useless Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Another potential interesting replacement for Chukwuemeka could be Alex Scott from Bristol City, they're kind of different type of players in some ways, but Scott like Chukwuemeka can play midfielder or further forward, so they're both attackers of a sort, but Scott is more akin to Grealish in terms of style of play. I liked him ever since I saw him play for England U18s a few seasons back, wouldn't come cheap, we would probably have to pay a similar fee to get him that we got for Chukwuemeka, if not more. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: Maddison anyone? He wouldn't make the first XI so world be a waste of money 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 How you all feeling about the netspend? Once we get rid of El ghazi, Gulbert, Troare, Davis etc etc we would of received more than spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Maddison is a strange one, last summer a lot of Leicester fans were happy for him to go to Arsenal, because for a couple of seasons he had been out of form, was living on past glories a little, but seems he had a good season last season and has suddenly become highly rated again. I don't think he will actually leave Leicester, as I don't think a team clearly superior to them will buy him, the whole Newcastle thing, probably just a ploy to get him a better contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tayls Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: Maddison anyone? I’m furious! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Peter Griffin said: I am not doubting u but who is our number 2 sale? I thought it was Targett at 15m. We sold Ashley Young, James Milner, Gareth Barry all for £20+M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: We sold Ashley Young, James Milner, Gareth Barry all for £20+M We sold Leandro Bacuna to that CL side for £55m remember? Ah, no, sorry, it didnt happen... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: We sold Ashley Young, James Milner, Gareth Barry all for £20+M Ash was a reported 16m. Barry 12.5m and Milner was 18m + Ireland which probably nets out at about 1m 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: We sold Ashley Young, James Milner, Gareth Barry all for £20+M Benteke was £32.5m wasn’t he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2022 27 minutes ago, messi11 said: How you all feeling about the netspend? Once we get rid of El ghazi, Gulbert, Troare, Davis etc etc we would of received more than spent. Well our net spend last summer was about 10m and no-one seemed to care, so frankly I'm not bothered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MellbergsBeard Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Well our net spend last summer was about 10m and no-one seemed to care, so frankly I'm not bothered. I’d love to make money every year but have a stronger squad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, MellbergsBeard said: I’d love to make money every year but have a stronger squad Well sure, that's my point really. What matters is the squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 42 minutes ago, useless said: Another potential interesting replacement for Chukwuemeka could be Alex Scott from Bristol City, they're kind of different type of players in some ways, but Scott like Chukwuemeka can play midfielder or further forward, so they're both attackers of a sort, but Scott is more akin to Grealish in terms of style of play. I liked him ever since I saw him play for England U18s a few seasons back, wouldn't come cheap, we would probably have to pay a similar fee to get him that we got for Chukwuemeka, if not more. Yes that’s a very good replacement option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 39 minutes ago, messi11 said: How you all feeling about the netspend? Once we get rid of El ghazi, Gulbert, Troare, Davis etc etc we would of received more than spent. Without bothering with FFP in too much detail id rather we went for the big shop once we were a bit further up The catch 22, we need a splurge to get us up the league but once we're up the league we can theoretically sign better players, drop the megabucks when we get to 7th... But we've got to get there first, even if we only finish 10th this season we should still be able to attract better players than we can from 14th If we could get to where West Ham are I'd then want us to spend far more than what they do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Without bothering with FFP in too much detail id rather we went for the big shop once we were a bit further up The catch 22, we need a splurge to get us up the league but once we're up the league we can theoretically sign better players, drop the megabucks when we get to 7th... But we've got to get there first, even if we only finish 10th this season we should still be able to attract better players than we can from 14th If we could get to where West Ham are I'd then want us to spend far more than what they do I like the target of getting to where West Ham are, I would love to be there. I can't wait for European football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 26 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Without bothering with FFP in too much detail id rather we went for the big shop once we were a bit further up The catch 22, we need a splurge to get us up the league but once we're up the league we can theoretically sign better players, drop the megabucks when we get to 7th... But we've got to get there first, even if we only finish 10th this season we should still be able to attract better players than we can from 14th If we could get to where West Ham are I'd then want us to spend far more than what they do The problem is West Ham are miles ahead of us and have strengthened further 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just now, grobs said: The problem is West Ham are miles ahead of us and have strengthened further But we have NSWE and Purslow, they have Dildo sellers and ex pornstars on their board and a reality show ex Blue. Surely there is limited competition there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, messi11 said: How you all feeling about the netspend? Once we get rid of El ghazi, Gulbert, Troare, Davis etc etc we would of received more than spent. Net spend is a useless metric... We strengthened heavily this summer in the key areas. Adding more funds by selling dead weight/prima donna youth players makes our FFP balance look better for next summer when we swing for the fences on more Champions League quality players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said: I like the target of getting to where West Ham are, I would love to be there. I can't wait for European football Agreed, this should be the first initial target,.leapfroggin for getting as close to that as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, grobs said: The problem is West Ham are miles ahead of us and have strengthened further I dunno, I don't think their squad is that much better than ours on paper, especially in terms of depth What they've got is a manager who can get consistency and out of these 5/6 teams that are eying up 7th it won't necessarily be the best that gets it it will be the most consistent and we are still wildly inconsistent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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