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1 hour ago, Leeroy said:

Not at all. We have done some very good business ourselves but 1-2 we have yet to get what we paid for. Palace's business over the last 3 years has been really good, can't think of a bad deal. Just feel they should be acknowledged for that.

Their business has generally been good but still a couple of misses in my opinion -

Going off Transfermarkt -

Franca £20m - not done much

Henderson £17.5m - been backup until Johnstone got injured

Edouard £15m - been meh

2 minutes ago, useless said:

Also not really sure why Diaby is being used as an example of a bad signing, for a first season he's been fine, ten goals and eight assists, and has been the main instigator in a number of other goals, also I could be wrong but I think he cost closer to £30m than £50m, all in all he's been a good signing, if we'd have signed an equivalent to Olise as he was when he first joined Palace instead, then we wouldn't have had as good of a season

Totally agree with this. Yes at times he has been frustrating but for his first season in the Prem, I think he has had a very good season and his numbers back it up.

37 minutes ago, Leeroy said:

Olise much more likely to get in that France squad for the Euros than Diaby

Diaby was in the last France squad and made an appearance against Chile in one of the Friendlies. 

I think Olise was a bit of an unknown quantity of sorts when Palace signed him whereas Diaby was already a French international playing at a top level when we signed him - hence the difference in fees.

I do agree though that there is a lot of talent (and value) to be found in the Championship. Rogers a perfect example. Leeds have a couple that could be looked if (hopefully) they don't get promoted.

If we ended the window with Soule, Fofana, Baena and Hermoso.. we'll be a force to be reckoned with next season. 

I trust Monchi to get rid of the 'deadwood' and the players deemed surplus to requirement

3 hours ago, paul514 said:

True, still he is going to want to go from 7m a year to a fair bit more as a freebie 

Not necessarily.. he (and his agent) might prefer a big signing on fee 

4 hours ago, sidcow said:

It's pretty amazing Bailey has made it through in all honesty the amount of time he's played and the constant hacking down. 

Losing Rogers for the rest of the season would be a hammer blow. 

Bailey himself doesn't look 100% fit to me. 

Spurs transfer targets for the summer..

Kelly and Adarabioyo are out of contact in the summer and could provide decent depth for us.

Can't see them getting Raphinha or Iling-Junior btw

Anyone got an insight on the new 'anchoring' system the PL is trying to bring in? 

Seems like an agreement in principle have been reached by the majority of clubs to bring it in from 25/26 - interestingly Aston Villa, Man City and Man Utd voted against it, whilst Chelsea abstained.

The way I understand it, the spending money is tied to the smallest TV income from a Prem club i.e. say Luton made £100m from TV, the 'cap' would be 5 times that - £500m to be spent on transfers and wages? does this mean amortisation is going to be a thing of the past?  

1 minute ago, NorthEastVillan said:

Co-efficient FC still lives. It's just been renamed Aston Villa FC.

Real Madrid and PSG to dominate the German teams and a nice 3 wins for Villa and... well we'll basically get Spurs in the CL  

You forgot about the invincible Leverkusen 

1 hour ago, onmeedson said:

I know i am being a bit greedy here, but to me we need two good players in every position with champions league football on the horizon to be able to use both players in a game for a 45 minute minutes just like we can use bailey and Diaby and then have a Rodgers and Ramsey combo for a half apiece. We need to focus on minutes for players to cut the injury and fitness risks, where by we lose players for a long period of time through and have poor replacements or using Konsa to play in every position. Unai has us on the conveyor belt type of football where having a squad will be all important and we know the man see's the future, what a time to be a Villa fan.

We'll have an embarrassment of riches when everyone if fit for those two attacking roles.. Ramsey, Rogers, McGinn, Bailey, Diaby, Buendia and possibly Zaniolo. 

14 hours ago, Jareth said:

If I lived that close to VP and knew what the plans were, I would wait for the neighbours to sell and hold out to the last to extract maximum money. I can't see it happening for that reason. It's so unpredictable and could take decades.

