Aston_Villan4 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, lexicon said: He hurled himself at the ball so calmly. Look at that elegant lunge. He was so composed as he gracefully dived in like a lunatic there. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: You’re forgetting all the TV money mate, I’d think it’s balanced out at the moment give or take. Unless we get markedly better Grealish will leave at some point for sure but I don’t think it’s the basis for our transfer strategy. I feel A basis of the transfer strategy is also trying to improve exponentially in an attempt to keep him happy, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Philosopher Posted September 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Guys, don't kill me for this but I feel our massive outlays this past season and this season are based on the fact we will have a equally massive outgoing transfer at some point. It's the only way to really balance the books when you consider FFP. I'm not saying Jack is definitely leaving this window but I think his departure is inevitable at some point and the club is just smartly spending to ensure when he does leave we don't tail spin back to the Championship. I would love to be wrong and Purslow has a plan to evade FFP. I just can't shake this feeling. Besides City and Chelsea (who are actually playing catch-up from their transfer ban) no other team is spending at this rate. Outside of selling Jack I don't see how Villa balances the books. We get over 150m of tv money every year being in the Premier league. We slashed Money off our wage bill last summer by releasing or the end of loans amounting to 14 players yet brought in 12. Most of those players were experienced pros on good money. Most of the player brought in were young ayers looking for a shot at the big time. So the wage bill likely didn't go up and if so not by much. This summer we have let go several more players already, with more likely to go. The owners are allowed to inject a further 15m per season to help balance the finances. They 'sold villa park to a holding group they created to add over 60m to the coffers. They also are avoiding paying out massive wages (generally speaking). Apart from Jack, none of our players are anywhere near 100k per week and we probably only have 5 other players over 50k per week. Plus as has been mentioned resale value on signed players counts towards balancing the books. This money is being spent to give us a firm footing in the Premier league as otherwise the owners investment in Villa will lose them a lot more money. Premier league is where the money is. So I believe whether Jack leaves is up to Jack. I don't believe Jack leaving was particularly likely this summer. Next summer if we are still a bottom half team he will probably leave, for his own ambitions. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Don't get me wrong I have been loving every minute of this and last year's summer window. Feels like the early Lerner years when General what's his name was hanging around spreading good feelings about our top 4 challenge. Long may it continue (with Jack, hopefully) I’d forgotten about the general! Love Lerner or hate Lerner, I loved the general. Poor old Randy. He meant well but he probably wasn’t the best businessman and then his wife took half his money. Say what you like, the man had the best intentions. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Don't get me wrong I have been loving every minute of this and last year's summer window. Feels like the early Lerner years when General what's his name was hanging around spreading good feelings about our top 4 challenge. Long may it continue (with Jack, hopefully) No, it’s REAL this time... These owners are genuine and have sense & nous. Very much unlike our previous ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I feel A basis of the transfer strategy is also trying to improve exponentially in an attempt to keep him happy, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 3 hours ago, nick76 said: The “who would you have instead” discussion I’m not so good at but I do follow football passionately across the PL like most on here and when we are linked with players I love finding out about them, reviews, character about them over the years from various sources. YouTube clips are one thing but comments about players at the time of selling are always biased one way or another so I don’t hold them in such high regard. So I read a lot of older reviews, articles and analyses when they are just talking about the player with no thought of selling. These articles sometimes come from people close at the club, where players have gone on loan, coaching and management staff talking about the player over the years. In regards to Origi, he’s certainly has had some high points. Reading reviews though of him over the years seem to suggest issues with his character that he’ll have a spell where he is great but then a much longer spell when he’s awful. There were discussions around whether that was because he’s been used as an impact sub but reviews seem to suggest the other way that he’s a sub because he has spells where he doesn’t get after it. Some suggest that’s because he hasn’t had a proper run, others highlight to his great start at Wolfsburg on loan where he was great for the first 10 games then awful for the next 20 games. Seem to be whether he’s wanting it, a character floor that I want to stay away from. I don’t want a player that looks good on a highlights clip....I remember the days of Collymore lazing his way around the Villa park turf with only occasional magic. We, as a team, can’t afford a luxury player like that, that can disappear for a large number of games so for me Origi is a No. It’s also interesting that no other club has really had any other serious interest in him despite some of the highlights he’s done. Okay so you have more of a insight to his track record in the past which isn't of course the finished article of a player very much capable of showing he would certainly be a regular for a top half side IMO... mix that with games that you see him enthusiastic in and im sure you wouldn’t say hes worth bringing in. Certain players with the same talent id say no to but hes not a player that has this lazy attitude IMO or I would advise against it. I cant think of any other player that we could get at this current time with the same talent he has from any of those top clubs. He can also prove to everyone while playing for us what hes really capable of and hes only 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I’d forgotten about the general! Love Lerner or hate Lerner, I loved the general. Poor old Randy. He meant well but he probably wasn’t the best businessman and then his wife took half his money. Say what you like, the man had the best intentions. I won't hear a bad word about General Krulak. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) Benrahma not in the brentford squad today. Also raya not in the brentford squad.....on his way to arsenal and martinez to us? Edited September 12, 2020 by MaVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Benrahma not in the brentford squad today. Also raya not in the brentford squad.....on his way to arsenal and martinez to us? Double wing signing for us today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Benrahma not in the brentford squad today. Also raya not in the brentford squad.....on his way to arsenal and martinez to us? Still waiting to read the Martinez medical been done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Rightdm00 said: Guys, don't kill me for this but I feel our massive outlays this past season and this season are based on the fact we will have a equally massive outgoing transfer at some point. It's the only way to really balance the books when you consider FFP. I'm not saying Jack is definitely leaving this window but I think his departure is inevitable at some point and the club is just smartly spending to ensure when he does leave we don't tail spin back to the Championship. I would love to be wrong and Purslow has a plan to evade FFP. I just can't shake this feeling. Besides City and Chelsea (who are actually playing catch-up from their transfer ban) no other team is spending at this rate. Outside of selling Jack I don't see how Villa balances the books. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 31 minutes ago, Mazrim said: I won't hear a bad word about General Krulak. Is he the next baddie in the Superman franchise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wezbid said: Is he the next baddie in the Superman franchise? I think so. He would say "Do you think I just fell off the turnip cart Kal El?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Double wing signing for us today Oh shit...can you imagine signing both Benrahma & Rashica? Alongside Martinez... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Oh shit...can you imagine signing both Benrahma & Rashica? Alongside Martinez... I’d rather Watkins in that position. I think Martinez is being brought in to play in goal. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Aston_Villan4 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 23 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Benrahma not in the brentford squad today. Also raya not in the brentford squad.....on his way to arsenal and martinez to us? Hopefully. No idea where Benjamin Rahma is going though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 I wonder how much Marko Grujic would cost, if not Will Hughes then Grujic could be a good alternative, just what we need, physical presens, good in the air, good technique, could play in the left CM box to box position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: I wonder how much Marko Grujic would cost, if not Will Hughes then Grujic could be a good alternative, just what we need, physical presens, good in the air, good technique, could play in the left CM box to box position. We had a link to Grujic a couple of weeks ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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