Albrighton Going to Leicester

[pauliewalnuts]

Ive noticed, we're not very good at selling players unless it is someone we don't want to sell.

We hardly sell anyone for actual cash these days, we just put them on gardening leave (probably literally in the case of the Bomb Squad) and let them run their contracts down.

[Monty]

Nursey's written an article saying how we should be thanking Lambert, not calling for him to go:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-fans-should-thanking-3580253?

Frankly, it's perfectly reasonably written, not some Joe Lovejoyish calumny. However, certain horrible phrases stood out, such as "He feels the pressure is now off as expectations should be lowered." I hated that when reading it.

[supertom]

Nursey's written an article saying how we should be thanking Lambert, not calling for him to go:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-fans-should-thanking-3580253?

Frankly, it's perfectly reasonably written, not some Joe Lovejoyish calumny. However, certain horrible phrases stood out, such as "He feels the pressure is now off as expectations should be lowered." I hated that when reading it.

Didn't he write an article a month ago saying Lambert had to go? I get confused with Nursey and Kendrick sometimes, but I'm sure Nursey has called for his head a few times.
One month he's telling fans to get behind Lambert, the next he say's he should be turfed out.

[Jimbo]

Again. In times of dire strife, always, always blame the fans. 

[andyh]

Agreed, that is a fair article but just how much lower should our expectations be ?
Most of us are realistic enough to expect that we may just about survive in the division, and not cause a ripple in the cups.
Most of us know we are not going to be signing players for high fees, or modest (by premiership standards) salaries.

So, just how should they be reset now ?   

[amfy]

I would say the fact that the fact we have mentioned nothing about it screams out that we are happy to let him go. We look like fucking amateurs at the moment so why keep schtum to save the dignity of a well paid footballer. They could have easily included a line like "Despite our best efforts to keep Marc at the club, in the current situation we could not match the offers he has had from elsewhere so he has decided to seek a fresh challenge elsewhere. He goes with our best wishes"

But no, they release a slow slurry of basically drivel which, again, tells us fuck all about what has actually gone on

So that wouldn't have had anyone saying 'for fucks sake - now we can't even compete with Leicester!' ?

I don't think it's about the dignity of the player. The club statement does wish Marc well, but leaves us to conclude it was the club's decision to let him go, which it kind of was, on the basis that he isn't worth £35k a week to us in the current climate.

I'm not under any illusions it's a worrying mess we're in - I am just so wholly convinced of it that I really cannot spend my whole summer being outraged at every new example of it.

[not3bad]

Nursey's written an article saying how we should be thanking Lambert, not calling for him to go:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-fans-should-thanking-3580253?

Frankly, it's perfectly reasonably written, not some Joe Lovejoyish calumny. However, certain horrible phrases stood out, such as "He feels the pressure is now off as expectations should be lowered." I hated that when reading it.

Didn't he write an article a month ago saying Lambert had to go? I get confused with Nursey and Kendrick sometimes, but I'm sure Nursey has called for his head a few times.
One month he's telling fans to get behind Lambert, the next he say's he should be turfed out.

As memory serves Nursey has always been pro-Lambert, though he became pretty quiet during Villa's bad run towards the end of last season. Kendrick's come out strongly against him.

The current state of affairs is we're in the shit and we know we are. I can only hope that if a buyer is not found and quickly that things don't become appreciably worse than they already are, but I feel like a baby seal that's hoping it doesn't get another whack over the head from the hunter.

[ozzjim]

Logic and sense free zone Amfy. Naughty.



Leicester have ooodles of money too, so not competing with them is nothing big. Cardiff spent lots last summer and came bottom. Leicester have good organisation but Nugent and Vardy are nowhere close to premier league level so I would imagine they will be spending a huge amount more than us this summer. And still may be no better.

Going back to Cardiff, for all the love of Albrighton, Whittingham tore the championship apart for a couple of seasons and was completely ineffective last season in the prem. Nothing suggests Albrighton will be a consistent premier league performer.

[brian green]

What has to be taken into account with journalists is that they are such whores.   MON cultivated his media cronies and they wrote him up as required.   Nursey is just as capable of cultivating Lambert and writing something which pleases him.   The only journalist I believe and trust is the one I taught to put his flotation armbands on his wrists not his ankles.

So ferocious and fast has been the depression of our expectations and so rejoiced in by those who own and run the club that my suspicions are roused to higher levels of cynicism in inverse proportion.

Whereas last week I suspected that the announcement was the first positive move to sell the club and I believe this week that that was a correct assumption, this latest round of cheese paring exercises make me suspect that Randy does not want to sell the club, he is being forced to sell it for reasons unknown.

Two can play at that game.   You continue to undermine my hopes for the club and I will react by viewing everything you do and say in the worst possible light.

[aev]

Two can play at that game.   You continue to undermine my hopes for the club and I will react by viewing everything you do and say in the worst possible light.

The only problem with that is that he probably couldn't give a stuff what we think.

[brian green]

That is true ev, but it matters to me.

[brian green]

And I am there, he is not.

[kiddylion]

Say what you like about the bomb squad but they are still all very well paid employees of the club.
Bent,Hutton & CNZ are all a big improvement on what we had last season & if nothing else should be trying to put themselves in the shop window.
With Okore,Kozak & hopefully sooner rather than later Benteke our squad looks a little better.

[LeeB]

Bent will never play for us again. And frankly I don't want him to - he wasn't much of an asset in Fulham's struggle against relegation.

Edit: apparently the news this morning is that he might play for us again. Fab. Christ knows we've got enough movement in the side - what we really need is more stasis.

Lol.

This club should be investigated for fucking with peoples minds. I'm not sure this whole thing is not some kind of modern CIA-sponsored MK Ultra program.

[Dr Butler]

Say what you like about the bomb squad but they are still all very well paid employees of the club.
Bent,Hutton & CNZ are all a big improvement on what we had last season & if nothing else should be trying to put themselves in the shop window.
With Okore,Kozak & hopefully sooner rather than later Benteke our squad looks a little better.

agreed.....