Quote from: bob on December 21, 2022, 03:30:16 PMIt's a fact that release clauses are regularly included in players contracts.What's the % split between those with and without release clauses in recent time
It's a fact that release clauses are regularly included in players contracts.
Quote from: rob_bridge on December 21, 2022, 03:38:37 PMQuote from: bob on December 21, 2022, 03:30:16 PMIt's a fact that release clauses are regularly included in players contracts.What's the % split between those with and without release clauses in recent time50:50They either have it or they don't.
Quote from: Risso on December 21, 2022, 07:47:32 PMQuote from: amfy on December 21, 2022, 06:53:22 PMI don’t disagree that we could do with more trophies but that perception is odd as Everton last won the league only 5 years after us in the 80s & last won a trophy a year before our last one.I think Everton only have a more prestigious image in some people’s minds because they are seen alongside Liverpool, whereas we…..I'd argue the opposite, I think Everton are firmly in the shadow of their neighbours and the other North West clubs, whereas we're by far the biggest club outside of the North West and London.I think you misunderstand what I am saying. I am saying Everton receive reflected glory from a neighbouring club who have been much more successful in our lifetime. We have only our own success to rely on for our reputation as there is no one in the region to drag us into the headlines alongside them. Neither us nor Everton have enough recent success to have a big reputation under our own steam.
Quote from: amfy on December 21, 2022, 06:53:22 PMI don’t disagree that we could do with more trophies but that perception is odd as Everton last won the league only 5 years after us in the 80s & last won a trophy a year before our last one.I think Everton only have a more prestigious image in some people’s minds because they are seen alongside Liverpool, whereas we…..I'd argue the opposite, I think Everton are firmly in the shadow of their neighbours and the other North West clubs, whereas we're by far the biggest club outside of the North West and London.
I don’t disagree that we could do with more trophies but that perception is odd as Everton last won the league only 5 years after us in the 80s & last won a trophy a year before our last one.I think Everton only have a more prestigious image in some people’s minds because they are seen alongside Liverpool, whereas we…..
Quote from: bob on December 21, 2022, 09:51:27 PMQuote from: rob_bridge on December 21, 2022, 03:38:37 PMQuote from: bob on December 21, 2022, 03:30:16 PMIt's a fact that release clauses are regularly included in players contracts.What's the % split between those with and without release clauses in recent time50:50They either have it or they don't. yet another BobFact.For cough, Bob.
The sale of Grealish meant we lost our best player at the time but now we have a better squad. Our new manager needs funds to take us to the next level.Selling El Dibu whilst his stock is highest would most likely be detrimental in the short term but longer term would be a net benefit.It's hardly baffling or fragile to suggest.
Great read Dave.
I have mentioned before that i do not want to hoover up huge fees and wages on any old player but we do need to start making people sit up and notice by our actions in the transfer marketWhen City bought Robhinio the world sat up and noticed and it was he, with a shit Manager such as Hughes, that started their ball rolling.Chelsea era was Gullit, Vialli, Zola et alThen once Sky get sexed up about the club they get lots of positive press and it snowballs and urban myths begin to grow.Our highest transfer fee was £38m for Buendia who we have suggested will fill a Grealish gap and we can build a team around him whereas that sort of money buys you a half decent full back nowadays
Quote from: Hookeysmith on December 22, 2022, 01:41:43 PMI have mentioned before that i do not want to hoover up huge fees and wages on any old player but we do need to start making people sit up and notice by our actions in the transfer marketWhen City bought Robhinio the world sat up and noticed and it was he, with a shit Manager such as Hughes, that started their ball rolling.Chelsea era was Gullit, Vialli, Zola et alThen once Sky get sexed up about the club they get lots of positive press and it snowballs and urban myths begin to grow.Our highest transfer fee was £38m for Buendia who we have suggested will fill a Grealish gap and we can build a team around him whereas that sort of money buys you a half decent full back nowadaysKamara is the type of signing I want us to make more of, a genuinely highly rated up and coming international star that people were surprised chose us. A few more like that (the lad Thuram for example) where it's not necessarily the fee because there's a deal to be had, but it's getting the profile of player expected to head elsewhere over you, and people's perceptions change.
Quote from: Axl Rose on December 21, 2022, 03:35:37 AMEmi's going nowhere! He loves the Villa.Emi will be gone this summer. Like every other PL player, he loves winning, he loves the adulation, and he loves the money and the lifestyle. He will say all the right things, but this game is, like it or not, all about the money. Loyalty doesn’t exist. His agent/team will have demanded clauses in his contract when he re-signed (fact) to include buy-outs in the event of relegation, a minimum fee being met, etc. Just like with Grealish, all Villa can do is price into those clauses compensation. It’s a money business. And every year fans get a slap round the face as a reminder. The only opportunity to change that destiny is to qualify for Europe (and even that may not be enough). I love Emi - but he won’t be a Villa player come September.
Emi's going nowhere! He loves the Villa.
Too many people i come in contact with seem to state their opinion as 'FACT' these days, and not just on internet forums. I wish they'd just 'FACT' off.
Quote from: amfy on December 21, 2022, 08:29:54 PMQuote from: Risso on December 21, 2022, 07:47:32 PMQuote from: amfy on December 21, 2022, 06:53:22 PMI don’t disagree that we could do with more trophies but that perception is odd as Everton last won the league only 5 years after us in the 80s & last won a trophy a year before our last one.I think Everton only have a more prestigious image in some people’s minds because they are seen alongside Liverpool, whereas we…..I'd argue the opposite, I think Everton are firmly in the shadow of their neighbours and the other North West clubs, whereas we're by far the biggest club outside of the North West and London.I think you misunderstand what I am saying. I am saying Everton receive reflected glory from a neighbouring club who have been much more successful in our lifetime. We have only our own success to rely on for our reputation as there is no one in the region to drag us into the headlines alongside them. Neither us nor Everton have enough recent success to have a big reputation under our own steam.How does that work for Small Heath.?