Did Remi influence our summer spending?

[Stirchley Villain]

Sherwood saying that he didn't buy the players is probably going to add fuel to that fire, I would be very very surprised if that was the case, having said that..Nothing the Villa do would surprise me

Wasn't Sherwood telling everyone in the summer that it was his personal intervention that persuaded Amavi, Veretout and Gana to sign on the dotted line or did I just imagine it?

[exigo]

Every single signing mentioned how they'd spoken to Sherwood and been impressed by the way he sold the club to them.
For him to be saying three months later that he had nothing to do with them shows you what a complete prick he was.

[aj2k77]

Just to add to the Sherwood is a ****** and a bullshitter theme, I remember reading an article in the summer after we started signing the frenchies with him claiming he had a sort of personal European scout who knows exactly what type of player Dim wants and is on the look out for them. Clearly hinting that this super scout had been monitoring these players for him, nothing mentioned of transfer commitees, haven't a clue who the players are etc. He's just a massive twat in the mould of an O'Leary self absorbed massive twat.

[Matt C]

Sherwood saying that he didn't buy the players is probably going to add fuel to that fire, I would be very very surprised if that was the case, having said that..Nothing the Villa do would surprise me

Wasn't Sherwood telling everyone in the summer that it was his personal intervention that persuaded Amavi, Veretout and Gana to sign on the dotted line or did I just imagine it?

You didn't. He was only to happy to take the credit in the summer. The second it started to go awry he retreated into self-preservation mode.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Glad the fucker has gone to be honest

[placeforparks]

Just to add to the Sherwood is a c*** and a bullshitter theme, I remember reading an article in the summer after we started signing the frenchies with him claiming he had a sort of personal European scout who knows exactly what type of player Dim wants and is on the look out for them. Clearly hinting that this super scout had been monitoring these players for him, nothing mentioned of transfer commitees, haven't a clue who the players are etc. He's just a massive twat in the mould of an O'Leary self absorbed massive twat.

also said he'd been monitoring adama traore for years as well...

sherwood is an absolute chancer. his mates in the media rim him, because he's a good value for a quote here and there.

it's all downhill for sherwood from here.

[mr underhill]

to OPR? that would be massively downhill

[in exile]

It would be for QPR

[Gregorys Boy]

Not a chance for me.  One of the draw backs of having an owner who no longer wants to be there is that things are made up on the hop. At the time the board were very much behind Sherwood and willing to give him a chance based on the turn round under him last season, but due to the terrible start and no sign of things changing they have changed plans again.

We are using the director of Football system and this is kinda how it works, and France seems the best place right now to get cheap and promising young players.  Seems we only got the cheap part right It would be interesting to know if Sherwood played a part in any of the signings though.

[Dave]

France seems the best place right now to get cheap and promising young players.  Seems we only got the cheap part right

£9m for Amavi, £9m for Gueye, £8m for Ayew, £8m for Veretout.

Your idea of cheap differs substantially from mine.

[Gregorys Boy]

France seems the best place right now to get cheap and promising young players.  Seems we only got the cheap part right

£9m for Amavi, £9m for Gueye, £8m for Ayew, £8m for Veretout.

Your idea of cheap differs substantially from mine.

Fair point, but the market is over priced so in a way those are cheap buys, they now look more experisve because as of yet they haven't produced.

[Dave]

France seems the best place right now to get cheap and promising young players.  Seems we only got the cheap part right

£9m for Amavi, £9m for Gueye, £8m for Ayew, £8m for Veretout.

Your idea of cheap differs substantially from mine.

Fair point, but the market is over priced so in a way those are cheap buys, they now look more experisve because as of yet they haven't produced.

They (along with Adama and Gestede) represented our biggest outlay on transfer fees in one summer in (I think I'm right in saying) our entire history. So even before they had kicked a ball for us, they certainly weren't cheap.

[andyaston]

With the French players, they may have cost a fair amount in transfer fees but wages are a massive difference compared to English players of the same value.