hogesar 9,657 Posted August 5, 2016 After seeing that reported after the presser today I can''t help but feel it would have been negligent towards the club for us to pursue him.Absolutely crazy money. Not worth it at that, by a long shot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,754 Posted August 5, 2016 Yep, just not worth risking it. It''s ok for someone like Villa that can afford to take that financial hit but we would have an albatross around our necks for years if we didn''t go back up. I guess some will moan that we aren''t showing ambition, but there is a fine line between ambition and financial suicide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldRobert 38 Posted August 5, 2016 [quote user="Herman "]Yep, just not worth risking it. It''s ok for someone like Villa that can afford to take that financial hit but we would have an albatross around our necks for years if we didn''t go back up. I guess some will moan that we aren''t showing ambition, but there is a fine line between ambition and financial suicide.[/quote]^^This...............change that to a concrete block Herman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buh 0 Posted August 5, 2016 There''s "holding on to the purse strings" and then there''s thisNorwich were right to pursue it but we cannot justify this costAston villas behaviour is that of a club that needs to get back up in one season and if not they are screwed.They''ve got no-one decent to pass the ball to McCormack anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redders Right Foot 22 Posted August 5, 2016 Can villa even take that hit?when Lambert was brought in, his job there was to lower their wage bill because they were quite financially unstable - is that fixed now? villa could be facing quite the issue in the coming seasons if not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,657 Posted August 5, 2016 [quote user="Redders Right Foot"]Can villa even take that hit?when Lambert was brought in, his job there was to lower their wage bill because they were quite financially unstable - is that fixed now? villa could be facing quite the issue in the coming seasons if not.[/quote]Yeah, chinese billionaire owners now mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,846 Posted August 5, 2016 [quote user="hogesar"][quote user="Redders Right Foot"]Can villa even take that hit?when Lambert was brought in, his job there was to lower their wage bill because they were quite financially unstable - is that fixed now? villa could be facing quite the issue in the coming seasons if not.[/quote]Yeah, chinese billionaire owners now mate![/quote]Clickbait Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,657 Posted August 5, 2016 [quote user="Feedthewolf"][quote user="hogesar"][quote user="Redders Right Foot"]Can villa even take that hit?when Lambert was brought in, his job there was to lower their wage bill because they were quite financially unstable - is that fixed now? villa could be facing quite the issue in the coming seasons if not.[/quote]Yeah, chinese billionaire owners now mate![/quote]Clickbait[/quote][:D] Already seen that! There''s a couple of other funny Villa one''s @ newsthump.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 951 Posted August 5, 2016 I really hope that they don''t go straight back up so that they can fall foul of the FFP rules. Even with parachute payments their lack of relegation clauses and failure to fill their ground I don''t see how they can not be breaking the rules... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted August 5, 2016 We''ve done well to compete at the level we have for so long, the gulf is getting so big now that we really are at a precipitous point imo. The biggest sadness for me is if we hadn''t made such a balls up of last summers window we would have been able to keep up for that much longer, only delaying the inevitable sadly. I''m not sure I want to see us compete in an EPL that is more like the NFL than the football league,not be honest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingston Yellow 220 Posted August 5, 2016 Whilst I hoped we would signed McC, on balance, I agree that £21m would have been a ridiculous amount of money and simply too much.I do, however, wish we hadn''t spent all summer chasing him and instead closed down negotiations when it became clear that we couldn''t offer what Fulham or McC wanted.During our most successful period in recent times (i.e. Lambert) we benefited from getting our business done early and having a full pre-season as a unit. Get rid of this ridiculous football board hierarchy (I''m assuming it still exists). The last 2 summer transfer windows have been a complete disaster. Tell AN what his budget is and let him get on with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites