Popular Post bannedfromHandV Posted June 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: *convicted rapist Robinho And they say he learnt nothing in Manchester. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Well if this dude does end up at West Ham then that kinda rules the avfcagent guy as complete bollocks then There’s a few of them. I queried one of them asking why he is risking his ‘ITK reputation’ with a bullshit claim like medical for Formals on Wednesday He’s response was ‘I still trust our sources’ Some people have too much time on their hands. edit: the irony is I’m wasting time responding to him! Edited June 11, 2019 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 2 hours ago, tonitottakai said: Maybe I'm just blinded by his terrific performance against Bosnia and Herzegovina over the last weekend (plus, I'm obviously biased as he's Finnish) but Glen Kamara has bags of potential and is only 23 years old, too. Could be a nice addition to the CDM slot? Slippy Steve has also been bigging him up for his displays for Rangers last season. Obligatory YT video: Strong, holds on to the ball well , quick feet, can pick a pass and can score...what's not to like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 25 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: *convicted rapist Robinho I had to read about this! First I’ve ever heard of it! He certainly is a nasty piece of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 A meaningless comparison, but I just noticed that Man U and Villa are both taking slightly different routes in their respective rebuilds. Man U have gone for a Swansea, player, a Crystal Palace player and as a back up if they don't get the Palace player for 40 plus million they have a Norwich target as back up. Villa have signed a French player, a Dutch player and a Spaniard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 1 minute ago, villabromsgrove said: A meaningless comparison, but I just noticed that Man U and Villa are both taking slightly different routes in their respective rebuilds. Man U have gone for a Swansea, player, a Crystal Palace player and as a back up if they don't get the Palace player for 40 plus million they have a Norwich target as back up. Villa have signed a French player, a Dutch player and a Spaniard. Man U have been rebuilding since Fergie left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 7 hours ago, villarule123 said: Just because Fulham spent £100m and failed doesn't mean we will. It does send a bit of a shiver down the spine though. High stakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Man U have been rebuilding since Fergie left. Man Utd since Fergie left have made our historic transfer policies look entirely reasonable! And that's saying something...... Edited June 11, 2019 by MaVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyTheHague Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Aleksander Isak is going to Real Sociedad for €10.000.000, he did really good in The Netherlands and has a nice future ahead of him. There are decent strikers out there like him that don't have to cost crazy amounts of money (like Tammy Abraham). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: So most of the squad then The Gibraltar & San Marino national teams have international experience but i would fancy a decent non-league league team against them. Playing a few mostly friendlies & qualifiers for shit nations in half-empty stadiums means absolutely nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Teale's 'tache said: Isn't that just speculating? Isn't this a speculation thread? There will be a limit to how much we can spend, and I'm pretty sure it's okay to speculate about how much that might be. Is it ? Don't know. But I've read plenty posts which read like peoples opinions, (great) and others which read like statements of fact (not great). I personally don't see how stating "we wont spend X" is speculating. Maybe I'm just too fussy about how we use the language. In any event, even if it is speculation, I don't see the value in beginning an observation about who we may or may not buy by arbitrarily deciding for oneself what the budget is. And then to make that arbitrary figure a key part of the ensuing debate about that purchase. It means half the debate is centred around differing, equally uninformed, views of the budget. Anyway. I suppose I could just join in. I think we will spend between 50-150 MILLION. But I've no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jas10 Posted June 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2019 I think Purslow pretty much covered it (our transfer strategy) in his interview, alongside Deano, stating that we have no interest in flirting with relegation and want to make sure we sign the right players and will be very busy identifying and pursuing targets. There’s also a FCG meeting tonight where we might get some more info/details... So I suppose we would all be better off sitting back and adopting a wait & see approach. It is difficult to be patient and not get caught up in the excitement though but I see no reason not to have faith and confidence in our management and owners. Now is the time for hope & positivity, we’ve put up with so much dross for so long, it’s refreshing to be able to actually look forward with genuine encouragement and enthusiasm. And what a relief to have discarded the cast offs and deadwood! Really feel we are building on a solid foundation now. Most of all, I really do think we have the right man in Deano who is essentially a head coach and works with the players and regularly works on improving them. Onward and upwards! UTV 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 53 minutes ago, JordyTheHague said: Aleksander Isak is going to Real Sociedad for €10.000.000, he did really good in The Netherlands and has a nice future ahead of him. There are decent strikers out there like him that don't have to cost crazy amounts of money (like Tammy Abraham). He could be the next big thing coming out of Sweden, I'd take the gamble for that price. Rumours of his agents having connections to organized crime though, which makes it all a bit shady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannedfromHandV Posted June 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2019 Not sure why people are baulking at the thought of spending £100M+ this summer. We spent what? £60M first season in the championship? Danny Drinkwater went for £50M around the same time. I’m expecting and hoping we spend at least £100M this summer, honestly speaking I hope it’s quite a bit more, if we spend it right (and indications on transfer dealings since Smith and the new owners arrived seem very positive) it will secure our long term future and will set a strong platform for the board to quickly achieve significant goals. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Not sure why people are baulking at the thought of spending £100M+ this summer. We spent what? £60M first season in the championship? Danny Drinkwater went for £50M around the same time. I’m expecting and hoping we spend at least £100M this summer, honestly speaking I hope it’s quite a bit more, if we spend it right (and indications on transfer dealings since Smith and the new owners arrived seem very positive) it will secure our long term future and will set a strong platform for the board to quickly achieve significant goals. I agree. But...…..maybe what followed that expenditure is the cause for concern ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Im hoping we spend £200m+! Why be shy and reserved? We are a big club and if we want to get back to being known by everyone else as a big club we have to act like one and spend like one. If we had poor owners I’d understand people’s reservations but we don’t, the club won’t go bust, these owners will want to get champions league football ASAP, I think they are in this for the long haul. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Lets have 11 drinkwaters for just over half a billion pounds. Money well spent 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, terrytini said: Is it ? Don't know. But I've read plenty posts which read like peoples opinions, (great) and others which read like statements of fact (not great). I personally don't see how stating "we wont spend X" is speculating. Maybe I'm just too fussy about how we use the language. In any event, even if it is speculation, I don't see the value in beginning an observation about who we may or may not buy by arbitrarily deciding for oneself what the budget is. And then to make that arbitrary figure a key part of the ensuing debate about that purchase. It means half the debate is centred around differing, equally uninformed, views of the budget. Anyway. I suppose I could just join in. I think we will spend between 50-150 MILLION. But I've no idea. In this thread many people have stated how much they think we can spend and how much they think we will. I've seen pretty much as you've stated, as low as £50m and as high as £140m. With that context in mind I think it's fair enough to then say a signing as large as say £20m would be a significant dent in any of those possible budgets. I don't see why that point would be dismissed just because we don't have an official figure to work off. We don't have all the information on many subjects but we can still discuss them and speculate. Maybe I should of stated in the context of the thread before my post, I just didn't think it was required. Certainly myself and others could be a little more specific in our language, but it's the internet, what can you do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Andres Martin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaHatesMe Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 19-year old left-winger. I suppose this would be one of those For The Future moves. Looks like Cordoba is being relegated out of La Liga 2, so I'd assume he won't be very expensive. Edited June 11, 2019 by VillaHatesMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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