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7 hours ago, paul514 said:

We signed two players for about 20m.......... that could have been spent on a midfielder. We could have loaned someone with an obligation to buy in the summer.

Sorry but no.

Maybe we tried to get a player on loan with an obligation to buy but clubs weren't willing to agree to such a deal? It's not as easy as we say we want someone and therefore it happens.

5 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

I think we can play Pau and Luiz in the double pivot now Carlos is back. But if it's Timmy time, sound.

Has Pau ever played in midfield? If he hasn't then I don't think the knockout stages of a European competition is the best time to start experimenting.

4 minutes ago, paul514 said:

Yea that’s from my post on page 21 bringing reality to our situation 

Not everything is about you

6 minutes ago, villarule123 said:

He better not be injured again. 

Well I doubt Emery would just take him off for a laugh.

If we need to make sales this summer to comply with whatever bullshit financial rules we're struggling with, how much do people think McGinn would fetch?

Fully expecting people to not want him to be sold but when you consider he's 30 this year so he's approaching an age where we won't get a higher sale figure than we probably will if we sold him this summer.

His stats are good but he doesn't score/assist in high numbers. Plus we paid peanuts for him so if we got £40-£50 million for him that would do wonders for ffp.

Not saying I want him gone, just wondered about other people's thoughts? 

1 minute ago, paul514 said:

He’s a centre back isn’t he?

we need a fifth choice 

Left back i thought?

1 minute ago, Tom13 said:

I would genuinely rather play Hause over Chambers.

The same Hause who made 3 championship appearances last season and who hasn't played yet this season? Behave.

45 minutes ago, paul514 said:

One is making some bets on prospects
The other isn't hindsight we had ONE DM, it was obvious we needed another

I'm surprised you don't work in football in some capacity seeing as you seem to be the oracle.

18 minutes ago, jimmygreaves said:

As wonderful as Bailey has been this season and exceptional in recent weeks he's been objectively terrible for the majority of his time here.

His uptick in form has coincided with new contract negotiations it would appear.

I really hope the two aren't connected.

Or it could be that he's finally being coached properly? No need to be negative for the sake of being negative.

8 minutes ago, calcifer said:

Don't think we would get 16m for him. How long left on his contract? Was it a 5 year in 2020? So will be entering the final year next season? So no chance we are getting 16M. 

He signed a new contract in June 2022 which runs out in 2027.

So Matty Cash has been here for a while now I think we paid about £16 mil for him? Suppose we sold him for the same amount as we paid would that have a decent impact for us FFP wise?

Just now, The_Steve said:

I’m guessing the immediate replacement is Xabi Alonso 

Good shout!

I hope Liverpool don't look at Emery to replace Klopp.

4 hours ago, M_Afro said:

Loans almost always have a unilateral break clause in favour of the loaning team. That’s why we were able to recall Azaz and Hayden without Plymouth being able to stop us.

If Villa are due compensation due to an early callback then it will be Barcelona who have to pay it to Villa. Villa don’t have a contract with Milan. Milan would then have to agree a payment with Barcelona to compensate Barcelona for their loss to Villa. That’s why it’s incredibly unlikely to happen and most likely bs.

Didn't we pay a fee for the loan? If we did then there's unlikely a break clause as the fee we paid would have been for a full season.

Awful tonight.

Grealish suspended Wednesday now too!

Should have scored today. Didn't. I don't care though, 3 points are 3 points and it'll just make Ollie more hungry for next weekend.

5 hours ago, Keyblade said:

Going to need a breather soon. Very pleasantly surprised by how good he's been. Also bodes well as I think Moreno coming back will make us even more deadly on that left hand side.

He's not playing internationally is he? So he's just off the back of a 2 week break and the international break before that wasn't that long ago so hopefully he should be fine until Moreno is back to give us another option.

Injured? Not on the bench today.

20 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Frimpong should be our no 1 priority whether thats jan or summer. He looks fantastic 

Hasn't he just signed a new 5 year contract?

How many years did he sign a contract for?

14 minutes ago, Troglodyte said:

That lion is a great advert for L'Oréal hair dye. Is the guy in front of him someone from the Sopranos?

Looks more like Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker.

Saw someone in the pre match thread refer to him earlier as Dendonkey and i thought it was a bit childish but genuinely what does he do? Is it the shirt that makes him look like he's running with lead weights in his boots?

2 minutes ago, Paddywhack said:

Sat here thinking about the hoops I had to jump through to get TNT on Virgin Media today.

1st world problems.