it on some magic beans.

Don’t forget Ronald...... The Unholy Trinity.

 

[Gladystweet]

Don’t forget Ronald...... The Unholy Trinity.

Only remembered him when it was too late to edit.

Ronald you wasteful helmet.

I feel much better now.