January Transfers and Rumours

[PVFC764]

2 hours ago, vale victory said:

Flitcroft telling radio stoke that we have enquired over 2-3 championship strikers but waiting for the clubs to bring in their own players before anything can happen

Wasn't that the same as all the windows.  Waiting for clubs and then nothing happened and then had to shop at bargain basement and a couple of months before the players were slightly match fit.

[gags 64]

Are we being linked with anyone ? Getting a little worried now

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[PVFC764]

55 minutes ago, mbycars said:

Do you always look on the bright side of life

Or being a realist.  We all thought it tho.  No incoming players and we will loose on saturday.

But football is a funny thing and we may even win.  😉

[Playa Amodores]

15 minutes ago, PVFC764 said:

Or being a realist.  We all thought it tho.  No incoming players and we will loose on saturday.

But football is a funny thing and we may even win.  😉

A pessimist is just an experienced optimist 

[Vtid]

Zak Sturge is on the verge ✍🏻 Source... Osh 😘 

[Osh]

7 minutes ago, Vtid said:

Zak Sturge is on the verge ✍🏻 Source... Osh 😘 

Eh....??

[Danish Valiant]

11 minutes ago, Osh said:

Here's my take on the "Robbie" subject.

My brother, also a huge Vale fan and, like me, supported Vale since a very young lad, were chatting in the pub before the Middlesborough game about what we'd do if we ever won the Euromillions (just checked last night's draw - nada!)

We were both of the same opinion that, if we won £100m+ we'd keep £10-20m so that me/wife/family would never, ever want for anything and that we'd live a wonderful life.  We'd give several millions away to charitable causes that we support (we're both close to ex-military causes) and that we'd easily put £50m straight into Vale and, in doing so, want to keep this in partnership with Carol.  In my own personal view she has done a sterling job so far and i'd love her to be involved as the club progresses.

Robbie has got far more money than that.  There's a great saying that you can take it with you.  So, of the $230-250m he's got - and I don't know how much of that is liquid assets that he could call on quickly but, lets say he could make $50m available.  If he made that available and chucked that into Vale to work alongside Carol, it would obviously make the world of difference.  He and his family would still be rich "beyond their wildest dreams" but he'd also change everything for us.

What I wouldn't want is a former pop singer taking over the Vale and hoping to achieve what the guys at Wrexham have done without someone with a steady pair of shoes keeping a level-headed hand on the tiller.

The above is just my personal thoughts; I have no idea what's in Robbie's head and how much he truly wants to be involved.  From the club statement, there are projects that Carol and Robbie have discussed, we can only hope that, if he is going to bring money in that it comes in sooner rather than later.

Looking at the leagues:

- In the Premier League you need muli-billionaires to afford to compete

- In the Championship you need billionaires - people like Coates

- In EFL1 you need multi-millionaires to just be in the league)

Just my thoughts

The subject of money is so touchy.

It's always easier to have opinions on what others should do with their money, especially when they have lots of it. 
We all have dreams of winning the lottery, but if one of us really did win, would our second or even third thought be to give Carol a ring for a bank account number to deposit 50m into? I somewhat highly doubt it...
You mention the Coates. Even though they've chucked literally hundreds of millions of punds into that club, their fans still want more and think it's not enough. When is enough enough? They're buying players for amounts that could fund our club for seasons, and still it's only enough to just about compete at the level above.
As I said elsewhere, I think the plan with bringing in Rob is for him to attract bigger sponsors and investors. Just like at AFC Hollywood. The owners there have chucked in cash, yes. But the biggest chunk of the cash, is from sponsors a club at that level usually could only dream of. United Airlines is their main sponsor. Why would an American airline that only function in the UK on a relatively small scale, want to sponsor a League 2 club with millions? Same with Tik Tok they had before. Not to mention the Amazon deal for their 'fly on the wall' thingy. Just take a look a their sponsors, and it's mainly big American brands.
I think that's what the Vale are hoping Rob can help do for the Vale, amongst other things.
 

[Vtid]

3 minutes ago, Osh said:

Eh....??

Pulling your leg mate but i have seen Sturge is signing 

[Osh]

6 minutes ago, Danish Valiant said:

The subject of money is so touchy.

It's always easier to have opinions on what others should do with their money, especially when they have lots of it. 
We all have dreams of winning the lottery, but if one of us really did win, would our second or even third thought be to give Carol a ring for a bank account number to deposit 50m into? I somewhat highly doubt it...
You mention the Coates. Even though they've chucked literally hundreds of millions of punds into that club, their fans still want more and think it's not enough. When is enough enough? They're buying players for amounts that could fund our club for seasons, and still it's only enough to just about compete at the level above.
As I said elsewhere, I think the plan with bringing in Rob is for him to attract bigger sponsors and investors. Just like at AFC Hollywood. The owners there have chucked in cash, yes. But the biggest chunk of the cash, is from sponsors a club at that level usually could only dream of. United Airlines is their main sponsor. Why would an American airline that only function in the UK on a relatively small scale, want to sponsor a League 2 club with millions? Same with Tik Tok they had before. Not to mention the Amazon deal for their 'fly on the wall' thingy. Just take a look a their sponsors, and it's mainly big American brands.
I think that's what the Vale are hoping Rob can help do for the Vale, amongst other things.
 

Good post - love the second line and couldnt agree more.,

[Osh]

5 minutes ago, Vtid said:

Pulling your leg mate but i have seen Sturge is signing 

🤣🤣🤣  Hope he does

[mbycars]

15 minutes ago, Vtid said:

Pulling your leg mate but i have seen Sturge is signing 

Isn't he a defender?

[valiant_593]

Another kid on loan just what we need! 

[mbycars]

18 minutes ago, Danish Valiant said:

The subject of money is so touchy.

It's always easier to have opinions on what others should do with their money, especially when they have lots of it. 
We all have dreams of winning the lottery, but if one of us really did win, would our second or even third thought be to give Carol a ring for a bank account number to deposit 50m into? I somewhat highly doubt it...
You mention the Coates. Even though they've chucked literally hundreds of millions of punds into that club, their fans still want more and think it's not enough. When is enough enough? They're buying players for amounts that could fund our club for seasons, and still it's only enough to just about compete at the level above.
As I said elsewhere, I think the plan with bringing in Rob is for him to attract bigger sponsors and investors. Just like at AFC Hollywood. The owners there have chucked in cash, yes. But the biggest chunk of the cash, is from sponsors a club at that level usually could only dream of. United Airlines is their main sponsor. Why would an American airline that only function in the UK on a relatively small scale, want to sponsor a League 2 club with millions? Same with Tik Tok they had before. Not to mention the Amazon deal for their 'fly on the wall' thingy. Just take a look a their sponsors, and it's mainly big American brands.
I think that's what the Vale are hoping Rob can help do for the Vale, amongst other things.
 

I think the Gallagher brothers were asked pre Etihad takeover why haven't they invested in Man City. They said they had thought about it but soon realised that no matter how much they put in, the fans would expect more and they would be in a no win situation.

[WV]

2 minutes ago, valiant_593 said:

Another kid on loan just what we need! 

Unbearable on here sometimes 

[ollyandpatch]

If we don't sign a goal scorer tomorrow I will take no pleasure in announcing at 23:01 "We are going down" !