VillaForever1970 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Yes, and all for the princely sum of €2.5m. I said it at the beginning of January and I'll say it again. We are not signing anyone. Lerner could not care less about Villa, he's made that clear for the past two years. He'd rather hide in america and let his former "relationships manager" run this club into the ground. I've been resigned to relegation since the Southampton game and Shitbert should have been sacked then for us to stand a chance. As things stand we have the worst first team and squad in the league and a dead man walking for a manager. We will be finishing bottom of the table this year I'm afraid.Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Plus guys, remember this as well. If it wasn't for his shot last season at Fulham - which Wiemann tapped in - we would've been relegated. We need to chuck Gardner in the first 11 as well when he's fit to prove his worth. Still would have stayed up actually, just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Oh well. You seem to really struggle with the idea that people care more than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Irish press saying were after Jeff Hendrick. They are pretty reputable as well http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/lambert-looks-to-sign-hendrick-3363409.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How is he? Derby County player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How is he? Linked a few pages back (and in 2011). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How is he? 21:46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 what's the last transfer window where we didn't sign anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 So have an update on Stephens. All I have to say it's a sad state of affairs when a championship player is being heavily advised by agents/players not to come to us because of our situation. Not only threat of relegation but the perceived lack of ambition to secure our prem league survival. Although he may join in the summer even if we got relegated. As it was put to me he would rather play for a big fish in a small pond than a fish that's slowly dying. Basically if we get relegated as long as we show ambition to come back up he would still move. Anyways it doesn't matter because the two clubs can't even agree a fee so there is no decision to make for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCAM Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Can't really argue with him, it does seen that we are just going through the motions now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 So have an update on Stephens. All I have to say it's a sad state of affairs when a championship player is being heavily advised by agents/players not to come to us because of our situation. Not only threat of relegation but the perceived lack of ambition to secure our prem league survival. Although he may join in the summer even if we got relegated. As it was put to me he would rather play for a big fish in a small pond than a fish that's slowly dying. Basically if we get relegated as long as we show ambition to come back up he would still move. Anyways it doesn't matter because the two clubs can't even agree a fee so there is no decision to make for him. Cheer's for digging and no suprises really , whole world can see we are a shambles...other than our Chairmen. AVFC is entering a dark period I fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Cheer's for digging and no suprises really , whole world can see we are a shambles...other than our Chairmen. pretty sure he can see it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 pretty sure he can see it too Even worse he doesn't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 What made me worried was that if a Charlton player is worried about our predicament then what must better and bigger players think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Even worse he doesn't care im sure he's quite concerned that the club he bought and put a truckload of money into is going to see its value halved very soon, with the potential for even more devaluation if we don't get back up straight away. it would be silly to think that any businessman wouldn't care seeing that happen to an investment, it's just likely that, for one reason or another, he THINKS he knows what he's doing as ive speculated elsewhere, i think there's a case to be made for lerner believing that relegation could be the easiest way for him to get rid of the high earning players and completely restructure the club's wage policy from top to bottom. it certainly wouldn't have been his plan a (or even b, c, or d for that matter), but now that it's looking likely i just have this inkling feeling that he thinks it's best for the club, financially, to take a short term hit, offload the big earners, and focus on letting lambert bring in promising youngsters who'll get us promoted straight away only problem is that's not how it's going to play out, at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) im sure he's quite concerned that the club he bought and put a truckload of money into is going to see its value halved very soon, with the potential for even more devaluation if we don't get back up straight away. it would be silly to think that any businessman wouldn't care seeing that happen to an investment, it's just likely that, for one reason or another, he THINKS he knows what he's doing as ive speculated elsewhere, i think there's a case to be made for lerner believing that relegation could be the easiest way for him to get rid of the high earning players and completely restructure the club's wage policy from top to bottom. it certainly wouldn't have been his plan a (or even b, c, or d for that matter), but now that it's looking likely i just have this inkling feeling that he thinks it's best for the club, financially, to take a short term hit, offload the big earners, and focus on letting lambert bring in promising youngsters who'll get us promoted straight away only problem is that's not how it's going to play out, at all Basically copying what Ashley did at Newcastle then Edited January 24, 2013 by Nabby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Basically coping what Ashley did at Newcastle then Ashley retained his high earners in the championship! Edited January 24, 2013 by Villastine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Its all doom and gloom... Getting pretty fed up with it. Any positives out there? I know one for starters.. 1. We aren't in the relegation zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Basically copying what Ashley did at Newcastle then yeah i do think, to a certain extent, that he's looking at newcastle and thinking that's the way it normally is when "big" clubs get relegated - that they come back up full of fire on a completely naive level there might be a bit of merit to the idea... you go down with a team of kids, they feel they have something to prove and, with a year's experience under their belt, they go out and hammer everyone, gaining confidence and experience along the way. then when you romp home to the championship title, you supplement them with a few more new players and finish 6th in the premiership if only it was roy of the **** rovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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