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Well apart from the 11 million we are going to spend on Barkley playing on loan for us.
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In terms of our transfer business I think we have done quite well. I think all the signings are a upgrade to what we previously had. However the squad is still unbalanced with 5 keepers and 3 right backs yet we have at best 2 defensive midfielders and at the moment 2 fit strikers on the books. Central defence is a bit light given Engels seems to be injured all the time, Hause is back up at best, and Mings does not have the greatest of injury records.
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No I think he could still do a job for a mid table championship team. The problem even at the best of times they couldn't pay the wages he is on at Villa,, and especially more so with the Covid crisis affecting all teams outside the premier league bubble.
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I would stick my neck out and say that all of these players if they do move to another club would have to take a drop in wages. Which players don't really like doing so the best bet would probably be a few loans with a few to buy when the contract runs out like Lansbury.
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Who? Nyland, Kallinic, Guilbert, Jota, El Ghazi, or Lansbury? That is probably over 20 million in transfer fees for that lot. I would be amazed if we got a quarter of that back.
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23 million for someone who has only scored 10 senior goals in his fledgling career. The game's gone.
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That is far too sensible comments. Its all going to be a disaster because our reserve team lost to Stoke's reserve team.
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Agreed. I think our first XI has the potential to do ok this season however the back up looks dodgy. It just takes time to build a premier league squad.
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Concentrate on the league. It shows again that Villa often don't really know what to do with lots of possession. We had our good run last season. Ah well.
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Correctamundo. As much chance of us watching a Villa game live this side of Christmas.
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Brewster? (hopefully not millions)
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That might be a tad too attacking unless we are playing the bottom 5/6 sides.
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With the greatest of respect I don't really understand that position unless it is a player we have targeted which we can't get now but perhaps in January. Make the squad as strong as possible now to make Villa as best as we can be. The better we do the more matches we will be televised and the higher the league position we will finish, which is millions of pounds of potential extra revenue. Which is even more imporant as we have no match day money coming in.
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Why waste half a season in thinking the squad is not good enough? January is a dreadful time to do business as we have frequently shown for years. It is the home of the desperate and the needy.
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Do you mean Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood?
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Spurious Villa link-Bill Curbishley managed The Who, who was Alan Curbishley's older brother.
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Well yes but in between I wouldn't have minded getting to the Champions League and winning a few domestic cups, instead of seeing my club trend water and then decay. I am just so thankful that NWSE have a plan and are just getting on with it.
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From Lerner's takeover in 2006 to the week we lost to CSKA and drew at home to Stoke. February 2009?
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Oh god swiss tony as well. How we stayed up on that? Better times now, shown by ambitious signing like Barkley.
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I give you Kieran Richardson or Joe Cole. Was part of our no money transfer window back in 2014. We then won 3 of our first 4 and gave Lambert a new contract. Why, just why.
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Road Kill?
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Yeah but the kit isn't very good. Sack Smith and the board.
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When did William H Macy sign for us?
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Chelsea only bought for 15 mil so if he likes it at Villa and does well, I wouldn't be surprised if we get him for a reasonable price of £30-40 million next year.
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Arsenal are barely top 6 anymore. They came 8th last year and its 5 years since they finished in the top four.
