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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #285 on: January 11, 2025, 05:32:47 PM »
He is already a legend with 19 Pages 😳😃

12 of those pages are people saying he shouldn't have his own thread.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #286 on: January 11, 2025, 05:34:52 PM »
He is already a legend with 19 Pages 😳😃

12 of those pages are people saying he shouldn't have his own thread.

He definitely shouldn’t. Not yet.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #287 on: January 11, 2025, 05:52:54 PM »
Players shouldn't get their own thread until they're officially signed, IMO. Everything until then is speculation and we already have a thread for that.

I agree with this. It was always the way but we've let it slip of late.

No, it absolutely wasn't.

If you really want the history, we never used to have transfer threads. There was then a summer (possibly O'Neill's first) when there was an epidemic of new threads of "we should sign this player" and "who could we sign as our next striker?" and it was decided that all that stuff should just be put into one thread.

It was never meant as a catch-all, "anything to do with all transfers, right up to the point we sign somebody" thread, because that would be mental.  We signed Bailey nearly 300 posts into his thread. Why mix those 300 posts about a player we are obviously trying to sign with all the nonsense?

On this one, there's a big distinction between "I saw this guy Malen play the other day, he's pretty good, we should sign him" posts and "a large number of reputable sources say Villa are trying to sign Malen" ones.

And if we don't sign him, who gives a toss? It's not the end of the world if a Malen thread drops down the pages of the forum like all the others.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #288 on: January 11, 2025, 05:57:22 PM »
On this one, there's a big distinction between "I saw this guy Malen play the other day, he's pretty good, we should sign him" posts and "a large number of reputable sources say Villa are trying to sign Malen" ones.

Agree with this, Sam C has already confirmed that we've agreed personal terms with Malen.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #289 on: January 11, 2025, 06:12:55 PM »

An Argentinian playing at Seville?  Marcos Acuña I reckon.  It appears he’s now at River Plate, so it’s hasn’t turned out too bad for him.

They call him "The Egg" in Argentina cos he's chubby and wobbles. One to steer clear of if we're doing the "Snog, Marry, Avoid" game in transfers.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #290 on: January 11, 2025, 10:27:45 PM »
The Unsworth thread would have been rather interesting if we’d had one back in the day.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #291 on: January 12, 2025, 09:20:48 AM »
Good five or so minutes on Malen / why he's leaving Dortmund / how good he could be at Villa, from 3 mins 50 here.

https://shows.acast.com/on-the-continent/episodes/ask-otc-the-transfer-window-opens-enzo-le-fee-trades-rome-fo

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #292 on: January 12, 2025, 10:09:11 AM »
With the player having, reportedly, agreed in principal to the move we have entered the final haggling stages.  I know it's say so but suggested we are only 4m euros apart between the offer and the club valuation.  Surely just a matter of time.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #293 on: January 12, 2025, 11:21:46 AM »

An Argentinian playing at Seville?  Marcos Acuña I reckon.  It appears he’s now at River Plate, so it’s hasn’t turned out too bad for him.

They call him "The Egg" in Argentina cos he's chubby and wobbles. One to steer clear of if we're doing the "Snog, Marry, Avoid" game in transfers.

Another Sammy Lee? “He’s fat, he’s round, his arse is on the ground…”

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #294 on: January 12, 2025, 02:07:47 PM »
There is no such thing as jinxes when someone starts a new thread based on reputable journalists reporting something is happening. People who actually have a stake in getting these stories correct. So what Joe Fucking Bryan snubbed us and joined Fulham. It had nothing to do with a thread starting early. The vast majority of times whenever a thread is started, by whoever it is started by it is based on a local football journalist reporting it, or Romano, Percy etc. there is a good chance it’s going to happen at some stage in the following few weeks.

For this one Jacob Tanswell for example has said he fully expects it happen, the player terms aren’t an issue. Just the two clubs finding numbers that work with all of the financial complexities the clubs need to manage and abide by today.
« Last Edit: January 12, 2025, 02:18:09 PM by Toronto Villa »

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #295 on: January 12, 2025, 02:15:50 PM »
Remember Joe Bryan running away from Bruce at the Belfry after ‘nipping off to the toilet.’

