BG_Villa_Fan Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Man C and Man U both getting B- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2015 I imagine Merse put around 20 seconds worth of work into that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Merse has given his grades for everyone's transfer dealings. Bit of a laugh seeing as the worst grade he gave was a 'C' and that was to one team, Everton. Everyone else gets anywhere from A+ to B-. Arsenal : B Aston Villa : B+ Bournemouth : B Chelsea : B- Crystal Palace : A+ Everton : C Leicester : B- Liverpool : A Man City : B- Man Utd : B- Newcastle : B? Norwich : B- Southampton : B- Stoke : B Sunderland : B- Swansea : A- Tottenham : B- Watford : B- West Brom : B West Ham : B I'm sure Spurs, Arsenal & Man Utd fans might have something to say about their rankings. Merse gets an E from me. Must try harder, but is probably performing to his abilities. What the **** is a B? Im not sure how he gives Everton C and Arsenal B when everyone knows Wenger has totally ballsed up this window. Merse just made this up whilst having a dump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Man United get a B- for spunking £50m up the wall on the Di Maria sale and the De Gea farce, Righteo Merse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2015 Even if you were to give Arsenal the benefit of the doubt that they managed to fill the one gaping hole in their squad, you have to not only give Everton the same benefit (Cleverley, Lennon), but they also did it whilst staving off persistent interest in one of their biggest stars from Chelsea (Stones). They definitely do not deserve to rank 20th coming out of the transfer window. I think KHV has it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Chelsea got a B- and they lost about £30m on Cuadrado and failed to get their number one target. FFS Merse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Tottenham got a B- and they sold a shit ton of players on at a loss, are still saddled with Adebayor's £5m salary, failed to, again, get their number 1 target and are woefully short in most areas of genuine quality. Nice one Merse. Edited September 2, 2015 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Berbatov signs for PAOK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 retiring in Greece would be nice... those ocean views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 that failing economy <3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BOF Posted September 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2015 Bournemouth's Gradel out for 6 months with cruciate injury and Mings could be out for as long or longer. That's all they need. I can't be the only one who thinks of every time I hear Gradel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 greek girls! nothing to write home about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I predict we buy Benteke back in January for 15m after he flops with Plop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2015 And for an alternative, better (but equally ******* head-scratching from a Villa POV) look at the gradings. Here is ESPN's effort ordered from best to worst. Man City : A+ Crystal Palace : A- Leicester : A- Swansea : A- Stoke : A- Liverpool : B+ Bournemouth : B+ West Brom : B Watford : B- Newcastle : B- Everton : C+ Southampton : C+ Chelsea : C Aston Villa : C West Ham : C Sunderland : C Arsenal : C- Man Utd : D Tottenham : D Norwich : D- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 And for an alternative, better (but equally ******* head-scratching from a Villa POV) look at the gradings. Here is ESPN's effort ordered from best to worst. Man City : A+ Crystal Palace : A- Leicester : A- Swansea : A- Stoke : A- Liverpool : B+ Bournemouth : B+ West Brom : B Watford : B- Newcastle : B- Everton : C+ Southampton : C+ Chelsea : C Aston Villa : C West Ham : C Sunderland : C Arsenal : C- Man Utd : D Tottenham : D Norwich : D- As you said silly from a Villa point of view but not far out with the rest of it IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 And for an alternative, better (but equally ******* head-scratching from a Villa POV) look at the gradings. Here is ESPN's effort ordered from best to worst. Man City : A+ Crystal Palace : A- Leicester : A- Swansea : A- Stoke : A- Liverpool : B+ Bournemouth : B+ West Brom : B Watford : B- Newcastle : B- Everton : C+ Southampton : C+ Chelsea : C Aston Villa : C West Ham : C Sunderland : C Arsenal : C- Man Utd : D Tottenham : D Norwich : D- I think a C or B is right at this point. Ayew and Gestede look to be poor purchases for the prices. So far it seems like: Good: Traore, Amavi, Gana, Richards Alright: Veretout, Bunn, Crespo, Sinclair Bad: Ayew, Gestede Again this is only currently. Could change in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 That ESPN one is alright. I'd swap the Wests around. Maybe we're a B or B-, but not much better really. They're looking at it and seeing a gaping hole where we haven't replaced Benteke, and I can't say I blame them really. We look very blunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 We should be very, very worried about that. Why? The transfer window only came into affect in 2002/03. The world won't end if it's abolished surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 And for an alternative, better (but equally ******* head-scratching from a Villa POV) look at the gradings. Here is ESPN's effort ordered from best to worst. Man City : A+ Crystal Palace : A- Leicester : A- Swansea : A- Stoke : A- Liverpool : B+ Bournemouth : B+ West Brom : B Watford : B- Newcastle : B- Everton : C+ Southampton : C+ Chelsea : C Aston Villa : C West Ham : C Sunderland : C Arsenal : C- Man Utd : D Tottenham : D Norwich : D- I think a C or B is right at this point. Ayew and Gestede look to be poor purchases for the prices. So far it seems like: Good: Traore, Amavi, Gana, Richards Alright: Veretout, Bunn, Crespo, Sinclair Bad: Ayew, Gestede Again this is only currently. Could change in a month. Remember, this is a world where Robbie Brady costs £7m, Jordan Rhodes touted at around £12m, and Championship clubs looking at near 8-figure purchases. Gestede and Ayew both cost what average PL strikers (below average for Gestede) cost, but I feel they'll both do well for us. We're just not that used to spending this amount on players in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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