New chairman and Lerner ramblings

[ChicagoLion]

They have not said that though.
I don't have much faith in these guys yet but I don't think they are pulling that one.

I didn't say that they have said it.

Ok Right 

[bertlambshank]

Jesus Clampy it's just an opinion.Stop asking posters for proof every time you don't agree.Its getting tiresome.

[Legion]

I can't see where he asks for proof. Just his opinion that there is none.

[aj2k77]

He didn't say that last night or in the pre meeting, erm, meeting. I might have missed something on the afternoon press call but was at work then!

no probs mate, it was on the sky sport page (link on page 32) yesterday, im still trying to work out where the 60 million came from!

Apparently we spent £23m net in the summer, which will make interesting reading in next years accounts in that case because I simply can't believe the fee's would have been that high for what we signed. Hollis' words. Then again he also said Randy told him they'd tried a footballing man and now they needed a business man running the show. Which is bullshit too, we've never had a ''football man'' running anything. Probably more Randy blather though the goon.

[bertlambshank]

I can't see where he asks for proof. Just his opinion that there is none.

Sorry Clampy I read your post wrong.

[Clampy]

I can't see where he asks for proof. Just his opinion that there is none.

Sorry Clampy I read your post wrong.

Can I have proof that you read it wrong?

Only joking.

[bertlambshank]

I can't see where he asks for proof. Just his opinion that there is none.

Sorry Clampy I read your post wrong.

Can I have proof that you read it wrong?

Only joking.

I ordered new specs 2 weeks ago.I think they are coming via the moon.

[ronshirt]

Hollis: 'You've got to look at the facts, this club spent £60m last summer'.
 
On what exactly?

[Villain1874]

I laughed when I read what was said last night and previous days before the meeting, Hollis said spending more on players is not exactly the right answer and that other clubs are not spending large amounts of players then Tom Fox said last night other clubs are spending large amounts on average players to avoid the drop lol...
Both of them contradicting each other already, our club is a mess and they only way it's going to move forward is for Lerner to drop his asking price and sell...
I'm getting bored of this "we spent 60 million in the summer" our net spend was nowhere near that, I wish they would stop peddling that statistic...

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Hollis: 'You've got to look at the facts, this club spent £60m last summer'.
 
On what exactly?

i thought we got 32.5 for benteke and spent approx. 40

fuck me if he cant  add up there is no hope

[old man villa fan]

Hollis: 'You've got to look at the facts, this club spent £60m last summer'.
 
On what exactly?

i thought we got 32.5 for benteke and spent approx. 40

fuck me if he cant  add up there is no hope

I know.  Selective accounting can give the wrong impression.

[SoccerHQ]

He didn't say that last night or in the pre meeting, erm, meeting. I might have missed something on the afternoon press call but was at work then!

no probs mate, it was on the sky sport page (link on page 32) yesterday, im still trying to work out where the 60 million came from!

Apparently we spent £23m net in the summer, which will make interesting reading in next years accounts in that case because I simply can't believe the fee's would have been that high for what we signed. Hollis' words. Then again he also said Randy told him they'd tried a footballing man and now they needed a business man running the show. Which is bullshit too, we've never had a ''football man'' running anything. Probably more Randy blather though the goon.

Can only be something like Liverpool have only paid half for Benteke so far (they did say at the time the deal was heavy with add on clauses) so with something like 16 m ish for him and 8 for D*lph that's 25m.

I am struggling to see though how we've paid 50m odd for all the new signings. Yes if you add them all up it comes to over 50m but surely we didn't pay outright fees even if maybe that's what the French clubs wanted given they're not as cash rich.

For example surely there's no way we'd have paid a straight 12m to Barca for Adama.

But then I think of how we've been run last 5 years and yep that's probably happened.

[dave.woodhall]

He didn't say that last night or in the pre meeting, erm, meeting. I might have missed something on the afternoon press call but was at work then!

no probs mate, it was on the sky sport page (link on page 32) yesterday, im still trying to work out where the 60 million came from!

Apparently we spent £23m net in the summer, which will make interesting reading in next years accounts in that case because I simply can't believe the fee's would have been that high for what we signed. Hollis' words. Then again he also said Randy told him they'd tried a footballing man and now they needed a business man running the show. Which is bullshit too, we've never had a ''football man'' running anything. Probably more Randy blather though the goon.

Can only be something like Liverpool have only paid half for Benteke so far (they did say at the time the deal was heavy with add on clauses) so with something like 16 m ish for him and 8 for D*lph that's 25m.

I am struggling to see though how we've paid 50m odd for all the new signings. Yes if you add them all up it comes to over 50m but surely we didn't pay outright fees even if maybe that's what the French clubs wanted given they're not as cash rich.

For example surely there's no way we'd have paid a straight 12m to Barca for Adama.

But then I think of how we've been run last 5 years and yep that's probably happened.

Or they're talking about total fees, regardless of how much has actually been paid already.

[aj2k77]

He didn't say that last night or in the pre meeting, erm, meeting. I might have missed something on the afternoon press call but was at work then!

no probs mate, it was on the sky sport page (link on page 32) yesterday, im still trying to work out where the 60 million came from!

Apparently we spent £23m net in the summer, which will make interesting reading in next years accounts in that case because I simply can't believe the fee's would have been that high for what we signed. Hollis' words. Then again he also said Randy told him they'd tried a footballing man and now they needed a business man running the show. Which is bullshit too, we've never had a ''football man'' running anything. Probably more Randy blather though the goon.

Can only be something like Liverpool have only paid half for Benteke so far (they did say at the time the deal was heavy with add on clauses) so with something like 16 m ish for him and 8 for D*lph that's 25m.

I am struggling to see though how we've paid 50m odd for all the new signings. Yes if you add them all up it comes to over 50m but surely we didn't pay outright fees even if maybe that's what the French clubs wanted given they're not as cash rich.

For example surely there's no way we'd have paid a straight 12m to Barca for Adama.

But then I think of how we've been run last 5 years and yep that's probably happened.

Or they're talking about total fees, regardless of how much has actually been paid already.

You mean all the various clauses that may or may not happen?

[aj2k77]

He didn't say that last night or in the pre meeting, erm, meeting. I might have missed something on the afternoon press call but was at work then!

no probs mate, it was on the sky sport page (link on page 32) yesterday, im still trying to work out where the 60 million came from!

Apparently we spent £23m net in the summer, which will make interesting reading in next years accounts in that case because I simply can't believe the fee's would have been that high for what we signed. Hollis' words. Then again he also said Randy told him they'd tried a footballing man and now they needed a business man running the show. Which is bullshit too, we've never had a ''football man'' running anything. Probably more Randy blather though the goon.

Can only be something like Liverpool have only paid half for Benteke so far (they did say at the time the deal was heavy with add on clauses) so with something like 16 m ish for him and 8 for D*lph that's 25m.

I am struggling to see though how we've paid 50m odd for all the new signings. Yes if you add them all up it comes to over 50m but surely we didn't pay outright fees even if maybe that's what the French clubs wanted given they're not as cash rich.

For example surely there's no way we'd have paid a straight 12m to Barca for Adama.

But then I think of how we've been run last 5 years and yep that's probably happened.

Adama was £7m upfront with an additional 2m euros depending on certain conditions met according to Barcelona's website. The rest of the transfers, even if you take the highest reported fee's it's just over £50m. There's no way we spent £60m+ and no way we spent £23m net this summer unless there's some serious dougenomics being bought in to play.