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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on August 08, 2018, 11:26:58 AM
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Looks like we have a new LB also (thank goodness). Welcome to Villa Joe. Be better than the last Joe we had playing in that position.
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£4m rising to £6m according to Alan Nixon
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Fingers crossed this gets done, if it hasn't been already.
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So the Traore windfall then has pretty much paid for this, nice..
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So the Traore windfall then has pretty much paid for this, nice..
Although rumour has it Dr X took a £1m for it to help pay the bills..
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So the Traore windfall then has pretty much paid for this, nice..
Although rumour has it Dr X took a £1m for it to help pay the bills..
Which bills?
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Wondering if Bruce is looking at option as 3-5-2 and using him as centre back . Like a Kyle walker but left side .
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This would be good news. Cafu has done a good job but will be great to have a decent left back.
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So the Traore windfall then has pretty much paid for this, nice..
Although rumour has it Dr X took a £1m for it to help pay the bills..
Fuck sake, was there any sale he didn't end-up mugging us on?
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Welcome and good luck
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Neil Taylor was awful other day Bryan can start straight away as far as I'm concerned
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Has this actually been confirmed?
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Bristol Post have said Villa about to confirm transfer, now medical has been completed.
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I hope he plays on Saturday
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Could we not have part-ex'd him with Neil? He'd be closer to Wales too.
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Wondering if Bruce is looking at option as 3-5-2 and using him as centre back . Like a Kyle walker but left side .
Pity Alan Wright is no longer playing, he could have filled that role. Joe Bryan is 5 foot 7.
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Could we not have part-ex'd him with Neil? He'd be closer to Wales too.
Probably would have pushed the price up
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swapping Ayew for Taylor was terrible but of business tbf
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swapping Ayew for Taylor was terrible but of business tbf
Both pretty rubbish to be honest.
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Ayew was top scorer for Swansea last year -not saying a fat lot as they were rubbish obv.
But the mid season revival they enjoyed was due in large part to him. Swansea are holding out for £10 million for him, so -at the price we gave him away for- it looked like shite business at the time and still looks shite business.
He is becoming something of a Jonah though. So hopefully he can find his way to WHL by the close of business tomorrow.
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I think people forget Taylor was perfectly decent and reliable when he first came. He's not even that bad now.
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He (Taylor) was average to start and went downhill from there.
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I think people forget Taylor was perfectly decent and reliable when he first came. He's not even that bad now.
Oh come off it, he's absolutely fucking awful. He's even worse than Cissokho, and that's saying something.
He didn't cost much though, as I think the deal we did with Swansea was £5m and Taylor for Ayew, but he's still utterly shit. Hopefully when we complete on the Bristol City lad we'll never have to see him play for us again. We'll then have Bryan and Hutton to cover.
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I think people forget Taylor was perfectly decent and reliable when he first came. He's not even that bad now.
He was rubbish when he arrived, and has been rubbish since he has been here.
His reputation is based on four or five competent matches for Wales at Euro 2016 when he had three decent centre backs to cover his defending and Gareth Bale ahead of him so he didn't have to do any attacking.
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It was something like £5m and Taylor for Ayew. Ayew is a pretty mediocre player that flatters to deceive as he has zero consistency, he'll have the odd good spell but ultimately doesn't even average 6 league goals a season and is yet to have a full season with a club in this country that doesn't end in relegation.
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I think people forget Taylor was perfectly decent and reliable when he first came. He's not even that bad now.
Oh come off it, he's absolutely fucking awful. He's even worse than Cissokho, and that's saying something.
When you think of some of our left backs of the last decade and that he stands out as poor in comparison, even though he's been playing for us in a division below the others - I think that tells it's own story.
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I feel we've had more out of Taylor than we ever got from Ayew.
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I feel we've had more out of Taylor than we ever got from Ayew.
Taylor's certainly contributed to more goals than Ayew ever did...
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Medical was completed 5 hours ago, so don't know why Villa have not yet confirmed the transfer has taken place.
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Medical was completed 5 hours ago, so don't know why Villa have not yet confirmed the transfer has taken place.
Very good question. Part of me thinks both Bryan & McGinn hinge on whether or not Grealish deal is agreed.
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Wondering if Bruce is looking at option as 3-5-2 and using him as centre back . Like a Kyle walker but left side .
He is going to 3-5-2 but with Tuanzebe at Centre Half. So I hear anyway.
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I feel we've had more out of Taylor than we ever got from Ayew.
Taylor's certainly contributed to more goals than Ayew ever did...
Just not at the right end.
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I feel we've had more out of Taylor than we ever got from Ayew.
Taylor's certainly contributed to more goals than Ayew ever did...
Just not at the right end.
Finally, someone provides the finish to my expert assist...
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His sister is tidy. Team GB pole vaulter. So probably a good athlete at a minimum!
He can't possibly be worse than Taylor surely.
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medical done according the VillaTransfers guy
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I hope bloody Boro don’t pip us to his signature.
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Ive heard Fulham have come in
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In the McGinn interview, he says something about hoping to get some other players in during the next 24 hours, so I reckon he's seen Bryan down at the training ground.
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On Twitter, yes I know, some are saying we've agreed the fee and personal terms and medical is done but Fulham have stuck their nose in.
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Going to Fulham would be an odd decision given that Sessengnon is there.
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On Twitter, yes I know, some are saying we've agreed fee and person terms and medical is done but Fulham have stuck their nose in.
If there's any truth in that at all, they might just be trying to say to Southampton that they have other targets if their targeting of Targett doesn't come off.
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McGinn makes reference to another player signed today in his interview... or did I interpret it incorrectly?
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Going to Fulham would be an odd decision given that Sessengnon is there.
He doesn't really play at full-back anymore though.
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Going to Fulham would be an odd decision given that Sessengnon is there.
They definitely want a left back. But not been able to get Matt targett yet. Sessegnon will play on the wing like he did last season. .
They were bidding double digits for targett apparently. So I'd imagine they'll get Bryan if they want him. Here's hoping Southampton relent and agree to sell targett.
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Fulham were down the line with Target from Southampton but obviously something happened there. Gutted if he ends up going there, we are desperately poor at left back.
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Going to Fulham would be an odd decision given that Sessengnon is there.
He doesn't really play at full-back anymore though.
Ah fair enough.
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Done.
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Done.
Sure?
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Deal in the balance according to twatter late interest from PL club.
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FFS Bwistol, welease Bwyan.
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Medical bloke says so.
Fulham were interested, but he went through with his medical anyway. Finished not so long ago.
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Yes it was Fulham that have been mentioned.
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It would be a U-turn of Unsworth proportions if he went elsewhere now.
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https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/exclusive-fulham-leave-late-bid-1877136.amp?__twitter_impression=true
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FFS Bwistol, welease Bwyan.
We need dooers like him our movement.
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Plenty of players have medicals and then go elsewhere so would be wary.
Sessegnon plays mostly left of midfield these days so as mentioned Fulham do have vacancy at LB so that would be pretty tempting for him you'd imagine.
Hope we get him as he impressed me in Bristol's cup run last year.
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Haven’t Fulham done enough damage to us 😡
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Bugger, This will go to the wire apparently because of Fulhams interest.
Fingers crossed but this could well be 2-0 Fulham.
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Medical bloke says so.
Fulham were interested, but he went through with his medical anyway. Finished not so long ago.
That doesn't mean he has to sign tho
Hopefully we'll announce this one tomorrow am
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Hmmm the fact this isn’t already completed concerns me.
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Ads has confirmed it's all done and dusted... been pretty good so far this window.
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I just hope this one of Ads' medical mates isn't the same one that told us that Mancini was gonna be the new Everton manager.
That's fifty quid I'll never see again 😢
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Fulham signed a left back from Nice by name of Le Marchand so this while talk of left back by media outlets or cover for sessengon is nonsense
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Please, please, please be true
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I just hope this one of Ads' medical mates isn't the same one that told us that Mancini was gonna be the new Everton manager.
That's fifty quid I'll never see again 😢
That's was a bloke called Mr Dry. He's only short if you want to give him a kicking.
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The medical bloke on Twitter has only confirmed that the medical took place, not that it’s a done deal yet.
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I just hope this one of Ads' medical mates isn't the same one that told us that Mancini was gonna be the new Everton manager.
That's fifty quid I'll never see again 😢
That's was a bloke called Mr Dry. He's only short if you want to give him a kicking.
I'll get my mate to do it. He's very tough, he didn't even cry during the start of "Up".
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I just hope this one of Ads' medical mates isn't the same one that told us that Mancini was gonna be the new Everton manager.
That's fifty quid I'll never see again 😢
That's was a bloke called Mr Dry. He's only short if you want to give him a kicking.
I'll get my mate to do it. He's very tough, he didn't even cry during the start of "Up".
That's pretty nails to be fair.
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Plenty of talk on twitter that he's gone to Fulham. Pissed. The weakest position we have.
