As Wilfs post has been taken over a new thread is needed.
we have spent 130m on players who we will not get a penny back from over the last 5 years which is unbelievably bad practice.
Only this season we seem to be showing any sense in buying, our policy should be:
1, never buy any player over the age of 26 unless he is a free transfer
2. Never let anybody's contract run beyond the age of 29
3. anyone with 18 months left on the contract, who has value, signs an extension or is offloaded
Stick by these rules and we wont have to really on handouts to keep from not going into administration, again

Never be Two Faced, Always Say What You Think, keep Chilled, Man

Macca has been a disaster this season so I quite see why you think the Ashley approach is best and out would be ruinous to take an eclectic approach.

?????? Have you been drinking again Lanzo?

WHAT!!! With all that lovely Bermejo on hand

There are many many economic strategies within the league. Buy young and sell on is just one of them and isn't in any way guaranteed to be successful.

Our strategies have worked so far, we're still in the premier league and we appear unlikely to go into administration.

Failures happen in every club, I read this week that a Brighton player who they bought for a club record 4 or 5 years ago has gone on a free transfer after playing only a few games. On the whole our transfer record over recent years has been excellent with very few mistakes.

If you had read my magnificent guide to running a transfer system to a mid range club, Cahill would have qualified

Never be Two Faced, Always Say What You Think, keep Chilled, Man