Cizzler Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 54 minutes ago, Digavilla said: Agreed . Beside losing our best platter & captain , of more is the morale of team would be greatly affected. Maybe our owners should top up another 20m and bid 120m for Foden. Of course he wouldn’t come but at least we made a strong statement & shows the Konsa/ Emi/ Buendia our ambition. This is just the weirdest take. How does bidding an amount we can’t afford for a player who will have zero intention of coming display anything but amateurism. If the one player with any real affinity to the club (been here since he was 6, family all Villa fans) is leaving at the first opportunity - then what makes you think ‘ambition’ will keep anyone else. We’re a feeder club at the moment and miles off challenging the top four. However I don’t think it’s a coincidence City have swooped in for our best player. I think we are becoming more of a future ‘threat’. They cherry-picked us when we were last competitive. I think Jack is great, but damaging us is part of the allure for City in my opinion. This club is so much bigger than Jack Grealish - just got to hope the people in charge know what they are doing and reinvest this money to make us stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: IF the Grealish bid is accepted by Villa... Guardiola will have spent £918m on transfers since he joined Man City in 2016 That's mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Sounds generous. 8 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Easy money Dave many have taken as now into 11/4 Only 2 weeks ago he was best price 13/8. Those odds are very tasty indeed, but I would still proceed with caution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody153 Posted July 31, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 30/07/2021 at 12:11, Phil Silvers said: Haha, he used to be our manager a while back, it is dennis wise isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: IF the Grealish bid is accepted by Villa... Guardiola will have spent £918m on transfers since he joined Man City in 2016 Ffp my arse. This sport is a joke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7392craig Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, AvfcRigo82 said: That's mental. I could’ve won the league spending that amount. Not that he’s not a great manager, but how can you fail when you’re spending money like that? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: IF the Grealish bid is accepted by Villa... Guardiola will have spent £918m on transfers since he joined Man City in 2016 But... FFP... They are seriously on the screw with finances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted July 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, AvfcRigo82 said: Only 2 weeks ago he was best price 13/8. Those odds are very tasty indeed, but I would still proceed with caution. £390 invested so far, will not be having any more now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrannyLee1968 Posted July 31, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, AvfcRigo82 said: That's mental. The net spend in that time is around £530m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Kendrick's Dentist Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 30 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: I'll be so surprised if we accept a bid without it being a clause. Big misreading of what it'll do to the atmosphere of VP with fans on the way back. It could become a place the players hate playing incredibly quickly, especially with two winnable games first up. I'm certain we could hold off until January or even next summer and he'll still be worth £150m, like he is right now. Plus starting the season with him means we'll likely be a much better and sitting in the top 6 or 7 from the off. We're throwing a huge anchor into the ground. I'm concerned. There's a clause/agreement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 14 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: IF the Grealish bid is accepted by Villa... Guardiola will have spent £918m on transfers since he joined Man City in 2016 I wonder how many players that amount covered? I know this sort of comparison doesn’t go down well, but imagine if that money would’ve been spent on something, you know, important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, FrannyLee1968 said: The net spend in that time is around £530m. Oh that’s alright then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, woody153 said: Haha, he used to be our manager a while back, it is dennis wise isn't it? yes yes the little b*****d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, FrannyLee1968 said: The net spend in that time is around £530m. Well that makes it all OK then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrannyLee1968 Posted July 31, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Oh that’s alright then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody153 Posted July 31, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 If mac city have sterling & your man, Blimey it'll be like an olympic diving competition! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, FrannyLee1968 said: The net spend in that time is around £530m. Don't know how the poor bloke can be expected to win the CL working within these limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted July 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: I wonder how many players that amount covered? I know this sort of comparison doesn’t go down well, but imagine if that money would’ve been spent on something, you know, important. Gear, booze and brasses ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tomaszk Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, macandally said: I get the whole “emotion” of losing “one of our own”, however, Jack has become a single point of failure within the team due to everything going through him. When it works, he is brilliant and results are clear, when he is marked out of game or injured, we look lost. Question is, do we keep a player who has an ongoing problem but is a game changer, or take a chunk of money and increase the resilience of the team to remove that dependency on jack? He still has to pass a medical at City, given his ongoing issues, this is not nailed on yet and the club needs to take the emotion out of the situation and be clinical in their thinking. If they are, there is still potential for us to keep improving whatever happens. Very good post. That's the hope yes, that we can not be too reliant on one man with shins made of chalk. I'm yet to be convinced by our new recruitment team though. Smith heavily involved in Watkins and Cash. Cutler heavily involved in Martinez (no real problem with this, keeper is a bit of a different thing). Sanson I think will prove good value for £14m, but I'm less convinced of £20m Traore replicating his output with such fundamentals like pace lacking. Hopefully they'll both prove good investments. Bailey has clearly been shopped round by his agent and is now our #1 target? Ward-Prowse and McNeil good players but will be incredibly expensive and are hardly the work of a expansive scouting network. I think we're selling him a year early. Obviously, 10 years too early as well, but there's such a chance to make a real go at the top 6 and get ourselves in a position to attract the next level of player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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