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Plenty of talk on twitter is utter, utter bullshit. Let's wait and see, eh?
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Would explain why we didn’t announce it.
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Plenty of talk on twitter that he's gone to Fulham. Pissed. The weakest position we have.
I'm glad he's joining Fulham if he's so unprofessional as to get drunk when talking to clubs about his future.
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Alan Nixon says Fulham have got Joe Bryan
I think the writing is on the wall here
Maybe we'll go in for Knudsen from Ipswich. Can't say I know him or am thrilled at the prospect
Was trying to think if there's a premier league left back we could get on loan. Not Danny rose
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Hope we have another option lined up.
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The lure of 20,000 clappers at home games is hard to resist to be fair.
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Still, being disappointed about a player choosing to go elsewhere is streets ahead from what I was feeling about the Villa this time last month.
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The lure of the Premier League. Fair enough.
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Still, being disappointed about a player choosing to go elsewhere is streets ahead from what I was feeling about the Villa this time last month.
Exactly!
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Hope we get someone else, if not, well I quite like Hutton at left-back anyway. Have to hope we are lucky with injuries for a sodding change.
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Few tweets about Fulham and Bryan but the you scroll down on their accounts and see how many tweets over the past few months have been wank.
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Alan Nixon has jumped on the bandwagon.
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Alan Nixon says Fulham have got Joe Bryan
I think the writing is on the wall here
Maybe we'll go in for Knudsen from Ipswich. Can't say I know him or am thrilled at the prospect
Was trying to think if there's a premier league left back we could get on loan. Not Danny rose
Maybe Ruben vinagre from wolves? They've already signed a left back and are after zinchenko from citeh
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I am glad he is not coming. Bryan on one flank and Green on the other would be heap bad medicine.
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Just spoke a Bristol City pal of mine who has told me that he'll be signing for Fulham tomorrow, but Villa aren't happy as he'd part signed a contract at Villa and Villa are seeking legal advice. Could get messy.
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14 day cooling off period!
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Disappointed if this falls through. Definitely need an upgrade in this area.
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I am glad he is not coming. Bryan on one flank and Green on the other would be heap bad medicine.
I can't remember this happening since I was at high school, when our year had a lad called Charles Wright.
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Alan Nixon has jumped on the bandwagon.
Who is this Nixon and why do people quote him as gospel when villa signings he got this wrong that he came to villa then ?
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Exactly, footyskillz.
Nobody, that’s who.
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I didn't know who Joe Bryan was a week ago.
He's probably noticed that he's up against Hutton.
Fuck him.
Or welcome Joe, if it's bollocks.
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I just hope this one of Ads' medical mates isn't the same one that told us that Mancini was gonna be the new Everton manager.
That's fifty quid I'll never see again 😢
That's was a bloke called Mr Dry. He's only short if you want to give him a kicking.
I'll get my mate to do it. He's very tough, he didn't even cry during the start of "Up".
That's pretty nails to be fair.
I love this conversation
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Not too bothered about this one, TBH. If he comes, sound enough.
But we have TSC who actually played better on the left last and Richie the Light for the right flank, with Bree as adequate cover.
I would prefer better cover than Taylor on the left, mind. Perhaps a cardboard cutout of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The lure of 20,000 clappers at home games is hard to resist to be fair.
The lure of 20,000 clappers at home games is hard to resist to be fair.
Well said
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And a packed Neutral end.
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I'm really disappointed.
These attacking wing backs are crucial in this day and age - Even more so in a 352.
I was anticipating quite an attack minded Villa side with Bryan & Elmo as the wing backs. Taylor and/or Hutton are a step backwards compared to Bryan.
Hopefully we can find a decent left sided wing back in the loan market.
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This is either going to get messy, or this is some excellent Jackanory
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkGjrUvXgAEkeOG.jpg:large)
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Not too bothered about this one, TBH. If he comes, sound enough.
But we have TSC who actually played better on the left last and Richie the Light for the right flank, with Bree as adequate cover.
I would prefer better cover than Taylor on the left, mind. Perhaps a cardboard cutout of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"I'll be full back."
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Craven. (Cottage).
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I blame Mrs Unsworth.
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It's bloody true, CCTV pic of Bruce chasing him!
(http://lindberglce.com/2013/SoapboxDerby/net_6467_130622.jpg)
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What absolute bollocks. I mean, I can believe the bit about him shooting off down the M40, but Bruce chasing after him to change his mind? Lol.
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So, coitus interruptus.
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If he is so flaky and unprofessional as to renege on what seems to be an agreement at the last minute, fuck him.
You have to question his and his agents ethic. Yes, the lure of the PL is enticing, we understand that but you should also have principles.
What the hell am I saying, he’s a footballer, of course he won’t give a shit, and neither should we.
Next !
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It's not clear Fulham will sign him after his signature on our contract. He probably has the same Agent as Peter Odemwinge.
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Not overly worried tbh. Player would rather play for Plastic Fulham than Aston Villa? Obviously a massive cant. Let big Cafu at him.
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What absolute bollocks. I mean, I can believe the but about him shooting off down the M40, but Bruce chasing after him to change his mind? Lol.
The only chance we’ve got is if he really needs a piss and hasn’t got a bottle to do it in. If he has to stop at the services he’s ours.
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If he's signed a contract with us but would rather play for Fulham lets just sell him to Fulham. Thirty million should do it.
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Give him the full Alex McLeish Bolton next time he plays against the best team he will never play for.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkG7pe5W0AI0Hmf.jpg:large)
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Question is who is the player registered to? Had it got as far as us registering him as one of our players? In which case it will probably result in Fulham buying him off us. I very much doubt he can prove he signed the contract under duress.
Just as well the loan window doesn't close until the end of the month too.
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If he does sign for Fulham, Villa should publish the pics of him stretching our shirt, purely to rip the piss out of the weasel.
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They should Des. That would be very funny. Good call on the loan window OCD. A half decent left back is a real must. Even Blues seem to have one now!
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Apparently Bruce did chase him down the M40 but lost him after he needed to stop to get a couple of sausage roll at the Stratford services.
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Joe Bryan. What a shit name.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkG7pe5W0AI0Hmf.jpg:large)
Lol. Some quality photo shop there.
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Some People ignore me on here there prerogative but don't ignore the rubbish that gets out on media outlets then embrassing by given postings to enhance the story
please don't be taken in by such trash on Bruce chasing after in a car . From twitter ! I dispair o really do and some of you are way older than me taking in this nonsense. If he moved then he moved but the story is just to add flavor !
I now fear more Henry type style debate and discussion on this !
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Apparently Bruce did chase him down the M40 but lost him after he needed to stop to get a couple of sausage roll at the Stratford services.
Proof we pay him way too much if he can afford service station food.
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I don't think anyone's taken in by it, Footy.
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Oh okay . Good !
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I have provided plenty of irrefutable proof that it is all true thank you very much.
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If Bruce had chased him down the M40, he would have lost him because apparently "you can't even get a decent car for that [£50,000] these days."
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Apparently Bruce did chase him down the M40 but lost him after he needed to stop to get a couple of sausage roll at the Stratford services.
Proof we pay him way too much if he can afford service station food.
Not only that, he can afford to divert the M40 to run past Stratford AND install a service station there.
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I do hope it's true. All the best dramas end with a car chase.
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Some People ignore me on here there prerogative but don't ignore the rubbish that gets out on media outlets then embrassing by given postings to enhance the story
please don't be taken in by such trash on Bruce chasing after in a car . From twitter ! I dispair o really do and some of you are way older than me taking in this nonsense. If he moved then he moved but the story is just to add flavor !
I now fear more Henry type style debate and discussion on this !
Typical Bruce chasing a player down the motorway in his Mondeo Estate. Henry would have caught him in a jiffy using his Ferrari Testarossa
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Nice of Dr Tony to lend Bruce his car.
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Nice of Dr Tony to lend Bruce his car.
Nah Xia would of stumped up for an Uber.
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He did not catch him but he was there or thereabouts.
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Easy fix to this mess. Swap Bryan for Ssegnon and Grealish for Cairney + 10 mill. Then buy Ryan Woods and enough left for a double cheeseburger at Maccies. Simples !
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Nice of Dr Tony to lend Bruce his car.
Nah Xia would of stumped up for an Uber.
Nah it's Tony's, only used once for a round trip of approx 2500 miles.
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Easy fix to this mess. Swap Bryan for Ssegnon and Grealish for Cairney + 10 mill. Then buy Ryan Woods and enough left for a double cheeseburger at Maccies. Simples !
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Sure you can have him Fulham......
He's got five years left on his contract..We paid circa 5 Million for him...And he obviously needs replacing!
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Easy fix to this mess. Swap Bryan for Ssegnon and Grealish for Cairney + 10 mill. Then buy Ryan Woods and enough left for a double cheeseburger at Maccies. Simples !
