NeilS

I agree, we definately need 3-4 top quality players to add to the side, preferably with the "winning" attitude and "bottle" for the big games. I think this is something we sorely miss, because whenever we have a big game that can mean something we tend to blow our chances by not turning up. I can think of numerous games over the last ten years. I'm not writing off completely the idea of a lower league player or two to supplement the top players. 1 or 2 who can develop into stars of the future for example Gudjohnson at Bolton before going onto bigger things. I think thats what MON is suggesting when he states that he isn't writing off the possibility of lower league players.

A good player. but seems injury prone. Do we really need another injury prone defender?

I'd say that Klose would be the least likely of that list. The rest are definately gettable. Though there is no harm in trying as you never know otherwise! I think that we could sneak into the top 5 this season if we have luck on our side with injuries, but we'd need to buy better to maintain top 5 for next season. Reaching top 5 this season will allow us a better chance of getting the best available players to the club.

No matter how good we are getting, I'm not sure that we're quite on his radar at the moment. Thats what I thought when reading the article. I think a few years of catching up needs doing first. Though its worth enquiring, you don't get if you don't try. Stranger things have happened.

I agree. I have had dealings in my work with a foreign consortium from various parts of the world, and it took ten times the time to conclude that deal, most deals at my work take 5-8 weeks to sort but this one took over a year. What with contacting them and transfers of their share having to be raised. It was a right pain in the backside. Not sure Whether it is actually relevant to the Padfield deal or not, but it's how I imagine any consortium would work.

I tend to agree with this. I've been thinking this for a couple of days.I'm 90% convinced of this. It's just the nagging 10% that is telling me this is Villa and it's bound to go pear shaped. I'm just counting down the time till it's settled. With time seemingly going at half pace. Thankfully my internet has been down this morning so I haven't been looking at updates every five minutes so far today.

The one thing I don't get, is how can they (AV06) be so far behind. Surely they would have known about Villa being for sale for quite some time. It seems they are a bit whimsical in their interest.

Chief Said: I hope so. Thats what I keep telling myself its driving me mad, it seems to be taking an eternity. My Dad said on Wednesday that he'd heard something about Friday being the day for it to happen, I almost hit him as I said another 48 hours, its always another 48 hours. I just want it to be done so we can start afresh, judging by Villa's previous dealings re: Baros/Berson it'll probably run on and on and on ..........

Randy Lerner for me as well. Just simply because the popularity of the game in America could be about to take off, and my experience with Americans is they don't do things by half. If we can get into that market it could net us lots of money. I also like the views of the Cleveland Browns fans who seem to like him. It's important for me to know what people with experience of the guys running of a sports team/business think. As we haven't heard any bad things from Browns fans then i think we're safe to assume Randy is a good man.

has he got just the one private plane? If so RL may have been needing it for his own use and his associates would have to go via alternative methds?