i am sick of people saying that we shouldn''t sell ashton for (it has to be said, a very reasonable) 8 million pounds, simply due to the myth that worthy cannot spend money. this is not true. simply not true. like all football managers, he has made good and less-than-good signings. but he has so rarely ever made a big purchase, that you just cannot make this claim. its ludicrous. look at the facts. the only ''big money'' (not in the chelsea sense of the word) signings he has ever made have been: 1) ashton : 3mill. Noone can dispute this was a good move. 2) jonson : about a million. didnt set the prem alight, but worthy got his money back on him. 3) doherty : again, about a million. arguably our best player this season so far. 4) huckerby : undisclosed, but probably about a million again. no comments needed. aside from that, what is there to base your judgement on? the closest after that to a big money signing i think was the 500k spent on hughes, and also on safri. hughes we probably paid too much for looking at the evidence so far, but safri was a bargain, so they cancel each other out. look at the facts, before moaning about worthy wasting money. he has his faults, certainly, but this just isn''t one of them. by the way, web team, why do i need to start a new account everytime i want to send a message? this has been the case ever since the website makeover. this is my fourth new account. sort it out, please...