Haha Brilliant
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Apparently Bruce did chase him down the M40 but lost him after he needed to stop to get a couple of sausage roll at the Stratford services.
Proof we pay him way too much if he can afford service station food.
Not only that, he can afford to divert the M40 to run past Stratford AND install a service station there.
It's very bougoise is the M40.
Go on, drive down it. No plod, plenty of Mercs and Range Rovers and people actually going fast enough, on ocassion, to overtake me.
Not like that there M6 where it's full of bloody oiks heading narf. And people who I'm forced, against my will, to tailgate mercilessly until they fuck off out me way. And Cheshire police.
Oxford services is very powsche.
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
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Easy fix to this mess. Swap Bryan for Ssegnon and Grealish for Cairney + 10 mill. Then buy Ryan Woods and enough left for a double cheeseburger at Maccies. Simples !
;D ;D ;D Brilliant PWS !
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
You think he's still our player then Chelts?
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There's a real bang of the Stewart Downings off this Joe Bryan fella. Not the type of player we want around Villa anymore.
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
You think he's still our player then Chelts?
Yes.
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Few tweets about Fulham and Bryan but the you scroll down on their accounts and see how many tweets over the past few months have been wank.
Be honest though, it seems very logical from his point of view. Premier league club where he actually has a chance to play every week.
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
You think he's still our player then Chelts?
Yes.
I hope you're right bud.
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I do hope it's true. All the best dramas end with a car chase.
Too soon Brian.
Some of us are still mourning the loss of 'The People's Princess'.
My uncle was involved in a car crash years back and is still mourning the loss of his 'Austin Princess'.
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
Maybe Sessegnon is off?
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
You think he's still our player then Chelts
Yes.
A number of people on the old Twitter saying the same. That Bryan will be announced tomorow
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
Maybe Sessegnon is off?
He also doesn't play at left back anymore.
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
Maybe Sessegnon is off?
Rumour is Spurs are in for Sessegnon after the Grealish move fell through?
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
They want to play Sessegnon further forward , was a story today saying they needed a LB as would have to play Sessegnon LB but it wasn't ideal
Maybe Sessegnon is off?
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
Maybe Sessegnon is off?
Rumour is Spurs are in for Sessegnon after the Grealish move fell through?
There was something on SKY earlier saying Danny Rose is possibly going to Schalke, so it might have come from that.
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A couple of the papers are running that he is going to Fulham for certain.
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The best of all worlds would be for Spurs to end up with fuck all tomorrow simply for acting like twats, then watch all the others who have strengthened take the top four places and deny them CL football after this season in their shiny new expensive ground.
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Sessegnon is better thought of than Grealish, why not just go after him in the first place?
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I genuinely don't know what to make of this one. I was quite excited as he looks the real deal.
But, 'if' it's correct he's spent two days at the club and had the medical and everything then decided to jump ship and head South fuck him.
That's some shitty behaviour whoever you are. Worse than Unsworth, at least he could blame his missus.
IF true of course.
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Apparently Bruce did chase him down the M40 but lost him after he needed to stop to get a couple of sausage roll at the Stratford services.
Proof we pay him way too much if he can afford service station food.
Not only that, he can afford to divert the M40 to run past Stratford AND install a service station there.
It's very bougoise is the M40.
Go on, drive down it. No plod, plenty of Mercs and Range Rovers and people actually going fast enough, on ocassion, to overtake me.
Not like that there M6 where it's full of bloody oiks heading narf. And people who I'm forced, against my will, to tailgate mercilessly until they fuck off out me way. And Cheshire police.
Oxford services is very powsche.
I wouldn't normally have an opinion on this, but it is the Bang & Olufsen of motorways. Never have any bother on there.
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Sessegnon is better thought of than Grealish, why not just go after him in the first place?
Sessegnon's gonna love being second best to a Championship player.
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if he did head down to fulham then fuck him, let him go. He's a championship left back not fucking milner
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Has he gone to Fulham?
If so bugger off - if not, Welcome Joe!
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It does seem a bit strange that Fulham have Sessegnon, then sign a left back for 13 million, then sign Bryan for 6 million, who is happy to go there as presumably 3rd choice?
Maybe Sessegnon is off?
Rumour is Spurs are in for Sessegnon after the Grealish move fell through?
Fulham won’t aell for less than £35m, so Levy still has the problem of stumping up.
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It's pretty shitty of Bryan, Fulham and his agent to do this but nothing is really that surprising is football anymore. Kundsen for a million might be worth a look from Ipswich to give us something better than Taylor. Hutton was regularly our best player at left back last season though.
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I'm sure none of us will ever forget where we were when we heard Joe Bryan was signing for Fulham instead of joining The Villa. It is a real Elvis/JFK moment. I'm not sure if I will ever get over it. I seem to recall some special counselling helpline was set up for young girls when it was announced that Take That were splitting up in the nineties. Maybe Villa will do something similar to help us all through this incredibly upsetting period.
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Can we never go near another left back named Joe and with the initials JB too.
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SSN reporting he’s having a medical this morning and FFC have agreed a fee, and that he prefers a move to the PL. oh well can’t blame him, but Fulham are now on my hated list
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I suppose the only thing we can offer that they can’t is that he will be first choice
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I'm not sure I blame him to be honest. The opportunity might not come back for years
Interesting to see what we do today. I'd rather get a quality played on loan than just plump for the next best option we can think of to buy
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"Joe Bryan decides to join Fulham despite passing a medical and agreeing terms with Aston Villa" Scurrilous little runt. Hope he gets injured. As for Fulham. That's 2 we owe them. Twats.
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Seeing as I'd never heard of the bloke until two days ago I'm not going to lose any sleep over this, but his Grade A Cock behaviour will have marked his card with clubs for next time he's looking to move on.
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It'd be funny if he failed his Fulham medical.
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If you had no affiliation for a club, had the chance to play in the premiership, with the hype that goes with it, after playing in a lower league, of course you would take it
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Never trust anyone with two first names.
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If it's true, you can't blame him too much really. I just hope it backfires on him and Fulham come straight back down.
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Oh well can’t win em all. I wonder if we have a back up option?
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If you had no affiliation for a club, had the chance to play in the premiership, with the hype that goes wth it, after playing in a lower league, of course you would take it
Not the point imo. If he was at the negotiating stage I would agree. But he's done the equivalent of prick teasing our club. He made an agreement. Our club must've put a lot of time and effort into satisfying his demands. Once a player has passed a medical and agreed personal terms that should be binding. For all we know he's just used us as bait to alert a premier club.
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As identified by Bruce, we need a good creative wing back for the left hand side. Running out of time now, so perhaps a loan to buy deal could be struck with someone.
No point feeling bitter the lure of premier league games etc.....I am sure we’ll treat him to some Unsworth type welcome when we meet again.
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Alan Nixon
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BRYAN. No contract signed or pix taken. Sadly Bruce did not chase him either. Much as I wish he had. What a mad day.
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What a shit face, and Fulham of all clubs .
Can we not start new additions threads until signed now please
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Sadly, all is fair in the football transfer window. Afterall we hi-jacked Boro’s deal for him.
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We need to accept that the lure of playing in the PL will always be an issue for us until we get back there. Bryan probably saw Villa as a move to a big club and a step up, but a move to the PL an even bigger step up despite it being Fulham. In years gone by it was all about the club, now it's all about the PL which emboldens the likes of Fulham and Watford. Let's not be bitter, let's hope that in 14 months time Bryan comes to a full Villa Park with Fulham and wonders what might've been.
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of course, but I wouldn't want a player who changed his mind on the possibility of interest from Fulham if another deal they're working on doesn't come off. Twat writ large.
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In 14 months Fulham will be back in the second division so won’t be playing them😊
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If you had no affiliation for a club, had the chance to play in the premiership, with the hype that goes wth it, after playing in a lower league, of course you would take it
Not the point imo. If he was at the negotiating stage I would agree. But he's done the equivalent of prick teasing our club. He made an agreement. Our club must've put a lot of time and effort into satisfying his demands. Once a player has passed a medical and agreed personal terms that should be binding. For all we know he's just used us as bait to alert a premier club.
I agree with your point on how transfers should be, but until he signs the contract he can talk to other clubs. He has the choice and he may have have decided to go to another club and play in the premiership, that’s up to him and if I’m honest, I understand that. I agree with you though on how transfers should be
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Never trust anyone with two first names.
Bit harsh on our European Cup winning captain. ;)
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Looks like we have a new Unsworth!
Oh well... As others have said, I didn’t know of him before last week.
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If you had no affiliation for a club, had the chance to play in the premiership, with the hype that goes wth it, after playing in a lower league, of course you would take it
Not the point imo. If he was at the negotiating stage I would agree. But he's done the equivalent of prick teasing our club. He made an agreement. Our club must've put a lot of time and effort into satisfying his demands. Once a player has passed a medical and agreed personal terms that should be binding. For all we know he's just used us as bait to alert a premier club.
