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  1. thunderball
    El Ghazi, Haus and Mings should be straight forward. Guilbert is already ours. Tuenzebe looks 50/50 or worse. Tammy has no future at Chelsea, any suggestion other than that is bullshit and talking up his price. But I wouldn’t pay more than £20m, however a lot of potential for 21 y.o. Of the rumours, I would love to see Maupay in addition to Tammy. Aribo didn’t impress me in the play off, but for free worth a contract. Justin James looks promising too. £15-20m on Isaac Hayden looks a good deal for a capable 22 y.o., also Ryan Kent for £10m would add competition for Green. Wild card: Eybil. All of this improves us without overwhelming the team structure and ethic. Thank you and good luck to: Adomah, Whelan, Jedinak, Elphick, Hutton, Bjarnason, Hogan. And good bye to McCormack, Tishbola, Bunn, Richards. If all this comes off our squad is 2-3 players smaller but massively better off. Oh, and no more loans without nailed on options, and no-one over 26y.o. Please.
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    I went and bought Champage this morning at 9.30am. It was two fingers to the hoodoo thing, I felt I was tempting fate, but just had that feeling. Thankfully it is now empty!
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    My MOTM, before he scored he looked the most likely, he was the difference and looked he was at the centre of action. He is like that, when his opposite number isn’t his match he exploits it, but can as easily be shackled with not much of a plan B. Thank Allah his A game was enough today. I hope we sign him, I hope we sign everyone
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    I plan to!
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    I think we will understand with hindsight that three years of pain was what was needed to set up the circumstances that we got promoted in a far stronger position than we possibly have ever been in. Thank God we didn’t bounce back and circle the drain again. Thank God we have serious backers owning the club with a plan. I feel the pain is over, the future feels very exciting.....
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    Jeez, I am so excited!
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    Same here, I was tidying up walking behind the sofa with the sound off!
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    Me too, I think Hourihane is perfect to bring on when we need to switch up a gear, but I worry what Mount and Wilson can do and fear they need shackling. Disrespect and under estimating them could be a mistake. Also locking down by bringing on defensively minded players doesn’t help the way we play best: offensively
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    page seems down? Anyone know if it's over?
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    I had to turn down tickets this week, they were a pal's debentures but in the Derby end. The day would have been a rush and a compromise but I couldn't face sitting in their end. I am actually dreading the game, there is so much riding on this, it feels much much bigger than last year. I think I am going to lock myself away and watch on my own at home through my fingers. Got an important client meeting on Tuesday morning so will try and resist going mental if we win.
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    How did he fair at Wednesday?
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    I thought he showed flashes of being a very bright talent, would make a great squad player I reckon, still young and learning his trade. Scored 4 goals for us. Did Bruce sign him on loan for Wednesday?
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    El Ghazi for £5m sounds good business in todays market, even if he figures as just a squad player. We paid £5m for punt on Tishbola.
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    Not far wrong with this - I think he is excellent too, without the physical presence and bluster of Mings but just as effective, and as ccomp[lished bringing the ball out. Very cool operator.. For me Ferdinand was one of the best Centre Backs I have seen, really very very good at everything except perhaps his out play (which was still very good), but his reading of the game was as good as McGrath. I think Tuanzebe is almost as accomplished but lacks Ferdi's height. If we got Tuenzebe and Mings, basically we would have one of the best centre back pairings (for the next 5 years) in British Football. I would love it but doubt it will happen. I hope Tuanzebe fluffs his chance with MU on Summer tour
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    Can anyone please summarise what our scouting team structure now is, and what their brief is on personnel scouted for recruitment is going forwards?
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    Mings: Bourmouth don’t need to sell, he is young and in his prime, we value him very highly and need a centre back. If Bournemouth have any nous they will charge us £15m, and I think we will pay it, we would be stupid not to. Hause I think his option was about circa £2.5/3m. Wolves seem to be making noises about him staying, don’t know if we have an option where we are in control? El Ghazi I think has an option at circa €5m.
