He never pushed on when challenging between top 4-6 places let alone the bottom 4-6
Yes he did. He spent an absolute shit ton of money on Martin O'Neill's dross.
Read it again!
I have. I still don't get it. When we were pushing for the top 4 he spent a lot of money on absolute shit. He backed O'Neill, backed Houllier, backed McLeish to an extent. He only really pulled the plug on spending that kind of money when Lambert came in (cue Lambert's only remaining defence).
If you create enough, yes you can.
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