Villaninoz

It's quite obvious what has happened in my eyes. Since UEFA have bought in the financial fair play rules, Lerner and the mug that is Faulkner have decided it is a good idea and should be stuck to at all costs, unlike teams like City and Chelsea that have found ways around it. The big problem here is that we don't have the global fan base or pulling power of the big teams like united to turn over enough revenue to have a high wage bill and so he seems hellbent on getting the wage bill down at all costs to fit within the FF. they have mentioned several times in the past how they want to build a sustainable club, but I'm not sure how they think this will happen by either being in a relegation battle or even the championship? I think Lerner is to blame for what is going on as he is the owner and ultimately it must come down to him, but I do also think he is being greatly ill advised, and that mug Faulkner is the number one culprit there. For me the best thing I can see happening in to current climate is Faulkner getting sacked/leaving or a director of football coming in.

Great article in the Daily Mail with Carbone about his time in England... Click Here One of my favourite players down the years and sounds like a great man also... (Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere. I couldn't see it but if it is then please delete the thread)

isn't the rule for a loan different to this rule which is for a transfer? I'm sure I've seen players loaned to more than one club in a season before...

That makes no sense at all??? You say Vlaar isn't a centre back as he is too flat footed for a midfielder??? God you talk some shite, which i put down to you either being under 12 or just dumb!

PL you have made my life take a turn for the worse, last year under AM I had a wonderful quality of life and I think we sold get back to this style ASAP! I'd wake up on a Monday morning nice a refreshed from my weekend of early nights and plenty of sleep and now I have late Saturday nights to look forward to, currently the game kicks off at midnight, but that will soon change to 2am which isn't good when you have a 3 year old! This means Monday mornings will be a red eye affair again for the majority of the season and I will be back to my sleep deprived lifestyle once more... Thank f@ck I don't like sleeping as the way he has us playing is a joy too watch and Saturday nights are a joy once again :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Well said mate! Some people on this site are a **** joke. I cant believe the last few pages of shit I have read and shows how high the IQ of some on here is. One game onto a new season/era and it's the same bullshit! Even MCLeish got more time than some are giving PL already. I think I'll stick to twitter for my transfer news from now on...at least I can block what I want on there. This site has gone down in the last few years and is now just a whinge pit for the depressants with every thread ending up the same way. Sick of listening to retards, I'm off to going back and enjoying watching my football and the new exciting brand that PL is trying to bring to our great club.

Not a big fan of Defoe... In fact I think he is a one trick pony, get the ball-turn the defender-hit the ball hard and straight! Some go in, some hit the keeper. He does score goals, and is seen as similar to Bent, although Bent scores most of his in the 6 yard box and Defoe scores most of his outside. I've thought there is no way these two can lay together as they are Both goalscorers... But the more I think about it the more I think it could work! If you have a midfield creating goals, the surely 2 finishers is better than one? If Ireland, Holman, Bannan, N'Zogbia, Gardner etc are threading balls through the middle then surely two players like this would be the Ones you want one the end of those passes? Yes I'm stil unsure myself, but themorei think about how Lambert looks like playing us, the more I think it would work...

Really hope he starts as I think he's a player people will be loving, sooner rather than later!

Here's a great article in one of the local papers over here today. Shows that Holman is exactly the right type of player we need in the squad Here

Whys that? Because you have only seen a couple of pre season games with him in? I've seen him play more than most on here as I've been watching him play for the Aussies for a few years now. No, perhaps it is because until now he hasn´t actually played in a domestic league that is of a particularly high standard so it might be wise to hold the likening to a player like Platt a while longer. The Dutch domestic league is not even in the top 3 leagues in Europe, perhps not even in the top 5. While there are some very decent sides in the league and certainly clubs with fantastic histories the reality is the league is a long way behind the Spanish, Italian, English, German in no particular order and some might argue the French in the current day. While some players have moved from Holland to England and been a huge success there have been far higher profile players than Holman come and fail. We will have to wait and see how he gets on starting on Saturday but to try and label him the new Platt before he has made his competitive debut is at best premature and at worst just a little daft. Lets hope he is the new Platt but lets at least wait until he has a few games under his belt first, it isn´t all that long ago our American posters were telling us that Bradley was the next.... oh I forget who now.... To be honest, i haven't seen much of him playing in Holland, all the games i have seen him playing in are for the Aussie team, which admittedly has been against some poor teams, but has also played some decent ones and has looked consistent through out. The comparison to Platt is that he gets up and down the pitch a lot and scores goals, which i think is all that Platt did?? Unless my memory is fading with old age... Holman will also create goals too, which is different to Platt.

Whys that? Because you have only seen a couple of pre season games with him in? I've seen him play more than most on here as I've been watching him play for the Aussies for a few years now.

He'll be our new David Platt, runs around a lot and has an eye for goal. I think he'll do fine for us

I think all of the young ones deserve a new start and a chance to have a go under the new manager. Too many people only remember last season and how poor players like Bannan, Albrighton and even Delph looked, but did anyone look any good under McLeish? Gabby started the season on fire, but soon lost all confidence under the ginger one, as did everyone else. I think it's time to give them all a new start under a manager that will give them confidence and then see who will and won't make it. I would keep all the young guns and get rid of the old shite like Collins, Warnock and Hutton that we know will be just as brutal whoever the manager is!

Agree with the two posts above, 100%! Please no Defoe, can't stand the one trick pony.

He comes from a family of Gypsies so how anyone can expect an angel is beyond me! For me 15m would be a great buy and for those saying we need to sort the defence first, I disagree, we need to sort defence, midfield and forwards at the same time! As soon as Bent got injured last season we struggled to score goals, you simple can't rely on one forward! Now can someone pull out that old photo of him and downing holding that Liverpool scarf and change it to a Villa one and post it on the scouse scum websites so we can all have a laugh..

I told you that on page 22...

Green to QPR is pretty much a done deal, so if Given goes it won't be there...

Exactly my thoughts... Obviously idiots that try to make themselves feel better. To the OP, I would say the options already mentioned are your best bet and probably sending the shirt to a printing firm is the best of those options. FWIW I also had no problem reading your post so maybe some of these posters don't have the IQ to look over a few grammar errors...

It's been a long time, but this sums up exactly how I feel! What brilliant news and welcome Mr Lambert!

"you've got it all wrong Alex, the idea is to take teams up the table not down..."

I think I'll log off the site until Friday....when our new manager is announced! No point in getting wound up until then...

Just woke up here in Oz and thought I'd catch up with who our next manager is... ...seems like its a two way fight between a Duck and a Duct...wtf.

Why do you always ask for threads to be locked when you've had enough of it? If you've had enough then simply stop reading it...surely that isn't too hard is it? The Mods are Mods for a reason and i'm sure they know when to call it a day on a thread, the fact there is a photo of Martinez and Henry doesn't mean it is done and dusted at all. Henry will be meeting a few candidates i'm sure, and there is a possibility that Lerner has also met him he just didn't get caught on camera with him. And if i was Martinez and a couple of teams came in for me, I think i'd speak to them both to see what was the best offer for me. Until Villa, Liverpool or Martinez himself officially says something i see no reason at all to lock this thread, just because you are bored of it.

Thank god there is finally someone with a bit of sense on here...

It's obvious that it's a fake, he's lost his iPad... :winkold: