Moorski Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Zaha,would not consider joining us now,The problem at Palace is Holloway is there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 There seems to be a misconception amongst the football world that Randy Lerner doesn't spend. I just read we are the 5th highest spending team in the summer and the 3rd highest in the last 6 years. Unbelievable. Just wanted to throw that in. Happy Christmas all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 and yet were not challenging for europe... unbelieveable bad spending over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 23, 2012 I just read we are the 5th highest spending team in the summer and the 3rd highest in the last 6 years. Unbelievable. Care to share where you read that? Because while I'm not disputing that you just read it, I am seriously disputing the accuracy of their maths. According to the official Deloitte figures as published by the BBC in August we are the 7th biggest spenders since 2003 behind Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Man United, Spurs and Arsenal in that order. I simply do not believe that our spending in the last 6 years has seen us rise to 3rd above some of those clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Probably talking about net spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Di Santo is out of contract in the summer. Perhaps try and get him in January while other clubs are waiting for the summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2012 Nah don't rate Di Santo. Would offer us very little imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Says in todays People ourselves, Norwich and Sunderland are all after Brighton Def Midfielder Liam Bridcutt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Di Santo does seem to have improved as a player but he doesn't score anywhere near enough goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 23, 2012 Probably talking about net spend. Even if it is we still wouldn't be top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Care to share where you read that? Because while I'm not disputing that you just read it, I am seriously disputing the accuracy of their maths. According to the official Deloitte figures as published by the BBC in August we are the 7th biggest spenders since 2003 behind Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Man United, Spurs and Arsenal in that order. I simply do not believe that our spending in the last 6 years has seen us rise to 3rd above some of those clubs. It was in the telegraph. It implies we are the 4th Highest spenders but you're probably right about its inaccuracy. ........It has gone relatively unremarked that Villa spent £21.7million — the fifth highest in the Premier League in the summer — acquiring nine players in that shift of strategy. The spending means that only three clubs have actually spent more than them in the six years of Lerner’s ownership (not a statistic he will be proud of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Randy, open the cheque book please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Paul, look to buy some older players please... the young lads have done us proud but it's obvious that we were never going to be consistent this season with an average age of 23 in our starting lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Jaroslav Plasil would be a great signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Paul do not let one freak result alter the strategy or targets you have already worked on and targeted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Bolasie, a left back and a midfield destoryer please, Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Paul do not let one freak result alter the strategy or targets you have already worked on and targeted I'm sure he won't let this one result affect his strategy too much but he's obviously going to learn about the strengths and weaknesses in the team every week and it's not like we've been playing amazingly and winning lots of games even before today's embarrassing display. If his strategy is to predominantly buy young players from the lower leagues then I should hope he does change his approach because most of the posters on here knew that a young team would be highly inconsistent and so far they have been proved right. Hopefully Lambert is wise enough to roll with the punches and change his approach based on what he learns about the team every game. Being stubborn isn't going to help, that's for sure. We're crying out for some more mature, more experienced and more consistent players in the team, anyone can see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 We're crying out for quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 according to the sunday times city wants to get rid of Joleon Lescott, Barry, Milner, Dzeko and Balotelli. Lerner buy em all and were sorted. DONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 We're crying out for quality. Well I think that much is obvious, but right now I think we should be looking to get in a few quality older players than some younger players who have great potential to be quality. You hear experts in football talking about it all the time, how a team needs a good balance of youth and experience. Right now we don't have that balance at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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