Downing Completes Liverpool Transfer

[Rip Van We Go Again]

 No wonder villa fans have a reputation as moaners?

So unjustified as well, we've got nothing to moan about.

[andyh]

 No wonder villa fans have a reputation as moaners, christ how depressing is it to be a Villa fan right now? I desperately try not to read negative posts/articles and be positive but to be honest I havent got the will to fight it anymore. Permission to slit my wrists?

Permission granted

[VillaAlways]

The twats just arrived at 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' now

[Villa'Zawg]

I agree with the club's statement about replacements being available. And that, in my opinion, is the most important action after our recent departures.

It is going to be an interesting few weeks at VP.

4 weeks until the start of the season. They need to get interesting really quickly.

Interestingly the chairman of Wolves said yesterday they had been negotiating the deal for Johnson ever since Blues were relagated yet I hadn't heard a single link until he was having his medical.So who knows who we're in for and how long it will take

Have Wolves just lost four first teamers as well?

I don't get your point ? All I was saying is who knows who are targets are and how far down the line we are with them

but you used a very bad example. Johnson to Wolves has been reported since the end of the season. From the reports I have read I'm only confident that we will sign Given, Hutton and perhaps Nzogbia if none of the top 8 want him.

[oldtimernow]

VTM   sorry permission denied.....too messy

try Paracetamol....that'll really be a miserable way to go

[Loxton01]

I am delighted he is going for 20m. I would value him at 8-10 at best. He has good delivery and can pass but when the chips are down he goes missing. He also cant tackle and runs down blind alleys too often.

We need to reinvest wisely. NZogbia for 10 million is worthwhile anything above not worth it.

Perhaps consider Tarrabt from QPR.

We need to get Given as a priority and Id get NRC back rather than sign a 30 plus Parker for 7m

We need to get rid of Heskey and then move for another Striker - perhaps Sturridge on loan

[VillaAlways]

I agree with the club's statement about replacements being available. And that, in my opinion, is the most important action after our recent departures.

It is going to be an interesting few weeks at VP.

4 weeks until the start of the season. They need to get interesting really quickly.

Interestingly the chairman of Wolves said yesterday they had been negotiating the deal for Johnson ever since Blues were relagated yet I hadn't heard a single link until he was having his medical.So who knows who we're in for and how long it will take

Have Wolves just lost four first teamers as well?

I don't get your point ? All I was saying is who knows who are targets are and how far down the line we are with them

but you used a very bad example. Johnson to Wolves has been reported since the end of the season. From the reports I have read I'm only confident that we will sign Given, Hutton and perhaps Nzogbia if none of the top 8 want him.

Apologies that must have gone completely over my head.A lot of Blues supporters I know were shocked he went there.Anyway by this time next week I'll be happy if the three you have mentioned have signed and would be ecstatic if we could land Parker

[pauliewalnuts]

We need to reinvest wisely. NZogbia for 10 million is worthwhile anything above not worth it.

Oh, don't worry, Dave Whelan is now just waiting for us to approach him with what he thinks is 36m in our pockets.

He'll be reaching for the surgical gloves to stick his fist up our arse again over this one. And they're probably still slightly slimey and pungent from the last time he fucked us over, over Martinez.

[Stu]

We need to reinvest wisely. NZogbia for 10 million is worthwhile anything above not worth it.

Oh, don't worry, Dave Whelan is now just waiting for us to approach him with what he thinks is 36m in our pockets.

He'll be reaching for the surgical gloves to stick his fist up our arse again over this one. And they're probably still slightly slimey and pungent from the last time he fucked us over, over Martinez.

Why is everyone so certain that we'll get N'Zogbia? I'll believe it when it happens. If it does happen, then as Paulie says, it won't be on the cheap.

[Karl Bridges]

The amount of people that bang on about resale value, well today is the very summit of that. Top dollar for a resale. Thsi is what people must be talking about, making money off of players when we punt them on. So if you've ever spoken about resale value being vital, please don't moan when the resale happens.

[Percy McCarthy]

. If re-invested wisely, of course.   

This is the key.  Will it be?  And what is wisely?  Wisely to us as fans is not necessarily wisely to the owners of the club.

It already has been spent... Manager and his staff

With a bit leftover for McLeish's compensation package when he's sacked at Christmas.....

Plus the compensation paid to West Ham for poaching Sam Allardyce.

Hughes would have been compo-free by now. Then again, he might have wanted to buy some players.

[Legion]

All I have to say on this matter is, 'Wanker'.

[King of the Nørth]

We need to reinvest wisely. NZogbia for 10 million is worthwhile anything above not worth it.

Oh, don't worry, Dave Whelan is now just waiting for us to approach him with what he thinks is 36m in our pockets.

He'll be reaching for the surgical gloves to stick his fist up our arse again over this one. And they're probably still slightly slimey and pungent from the last time he fucked us over, over Martinez.

Why is everyone so certain that we'll get N'Zogbia? I'll believe it when it happens. If it does happen, then as Paulie says, it won't be on the cheap.

 Exactly. Tbh we got a good deal for Downing and Im not that sad to see him leave. Im more pissed off of the fact that we have let him leave with no replacement. Why cant we say to teams " yeah we'll agree to that deal but we want to get our replacement in first". At least that would soften the blow with most, if not all fans. Do they not realise this when trying to get the fans to buy season tickets?

[pauliewalnuts]

All I have to say on this matter is, 'Wanker'.

Thinking about it, that was my immediate response, in that we signed him when he was on crutches, blah blah, he told us a few months ago how he wouldnt want to leave, etc etc, but to be entirely honest, I don't really blame him or any other player for wanting to leave us now.

Look how utterly pessimistic the vast majority of people on here are about our prospects, then put yourself in his shoes.

Stopping players leaving by demanding top dollar is one thing but you also need to make them feel that there is a chance their ambitions can be realised here. Not too long ago, we were talked about as challenging to break the top four. No matter how realistic we may have thought that was or was not, right now, we're universally talked about as a selling club which is on the slide.

Now, that may or may not be true, but we've had a long sequence of events adding to that impression, and have done next to nothing to break it.

So, imagine yourself being a player asked to hitch your career to us, or given a chance at a club which is spending a lot of money and trying to get somewhere. It's a no brainer.

That's absolutely nailed on to be the same situation we will have with Darren Bent in 6 or 12 months, and the end result will be the same.

If i were Downing, I'd have done the same thing, and to be honest, that is the thing that scares me the most about the club, right now.

[UsualSuspect]

We need to reinvest wisely. NZogbia for 10 million is worthwhile anything above not worth it.

Oh, don't worry, Dave Whelan is now just waiting for us to approach him with what he thinks is 36m in our pockets.

He'll be reaching for the surgical gloves to stick his fist up our arse again over this one. And they're probably still slightly slimey and pungent from the last time he fucked us over, over Martinez.

Why is everyone so certain that we'll get N'Zogbia? I'll believe it when it happens. If it does happen, then as Paulie says, it won't be on the cheap.

Precisely

Parker - ah yes a bloke over 30 on massive wages with no resale value. Just let RL think about that for a minute