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I figured he's next to be swayed by the England camp

True, "selling" the ground in the first place is to sideline the ffp rules...I'm torn between whether a system should help the richest billionaires spend as much as they like on their toys (which seems the only realistic way to upset the status quo) or if this is the beginning of the end for the competition

Sorry, maybe I didn't explain. Our owners bought the ground with their own cash. It's their asset worth let's say for arguments sake £50mill. Would it make sense to let our owners overspend on the club, with the asset of the ground set as a "guarantor" if they decide to bail? So essentially the ground is returned to our ownership if they decide to bail out.

Grealish said that he decided to leave after a conversation with Terry about playing in the CL. Terry then leaves unexpectedly, followed by Grealish unexpectedly...those are the facts. It is my belief that the owners would have been pleased about that and that it may have triggered a decision. It is also only my opinion that not many people were bothered when Terry left.

Maybe the ownership of the ground would work?

Which bit?

I'd keep him too, total professional

Wouldn't surprise me if we told Terry to **** off after he told grealish he should be playing for a CL team. Wasn't particularly liked around the place anyway I don't think

I'm having 4- 1 now

Team success is achieved by more than the sum of its individual parts. To have owners, management, and team all pulling in the same clear direction will give us an advantage. To have players like Watkins, bertie, martinez and cash all with a seasons experience makes us a better team than last year. Our recruitment this year, knowing how meticulous our procurement has been in identifying weaknesses in the squad and addressing them will give us far more tools to win games than before. Addressing the holes in our coaching team with set piece specialists again gains us small but significant improvements. We could really kick on I'm going to say it. 6th for me

Or they want time to replace him as we did with Greedlish. It wouldn't surprise me if we are being patient as they helped us by not leaking the Ings transfer

Delighted for leicester today, couldn't be happier

A bit I my opinion, but I was making a general point

...or save for bonfire night?

The letters peel off really easily so can be reused

With Bert and others, they've now had time to settle in and a full preseason. I think the existing team will improve, the squad depth has improved and the new signings look awesome Good Times ahead

I think the majority of teams in the league are weaker than before, with Manchester blues, Manchester reds and Chelski stronger (especially if lukaku signs). They will take more points off the bottom 17 teams, and we have improved I my opinion I think we've got a great chance of getting 6th behind the usual suspects and Leicester.

I just sense these things

Think the games off

They do need money and there is value out there tonrepalce what they've lost, but it will be a tough task to stay out of a relegation battle

Purslow said there had been ongoing interest and offers that were not entertained as they were below the release clause. I'm glad they were proactive in planning for him to go especially as the player was pushing for a move. This all sounded quite inevitable to the villa board from the sound of it. Not saying its our last signing either - they might address areas on the pitch nothing to do with replacing thingy

Yes, he would fit in well

Footballers want us to support them, sing their names, sell us their xxxx, pay their salaries, follow them on social media and then when they act like pr**ks we are supposed to accept its just a job to them and we should accept it. No. This sport and all the fame and fortune it brings them is emotive. We invest our emotions into it along with our money and attention. You can't expect one without the other. We've just lost our captain who has traded on our emotions, earned vast sums of money, and left for our rivals and you want to publicly blow sunshine up his ass regarding his move? Good onehope you're shipped out asap

If he wipes his arse like he drives his car then its for the best

How does that work if its from the same club and they're mates?