Villarocker Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Tonight (this window) is the owner sounding The Last Post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Posted February 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2016 3 hours ago, Chicken Field said: We simply just can't blame the amount. £50m should be enough to build a team from scratch and survive. £50m is more than the entire bournemoth, Norwich and Watford teams, it's about the same as the entire Leicester team. None of these promoted teams were starting from scratch and unlike us they had not lost the equivalent of Vlaar, Cleverley, Benteke and the snake from their team. We had also ended last season (even with those departed players) only one place above the bottom 3 they replaced so a decent net rather than gross spend was really needed to keep us treading water just above the relegation places. Leicester ended the season on a high (unlike us) and have continued that but they are the exception to the rule. Our "custodian" has just grown tired of his toy and the men and women of the terraces that he promised a bright future. This window proves it beyond any reasonable doubt. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3773 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Well.. See you all in 4 months to 'go again'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted February 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just now, Sam3773 said: Well.. See you all in 4 months to 'go again'. Is it even worth opening a thread for the summer window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upper north stander Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Lock it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 No......wait........10 mins left........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Remi to consider his future apparently news flash on sky (genuinly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Wow if he quits then a protest is a must Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) **** you Randolph you **** word removed!!!!!!! Edited February 1, 2016 by Ingram85 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3773 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I envy managers, being able to just quit the club. I've been trying to for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Nicked the wife' Ferrero Rocher and found a couple of cans of Kopparberg Cider. Might as well have some pleasure at the end of the transfer window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) How much did our "custodian" & his "bean counter" save on gas, electricity and overtime by not having to keep any staff at the club until 23.00 to deal with any incoming transfers? Should Remi quit as well it will have been a great night for them both as he will have done so at the end of rather than the start of the window so no pesky new manager has been able to come in and expect their backing, they will not have to pay Remi to go and they can employ someone on a third of the money to manage our last few games in the top flight. The club is a shambles and our absentee landlord is 110% responsible for it. Could it get any worse? Our "custodian" might get his "bean counter" to sell VP, BH and any other saleable assets to recoup his investment before leasing VP back to us? I know that scenario sounds unbelievable but so did the club spending nothing in this window! Edited February 1, 2016 by John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Expected but still so disappointing. Would it have killed the higher-ups to have spent a relative pittance and sign a couple of players like Christian Santos etc, at least give the fans something to get a little excited about and an attempt to inject a bit of life into a stale team. Lerner is a word removed of the highest order. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Norwich signed James Maddison apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 And Norwich sneak through Maddison from Coventry Exactly the type of player we should have been aiming for this window, young, got a great future ahead of him, would have been perfect level next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Field Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) 45 minutes ago, John said: None of these promoted teams were starting from scratch and unlike us they had not lost the equivalent of Vlaar, Cleverley, Benteke and the snake from their team. We had also ended last season (even with those departed players) only one place above the bottom 3 they replaced so a decent net rather than gross spend was really needed to keep us treading water just above the relegation places. Leicester ended the season on a high (unlike us) and have continued that but they are the exception to the rule. Our "custodian" has just grown tired of his toy and the men and women of the terraces that he promised a bright future. This window proves it beyond any reasonable doubt. Our squad is still more expensive than Stoke's, Crystal Palace's, West Brom and Swansea and it cost about the same as Everton. We may have lost 4 good players (Cleverly sucks and we were better when Vlaar didn't play), but when you have assembled a squad that cost about £128 million you should still have a squad good enough to stay in the division. The reason we were nearly relegated last season and the seasons before that was because we wasted most of the money we spent then too. We spent more money than we made, it's just unrealistic that we would spend much more and it is plain to see that we at least tried to sign some players this month, Kalinski, Debuchy, Remy, Doumbia, Sane, Inler and so on. People just need to be realistic, we are as good as relegated, we can't go and spend silly money as we are already making a enormous loss this season and players aren't interested in joining us. The best way to get back up again as soon as possible is to be smart about it, at the moment they say we can afford to go down (we don't have to sell any players), if we went out and bought 3 players on big wages, then we would have to sell players in the summer if we were to dream about getting past the financial fair play. Also show me another club in the league, that has an owner that has pumped as much money into the club as Aston villa (except for City and Chelsea). We have spent unrealistic enormous sums since he came in and have just wasted it year after year. I would argue we have spent too much and that is why we are where we are, not because we haven't spent enough. Owners aren't allowed to pump money into the clubs the same way anymore, it's illegal. It's not the money that is the problem, it's that Lerner did not hire anyone with any football knowledge at all to help run the club. I just don't get how people think we can spend unlimited amounts of money, it has to be generated somewhere from. And if anyone here argues that the £50million+ spent this summer wasn't totally wasted, then please look how all the other clubs spent half of what we did and look at how much more quality they were able to buy. (Southampton last season sold all of their assets and spent £30million less than than they sold for, they improved, they spent about £60million selling for £90million) Edited February 1, 2016 by Chicken Field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) I thought this would be the window that we finally landed Benni McCarthy. Edited February 1, 2016 by The Fun Factory 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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