Dokko

Good luck to him.

Get me a job in the recruitment team.

Not signed anyone this month. Hopefully we can go the whole month without anyone coming in, just to sample the tears more than anything.

I'd really like to want villa to do well but their fans are some of the worst in football. Midlands version of the mackems and scouse mackems.

Then we are failing players like Lewis & Anderson. If we see him play any games then we have massively failed as a club in our recruitment drive. It's a very fucking low bar to say Ritchie & even Gayle do not get minitues this season. No excuses really.

Hopefully Ritchie doesn't get a squad number this season. Nothing against him, if he stays he's there for training and transitioning in to coaching. If he wants to play then he can go out on loan till he's ready to retire. I've not issues with him being around the club for the next 5-10 years, but I never want to see him on the pitch again.

Loads of work going on and off the pitch to move the club forward. Some deep cuts which need addressing, stuff we don't see or even hear about until it's done. Right now there is a lull, but I'm guessing our new setup is confident that's clubs will break on fees and they'll get 1 or 2 of their prime targets in. I do though think pining after players like Diaby when cheaper alternatives like Sarr are sitting in the championship is too good to pass up on. If Diaby comes available and we have Sarr, we sell or loan out Murphy, fraser or Almiron and improve out options no end. Funny how noises out of Lyon have changed dramatically as we cool our jets (overall on transfers) and arsenal target Tielemans. Player suddenly states he wants to leave and Lyon leaking the price is moderate.

Looks like we're being priced out of the market, especially in England. I know we're keen on Diaby but the fee is mental, so aim lower and get Sarr, then we're less desperate for our next target...so on and so on. Maybe were waiting patiently and seeing which clubs crack 1st. I reckon we'll have a busy final couple of days in the window where prices fall dramatically and we get what we want at reasonable prices.

Tammy on his way here.

We missed our chance with Toney. Don't think we should be paying daft money to bring him back.

Some clutching in that one. Almost rtg like. ?

Awaymag only posts when he's 5 pints of John smiths deep in his local social club. Probably pissed he lost the meat raffle and John ate the last pickled egg at the bar.

Pcp run the club, not fund it. Initial purchase will be very different on how the club brings money in from now on. Their 10% is earned by the continuous day to day.

Wood should have been better than what he's produced going off previous seasons. We certainly over paid regardless of form, but right now it looks like a full write off of the fee and wages we'll not be able to shake easily. I'm hoping next season with pressure off he gets to play with Wilson and starts to add something to the team. Well it can't get any worse.

Don't care if it didn't happen, it happened. No one will tell me otherwise. ?

Tielemans, Sarr & Dembele (Lyon) would be a great haul. Probably £75m all in.

Slow cunt.

Exactly what i was thinking

Would happily take Collins here. Could do some part exchanging

what about all those NETG trophies they were so keen to mention until recently?

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He's lucky everything went our way 2nd half of the season because that sending off could have sent us down. We got a couple of good seasons out of him though, but as others have stated he should have been moved on so e time ago. Same with gayle, Ritchie, dummett and darlow.

Always felt if he joined it would be late on in the window once we’ve got our main targets. They’ve played the sensible money card very well, and this would be against that, but like you say, it’s the one outside of the plan and why we had to make an exception. I think now he’s put it out there he’ll be coming.

Huge.

I'd sell all our previous GKs and get a young hopeful in as understudy for Pope and possibly a 3rd keeper in the twilight of his career. Josh Griffiths from West Brom is supposed to be canny. Could swap darlow for him.