Quote Originally Posted by hopelesslyoptimistic View Post
One good thing Bielsa did was cut down the size of the squad so we won’t go down with a bloated squad and some contracts are up.

The player contracts have relegation wage reduction clauses.

We will get parachute paymentts.

We will get payments for players that get poached.

The challenges will be buying decent players to get promotion who can play in PL too.

We also need tactics that work - ergo big problem.

Think Orta is starting to believe his own publicity and should go for what happened this year.
Orta has been the architect of a recruitment campaign iver several years where the returns on investment can only be described as minimal. The squad that gained promotion was 95% in place before Orta arrived, and the additions to the squad since promotion have been if VERY limited value by whatever measure you care to apply. His performance if placed in any other sphere professional activity would have seen him sacked after less than 12 months in the post. He has squandered HUNDREDS of millions in wasted transfer fees, wages paid for players sent out on loan with no prospect of ever playing for LUFC (at ANY level) and commercial arrangements with the likes of Cultural Leonard that have devices zero benefit to LUFC, not to mention the DISASTEROUS "good bits of business" for the likes of Casilla or even worse, JKA. Unfortunately, Radrizzani is too naive to see through him, and will in all probability retain his services to "assist" in the rebuild. Looking forward to Div 1.