I'd do the same but still decline..  and insist that my house is built into the stand offering me a front row seat to the game

21 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

Frimpong (he's deffo signing now he wore our shirt) and Kosta will lock down the right back spot for the next decade. Flog Cash.
Ferdi whatshisface and whoever is left from Digne / Moreno can lock down left back. Ferdi can also cover every other position twice over.
Then we need cover for Kamara. Absolutely no idea who but an absolute unit who is technically good.

erm... yeah that will do.

Can Ferdi cover the CM position should Luiz and/or Kamara be unavailable?

1 hour ago, Teale's 'tache said:

This crossed my mind as well, I can't remember exactly what happened with the Emirates, but I think there was something about some of those Highbury apartments being used to sweeten the deal for residents who needed moving for the new stadium to be built, I may be misremembering, but if we were looking at buying say everything in the area between Witton Lane and the railway, then temporarily rehousing many of those people somewhere with the promise of eventual apartments built on the current site could make it more of a possibility.

This would also allow us to use Villa Park whilst building a new stadium 'next door' on a bigger site essentially, and then the old ground gets converted into apartments like Highbury and the old residents move back into shiny new apartments. It's a more morally acceptable way of moving some people than the way Liverpool handled it, but not perfect for everyone I'd imagine

I'm just spitballing obviously, no idea what the plans are going to be, but it's good fun guessing.

 

Yeah I agree that would be the moral way of doing things. 

Personally, i'd be all for knocking down houses in and around Villa park in order to redevelop it or rebuild it (a la Spurs) with the intention of building the previous residents new houses/apartments on a new site purchased by the club (ideally close by to their previous residence).

I'd also love the club to take over the rebuild of the Witton station - given the new investors seem to be global experts in that area

IF we do move, I wonder if Villa Park would be renovated into apartments etc. like Highbury was.

Man Utd and Newcastle still to play each other. A draw in that game would surely secure us at the very least 5th.

The Spurs run-in is brutal. Beat Bournemouth on the 21st and Chelsea on the 27th and we could be 9 points clear of them before they host Arsenal on the 28th. COULD YOU IMAGINE!

Diego Carlos at his best yesterday. Outstanding performance.

Decided to play the Wildcard this week. Will FH next week (GW34) and BB in GW 37. 

Had the team set and now Foden got himself injured so I think he might be rested against Luton which throws my plans into a bit of turmoil... Currently have Garnacho, Foden and Haaland but now thinking of going Fernandes, KDB and Alvarez but I am terrified of not owning Haaland as he can just go off in a heartbeat.

47 minutes ago, Caravella82 said:

I agree but if Kaine Kesler Hayden is having to thumb a lift I worry about cost cutting in other areas!

Thought he was just adjusting to his new position as left back.. on the bus

Good to see this. Hopefully reduce the traffic chaos outside the ground on matchdays

18 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

Personally I'd just go 4-3-3 and have Diaby and Bailey either side of Ollie. We certainly need something like that v Man. City. It was nice to see Tielemans playing well v England but the thought of him in a two man midfield v Man. City against Rodri, KDB and all of Silva, Foden and maybe Alvarez drifting in centrally dosen't feel a great prospect.

We've sort of morphed into it a little in recent times against Ajax and also parts of the West Ham game so I'd rather tweak things a little than asking Rogers to morph into Ramsey when he's still a fair way off that level.

Didn't we do a bit of that against Ajax? Emery mentioned that he had Bailey and Diaby out wide and running at full backs rather than cutting in. Seemed to work well given that we won comfortably.

Regarding Ramsey, best thing is to manage him until end of season and then get him a proper rest period to get back to full fitness for the Champs League crusade.

2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said:

Sell Ramsey for 65m. Buy MGW for 45m. Who says no. 

No

On 20/03/2024 at 18:28, mikeyjavfc said:

OK third option: dismantle the Holte End (only stand worth saving) brick by brick and transfer it to a new site and rebuild it along with 3/4 of a brand new bowl stadium. Best of both worlds!

That would be epic!

Would be like Croke Park with Hill 16.

1 minute ago, Villa_Vids said:

Does this logo work better on a shirt than the BK8 one?

I'd say so. This looks simple.. and can't be mistaken for burger King

Brentford have been mostly terrible this season. I could see Ushited getting a win there but hopefully Brentford take something off them.

I'd like to think we will beat Wolves, Hee Chan and Neto both out and Cunha (hopefully) not fully fit.