I agree with your point on how transfers should be, but until he signs the contract he can talk to other clubs. He has the choice and he may have have decided to go to another club and play in the premiership, that’s up to him and if I’m honest, I understand that. I agree with you though on how transfers should be
This is all very reasonable and logical, but in the world of supporting Villa I feel justified in thinking he’s a complete twat!
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Reminds me of one of those "secret footballer" stories. He reckons he was at a club on deadline day negotiating a deal, when he was shown into the board room and left in there.
About an hour went by and he tried the door and realised they had locked him in.
He says they did it to stop him changing his mind or talking to other clubs.
Get Jack in the board room today and take his phone off him!
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Sadly, all is fair in the football transfer window. Afterall we hi-jacked Boro’s deal for him.
Exactly. Being fucked in the ass by Fulham twice in in a few months does hurt though.
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If the fucker goes to Fulham it will be a Damascene conversion. Everything was done yesterday and he has been up here for 2 days (He met McGinn for crying out loud). I haven't heard shit today mind.
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Don't want to say what I hope happens to him but you can guess. lt's his bed let him lie on it - Craven Cottage v Villa Park. No mark club v History. Fans turning up hardly knowing who you are v possible adoration on the scale of our Cafu.
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Was excited about this signing because of the lad's forward play and contribution in the final third. 352 allows more flexibility for interchanging (as we saw with Hutton driving through to score on Monday). Bryan would have been ideal (in my vision of how we are going to play).
However, a quick check of goals scored and apart from last season when he scored 7 (including 2 in the League Cup), he only managed 3 in the previous 2 seasons.
I'm now hoping that last season was the exception, not the norm and he played a bit above himself.
Either way, the thought of watching Neil Taylor from now until January really depresses me. Hutton looks like he's earmarked for the right side of a back 3 so a left wing back is pretty much high priority in this window/loan window.
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McGinn said he felt it when he sat in the stands. I've been to a few balls in the Trinity Road and Villa Park empty at night is just as awe inspiring as it is packed.
You'd walk out at Craven Cottage and see what a tin pot outfit they are. Clutching tight to those Premier League badges and hope you impress enough to get picked up by another Premier League club in 12 months time when they take the plunge.
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If it's true then it's a bullet dodged, and bollocks to him.
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To be fair Fulham are a good club with an excellent manager. They're played great football last season and with the likes of Cairney & Sessegnon have some real quality. I can see why it was a pretty easy decision, despite the clappers.
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If it's true then it's a bullet dodged, and bollocks to him.
Exactly. If the bloke is capable of this kind of stuff then we're better off without.
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Craven Cottage is a tight little ground - how can you feel inspired in that Stadium? I suppose it's the PL and money! As for those clappers....!
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To be fair Fulham are a good club with an excellent manager. They're played great football last season and with the likes of Cairney & Sessegnon have some real quality. I can see why it was a pretty easy decision, despite the clappers.
They will be absolutely gouged by the big Prem clubs in the next 2 or 3 windows and even if they manage to scrape survival this year I can't see them surviving again next year once they've been stripped of the likes of Sessegnon and Cairney. Fredericks is already gone.
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I don’t think Neil Taylor is that bad <dons tin helmet and retreats a safe distance.>
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Hope we have another target as LB is an issue for us. I blame TV for starting this thread !!
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ah but their sell will be "you will be playing at Wembley every other week"
If you believe that then you believe in Unicorns, Brexshit and that Blues and Albion are bigger clubs than Us.
Looks like we dodged a player similar to a lot of the others we've signed in the past but I thought he was supposed to be intelligent.
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The only really negative bit about this is that we’re left with the godawful Neil Taylor and not much time left to replace him.
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Go for Targett on loan?...that would be ironic!
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The only really negative bit about this is that we’re left with the godawful Neil Taylor and not much time left to replace him.
Loan window is open until the end of the month.
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Some proper holier than thou stuff here. He's been offered a better opportunity before committing to us, how many of you wouldn't do the same if offered a better job before signing up for another one you've been offered? Being outmuscled by the likes of Fulham is our new reality (see also Bournemouth's record signing now higher value than ours). No need to get all prima donna about it.
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Its not holier than thou, it's poor form on his part.
We've not been outmuscled by Fulham, we've been done for by the lure of the Premier League.
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Some proper holier than thou stuff here. He's been offered a better opportunity before committing to us, how many of you wouldn't do the same if offered a better job before signing up for another one you've been offered? Being outmuscled by the likes of Fulham is our new reality (see also Bournemouth's record signing now higher value than ours). No need to get all prima donna about it.
Why not? He's dropped us in it with less than 24 hours to find a replacement. He's hardly likely to be flavour of the month here is he?
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Thing is, if he had been honourable, put aside his dreams of PL football and a Bruceless dressing room, and signed for us, we would have been stuck with a player who would be secretly thinking he'd made a mistake. Not a good scenario when paying 6m for player. Probably best all round that he jumped ship, though why Fulham left it so late to come in for him is anyone's guess
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We have been outmuscled by Fulham and that extra muscle is precisely because they're in the Premier League. It's up to us to have a plan B or loan options, it's really not his responsibility, he owes us nothing and I don;t see why people think he does. It's really quite lame.
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Nah. He wants to play in the Premier League. Fair enough. It clearly doesn't matter for who.
We've clearly gone to some time and trouble and effort. Then he's upped and done one. It's piss poor form.
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Nah. He wants to play in the Premier League. Fair enough. It clearly doesn't matter for who.
So just him and every other footballer then.
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Ok?
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Well obviously Ads. We'll most likely be outmuscled by anyone in the PL, Bournemouth, Huddersfield, whoever unless we offer stupid wages again. Big as we may be, at the end of the day we don't have the pulling power of the PL. He's just looking out for himself and his family, as anyone would.
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Never trust anyone with two first names.
Bit harsh on our European Cup winning captain. ;)
lol...I meant having a first name as surname.
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He may want to play in the premiership but for how long? they are one of my favourites for relegation. Short term thinking from him as we will always be a big club with a future whereas Fulham will always be a minnow.
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Nah. He wants to play in the Premier League. Fair enough. It clearly doesn't matter for who.
So just him and every other footballer then.
There was obviously an agreement in place, if only in principal.
It goes on all of the time admittedly but it doesn't mean it is right or decent or that people cannot/should not feel aggrieved when it happens.
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Doesn't make jibbing at the last minute any less poor on his part and us being peeved at his actions is hardly holier than thou.
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I'm sure Boro felt the same about us doing it to them. Frustrating though.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fulham-joe-bryan-transfer-news-aston-villa-bristol-city-slavisa-jokanovic-a8483701.html
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I think he's fucking nuts choosing Fulham over us, premier league or not. Fulham have to be one of the most pointless clubs in England. This was the one I was not so arsed about anyway, the McGinn one was far more important and I think he's the type of player we have needed and been lacking since we've been in the championship, in fact since Delph left really. Someone who will (hopefully) get the game by the scruff of the neck in centre midfield.
I think we were looking at some left back from Ipswich as an alternative, and there is the loan market till the end of August. I think I'd still sooner see us get another centre back and a striker in anyway.
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We didn't gazump Boro post medical. We both made offers at the same time and he chose us.
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It's just annoying as he looks a good player and would give us much better balance on the left hand side. After the last few weeks, it was also nice to be signing coveted players. Now, I assume we're going to have cast around for emergency loan signings. Again, with the usual warnings, I've seen Cresswell from West Ham mentioned on Twitter this morning. Would be a good addition I reckon, but possibly unlikely as he seems to have been a nailed on regular for them the last 4 years. I obviously have no idea what other left backs they may have signed though. Could be Joe Fucking Bryan for all I know!
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I think he's fucking nuts choosing Fulham over us, premier league or not. Fulham have to be one of the most pointless clubs in England. This was the one I was not so arsed about anyway, the McGinn one was far more important and I think he's the type of player we have needed and been lacking since we've been in the championship, in fact since Delph left really. Someone who will (hopefully) get the game by the scruff of the neck in centre midfield.
I think we were looking at some left back from Ipswich as an alternative, and there is the loan market till the end of August. I think I'd still sooner see us get another centre back and a striker in anyway.
With no relevance to anything at all, Fulham are the one London club I have any time at all for. I can't stand any of the big usual suspects like Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal, and away to Fulham is my favourite away trip in football. Quaint old ground, decent pubs nearby, and they went up playing good football under a good manager. Most Fulham fans I've met have been decent as well. Minus points for the Bocanegra challenge on Delaney though.
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I think he's fucking nuts choosing Fulham over us, premier league or not. Fulham have to be one of the most pointless clubs in England. This was the one I was not so arsed about anyway, the McGinn one was far more important and I think he's the type of player we have needed and been lacking since we've been in the championship, in fact since Delph left really. Someone who will (hopefully) get the game by the scruff of the neck in centre midfield.
I think we were looking at some left back from Ipswich as an alternative, and there is the loan market till the end of August. I think I'd still sooner see us get another centre back and a striker in anyway.
With no relevance to anything at all, Fulham are the one London club I have any time at all for. I can't stand any of the big usual suspects like Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal, and away to Fulham is my favourite away trip in football. Quaint old ground, decent pubs nearby, and they went up playing good football under a good manager. Most Fulham fans I've met have been decent as well. Minus points for the Bocanegra challenge on Delaney though.
Used to think the same but not any more...
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Doesn't make jibbing at the last minute any less poor on his part and us being peeved at his actions is hardly holier than thou.
Being peeved or disappointed is understandable as he would have been a useful signing (and may still be, who knows?) . Slagging him for it is holier than thou unless you can honestly say you wouldn't have done the same in his shoes. I think Fulham will do ok in the PL, and I also think if they do get relegated there is no reason why another PL club won't sign him up if he acquits himself well with Fulham. There's also no guarantee he would eventually get PL football with us. So short term thinking? Not really.
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Polite request : Can we lock this thread once the deal is officially done as can't like seeing this guy's name on here as he's not going to be one of us!
However if he comes to sense and he went a bit love island heads turned but came back then okay.
But I vote for him to leave this villa site .
Doesn't know what he is missing! Don't want players like that
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I dont blame him, if Fulham pay him more and if he'll get games in the PL then i'd be doing exactly the same thing.
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I think he's fucking nuts choosing Fulham over us, premier league or not. Fulham have to be one of the most pointless clubs in England. This was the one I was not so arsed about anyway, the McGinn one was far more important and I think he's the type of player we have needed and been lacking since we've been in the championship, in fact since Delph left really. Someone who will (hopefully) get the game by the scruff of the neck in centre midfield.
I think we were looking at some left back from Ipswich as an alternative, and there is the loan market till the end of August. I think I'd still sooner see us get another centre back and a striker in anyway.
With no relevance to anything at all, Fulham are the one London club I have any time at all for. I can't stand any of the big usual suspects like Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal, and away to Fulham is my favourite away trip in football. Quaint old ground, decent pubs nearby, and they went up playing good football under a good manager. Most Fulham fans I've met have been decent as well. Minus points for the Bocanegra challenge on Delaney though.
I think that's the point though Risso, you like them because they're inoffensive, or as I'd put it 'pointless', talking of which the bloke off that is a Fulham fan and he's ok. Hugh Grant I'll always be fond of for his most memorable moment 'cruising' after dark in LA and getting caught, sheer comedy gold.
I just can't accept players picking that poor excuse for a club over ours. Have they still got the Michael Jackson statue outside as well? I think that just says it all.
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you have to query the commitment of someone who makes a decision to sign for one club over another (us over boro), has a medical, agrees terms and then up sticks at the whiff of something else.
don't want players like that. it should be an honour to put on that villa shirt.
was delighted to see mcginn buzzing about signing for us yesterday.
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He's shit anyway. And he has a boring name. I bet he smells, too.
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I dont blame him, if Fulham pay him more and if he'll get games in the PL then i'd be doing exactly the same thing.
Agreed, given the choice of more money and Premier League football, I don't understand why he would join Villa.
I doubt that club history and medium/long-term prospects are a consideration when players have the option to choose a new employer
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Agree completely but it's not what he did but the way he/his agent did it. Ditto Fulham.
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He's shit anyway. And he has a boring name. I bet he smells, too.
His surname is how idiots mispronounce or mispell my surname, so he can fuck off for that alone.
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We need him to make a statement informing us that it's his wife/partner/best mate wants to live in London. He can then take the Unsworth baton.
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His surname is how idiots mispronounced or misspell my first name, so he can fuck off for that alone.
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Better still Bren'd if the Unsworth baton is to be preserved he should say he can get home more easily from Craven Cottage than from that Birmingham. All about his meals being on the table.
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Of course we can’t blame for choosing PL football howeverthere is no reason for not slating him the useless two faced twat.
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His surname is how idiots mispronounced or misspell my first name, so he can fuck off for that alone.
Yes idiotic by name shyster by nature😊
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we'd have loved watching him in a Villa shirt though, wouldn't we.
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Well, it would have been nice to have had a competent left back for the first time in ages, but can't say that the thought of watching him got the blood surging through my veins.
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Looks like he's not coming so time to move on.......we do have Plan B........don't we....
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Well, it would have been nice to have had a competent left back for the first time in ages, but can't say that the thought of watching him got the blood surging through my veins.
Maybe Micah Richards could swap to left back...
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If he's this flaky at a transfer, I wouldn't trust him to mark at a corner."I'll mark him.......no,him......oh shit "
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
Chelts you’re going to have to stop being so bold in your predictions mate 😜.
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Yeah let's delete this one and just look forward to watching Neil Taylor unfend all season.
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Give me a break though bloody Fulham a poxy little London club with all of 10,000 supporters, pass them on the way down and we are going in the opposite direction!
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Give me a break though bloody Fulham a poxy little London club with all of 10,000 supporters, pass them on the way down and we are going in the opposite direction!
Doesn’t matter how big or small they are. They are in the PL and that’s what mattered. It’s on us to fix that.
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Give me a break though bloody Fulham a poxy little London club with all of 10,000 supporters, pass them on the way down and we are going in the opposite direction!
Doesn’t matter how big or small they are. They are in the PL and that’s what mattered. It’s on us to fix that.
Exactly. They've now got a turnover much bigger than ours, as have traditionally much smaller clubs like Bournemouth, Huddersfield, Burnley and Spurs.
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Time to lock the thread I think?
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It's always disappointing to be rejected in life but I'd never even heard of this guy before last weekend so he can go fuck himself on the banks of the Thames for all I care.
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There's a party on at the Unsworth's tonight. All invited
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Who gives a shit, really? We've 'lost' a player who was never ours, who I've no idea how good (or not) he is, and who's made the obvious choice career-wise.
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What's maybe most surprising is people using terms like "commitment" and "honour". This is modern day football and footballers we're talking about, those terms simply do not apply. You can probably extend that to modern life in general. Also calling him flaky or unreliable. Why? He ultimately had the choice of us, Boro and eventually Fulham and it looks as if he will choose the one in the PL. I don't see how that makes him flaky or unreliable. He probably didn't know there would be a PL option when he did the medical and agreed terms, but things change. C'est la vie.
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Lock the thread. He's dead to me now *cries*
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I don't think we should lock the thread, just change its title to "Big Stinky Joe Bryan". That'll learn him.
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I think the best we can hope for us to draw them in the Cup and for Bruce to send him a Hutton thank you note.
Move on.
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He was a left back..a good left back I grant you, but it's not earth shattering...
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All of this "playing in the PL" is bollocks....
"I want to be in a side that gets stuffed by Citeh, ManUre, Spuds, 'The Mighty Reds YNWA', Chelsea and Arse and then play boring hoof-ball matches against the rest of that shower."
Yeah - that'll make him a much better footballer
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All of this "playing in the PL" is bollocks....
"I want to be in a side that gets stuffed by Citeh, ManUre, Spuds, 'The Mighty Reds YNWA', Chelsea and Arse and then play boring hoof-ball matches against the rest of that shower."
Yeah - that'll make him a much better footballer
Isn't that we're hoping to achieve too, though?
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
Chelts you’re going to have to stop being so bold in your predictions mate 😜.
It is quite remarkable and all being driven by a small time agent having his day in the sun.
This was done a couple of days back. Fee agreed. Personal terms agreed. Dinner with Bruce and met Sawiris. Just some bits of paperwork to finish. We thought he was done before starting on McGinn and the 2 of them met as new team mates yesterday.
If he has fucked off to Fulham at that point, well, what a tit.
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All of this "playing in the PL" is bollocks....
"I want to be in a side that gets stuffed by Citeh, ManUre, Spuds, 'The Mighty Reds YNWA', Chelsea and Arse and then play boring hoof-ball matches against the rest of that shower."
Yeah - that'll make him a much better footballer
I think that he's significantly reduced his risk of exposure to hoof by dodging Bruce and choosing Fulham.
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All of this "playing in the PL" is bollocks....
"I want to be in a side that gets stuffed by Citeh, ManUre, Spuds, 'The Mighty Reds YNWA', Chelsea and Arse and then play boring hoof-ball matches against the rest of that shower."
Yeah - that'll make him a much better footballer
I think that he's significantly reduced his risk of exposure to hoof by dodging Bruce and choosing Fulham.
LMAO. Ah but there are plenty of Brucie Hoofball clones managing in the PL....
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All of this "playing in the PL" is bollocks....
"I want to be in a side that gets stuffed by Citeh, ManUre, Spuds, 'The Mighty Reds YNWA', Chelsea and Arse and then play boring hoof-ball matches against the rest of that shower."
Yeah - that'll make him a much better footballer
I think that he's significantly reduced his risk of exposure to hoof by dodging Bruce and choosing Fulham.
LMAO. Ah but there are plenty of Brucie Hoofball clones managing in the PL....
Are there? I think most have gravitated to the championship now..... apart from Jose
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Unless some mental Wolves and Afobe type shenanigans have happened then i wouldnt shit it about this.
Chelts you’re going to have to stop being so bold in your predictions mate 😜.
It is quite remarkable and all being driven by a small time agent having his day in the sun.
This was done a couple of days back. Fee agreed. Personal terms agreed. Dinner with Bruce and met Sawiris. Just some bits of paperwork to finish. We thought he was done before starting on McGinn and the 2 of them met as new team mates yesterday.
If he has fucked off to Fulham at that point, well, what a tit.
Sounds like they should have got a bit of shift on with "finishing the paperwork" then. Lesson learned for them, hopefully.
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Hope they send him the bill for dinner...
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Ok - I'll change plenty to a few. But I stand by the shower comment - having a foreign manager doesn't automatically mean every PL club plays attractive football.
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Couple of kebabs? Doubt it.
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Doesn’t seem to me like the end of our world that this guy hasn’t signed.
Jack staying and McGinn signing, far bigger news in the scheme of things.
If those two are on song and get the strikers firing, we’re a very good chance this season - we’re currently 5.5-1 to win the league and expected to finish 7th on the odds checker page I saw.
Such narrow differences though
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Shows the danger of starting a thread before the shirt has been stretched.
Anyway, he can fuck off.
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We still need a central defender, left-back and striker... busy afternoon hopefully.
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Anyway, he can fuck off.
He already has.
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Is it official yet? Maybe West Ham will come in and trump Fulham?
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Is it official yet? Maybe West Ham will come in and trump Fulham?
You would have thought it would be done by now wouldn’t you. Who knows maybe he’s having a mull?
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Maybe he has opened the jiffybag with the B6 postmark and found his Papa Doc juju doll with the skewer through its eyeball.
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It’s pretty clear Bryan is their second choice being as they offered Southampton £15m for Matt Targett earlier today. Can’t understand why Southampton would turn that kind of money down but it explains the delay
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It’s pretty clear Bryan is their second choice being as they offered Southampton £15m for Matt Targett earlier today. Can’t understand why Southampton would turn that kind of money down but it explains the delay
Source https://twitter.com/jamesnursey/status/1027475218850299904?s=12
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Anyway, he can fuck off.
He already has.
We need to catch up with him and tell him proper.
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Anyway, he can fuck off.
He already has.
We need to catch up with him and tell him proper.
Oh we will. Just wait till his next outing at villa park. I for one will be in the front row giving him a right good round of fucks. Makes it worse now I've read that he met the new owners over a meal and met his new teammate Joe Mcginn. Treacherous little runt.
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With our new financial muscle and the real chance of an early return to the Premiership moneypit Bryan Unsworth's agent may live to regret pissing off the Villa and getting himself pariah status at Villa Park. Never bite the hand that feeds you.
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With our new financial muscle and the real chance of an early return to the Premiership moneypit Bryan Unsworth's agent may live to regret pissing off the Villa and getting himself pariah status at Villa Park. Never bite the hand that feeds you.
Even more so if Fulham take this to the wire hoping to get Targett and Leaving him stranded
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Comes to something when players I have literally never heard of are attracting bids of £15m
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With our new financial muscle and the real chance of an early return to the Premiership moneypit Bryan Unsworth's agent may live to regret pissing off the Villa and getting himself pariah status at Villa Park. Never bite the hand that feeds you.
Indeed. A yokel agent seeing a big city for the first time. We are still in there but frankly I would fuck him off and fetch in Creswell on a loan to buy now.
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Or we could take Targett on loan?!?
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Shame about Bryan as he is one of very few players that caught my eye last season and that I have actually heard of.
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Still nothing on the Fulham twitter feed. 40 mins to go....it's all about Callum Chambers.. wonder if Bryan Unsworth will come to regret pissing us off for no reward.
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Fulham seem to be trying to do an awful lot of business at the moment, defenders in the main.
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*Keegan mode on*
I would love it, LOVE IT, if this turned into a massive Peter Odemwingie episode for him. It fulls through at Fulham as Southampton agree to sell them Targett instead, Villa tell him to shove it so far up his arse it sticks in his neck, and he has to go back to Brizzle with his tail between his legs to take part in their relegation fight.
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*Keegan mode on*
I would love it, LOVE IT, if this turned into a massive Peter Odemwingie episode for him. It fulls through at Fulham as Southampton agree to sell them Targett instead, Villa tell him to shove it so far up his arse it sticks in his neck, and he has to go back to Brizzle with his tail between his legs to take part in their relegation fight.
It would be totes jokes to be fair.
Oh how we would have the bantz with the carrot cruncher.
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Fulham seem to be trying to do an awful lot of business at the moment, defenders in the main.
They do don’t they. Bryan call fall between the cracks if he’s not careful
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*Keegan mode on*
I would love it, LOVE IT, if this turned into a massive Peter Odemwingie episode for him. It fulls through at Fulham as Southampton agree to sell them Targett instead, Villa tell him to shove it so far up his arse it sticks in his neck, and he has to go back to Brizzle with his tail between his legs to take part in their relegation fight.
It would be totes jokes to be fair.
Oh how we would have the bantz with the carrot cruncher.
More likely to squash his avocados
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Fulham seem to be trying to do an awful lot of business at the moment, defenders in the main.
£100m spent this window, I think.
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Brought in Fonsu-mensa form United now on loan who is a left sides defender as well..
Both them and Wolves have thrown the kitchin sink at staying up ...
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Both gambled... it shows the growing gap between Championship/Premier League.
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Both gambled... it shows the growing gap between Championship/Premier League.
Yes but no doubt they have included clauses so they are not stuck wi H overpaid uninterested players if they drop down again
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Brought in Fonsu-mensa form United now on loan who is a left sides defender as well..
Both them and Wolves have thrown the kitchin sink at staying up ...
Well we through the kitchen sink..the house..the garden and even the kids swings at getting up and but for new investors we could well have been homeless now.
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Should read ** threw**
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3 minutes left to get registered, Joe. Hope it's all blown up in your face. Back to Bristol and a hammering on 28th September please.
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3 minutes left to get registered, Joe. Hope it's all blown up in your face. Back to Bristol and a hammering on 28th September please.
If they didn’t get it over the line can we take him on loan?
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and put him straight in the bomb squad
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3 minutes left to get registered, Joe. Hope it's all blown up in your face. Back to Bristol and a hammering on 28th September please.
If they didn’t get it over the line can we take him on loan?
I believe they have upto 2 hours after 5pm. To get paperwork in order
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3 minutes left to get registered, Joe. Hope it's all blown up in your face. Back to Bristol and a hammering on 28th September please.
If they didn’t get it over the line can we take him on loan?
I believe they have upto 2 hours after 5pm. To get paperwork in order
Yes they just confirmed that on R5.
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Would be fun though if Fulham backed out, as they got another LB
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“So your saying there is a chance?”
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Would you take your girlfriend back after she is jilted by her Johnny cumlately bridegroom?
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No, but I’d take a good left back from Bristol City whose move to a premier league club fell through.
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Has he signed?
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I hope the story of Bruce chasing him down the M6 is true, just so he can meet him at some services to tell him to fuck off now.
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Would imagine that it'll be announced around the 7pm paperwork deadline or before assuming that the deal had been done in principal before the 5pm actual deadline.
If not, I''ll have a right laugh in his general direction.
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Would you take your girlfriend back after she is jilted by her Johnny cumlately bridegroom?
I'd consider it if she was Winona Ryder
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Fulham seem to be trying to do an awful lot of business at the moment, defenders in the main.
£100m spent this window, I think.
Their neighbours have spent nearly that much on a goalie!
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Would imagine that it'll be announced around the 7pm paperwork deadline or before assuming that the deal had been done in principal before the 5pm actual deadline.
If not, I''ll have a right laugh in his general direction.
Yeah, I reckon that with Bristol City only announcing their new left back just before the window closed will have given FUlham time to lodge the 'deal' before the deadline.
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Would you take your girlfriend back after she is jilted by her Johnny cumlately bridegroom?
I'd consider it if she was Winona Ryder
most beautiful women of all times and also doesn't cost you much when she goes shopping
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Confirmed now for Fulham. The silly boy.
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Just appeared on their twitter feed in their imaginative shirt....so there it is...so many more valuable signings they almost forgot to register him.....nice to know where they rate you.
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Break a leg Joe.
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I thought it but didn't have the balls to post it!
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I thought it but didn't have the balls to post it!
Ditto
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Not sure I’d wish injury on him. Pretty poor form yes, and hopefully he’ll regret it as a short sighted move in future.
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Would you take your girlfriend back after she is jilted by her Johnny cumlately bridegroom?
