It will be a total fire sale. The eventual new manager will be buying solid journeymen championship or lower players with a fraction of the proceeds from benteke, Westwood, Weimann etc in the hope we'll get up on the cheap. Any of the big earners will scare off possible buyers so they'll still be there crippling us with their wages and the reduced turnover. Even if there is interest in the likes of N'Zog or Bent, they're not going to swap 60+k a week here for 30k a week at the likes of Swansea or similar.Basically we're f**ked.
I can understand that we'll have offers for Bent Benteke and N'zogbia.But I think we'll have real trouble shifting Shay Given and Steven Ireland.
Quote from: danno on January 30, 2013, 12:51:49 AMI can understand that we'll have offers for Bent Benteke and N'zogbia.But I think we'll have real trouble shifting Shay Given and Steven Ireland.One of the first things I would be looking to do in the summer would be to try and reach a settlement with him to pay him off. I think it would be worth it just to have him out of the club. I don't have a problem with Given, I just think that age and injuries have caught up with him. He is on too much to only be a back up though and also needs to go, whatever league we are in next season.
Quote from: SoccerHQ on January 30, 2013, 12:17:07 AMOur home record has been a disgrace for a long time now. One thing's for certain we have no chance of staying up without some home wins between now and the end and I can't suddenly see us turning 2 home wins all season into say 4 home wins from our last 6.It wasn't much better under MON tbh but at least we were drawing the games instead of losing them.The fans at VP have been shortchanged for a long time now so with 23 home games in the championship you'd hope to win a few more.Actually it was a lot better. The difference between three consecutive sixth places and the bottom three is not just a few draws!
Our home record has been a disgrace for a long time now. One thing's for certain we have no chance of staying up without some home wins between now and the end and I can't suddenly see us turning 2 home wins all season into say 4 home wins from our last 6.It wasn't much better under MON tbh but at least we were drawing the games instead of losing them.The fans at VP have been shortchanged for a long time now so with 23 home games in the championship you'd hope to win a few more.
Benteke maybe but what other clubs are going to be offering the likes of Ireland 65.000 a week. Nzogbia would be in the same position, they will never get more money than villa pay them.