Vive_La_Villa Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Might as well ignore +80% of rumours. Complete fishing expeditions by lazy journalists Agree. It’s a shame the guardian have joined in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 17, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I thought it was danny murphy who said that on talksport? which tells you everything you need to know I thought it was Danny Mills? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 If it's on Talksport, it doesn't really matter who said what, it's usually a load of tripe regardless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Seen some more links on Ampadu. Normally I wouldn’t have a problem with this is he improved the team. But after hearing Purslows comments, especially the on the record part. It would be disappointing if we then went and loaned a youngster with no chance of signings. Agree.. unless there’s a chance we have an agreement to sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Just now, Thug said: Agree.. unless there’s a chance we have an agreement to sign? Yeah I think that would be even better than signing. It’s almost like you get to trial the player before committing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Apparently palace have bid 20m for benrama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 17, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Apparently palace have bid 20m for benrama We will still be favourites if we are interested 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Just now, Nigel said: We will still be favourites if we are interested You think because of Smith? Palace have got a much stronger squad and also the London factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 17, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: You think because of Smith? Palace have got a much stronger squad and also the London factor. Yes Smith has a lot to do with it. They know each other and more importantly know that they work well together. Palace, or the like, will be a gamble that way; Also its not like they are a much better proposition than us anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Just now, Nigel said: Yes Smith has a lot to do with it. They know each other and more importantly know that they work well together. Palace, or the like, will be a gamble that way; Also its not like they are a much better proposition than us anyway. I think they are at the moment. They’ve become an established Premier League team. The last thing a player wants is a chance of ending up back in the Championship in a years time. Any players we sign will have to be sold the vision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 45 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Agree. It’s a shame the guardian have joined in though. I remember reading over 10 years ago an article collating success rates on transfer rumours. Guardian was top with 53% and Sun and NOTW et al were in the 20% range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Apparently palace have bid 20m for benrama File under 'BS'. Alex Billingham on Twitter confirmed this. His profile says he's a deputy editor for the Telegraph, but he's just a nobody that knows nothing. 3 days ago he quoted Wesley Moraes saying "maybe I will score 3 or 4 past Wolves", 4 days ago he said Matt Targett was having a medical with Villa, 5 days ago he said small heath had accepted Southampton's offer for Che Adams, 6 days ago he said Benrahma had handed in a transfer request, 7 days ago he said Villa put in an £11.5m bid for Valentin Rongier. I didn't carry on scrolling any further. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Rob182 said: File under 'BS'. Alex Billingham on Twitter confirmed this. His profile says he's a deputy editor for the Telegraph, but he's just a nobody that knows nothing. 3 days ago he quoted Wesley Moraes saying "maybe I will score 3 or 4 past Wolves", 4 days ago he said Matt Targett was having a medical with Villa, 5 days ago he said small heath had accepted Southampton's offer for Che Adams, 6 days ago he said Benrahma had handed in a transfer request, 7 days ago he said Villa put in an £11.5m bid for Valentin Rongier. I didn't carry on scrolling any further. That's almost like the 12 days of Christmas, pure laziness on your part to stop at 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I think this so called London factor is a myth. Yes, players wont want to be in the arse end of nowhere but its not like they want to go out boozing in Camden. Nobody cares about London when Liverpool or Manchester clubs come calling. Players will consider salary and prospects first. Also Villa are still a bigger and significantly more famous club than Palace. I would also argue nobody is safe in the PL outside of the top 6 - 8 teams. Im not sure we'll be getting into a bidding war with Palace for Benrahma but I don't see why we should we feel anything but bullish if we did. And if other squads are more established then you could argue we need players more and thus go the whole hog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mazrim said: I think this so called London factor is a myth. Yes, players wont want to be in the arse end of nowhere but its not like they want to go out boozing in Camden. Nobody cares about London when Liverpool or Manchester clubs come calling. Players will consider salary and prospects first. Also Villa are still a bigger and significantly more famous club than Palace. I would also argue nobody is safe in the PL outside of the top 6 - 8 teams. Im not sure we'll be getting into a bidding war with Palace for Benrahma but I don't see why we should we feel anything but bullish if we did. And if other squads are more established then you could argue we need players more and thus go the whole hog. I don’t agree. Take it from me who has a London family, a LOT of Londoners will never leave unless they are dragged kicking and screaming, rich or otherwise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 45 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: I remember reading over 10 years ago an article collating success rates on transfer rumours. Guardian was top with 53% and Sun and NOTW et al were in the 20% range Guardian is till top but at 38.5% nowadays... https://www.footballtransferleague.co.uk/sources/newspapers Source Correct Total Num Accuracy The Guardian 428 1111 38.5% Daily Record 241 742 32.5% Daily Telegraph 514 1627 31.6% The Times 490 1665 29.4% The Scotsman 10 34 29.4% The Herald 23 83 27.7% The Independent 274 1017 26.9% Daily Mail 1655 6922 23.9% Daily Mirror 2456 11453 21.4% Daily Star 918 4469 20.5% This is only printed media but the site in the link does stats for online media as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Most accurate source these days is when we sign a foreign player and some random twitter account posts it in the foreign language of the player or the league they are in. 100% success rate. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, omariqy said: Most accurate source these days is when we sign a foreign player and some random twitter account posts it in the foreign language of the player or the league they are in. 100% success rate. That's what happened when we signed all the french players a few summers back. I took to checking L'Equipe for the best gossip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 19 minutes ago, Spoony said: I don’t agree. Take it from me who has a London family, a LOT of Londoners will never leave unless they are dragged kicking and screaming, rich or otherwise. But players are rarely Londoners and won't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 17, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, Spoony said: I don’t agree. Take it from me who has a London family, a LOT of Londoners will never leave unless they are dragged kicking and screaming, rich or otherwise. Lucky Benrahma is about as cockney as Dick Van Dyke! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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