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Rename mackems.gif to villa.gif? £12m for Milner is fucking comical!

I guarantee you that if you stopped 10 Villa fans in the street and asked them what they thought about our transfer activity, 8 of them would say that MON needs to stop fucking about and start spending. Last year we hardly pushed the boat out. Our net spend was pretty small, certainly lower than most. This year we've spent a little more but the fact is we are still at the very least 4 players short of what we need to get by. The fact is it is very, very hard to sign players these days. If you're not in the CL, you're competing against a lot of other clubs. Having the money is no guarantee that you're going to get what you want. Much as people talk about crowds or tradition or potential or anything, for the majority of players there's not a whole lot between clubs like Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Spurs, even Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Ham. They're all competing for the same players. If you think Ashley isn't prepared to spend money, then why did you offer what you did for Modric? Why would he have spent so much on the club and sorting out the debts only to watch it stagnate? Having a lot of money behind you these days is not enough. You can't go out and buy success of the shelf. Everyone has money these days, things are an awful lot harder. Another top post, Brummie. It's a bit sad that the best poster on a Newcastle-board is a Villa-fan.

What's the most we've ever sold a player for, by the way?

£10m+? We're fucking bonkers for turning it down! I'll piss myself laughing if we get anything like £12m!

Seb Larsson for us then, please.

Top post.

Yes please. Two box-to-box centre-midfielders is the way to go, IMO. Never really been a fan of an out-and-out DM paired with an out-and-out AM.

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I'm getting a bid worried

That's pretty much it. Handed it in a week ago, we were asked to keep it silence, but today we decided to go public.

Fair play to Milner too for not having an agent, tbh.

Would love to see Larsson in, but we probably need an AM more. Ideally we will get an AM, and Larsson to replace Milner.

Keegan wouldn't say that anyone of our players are shit, especially if they want away. He's far too clever for that.

FYP FYP. FMP FFS. Or something like that

FYP

Would love it, don't think so though.

Ian Wright just said on talksport that he'd never heard of the person claiming to be SWP's agent and that the story is bull! He said theres four clubs in for SWP and that he's defos leaving chelsea, with it now just up to SWP to decide! He later went on to say he knows where he is going, and that it is a really important move for him to get his form back. My reading of it was that he is going to City or Everton, just the way he laughed off the link to them, please gawd let me be wrong and see him at the toon! Safest bet for him would be to return to the manager who he's played his best football for

Agree. Releasing a statement without being sure that he'll be offloaded wouldn't be good for anyone. Like I said, I hope that this is sorted as quickly as possible and that we get a better replacement in.

How far away from fitness is Viduka btw? Should be back for Stoke, shouldn't he?

Kick off is 5.30 though, isn't it?

Is there anyone who doesn't agree with that XI?

I know Birmingham don't want to let him go, but how much would people think they'd accept for him? £6m? Would be a great piece of business if we could earn £3m plus get Larsson for Milner.

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Hoping that by this time tomorrow, he's no longer a NUFC-player and we're ready to sign his replacement.

Fucks sake, people, no one is claiming he should've saved that shot yesterday