Popular Post VillaParkAvenue Posted January 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tayls said: Can’t be Dougie, must be another Luiz that is being referred to. Imagine offering £25m when he has recently signed a multi year contract extension and when you have just paid £45m for Gordon. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, Nigel said: Problem being what if no one we want is available? What happens if that’s the same in the summer. That’s why we have a recruitment department to understand everything and identify players that something can happen. The summer could worse because we’ll probably have more competition from other clubs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 17 minutes ago, Nigel said: Problem being what if no one we want is available? Maybe so, but in that case you don’t weaken the squad until you have replacements in the bag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 It would appear we are done. Getting past the frustration of not getting any deals over the line it has been one monumental clear out. Something we appeared to have been struggling to do for some time. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2023 I've just bid 50p for Joelinton but Newcastle aren't interested for some reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Who next from the Stevenage game to get culled? Chambers? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, duke313 said: Who next from the Stevenage game to get culled? Chambers? Luiz according to Newcastle apparently 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Quadruple it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, jim said: Maybe so, but in that case you don’t weaken the squad until you have replacements in the bag. And let's face it we should have been gearing up for this window from the minute Unai was announced, sounding out teams/players for their willingness to sell/come to us. Selling players is mostly reactive, I get that, you can't sell players if no-one picks up the phone to us. If they do, sometimes you have to quickly weigh up opportunities. I don't really have a problem with how we've gone about this part. Good business. Buying players, though is much more proactive. That's why if it finishes like this I will be very disappointed. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 26 minutes ago, jim said: Will be a massive missed opportunity if we don't strengthen this window when we are in touching distance of the top 6. I don't buy into this line of "it's only 18 games left, we'll make do" It's half a season FFS. If you can't get deals over the line then that is just the way it is. Signing players in January is 95% of the time a mugs game. Always has been. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Some January loans work out… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, HKP90 said: And let's face it we should have been gearing up for this window from the minute Unai was announced, sounding out teams/players for their willingness to sell/come to us. Selling players is mostly reactive, I get that, you can't sell players if no-one picks up the phone to us. If they do, sometimes you have to quickly weigh up opportunities. I don't really have a problem with how we've gone about this part. Good business. Buying players, though is much more proactive. That's why if it finishes like this I will be very disappointed. How do you know we weren't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 56 minutes ago, Viloon said: This is the transfer thread, can people start posting dodgy transfer links please so we can at least spend today with false hope of signings, it is deadline day after all. All the broken record conversations can carry on tomorrow Am on it pal, expect more dodgy links psoted. HERE WE GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Was worth a cheeky bid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I **** hate transfer window deadline day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, DaveAV1 said: This is what people fail to realise. Players don’t sign 18 game contracts, unless they’re loans. We’re finally planning for the future with an elite manager. Mistakes we may make now and have made in the past, will and are affecting us for years. We’ve haven’t been in a stronger position for years. Let’s not go back to zero with short term thinking based on a fairly small chance to get into a fairly rubbish European competition. And it’s not like we’ve weakened the team, people were screaming for us to sell all the players that have left after the Stevenage game and now they are moaning. They also moan about giving youth a chance, we buy a 19 year old striker then they moan we can’t trust him. Don’t get me wrong I had mixed emotions about selling Ings but it was a good fee for a player on big wages and rarely featuring in the first team. We’ve spent 30m in this window , the teams down the bottom can scramble and sign all the players they want for an overinflated fee it won’t make difference they will go down regardless. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, gwi1890 said: Don’t get me wrong I had mixed emotions about selling Ings but it was a good fee for a player on big wages and rarely featuring in the first team. Our top goalscorer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, nick76 said: Some January loans work out… Yes some do but I don’t see your point here Nick? We signed Mings as an improvement for our championship team not as a stop gap. I doubt we’ll be signing Pau Torres on a loan to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, nick76 said: Our top goalscorer Yes true but it was an opportunity to sell at a decent fee, Like I said I had mixed emotions about it, I’ve said countless that he was the best finisher at the club but it was a move he wanted and Emery was happy for him to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, gwi1890 said: Yes some do but I don’t see your point here Nick? We signed Mings as an improvement for our championship team not as a stop gap. I doubt we’ll be signing Pau Torres on a loan to buy. Just offsetting the likes of Simon Dawkins comments. Yes, if the club choose a bad transfers then it happens but there is also some good transfers whether loan or permanent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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