Quote from: Rip Van doin' the Lambert walk on November 16, 2012, 10:05:51 AMQuote from: PaulWinch again on November 16, 2012, 09:56:55 AM We need to get to that level, and hopefully by buying low and selling high we'll eventually get into that position.Not a chance Paul.As soon as one of our discoveries has a purple patch, say Benteke or Westwood in the future, the big clubs will be in to snap them up. We'll never be able to hang on to players long enough for us to make that massive step up.Disagree, we can still make a fat profit on these players and then its all down to how we reinvest.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on November 16, 2012, 09:56:55 AM We need to get to that level, and hopefully by buying low and selling high we'll eventually get into that position.Not a chance Paul.As soon as one of our discoveries has a purple patch, say Benteke or Westwood in the future, the big clubs will be in to snap them up. We'll never be able to hang on to players long enough for us to make that massive step up.
We need to get to that level, and hopefully by buying low and selling high we'll eventually get into that position.
" My father told me about Aston Villa winning the European Cup against one of the best European teams ever, and i would love to be part of something the same at Aston Villa, it will take time but i have joined Villa because i believe we can be there again, sometime in the future." Bollox to the statements that have been made so far in the press, they make me cringe.
We should be used to it.Lets hope we can have a cheery post match thread tomorrow eh ?
Another cheery Friday at H & V.
Quote from: not3bad on November 16, 2012, 10:20:31 AMAnother cheery Friday at H & V.Cheery or Miserable, it's reality.We can deal with 'what if's' all day, but the reality is that we're not one of the top clubs and we're unlikely to be for the forseeable future.If you're telling me that a policy of buying cheap and selling high will propel us into the Champions League, then I have to be sceptical at best.
Sceptical is where i am at the moment.
Seems to me that pretty much all clubs are, with the exception of the top few. Even Arsenal.
Quote from: E I Adio on November 16, 2012, 09:52:42 AMSeems to me that pretty much all clubs are, with the exception of the top few. Even Arsenal.Yes. There are really only three in the UK who aren't.But it's not necessarily a bad thing. If it works properly, it means us developing/signing players for very little, getting two, three, four good seasons from them (and if the top three or four clubs want them, they're playing very well), sell for several times more than we paid for them initially, re-invest.It's a common enough model. It's how Arsenal have operated for years.