ender4 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, thunderball said: We have one of the lowest wage bills in the division at the moment and likely have ample headroom. Sadly the “wage bill league” almost mirrors the final league positions which says it all. We have to rise to the challenge, we can see what a difference Barkley has made as a quality recruit. I don’t think we do any more. This season’s wage bill will likely be mid-table (assuming you count paying Chelsea £11m for the loan as wages). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, villan-scott said: I hope we’re in the market for an attacking option. A versatile forward would be great. You mean someone who could help us to ROCKET up the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 minute ago, DaveAV1 said: You mean someone who could help us to ROCKET up the table? I hope the mods lettuce open a thread on this guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jareth said: I hope the mods lettuce open a thread on this guy Puntastic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jareth said: I hope the mods lettuce open a thread on this guy I don’t think they’ll do anything rash... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, villan-scott said: I hope we’re in the market for an attacking option. A versatile forward would be great. Maybe we could try and persuade Hertha Berlin to cash in on Matheus Cunha now that they are having such a rotten season. Would likely cost way more than we are willing to pay thou and I doubt they are looking to sell. Still feel that France is where to look now that the Ligue 1 TV deal has collapsed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Jareth said: I hope the mods lettuce open a thread on this guy I hope so too Cos he looks a bit of a Gem... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Not 100% sure how reliable David Ornstein is but he had a piece in the Athletic this week and said he wouldn't be surprised if we were one of the teams that looked to take advantage of certain leagues' financial situations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted December 26, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2020 16 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Not 100% sure how reliable David Ornstein is but he had a piece in the Athletic this week and said he wouldn't be surprised if we were one of the teams that looked to take advantage of certain leagues' financial situations I read that, but it was very vague, like a sort of; they might be one of the teams who might do something but they might not do that, sort of thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I don't think David Ornstein knows shit. He's all pure guesswork. This is the same guy who was saying how MUtd players were all asking Jack when he was going there during the pre season friendly. Like he'd know. No sources just make it up for the sheep. It wouldn't surprise me if he gets his info off Evans and just regurgitates it. He's a, they may, they might speculative individual imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, thunderball said: We have one of the lowest wage bills in the division at the moment and likely have ample headroom. Sadly the “wage bill league” almost mirrors the final league positions which says it all. We have to rise to the challenge, we can see what a difference Barkley has made as a quality recruit. Spurs wage bill is much lower than their competitors. Wage commitments is what weighs clubs down with regards to transfers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 19 hours ago, striker said: It might just be that Alli also needs a change of scenery to be making an impact. 19 hours ago, striker said: Think his boxing career finished him mate. That and the fact that he's dead... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 How can we improve on this team currently without spending crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Lord Willard said: How can we improve on this team currently without spending crazy. We can’t but we can Improve the bench. Neil Taylor will be coming in to team unless Targett can avoid a yellow card in the next 5 games. Saying that the fringe players have shown so much improvement I wouldn’t be shocked if he came in and did a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2020 30 minutes ago, Lord Willard said: How can we improve on this team currently without spending crazy. It will be hard but when you look at the players like Cash and Martinez that we signed this summer it is possible but the better we get the harder it gets. As we improve we should be looking to add less players for higher individual fee's, such as Watkins but our improvement also enables us to add players for the medium to long term to develop within the squad. I can't really recall a time I've had as much faith in our player recruitment though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Now we will be in a position where players will be taking notice of Villa - Grealish and Smith & Co... You can see by the way we are performing, the team camaraderie, ethos and the investment both on & off the pitch top to bottom. We are a exciting team to watch and I can see players who before would have shun us to now be available. Barkley was seduced here and shone thus far. Whose next? The calibre of players now open to us is chalk and cheese from when we were promoted. We need to constantly replenish the squad to raise the overall quality & depth whilst producing a route from the U23’s... Let’s hope Lange & McKenzie hit the January sales ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Willard said: How can we improve on this team currently without spending crazy. It depends on loads of factors such as FFP, how much the owners want to invest, what their aims are and so on. Most of the improvements we could make to our team boil down to needing another half a dozen players for competition, substitution, injury and suspension. One would assume we could be more consistent and push on to a higher level of performance like that. Outside of that you are looking at high quality individuals which USUALLY cost a lot in fees and wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) We still need more squad depth. Ideally we bring in another striker, and a midfield battler. They don't need to be automatic starters. Edited December 27, 2020 by vreitti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Still want a CB and Lundstram. Striker is a difficult one, Watkins should be the undoubted no 1. It would be disruptive to buy someone at the same level as him and I don't thnik we will (or can?) spend that much. Bringing in a Samatta level of player wouldn't make much sense. When Wesley comes back and if he finds his form again it would be ideal with him as back up and competitor for Watkins. But if Wesley isn't back for antoher couple of months it's tricky. We could go for a young one with potential, but that doesn't give us much help in the short run. If we get a really good back up striker, we will have too many when Wesley is back, can't really have three of them competing for one position. I think I would settle for just going with Watkins, with Traoré as back up and Davis as third choice until Wesley is back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) I know Sheffield Utd are awful this season but is Berge any good and would he improve the midfield? Edited December 27, 2020 by Pissflaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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