leighavfc Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I have barely watched any football other than our games since we were relegated either. I used to watch pretty much any game that was on Sky. For me part of this was due to Villa being relegated and the other part due to the money overload. We have been on this road for a while now but some of the prices being banded about for players is ludicrous... 50 mil for Sigurdsson, 180 million for Mbappe even Lukaku at 75 million + is mental.. There are many more examples. More time then not now i look at transfers and think well overpriced. 2/3 good performances and prices sky rocket. Where does it stop? How does it stop? It cant go on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Xela said: The amount of money in football is a huge turn off for me now. I mean, football has always been very well paid in the 'Sky era' but the last couple of years it has gone insane. Especially when you compare it to the economic situation for most regular people - pay freezes, the salary cap, behind inflation rises. Most people are worse off than a few years ago. Footballers have probably quadrupled their wages in that time. I don't blame them, I'd be making hay while the sun brightly shone as well, but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth, especially as the product on offer, IMO, is far weaker than it was 10 years ago. I blame it all on Jimmy Hill. Bring back the maximum wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 6 hours ago, rodders0223 said: I think there will come a time ( it already has for me ) when more and more people will turn off. It will likely be a gradual process though so hopefully clubs will cut their cloth accordingly the more the TV deal dwindles. That is what I hope anyways but this is just utter shit now. It's starting to happen now simply due to people consuming TV viewing differently to 5 years ago. Trouble is even if the British rights stall overseas TV rights will continue to rise so PL will still get their big payday that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Back on topic Arnautovic handed in a transfer request at Stoke with the lack of ambition line being trotted out. Frustrating player but can see some top half teams being interested in him. Long hard season ahead for Stoke. Very uninspiring squad there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Got to go abroad then, can't wheel out the lack of ambition line and then join a West Ham on £100k a week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Pretty sure he was strongly linked with Everton last summer so they might come in for him again given they're signing everyone and they don't actually have much depth in the wide forward positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 James Rodriguez to Bayern on a 2 year loan with an option to permanently buy at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Dani Alves to PSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 47 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Dani Alves to PSG Didn't he say he wanted to play in the Premier League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 You can imagine the smile of levys face psg are obviously a good team, he'll be well paid and live in Paris but they already have aurier who's a good player city should go after Fabinho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Douglas Costa to Juventus on a year loan with an option to buy at 40million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Makes sense with gnarby and James coming in, gnarby, James, muller, robben, ribery, coman...they're doing ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Everton linked with Sigurdsson for 50m... football can die now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 On 10/07/2017 at 19:27, Xela said: The amount of money in football is a huge turn off for me now. I mean, football has always been very well paid in the 'Sky era' but the last couple of years it has gone insane. Especially when you compare it to the economic situation for most regular people - pay freezes, the salary cap, behind inflation rises. Most people are worse off than a few years ago. Footballers have probably quadrupled their wages in that time. I don't blame them, I'd be making hay while the sun brightly shone as well, but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth, especially as the product on offer, IMO, is far weaker than it was 10 years ago. This is the biggest turn off for me. Povery up but riches in football up and I bet a majority of those who watch are the ones in poverty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, DK82 said: Everton linked with Sigurdsson for 50m... football can die now. Remember when Leicester won the league and the premier league was going to change... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 3 hours ago, DK82 said: Everton linked with Sigurdsson for 50m... football can die now. Looks like they will waste most of the Lukaku money then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted July 12, 2017 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2017 Sigurdsson is an excellent goal scoring midfielder who can also create and he has done his consistently in the Premiership over several seasons. Is he worth 50m? Nope but he will certainly not be a waste of a transfer fee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 the belief that prem ready is so advantageous that the fees are getting this inflated is just another example of the league believing its own hype world cup winner draxler to mega rich PSG for £40m, sigurdson for £10m more? madness are everton seriously saying they cant find someone better for cheaper, or are they not even looking? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 An old name to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 12, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, villaglint said: An old name to remember. Interesting! Was gutted when he left us for Arsenal...shows how fickle 'promise' is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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