Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Stirchley Villain]

I worry about the amount of cash that we are splashing about, hopefully we won't get in the same mess as under Lerner, where we are losing £50 million + per season

Lerner was an imbecile.

Dr X obviously isn't...

Please post the real world recipe for how the club should be run.

Who.? Me.?

if you can - or anyone who think we are spending too much (Who would have thought that).

There is no such thing as sure success, except that if you do not work for it, you will definitely not have success (Lerner)

Who says I think we're spending too much? Although I think we might be gambling on Permier League money next year. 

[supertom]

I worry about the amount of cash that we are splashing about, hopefully we won't get in the same mess as under Lerner, where we are losing £50 million + per season

Lerner was an imbecile.

Dr X obviously isn't...

Please post the real world recipe for how the club should be run.

Who.? Me.?

if you can - or anyone who think we are spending too much (Who would have thought that).

There is no such thing as sure success, except that if you do not work for it, you will definitely not have success (Lerner)

Who says I think we're spending too much? Although I think we might be gambling on Permier League money next year. 

The ideal situation is that we get this window right and then for the next couple of summers we only need to spend 20 (for that first season back in the Prem to supplement our quality) and then operate on a sell and buy policy. Lerner never managed that. O Neill rebuilt our defence 3 summers running and had no sell on value on almost anyone at the back that he bought.
It's not about being a selling club persay but about buying and selling in the right circumstances.

[Dante Lavelli]

The ideal situation is that we get this window right and then for the next couple of summers we only need to spend 20 (for that first season back in the Prem to supplement our quality).

Valid point, but you've assumed promotion there.  The risk is missing it and incurring sanctions where we cannot sign players, less parachute payments and our better players wanting out.  It could quickly snowball.  I'm not saying that will happen but it is a possibility.

Personally I think it is a calculated risk and one worth taking.  Plus the spending to date has been reasonably strategic and not that beyond our means.

[Steve67]

We have wiped off several million from the wage bill, and been paid parachute money. I think we will and can spend more before we start to worry about ffp. Tonight shows us where we are short, RDM will work on it as he has a point to prove. We really need another striker, bit I don't think what we are looking for is Patrick Bamford.

[avfcpg]

Jedinak will help solve a lot of problems in midfield but we need another one in there...our midfield just gets dominated too much and heaps pressure on us.

[Tuscans]

https://twitter.com/AVFCTransTweet/status/765600296873713664

[Ads]

Nowhere near enough pace up front.

[brontebilly]

Nowhere near enough pace up front.

Agreed and Ayew seems to want to play off a front man rather than leading the line.

Traore is a circus player imo and Kozak was never good enough. Leaving only RHM and Gabby as our other options up top.

Still think we might see Ayew leave before end of window, doesn't really fit at the moment in the position he wants to play. Genuine right sided winger like Victor Moses might suit us better or even Diouf at Stoke as an option up top.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's either Jedinak or Bluto at the Villa.

[Toronto Villa]

he looks like a bloke you wouldn't fuck with in a bar

[Chris Jameson]

he looks like a bloke you wouldn't fuck with in a bar

He looks like a bloke you'd see in a Cereal Cafe.

[Percy McCarthy]

he looks like a bloke you wouldn't fuck with in a bar

He looks like a bloke you'd see in a Cereal Cafe.

Innit.

[Toronto Villa]

he looks like a bloke you wouldn't fuck with in a bar

He looks like a bloke you'd see in a Cereal Cafe.

I have to ask, what's a cereal cafe?

[Stirchley Villain]

A disappointing lack of hipster tattoos.

[The Left Side]

He looks like a nutter... like Rasputin but without the long hair!