rubberman
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Why is it more likely he'll be staying? Liverpool looking elsewhere and not seeming inclined to offer more than £20m. Falcao to Chelsea, Wenger seems happy with Giroud. Really don't think Spurs will cough up enough either. Just seem to be fewer links being made. (Apart from the Utd one ^^ - can't see that happening though). May just be feeling optimistic today though...
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Seems a lot more likely he'll be staying now, which I 'll be more than happy with. A full season, injury-free, with an improved squad behind him and we could start to forget the last four years.
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We could sign 4 Carlos Gils! C. Gil Carles Carles G Gil Good bench. C. Gil - Dead Leg Carles - Manager doesn't fancy him. Carles G - Forrin Gil - Left the ground after being dropped, never to be seen again. Such a waste...
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True. This lot of signings need to NOT be on long contracts.
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I've managed to persuade myself that Richards, despite being a sicknote, can do a job for us. Is def a risk, but could well improve on what we've got. I might be able to persuade myself that Huddlestone, if he can be got fit and into form, can improve things, but also is a risk. I'm really not sure I can come to terms with Townsend at anywhere near that price. Seems just to run fast without anything coming from it and what we desperately need is good quality delivery from crosses (and from dead balls / set pieces - we don't score nearly enough from the opportunities we get).
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That's a pretty good fixture list. Obv Arsenal away at the end could be rough if we have another stinker, but at the moment I feel slightly more optimistic and we should be able to regularly pick up points and not get to a stage of losing game after game.
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How do you know this? Where has it been confirmed that there is an exclusivity arrangement let along how long it is? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33053539 Exactly. I think it's unlikely the club would confirm anything more concrete while the due diligence is going on. If nothing more comes out by the end of the month I'll start to get worried it's not going to happen. As has been said before, there's been a couple of years to make sure the club is in good order for a sale so if a decent offer is there I'd expect it to progress pretty quickly.
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It's only been just over a week since the 4-6wk non-disclosure, exclusivity period started. It's a bit mental to start conspiracy theories because nothings been heard yet.
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Has this been resolved yet?
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But over 2 years he'd also be £5m poorer, which is not insignificant. I suppose the gamble is that he could make that up in signing on fees if he moves on a free, but its a lot of money to risk.
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I'm worried that at the moment it seems to be a mass exodus and we'll be playing 5-a-side with rush goalie come pre-season, but... There will be, as ever, 4-6 sides worse than us. With Tim in charge we'll have wildly fluctuating results - plenty of hammerings, but also more wins. It'll certainly be a roller-coaster season (hopefully not the Smiler variety) - 14th I reckon, with a glimmer more potential. Though I also harbour fears it'll be a car crash and Tim'll be gone by Christmas.
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Please have cash. Please don't saddle us with debt. Please keep Tekkers. Please sign 4-5 other decent players. Please get this done early. Thanks.
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Would have loved to see him come on in the second half of the cup final instead of same old, same old...or against Burnley or Saints - both dead games with a chance to try something new and when we should have been resting Jack (amongst others). I'm still clinging to the tiniest amount of hope that we'll see a new, solid spine for next season that will allow us to play Grealish, Gil and Benteke up front. Really tiny. Miniscule.
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I'd take 32.5m + Bamford. Lets get it done.
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3-2 Villa. 2 from the big man, 92nd minute winner from Jack. Very excited.
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The papers have been saying that Liverpool will be waiting till after the cup final so that's not really much comfort.
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+ Randy didn't re-name Villa Park the Tracksuit Arena so that's a bonus.
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Hopefully FSG will tell Rogers to do one when he goes over to the US for his meeting. Leaving Liverpool without a manager for most of the transfer window and Tim can sit CB down and talk some sense into him / offer him a £100k contract. Van Gaal doesn't seem to be interested, he doesn't fit Wenger's style and City seem to be planning to spunk £200m on Messi so the most natural fit would seem be Chelsea, but I hope wanting to play every week would be enough to hold them off this window. 1 more year please Christian.
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Player of the season & Young Player of the Season
rubberman replied to andykeenan's topic in Villa Talk
Hmmm - no votes for Richardson yet? Benteke - for the goals that have kept us up, though Delph pushes close. Grealish - for the excitement. My youngest pretends to be him when he's playing - praise indeed. -
I liked that ^^. I don't actually like it obv, but it's true.
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Nah - dead rubber. Winning this shouldn't have any bearing on performance in a cup final - that should be enough in itself. The important thing is to avoid injury and give a bit of a rest to the likes of Delph who've run themselves into the ground. This is a great chance to evaluate some of the squad players who've been seen as too much of a risk during the relegation run in (I'm looking at you Carles) and see if they can push for a place on the bench for the cup and/or show enough for next season. Don't see any reason why we can't win as well.
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Really dreadful, but that happened to Spurs while Tim was there as well. With the way his teams set up it seems to be score loads and win or ship a hatful - will always be a rollercoaster under Sherwood - can't see a season of grinding out 1-0 results.
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Teams in the Europa league finish on average 2.3 places lower than the season they qualified. For 'bigger' teams dropping into it, there isn't that effect as the squads are already in place to compete midweek and weekend. For the 'smaller' clubs (which sadly includes us these days) the impact is greater. We need to consolidate a position in the top 1/3 of the league before taking Europe seriously.
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Hopefully they'll buy Ings and that will be the end of it. I really hope we can keep him for another year - his goals are easily worth the drop in his value coming into the last year of contract. Even better to sign an extension, though that would be too much to hope for.
