Big_John_10 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 We couldn't maintain spending/wages, MON threw his toys out the pram and bailed; leaving us in the shit. And yet we settled with him out of court. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Our net spend was low but I think that was more to do with Lerner's decison. Being described as crippled makes it sound as though we couldn't have spent more. I don't agree. Also like I said if Lerner had been better after Mon left no one would be complaining or trying to attach blame. Blaming MON 3 years and 3 managers later is ridiculous. I meant crippled as in as we couldn't justify buying players for certain positions as we all ready had a back up who was earning far too much money and not getting games. Sure if we had Man City's cash we could but we do not. I'm not saying it's all his fault, but I think things have snowballed because of him. The wages were the obvious issue, and McLeish (Given, Hutton, N'Zogbia, Jenas) did not help that, nor did Houiller (Makoun) or the Ireland deal. I think it makes perfect sense that we had to get the wages down and for Lerner to tighten the purse strings, what has been spent has been spent poorly (not MoN's fault) and thus why were are where we are in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Houllier was given the best part of 30 mil to spend in the Jan transfer window on Bent and Makoun and allowed to loan in Walker and Bradley. We could do with that kind of investment now. was he? bent was £18 million and makoun was less than 5 million, doesnt add up to £30 million , it doesnt add up to the best oart of 30 million, it adds up to 23 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Is this still the transfer speculation thread or has it gone that quiet we have turned it onto the MON vs VILLA thread ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) was he? bent was £18 million and makoun was less than 5 million, doesnt add up to £30 million , it doesnt add up to the best oart of 30 million, it adds up to 23 million An initial 18 mill with add ons potentially rising to 24 mill for Bent. You can almost guarantee that one of the triggers for part of that extra 6mill would have been staying up that season. If you just go half way and say Bent has cost 21 mill so far and I believe Makon cost 6 mill not 5 but even if you said 5 that would be 26 mill so the best part of 30 mill. Of course on top of that we also loaned Bradley and Walker and I'd imagine there were loan fees invovled there. Whatever way you want to look at it we could certainly do with that level of investment now. Edited January 17, 2013 by markavfc40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley the Bognor Villan Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/8402707/Galatasaray-reveal-the-size-of-offer-accepted-by-Inter-Milan-for-Wesley-Sneijder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 My birthday today, so a few presents from Villa would be good. (there than the usual where they make me feel like shit) Happy birthday mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Wage bill compared to income - for me that's down to the owner. Why would the manager know more about our income and future income than the owner? Would would he have more responsibility to control it over the owner? Did MON make Lerner hire houllier? Did MON make houllier destroy every good thing about the squad he left? Did he make Lerner hire Mcleish? It's been 3 years. He left us with a wage bill that was too high but with the chances we've had to do things better i don't see how he can keep being blamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 http://www1.skysport...Wesley-Sneijder 6 million transfer fee and 90k wages? are my maths that bad.. or are those bloody turks lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 http://www1.skysport...Wesley-Sneijder Jeez, Wesley Sneijder for £6.2M. Inter are bloody desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Still don't fully understand why no one else has come in for Sneijder. I know he's had injury problems in the past, but he's still a quality player. Am amazed Tottenham haven't gone in for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Wages and off the field issues I believe which have been covered up by saying he is injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yeah we need more of your brave optimism. Everything's worked out fine so far. You're right of course (as usual). Giving up half way through the season is the best policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Think he is on about 200k a week at Inter or at least 150k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 i thought he was asking 200k wages. 90k wages is a snip (not for us) but for a bigger club. Meanwhile.. apparantly Sissoko is deciding today who he is signing for. I think hes gonna goto Marseille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Apparently blunderland have bid for Danny Graham's (Swansea) were we not linked with him recently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Apparently blunderland have bid for Danny Graham's (Swansea) were we not linked with him recently ? Not sure why, don't need him tbh. Would rather we sort out of Midfield and defence first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 AVFC still two and a half years have still not replaced milner..the day we beat west ham at home was milners last game,since that day i challenge any one to convince me we have signed a player who has done more than milner for avfc since that day. MIDFIELD IS THE PROBLEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular_john Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Arguably, Darren Bent kept us in the league in his first season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Apparently blunderland have bid for Danny Graham's (Swansea) were we not linked with him recently ? Yeah, 'linked' is the key word here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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