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6 hours ago, Mic09 said:

If I buy a car for £30k (not cheap) and over the space of 18 months it's value rises to £50k that is a bargain.

That's a good buy, not a bargain. A bargain would be buying a rusty car for £2k and working on it so that it value rises to £50k. Like McGinn.

5 hours ago, Keyblade said:

Nah 20m was a bargain. Bournemouth thought they were fleecing us, but we knew his qualities. Within a couple of games, Mings was an England international and his value doubled if not more. Who really got fleeced?

I envision the same with Barkley. Chelsea don't value him as much as we do. If he ends up costing 50m, so be it. He'd likely be worth it to us. 

Everyone gets into that England squad. Don't understand why it's so hard for Grealish

13 hours ago, Keyblade said:

What situation with Mings? Getting an absolute bargain?

I am pretty sure you know what I mean. It was a good buy. A bargain would have been the £15 million or less that he would have cost if an option was in place. So it was an unplanned extra expenditure that may or may not have affected other acquisitions. Are you prepared for the spending of £60 million on Barkley if the good start continues. Maybe even more. Or that other clubs swoop in? Maybe he will be the only buy next summer if his good form makes his price rice. It's about protecting the club. Not developing another club's player, that Purslow firmly stated Villa would not do again.

56 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

It's not your money?

Is that a question or a statement? Still, I can find something expensive even if I don't pay for it.

£7 million to loan.... that's too much without an option to buy. He's worth it, yet it would be nice avoid it being a situation like Mings. Keeping him took much more from the budget than it was supposed to.

36 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said:

Literally no one on that pitch gets in our side 

I think Phillips would get into the side. Jimenez, Adama too. And probably a few more.

What is Watkins doing?

Keinan Davis is not on the bench... Watkins has not been at his best. First half only 6 or 7 touches?

15 hours ago, rjw63 said:

You're obviously a young snot nosed kid ain't ya?

Maybe, maybe not

2 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

Andy Gray...the other one.......came from (or went to ) Crystal Palace, midfielder

Oh, I searched him up now. Andrew Arthur Gray! Nice trivia.

2 hours ago, Xela said:

Ivor Linton was before Walters I think 

I'm of an age where black players have always been part of Villa so skin colour has never really registered. They're Villa players and thats all that matters regardless of being black, white or any other skin colour. 

Looking back, Gary Thompson, Andy Gray and Tony Daley were the black players in the Villa team when I started supporting them. 

 

What?

Are we still reacting?

Leeds spent the £100 mill on fewer players than last season's Villa. So they are not "doing a Fulham". Leeds has made good additions to a team that has played with each other for 2 years. And Calvin Phillips is a really good player. That Grealish wasn't called up last year at all, wasn't the fault of Leeds or Phillips.

Cavani is better than Rash.....ford.

2 hours ago, Rds1983 said:

Barca announcing they have 820m in debts. Crayz figures but not in breach of FFP. Ridiculous. 

They can cover it by selling Messi

If they keep it up... next summer, Villa could be without Barkley and Luiz.... They are tooooooooo gooooooood to not be brought back

Champions!!!!!

It's easy to see that El Ghazi thrives on the left. He's a different player. He is good!

Exciting game

Manchester City didn't play a single pre-season friendly. They will be rusty the first few weeks.

Meh

1 minute ago, TrentVilla said:

He isn't even the best manager in the North West.

Ole is better

Just now, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Could genuinely go play centre half in the championship every week. 

Not enough respect thrown on this mans name. 

He can and will play in the Premier League

Alexander Sørloth wasn't good enough for a bottom side in Premier League. Yet, now he is the lead striker in RB Leipzig. Last years semifinalist in CL.

3 hours ago, Greenfly said:

They've had the opportunity to use that money to buy world class talent. We've had to use it to build practically a whole team. Different gravy.

3 hours ago, Genie said:

Much different starting points though, and wage bills.

Ole is building a new team too. Fewer players because they are more expensive. He has to sustain a team fighting at the top while doing the restructure.