I'd consider it if she was Winona Ryder
most beautiful women of all times and also doesn't cost you much when she goes shopping
Imagine a shopping trip with her, and taking Mrs Terry (Senior) along. It'd be a right blast.......And whoever it was that nicked the toilet seat from BandQ
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Fucking gobshite.
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I look forward to him wistfully looking at us from the bench as we swap places with Fulham in May.
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Fulham, Watford and Bournemouth will be my relegation choices.......and smile
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I look forward to him wistfully looking at us from the bench as we swap places with Fulham in May.
Yes that’s what I’d enjoy.
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Just wishing him luck?
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Fulham, Watford and Bournemouth will be my relegation choices.......and smile
Cardif, Newcastle and Watford for me
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I thought it but didn't have the balls to post it!
Ditto
Some people take the game of football too seriously
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Huddersfield, Cardiff and Watford would be my choices for the drop.
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Fulham, Watford and Bournemouth will be my relegation choices.......and smile
Cardif, Newcastle and Watford for me
Yep, the footballing sides have tended to do quite well. Cardiff, Newcastle and Huddersfield I reckon.
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Wouldn't lose any sleep over a left back who reneged on a deal to play for Fulham. We've had enough players the last few years with mercenary type tendencies and it has done us no good.
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I'm pretty sure Fulham will be comfortably mid table with the dogheads
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I think Fulham will do ok. There may still be one or two hoofball merchants in the PL but Jokanovic isn't one of them.
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Fulham, Watford and Bournemouth will be my relegation choices.......and smile
Cardif, Newcastle and Watford for me
Spurs, West Ham and Chelsea for me.
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With our new financial muscle and the real chance of an early return to the Premiership moneypit Bryan Unsworth's agent may live to regret pissing off the Villa and getting himself pariah status at Villa Park. Never bite the hand that feeds you.
He's made it pretty clear he gives zero shits about the Villa and probably gives zero shits about what we think of him. I'll have forgotten about him by this time next week.
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I thought the Unsworth joke was a little funny but I now see that people are genuinely angry about this? Come on guys.
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Joe who?
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The breathtaking stupidity of Bryan-Unsworth's agent continues to amaze me. He sat down to dinner with two men worth 30 billion quid, plus whatever is still down the back of Tony Xia's mother's sofa and took the piss out of them. Does he think men like that are going to forget being humiliated? Rich men are powerful men. Powerful men have powerful friends.
Whatever business you are in, butcher, baker or candlestick maker, if you are to succeed you do not treat anybody, but least of all the very powerful, ithout respect.
What goes around comes around. As I said earlier you don't bite the hand that feeds you. Okay, you have pulled a stroke on Aston Villa. You won't do it twice.
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Wouldn't lose any sleep over a left back who reneged on a deal to play for Fulham. We've had enough players the last few years with mercenary type tendencies and it has done us no good.
I kind of agree but this is lad who was ‘one of our own’ in Bristol Circles.so it’s incredible how the lure of PL football turns their heads no matter how little and shitty the club a la some shittty little village slightly NW if the greatest city on earth
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Wouldn't lose any sleep over a left back who reneged on a deal to play for Fulham. We've had enough players the last few years with mercenary type tendencies and it has done us no good.
I kind of agree but this is lad who was ‘one of our own’ in Bristol Circles.so it’s incredible how the lure of PL football turns their heads no matter how little and shitty the club a la some shittty little village slightly NW if the greatest city on earth
Uh oh just re read that and this post transfer window red wine has clearly kicked in 😳
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The breathtaking stupidity of Bryan-Unsworth's agent continues to amaze me. He sat down to dinner with two men worth 30 billion quid, plus whatever is still down the back of Tony Xia's mother's sofa and took the piss out of them. Does he think men like that are going to forget being humiliated? Rich men are powerful men. Powerful men have powerful friends.
Whatever business you are in, butcher, baker or candlestick maker, if you are to succeed you do not treat anybody, but least of all the very powerful, ithout respect.
What goes around comes around. As I said earlier you don't bite the hand that feeds you. Okay, you have pulled a stroke on Aston Villa. You won't do it twice.
Blimey Brian, he's signed for Fulham, not insulted a Mafia boss by shooting his daughter at a family wedding in Sicily. I'm sure such rich and wealthy businessman have had potential employees change their mind before, and that a Championship full back who most people had never heard of before this week getting a better offer isn't going to ruin their plans.
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Just trying to amuse Martin. A little hyperbole to set the tone of the new season. Besides, I got mugged seeing the Sphinx by moonlight. Egyptians scare the shit out of me.
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Just trying to amuse Martin. A little hyperbole to set the tone of the new season. Besides, I got mugged seeing the Sphinx by moonlight. Egyptians scare the shit out of me.
Fair play Brian. The best holiday I ever had was in Egypt. I wouldn't ever want to haggle with an Egyptian though, it's in their blood. Levy didn't stand a chance.
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Blimey Brian, you fooled me. thought you'd been on the cooking sherry.
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Not sure I’d wish injury on him. Pretty poor form yes, and hopefully he’ll regret it as a short sighted move in future.
He led us a merry dance. He sat down for a meal with our leaders after pledging himself to our club. I probably shouldn't but I take that as an insult to something I hold very dear. The Villa. I hope his underpants get infested by fire ants and his earholes turn into arseholes and shit all over his shoulders.
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I think we need to get a bit of perspective here. It was a big decision for him obviously, possibly the biggest he will ever have to make in his working life. To equate this to the Unsworth episode is ridiculous.
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I think we need to get a bit of perspective here. It was a big decision for him obviously, possibly the biggest he will ever have to make in his working life. To equate this to the Unsworth episode is ridiculous.
I've said all I wanted to say about him. Time to move on I'm outta here.
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The lesson is... even shitty tin pot clubs like Fulham, Bournemouth, And Brighton when they are in the richest league in the world can outdo one of the greatest clubs in the world when we are down. But as everyone knows form is temporary class is permanent and he will realise he has been ill advised. By then we will have a better player than he will ever be anyway. Completely and utterly his loss....
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Seeing clubs described as “shitty tin pot clubs” just reminds me of the arrogance of Man Utd fans in the nineties.
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Don't think he's been ill advised at all really. It's potential versus reality, so in reality he's got a 3 or 4 year contract on mega-money for a small club in the premiership. If he does well, he'll stay in the premiership even if fulham go down. If he does shit then at least he has the cash.. With us he had a 3 or 4 year contract on championship money with the potential of getting up and maybe negotiating a better contract or getting bought by a premiership club - no brainer if your currently on a fraction of richard's wages at Bristol.. The whole timing was bad, but i blame fulham more for that.
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Seeing clubs described as “shitty tin pot clubs” just reminds me of the arrogance of Man Utd fans in the nineties.
Eh? Non comprendez. We are Aston Villa we will always be arrogant. It’s what our subordinate West Midlands clubs constantly complain about for God’s sake
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Would you take your girlfriend back after she is jilted by her Johnny cumlately bridegroom?
Not unless he had been wearing a Johnny and even then I would be wary.
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Wouldn't lose any sleep over a left back who reneged on a deal to play for Fulham. We've had enough players the last few years with mercenary type tendencies and it has done us no good.
I kind of agree but this is lad who was ‘one of our own’ in Bristol Circles.so it’s incredible how the lure of PL football turns their heads no matter how little and shitty the club a la some shittty little village slightly NW if the greatest city on earth
Walsall?
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Seeing clubs described as “shitty tin pot clubs” just reminds me of the arrogance of Man Utd fans in the nineties.
Eh? Non comprendez. We are Aston Villa we will always be arrogant. It’s what our subordinate West Midlands clubs constantly complain about for God’s sake
Compared to us every club is a shitty little club.
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Wouldn't lose any sleep over a left back who reneged on a deal to play for Fulham. We've had enough players the last few years with mercenary type tendencies and it has done us no good.
I kind of agree but this is lad who was ‘one of our own’ in Bristol Circles.so it’s incredible how the lure of PL football turns their heads no matter how little and shitty the club a la some shittty little village slightly NW if the greatest city on earth
Walsall?
Manchester?
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I think we hi-jacked a deal for Marlon Harewood once and that turned out well
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Joe who?
He's not Joe the Lion.
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I think we hi-jacked a deal for Marlon Harewood once and that turned out well
Scored a great goal at Reading, mind.
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Wouldn't lose any sleep over a left back who reneged on a deal to play for Fulham. We've had enough players the last few years with mercenary type tendencies and it has done us no good.
I kind of agree but this is lad who was ‘one of our own’ in Bristol Circles.so it’s incredible how the lure of PL football turns their heads no matter how little and shitty the club a la some shittty little village slightly NW if the greatest city on earth
Walsall?
Manchester?
👏👏👏
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McGinn said he felt it when he sat in the stands. I've been to a few balls in the Trinity Road and Villa Park empty at night is just as awe inspiring as it is packed.
