Zatman Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 8 hours ago, TheFish said: We were quoted £60m+ for him and reportedly his wage demands ended our interest. We got Barnes for less and for less wages too. Dunno how much of an impact it had, but Howe really likes players with Premier League experience too. He'd have been a huge upgrade on Almiron and Murphy and as I said at the time, he's a really good signing for you. Its very Martin O'Neill style approach and while it works to a point its not a great policy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFish Posted October 31, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2023 18 hours ago, Zatman said: Its very Martin O'Neill style approach and while it works to a point its not a great policy Oh, don't get me wrong, Howe isn't exclusive with his affection. Barnes, Burn, Gordon, Hall, Livramento, Targett, Trippier all have Premier League experience. But Botman, Bruno, Isak, Tonali, do not. And if Gordon had been plying his trade in the Bundesliga, I'm sure we still would have been interested (probably got him for less than £40m too). With Ashworth running the recruitment side of things, I'm hoping we'll start discovering the same calibre of players that were unearthed during his time at Brighton. We've already got a couple of young players out on loan in the Netherlands and of them Minteh looks to be a genuine prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Every article or tweet that praises Villa recently gets lots of comments from Toon supporters who all say "But what about Newcastle??" I love it that we are occupying a position they thought their oil money was going to guarantee them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Not sure whats more crazy but they are thinking of suing Milan over Tonali but more incredibly Tonali has taken a paycut to just 120k a week for the duration of his ban Surely he should not be getting paid at all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Not sure whats more crazy but they are thinking of suing Milan over Tonali but more incredibly Tonali has taken a paycut to just 120k a week for the duration of his ban Surely he should not be getting paid at all The FA investigating whether he broke rules whilst at Newcastle, I wonder if that is code for “he was at it recently and we’re getting the evidence together”. I find it hard to believe Milan knew nothing of it when he was sold, not disclosing it might not have been illegal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 So Newcastle's Dan Ashworth made comments earlier suggesting they are going to sign some players from the saudi league....who the hell saw that coming!?!? /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Never really liked this club but now with all this s*** I'm starting to really dislike them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I find it impossible Milan didn’t have any hints about Tonali before selling him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 17 minutes ago, The_Steve said: I find it impossible Milan didn’t have any hints about Tonali before selling him But then the onus would be on Newcastles due diligence to find that out Likened it before to a medical, in my mind Milan have to pass on the medical records, they can't lie but if Newcastle don't ask... They don't have to tell them, Newcastle have to do their own medical If there's no documentation where Newcastle can demonstrate that they asked and that Milan lied I don't see how they can then do anything about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 42 minutes ago, The_Steve said: I find it impossible Milan didn’t have any hints about Tonali before selling him Its either impossible or perfectly normal. Does your employer know what you do on your phone outside of work? Of course, selling him hints at the fact they knew what they were doing, but it's perfectly fine to assume no one knew anything - especially considering Italy is full of shady deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Is it me or has livramento put on a lot of muscle … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 There’s something in the water at St James's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Jeff Hendrick is still under contract at Newcastle. Amazing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Players with 5 bookable offences stay on the pitch and dodgy VAR decisions go their way seemingly every week. interesting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, The_Steve said: There’s something in the water at St James's You could say the same about us I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaJ100 Posted November 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, The_Steve said: There’s something in the water at St James's That'll be the PED's (Pashun, excitement, determination of course) Edited November 4, 2023 by VillaJ100 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Wow, Bruno G. is a goon, isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 How did VAR check that forearm smash to Jorginho and decide on doing nothing????? That was worse than the goal as that was so deliberate and blatent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, KAZZAM said: How did VAR check that forearm smash to Jorginho and decide on doing nothing????? That was worse than the goal as that was so deliberate and blatent. He even followed through with the forearm, leaving absolutely no doubt about what it was. Incredible, I totally agree with Arteta, it's an embarrassing disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 The Championship is going to have a surplus of referees next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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