Let's not turn this into a Rafa-bashing or even a Rafa-support thread. It's purely to see the differences in players he would sign and how our team might look. If Rafa was still around and had a huge pot of cash to spend, I think his team for August might look a bit like this:
...............................Reina
Johnson......Carragher......Albiol......Lahm
.................Mascherano......Martinez
Gerrard.................Suarez...............Mata
............................Aguero
With £100m+ to spend, the above team would be easily attainable, and in my eyes, capable of beating anyone. (I certainly think it would beat any team consisting of henderson, carroll and downing)
I don't think we would have seen the likes of any of the youth that kenny brought through this season though so there are pros and cons.