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20 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

If this happens do I get any ITK internet points for being so sure about it last week? 

You will basically be banana of VT

1 minute ago, rayk said:

So why is 20m out of our reach then?

 

The way this works (get a pen and a notepad kid , your gonna write this down)

20m might be the release fee 

Players agent leaks this to the club's that his client is interested in joining (this shouldn't really happen but it does)

We are now sitting over here ( that's us) we know the player has no interest in joining us , so we decide we shall not bid

2 hours ago, WallisFrizz said:

Twitter says Romero is now linked to Chelsea and we’re asking about Spurs back up keeper.

Wouldn't be in United's interest to let him join Chelsea for the money being talked about, they would probably just run his contact down before selling to a rival

2 minutes ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said:

To be fair, it only seems to be when we're interested that their demands begin to grow exponentially with every article.

West ham walked away from them when tried fleece them for Hogan , lucky for them someone else was willing to pay

4 minutes ago, jonjon said:

Take it from me you can trust "Banana" or "Nana" as he is affectionately know by most Bees supporters , he is definitely ITK on club matters as he runs our GPG website, I trust him to be right most of the time.

Ya from what I've read he gets a bunch of stuff right over on that site

Not the most exciting signing but let's get it done , send samatta on loan to somewhere like Celtic where he will look like a superstar in a shit league and recoup a fee for him next summer

Just now, paul514 said:

A crazy price for Watkins and a market rate purchase for Edouard.

I like Édouard aswel and think he would be excellent signing but really has he been tested anymore than Watkins , Scottish League is shocking and I've heard people say he has played European football but in all serious, while he has been at Celtic they have never qualified for group stages of champions League

Mixed game tonight for Ireland, passed the ball well most of the night but gave ball away for the Bulgarian goal , 90 mins in him though is only a positive for us

10 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

As many have stated already, I am not sure £20m on this lad would be a sensible signing imo.

Obviously I will reserve judgment until all of our business is complete.

 

Tend to agree , no doubts that having a player with a bit of prem league experience would definitely benefit us , if it was 10million I'd say it's a no brainer but 20 million for a guy with his injury record and also a fairly poor goal scoring record just seems a bit mad 

21 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Can't understand people turning their nose up at this to be honest.

A keeper of Romero's quality to compete with Heaton for the number one spot. And for £8m?

I don't see the issue

Some people can't get excited till we sign some random player that none of us have heard of from a league god knows where for stupid money

Could be the type of guy with mates that can play football , let's get him in and open his phone book on the letter m

Just now, Tomaszk said:

Must be coming here.

Why would you bother? Why is he checking?

It's been close for ages.

As far as I know , if you are tagged like the guy did in his original post you get notified

7 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

I'm old and can't work instagram.

Has Watkins actually replied to that picture?

That's a great sign if he has. Why would he get involved otherwise?

Ya it's his acc that replied alright 22k followers

3 minutes ago, samjp26 said:

Shocking to see him still not called up despite other players being called up to fill slots. I don't really care about the England team but it's ridiculously unfair on Jack, especially after the way the England setup persuaded him to switch from Ireland. What was the point?!

As an Irishman and I love jack but I'd not be behind him returning to the Irish setup , when he switched allegiances he made his decision which at time I really had no problems with, but returning because of not being called up by England is not a reason I want to see a player play for my country, of course I see the hilarious side to this as for years we have picked English guys that have not been good enough for English team but when I see a young player who dreams of playing for Ireland and think about him not getting capped for a reason like this ,it just doesn't sit well with me

1 minute ago, nick76 said:

Think you are commenting on the wrong comment.  I haven’t mentioned process at all.  As for cheapskates I mention that because we should be shopping for quality not in crap shops (wasn’t inferring cheapness just quality).  These players mentioned are definitely not cheap especially compared to their quality.

Why are we trying to buy the best of the Championship who are very expensive we should be buying quality players.  We have the money but we are spending it on overinflated priced in cheap stores/leagues.

Our finishing position last season dose not help matters while trying to recruit , we basically have 3 options ,

Option a is the cast off premier League players that are probably older and on higher wages ,

Option b is championship players who are thought to be playing at a level below they are capable, think I'd include Scottish prem players in same pool

Option c a player from abroad that if comes off can be a real coup but comes with dangers of not settling in quick and might not suit British football

I can see the bennifits of going for a cash or swift

1 minute ago, rayk said:

Look, Cash is an improvement to Elmo in the long run, Swift an improvement on Lansbury on the bench.

But thats not really improving our first team and will cost £20m.

Also, what sort of messaGe does it send Jacob Ramsey by signing Swift?

So basically you want our young lads to come along and Dean will leave a spot open for them to graduate, load of rubbish , you want to play for our club earn your bloody spot

Be delighted with this , I said few weeks ago in summer transfer thread that Id like another rightback to save Konsa filling in there, 

Side note guilbert still has potential to improve in his second season and Elmo really has helped us through tough times, it's a long season and all 3 will be needed at times, don't be so quickly to send Elmo to pasture

3 minutes ago, SeanVilla said:

Sky bet is driven by what people are betting on. Not by what is actually going on. It would be strange is Sky bet know more than the journalists. Probably due to that fake ITK on twitter saying we'd had a bid accepted last night.

Would of course be effected by betting trends but will also be effected by links they come across, most likely any story that sky run will be shared with them before it becomes public it's not as clear cut of only depending on betting trends

45 minutes ago, paul514 said:

He is surely on the move after the result today and the possibility they didn't want him cup tied or to get injured (even though that was the stated reason for leaving him out)

The cup tie rule was changed last season, he would still be ok to play in group stage for another club if he had played last night

4 minutes ago, Zatman said:

at the moment Gestede is more mobile

Ya my thoughts exactly , this would be similar to Robert Pires signing, hoping them days are long behind us

6 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

I know you are not having a go at me personally and my padlock comment was aimed at numerous posters who clog the thread up making the comments with no actual real reasoning behind doing so and not at dig at you personally.

Even though I used your quote as the basis of my post, I am happy you have given reason.

I don't know why it's a fan boy thread for anyone, But just going back to my last question, have you read all 177 pages?

 

I've gone through it as well as I could while trying to skip past the puns , the only links I've seen is regurgitated articles from the kosivan journalist, I've seen Instagram posts by one of our players that is liked by his friend, pretty much like jack might like a James Madison post and I've seen people forensically examining any post milot puts up

1 minute ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

I see.

Can you please highlight what this thread is missing exactly after 177 pages? I trust you've read them all.

I acknowledge Watkins has constant links to us.              ...and other clubs.

The other club involved in this one was RB Leipzig. But I trust that you know where were at on that.

Apart from the link from the kosivan (apologize if I said that wrong) journalist that none of us had heard of before this, where are the links ?seriously I'm not trying to have a go at you but it's coming across as it's become a bit of a fanboy thread 

15 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

I might be contributing to speculation threads heavily along with others bit I certainly cannot read players minds.

As for the padlock crew I would just like to ask a genuine question... shall we lock all the speculation threads on the forum until things appear on a yellow taper or emerge as breaking news on a website?

You do also realise by doing this you are putting jobs at risk at the Birmingham Mail and the Athletic as we speak...

 

The only other thread that hasn't had multiple media outlets quote the link is the tripper thread and yes it should be  aswel, Watkins has constant links , Édouard has had multiple links

I call for a lock on this thread until it's reported by some type of media

Think it's very simple announce our intent by announcing grealish signing a new deal , think players we are after might take note