You'd walk out at Craven Cottage and see what a tin pot outfit they are. Clutching tight to those Premier League badges and hope you impress enough to get picked up by another Premier League club in 12 months time when they take the plunge.
Yawn
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Fulham are a decent club and play decent football. I'm sure he'll do well under their manager.
It's no massive loss though, is it. I'd never really heard of him before we showed an interest, and have no idea how he plays.
It's just the premier league.
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McGinn said he felt it when he sat in the stands. I've been to a few balls in the Trinity Road and Villa Park empty at night is just as awe inspiring as it is packed.
You'd walk out at Craven Cottage and see what a tin pot outfit they are. Clutching tight to those Premier League badges and hope you impress enough to get picked up by another Premier League club in 12 months time when they take the plunge.
Yawn
Fantastic contribution yet again Colin.
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I can't believe this thread has almost as many pages as Chester's. A real villain if ever there was one.
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Villain (and a villainous one at that) but not Villan.
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Time to lock. Can’t fault the player for his last minute decision, Premier League football now for a progressive manager.
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Nail on head Mr Underhill. The clue is in the name of this superbly provocative and life enhancing forum. We must have our Heroes and our Villains. Bryan-Unsworth has been duly inducted into the illustrious Hall of Infamy standing beside Stas, Tonev, Downing, Richards, Lescott, Westwood, Gardner, Hodge, Ireland and all the rest whose Villainy make our Heoroes shine so much brighter.
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Nail on head Mr Underhill. The clue is in the name of this superbly provocative and life enhancing forum. We must have our Heroes and our Villains. Bryan-Unsworth has been duly inducted into the illustrious Hall of Infamy standing beside Stas, Tonev, Downing, Richards, Lescott, Westwood, Gardner, Hodge, Ireland and all the rest whose Villainy make our Heoroes shine so much brighter.
Bit harsh for Westwood (and even Tonev) to be in the same company as those players. They just weren't good enough at the time they were in and around our team.
I don't see why City and their fans are so delighted that he snubbed us? - didn't Bryan just leave them?
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Nail on head Mr Underhill. The clue is in the name of this superbly provocative and life enhancing forum. We must have our Heroes and our Villains. Bryan-Unsworth has been duly inducted into the illustrious Hall of Infamy standing beside Stas, Tonev, Downing, Richards, Lescott, Westwood, Gardner, Hodge, Ireland and all the rest whose Villainy make our Heoroes shine so much brighter.
I'm not sure that Tonev and Westwood belong on that list. They were just a bit inept and comical at times
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Nail on head Mr Underhill. The clue is in the name of this superbly provocative and life enhancing forum. We must have our Heroes and our Villains. Bryan-Unsworth has been duly inducted into the illustrious Hall of Infamy standing beside Stas, Tonev, Downing, Richards, Lescott, Westwood, Gardner, Hodge, Ireland and all the rest whose Villainy make our Heoroes shine so much brighter.
I'm not sure that Tonev and Westwood belong on that list. They were just a bit inept and comical at times
Agreed, nothing wrong with their attitude, they just wasn't good enough.
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And that list is short of a Hopkins
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Stas doesn't belong on there either. It's not his fault he was injured. And he did at least score for us.
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The subtle point I was trying to make and obviously failing, was that all of the Villains to a greater or lesser degree do not deserve the roles in which they have been cast. All were part of the giant everlasting folklore of football we/I use to make our lives more exciting and colourful. I do not hate Ivo Stas and the others I list though Steve Hodge could have a question mark against his name.
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Can't really blame him for going to Fulham over us. Signing with Villa now is more of a gamble than it was 12 months ago. We've dropped down the packing order a bit now. With Fulham its a free hit. Even if they go down he probably wouldn't get the blame for it and with a decent season could attract another top flight club or at least a strong Championship one. Blow for us though think we could use a bit more depth at the back.
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I'm sure 2-3 loans will come in.
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Nail on head Mr Underhill. The clue is in the name of this superbly provocative and life enhancing forum. We must have our Heroes and our Villains. Bryan-Unsworth has been duly inducted into the illustrious Hall of Infamy standing beside Stas, Tonev, Downing, Richards, Lescott, Westwood, Gardner, Hodge, Ireland and all the rest whose Villainy make our Heoroes shine so much brighter.
Bit harsh for Westwood (and even Tonev) to be in the same company as those players. They just weren't good enough at the time they were in and around our team.
I don't see why City and their fans are so delighted that he snubbed us? - didn't Bryan just leave them?
Isn't Bristol on the outskirts of Greater Birmingham?
Therefore they have the same issues with us that our poor inner city neighbours have?
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Bristol City seem to have followed the Newcastle route of inventing a rivalry which only exists to them.
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Bristol City seem to have followed the Newcastle/Coventry/Wolves/Leicester route of inventing a rivalry which only exists to them.
A more realistic alteration.
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From what Bruce said, he was offered loads more money and he did hang around and think about it first before making his decision. Fulham apparently missed out on their first choice.
I think after hearing we'd had Juninho at the ground only to fail to come to an agreement and sign him about 20 years ago, this one seems a bit silly to get upset about in comparison. There were pictures of Juninho and his dad getting out of a car outside the ground and everything, I was gutted about that one as he's just the sort of player I'd have loved to watch every week.
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Can’t blame the lad and Bruce said he hesitated briefly, it’s fookin Fulham I’m unhappy with the shisters. Oh well let them have their day in the sun. I dread to think what would have happened to their squad had they not gone up. Put it this way I very much they would be challenging again this year
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Didn’t the Bristol manager get his arse in his hand when we thumped them 5-0 over Christmas and serenaded them with the obligatory big day our chants?
Maybe they can join the Geordies and form a precious collective??
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Bristol City seem to have followed the Newcastle route of inventing a rivalry which only exists to them.
I was in China for 2009-2012 but didn't we invent the Newcastle rivalry with the banners?
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Bruce said we were only 15 minutes away from signing Joe Bryan. That was the time difference between returning from the medical at the hospital to Bodymoor Heath. During that journey Bryan's agent took a call from Fulham......and that scuppered our bid. 15 minutes!!
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Didn’t the Bristol manager get his arse in his hand when we thumped them 5-0 over Christmas and serenaded them with the obligatory big day our chants?
Maybe they can join the Geordies and form a precious collective??
He did.
He was a bit of a child about it "let's see where we finish at the end of the season...".
Below us mate.
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Bristol City seem to have followed the Newcastle route of inventing a rivalry which only exists to them.
I was in China for 2009-2012 but didn't we invent the Newcastle rivalry with the banners?
The rivalry was invented by the two local papers telling their supporters that they'd been offended and ours that we'd offended them.
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Anyway...Fulham, good luck to them I think they've bought a lot of quality but will have to integrate it to a team, apart from the cnetre half who's been there years they have a whole new defence. Because I buy neutral end tickets I'm on their e-mail list and have been bombarded all week, including today, saying there are only a few tickets left for their big return to the PL tomorrow - so a local derby when they've been out of the top flight for a while and they haven't sold out.
Can't blame Bryan though at all.
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Bristol City seem to have followed the Newcastle route of inventing a rivalry which only exists to them.
I was in China for 2009-2012 but didn't we invent the Newcastle rivalry with the banners?
The rivalry was invented by the two local papers telling their supporters that they'd been offended and ours that we'd offended them.
That whole thing was overplayed anyway. Any team - any team - who had the "honour" of sending the Jawdies down would have done the same thing. It just happened to be us that did it. I'm not saying the Newcastle fans should live and let live, but it was an accident of timing. I guess most football rivalries are based on perceived slights though.
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Just had a check in on site and this nonsense is still up . Can we get it locked as I mean anyone even interested in this guy now he passed up opportunity to come to villa
Who even bother talking about him !
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Just had a check in on site and this nonsense is still up . Can we get it locked as I mean anyone even interested in this guy now he passed up opportunity to come to villa
Who even bother talking about him !
Well you just have.
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I see he started today and was substituted, don't know if it was injury related or not.
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I see he started today and was substituted, don't know if it was injury related or not.
I would have thought it was them chasing the game at 2-0 down probably, but if he is injured, I just hope it's nothing minor serious.
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He was injured.
I'd say starting for Fulham today justifies things although of course I didn't like him agreeing to sign for us and then changing his mind.
Still I'd imagine we've signed players in those circumstances in the past.
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I see he started today and was substituted, don't know if it was injury related or not.
I would have thought it was them chasing the game at 2-0 down probably, but if he is injured, I just hope it's nothing minor serious.
I heard reality caught him studs up and he went down clutching his conscience.
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I see he started today and was substituted, don't know if it was injury related or not.
I would have thought it was them chasing the game at 2-0 down probably, but if he is injured, I just hope it's nothing minor serious.
I heard reality caught him studs up and he went down clutching his conscience.
The end. Lock.
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Enjoy the championship Joe.
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Jesus christ are people still bitter about this? Move on.
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Enjoy the championship Joe.
Agree - twat Joe Bryan!