Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[Lee]

Oi, take your pillow talk elsewhere, or you will awake Peter the Fatwa. You wouldn't want to see him when he is angry.  8-[  [-(

Is Fatwa Pete, like Stinky Pete from Toy Story 2?

[JD]

No, Fatwa Peter is much scarier (I think).  8-[

[Drummond]

I think I'm gonna cry.

[ROBBO]

Was going to start a new thread with this but decided to share my thoughts with the really really worried among us. Ellis has told Oleary he has to sell to buy. Now the only players that other clubs may pay decent money for are Baros, Davis and Melberg. That is our best forward our best defender and our best midfielder. I know we can sell others but only for spare change. To me it's like selling your house if you want to buy another house in the same area of the same quality then you will have to pay the same price as you sold your house for. I cannot see the logic in selling your better players while trying to improve the squad. All three players have had their critics but they in my opinion they are the best we've got. Oleary should be looking overseas for bargains to strenghthen the squad not looking to deplete it.

[JD]

Exactly Robbo. I just can't see the point in selling our best assets and then buying players who are either not as good, or are on a par.
I think is we let fringe players go for instance; Hendrie, DJx2, Berson and sign Milner we should have enough money left over for a playmaker. I think if Laursen and Delaney are fit next season (to start with anyway), then we won't need another central defender.

[peter w]

But if Baros does have a good enough World Cup that allows us to reinvest in the team that can only be taken as a positive. It isn't any different from selling Yorke. Mellberg has been 50/50 for two seasons now although I agree that shipping him out is not necessarily the answer. What is I don't know. Well apart from changing the boardroom and managerial team. Not very comforting times at the moment.

[Matt G]

I'm worried that our whole Sumer seems to revolve around Baros having a great world cup and earning us shedloads of cash, and Laursen being fully fit.  What if Baros gets injured, or doesn't score and the Czech's bounce out in the first round? Laursen will never now be fit completely, once an injury like this reoccurs, it will continue reoccuring, look at Delaney, look at david Dunn as 2 examples.

[peter w]

As true as that is Matt what else have we got to hold on to. We'll be buying the Michael Bridges of this world id Baros doesn't have a good World Cup and make us some money. He wants to move on to so he'll be motivated by being in the biggest shop window.

[ROBBO]

As true as that is Matt what else have we got to hold on to. We'll be buying the Michael Bridges of this world id Baros doesn't have a good World Cup and make us some money. He wants to move on to so he'll be motivated by being in the biggest shop window.

While not wanting to see Baros depart if we could get Gudjohnson for 4 mil
I wouldn't be too unhappy.

[peter w]

Agree fully. However, as I've posed elsewhere what type of player sees this club as an attractive move? A player of his ability wouldn't touch us with a barge pole at the moment.

[damon loves JT]

Looks like we're relying on O'Leary to coach our way out of trouble.

What a marvellous prospect

[peter w]

Which the stats have proved he is unable to do. Which the performances have proved he's unable to do. Yet we are going into the new season with a cross our fingers mentality from the board down? Are they serious? Yet some people here whether to simply argue or not, are buying in to 'lets wait and see it may get better'. Why should it get better? Simply because we don't know it may get worse? Is that the way any football club/business has ever been run?

[Legion]

I'm now VERY worried. 48 hours and not a single E-Mail notification. I can't keep up with events!

[peter w]

Erm. Seems that we aren't buying anyone. Manager and chairman together, and erm, that's it until August.

[JD]

Great, anyone got any spare parts they can lend to Delaney, Laursen etc. My right knee is worn, but I have only had one operation on it and will happily loan it to Villa for the coming season.  8-[