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    If we go up and if we sign Mings, do you reckon Smith might play him at LB and we buy a new centre back? I can see How Mings could do very well at left back, we could also get some height along the back if we added another whopper.
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    How times have changed (sadly since we’ve been in the second tier). I actually think if we secured that lot for £75m it would be very good business. Just shows how much catching up and investment we need just to stand still. Too many loans, too many older short term signings, we have generally wasted money for 4 years.
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    Kodjia took a penalty and scored after Tammy screwed his a few games ago. He clearly has it in him. I think he would step up. I think he offers more threat than Green or Adomah even out wide, the question is will he contribute to the team ethic as others have seemed to have bought into? Green and Adomah are not necessarily in the side to score goals, but moreover to supply service to Tammy and play their part stretching the opposition. It could work but i’d say more in a 4-3-3 set up, that’s totally different to how we got to the play off final. So there in lies the risk.
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    Who is “us”? They own Villa Park not us. It’s just transferring an asset to a another wholly owned company. They buy the club for £30m, personally incur the trading loss, inject about £35m of capital into the company, sell the stadium to themselves for say £100m and you are worried. Just remind yourself they have therefore invested over £170m, how might we be concerned that they are pulling a fast one? If we were sold tomorrow with the stadium we would only get about £30-£40m. This if anything reassures me they are looking at building the club to a major valuation (read £1b+) by investing and making us a much bigger and more successful club. The stadium saga is a non issue.
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    Exactly what I thought when I read this the other day. It’s just playing the game. Any future buyer will will want the ground so they will buy AVFC Limited plus NSWE Stadium Limited as one aggregated package. TBH we were flat broke and only saved by NSWE from going into administration last year, we owe it all to them - all the bank rolling, wages, signings etc, don’t forget they turned down a decent offer for Jack when without them it wasn’t possible. If we had gone through the club would have lost control of the ground anyway. If they own both club and ground but under separate companies it’s the same as this capitalisation they have been doning since they arrived (pumping cash into the club for new shares - asset isn’t increasing in value they are ‘investing’ in the future with their own money. This is the same but it at least it is viewed by FFP as a legitimate source of income. Famous last words but they seem upstanding owners, I think they are just being smart and being prudent and the club will benefit in the long run.
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    It depends on the buyer. If it’s NSWE via another investment vehicle and their intentions are genuine i.e. long term owners and project, then it’s like deck chairs on the Titanic, but only as long as we don’t piss the cash received on some empty short term signings or mega wages. But if it’s a commercial enabler and it oils the wheels and it could give us a kick start to invest and not sell our key players then use it as a platform for the future. I genuinely don’t see how you can make a challenge on the top 6 without huge cash, the advantage they have in the monopoly of football cash precludes most from getting close. The correlation between wages and league position is almost an exact science.
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    Derby fully deserved their place, they dug a terrific performance out tonight they looked very, very good at pace and attacking the goal - a real handful that I know we couldn’t cope with. But will this Derby turn up? Will the Villa that beat them 7-0 over two games turn up as we haven’t seen them for a while either? Both teams will compete and play attacking football, bring it on, football is the winner
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    Anyone read the BBC post match write up? Wow, They are reporting on a different match - I know we lost on the night but they suggest that with Brunt they would have won, and their attacking intent was clear and evidenced by the early goal? Their 27% possession and 10 shots 3 on target (vs 73% and 24 and 6) wasn’t incurred after the 80th minute? I would like to see the stats up to their goal as I think it would be an embarrassment. They defended well, but we were below par for both fixtures. This nervousness makes me concerned for Wembley
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    Thought Tammy was shown up, he really didn’t impose himself or seize the moment. A decent Centre Forward should make space make thing happen around him if he is getting no space. He will learn, he is young, but it highlights his real transfer value.
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