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lol all the hysterucs on here !!! Absolute classic Vt humble pie anyone ??

We've not been beaten to any signature of any player linked at the moment. Bunn was released by his club so there was no negotiation required with the club regards fees and all that stuff - just a matter of agreeing terms with him (and agent) and sign. With the others there's more factors but let's forget them as those factors are irrelevant aren't they. I think Football Manager has given the impression you just press a button and job done - real life is not like that. The other signings could be that the selling club is holding out for more money or agent and player are wanting a better deal or other factors we don't know about (like permits!) If there was no news and we signed players without any news whatsoever then there'd be complaints about no money - no players coming - relegation here we come until the press release to say they have signed. (weven then there'd be some dismissing the player even before a game has been played) I'm glad we do our business with respect not like other clubs who use the media to unsettle a player and try to con US out of money. Just my rant - fed up of no football and I need an outlet to release my boredom!

Not played Gil

Based on how the clubs starting to turn round this might be the best way to steady the ship, at least in the short term. Personally, I'm starting to think the deal is all but done, and any announcement is being held off until Tim can get his first targets in for as cheap as possible. As soon as the takeover is announced we'll be paying hefty fees all over the shop You can't sell your business and demand its run how you want after the fact. New owners will do what they want. See Kraft's buyout of Cadbury. That is true - Lerner's takeover nearly never happened as good old Uncle Doug (hero to the few) told Lerner to buy the club and let him run it as Chairman. Thank God others involved salvaged the deal. The new owners will bring in who they want albeit they may leave the status quo for a while to keep the ship steady.

I am calm in my knickers - (they do chaff a bit as they are a bit tight). I more than calm - just joining in with all the others who panic and start making up theories that player X is off! - Feel left out!!

Agreed but when CB doesn't turn up neither does the team, really we need to change our style with or without him in the team. What he said! Still want the guy gone if he doesn't want to be here - if he stays good - if not oh! well - we need to learn to rely on others not just one player and I think with what Tim is trying to do we may just be doing that. Kozak will be back (may take a little time) but glad he's back - as it's another outlet. Get a striker in (from abroad - they are there and just as good if not better than CB - he's not the only one in existence - we found him before we'll find another). Move on with or without the 'saviour' of our great football club.

How is he trying to f**k us? He wants to leave and is perfectly in his rights to do that. By wanting to go after 1 season - then sign a new contract and want to go again - that's F**cking with us. As I said - I don't have the love in that many have with him and he isn't this world class player that some go on about - if he was the 'bigger' Teams other than plop would be in - but he's not there yet - might be in the future but not just now (IMO). Fed up of him - He is not bigger than AVFC - we've survived before and we will again when our better players go.

He wants to F***k us so we F***k him - put in a request but we still ask for 32.5 - we don't have to accept it - we refuse and say we still want the 32.5. Don't give a shit about him now - he goes he goes he stays he stays - not gonna have this apparent love in many have with him - he's good but I've seen better in a Villa Shirt. Maybe with the signings we are makeing we won't rely on him as much as we did. Play Gil and the newbies and play more expansive football and score from other areas. He'll do the same to Liverpool if they fail to qualify for the Champs League and he won't get as much slack from them as he has done with us. He'll have some great shoes to fill (and I don't mean just from the Sky Era).. Just want to move on from him and look forward to the new season - no matter the end result.

An Iron Bar - bloody Pissed before they even get inside - charming!

For Fuchs Sake!! - is he any good? - we need fuching quality not quantity!

Standard youtube vid I remember Benteke being reported as pretty average before he signed. Wait and see I guess. That is par for the course on here (and to be fair on other forums) - let's hold fire and see - of the more expensive signings we have done fairly well it's the cheapo lower leagues (domestic) where we have been burned (in some peoples eyes).

Woody? That's what I call Sherwood. Ah! My bad I actually thought that's what you had when you woke up every morning

based on what though? F*ck all! Yeah the usual criteria on here!

Thank f**k for that. Just imagine he wasn't in this thread would be in meltdown with all the conspiracy theories of why he's not here or he's off that's why he's not in training.

