Takeover speculation - hopefully :)

Jae1411 wrote:this is starting to turn into the graham taylor season all over again

Just what i was thinking chap, i remember well Oyvind Leonhardson, Kinsella etc all older players similar to now, yes we needed experiance but quality

Mardybum72 wrote:Roy Keane on Kieran Richardson:

"“He is a lazy defender who deserved to get punished".


oops!

When did he say this? Whilst as a TV pundit or after managing Sunderland? Should make for interesting times

Deano69 wrote:The clubs a fucking joke from top to bottom.

You have to be a child, or have your head stuck firmly up your arse, not to see that after the last 4 years.

With Richardson now coming, I thought this was worthy of re-posting.

As Keane had him on wearside I would imagine he would have had a big part in his signing at villa?
We have a Richardson thread now on transfer talk and would appreciate it if we could try to keep this for takeover talk although I appreciate it's all kind of linked.

AVFClee wrote:

Jae1411 wrote:this is starting to turn into the graham taylor season all over again

Just what i was thinking chap, i remember well Oyvind Leonhardson, Kinsella  etc all older players similar to now, yes we needed experiance but quality

Eirik Bakke on loan on deadline day to name another

@MirrorFootball: Randy Lerner has seven weeks to save his Aston Villa legacy, says @JamesNursey http://t.co/djNvd4V1H0

God nursey is an annoying knob

Half his articles regurgitate the same things he has said before

Lerner still in Milan. Must be having a field day shopping. Clothes galore...

TheEgo wrote:Lerner still in Milan. Must be having a field day shopping. Clothes galore...

Really? Maybe he is courting Cortese over a candlelit meal ? Probably when he heard his name was nicola he was expecting a woman :)

Eastie wrote:@MirrorFootball: Randy Lerner has seven weeks to save his Aston Villa legacy, says @JamesNursey http://t.co/djNvd4V1H0

Couldn't give a flying FCUK what that so called reporter has to say about Villa in his gutter rag ....... Knob end of the highest order and so pro Lambert anti Lerner and all things Villa it's untrue ......

Looks like a  quiet night tonight without mr gale  .

Eastie wrote:Looks like a  quiet night tonight  without mr gale  .

 :face: 

I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.

EbeneezerGoode wrote:I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.  

Sadly I think you are probably right.

Eastie wrote:

EbeneezerGoode wrote:I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.  

Sadly I think you are probably right.

I never post, but at the moment I am devastated with what is going on, really poor possible signings. We sign joe cole on a free when we could have sign Barry on free who had a blinder last year

Chicken wrote:

Eastie wrote:

EbeneezerGoode wrote:I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.  

Sadly I think you are probably right.

I never post, but at the moment I am devastated with what is going on, really poor possible signings. We sign joe cole on a free when we could have sign Barry on free who had a blinder last year

Cole is apparently willing to take £20K a week. Whilst Barry will no doubt be on for a paycut I expect he will be getting much, much more than that from Everton.

I think Cole might surprise us though. Not sure about Senderos or Richardson.

Agree and hope so mate, but when we are talking about wages and not cost of the player we are in a really bad place

Chicken wrote:

Eastie wrote:

EbeneezerGoode wrote:I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.  

Sadly I think you are probably right.

I never post, but at the moment I am devastated with what is going on, really poor possible signings. We sign joe cole on a free when we could have sign Barry on free who had a blinder last year

Welcome mate , good to see you have broken your duck :)

Chicken wrote:Agree and hope so mate, but when we are talking about wages and not cost of the player we are in a really bad place

Fulham are in the Championship and just spent £10million on McCormack from Leeds. If you go by some rumours that fee would be our entire transfer budget including wages

EbeneezerGoode wrote:

Chicken wrote:Agree and hope so mate, but when we are talking about wages and not cost of the player we are in a really bad place

Fulham are in the Championship and just spent £10million on McCormack from Leeds. If you go by some rumours that fee would be our entire transfer budget including wages

Fulham are planning for the future …. We on the other hand are not!

villabromsgrove wrote:

EbeneezerGoode wrote:

Chicken wrote:Agree and hope so mate, but when we are talking about wages and not cost of the player we are in a really bad place

Fulham are in the Championship and just spent £10million on McCormack from Leeds. If you go by some rumours that fee would be our entire transfer budget including wages

Fulham are planning for the future …. We on the other hand are not!

Or they're panicking and were not.

EbeneezerGoode wrote:I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.  

But if Richardson was short of other offers (as he may well be), then another contract to take him into his thirties gives him security

He probably feels he cannot get guaranteed first team football in the premiership, so why not give it a go at Villa where (based on current squad) he has a decent chance? If they get taken over at least the contract gives him financial security. Apparently the transfer fee isnt much (per Telegraph) either.

So I'm not sure this means a takeover is unlikely, just more of the same business as usual, prepare on the basis there is no takeover approach the club has adopted since the New York meeting.

I actually feel Richardson is a fairly solid signing. 32 games last year, 4 goals. Decent left foot. Rather him at LB then poor old Baker covering for a panic stricken Luna. Still can't get the terror of watching Baker in our build up play at LB away at Fulham last year. Witin our wage restrictions might prove a decent signing. Better stop wandering off topic though...

Chicken wrote:

Eastie wrote:

EbeneezerGoode wrote:I don't think the likes of Richardson would be signing if a serious takeover was in the offing. Why would a player put themselves in the position of signing for a club when they'd find themselves out of the picture so quickly after a takeover? Why would Lerner squander the money needed for a signing on fee and a few weeks wages if he wasn't sticking around?

Hate to say it guys but I don't think there's anything in the offing for the time being.  

Sadly I think you are probably right.

I never post, but at the moment I am devastated with what is going on, really poor possible signings. We sign joe cole on a free when we could have sign Barry on free who had a blinder last year

Barry cost Everton £2m and they're in a much better position league-wise and financially. That was never going to happen.

TheEgo wrote:Lerner still in Milan. Must be having a field day shopping. Clothes galore...

Plane in Milan but Lerner is in Sicily talking to prospective buyers,Lol

It's been obvious for ages a take over isn't close