Aston Villa banter 2

08 Jul 2025 10:45:19
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new player profile about, Rayan Cherki

08 Jul 2025 09:24:38
So Everton want McGinn, in the words of the legend that was Joe Strummer god rest his soul, should he stay or should he go?

08 Jul 2025 09:41:40
Stay

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08 Jul 2025 10:28:05
Cant get rid of sjm heart beat of the team

09 Jul 2025 00:58:27
Stay for me. good captain and good personality in the dressing he loves the club, it would have to be a ridiculous bid for us to sell him.

09 Jul 2025 21:47:28
Sell Him if we can get Luiz back

07 Jul 2025 17:13:34
Would you bring Jack back

09 Jul 2025 01:27:54
As a loan and on the right wages I’d have him back

09 Jul 2025 13:12:44
And send us even more debt no thanks rather promote our youth

07 Jul 2025 15:09:11
Question for the Ed's
In relation to selling our women's team have we freed up some funds with not having the running costs of the ladies side of things? Or did they even get taken into account towards financial rules?

{Ed001's Note - their costs are not involved in PSR. In fact, removing them could reduce the amount you have if they make a profit. Which is very likely to happen in the very near future with the growth of women's football far outstripping the growth of the men's.}

07 Jul 2025 17:52:38
It seems very shortsighted tbh. thanks Ed 👍

{Ed001's Note - it is, but it seems to be the way now.}

08 Jul 2025 05:15:12
I think you’re wrong about this 1 when it comes to Villa. It’s the same with womens football that Sky only care about the ‘top 6’ clubs, and it’s on a knife edge with England tonight, if they loose, interest in this country will drop like a stone.

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{Ed001's Note - interest is growing regardless, you clearly have no idea about the women's game. Like eSports, the interest is growing because people enjoy it away from stuff like Sly, who are irrelevant to most people under the age of 40. Most of them grow consuming their sports via social media, it doesn't matter who Sly give a toss about. You are just showing how out of touch you are with the modern world, mate. I admit I would be the same but for my godkids and little cousins. They don't even watch TV, everything is done through a phone or tablet.

As for women's football, the growth is huge and will be even if they lose. It shouldn't be a surprise, the reason the women's game was banned back in about the 1950s by the English FA is because it was more popular than the men's and attracted bigger crowds.}

08 Jul 2025 08:54:26
BMX, Cabbage Patch dolls, it’s a fad, I know it’s being pushed and pushed but can only flog a horse so much, Rapinoe ain’t Ronaldo, it will run its course, that’s my honest opinion 🤷🏼‍♂️

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{Ed001's Note - that is embarrassing. You are an old misogynist, let's be honest. It is not a fad, and that is an extremely offensive viewpoint of women like my cousin who work bloody hard to make it in the game. In most countries, women's football is already close to being as big as the men's. In some, it is actually bigger and is the main growth point of the game in places like the Philippines.}

08 Jul 2025 09:50:37
Question… the women’s Premier League is part of the Sky Sports line up, it doesn’t have its own subscription channel, do you think it would be able to survive if you had to pay for it? Do you also think someone should pay less for Sky Sports if they don’t want the Women’s Premier League? I feel like it’s being forced on us, not because it’s wanted by the majority. Not misogyny, just reality 🤷🏼‍♂️

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{Ed001's Note - not reality. Why do you think they cover it? It is because it is so popular that the TV channels broadcast it. Sorry but you are showing what you are in every post. Just because you don't want it, and all the other old bigots you chat to also think women should just be in the kitchen, doesn't mean it is a majority. Obviously you think business isn't about making money and they do these things out of charity, rather than because it is a good way for them to earn.}

08 Jul 2025 10:00:20
Gonna have to agree to disagree on this 1

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08 Jul 2025 12:08:18
My only disagreement Ed is that any profits will be temporary at best, as soon as viewership starts to bring in serious revenue and sponsorship then player wages will increase the same as the mens game.

{Ed001's Note - but the men's game still makes profits.}

08 Jul 2025 15:04:19
Overall it is very much loss making at an operational level for the vast majority of clubs. Most profit making seasons come from selling players.
If the women's game starts to become self sustainable, I can't see the FA and UEFA allowing clubs to claim profits but ignore losses against their overall SCR. There will almost definitely be a requirement to be "all in" or "all out".

{Ed001's Note - profits are a very debatable term. A business can make a lot of money but still record a loss in the accounts.}

08 Jul 2025 16:44:11
It works both ways, especially in football. That player who has cost you millions upon millions suddenly shows a profit when you sell him for £5m in 6 years time, you haven't really made any money on them.

