alreadyexists Posted September 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, dudevillaisnice said: Just noticed Sheffield United picking up Bogle and Lowe for less than what we paid for Cash. I think Sheff Utd wanted Cash but we trumped them to him, so they moved to other targets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: They are also looking to sell Draxler but can’t see that one. I would have loved to sign Draxler in his Shalke days, sadly then and even now as much as we would look at him there is about 1% chance he would look at us. Edited September 6, 2020 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: What makes you so sure we were CLEARLY in for him? Frankly, I'm quite surprised at how fans fall for all the speculation on social media. A majority of it is a combination of trolls, click bait, agents using the media and journalists desperate to put out news. It wasn't just 'speculation on social media' though, was it. We had named blue-tick journos quoting specific values of bids we had made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Just noticed Sheffield United picking up Bogle and Lowe for less than what we paid for Cash. Well done to them. Non story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Watching Brentord Wycombe. Toney looking really quite bad. Canos looking very handy however, should save ourselves 20-30m on Benrahma and just buy his replacement in Canos. Brentford obsessions aside, I'm not at all upset about missing out on Wilson, and looks like there are some perfectly legitimate reasons why we shouldn't feel bad if he picked Newcastle over us (assuming he even did). Back to brentford...Watkins to spurs could have been leaked by them to get us to up our offer. No quotes or confirmation any of it actually happened so could well be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, MrBlack said: Watching Brentord Wycombe. Toney looking really quite bad. Canos looking very handy however, should save ourselves 20-30m on Benrahma and just buy his replacement in Canos. I swear Canos has been there longer than Benrahma. Pretty sure he played against us in our first season in the championship. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, MrBlack said: Watching Brentord Wycombe. Toney looking really quite bad. Canos looking very handy however, should save ourselves 20-30m on Benrahma and just buy his replacement in Canos. Brentford obsessions aside, I'm not at all upset about missing out on Wilson, and looks like there are some perfectly legitimate reasons why we shouldn't feel bad if he picked Newcastle over us (assuming he even did). Back to brentford...Watkins to spurs could have been leaked by them to get us to up our offer. No quotes or confirmation any of it actually happened so could well be the case. So because Canos ( who couldn't even get into Brentfords side regularly last season ) is looking like a world beater in first round of the carabao cup ( it's effectively pre season, the pace is way off ) you think we should by him ? Jota looked like David Silva in pre season last year. Jesus wept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 2 hours ago, TheMelvillan said: Genuinely getting concened about the state of some VT'ers mental health with all the anguish I'm reading on here. A lot of the things that people are getting upset about aren't fact. They are a combination of paper talk, lies, fake itk info, speculation and personal expectation of what should have happened by now. The actual facts are that we have signed two players, lost no players and there is plenty of time left in the transfer window. Don't get upset about things that aren't fact. Focus on the truth. It'll make your lives much less stressful 2 players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Jota looked like David Silva in pre season last year. Jesus wept Oh the memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaCas Posted September 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2020 I’m confident that Purslow, Lange and Smith know what is required and I’ll save criticism and panic for if the required players are not signed before the end of the window. I predicted 17th last season and can easily see us mid-table 10th-12th with only minimal reinforcements 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, hippo said: I don't see us paying £40m for anyone this window. I don't think our total spend will be much above that. We went a lot higher than the other clubs would for Matty cash - it's almost as though we are wary of anything over £20m... How are we so sure the £16M quoted is correct? I work for a company involved in sports media rights and I can tell you that the numbers reported on media deals, even by the most reputable sources are way-off more times than not. Edited September 6, 2020 by nepal_villan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I'm starting to get the impression that we are waiting for Rashica and Tammy to make their minds up, and Eduardo and , hopefully someone like Hudson-Odi, or James from Ure, are our back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, ROTTERDAM1982 said: Hudson-Odi Won’t happen he is on big wages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlico_Villa Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) With Wilson, I imagine the fact that his Bournemouth team that was ultimately relegated beat us twice so easily must have shaped his view on us and Smith. The more worrisome thing about the Wilson deal was that we needed to wait for Newcastle to try and shake him loose first before we got involved. We’re meant to have this list of players - Smith references it frequently - but instead we look to have resorted to trying to hijack what rival clubs are doing. Given we reportedly have this sophisticated recruitment set up, why are we doing that? Edited September 6, 2020 by Pimlico_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachboys1 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Pimlico_Villa said: With Wilson, I imagine the fact that his Bournemouth team that was ultimately relegated beat us twice so easily must have shaped his view on us and Smith. The more worrisome thing about the Wilson deal was that we needed to wait for Newcastle to try and shake him loose first before we got involved. We’re meant to have this list of players - Smith references it frequently - but instead we look to have resorted to trying to hijack what rival clubs are doing. Given we reportedly have this sophisticated recruitment set up, why are we doing that? all talk in every department 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Pimlico_Villa said: With Wilson, I imagine the fact that his Bournemouth team that was ultimately relegated beat us twice so easily must have shaped his view on us and Smith. The more worrisome thing about the Wilson deal was that we needed to wait for Newcastle to try and shake him loose first before we got involved. We’re meant to have this list of players - Smith references it frequently - but instead we look to have resorted to trying to hijack what rival clubs are doing. Given we reportedly have this sophisticated recruitment set up, why are we doing that? I reckon reuniting with Fraser might have played a big part too. Not too upset on losing out on him but we really need a striker in soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, beachboys1 said: all talk in every department Apart from the getting us promoted and keeping us up. You know, the results department. Remains to be seen how he does this season but I'm willing to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted September 6, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2020 25 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: So because Canos ( who couldn't even get into Brentfords side regularly last season ) is looking like a world beater in first round of the carabao cup ( it's effectively pre season, the pace is way off ) you think we should by him ? Jota looked like David Silva in pre season last year. Jesus wept. There is a very good reason for that, He missed most of last season, As he suffered a serious injury in October and never played again except for a couple of games as a sub and the end of the season, this game would have done him good today and will get him back to his usual self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 The fact that we’ve spent 16m on a position that wasn’t necessarily a priority gives me hope we’ve got plenty of money to strengthen in the positions we actually need reinforcements. For me - CM, AMR, ST. If we get those right, we won’t go down. A couple more and I think we can fight for a 8-12th finish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: How are we so sure the £16M quoted is correct? I work for a company involved in sports media rights and I can tell you that the numbers reported on media deals, even by the most reputable sources are way-off more times than not. Yes - but we have to believe something as a guide. Otherwise we could say we got him for £4m and sold Hogan for £9m...... £16m is most widely reported figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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