CI Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 JulieB agree on Ireland, the guy is Grade A shirker. As for Bowery yes he's played ok but just doesn't look like a striker at all, not that he's been played up front down the middle . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 11, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2013 Could people please try reading the title of the thread before posting and stop and think if what they are going to post has anything at all to do with transfer speculation. If not, try a more appropriate thread or start one if need be but can we please keep this on topic and civil. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Sooooo... Anyone heard any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I think we'll see some activity next week as we have a clear week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I reckon a MF by the Baggies match. Then potentially one more MF and a CB later on (depending on if we shift anything or Randy wants to write off some more money). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 All this no money stuff is a smokescreen IMHO No way would Lerner say no money. Would make zero sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floody555 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 so glad that Vlaar could be available for tomorrows game and agree it would be like a new signing in itself I've been following this thread for the last few weeks now and it seems that no 3 villa fans can agree on one thing, just shows you how hard it is for the manager if the fans cant even agree on things. I like most villans want some signings but a few posters have hit the nail on the head as we've been left in a place its gonna be hard for PL to get out of i.e signing players for the sake of it and putting them on STUPID wages and not even to play 1 premier league game (Beye) for instance. Lerner has put a hell of alot of money into our club and seen no return in success as of yet, so it doesn't suprise me he's being a little cautious. Just hope we can shift some of the DEADWOOD and get some extra funds, but if they're deadwood for us then they are for other clubs too otherwise those loanee clubs would of taken them on a permanent basis. I really think PL is the right man to get us going in the right direction but its not going to happen quickly. VTiD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 All this no money stuff is a smokescreen IMHO No way would Lerner say no money. Would make zero sense Go on, I'll humour you, a smokescreen for what? For actually doing some business? What would that achieve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoughboroughLion Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 All over twitter: 'In January 2009, River Plate offered Falcao to Aston Villa for £7m. Martin O'Neill decided to go with Emile Heskey instead. Great Decision' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 All over twitter: 'In January 2009, River Plate offered Falcao to Aston Villa for £7m. Martin O'Neill decided to go with Emile Heskey instead. Great Decision' Old news, but still get pissed off for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I really don't care what you think..lol it's just negative bile. Enjoy! I'm going tomorrow to support them & I've been really poorly with this awful bug that's going around. If you don't really care what he thinks then perhaps blah blah blah.... (Wink) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) EDIT: Wrong thread Edited January 11, 2013 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 According to PL, one or two signings, so James Chester and Dale Stephens, we'll going down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Old news, but still get pissed off for that. Its horse shit. He was never "offered" to us, he was recomended to us by jpa but we didnt follow it up. Yes its annoying, but he wasnt offered to us on a plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 According to PL, one or two signings, so James Chester and Dale Stephens, we'll going down You don't know who his targets are. Very few people probably do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) You don't know who his targets are. Very few people probably do! More likely its those than anyone else, Coutinho or Lescott are just pipe dreams Edited January 11, 2013 by Avflife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 More likely its those than anyone else, Coutinho or Lescott are just pipe dreams Dale Stephens is a fair possibility but James Chester is an old link, I really doubt we're interested in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 11, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2013 Its horse shit. He was never "offered" to us, he was recomended to us by jpa but we didnt follow it up. Yes its annoying, but he wasnt offered to us on a plate. How about from River Plate? Sorry, if we still did yellow cards I would give myself one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Robinson Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I hope to God they aren't playing this tin-pot beggar card to save a million pounds or so. Yes, to me and you that's silly money, but we need to look at this in perspective. The cost of being relegated is £34m, assuming we come straight back up (£45m PL TV Money we would get, minus the £1m Championship TV money and the Parachute Payment of £10m). We need 21 more points to guarantee safety, from 17 games. Every win between now and May is therefore worth £4.8m, every draw, around £1.6m. Those stakes are only going to keep increasing as the games tick down. So to hold off on bringing in a player who could have real impact, to maybe get him cheaper in a few games' time, is unpardonably short-sighted of the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 No manager is going to tell the market that he has a large transfer budget. PL has said he wants to strengthen, but has also said that he hates getting random agents constantly pitching shit players to him. I'm sure he's got some targets identified, otherwise there's no point in paying Henke's salary, and we'll see 2 or 3 new faces in this month. They may not be Couthino or Lescott, but I'm hoping they add some quality and resolve to our fragile team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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