Dante_Lockhart

RJA1703: Bills

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YEAH!

I'm so getting that purple training top.

You know what? **** it, i'm bored.

Realistically, this is how i'd like to see our team looking at the end of August;

----------------------Frey----------------------

Isla---------Davies-------Dunne----Warnock

----------------------NRC----------------------

-------Milner-------Hamšík---------Young----

----------------Honda--------------------------

---------------------------Gabby---------------

Subs: Friedel, Cuellar, Young, Petrov, Albrighton, Carew, Delfouneso

I can dream though. *makes team on FM*

I'd like us to look at Slovakias Marek Hamšík. Young, plenty of experience for his age, captain of his country and an amazing talent.

Napoli themselves only qualified for the Europa League.

Cheers BOF

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Manchester City are set to return to Aston Villa with an offer in the region of £24m for James Milner and at the same time make it clear that they have no intention of meeting the Midlands club's asking price for the England international, which is closer to the £30m mark.

City, who had a £20m bid for Milner rejected in May, remain determined to sign the former Leeds United trainee but are prepared to turn their attention elsewhere if Villa stick to their higher valuation.

Milner held talks with Villa about his future before heading to the World Cup and is not due to return to the club until 25 July, after being given an extended break following his return from South Africa.

Villa are keen for the 24-year-old to extend his stay at the club but they have yet to make a new contract offer to improve his existing £45,000-per-week deal. City would be in a position to offer double that sum

24million? Would you accept?

So at the moment 11 of those players won't be registered? Could probably name them too lol

The FA need to bring in squad caps. Stop the Sugar Daddy'd teams buying up all the talent with their limitless funds.

Say, 26-30 registered players for the season.

Ummm...you know that they've already done that with a squad size of 25?

When was that?

why would somone turn down £80k a week to ask for £100k a week?

Or more to the point, if someone offered you £100k per week why would you turn it down to sign for £80k per week?

because £80k a week doesnt exactly make you poor, these arent guys on the breadline trying to ensure futures for their kids

if you were talking those figures a year i can understand it, but when players are making huge sideways steps or even backwards steps to city i find it hard to put it down to anything other than greed

That doesn't answer the question.

If you were offered £100k per week or £80k per week, which would you choose?

It's very well sniffing at it, but it's their living. They are going to try and do as well out of it as possible.

It depends on the variables. Does the place offering 80k a week have it's positives? i.e. Travelling time, location and area, reputation etc...

For example, living in Dudley, if West Bromwich Albion offered me 80k a week to play for them, and I had Stoke City offering 100k a week to play for them, i'd accept the WBa offer.

I'm starting to change the way I feel about it.

It's just getting frustrating and disheartening with the insane amount of cash being thrown about, the inconsistent refereeing / FA investigations and bans, the diving and cheating, the press and reporting... I find myself getting more angry with the sport than actually enjoying it.

Bring on the NFL season.

The FA need to bring in squad caps. Stop the Sugar Daddy'd teams buying up all the talent with their limitless funds.

Say, 26-30 registered players for the season.

We need a 16yr old Rooney coming through our academy basically.

Reality, have I missed something? Where has Milner given the signal that he wants to leave?

Vanguard is where it's at

I'm going through Mass Effect again at the moment and getting a save to carry over to ME2.

I have to say, going back to ME made me appreciate the changes in ME2 a whole lot more. They really did improve on all aspects of the game.

This is pathetic from the lot of you.

Yes, can`t see the point of 190 pages of pure speculation.

Please explain to me, in no more than 1500 words, exactly why SWP is no better than our current right winger.

Never in my life have I ever seen any of the current Villa wingers perform as poorly as SWP did at the world cup. And people were surprised. Shaun 'Im going to dribble down a blind alley' Wright-Phillips.

The guy is totally clueless

So you're basing your opinion of SWP from a handful of appearances (mainly sub) at the World Cup?

Please explain to me, in no more than 1500 words, exactly why SWP is no better than our current right winger.

SWP for 7million. No more.

This is **** pathetic from the lot of you.

The Milner situation is stalled, we have rejected their bid and until they get really silly he aint going anywhere but Villa. Milner will negotiate a new deal with Villa in th e next 2 weeks, probably a one or two year extension to his deal and a near doubling of his wages.

:!:

I think we should go after Belhadj. Pompey have just gone down and need money. And he really impressed me during the World Cup. Only 28. Would provide much needed competition for Warnock on the left.

We only need to find a Bengals supporter to complete the AFC North division.

Man Citeh will be the reason why the game dies IMO. Money is ruining the game and in order to compete at the top level you need it in vast amounts. Without you cannot compete.

Everyone knows this and you cannot blame players for wanting to make the most out of it.

I find myself agreeing with you Richard... this feels weird :winkold:

In all seriousness the financial side of the game does need looking at. I'm sick of the 'but footballers only play until they're 35!' argument. When they finish footballing they can get a job at ASDA or something. People seem to think footballers have some divine right to not work after their playing career ends.

We need to implement some sort of salary cap definitely. Sugar Daddies also need to be kept in check

We need to seriously look at Keisuke Honda. That guy is amazing. He can create chances out of nothing.

No.

Just sterilise all smokers.

a bit extreme? they could just stop smoking instead.

They won't. They're weak.

I'm having no problems quitting so far. Only 9 days in, but still.