Quality IMO = Rooney, Parker, for e.g, a long term investment that will re-coup some of the money spent over the next 5 years in the CL because he is surrounded by other quality players of equal if not higher ability & has years left of playing and desire to win.
Phillips would be quality if we signed him 5 years ago but we all know when his legs go he will be replaced with another 32 yr old for peanuts. The transfer market is about right at the moment price wise & we get what we pay for. Net 250 k, says it all.
So what if we get Baros, when January comes and the injuries stack up in defence how is he going to help us ?
Unless the liars can produce 40 M to let us compete with the top teams then they are failures & will be until we can beat Chelski, manure & arsnail week in week out. This is Aston Villa FC not small heath & until we are the top side in Europe again no matter how unrealistic I wont be happy.
Sound unrealistic ? Well this is the point Elies started from in 1983!!!!!!!!!
Rant really over now ;-) soz