Mister_Master Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Just buy Oscar Cardozo already. Our strikers are awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Just now, Mister_Master said: Just buy Oscar Cardozo already. Our strikers are awful. He's slower than Gestede! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 1 hour ago, kurtsimonw said: Basically what you said, parachute payments would give us a little kick start over other teams. It's far, far more likely we come back up at first attempt than spend 20+ years down there IMO. Hope you are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_Master Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Just now, Swerbs said: He's slower than Gestede! He may be, but he can score freekicks, and more importantly... goals.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, Mister_Master said: He may be, but he can score freekicks, and more importantly... goals.. what is this goals thing you speak of? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Gabby, Lescott, N'Zogbia, Richardson, Senderos can leave without a fee as far as I'm concerned. Guzan, Sinclair, Westwood, Sanchez, Richards, Clark, Hutton we might all get a fee for, however small. Gestede we are probably stuck with unless the club is ok with taking a massive loss considering how much we paid. Anyone of the above mentioned we can get rid of is a positive Edited January 9, 2016 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 What is pathetic is that Bournemouth are on the brink of signing Benik Afobe. Even if they go down they will still have him in their squad to come straight back up. I have no idea how people think we could come straight back up without 20 new players in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaninireland Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 3 hours ago, VillaChris said: No Grealish in 18 today....unless he's picked something up looks like he's going out on loan somewhere. We must be close to a forward signing or two as we're very light in that area now for 3 league games in 11 days. He is sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'm hoping that today's game was a sort of last-chance for certain players to show what they can do. Players like Gestede and Sinclair in particular and, naturally when faced with such an opportunity, did everything they could to warrant never getting picked again. Gestede not only showed a lack of ability to craft anything for himself, he also showed a lack of anticipation, movement, link-up play, vision and effort too. Quite the achievement. Sinclair showed that he can't be relied upon to influence a game, or make a correct decision with the ball. In a game with few chances for us, he had a potentially match-winning one if he passed the ball. Naturally, he did not. If Garde had his way I'm sure we'd see a very different team in the remaining games. Only Ayew and Veretout look like they've got what it takes. Okore, Gil, Bacuna, Gana look like they're at least trying, and are low-level PL standard. Everyone else is pretty much just tragic and deserve to be replaced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 10 minutes ago, Villaninireland said: He is sick Hangover? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset77Villa Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Why is Fox not on the phone to Wolves to try and get Afobe, at 10 million he is a bargain considering we will be in the championship next season. Pay 10 million and give them Gestede as part of the deal. When are the board going to realise that Ayew can't keep the club up on his own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dorset77Villa said: Why is Fox not on the phone to Wolves to try and get Afobe, at 10 million he is a bargain considering we will be in the championship next season. Pay 10 million and give them Gestede as part of the deal. When are the board going to realise that Ayew can't keep the club up on his own Wolves fans are actually laughing that they're getting £10m for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset77Villa Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Just feel that Afobe would offer more upfront with Ayew than Gestede. With Afobe going wouldn't surprise me if Gabby will move to Wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Zach Clough surely worth a look for £3m if we want to do things on the cheap? Highly rated. Wouldn't have him as the only option and certainly not a main option but surely worth a go if Kozak is off. Probably not ready for the premier league but this club is heading to the championship so the planning has surely got to start now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighavfc Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) We must spend some money this window, the question is how do we spend it? Do we do a QPR and try and buy our way out of trouble which is very risky but imo is the only way we will have any chance of staying in this league, providing we do it wisely and not like QPR did it. Or do we accept relegation, and buy in preperation for the championship. Imo we need a bit of both and just hope to hell a miracle happens and we get results. On the other hand i have no faith in the board to know what they are doing if we go down as they have been so inept at every single decision they have to make over the last 5 years. Having no football knowledge on the board has absolutely crippled us. Edited January 9, 2016 by leighavfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 1 minute ago, leighavfc said: We must spend some money this window, the question is how do we spend it? Do we do a QPR and try and buy our way out of trouble which is very risky but imo is the only way we will have any chance of staying in this league, providing we do it wisely and not like QPR did it. Or do we accept relegation, and buy in preperation for the championship. Imo we need a bit of both and just hope to hell a miracle happens and we get results. On the other hand i have no faith in the board to know what they are doing if we go down as they have been so inept at every single decision they have to make over the last 5 years. Having no football knowledge on the board has absolutely crippled us. Buy in preparation for the championship. It would be silly for short term fixes and the like. I also have zero faith in the board but the only saving grace for me is we are still (even though it doesn't feel like it) attractive compared to some of the clubs in that league. How long will that last? Probably a season, if that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbilling Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 We need 5 good first team signings. 1 striker 1 defensive mid 1 box to box mid a solid experienced centre back an an keeper. Youre looking a minimum 50 mil there and that aint happening 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arj Guy Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 The sooner we start preparing for the championship the better because at the moment I seriously doubt that we will even get top 6 next season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighavfc Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) 14 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Buy in preparation for the championship. It would be silly for short term fixes and the like. I also have zero faith in the board but the only saving grace for me is we are still (even though it doesn't feel like it) attractive compared to some of the clubs in that league. How long will that last? Probably a season, if that. As much as i hate to say it, you are probably right. I wouldnt normally agree with a defeatist atitude of accepting relegation now but at the same time when do we get to the point of being blind to our situation? We are probably another defeat or two from having no more hope of survival. Its a complete sad state of affairs for a club of our stature, (admittedly a long time ago now). We must try and sign as many top level Championship players as it is possible now and bed them in now ready for next season. Players like Afobe, Byram, Marshall and the likes should be top of our list along with maybe getting in a couple of quality loans that may improve our squad enough to give us a millescule of a chance, which unfortunately i think is very unlikely indeed. Edited January 9, 2016 by leighavfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Jonathan Soriano Red Bull Salzburg Forward Ludwid Augustinsson FC Köbenhavn LB Oscar Lewicki Malmö FF CM A GK perhaps that Lovre Kalinic fella we were linked with? A RB on loan or permanent (I have a feeling Richards is going start picking up injuries should we play him at RB, he's too heavy to go running up and down the field IMO) All players we should be able to attract without breaking the bank piggy bank, who will improve us now and also might be willing to stay and play in the Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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