Nigel Posted August 3, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2016 1 minute ago, useless said: McCormack was our initial target then we went for Kodija but didn't want to pay what Bristol City were asking so in the end went back for McCormack. I don't know if that's true, but I believe it's what Alan Nixon has said on the situation. Id like to believe that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 5 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: Biggest net spend in championship (IIRC) if/when McCormack goes through. Cheers Tony, keep it up. And McCormack becomes the most expensive player ever in the Championship. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Why would we go for Kodjia if McCormack was our main target? Either way my point was more about the supposed sell to buy policy or the Dr reacting to Holloways article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 3, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 3, 2016 11 minutes ago, dn1982 said: The OP was clearly stating the fact we haven't got a technical director yet as a dig at Xia. You at least tried to qualify the point. The point about bringing in a technical director now would be him wanting to have an input into a process already underway which with 4 weeks to go could be a hinderance and as I did say it maybe isn't the best time to appoint someone!!! I stated that it wasn't the most important position at present and you never stated a view on this. I did. It's called having an opinion. So let me get this right, its okay for you to have an opinion but not the person having a dig at Xia over the Technical Director? Seems logical. Besides it is only your opinion that it was a dig, I didn't particularly see it as being and I certainly wasn't using it as one. However even it was and I was I refer you to the last 5 words of the post quoted above. As for your assessment of the timescales for bringing in a TD, don't tell me, it was Xia and Wyness who said we were on the verge of appointing one. Go tell them its a hinderence all I'm doing is pointing out its odd it hasn't happened given their comments. And yes, you guessed I'm having an opinion again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 3, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, omariqy said: Why would we go for Kodjia if McCormack was our main target? Either way my point was more about the supposed sell to buy policy or the Dr reacting to Holloways article. We thought we could get him for much cheaper than McCormack? Edited August 3, 2016 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 28 minutes ago, omariqy said: I think it is fairly obvious with anyone not into 9/11 conspiracy theories that we missed out on our main target and therefore bid for McCormack who was plan b. Like the theory that Bin Laden conspired in a cave to fly some planes into a building? Or another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 52 minutes ago, terrytini said: Indeed I'm still a bit sceptical as to how much money there is - may be, maybe not that much. Still too early to say anyway. To be honest I wouldn't care either - all the business you describe is sound business and if we can rebuild at cost or not much more why not ?.......no need at all for him to throw it away if he doesn't need to...but the issue (if we don't have loads to spend) would be partly the disparity between what was said to be the case and the reality; that might suggest other issues that could be important too..and what happens when we like who we have but need to add more. Plenty of time to assess that and all that flows from it later however, for now the Ins are better than the Outs AND its good we finally seem able to get some fees for some of our players. I'd much rather a considered spend than just chucking money about. As you say, if we can rebuild how RDM wants with not much net spend then great. I suspect we will still see more spending before the end of the window and don't expect much more to come in - £3m for Sinclair and bit and bobs for a couple of others maybe? Will just have to wait and see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 5 minutes ago, PieFacE said: We thought we could get him for much cheaper than McCormack? I can't imagine it would've taken this long to find out that we couldn't get him cheaper. Kodjia was apparently holding out for a PL move so maybe he was our first choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted August 3, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2016 Are we still questioning this fraud? New manager, new coaching team. new spine of the team, including one of the best players in the league. Players being moved on and more to come. Doesn't seem to shabby before the start of the season for someone we can't trust or have faith in yet. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 The end result is we've ended up with McCormack (probably). Doesn't really matter how we got there really. And even if he wasn't our number one target that speaks to Xia's ambition for the club, because anyone seen as better than McCormack must be a pretty good player. And if McCormack does sign, then I think we have the biggest net spend in the division. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 3, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 3, 2016 17 minutes ago, omariqy said: Why would we go for Kodjia if McCormack was our main target? Either way my point was more about the supposed sell to buy policy or the Dr reacting to Holloways article. No your point was very clear that you think we missed one player and then went for another. Not that we had to wait for money or that Xia reacted to Hollowhead. I don't really mind either way. S'just that's not what you said. 42 minutes ago, omariqy said: I think it is fairly obvious with anyone not into 9/11 conspiracy theories that we missed out on our main target and therefore bid for McCormack who was plan b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 8 minutes ago, BOF said: No your point was very clear that you think we missed one player and then went for another. Not that we had to wait for money or that Xia reacted to Hollowhead. I don't really mind either way. S'just that's not what you said. Fair enough. My bad. I don't buy that McCormack was our first choice target to begin with. I certainly don't buy that Xia was responding to fans or Holloway. Or the other reason I saw that we have sold a few players so have a bit of money to spend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 So, situation normal. We finally sign a forward. Villatalk eats itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Tony is awesome. As posted in the Scoremack forum - What I like about it is that we are yet to announce the signing, and the pure enthusiasm for his own work. Nice one Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 3 hours ago, omariqy said: Fair enough. My bad. I don't buy that McCormack was our first choice target to begin with. I certainly don't buy that Xia was responding to fans or Holloway. Or the other reason I saw that we have sold a few players so have a bit of money to spend. I can't imagine anyone thinks we have bought someone because of the fans or Holloway !! ? Surely not ? I also agree it is highly unlikely it is to do with who has gone. Coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Every day I come on this site and its doom and gloom. Guys we've already hit rock bottom. We have a new owner, a new manager and are slowly signing new players. Cheer up lads, the season hasn't even started yet and this site is more depressing than ever! Let's be excited about the new era! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 5 hours ago, useless said: McCormack was our initial target then we went for Kodija but didn't want to pay what Bristol City were asking so in the end went back for McCormack. I don't know if that's true, but I believe it's what Alan Nixon has said on the situation. If this is true then I'm impressed how quickly we acted on plan b. Makes a nice change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Four singings and approximately £15m net spent with 4 weeks of the window to go. Is he making an album now?.......this boy gets around......Gangnam style. Edited August 3, 2016 by TRO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KSV Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 hes in LA? odd.. buying MLS club? signing a player over there? sending Lescott to MLS... or just his Recon business trip? interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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