Olof82Mellberg4 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, The_Steve said: He's obviously hinting at that - Dortmund press deny it and now he's recycling TalkSport. He doesn't know anything about our transfer dealings. Guy who famously knows lots about transfers knows nothing about transfers, you're right... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feidhlim Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, The_Steve said: He's obviously hinting at that - Dortmund press deny it and now he's recycling TalkSport. He doesn't know anything about our transfer dealings. Didn't he break the news of our new left back last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, The_Steve said: He's obviously hinting at that - Dortmund press deny it and now he's recycling TalkSport. He doesn't know anything about our transfer dealings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Feidhlim said: Didn't he break the news of our new left back last week? Nope. Spanish media covered it first - including the £500k loan fee. https://www.muchodeporte.com/sevilla-fc/63342/cesion-muy-adelantada-de-augustinsson-al-aston-villa-de-diego-carlos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 minute ago, The_Steve said: Nope. Spanish media covered it first - including the £500k loan fee. https://www.muchodeporte.com/sevilla-fc/63342/cesion-muy-adelantada-de-augustinsson-al-aston-villa-de-diego-carlos/ We get it—you don’t like Romano. Noted. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 The thing about Romano is he’s tweeting about transfers 24/7 from almost every league, then if he doesn’t break an arsenal transfer for example and ornstein does everyone calls him a tap in merchant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said: Totally get your point of view. Its just we are now in a world where you cannot spend whatever you want. Our decreasing transfer outlay will be due to increased salaries. It scares me that i can be totally happy with 8 out of the 11 positions. It has been a long time since i felt like that. Probably 1982 !! If we fall short this season it will be completely on the manager , not on the quality of the players i think. That is still 25% of the first team not being good enough. But more importantly i am guessing that they are pretty important positions (CB, CM, ST?). Not sure what you expectations are - but our current squad is probably battling for 10 - 12th. If we finish below 12th we will have fallen short and that will be on Gerrard and the Board. Unfortunately lots of other posters seem to think that we should be finishing around 8th and that not finishing top half would be falling short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: We get it—you don’t like Romano. Noted. Romano was hinting about something with a Left Back way before any media reports. After it came out, the bloke he often Pods with said they had that info for about two weeks prior and couldn't say anything. Now obviously with transfers, things can change all the time, and sometimes journalists will be wrong. However, Romano is obviously widely regarded as upper echelon. As fans, we simply tend to choose what we believe or who we like based on if we like the news or not . It's just natural ain't it? Edited July 16, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaHatesMe Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: The thing about Romano is he’s tweeting about transfers 24/7 from almost every league, then if he doesn’t break an arsenal transfer for example and ornstein does everyone calls him a tap in merchant Romano clearly has plenty of sources. The problem is they're nearly all agents, and agents sometimes lie. Still, him sharing the information is valuable to a fan if you can figure out how to parse the bullshit from the real stuff. Anybody who has been reading the tea leaves around Carney for the last year isn't surprised by any of this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2022 32 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Romano is talking rubbish - in May he said Carney was off to Dortmund. The £20m figure is rubbish from Talksport. Tap-in merchant. Did Romano shit in your cereal or something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Every time I read 'tap in merchant' I want to vomit through my eyes. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 minute ago, PieFacE said: Did Romano shit in your cereal or something? It was Ekrem someone the other day. Very irrational hatred/obsession with journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 That Ekrem does just make things up or just copies the latest clickbait rumours, can pretty much ignore what he says with regards to transfers. But Romano very reliable whether we like what he's saying or not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Romano is talking rubbish - in May he said Carney was off to Dortmund. The £20m figure is rubbish from Talksport. Tap-in merchant. Wouldn't be the first time he chatted rubbish about Aston Villa tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: Even when they’ve been fit, they’ve been very underwhelming. Bailey especially. Sanson has been here longer than a season and just isn’t fancied by our management team. By all means, go into the season with these players but none of them will be starters for us. Ings is our highest paid player and he sits on the bench. Bailey hasn’t been fit since he got here, pre-season will do him the world of good. Sanson, there is a player in there, he needs games. Ings, again, had more goal inputs than anyone else in the team last year. I think you are making his stats fit your narrative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: 5 league Cup games?? Seriously though, we will obviously need luck of the draw but with the expectation of it being a bit of a no man's land season I'd want Gerrard to go after the cups, we do have a chance there, we are good enough to give anyone a game, my memory is hazy but I thought we were the better team vs finalists Chelsea away last season So top 4 team away 3rd round of both It always depends on the draw really. Last two occasions we've reached Wembley in domestic cups it's been mostly home draws v lower league or weakened prem teams. 2019 was run of Crewe, Brighton reserves, Wolves under 20s, Liverpool under 15s and then Leicester which was a very good win considering the state we were in at the time. 2015 had home ties v Blackpool, Bournemouth, Leicester (when rock bottom of prem and surely going down) and West Brom. With our squad options now we certainly could put out a pretty experienced second string 11 (in the unlikely event they're all fit at that time!) and rest 5-6 of our key players for the crucial 6 pointer at home to Southampton the following weekend but gets a bit difficult if we get Man. City away early. Was going to say Liverpool aswell but they usually put their reserves out in the early rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 We have had a great window, and it was reassuringly done extremely professionally, we are a very serious club these days. Patience please, Rome wasn’t built in a day. I don’t believe we are done yet: does the silence not surprise you - it’s how we do business these days. As I said earlier we are very serious about our trajectory at this moment, I expect more very good signings before the window closes - it will be the gilding of the Lilly, the business so far was the missing links. Further, apparently the PL has so far only spent £412m and this window is expected to total £1.2B so a shit load of business is yet to happen and we are as serious as anyone at strengthening. And FWIW I am happy if we are done, we will be much better this season, just look at our squad today, it’s top half. Lastly, I couldn’t care about Carney, he’s talented but it’s 50/50 if he makes the grade, you’d think he should knocking on the door given all the hype, but has had chances (he frankly hasn’t deserved) and he isn’t even close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 hour ago, MWARLEY2 said: And Buendia. Our player of the season 22/23 incoming. I think he is going to take the piss with how good he will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 57 minutes ago, messi11 said: Wouldn't be the first time he chatted rubbish about Aston Villa tbh I'm not being funny, but what makes those tweets " rubbish " ? We were linked with Rashica for 2 transfer windows non stop in a row. Maybe we did make offers they were rejected and deals fell through for whatever reason. Interest and offers don't always result in signings. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I'm not being funny, but what makes those tweets " rubbish " ? I was wondering that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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