Zatman Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The thing with jack is he tries to make everything a pun, his commentary is one long pun. Amusing in itself. dont let him onto this forum then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I hope Jack is on a long contract and doesn't get poached by a CL team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2013 haha, @Nath182: I'm not in the country let alone brum so no season ticket for me unfortunately. so i'm a big consumer of streams, amazing now that I can see almost every villa game without AVTV. I'd like a way to do that above board but the Jack experience was horrendous. He may well get paid **** all and have no budget but he has to be one of the most irritating people on the planet surely? I was getting t the point of self harm every time he opened his mouth that photo is hilarious, it's made me laugh every time I've seen it today. you can read Lamberts mind there and it's nothing pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) How much has Lambert spent on players already? If he can clear a few off the wage bill I expect him to spend at least 18-25m in total this window, and that's without selling Benteke. We must be able to budget for at least that. Edited July 11, 2013 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Well for starters it looks like we are looking to spend between 6m to 8m(maybe more) on an attacking midfielder due to both Montpellier and Nurnberg saying we had enquired about Belhanda and Kiyotake. Then maybe sign a striker for around the same again I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I cant really see Lambert leaving us anytime soon unless we go down. Last season shows the faith of the board in him, and he has been allowed to bring his players with little fuss. Other than Manyew, none of the top clubs would be seen dead employing a British manager. I just hope the Lambert project works and he has time to build something good here in the next 3/4 seasons. When I mean good I mean like top 10 and some decent cup runs. I am not mad enough to suggest Villa will ever get near the top 4 now. Speaking of which I am more concerned HE has not signed a new contract with us. Sod the players. Was thinking this. There are comments from Lambert regarding a new contract, something along the lines his is relaxed about it. I think Lerner is waiting until next summer. But thinking how Lambert came to us, if and when a bigger clubs comes knocking the contract that Lambert is on won't matter anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 If we lose Benteke I'd be deeply concerned about relegation again. Nah, once we sell the riff raff, sell Beneteke, and sign 3 more players, we will be considerably stronger than we were last year. I've a feeling PL is going to pull off 1 or 2 more fantastic signings, and we'll be off and running. 10th place is realistic, and I don't think we'll ever be flirting with the drop again for a long time to come. I hope you're right mate. I'm still worried about the defence though and it's not a given that we'll score goals again without t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'm more bothered the way our rivals are strengthening Sunderland signing Giaccherini, Southampton Wanyama, Swansea Bony, Its going to be a tough season thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) Yeah, if we sell Benteke I think we'll struggle again. (Obviously, we could spend the Benteke money on a few quality players, but I doubt we will) Edited July 11, 2013 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'm more bothered the way our rivals are strengthening Sunderland signing Giaccherini, Southampton Wanyama, Swansea Bony, Its going to be a tough season thats for sure And some would have no issue if Lambert was only given half of what we get for Benteke. Surely with the new tv money and selling Benteke should see Lambert being given a decent amount to continue to improve the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 To be fair even whilst this Benteke saga is going on we should be still strengthening. We need to sign a really good AM soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) Well we were being linked with big money moves for Kiyotake before the news of Benteke handing in a transfer request even broke Unless... Lambert knew this was coming and would have the funds available Edited July 11, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Well we were being linked with big money moves for Kiyotake before the news of Benteke handing in a transfer request even broke Unless... Lambert knew this was coming and would have the funds available Hairyhands posted on here - about 30 minutes before anyone else - that Bentekke told the club he wanted out shortly after the season ended 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Well we were being linked with big money moves for Kiyotake before the news of Benteke handing in a transfer request even broke Unless... Lambert knew this was coming and would have the funds available Hairyhands posted on here - about 30 minutes before anyone else - that Bentekke told the club he wanted out shortly after the season ended So hopefully Lambert has a cracker lined up! Woop woop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 We've strengthened quite dramatically already - if Lambert's happy with what we've got then that's good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) I would think that If benteke goes lambert would look for another striker plus an attacking midfielder , kiyotake would fit the bill for me at about £10m , not sure if we need a back up right back or maybe a utility defender who can cover the back 4 . Edited July 12, 2013 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMushroom Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 All in all , Paul is having quite a good summer so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I would think that If benteke goes lambert would look for another striker plus an attacking midfielder , kiyotake would fit the bill for me at about £10m , not sure if we need a back up right back or maybe a utility defender who can cover the back 4 . We defo need another RB Unless lowton can manage to have another freak season where he fails to pick up any major injuries and play nearly every game again "unlikely" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Josh Webb is only 17, but as Lambert's brought him into the Germany pre-season squad, maybe he would be happy with Herd & Webb as backup rightbacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) It's good we have put a time limit on any benteke deal, the last thing we need is it dragging on for weeks - i expect lambert has contacts watching possible replacements . May I just add , I have come here after several years at h&v forum and am very impressed with what I've seen so far - thanks for making me welcome . Edited July 12, 2013 by Eastie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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