Our summer business has cost us

Looking at the baggies team I can see they identified the areas they were weak in and then invested in those areas. They lost a couple of key players but replaced them well. They did this with a new manager at the helm, too.

We on the other hand are talking about being in "transition". That Pep needs time to meld the team. But I think back to the summer and realise what a mess we made (again) of our business. We went headlong into signing central/creative midfielders and abandoned every other position. A keeper was crucial. A striker with pace was essential. As was a good centre half and some wingers.

All of this stems from the fact that our caretaker-headcoach-now-permenant-manager didn't know how he wanted to setup his team. And I'd argue that's still the case today.

You don't need to spend a fortune to go up. You just need to spend what you have well.