How did Bellamy work out in the end?
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But your suggestion seems to be based on certainties so it is flawed. Would I rather gamble on bringing someone near the end of his career for a season on silly money or youth with a bloody good track record in the championship with potential to grow and be around for years.... i’ll Take the youth every day. He’s got as much chance being a star for us as a gamble on an older guy who can’t get in a better teams squad anymore
FFS. He had a one year contract with an option for another. He did them a favour leaving?
So, he was signed on the basis that he would guarantee them promotion all on his own. After a shit start to the season, they got to Wembley and lost, some would say unluckily on the day. He was a real waste of money. It was all his fault!
If we are going to be spending a sum like £11 million on a player, I would prefer it that it was someone with the potential to be sold for more, rather than someone on their last big pay day. Murphy doesn't really fit the "Premier League experience" criteria that we've been hearing about and, I must say, I'm quite happy about that - if the worst comes to the worst and we go down, then I would expect us to at least get our money back on Murphy if Warnock gets him playing next season - just as we did with Medel and Caulker.
Hes fried me. I couldnt sleep last night and read it about 3am this morning and it made no sense. Just tried reading it again this morning and I am still none the wiser.
Perhaps we will sign a mix of PL experience, and good young championship players. Its not like Murphy wil be our only signing?!?!
Besides Terry, Villa signed a shit load of experienced, on the way down players and look how that has turned out!!!
The last thing we need is another Ricky Lambert, out with the old and in with the new.
But Villa had to get promoted this season, so yes signing Terry was a big failure. He was their 'Marquee' signing, the cherry on top of the cake if you like. They spent about £50m in transfer fees and god knows what his signing on fee and wages were. They were beaten to promotion by a team who had a net spend of about £8m (us). Nobody in their right mind could say he was a good signing for them. He left because they couldnt afford to keep him.