sir_gary_cahill Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Yeah sadly it's been shit for about twice as long as it was brilliant, a bit like Ross Barkley last season. It was good while it lasted in both cases! Barkley was class at the start of last season but he went off the boil. As they say, form is temporary, class is permanent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2021 I really hope this deal goes through for 2 reasons. a) I really like what I've seen of him as a player. Has impressed me each time I've seen him play b) The reaction from Arsenal fans would be hilarious. That said, I don't think it will happen unless Arsenal are seriously desperate for cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: The Simpsons - the most overrated and least funny TV show of all time. **runs for cover** Some of the old stuff is amazing, as in the off the cuff comments. Whole episodes have never been funny and the recent stuff is tragic. On the bright side Smith Rowe will not have the same affinity with the Simpson’s due to his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: It was from transfermarkt and it was based on their valuation of the squad. I believe we were in the mid-high £4XXm and Arsenal were low-mid £5XXm. It felt about right to me. Cor! NSWE are bloody good business men. Didn’t they buy it from Dr Tony for £60m and a snotty tissue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, PieFacE said: I really hope this deal goes through for 2 reasons. a) I really like what I've seen of him as a player. Has impressed me each time I've seen him play b) The reaction from Arsenal fans would be hilarious. That said, I don't think it will happen unless Arsenal are seriously desperate for cash. He does look an exciting prospect but point b has become the main reason for me now 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 26 minutes ago, romavillan said: There's a lot to unpack here, but it's probably better done by a trained psychotherapist. Thanks for your help. However if you think that calling out an organisation for sheltering a serial paedophile is deserving of the attention of a shrink, then that is truly concerning. The more people that think like that the more I worry. Never mind good old Aunty Beeb eh? I’m sure they’ve learnt from their mistakes and the next paedophile that they turn into a national treasure they’ll manage to stop after a year or two instead of the 30 years they knew about Saville and did nothing about. Now where’s my straight jacket. Proper nutter me you know. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Nicho said: On the bright side Smith Rowe will not have the same affinity with the Simpson’s due to his age. he might even have to look it up in an "encyclopedia". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 44 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Be surprised if anyone gets this Get it or not, keep it running it’s working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: It was from transfermarkt and it was based on their valuation of the squad. I believe we were in the mid-high £4XXm and Arsenal were low-mid £5XXm. It felt about right to me. Imagine what we would be worth if Bruce got us promoted under the mad Dr, a lot worse than 450m and we'd probably be on our 3rd chinese owner by now. Thank God for Fulham. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Thanks for your help. However if you think that calling out an organisation for sheltering a serial paedophile is deserving of the attention of a shrink, then that is truly concerning. The more people that think like that the more I worry. Never mind good old Aunty Beeb eh? I’m sure they’ve learnt from their mistakes and the next paedophile that they turn into a national treasure they’ll manage to stop after a year or two instead of the 30 years they knew about Saville and did nothing about. Now where’s my straight jacket. Proper nutter me you know. Given that we learned fairly recently that Villa covered up child abuse for 20+ years let’s just not jump to saying that means an organisation should be shut down because then I’d have to support Brentford or someone and I’ve waited a long time to actually enjoy supporting this team again…! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Adam2003 said: Given that we learned fairly recently that Villa covered up child abuse for 20+ years let’s just not jump to saying that means an organisation should be shut down because then I’d have to support Brentford or someone and I’ve waited a long time to actually enjoy supporting this team again…! Shutting down was probably an over the top statement. However I’d like to think that we finally looked into it properly and along with, hopefully all football clubs both large and small, have put measures into place to make sure this abhorrent crime can never happen again. I’m honestly not so confident that the BBC has done the same. On Question Time when the story was finally out, Janet Street-Porter almost boasted, “Oh we all knew what Jimmy was like.” She went on to say that as a young journalist she felt unable to speak out at the time. She conveniently forgot that she had been a fairly prominent presenter for most of the time Saville had been raping children. For me she and everyone else she claimed, “knew what Jimmy was like” are complicit in the