Tayls Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 4 minutes ago, dukes said: Name one thing that this board have done that indicates they don't have the money to finance things ? The North Stand needs redeveloping, but they get one chance to get it right, and maybe they think securing champions league football changes the needs ? As far as i can see there is absolutely no risk from FFP, and everybody seems to be basing this on a false declaration of losses for the 20-21 season, which was cleared up somewhere a couple of days ago in this thread. But, why would we be choosing to not push on our current league position and get some reinforcements? It seems pretty clear that we need something to help us through, especially if the Duran stuff proves correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, Tayls said: But, why would we be choosing to not push on our current league position and get some reinforcements? It seems pretty clear that we need something to help us through, especially if the Duran stuff proves correct. Because of FFP. We will get punished and they know it. We are not Man City. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, Tayls said: But, why would we be choosing to not push on our current league position and get some reinforcements? It seems pretty clear that we need something to help us through, especially if the Duran stuff proves correct. Easy - our targets aren’t available and they’re not going to buy players for the sake of it. Or FFP. Choose one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) The media really have no clue about us… just make it up as they go along… mixed and contradictory “reports”… this is completely different to what Ornstein stated Edited January 7 by Jas10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Sulberto21 said: @paul514 what’s this Enzo Barrenechea like? Any good? Heard he’s a juve player on loan at Frosinone - could be a perfect competition/ backup to Boubs. his data looks like he is worth scouting. I haven't seen him play but he looks like a ball winner, who wins them higher up the pitch than usual and a good passer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 If Ornstein says it's going to be a quiet one then I'd be inclined to believe him. He's probably the best and most reliable journo there is. Just try and bring in a RB. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 16 minutes ago, Farlz said: If Ornstein says it's going to be a quiet one then I'd be inclined to believe him. He's probably the best and most reliable journo there is. Just try and bring in a RB. With him I’d treat it as he hasn’t heard of anything yet. He is reliable in my opinion but it’s not like he has the email and phone records of all the football directors in the PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Farlz said: If Ornstein says it's going to be a quiet one then I'd be inclined to believe him. He's probably the best and most reliable journo there is. Just try and bring in a RB. Only as reliable as want his sauce wants him to know / put out there … let’s just sit back relax and let’s see … Edited January 7 by thabucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Tayls said: But, why would we be choosing to not push on our current league position and get some reinforcements? It seems pretty clear that we need something to help us through, especially if the Duran stuff proves correct. How do you know that the club is “choosing to not push on”? I mean, which hole have you pulled that statement from? You said yourself it’s only seven days into the window. Can we maybe leave the doomer nonsense until the 30th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ozvilla28 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 We're in a perfect position to push on will be a mistake not to strengthen. The side is getting tired and you can see it last 4 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Appreciate Dybala is injury-prone but I'd be taking a punt for £13m or whatever it is. Just absolutely class. We have pace in that position but not that level of guile. A great option to have for that amount of money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I won't be surprised if we don't buy anyone. Tough market and Emery likes working with a contained squad. If we shift a couple of players we'll need to have replacement bodies though. Will wait and see. We do have Ramsey becoming a midfield option again at least and Moreno has his fitness back. Plus we might get Buendia back for the last 2 months. Maybe Tim O can be a bench player. Or that Kellyman fella I'm not saying doing nothing is great, just that I won't be too surprised if that's the case. If we can level up donk and bertie then great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Awol said: How do you know that the club is “choosing to not push on”? I mean, which hole have you pulled that statement from? You said yourself it’s only seven days into the window. Can we maybe leave the doomer nonsense until the 30th? Well, for starters, the recent articles that people have posted over the past couple of pages… that’s what my initial comment was based on. If they are saying it’s ’going to be a quiet one’ - that to me suggests we won’t be going out to get someone in, or planning to really push on the current league position we are in. Reminds of me the window when we signed Heskey instead of a proper striker to give us that extra push into Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, Farlz said: If Ornstein says it's going to be a quiet one then I'd be inclined to believe him. He's probably the best and most reliable journo there is. Just try and bring in a RB. We are going to be quiet. Anybody that thinks otherwise is a bit deluded We might sign a right back at most and a youth prospect 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 8 minutes ago, Tayls said: Well, for starters, the recent articles that people have posted over the past couple of pages… that’s what my initial comment was based on. If they are saying it’s ’going to be a quiet one’ - that to me suggests we won’t be going out to get someone in, or planning to really push on the current league position we are in. Reminds of me the window when we signed Heskey instead of a proper striker to give us that extra push into Europe. Stupid and desperate teams make major signings in January. we are neither and wont be making wholesale changes If think that prepare to be pissed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, ozvilla28 said: We're in a perfect position to push on will be a mistake not to strengthen. The side is getting tired and you can see it last 4 games. How do we strengthen? Teams aren't going to sell the better players to us or anybody else mid season unless they are not wanted, a contract issue or an attitude issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Stupid and desperate teams make major signings in January. we are neither and wont be making wholesale changes If think that prepare to be pissed off But we clearly have a weakness that needs addressing asap… Edited January 7 by Tayls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, Tayls said: But we clearly have a weakness that needs addressing asap… Whats that? We already have injured creative players and we wont get a better one in January than our injured ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, Farlz said: If Ornstein says it's going to be a quiet one then I'd be inclined to believe him. He's probably the best and most reliable journo there is. Just try and bring in a RB. He is the most reliable on details but I also don't trust him to know what the club's strategy or finances are. Putting out that we only have limited finances is to our benefit as it makes it easy to negotiate harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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