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #296 on: January 12, 2025, 02:17:11 PM »
There is no such thing as jinxes when someone starts a new thread based on reputable journalists reporting something is happening. People who actually have a stake in getting these stories correct. So what Joe Fucking Bryan snubbed us and joined Fulham. It had nothing to do with a thread starting early. The vast majority of times whenever a thread is started, by whoever it is started by it is based on a local football journalist reporting it, or Romano, Percy etc. there is a good chance it’s going to happen at some stage in the following few weeks.

For this one Jacob Tanswell for example has said he fully expects it happen, the player teams aren’t an issue. Just the two clubs finding numbers that work with all of the financial complexities the clubs need to manage and abide by today.

Bet you think it’s ok to walk over 3 drains on the way to the game and think it’s ok as well

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #297 on: January 12, 2025, 02:18:53 PM »
There is no such thing as jinxes when someone starts a new thread based on reputable journalists reporting something is happening. People who actually have a stake in getting these stories correct. So what Joe Fucking Bryan snubbed us and joined Fulham. It had nothing to do with a thread starting early. The vast majority of times whenever a thread is started, by whoever it is started by it is based on a local football journalist reporting it, or Romano, Percy etc. there is a good chance it’s going to happen at some stage in the following few weeks.

For this one Jacob Tanswell for example has said he fully expects it happen, the player teams aren’t an issue. Just the two clubs finding numbers that work with all of the financial complexities the clubs need to manage and abide by today.

Bet you think it’s ok to walk over 3 drains on the way to the game and think it’s ok as well

I do. And walk under ladders and cross paths with black cats. And when I’m in a real mood I open all my umbrellas indoors.

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #298 on: January 12, 2025, 02:22:35 PM »
There is no such thing as jinxes when someone starts a new thread based on reputable journalists reporting something is happening. People who actually have a stake in getting these stories correct. So what Joe Fucking Bryan snubbed us and joined Fulham. It had nothing to do with a thread starting early. The vast majority of times whenever a thread is started, by whoever it is started by it is based on a local football journalist reporting it, or Romano, Percy etc. there is a good chance it’s going to happen at some stage in the following few weeks.

For this one Jacob Tanswell for example has said he fully expects it happen, the player teams aren’t an issue. Just the two clubs finding numbers that work with all of the financial complexities the clubs need to manage and abide by today.

Bet you think it’s ok to walk over 3 drains on the way to the game and think it’s ok as well

I do. And walk under ladders and cross paths with black cats. And when I’m in a real mood I open all my umbrellas indoors.

if you see an ambulance hold your collar until you see a 4 legged animal just to be on the safe side

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Re: Donyell Malen
« Reply #299 on: January 12, 2025, 02:26:35 PM »
Players shouldn't get their own thread until they're officially signed, IMO. Everything until then is speculation and we already have a thread for that.

I agree with this. It was always the way but we've let it slip of late.

No, it absolutely wasn't.

If you really want the history, we never used to have transfer threads. There was then a summer (possibly O'Neill's first) when there was an epidemic of new threads of "we should sign this player" and "who could we sign as our next striker?" and it was decided that all that stuff should just be put into one thread.

It was never meant as a catch-all, "anything to do with all transfers, right up to the point we sign somebody" thread, because that would be mental.  We signed Bailey nearly 300 posts into his thread. Why mix those 300 posts about a player we are obviously trying to sign with all the nonsense?

On this one, there's a big distinction between "I saw this guy Malen play the other day, he's pretty good, we should sign him" posts and "a large number of reputable sources say Villa are trying to sign Malen" ones.

And if we don't sign him, who gives a toss? It's not the end of the world if a Malen thread drops down the pages of the forum like all the others.

You always come out with this but it's still rubbish, mate. There is no reason to give someone their own thread before they sign.

 


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