The guy has a smile on his face - looks up for pre-season - reports in Spain say Sherwood will give him a chance (in that rough translation) and still we have fans saying he is off and all that! Why not wait a bit? His Agent hasn't kicked up a fuss and mentioned transfers - nor have Villa but we still get those who say he's off! I'll wait and see - maybe Sherwood WILL give him a go - he's building a decent squad (if all the links come to fruition) and Gil will be part of the squad. I will wit and see but then I have patience and have had since the day I started following Villa in the early 60's. That's the only way to handle it. Patience is a virtue!

It really doesn't. This is the sort of money it is normal to spend on players, it is just that we have been falling behind in the transfer market, and spending only trifling amounts.1st, I'm fed up of post starting like yours "It really doesn't" it doesn't mean you're right. The reason many of us believe this is nothing has changed, we are still a broke ass club so this money is coming from somewhere and it's not much of a jump to link it to the sale of player's. Don't give me the new owners rubbish either, if they exist then they will only spend when they take over, no way would Lerner run the risk of spending money he doesn't have when they could walk away. Exactly, while the Lerner takeover was almost done we still signed Petrov & I remember the hold up was Ellis wanted Lerner to fund it. Which he didn't, have I remembered that right?No Lerner guaranteed the payment for petrov before the takeover was final. Ellis would never use his own money and as the club was in the middle of a takeover villas bankers would not allow them to spend as we were would you believe it in debt!

Bloody hell you can't have that that is an intelligent well thought post. Not very VT I must say. Good one and one I agree with.

Well he may have to as kismet said theyd do anything legal to get the move so the only way is to put in a transfer request we still say ok stump up the 32.5million and you can go. Still means we hold out for the full amount or benteke foregoes his 10% either way I don't care villa are bigger than any player so if you don't want to stay here then f**k off. We've survived losing players before always will. Fans were pissing themselves when Andy Gray left but we managed. So stay and play your socks off or leave this still great club. Not bothered now. Had this after his first season and now. Getting fed up. There's better out there and we'll find him. I trust our scouts. And no he didn't make all his goals himself as many keep stating he did - he had help - be a bloody miracle to win a free tick take it yourself and get on the end of it and score like against Man Utd

Guzan was 10th in the league for shut outs, 7th in saves, and top 10 in save percentage. Guzan actually allowed the same about of goals as Lloris did and Lloris only played 1 more match than Guzan. Guzan was far from shit. He has one poor match that's it. That's all people remember. Guzan had a very strong first half of the season. Guzan's "poor" season still had him top 10 in almost all goal keeping stats. your argument was dead with the term shut outs its a god damn clean sheet Sorry I've been watching a lot of NHL in the past 2 months. I also think shut out sounds cooler than clean sheet tbh. True clean sheets sounds like he's using toilet paper and by the sounds of it he didn't have many so he had a crap game

Gueye is a defensive midfielder who can on occasion go box to box, but primarily sits in front of the defence and play the ball forward. He's more like Delph than Grealish. And if Sherwood is looking at 3 at the back then Gueye and Sanchez would be amazing in front of a back 3 allowing Grealish or Sinclair to push on. I agree...even if we go with a back 4 I'd still have Sanchez/Gueye in front of the defenders with Delph/Gealish/Sinclair in front of them Missing the point as Delph won't be there come the start of the season. You his agent? you seem to know more than the press sherwood Wilkins and the tea lady

Thought he was some kind of singer (loosely speaking)

Cos were the Villa and like the other 13 teams are here to service those that are deemed the top 6 - we are supposed to bend over an take it in the jacksee as we are not the darlings of the press and football doesn't exist north of Watford and south of Liverpool/Manchester

He hired 2 that were not popular - Graham Turner and Billy McNeil and there's a lot more he did than that (dismantling the Champions because he hated that they won something without him being chairman and relegating the Villa )is in my eyes worse than anything Lerner's done (I don't give a shit about the manager I do however give a shit about the Villa and will support regardless of manager/chairman - Lerner is better than Ellis and I hope the new one (if any) isbetter than Lerner.

Didn't someone on this forum do that once? Well, there was the guy who tweeted the picture of his mum at the Emirates, saying he took his mum up the Arse That's what I love about VT - all the nutters on here - feel right at home!!