crime. Could you sleep if you knew a work colleague was doing what Saville did but did nothing. I couldn’t. May have strayed of topic. I think we’ll sign ESR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post a m ole Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 When people are referring to The Simpsons being the best TV show ever, they’re referring to seasons 2-10 and they’re correct. It’s rated exactly as it is. 10 onwards was a slippery slope and it’s now really bad, but they don’t count. Either way it’s wildly off topic, this is the thread for 8 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Some guy on Sky Sports earlier saying yes we are interested but Arsenal will not sell. They also can't be that hard up for cash as they seem to be selling three or four to fund at least two incoming players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Some guy on Sky Sports earlier saying yes we are interested but Arsenal will not sell. To be honest Sky Sports should be on our blacklist, their speculation is awful and biased. Good when facts happen but worse than useless when doing speculation. 7 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: They also can't be that hard up for cash as they seem to be selling three or four to fund at least two incoming players. but who? Lokonga for 15m, isnt really rocking the football world. Ben White deal doesnt look like it is happening, Locatelli was a non-starter....they couldnt even financially compete with us for Buendia. I see the Arsenal fans talking about all these big names players they are after and reality seems very different because either Arsenal cant afford them or the player isnt interested in joining them. Just feels like one of those families that live way beyond their means and try to give the impression they are rich and better than you. Edited July 5, 2021 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I don't think this signing makes any sense at all from either side and I can't work out what kind of fee it would take. I also don't think our transfers that end up happening drag out this long. For all those reasons it'll probably end up happening somehow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, skarroki said: I don't think this signing makes any sense at all from either side and I can't work out what kind of fee it would take. I also don't think our transfers that end up happening drag out this long. For all those reasons it'll probably end up happening somehow Why does it not makes sense for Villa? Young, talented, loads of potential, british based in a position we are desperate to fill. Seems a perfect fit. If we are bidding in small increments, we must be close to something they would accept (whether they would accept or not is a different point) but for the kids talent, I would be laughing all the way if we got him for 32.5m. That seems like a steel, like when Spurs almost got Grealish for 25m kind of level (not saying Jack and ESR are the same level but just giving an transfer equivalency). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, nick76 said: Why does it not makes sense for Villa? Young, talented, loads of potential, british based in a position we are desperate to fill. Seems a perfect fit. If we are bidding in small increments, we must be close to something they would accept (whether they would accept or not is a different point) but for the kids talent, I would be laughing all the way if we got him for 32.5m. That seems like a steel, like when Spurs almost got Grealish for 25m kind of level (not saying Jack and ESR are the same level but just giving an transfer equivalency). Weakens the opposition too, from crap to crapper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) This isn't going to actually happen is it? The Simpsons was genius for about 10 years and largely shite ever since. Its basically the wacky adventures of Homer now. Too much money in it to pull the plug, Edited July 5, 2021 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Ultimately this will come down to the player wanting the move. I imagine with the players back in for preseason training now, we’ll get a sense of whether this is likely to happen within the next week or so. Arsenal don’t want to sell and may still keep ESR even if he refuses a new contract as he has 2yrs left on his current deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jas10 Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 16 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: All this over a couple of lines speculation in the Mirror. The logic still says he signs his Arsenal contract having negotiated a much bigger pay increase. We then sign Dwight McNeil for the same price we’ve offered for ESR as Burnley will know exactly how much we’re willing to spend. Arsenal probably just waiting for him to land back at training to do some fancy social media announcement. I think it’s that fake ITK on Twitter saying us signing him is a done deal to be announced on Wed that has convinced me it’s definitely not happening! What are you talking about? We’ve already put two bids in for him. This is the most legitimate new or linked player thread on the site at the moment Certainly more credible than the Tammy & JWP threads… 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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