I think what concerns me most isn't that we are a selling club, by that we have become such a dreadfully run club in the space of a year.We just seem to flounder around cluelessly.
I think I'm right in saying that each of our Players Of The Season for the last 3 years have promptly buggered off within weeks (Barry, Milner and Downing). Crewe and Wigan might feel comfortable being a feeder club but this is Aston Villa and it makes me boke having us used as a stepping stone to bigger things. We're a selling club and no mistake, unless the season's going pear shaped and we splash out zillions for someone to rescue it (Bent), we don't seem interested in persuading proper talent to come to the club yet happily wave ta ta to our best ones. All we need to do now is flog Bent off, then we'll have an entire squad of B listers, C listers, fruitcakes, fatties and froth.Disgusted of Aldridge.
Quote from: russon on July 14, 2011, 06:28:11 AMI think I'm right in saying that each of our Players Of The Season for the last 3 years have promptly buggered off within weeks (Barry, Milner and Downing). Crewe and Wigan might feel comfortable being a feeder club but this is Aston Villa and it makes me boke having us used as a stepping stone to bigger things. We're a selling club and no mistake, unless the season's going pear shaped and we splash out zillions for someone to rescue it (Bent), we don't seem interested in persuading proper talent to come to the club yet happily wave ta ta to our best ones. All we need to do now is flog Bent off, then we'll have an entire squad of B listers, C listers, fruitcakes, fatties and froth.Disgusted of Aldridge. Well said Alex.
I think we've become a very average, faceless club.
If we cant sell Heskey this season we should make him POTY so we can mug somebody off next season.
But for £20mil for Downing, £12mil for Barry (with one year left on his deal), £25mil+ for Milner and £17mil for Ashley Young (with one year left on his deal), makes all business sense to sell. I'm happy for us to sell. All those were good deals for us at the time.
I get the impression that all is not well behind the scenes.
Despite the 'all clubs are selling clubs' comment - I think we are becoming more so than others. However, I could put up with all that if other players were coming into the club. What's going on ? Even our attempts to make the essential signing of a decent goalkeeper seem to be dragging on. I get the impression that all is not well behind the scenes.
Quote from: D.boy on July 14, 2011, 07:46:43 AMIf the top 5 keep raiding us for our best players each season then as long as we get good money for that player so be it. Until we start winning things and give the players reason to stay then we best get used to it.How do you expect us to win things if we constantly sell our best players? How do you expect us to get back into the UEFA cup if we keep selling our best players?Of course every player has a price and every club loses their best players. However, they don't lose them year upon year upon year. What really makes this situation worse is that we are selling our best players in order to balance the books because we can't sell the shit that MON bought.We end up weakened by the loss of our best players and meanwhile have to make a silk purse from the sow's ears we've got left.
If the top 5 keep raiding us for our best players each season then as long as we get good money for that player so be it. Until we start winning things and give the players reason to stay then we best get used to it.
If we don't invest wisely then we will go backwards.