2023 Summer transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[Drummond]

No Doku for Rennes in their friendly...

[Ian.]

Hang on shouldn't that be on the ex-players still playing thread?

Or the Tony Daley one?

Is that you Footy?

[VillaTim]

No Doku for Rennes in their friendly...

have you checked Flight Radar

[Drummond]

No Doku for Rennes in their friendly...

have you checked Flight Radar

Nah, he's going on Eurotunnel.

[pauliewalnuts]

No Doku for Rennes in their friendly...

He is.

Came on at half time.

[Louzie0]

I just heard Lee Hendrie being interviewed on Sky’s transfers programme. He’s not going overboard about our prospects next season and would like to end up 7th at the end of the season. What with false dawns before, Villa fans can get carried away. It ‘s going to be hard going, even with Unai Emery and the new signings.

I feel that my expectations have been well and truly managed!

[Villatillidie25]

This is probably fair to be honest. Spurs and Chelsea will be better as will the ones we finished below, Arsenal, Liverpool, and United. City will be City. Newcastle are a bit of an unknown and I think Brighton will drop back a little.
I see us as anywhere between 5th and 8th to be honest, which would be good if we can combine it with runs in all of the cups.

[PaulWinch again]

Why will Spurs necessarily be better out of interest? Also fuck knows with Chelsea they still appear to be targeting wide forwards pretty much exclusively.

[AV84]

I'd like to maintain European football, of any kind. So if that means a slightly lower league finish but we win a cup, then I think I'd be happy with that. Or out early in all cups and only league to think about from January onwards, then we should be finishing top 6.

[nigel]

Why will Spurs necessarily be better out of interest? Also fuck knows with Chelsea they still appear to be targeting wide forwards pretty much exclusively.

If Kane leaves Spurs they should be significantly weaker, as they will need to find 30 goals.

[VillaTim]

This is probably fair to be honest. Spurs and Chelsea will be better as will the ones we finished below, Arsenal, Liverpool, and United. City will be City. Newcastle are a bit of an unknown and I think Brighton will drop back a little.
I see us as anywhere between 5th and 8th to be honest, which would be good if we can combine it with runs in all of the cups.

The squad isn't deep enough to cope with Europe and the EPL.
10th and a trophy would be some achievement

[villadelph]

This is probably fair to be honest. Spurs and Chelsea will be better as will the ones we finished below, Arsenal, Liverpool, and United. City will be City. Newcastle are a bit of an unknown and I think Brighton will drop back a little.
I see us as anywhere between 5th and 8th to be honest, which would be good if we can combine it with runs in all of the cups.

If Spurs sell Kane they'll be effing effed. Especially considering their owner was just charged with securities fraud and insider trading. Usually if you've been charged, you're already guilty.

A 29-page document, United States of America v Joseph Lewis, sets out the reasons for charging Lewis, an 86-year-old “billionaire businessman and investor”.

There are 13 counts of securities fraud, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; three counts of securities fraud (each a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison); and three counts of conspiracy (each a maximum sentence of five years in prison).

The U.S. government alleges that between 2013 and 2021, Lewis violated securities laws through inside trading and submitting false and misleading filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which enforces the law against market manipulation.

They accuse him of using inside information about companies in order to tip off friends and associates, including “his personal pilots, personal assistants, romantic partners”, so that they could profit from the information by trading securities in advance of disclosure to the public.

[eamonn]

No Doku for Rennes in their friendly...

Nor his girlfriend Su? That's puzzling.

[Louzie0]

I do understand that playing more games through Euro matches and hopefully a longer domestic Cup run (or two) will challenge the manager and the squad, but Unai is an experienced international Cup contender and we’ve been buying some cracking players! More to come, too, if Monchi continues to do his thing.

Maybe the Big One is 2 or 3 seasons away, but really, what have Chelsea, Spurs or anybody else (other than the insanely rich, or Arsenal) got that beats us in the PL?  I would like to think 3-5 is a more ‘realistic’ finish for Villa this season.

And a cup!

[Monty]

Honestly, it'll be a big challenge. We're so much better, but everyone else does know how we play now. Plus there is every chance that Liverpool and Chelsea come back stronger than last year (Tottenham, not quite as much chance but we'll find out), that Newcastle kick on, that Man Utd improve and Arsenal build on last year...

Ah fuck it, we're winning the league.