2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[pablo_picasso]

Reading those Boro forums seems that they think Rogers is not quite as developed as the likes of Azaz, never mind A. Ramsey or Philogene-Bidace.

I fucking hate everything about FFP.

Not only is it a way for the cheating c**nts who closed the loopholes to raise the drawer bridge & keep their ill gotten gained advantage, but it is also forcing us sell our academy kids just to satisfy some abacus reading bean counter with all the personality of a three week old potato whose name is probably Colin.

Some of those academy kids are Villa fans & better quality than the likes of some of the players we are bringing in for the future.

The one thing that is cracking me up in a gallows humour kind of way reading those Boro forums is why should we lower our prices for players like Azaz because Boro were shopping at Sainsburys with an Aldi budget, yet they are going to try & skin us for as much as possible for Rogers.

It's like Villa asking PSG to give us Mbappe for 57p & a packet of pork scratchings because we cant afford him due to FFP. If a club cant afford a player, then they should shop at a store more akin to their fucking budget.

Why the fuck Rogers wasn't part of the Azaz deal is beyond me.

One, we could have overplayed our hand with Azaz in terms of value, & got Rogers for cheaper.

Which suggests that Rogers wasn't on the cards when the Azaz deal was happening.

And two, why the fuck is it always us lowering our fees & apart from with Grealish, why don't we have the stones to tell a club to pay up or fuck off

Apologies, rant over. There are probably valid reasons for a lot of those complaints, I just don't like us selling our kids, period, & especially for what I believe is below their potential value...

I am all, smiles, candyfloss grass & lolipop trees now... 😉

[OCD]

Aston Villa have sent a formal bid to sign 22-year old Icelandic goalkeeper, Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson who plays for Swedish side IF Elfsborg. The bid is in excess of €2m while Copenhagen have offered around €1.7m

Apparently…

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1748126382809288943?s=46

Looks good with his hands and it's good to see a young keeper coming and catching the ball. But what's he like with his feet?

[Sexual Ealing]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

[sid1964]

Maybe our supposed best young players (Ramsey, Archer etc..) in Unai's opinion were not good enough.

The Icelandic goal keeper would be an interesting signing, again Unai and the goal keeping coaches must not really rate any of our current back ups to Martinez.

In the summer, if we again qualify for Europe we may see a couple of signings that break our current transfer record.

[Ads]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

[Sexual Ealing]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I don't know what the deal is with provincial postcodes. Not my area. It's probably something to do with soft water or people talking to each other on buses. No idea.

[OCD]

In the summer, if we again qualify for Europe we may see a couple of signings that break our current transfer record.

FFP permitting. This will be the first summer where the Grealish money is no longer part of our FFP figure and we're using some of our money to buy young players who we think are going to become valuable.

[Simon Page]

I hope we don't go down the foreign route. Sometimes British is best and, frankly, I like my postcode looking like a number plate.

90210 et al can get in the bin, colonial halfwits.

[Witton Warrior]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I don't know what the deal is with provincial postcodes. Not my area. It's probably something to do with soft water or people talking to each other on buses. No idea.

Our Service once had a contract that only allowed referrals from the Walsall area - having to explain to some pillocks in London that Willenhall is in Walsall despite having a WV13 postcode became so annoying I took a photo of the town sign "Welcome to Willenhall in the Borough of Walsall) and sent it them. It shut them up until the audit when we started all over again

[pablo_picasso]

Maybe our supposed best young players (Ramsey, Archer etc..) in Unai's opinion were not good enough.

We will never know with the FFP fire sale...

[Sexual Ealing]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I don't know what the deal is with provincial postcodes. Not my area. It's probably something to do with soft water or people talking to each other on buses. No idea.

Our Service once had a contract that only allowed referrals from the Walsall area - having to explain to some pillocks in London that Willenhall is in Walsall despite having a WV13 postcode became so annoying I took a photo of the town sign "Welcome to Willenhall in the Borough of Walsall) and sent it them. It shut them up until the audit when we started all over again

Why do they even need post in Willenhall?

[Dogtanian]

Some talk about Kosta Nedeljkovic here, including that some chap expects him to be playing in the Euros this summer;

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/who-is-kosta-nedeljkovic-aston-villas-super-smart-long-term-solution-at-right-back/view/news/432609

[AV82EC]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I used to live in Altrincham. It’s never quite got over the fact it’s not in Cheshire anymore and the final insult was them getting a WA postcode. Many people still refuse to use Greater Manchester as part of their postal address.

I think some denizens of Sutton Coldfield still think of themselves as Warwickshire in a similar example.

It’s as if 1974 never happened.

[Sexual Ealing]

In Wolverhampton 1974 hasn't happened.

[Dogtanian]

Kaine Kesler-Hayden is coming back to provide cover and push Cash, according to Plymouth.

"Aston Villa have assured us that he's going back to fight for his place and we wish him well." says the Plymouth boss.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68030880