Tony's Tweets

[TB]

Lock icon + Full/no vacancy emoji would suggest no more incoming, IMO. But whoever's leaving is obviously heading the wrong way and ignoring the instructions. Your guess is as good as mine...

[Towser]

Anyone decipher this one?

🔒🈵.🚶🏻🔜   #UTV

Why didn't Barry take the penalty?

[JD]

Anyone decipher this one?

🔒🈵.🚶🏻🔜   #UTV

Lock the gates. McCormack is leaving in this window - soon

Or it means he tried to get rid of McCormack but McCormacks gate was locked and he couldn't get out to sign for anyone.

[kippaxvilla2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-31/chinese-aston-villa-owner-drops-purchase-of-hollywood-studio

[Nelson Lodge]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-31/chinese-aston-villa-owner-drops-purchase-of-hollywood-studio

4 hours ago he tweeted that story is not accurate. He adds he used another company not public listed.

Moving on. 1 hour ago tweeted " 2 or 3 things will happen today .... May be 4 or 5...... Who knows"

[kippaxvilla2]

Ppl said us using FFP as excuses, b***t!Even we did well2balance,still not far from the red line.Though we did well this window.#UTV

[eamonn]

Now, now, swearing is unbecoming, Doc. Though his coinage of ''jerkalist'' was the best neologism since then-H&Ver Suranyu spoke of ''funeraling'' the Barcodes back in the day.

[alftitimus]

A point of Information - again unfortunately.

The first season after relegation, when Xia bought us -
 both Parachute Payments went to Lerner. They were 'Ring-Fenced' as part of Recon/Xia's purchase.

Xia boasted at one time that not a penny of the Parachute Payments went on transfers.
TRUE 

They went to Lerner.

I'm not sure, and I can't find, if the second season after Relegation has similar riders.

Personally I'd doubt it, as Xia probably assumed that the huge player investment guaranteed promotion, and I doubt that Lerner's advisors would have saught such a nebulous payment.

I'd think, that this season we have the Parachute Payments for ourselves, and that they are probably to help support the WAGE Bill in the main.

Cross-threading a  moment 

When Bruce relegated Birmingham, he made the SAME claim as he has now.
That players (inferring ALL of them) had a 50% wage cut on relegation.

Was utter nonsense, and Brady herself refused to confirm or deny it, at the time, but the later records, long after Bruce ran to Wigan, proved his claim was a falsification.
Their owners kept silent because it reflected on them as being astute - imo

Likewise Xia /Wyness will be silent on this Bruce fantasy repeat - again imo

Since all finances/contracts etc were under Brady's personal control, I don't think he would be privvy to them. It might be different here. He might know every buggars contract details
- but again, I'd doubt it.
SAF was probably the last Manager to have such insight or power amongst us bigger clubs.
Can you imagine RDM knowing, or being bothered about player's private contracts? Or even Sherwood under Lerner?

Yet Bruce knows these details  

But, there it is. Last season it was Xia / Recon investment, the Parachute Payments were beyond reach.
This year, because his gamble failed, we are very close to the edge of FPP so no insane purchases, just sensible husbandry of financial resources.
Parachute Payments would be a prop to support WAGES - imo.

Promotion will come through astute team management and JT's influence 'off-the-pitch'
- obviously 

[Malandro]

A point of Information - again unfortunately.

The first season after relegation, when Xia bought us -
 both Parachute Payments went to Lerner. They were 'Ring-Fenced' as part of Recon/Xia's purchase.

Xia boasted at one time that not a penny of the Parachute Payments went on transfers.
TRUE 

They went to Lerner.

I'm not sure, and I can't find, if the second season after Relegation has similar riders.

Personally I'd doubt it, as Xia probably assumed that the huge player investment guaranteed promotion, and I doubt that Lerner's advisors would have saught such a nebulous payment.

I'd think, that this season we have the Parachute Payments for ourselves, and that they are probably to help support the WAGE Bill in the main.

Cross-threading a  moment 

When Bruce relegated Birmingham, he made the SAME claim as he has now.
That players (inferring ALL of them) had a 50% wage cut on relegation.

Was utter nonsense, and Brady herself refused to confirm or deny it, at the time, but the later records, long after Bruce ran to Wigan, proved his claim was a falsification.
Their owners kept silent because it reflected on them as being astute - imo

Likewise Xia /Wyness will be silent on this Bruce fantasy repeat - again imo

Since all finances/contracts etc were under Brady's personal control, I don't think he would be privvy to them. It might be different here. He might know every buggars contract details
- but again, I'd doubt it.
SAF was probably the last Manager to have such insight or power amongst us bigger clubs.
Can you imagine RDM knowing, or being bothered about player's private contracts? Or even Sherwood under Lerner?

Yet Bruce knows these details  

But, there it is. Last season it was Xia / Recon investment, the Parachute Payments were beyond reach.
This year, because his gamble failed, we are very close to the edge of FPP so no insane purchases, just sensible husbandry of financial resources.
Parachute Payments would be a prop to support WAGES - imo.

Promotion will come through astute team management and JT's influence 'off-the-pitch'
- obviously 

What about Diana?

[Ads]

The 1st parachute payment would have needed to have been held on trust for Lerner. What evidence is there of this?

Why would contracts agreed by Fox and those that went before reflect well on Wyness?

[pauliewalnuts]

Money can not just be shifted because it is 'ring fenced' to Lerner without it appearing in the accounts.

Similarly any money invested by Xia personally, or any loans to the club, will also be documented.

I trust Xia about as far as I can throw him (as I do anyone involved in football until they do something that makes me think otherwise) but the utter guesswork going on about money is just that - guesswork - until we see it in the accounts.

[dave.woodhall]

There's not been anything in the history of H&V that has been repeated so often, with no evidence whatsoever, and rebutted so often, with plenty of evidence, as the idea that Randy Lerner was somehow at it with the club's money.

[mr underhill]

so he was at it then, in a sense, as he was the club's only shareholder?

[dave.woodhall]

so he was at it then, in a sense, as he was the club's only shareholder?

He didn't take any of it out, if that's what you mean.

[Ads]

so he was at it then, in a sense, as he was the club's only shareholder?

He didn't take any of it out, if that's what you mean.

I sense we're on the slow boat to another Herbert discussion.