cheltenham_villa Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 i can echo some of stans concerns. Given the money and wages involved why were these things not available during the summer. Surely its better to spend 24m when were pushing for champions league rather than in a relegation battle. Sounds like a panic signing, not necessarily a long term deal. My other concern is whether this is a Houllier signing or a Lerner/Faulker one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaysuave Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Matt Kendrick now asking for Bent's stats on Twitter - must be ready for the "Welcome to Villa" article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 im still confused about our transfer strategy. I was under the impression that the Houllier years would see us scouring europe for talent. Nearly all our links so far are 'MON' signings.Makoun is far from a MON signing and I don't think Bent is either. Let's be honest, if MON was given the money he'd only go out and buy Carlton Cole or Robbie Keane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Thing with Bent is He thrives on confidence if he has a bad game lets just get behind him and not let his head drop otherwise were **** it happened when he was at spurs and had a poor run of form I think he will be a fan favourite though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Please let us sign Bent! I'd like to echo this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claretandblue77 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Good news if true, so the final price is still yet to be confirmed? £24m or £18m? i'd of offered 16 million and ireland, ifd he doesnt want to play or do people think a signing like this might make he see some sense and want to stop around and try, also i hope this shows ash our intent and he signs new contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 The money was there in the SUMMER, however he was told to address the wages problem. In this window we have got rid of Sidwell, Davies, Beye and Carew all likely to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 VT is in Meltdown so you were right MM. Selly has a sneaky source aswell, he gets his accurate bits now and then. I don't mind the fee if he carrys on the way he has for the last few seasons. Good to hear we are still after people aswell. Something must have pissed Randy off, he's going out all guns blazing. Maybe Holloway did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYSTERYMAN Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I need a secretary full time I am at 1003 posts seriously I can't keep up and I can't get on the site to open them up . So can't answer PM'S I said melt down trust me we are in for an Indian summer over the next 2 weeks . We aint finished loading the basket . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 anyone have a link to any sunderland forums ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 anyone have a link to any sunderland forums ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 i can echo some of stans concerns. Given the money and wages involved why were these things not available during the summer. Surely its better to spend 24m when were pushing for champions league rather than in a relegation battle. Sounds like a panic signing, not necessarily a long term deal. My other concern is whether this is a Houllier signing or a Lerner/Faulker one? People say this all of the time and it really annoys me. For a start it's obvious MON could NOT be trusted with transfer funds, why do you think he walked. If you sent someone to the shop to buy you Russian Standard and they came back with Aldi's own every single time would you tell them to go every single time? Think about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 im still confused about our transfer strategy. I was under the impression that the Houllier years would see us scouring europe for talent. Nearly all our links so far are 'MON' signings.Makoun is far from a MON signing and I don't think Bent is either. Let's be honest, if MON was given the money he'd only go out and buy Carlton Cole or Robbie Keane. MON had the chance to buy him for £10m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 This deals shows two things 1. Houllier is getting backed by the board 2. Lerner did not trust MON with the money, it was there but Lerner did not want to give it to MON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I need a secretary full time I am at 1003 posts seriously I can't keep up and I can't get on the site to open them up . So can't answer PM'S I said melt down trust me we are in for an Indian summer over the next 2 weeks . We aint finished loading the basket . Any bones you can drop? Anything as big as this? All the ones we've known about so far or some surprises? Cheers MM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Holloway must be sucking his thumb right now feeling like a right tool A club that used to be famous and isnt big? How many clubs do you see splashing 24 mill on a striker **** mug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Dammit Darren. Look what you've done to VT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTVPK Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I have to say that after a very testing few months as a villa fan, this has been a good day. It was about time we showed some intent and this signing and the fee paid shows Randy is ready to take another stab at it. I bet holloway feels like a right clearing in the woods about his comments now (but he was born a clearing in the woods, so who knows) Maybe we should up the offer to 3.75m and Salifou to really send him into multiple orgasm mode UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Amazing signing considering how fast it has come about too. I wonder why he wants to leave there though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I hope this deal doesn't turn out like the Juninho one. Lots of hope and expectation but then it never happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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