MrBlack

Just a shame the Nike template ruins it. Who in their design department thought that was a good idea ...

He said the same about Sanson, about two days before he left on loan.

Going to make it all the more interesting when the North stand closes for a season. Will there even be enough seats for all the season ticket holders + newly acquired TV season ticketers, let alone any left for members to try and fight over.

He'd have got 20 last season if the start of it hadn't been plagued by Gerrard. I think he'd get 20 in the league next season if he comes back the same player that finished it. Not saying he will, but he's easily capable of it. As others said though, the important thing is having someone else in double figures alongside him. Been far too long since we've had a threat from anywhere else in the pitch. Youri, Diaby, and Ramsey could all get double figures this season. Hopefully one of them will and the others will at least get close.

I agree with this.

Why have they gone for a white badge on a white shirt? And the fact you can get it without the sponsor... they must be aware the fans are so ashamed to be supporting them that they'd rather hide the fact they do.

Indeed. Those saying the same about Hitz though are very wrong. He wouldn't be allowed in the country even if he was offered a contact by one of the clubs. His point is totally valid.

This is the exact reason they're signing him. It's not for his football ability. It's for the positive media exposure or will generate.

It's not a huge concern, just my only one. Compared with the other longer standing players, he's the last one to sign an extension that we'd want to keep i think. Suggests there's a bit more of a challenge going on behind the scenes than the recent McGinn renewal. Could well be nothing though.

The only concern with Ollie for me is his lack of a new contact. Kind of wonder what he's waiting on. I'm sure the ambition of the club is clear to him. The quality of signings we've made should leave no doubt in that. Is he worried about himself or worried about us? By that i mean does he fear for his long term place, or does he think he needs to be playing in the champions league next season (either with us or without) and is waiting to see where we end up?

Can't tell what the pattern is. I spied the claws before I read what it was, and still couldn't work out wtf was going on with it. It shouldn't need words to explain what it is. Much like the soundwave on the home shirt. Not a fan of either...which is fine by me as I wouldn't walk around advertising BK8 if they paid me.

Maybe. I've seen enough from them to give them the benefit of the doubt. They've spent fortunes on things that don't directly benefit FFP. I think they'd happily take a small profit on this investment if it meant a full and (slightly lubricated) very vocal crowd at every game. But the price they've set is clearly an FFP boosting option that is way beyond the average brummies reach. I just don't see them doing that unless they are aiming for the stars and trying to maximise what FFP will let them spend. They are aiming far higher than a few hundred grand from the fans, but they need that money to sign players now.

Offer for terrace view has reached 17,000 on the waiting list. Clearly not selling very well, but reckon there's enough willing to take the hit this season. It's a shame really because I'm sure the owners would have quite happily made this a much more affordable service IF they didn't have to balance the books purely for FFP reasons.

Are you referring to the monochrome version that is all over the place at the moment? If so, I agree... they got the colours inverted on it and thanks to the solid white band it looks a bit naff. It looks great with the white bits swapped round, see the mock up a few pages back. I'll give it that the old badge, in it's monochrome form, looks better. However, in their true colous, the old badge is terrible and can barely be made out in normal everyday light. The lion fades into nothingness on the pale blue background. For this reason alone, it cannot be declared a Van Gogh compared to anything. The new one is therefor better, even if you think it isn't great, because you can at least see what it is when you look at it

I imagine the add ons are hefty. The low initial fee will be so PSG only get 20% of that. The add ons then all go to Leverkusen I believe. I imagine a significant chunk will be basic appearance related, so the real fee can basically be assumed to be higher than whatever the base is.

Phenomenal business for that kind of money, and also highlights how much guess work and bullshit was floating around the fake ITKs on the twitterverse.

It's funny how losing that claret line makes it look much better

I wonder how much FFP wiggle room we have assuming Diaby goes through...and what that might let us sign?

He'd already said yes to us... over a week ago according to that very same spam merchant. The sticking point has been, ever since, the fee being agreed with Leverkusen.

Spot on. They have largely monopolised the kit market for a lot of sports. It's phenomenal how they've done it despite being so bad at customer service. Their service, in my experience as a villa fan, is poor and overpriced.

For all the reasons I mentioned above the bit you quoted. Maybe it's the club's fault, but the fact you can't buy the kit in the city centre is a bit weird for such a well established global player with "state of the art" systems. I think fanatics are cowboys that have wormed their way to the top of the chain and I've no idea how. We'll see if their bubble ever bursts. Maybe it won't, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does.

Not going to be their record signing if its undisclosed, so will be less than 5m. Anything over 2m would be a success, but I suspect it will be just though to cover his loyalty bonus (remains salary)

Seems like some fairly special treatment, but given how fast he has had to move and how young it is maybe its logical. Even more so if Emery isn't expecting him to need to be fit for the start of the season as he's got plans for Archer

Too slow bro

But how utterly shit does that old badge look. Can't even see the lion on it, may as well not be there. Man it needs to go sooner rather than later. Get a move on with whatever you're doing Heck