pintpotvilla Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: Allback was shite, just like Bent was shite. Being in a striker is great, you score a few important goals amongst a sea of shite and you're remembered for only the good. Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I find i'm clicking less & less now too on these fabricated and frankly annoying nothing headlines. it's getting worse each year! The really bad ones are the regurgitated old fake news ones which appear from time to time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 It is important to be able to do this at the beginning of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Crespo - 700k How did this signing bypass me? I've never heard of this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: I find i'm clicking less & less now too on these fabricated and frankly annoying nothing headlines. it's getting worse each year! The really bad ones are the regurgitated old fake news ones which appear from time to time. I created a newsnow account hoping they had a filter. No such luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, El-Reacho said: How did this signing bypass me? I've never heard of this guy. he was a defender who supposedly could play anywhere across the back 4, came from a relegated spanish club iirc, and he wasnt good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Allback was shite, just like Bent was shite. Being in a striker is great, you score a few important goals amongst a sea of shite and you're remembered for only the good. Allback went on a run of form/ goals that pretty much kept us up in that ill fated GT season. Overall I agree he was pretty shite, was shite before he hit that run of form, was shite after in the following season, but worth the money for the contribution he made in that 2002/03 season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Played once in a 1-0 home loss to Stoke where Tactics Tim was trying all sorts. That result all but confirmed my belief that we were going down. I think it was September. Probably shared the same agent as Ilori...nudge nudge wink wink, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Now our recruitment seems to be improved, i thought it might be worth a quick reminisce of some of our less good historic signings of the last 20 years The bad: Balaban - 7m, Crouch - 7m, Allback - 3m, Djemba Djemba - 3m, Harewood - 5m, Routledge - 2m, Shorey - 5m, Warnock - 8m, Ireland - 9m, NZogbia - 10m, Kozak - 6m, Tonev - 3m, Helenius - 1m, Bacuna - 1m, Cissokho - 2m, Richardson - 750k, Sinclair - 3m, Traore - 9m, Gestede - 8m, Lescott - 1m, Crespo - 700k, Richards - 5 years of gravy, McCormack - 12.5m, Hogan - 10m, Tshibola - 5m, Bree - 5m, De Laet - 2m. All for a mere 130m ish.........bargain.......... The Good: To temper this, some of my favourites: Carbone - ?m, Angel - 13m, Staunton - free, Mellberg - 6m, Merson - 5.5m, Solano - 2m, Laursen - 3.5m, Bouma - 4m, Young - 12m, Petrov - 9m, Carew - ?m, Milner - 13m, Vlarr - 3.5m. If only we had a basic level of competence historically & didnt waste their talent: Gollini - 4.5m, Amavi - 10m, Veretout - 9m, Gueye - 8m, Makoun - 6m. Bit harsh on Crouch. He never really got a chance and was only sold in the end so we could pay for Laursen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Even Bacuna for only 1 mil was OK value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 16 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I disagree, Terry has played in better sides than Cahill, doesn’t mean he’s a better player Terry is one of England's best ever defenders. In modern times, he is possibly the best. Cahill, who I like a lot, is miles behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 27 minutes ago, useless said: It is important to be able to do this at the beginning of the day. Was this meant for the Breakfast thread in Off Topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Larscapaldi said: It was a genuine question. I would think he had one when he came in on loan and Villa would know by now what state he's in. Yeah if you are parting with money to sign permanently you do a thorough medical. Its like buying / renting a house. When you rent you don't do any of the searches etc because its not your property. When you buy though, you leave no stone unturned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Xela said: Yeah if you are parting with money to sign permanently you do a thorough medical. Its like buying / renting a house. When you rent you don't do any of the searches etc because its not your property. When you buy though, you leave no stone unturned. Unless it's Micah Richards, then you just rent a dumper truck, fill it with money and get the doctor to drive it to his house instead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Xela said: Yeah if you are parting with money to sign permanently you do a thorough medical. Its like buying / renting a house. When you rent you don't do any of the searches etc because its not your property. When you buy though, you leave no stone unturned. Teams often part with money for loans though. Wages and fees can still be relatively high, so I'm sure fairly thorough medicals are done for loans. Maybe at this point we just go the whole hog, finger up the arse, checking for dodgy looking freckles and the like? With that in mind, is there some sort of waiting list or ballot I can put my name on to perform the medical... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 5 hours ago, KMitch said: We have a fantastic record with foreign goalkeepers recently... Gollini, Nyland, Moreira and Kalinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Rob182 said: Teams often part with money for loans though. Wages and fees can still be relatively high, so I'm sure fairly thorough medicals are done for loans. Maybe at this point we just go the whole hog, finger up the arse, checking for dodgy looking freckles and the like? With that in mind, is there some sort of waiting list or ballot I can put my name on to perform the medical... ? Medicals are definately undertaken for loans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, Xela said: Terry is one of England's best ever defenders. In modern times, he is possibly the best. Cahill, who I like a lot, is miles behind. That’s the general consensus, yes but in my opinion, he was average in terms of technical ability, I thought he was ok for us, nothing more (Terry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 10, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2019 56 minutes ago, Sid4ever said: Cahill, Milner and Delph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumerican Posted June 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: That’s the general consensus, yes but in my opinion, he was average in terms of technical ability, I thought he was ok for us, nothing more (Terry) What ? His weaker foot was better than most centre halfs' strong foot. To say Terry had average technical ability is utterly mental. Have a lie down fella. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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