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

[Clampy]

Isn't the Ethiopean calender 7 years behind everyone else or have I just made that up?

[Chico Hamilton III]

My mate was a postman and he had a round in Tipton (DY postcode, 0121 telephone, butt of many jokes in Viz) and one of the houses he delivered to kept a live donkey in the kitchen….

[Ads]

Isn't the Ethiopean calender 7 years behind everyone else or have I just made that up?

When they reverse cars adjacent to the Molineux, they're still 60 years in the future.

[Clampy]

My mate was a postman and he had a round in Tipton (DY postcode, 0121 telephone, butt of many jokes in Viz) and one of the houses he delivered to kept a live donkey in the kitchen….

Better than keeping a dead one in the kitchen I suppose.

[Nev]

My mate was a postman and he had a round in Tipton (DY postcode, 0121 telephone, butt of many jokes in Viz) and one of the houses he delivered to kept a live donkey in the kitchen….

"Morning, here's your mail, looks like bills again I'm afraid! Have a good day......oh, nice ass by the way"

[VillaTim]

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

good, Cash needs some competition

[UK Redsox]

Re post codes.......

Why don't London postcodes start with 'L' ?

There's villages three miles from me that have Newport postcodes, despite being five miles inside England

[PaulWinch again]

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... 😉

I think it’s really difficult to assess comparative development, but I doubt we’d look for lesser players for the sake of FFP. We must have seen something in him, in terms of potential and an existing gap in the squad.

Also in recent times I’m not sure we’ve buckled on selling players below what we value them at?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Re post codes.......

Why don't London postcodes start with 'L' ?

There's villages three miles from me that have Newport postcodes, despite being five miles inside England

Because Liverpool does

[eamonn]

Interesting that Emery is happy for Kesler to push Cash rather than us try bringing in a new signing. I'm not sure either are/will be enough for us to win the league though.

[Sexual Ealing]

Re post codes.......

Why don't London postcodes start with 'L' ?

There's villages three miles from me that have Newport postcodes, despite being five miles inside England

I can field this. (Oh my giddy God, I fucking love postcode chat) London was the first place that needed postcodes, because it was so big, hence the E, SE, SW, W, N etc.

As for Newport, I DON'T DO PROVINCIAL POSTCODES.

[coreyfeldman]

Interesting that Emery is happy for Kesler to push Cash rather than us try bringing in a new signing. I'm not sure either are/will be enough for us to win the league though.

We've signed a rb but he's not joining till the summer so this is cover and probably a chance to assess if he's ready to be around the squad longer term

[dave shelley]

My mate was a postman and he had a round in Tipton (DY postcode, 0121 telephone, butt of many jokes in Viz) and one of the houses he delivered to kept a live donkey in the kitchen….

The dentist we go to is in another town and is located in the middle of a big housing estate.  On a visit a couple of years ago, whilst Mrs S was having done whatever it was, instead of sitting in the waiting room I took myself off for a walk.  I found myself passing a semi-detached house that had eight, eight I say donkeys roaming around both front and back gardens.  Eight donkeys, I shit you not.  Imagine the noise when they all kicked off, not to mention the stink.

[PeterWithe]

Re post codes.......

Why don't London postcodes start with 'L' ?

There's villages three miles from me that have Newport postcodes, despite being five miles inside England

I can field this. (Oh my giddy God, I fucking love postcode chat) London was the first place that needed postcodes, because it was so big, hence the E, SE, SW, W, N etc.

As for Newport, I DON'T DO PROVINCIAL POSTCODES.

Maybe there is a gap in the market for a paid Postcode chatline?

[Meanwood Villa]

Re cross border postcodes, the mid Wales coast has Shrewsbury ones. I would have thought SE was all over that.