Spunking moneh away

[Guesty]

Archer started well but i'm waiting for him to do something on the ball that shows his worth. Not seen much so far.

Clayton Donaldson, Paul Furlong...Cameron Archer? Players who scored a brace on their debut but did precious little else.

 

[Balham]

The fact remains that having your most expensive player at £22m in the Premier League in this day and age is a pittance.

We judge harshly when any other Prem team with real aspirations of staying up is getting at least a couple in for £26m+ each.

More sides have record signings around £22m / €25m than you'd think.

Brentford only beat that to sign Nathan Collins (£23.5m) this summer after staying up twice.
Brighton only beat it this summer when they signed João Pedro (£30m)
Burnley's record is Amdouni at £20m
Palace haven't spent £25m since they bought Sakho in 2017; their record remains Benteke (£27m in 2016)
Fulham have only spent £25m once in their history (Seri £27m). They've a few more in the €20-25m range though (Palhinha, Mitrovic, Bassey, Anguissa, Iwobi)
Luton's record is £5m but they're not expecting to stay up.

In terms of "any other Prem team with real aspirations of staying up is getting a couple in for £26m+ each" only West Ham did and that was bankrolled by selling Rice for £105m.

Bournemouth...close (Scott £25m, Adams £24m, Traoré £20m)
Brentford...nope (Collins £23.5m, Schade £20m)
Burnley...nope (Amdouri £20m)
Palace...nope (Franca £22m)
Everton...one (Beto £26m)
Fulham...nope (Iwobi £22m)
Luton...nope (no-one above £5m but no real aspirations of staying up)
Forest...one (Sangara £30m)
West Ham...yep (Kudus £38m, Alvarez £33m, Ward-Prowse £30m after selling Rice for £105m)
Wolves...one (Cunha £44m but they sold Nunes and Neves for a combined £100m)

 

[HillmortonBlade]

We paid the price by chalking up the worst ever start to a PL season and threatening the lowest ever points total as we were embarrassed week after week.

Im glad those days are behind us..

 

[Eddie odd legs]

As I see it,Wilder started believing his own "press" & proved to have "clay feet" when his tactics we're rumbled. I.E no plan B. Also when given a " generous " budget ( by SUFC standards) proved to be guilty of unconnected thinking when paying large sums for untried players. A bit like the other Blades fan that was hired to manage the club!? At least Hecky has hired younger players for reasonable fees.