- Jan 18, 2005
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What happens if they're shit? Does your argument still stand?
I agree there is no guarantee of success but isn't paying £20m for a guy with one season in the EPL even riskier?
Also, if we've got this brilliant new scouting network then shouldn't we be trusting it?
The old argument: What happens if we take a risk vs what happens if we don't
Just look at the business Swansea and Southampton have done in recent years, by boxing smart. The idea that we are too big a club to do that is peddled out ('we're going for a higher calibre of player') but it's a nonsense.