Just back from a snoozing afternoon.
Opened a beer.
Did I miss anything?
So, if Iāve got this right, weāve traded Ings to Warwickshire Invicibles and heās replacing Sibley in the next Test. That about right?
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5:30am wake up call 
If it werenāt for such a good deal for the clubā¦
Still an asshat
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Direct link.
Ralph bigging up the āhugeā money but it still doesnāt answer why the actual fuck the player wanted to go to Aston bloody Villa.
He does realise that they play in Birmingham right? Gross.
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More worryingly heās been talking about splitting Ingsā goals amongst our other good forward options: āAdams, Redmond, Long, Tellaā.
Think weāre going to need one actually good finisher Ralphā¦
And a rock solid, tight as a ducks arse, defence.
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If Adam Armstrong is the replacement then I certainly hope he takes to the Premier League quicker than Che Adams did.
Will Che step up this season? I suspect he will to an extent but Iām not convinced he can get 15-20 goals.
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Even 47 year old Bertrand joined a top 5 club.
Fuck you, sicknote
At this rate weāll end up with Kane 
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Sky Sports News was on in the pub tonight, I canāt believe quite how many players Villa have signed our are linked with, Cantwell being the latest.
Seems their new owners think chucking money around will win them the leagueā¦
āā¦ he was keen on pushing for a move to a Champions League club this summer and would not be renewing with Saints. Although that move did not materialise in the end, Ings has secured his place among Villaās highest earners. There was also strong interest in him from Tottenham Hotspur who would not meet his contract expectationsā
Just like, WTF?
There are parallels here with Fonte, who had a good tournament with Portugal and convinced himself he was top 6 quality and decided to go. But there were no takers so he had to save face and go somewhere (West Ham) and insist it was a good deal. He could have done as well, except financially, by staying.
Ings had one stellar season when he got 20 goals and avoided injury. Then the story is as above. No top 6 takers, has to accept Villa (and presumably more money) to actually move.
For what itās worth, Fonte was the bigger loss. Heās still going strong. Dannyās now in a randomly assembled team of money chasers and with his injury record, has very limited shelf life.
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I was deeply surprised by this, but at least we have had plenty of practice playing without him
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Except that the message coming out from Saints (via Adam Blackmore) about a month ago was that he hadnāt refused to sign and should a top 4/5 club not come in for him then he would sign.
I donāt think this is a saving face situation just a money one. Signing on fee on top of higher salary. Agents and advisors need reminding that players donāt die or become incapable of a dayās work once they retire from professional football at 35. Thereās plenty of jobs on offer, both desirable (coaching, punditry, property mogul etc) and non desirable (office admin, toilet cleaning, burger flipping) that these entitled tossers could do and maintain their integrity somewhat.
We finished above Villa the year before last, they are about to sell their standout player so why are they such an attractive footballing proposition other than money? Yeah they are getting some good coin for Grealish but spending it wisely isnāt guaranteed. They came up and spent about Ā£100m on about 15 players before and avoided the drop by a single point.
Danny, sorry but youāre a dickhead.
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Iām still holding the opinion that the Club accepted the offer knowing it was a good deal, THEN told Ings about it who got an offer he couldnāt refuse as well.
Not giving him any credit but we needed to sign a replacement for him and this offer gave us the money to even look at the likes of Tammy Abraham or Sorloth from Germany.
Hes a cvnt for not signing but think he may have been at least partly pushed
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Itās no surprise weāve sold him as he was never going to sign a new contract. I bet Saints knew this and when the Villa offer came in they wanted Ings to show his true colours - either commit to us or fuck off. He chose to fuck off which shows where he was always at. Fuck him, move on and itās better than selling to Spurs. Biggest problem is finding the 20 goals necessary to stay up this season. Newbie will probably be either an EFL gamble or someone unknown from abroad. Midfield need to step up and bag more goals, Che needs to curb his Row Z rate of 80%, but weāre still going to have to find 15 goals from somewhere to be anywhere near mid table. Expecting Tella to be a saviour when the poor bugger has only scored 1 goal so far is folly. Hope we can find a gem of a player for a few coppers!
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