Summer 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Beard82]

I once had a summer job with a company owned by Plymouth Brethren. They accepted orders by fax but wouldn’t have a fax machine (let alone computers) on the premises. So, they paid the company next door to use their machine and one of us would go round every morning to collect the faxes.

Ha - I briefly worked with Plymouth Brethern - making there websites.

It wasnt the easiest. 

I cant seem to find any reason why they dont want technology on the premises? I take it they had phones, whats the difference?

They have now adopted tech with controls with oversight of the elders.
However, going back they would have landlines but not mobiles, and radios and tvs were not allowed.

Any idea why?

I used to do a bit of business with one of the Bretheren and I wasn't conscious of any technological no-no's from him.

Yeah - particularly the younger ones are realitively IT literate (i.e. they can do the kind of basic stuff my mum can do) - but they have very tight controls on what sites they can access.  There cars still have no radios though.  My understanding is it is God's principle of unity - i.e. the outside, non-brethern, world. 

[Brazilian Villain]

We still have ours. I last sent a fax that badboy about 5 years ago - KPI’s to the ONS. It sits in the corner of the office, all alone, a little bit dusty. Like a grandparent in a rocking chair, taking it easy now but many moons ago was once was a hive of activity, the workhorse of the office.
When I first started, a whole morning would be assigned to take it to task. Meeting minutes, information requests, all kinds of correspondence would go through it. I remember the finger dexterity needed when sending a 50 something page document without accidently letting 2 pages go through together. The dreaded phone call that page 17 was wonky and would need to be resent. And how could you forget the anticipation of the confirmation receipt, only to turn into despair when it turned out to be an advert/spam. Stop it, you’re using up all the toner on this bullshit, I just want my confirmation sheet.
I would handle 100s of pages per day, religiously checking the paper tray. Bollockings were dished out for this crime, to the point of having to fill it up before clocking out time. A fax machine should have paper in it at all times.
Then, emails came along and the fax was discarded almost instantly.
Good times.

Beautiful stuff, transported me back in time to when I was an intern/trainee accountant..

[Stu82]

I once had a summer job with a company owned by Plymouth Brethren. They accepted orders by fax but wouldn’t have a fax machine (let alone computers) on the premises. So, they paid the company next door to use their machine and one of us would go round every morning to collect the faxes.

Ha - I briefly worked with Plymouth Brethern - making there websites.

It wasnt the easiest. 

I cant seem to find any reason why they dont want technology on the premises? I take it they had phones, whats the difference?

They have now adopted tech with controls with oversight of the elders.
However, going back they would have landlines but not mobiles, and radios and tvs were not allowed.

Any idea why?

I used to do a bit of business with one of the Bretheren and I wasn't conscious of any technological no-no's from him.

Yeah - particularly the younger ones are realitively IT literate (i.e. they can do the kind of basic stuff my mum can do) - but they have very tight controls on what sites they can access.  There cars still have no radios though.  My understanding is it is God's principle of unity - i.e. the outside, non-brethern, world.

Put much better than me.

[kippaxvilla2]

This is getting tedious.  Can we get back on topic?  Films/actors that can also be loosely related to transfers.  The Sean Bean to Villa rumours seem to have gone quiet.

[Drummond]

This is getting tedious.  Can we get back on topic?  Films/actors that can also be loosely related to transfers.  The Sean Bean to Villa rumours seem to have gone quiet.

He'd die during the second episo... , err match.

[Ian.]

It’s more interesting than second guessing if all doom monger’s in the press are true and we have to sell all our best players again.

So far I’ve seen online Emi, Roger’s, Ramsey, Kamara and now Tielemans is off.

[eamonn]

So Bournemouth have an even better centre-back than the lad they've just sold to Real Madrid?

[teamvillage]

I was once part of an organisation which changed its Standing Orders to *introduce* fax as a valid means of sending election nominations papers in July 2013...

[The Edge]

It’s more interesting than second guessing if all doom monger’s in the press are true and we have to sell all our best players again.

So far I’ve seen online Emi, Roger’s, Ramsey, Kamara and now Tielemans is off.

Funny how we're suddenly desperate to sell all our players ever since we became a real threat to the Sky6 cartel.

[DB]

It’s more interesting than second guessing if all doom monger’s in the press are true and we have to sell all our best players again.

So far I’ve seen online Emi, Roger’s, Ramsey, Kamara and now Tielemans is off.

Funny how we're suddenly desperate to sell all our players ever since we became a real threat to the Sky6 cartel.

Missing out on CL next season has something to do with it too….plus our apparent PSR issues.

[john e]

Talking about old stuff that was brilliant

Can anyone remember those old brown envelope wage packets
Where are your wages (weekly then) were written on the front and there was a little hole in the corner at the top where the notes poked through, so you could count it before you opened it up

Your proper working class if you can remember them

[Beard82]

Sean Bean bought me a pint once - I would be up for him coming to Villa purely on those grounds. 

[Drummond]

Sean Bean bought me a pint once - I would be up for him coming to Villa purely on those grounds.

Bastard!

[Drummond]

Not you, obvs.

[Beard82]

  Been called worse.  Pint of numbers too - none of that cheap shit.