Nice to finally see an intelligent and sensible post Bar, +1.
Are you saying that Bar's previous 6529 posts haven't been sensible? ;-)
Ha! That thought had crossed my mind too...
I don't have my hopes up, but I don't think you necessarily have to spend lots of money on transfer fees and wages to get quality. Finding quality for good value is down to the manager and scouting department - not just the owners. I am very interested to see how much the owners back the manager though. It could be telling.