OLDVILLAIN Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8584447/Aston-Villa-line-5m-bid-Crystal-Palace-midfielder-James-McCarthy.html If there is any truth in that..i just want to say SMITH OUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 45 minutes ago, Cliffy Biro said: Suppose it depends how much we plan to spend, i can't see it being another 100m+ though personally so i think theres areas that are in far more need of upgrades than LB. Targett is a decent lower half left back and Taylors got 1 year left for backup. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2020 Suso out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, useless said: McCarthy is a bedwetting oaf Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Don't mind the idea of McCarthy but he'll be on £45k a week at palace absolutely minimum. This will be a last big move for him so he'll probably want about £60-70k. Three year contract for him takes the whole deal to around £15m. No worries if there's more to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Dunno if it’s legit but... we really must learn our lesson from the Drinkwater move. What a complete & utter disaster. Prem experience is not always all it’s cracked up to be... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 James Mcarthy wouldnt improve us. I would sooner play Conor. This squad doesnt need to fill out with a bunch of players similar to the ones we have, we need to reinforce with better players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 McCarthy - NO! There is no point signing players as back ups, the current player can be the back up this is why we need to spend everything we have on a small amount of players it nearly guarantees progress and as someone mentioned a few pages back it is the wages that eventually takes up all the revenue in this league so signing him for 5 years on a 3 year deal takes up £15,000,000 with no sell on value, just NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, Jas10 said: I don't think the person you are quoting is saying something mad, he is an ok backup for the one year left on his contract when you have much more pressing FIRST CHOICE issues to fix like a striker and two wingers of high quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said: If there is any truth in that..i just want to say SMITH OUT It's Daily Heil so total bollocks. Have that got any transfer rumours right in advance since NSWE took over? I do laugh though Some Villa fans: We need PL experienced players!!! (linked to PL experienced player) Some Villa fans: No, not that one. He's shit!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jas10 Posted August 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, paul514 said: I don't think the person you are quoting is saying something mad, he is an ok backup for the one year left on his contract when you have much more pressing FIRST CHOICE issues to fix like a striker and two wingers of high quality. Think you’re reading too much into my comment mate Need to get this off my chest though: I am desperate for us to add quality and improve. If we really want to kick on, progress and become a competitor in this league (rather than trying to survive by the skin of our teeth) then we can’t have players like Taylor, Nyland & Davis getting minutes for us. Maybe not even the likes of Nakamba, Trez & El Ghazi (although they are more useful and would provide cover). We need major “enhancement” and can’t afford to carry anyone, especially at this level. And we mustn’t target average, bit part etc. players either. I also don’t give a toss about PL experience. If you look at many of our signings, many were from weaker or comparatively poor leagues such as Belgium & Turkey. The bigger & more successful sides sign players from the stronger leagues such as Spain, Germany & Italy (I’d also include France). We need players who are better than what we have to replace and/or compete with whoever we already have in those particular positions. And I mean genuine competition, not just a sub par reserve or basic cover. I’d actually like a few of our players to become second choice purely because we have added much better players to the first XI. Most of all, we need a new and much better front 3. There’s a lot of work to be done. We have to be active and have to splash the cash. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: It's Daily Heil so total bollocks. Have that got any transfer rumours right in advance since NSWE took over? I do laugh though Some Villa fans: We need PL experienced players!!! (linked to PL experienced player) Some Villa fans: No, not that one. He's shit!!!! Don't link us with shit players then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 McCarthy absolute coward on the ball. Never wants it. No thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Just now, Johnnyp said: McCarthy absolute coward on the ball. Never wants it. No thanks. Literally a quality in a player the total opposite to what we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 4 hours ago, VillaHatesMe said: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Jas10 said: Dunno if it’s legit but... we really must learn our lesson from the Drinkwater move. What a complete & utter disaster. Prem experience is not always all it’s cracked up to be... What do you think we need to bring in then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Jas10 said: Dunno if it’s legit but... we really must learn our lesson from the Drinkwater move. What a complete & utter disaster. Prem experience is not always all it’s cracked up to be... Well to be fair the drinkwater move seemed like an absolute desperation move to add something to the midfield. I doubt this McCarthy thing is legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: What do you think we need to bring in then? If I had 100 million and paper figures are correct. Inanacho 25m Sarr 35m Eze 20m Stones 20m Sell Engels Get rid of if possible Kalanic, Nyland, Jota, Lansbury, Hogan and Bree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, paul514 said: If I had 100 million and paper figures are correct. Inanacho 25m Sarr 35m Eze 20m Stones 20m Sell Engels Get rid of if possible Kalanic, Nyland, Jota, Lansbury, Hogan and Bree. Watford paid 13m for Sarr. He's not worth near 3 times that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Watford paid 13m for Sarr. He's not worth near 3 times that They paid 30 million and it was reported in a paper today that Crystal Palace are interested in buying him for 40 million. Even so, do you disagree with my choices? Edited August 2, 2020 by paul514 adding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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