Phil Silvers Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, nick76 said: Still waiting for you to dance mate! I'm on the whiskey now so there's every chance tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Nigel said: I'm a bit concerned about digne, not the player exactly but rather the profile. What happened to young, hungry with plenty of scope for improvement? I'll forgive Coutinho as he's a special case maybe even ings too, but any more and this becomes the norm. We are in danger of becoming Everton One glance at their forum says they agree with you too, buying big name players who wouldn’t really want to join us. I worry you might be right but we have no control over it so I’m just going to hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2022 Nice thread here. Interesting insight (no pun intended!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post macandally Posted January 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Nigel said: I'm a bit concerned about digne, not the player exactly but rather the profile. What happened to young, hungry with plenty of scope for improvement? I'll forgive Coutinho as he's a special case maybe even ings too, but any more and this becomes the norm. We are in danger of becoming Everton Disagree, our academy is better than it has ever been, 16 year olds playing 18’s (and 23’s in Feeneys case), loans to develop or sell on academy products (Kessler/Davis), we finally have some clear direction. We want to take the next step, now is the time to do it by bringing in genuine quality, the whole club gets better Year on Year. We have had years of dross, enjoy this journey, FFP will slow it, but not stop where we want to be. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Nice thread here. Interesting insight (no pun intended!) Good read, very sound understanding of the situation. We are doing things right, ever since NWSE came in, the were honourable and let Bruce have a shot at it, Deano was an upgrade and very good at getting us this far, now we appear to have a man and a setup that can take us up another level. Great times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphil Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Anyone else get the feeling we’re splashing the cash up front, not convinced it will be as easy to beat NUFC to targets in the summer (if they stay up). Thinking how City did for the Lerner dream of Champs League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 08/01/2022 at 07:50, Woody1000 said: The problem with that Paul is you then ask the question “What is in it for Brighton?” Would we loan a PL rival one of, if not our best player/s just so they had the option to send him back if it didn’t work out for them? I understand where you’re coming from, but I just don’t think Brighton would go for anything like that. It’s going to take a big offer to get Brighton interested imo, I think they can wait until the summer before panicking about getting something for him assuming he is not going to sign a new deal. Which I think is fair enough, when someone has prison hanging over them i'm not signing them permanently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Villaphil said: Anyone else get the feeling we’re splashing the cash up front, not convinced it will be as easy to beat NUFC to targets in the summer (if they stay up). Thinking how City did for the Lerner dream of Champs League. Think we’re trying to give ourselves a head start but even if Newcastle do stay up, surely there are only so players they can buy, there are a lot out there and both squads will have different needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Villaphil said: Anyone else get the feeling we’re splashing the cash up front, not convinced it will be as easy to beat NUFC to targets in the summer (if they stay up). Thinking how City did for the Lerner dream of Champs League. Not necessarily newcastle I think spurs and arsenal will be better next year too, there's a few clubs weaker this year than last year who could get better long before Newcastle get themselves in order, everton Leicester, Leeds, wolves etc There's a lot of fish in our pond 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Our transfer activity is exactly why I in the summer I said we had to sell Grealish if ever got offered 100m. He was good but you can never rely on one player. This has really allowed us to step it up. It can make a big difference. Liverpool brought Van Dijk, Allison & Fabinho with the Coutinho money. They went on to win their first league title in 20 years and lift the European Cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 33 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Nice thread here. Interesting insight (no pun intended!) Been following that page since he broke the Ings transfer which no one knew about. Always a good read and covers a lot of our games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Conte coy on Ndombele future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, useless said: Conte coy on Ndombele future Quality player but he seems to have a shit attitude. Doesn’t seem like he ever putting a shift in. Maybe it’s his style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, useless said: Conte coy on Ndombele future No chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 39 minutes ago, Villaphil said: Anyone else get the feeling we’re splashing the cash up front, not convinced it will be as easy to beat NUFC to targets in the summer (if they stay up). Thinking how City did for the Lerner dream of Champs League. yep, i also think it gives Gerrard more chance to gel the team. Get 3 or 4 in now, gives them a really long pre season for next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryBarrPet Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: No chance Hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 He's available to buy or on loan, if we've got a chance for Bissouma then we will have a chance for Ndombele, probably even more so. I think the biggest question mark with him is how suitable of a replacement/upgrade would he be on Nakamba, he's perhaps more similar to Luiz, certainly not an out and out DM, even though he has played there a decent amount of times. I remember watching him for Lyon and being very impressed, I thought he was going to be a big signing for Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, PerryBarrPet said: Hope not. Had the exact same view when he was mentioned in the summer. Wouldn’t go near him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 It’s really refreshing to being not just linked but strongly linked to actual high quality players. imagine Coutinho, digne, Bissouma coming in this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Its crazy how a Defensive Midfielder number 6 isn't our top priority signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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