AVFCforever1991 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dodgyknees Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Might be for the best seeing as his 43m spend hasn't improved us to any great level Roughly the squad Lambert had to work with - the squad where he had to remove the high earners. I have marked out the high earners, now you tell me how to build a squad with 43m. Given Guzan Hutton Collins Dunne Cuellar Warnock Lichaj* Herd Clark Baker Stevens* N'Zogbia Petrov (Unfortunate, but still needed replacing) Makoun Bannan* Holman Ireland Albrighton* Delph Agbonlahor Heskey Weimann Bent Delfouneso* *These were under performing or were not good enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Might be for the best seeing as his 43m spend hasn't improved us to any great level Roughly the squad Lambert had to work with - the squad where he had to remove the high earners. I have marked out the high earners, now you tell me how to build a squad with 43m.Given GuzanHuttonCollinsDunneCuellarWarnock Lichaj* Herd Clark Baker Stevens*N'ZogbiaPetrov (Unfortunate, but still needed replacing)Makoun Bannan*HolmanIreland Albrighton* Delph AgbonlahorHeskey WeimannBent Delfouneso* *These were under performing or were not good enough. That's a shit squad right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Might be for the best seeing as his 43m spend hasn't improved us to any great level Roughly the squad Lambert had to work with - the squad where he had to remove the high earners. I have marked out the high earners, now you tell me how to build a squad with 43m.Given GuzanHuttonCollinsDunneCuellarWarnock Lichaj* Herd Clark Baker Stevens*N'ZogbiaPetrov (Unfortunate, but still needed replacing)Makoun Bannan*HolmanIreland Albrighton* Delph AgbonlahorHeskey WeimannBent Delfouneso* *These were under performing or were not good enough. That's a shit squad right there Only 7 of those were kept good enough (and I have doubts about some of those) if you remove all high earners and all players sold, we are left with **** all. Suddenly that 43m looks a really shit amount to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I can see Lambert walking at the end of the season, and if as a club we can't even find the pennies to buy a Norwich bench warmer I don't think I could really blame him. Ehhhhh....we have the money. Norwich are refusing to deal with us. Because by all accounts our offer was derisory. By whose account exactly?! Norwich just said they will not sell him and refused his transfer request. There is no doubt we can afford him. The signing of Bertrand was a good piece of business and is likely to become a permanent deal if he continues to play well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I find it hilarious how some think the only options are spunk a ridiculous amount of money or sign Bertrand and Holt on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I always thought football was about winning and competition. I know that's what appealed to me and what made me fall in love with it. There seems to be a growing number of fans who care more about a billionaire looking after his pennies than anything else. Its professional sport. If that is all football was about then 99.9% of fans (especially those who follow lower league football) have completely go tthe wrong end of the stick. If you will only be satisfied by a billionaire spunking hundreds of millions on players and wages, go buy yourself a sky blue top, I hear they're all the rage. Even lower league fans would expect their clubs to be able to compete financially with those similar sized clubs around them. The last few years have saw (imo) much smaller clubs outspending us both in fees and wages. John isn't asking for a owner to spunk his millions he is just asking for a equal footing, unfortunately our owner isn't providing us with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I always thought football was about winning and competition. I know that's what appealed to me and what made me fall in love with it. There seems to be a growing number of fans who care more about a billionaire looking after his pennies than anything else. Its professional sport. You said you were only bothered about the club being run properly, thats why you wanted Lerner out and nothing to do with just wanting someone to spend a shit loads on players? The club being run properly means having us competitive, not ensuring a billionaire is OK. We're a professional sports club. No one wants Lerner to bankrupt himself and no one wants the club to get itself in a financial mess. But for the past 18 months we've backed the manager with a pretty poor amount. You just can't get your head around the idea that there's something in between surviving on the cheap and spunking endless amounts of cash. I don't know why? I imagine its because if you acknowledges that you couldn't moan at other fans. How come a pretty poor amount ?! 43m isn't poor .. But it was a whole re-building .. Lambert had some mistakes but it's accepted .. No one is perfect .. Our aim was Continuely improvement .. And we're improving in many ways .. We don't need to pay a huge amount to only get top 10 ! I think the spending should begin when our squad is nearly completed and stable .. Southampton paid huge money .. But doesn't look that they'll finish more than 8th .. The difference between 8th and the rest is only couple of millions .. But Between 8th and Top 6 there's a huge gap (I'm talking about regular top 6 or 7) .. I think the plan is to reach top 8 or 9 or even 10 with pennies .. And after that spend what it have to move to the next level .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Wes Hoolahan news coming up on SSN from Kate Riley, the Norwich reporter (who is fit and not a Norwich fan). Edited January 31, 2014 by VillaRoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 More news on Hoolahan next on SSN. Will it just be a rebuff of what we already know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 You can hear rattles being thrown out of the prams on here already. It's going to be fun on here when 11pm rolls around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 More news on Hoolahan next on SSN. Will it just be a rebuff of what we already know? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I saw rumours of another club bidding for him, which would point to Norwich just being petty and not selling to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 More news on Hoolahan next on SSN. Will it just be a rebuff of what we already know? I imagine they'll make up some rumour to keep the story going till 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Bullshit account by the looks, but. Transfer News/Rumour @ITK_TRANSFER 29s Norwich have accepted a bid for Wes Hoolahan from a premier league club but not Aston Villa. Fee is believed to be lower than Villa bid I hope they go down if they accept a lower bid than ours, just because we are Villa. Very childish and amateur if so. Edited January 31, 2014 by VillaRoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 You can hear rattles being thrown out of the prams on here already. It's going to be fun on here when 11pm rolls around You can hear the 'proud history bright future' scarves coming out the wardrobe for the celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I always thought football was about winning and competition. I know that's what appealed to me and what made me fall in love with it. There seems to be a growing number of fans who care more about a billionaire looking after his pennies than anything else. Its professional sport. You said you were only bothered about the club being run properly, thats why you wanted Lerner out and nothing to do with just wanting someone to spend a shit loads on players? The club being run properly means having us competitive, not ensuring a billionaire is OK. We're a professional sports club. No one wants Lerner to bankrupt himself and no one wants the club to get itself in a financial mess. But for the past 18 months we've backed the manager with a pretty poor amount. You just can't get your head around the idea that there's something in between surviving on the cheap and spunking endless amounts of cash. I don't know why? I imagine its because if you acknowledges that you couldn't moan at other fans. If you just want to watch someone spunk a load of cash go and buy a league, there are plenty of choices for you. Just not here thanks I don't give 2 **** what Lerner (or any other owner of Villa) does with his money, as long as the club is run properly and sustainably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Bullshit account by the looks, but. Transfer News/Rumour @ITK_TRANSFER 29s Norwich have accepted a bid for Wes Hoolahan from a premier league club but not Aston Villa. Fee is believed to be lower than Villa bid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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