AvfcRigo82 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 19 hours ago, DCJonah said: To be fair, our stance with Jack last summer means we can hardly complain when clubs do the same with their players. Our stance was for a player that IS worth that value. These other clubs are at it and getting on the inflation gravy train. These clubs might be pricing them up at that fee, does not mean the player represents that value for money, given equal or better talent can be found around Europe and beyond for the same money or cheaper. Even at £25m at the time Grealish would have been a steal. Glad Spurs are ran by old tight pockets himself. He missed a trick there I will say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Heaton or Pope be better signings than Butland, Etheridge also would be a better option as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Our stance was for a player that IS worth that value. These other clubs are at it and getting on the inflation gravy train. These clubs might be pricing them up at that fee, does not mean the player represents that value for money, given equal or better talent can be found around Europe and beyond for the same money or cheaper. Even at £25m at the time Grealish would have been a steal. Glad Spurs are ran by old tight pockets himself. He missed a trick there I will say. I think the value of players has changed with FFP, Butland is worth funding a replacement and taking a chunk out of Stoke's deficit That's why I think championship players prices have become inflated, clubs need more money for more reasons not just to reinvest in the team Last summer with Jack if we sold him for a value that meant we were still in the red then his sale was pointless, stoke could be the same now with butland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 24, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: I think the value of players has changed with FFP, Butland is worth funding a replacement and taking a chunk out of Stoke's deficit That's why I think championship players prices have become inflated, clubs need more money for more reasons not just to reinvest in the team Last summer with Jack if we sold him for a value that meant we were still in the red then his sale was pointless, stoke could be the same now with butland There is also a large chunk of any fee Stoke receive that will go to Birmingham, that means that if Stoke are trying to achieve a certain figure in relation to FFP or whatever then they would actually need to sell Butland for even more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mazrim Posted June 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Heaton or Pope be better signings than Butland, Etheridge also would be a better option as well Do you mean better value? Maybe. Better keepers? I wouldn't say so. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Mazrim said: Do you mean better value? Maybe. Better keepers? I wouldn't say so. Both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mazrim Posted June 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2019 Fair enough. I disagree but there you go. If money is no object I think Butland is the guy. If getting Heaton, Pope or Etheridge neans we can get vetter quality players in other positions, I'm all for it. In fact, Pope is infallible so might be the one to go for. And we can pay via Papal. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mazrim said: Fair enough. I disagree but there you go. If money is no object I think Butland is the guy. If getting Heaton, Pope or Etheridge neans we can get vetter quality players in other positions, I'm all for it. In fact, Pope is infallible so might be the one to go for. And we can pay via Papal. Do we have an agreement that the Pope will buy some players for us??? Very kind of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alreadyexists Posted June 24, 2019 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2019 29 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Do we have an agreement that the Pope will buy some players for us??? Very kind of him. He said “I’ll do everything vatican to help” 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 25, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2019 Still think there is a good chance this will happen despite the premature “it’s done” claims a couple of weeks ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I want Mendy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I still think this will happen. I really hope it does too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent_Bob Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 24/06/2019 at 17:12, MaVilla said: Do we have an agreement that the Pope will buy some players for us??? Very kind of him. Francis will be our number 1, with some new swiss defenders guarding him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villan-scott Posted June 25, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2019 I’ve got a great idea for a chant for him. It goes Super, Super Jack, Super, Super Jack, Super Jacky Butland. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Prepare for the Jattle of Butland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Made In Aston Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Still think there is a good chance this will happen despite the premature “it’s done” claims a couple of weeks ago. It was 'done', albeit with a few formalities that needed finalising. Now it is 'done done '. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: I want Mendy. wasn't that Bow wow wow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: I want Mendy. im pretty good with a spanner and hammer, what do you need fixing? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 15/06/2019 at 00:10, Vive_La_Villa said: If you believe this is true then lump on at 1/4 with sky bet. Free money. Opportunity for free money has passed. Sky bet have closed the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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