Popular Post Jareth Posted January 8, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, KentVillan said: Surprised Jimmy McCann is Tweeting during term time. Say what you want about Jimmy but at least he doesn't just make everything up like that VillaReport faker. 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: said in the summer, and it might be cutting your nose off to spite your face, **** him, he's currently doing what every man and his dog knew he would be doing, struggling to warm utd's bench let alone get many games, whilst donkeys like jones get picked ahead of him, we were interested in him in the summer and he chose utd over us, chose the pay rise and now if we were to go in for him utd have the power to increase his price to over £20m walk away like a jilted lover I don't really think it's fair to begrudge him giving it a go to force his way into the side of his boyhood club that for what it's worth are a far bigger club than Villa. Also worth noting that they wanted to keep him/we weren't budging on our then stance of not signing anyone on loan, so there's a bit more to it than just saying he didn't chose us. If he was fit I really don't think Jones would be playing ahead of him. Your post kind of reads the same as those who laughed off Tammy wanting to try to be a success at Chelsea, and that went well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Serious question: what do these Jimmy McCann types get out of making up ITK info on football transfers? He clearly isn’t trying to wind people up, but he is totally clueless, and he’s been doing it for a long time. Am I missing some kind of clever money spinning wheeze here? Or is it just attention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Maybe worth a reminder that the well known ‘semi retired football agent Jimmy McCann’ announced we had signed Jack Butland in the summer, amongst other serious credibility issues he has. All he does is take real journos info and then try to announce a signing just before it’s rumoured to happen anyway. He is also a Villa fan (he accidentally gave that away in a tweet) so he will be more alert than most fake agents to Villa stories but he knows nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, KentVillan said: Serious question: what do these Jimmy McCann types get out of making up ITK info on football transfers? He clearly isn’t trying to wind people up, but he is totally clueless, and he’s been doing it for a long time. Am I missing some kind of clever money spinning wheeze here? Or is it just attention? Attention for sure but he also had people sending him money (£5) by PayPal to join a fantasy league that he would distribute prizes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, Indigo said: I don't really think it's fair to begrudge him giving it a go to force his way into the side of his boyhood club that for what it's worth are a far bigger club than Villa. Also worth noting that they wanted to keep him/we weren't budging on our then stance of not signing anyone on loan, so there's a bit more to it than just saying he didn't chose us. If he was fit I really don't think Jones would be playing ahead of him. Your post kind of reads the same as those who laughed off Tammy wanting to try to be a success at Chelsea, and that went well... Different, Tammy was off to Chelsea to be their main striker, was always the case thanks to the ban, he went back to utd as 6th choice, it's not a case of Jones ahead of him, throw in lindelhof and bailly too, he's not 3rd choice even now he's 5th, with then rojo and smalling still on the books He won't break through under ole, he shouldn't have signed a new contract there, I have little sympathy who players who get the chance to move on and then don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Elton said: Attention for sure but he also had people sending him money (£5) by PayPal to join a fantasy league that he would distribute prizes.. Ah yeah I’d forgotten about this. Surely not worth all the effort though. What a strange man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) Only thing that annoys me about the piatek link is it highlights how abhorenntly shocking our scouting is. I mean he's a great talent. Looks the real deal but moves to Genoa from a polish club for 4 million. We are pissing money away on shite is what we've done. Edited January 8, 2020 by Johnnyp Mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 He's got 18k followers (could easily be fake too). Imagine at some point they just switch the account name etc in to some kind of Affiliate link poster for betting sites or whatever and make money that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I wonder if there will be a signing coming out of the blue. A bit like the Wesley story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Only thing that annoys me about the piatek link is it highlights how abhorenntly shocking out scouting is. I mean he's a great talent. Looks the real deal but moves to Genoa from a polish club for 4 million. We are pissing money away on shite is what we've done. What...like a McGinn? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Only thing that annoys me about the piatek link is it highlights how abhorenntly shocking our scouting is. I mean he's a great talent. Looks the real deal but moves to Genoa from a polish club for 4 million. We are pissing money away on shite is what we've done. Exactly, instead we get people like tonev.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I wonder if there will be a signing coming out of the blue. A bit like the Wesley story. No, we already signed Jota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 If we do look at another CB reckon Scott McKenna could still be on the radar or is that the old guard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: No, we already signed Jota Jota isn’t great yet it is the best bit of business we’ve ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: If we do look at another CB reckon Scott McKenna could still be on the radar or is that the old guard? Absolutely nowhere Premier League quality mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2020 Another CB would be handy if we're going to play 3! If we do that though I hope it's a loan, we need to get a proper goalscorer as the top priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Only thing that annoys me about the piatek link is it highlights how abhorenntly shocking our scouting is. I mean he's a great talent. Looks the real deal but moves to Genoa from a polish club for 4 million. We are pissing money away on shite is what we've done. At £4 million you’re buying potential and at a big risk. Sometimes they work out, like John McGinn, but often they don’t or at least take time and patience to develop. I think we have the set up now to develop players but instant hits and guaranteed bargains are very few and far between. In theory the more you spend on a player the lower the risk and generally means they have already developed to some extent and are on the radar of most clubs. It’s never an exact science and I’d imagine there are very few gems that are under the radar and most clubs have and army of scouts looking for the next one. I’d agree with you that our scouting system has been diabolical for years, but like a lot of things under the new ownership it is in development stage itself. I’d image a top network of scouts takes years to put together. I once met a man who’s father had found George Best for United. He was so well thought of that even after all those years Fergie regularly visited his Dad in hospital and attended his funeral. His son still got on with Fergie well and he would always get him tickets for games when he was over from Ireland. I’m fact Fergie discovered that this guy was occasionally struggling to get tickets as he didn’t get over that often and so gave him his personal mobile number and said just call me if you have any further problems. That’s how rare and highly prized a top scout is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I've always wondered whether they actually use tools like the football manager game. I know they aren't always showing the potential the game indicates, like Okore, but surely if you assemble a list of 50 big talents there, have a proper scouting due diligence done, you can probably find a proper bargain? Then again what do I know. I just remember I was fascinated of Sandro Tonali a few years ago. Can't remember the club he played for, but it was a shit Italian one. I decided to watch a match he played and I instantly thought he had something about him. He hasn't moved since then I think, but now apparantly Juventus is sniffing around. Edited January 8, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hurry up with the signings already, I want some nice new men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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