Wasn't sure whether to put this on the transfer forum or here, but here seems more appropriate.
After reading the Donovan thread on the Transfer Forum, and noticing the massively obvious split, I couldn't help wonder if there are so many new fans amongst us now that they only want big name signings, or if it is also a combination of older fans who feel it is our right to only get big name signings, possibly through decades of garbage?
My personal point of view is that not so long ago, and i'm talking as near as 3 or 4 years ago here, we were buying players like Samaras, Musampa, Beasley et al. Further beyond that the ones who remember the dark days remember the Lee Bradbury's, the Wassell's and the Simon Traceys of this world. My point of view further goes onto express that we are now in the mix to buy the Tevez's, the Yaya Toures, the Balotellis etc, BUT that doesn't mean we shouldn't be looking at players like Donovan to either enhance the squad, or to make the first team gel with his 'average' presence, or work-like rate presence if that is a better phrase. 4 years ago, being linked with Donovan would have been amazing, and I see nothing at our club, (other than players currently, {please remember that word}, here for the money), which has changed which shouldn't mean were should not be pleased to be linked with Donovan. Many posts on the Donovan thread came across as either posters with a complete lack of knowledge, or they just think we should only be linked with the big names because our owners are rich. Disassociate our owners from the brand of MCFC, and we are still a trophy-less club, but a trophy-less club who has massively rich owners. United brought in Park and they have Fletcher there already, and that, to us, would be the equivilent of Donovan. Park and Fletcher do the jobs no-one likes to acknowledge, and are not, (other than in his homeland in Parks case), massive names which get the blood racing. We NEED players like that, (Donovan), to get us into that position to challenge for trophies. We can all acquire a club on CM and buy multi-million pound signings for each position, but the liklihood is it will fail, miserably. Players like Donovan gel teams, they make them tick, but most importantly where we are right now, we shouldn't be getting above our station thinking we are better than players like that, and some posts on the Donovan thread indicated the authors of those posts think we are better than that.
What do you all think? Do you think we have an element of fans who think we should only buy the big names?
All this is in good faith towards ALL posters, not slating anyone if they do believe we should only buy the best. :-)
