Quote Originally Posted by redwah View Post
Mate if you think Tinkler put in bucket fulls you are kidding yourself....nearly as much as you do about Middleby having any real say in how said cash is spent.

The fact that heskey came here was good though if we could afford better scouting we could get a better marquee, if we could afford more wages we could have a better international marquee and a better Australian marquee thus improving the squad and hopefully the results leading to an improved reputation and better possibilities to sign better quality players....it all flows from money.
There was nothing wrong with the level of funds provided for a Marquee. Who else has been outspending us other than Smurfs the last few years for Marquee?? No one. The other clubs have just got better value from theirs.

Problem lies with the coaching scouting and management positions and the poor decisions they make. The decision to sign Heskey and then play the way GVE had us and not to Heskeys strength defies logic.
The decision to sign Culina was not a bad one as such. If we were getting the bloke who had been a Socceroos and Eredivse stalwart and not the injury riddled bloke we got. Unfortunately the brains of our club did not check that a bloke who was recently injured was fit to play before signing him.

Money is not required to be successful in this league at all. Brisbane have won 3 of the last 4 comps and aren't wealthy