{Ed001's Note - very good point.}

06 Jul 2025 13:07:26
What are everybody's thoughts on Andres Garcia? Lots of negativity towards Cash means no one will ever be happy with him. I'm looking at something that might be 'the future'. Over the years there's been many formations, 442, 352, the diamond, what would be called 'Peps system' and all had success etc. Looks like PSG are the new powerhouse in football and although they've got great players all over the pitch, it's the licence their full backs have to get forward, as we found out to our cost. Will this be the way forward now? I know the full backs at PSG are world class, but in Maatsen and Garcia we have full backs that are much better going forward than defensively, on top of that they have a front 3 that none of them are a recognised No9. Rogers is a good finisher, Malen too, an upgrade on Bailey and that could work? For balance a left footed winger, Bakayoko of PSV maybe or Kulesevski. Would need a solid midfield 3 which I'd guess would be Kamara, Tielemans and McGinn, mobile centre halves which I'd say Konsa and Bisseck if we sign him. What do you think?

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06 Jul 2025 16:06:36
I think he's a good player got rapid speed and not bad at defending and should be our number1 rb cash should be sold A72

06 Jul 2025 16:07:35
Bisseck would also be a good signing

05 Jul 2025 19:46:28
Bisseck of Inter would be a quality signing, few rumours knocking around about him

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05 Jul 2025 21:03:26
Would be a sick signing A72

05 Jul 2025 06:12:52
If because of PSR, we had to loan say 2 players for next season, who do you think is gettable? My 2 would be Guler of Real and Felix, remember that Felix is on a super long contract at Chelski but only (only lol 😂) on around £80K per week, not the £200K+ that you'd think.🤔

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05 Jul 2025 12:37:56
None i'd rather blood our own youngsters A72 if it came to that seen rumours that unai has 125mil to 150 mil to spend on players so he's being bck again

05 Jul 2025 15:21:06
Where’d we get that from lol? and are we allowed to spend that much, it might upset how Sky want the Prem table to end up?

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05 Jul 2025 20:20:27
I know lol

05 Jul 2025 20:37:57
Great question A72. the 2 players I would go for on loan would be Harvey Elliott and Joe Gomez I don’t know whether Liverpool would let both go but you can but ask. Both players can play multiple positions have Premiership experience and whilst Gomez injury record isn’t great he has been a decent player at the top level and we could assess his qualities over a season. If we could then ship out Bailey, Buendia, Watkins, Digne and a couple more squad players, buy Asensio and Mateta that would be a decent window for me.

05 Jul 2025 21:06:07
If i had too pick 2 loans nico orriley from city and gular from realmadrid

05 Jul 2025 22:46:51
Mings, you can't loan 2 from the same club. Personally I think both players are massively overrated.
Loans need to be players we plan to buy with options and not obligations. Guler could be good if he can find consistency but imagine purchase price would be steep.
I still think Felix is better than news and stat watchers think and he will be getting cheaper by the minute with Chelsea needing to recoup something.

05 Jul 2025 23:52:24
Id like Lookman from Atalanta. it’s a hard window to call. if we spend big we have to sell big. I think we will be in the market for cheap players, try find another Duran.

06 Jul 2025 08:28:10
Fair play I didn’t realise you couldn’t take 2 from one club, that being the case I think I’d try to get Tomori from Milan instead of Gomez.

05 Jul 2025 06:07:57
Got to laugh, headline saying Utd boosted in their pursuit of Martinez and Watkins because of that fine we've got, so sell £80M+ of players because of a less than £10M fine? Maybe if we sell them 2, the price for each would be +£5M to cover the fine 🤷🏼‍♂️

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04 Jul 2025 19:53:25
1 thing also i was thinking about isn't they a way that villa could say have there own netflix where we can watch all our games say for 20/30 quid a month i'd pay that rather than sky sports, not sure how it would work thou but would be a money spinner thou

04 Jul 2025 19:47:35
So we been fined by scr isn't every1 starting to get bored of football its lost its soul its not what it used to be, i feel sorry for our owners and ncastles yhey both want progress there clubs but can't how else can u compette with not being able to spend its bs chelsea have 3 squads aswell, they should just let clubs spend what they want and who cares if ncastle wins the league its compettion, this also a problem for bottom sides aswell they haven't got chance of staying up without spending, who ever invented these rules needs to be sacked lol they rnt fit for purpass

04 Jul 2025 21:13:10
Clubs who invested prior to the rules clearly have an unfair advantage but you keep missing the point of them existing.
The rules aren't there to stop owners spending, they are there to protect the club if they stop spending for any reason.
If our wage bill is 2-3 times our income, who covers that if the owners can't? The club can't just release contracted players to cut costs.

04 Jul 2025 22:31:35
So a club overspend and uefa hit them with a huge fine. Do they take that spend into account for the next season. Ridiculous rules.

04 Jul 2025 22:53:33
Fines definitely make no sense for clubs losing money when they can't afford it.
In these situations though, they are basically forcing you to lower your budget the next season to offset the difference.
Reducing the clubs SCR cap would be the better way to do it in my opinion. There are staff to be paid though and I'm not sure what other income streams the governing bodies have.