Tom Hicks Talks

[Daniel mote]

So Johnson and Aquaman were not investments ? or do you mean 30m in for Alonso so give Rafa another 20m so he spends 50m ?

Apart from City, did any club actually spend more than 20m this window. I think most clubs only spent what they could generate in sales.

Of course thay were investments but the costs were covered from the alonso arebola and leto sales. Im just saying that we cant be happy with having zero net spend when we ran so close to winning the league. In my opinion we should have signed at least another striker. Hopefully everyone will stay fit, then we will be ok, i just worry that we are a few injurys away from looking weak!!

[EwarWoo]

Im just saying that we cant be happy with having zero net spend when we ran so close to winning the league.

So if we'd come 4th and a mile off the title it would have been fine and dandy?

You're dissapointed, we came close, we all are ffs, but doesn't change facts as much as it makes it agonising.

Time to stop dwelling, move on, and hope Aquaman and Johnson are enough to make up that little bit.

[Neil Young]

Why is Aquilani being referred to as Aquaman? It sounds damned silly to me.

[Reece]

Why is Aquilani being referred to as Aquaman? It sounds damned silly to me.

[cream]

Of course thay were investments but the costs were covered from the alonso arebola and leto sales. Im just saying that we cant be happy with having zero net spend when we ran so close to winning the league. In my opinion we should have signed at least another striker. Hopefully everyone will stay fit, then we will be ok, i just worry that we are a few injurys away from looking weak!!

That's not important, what is important is that reduce the debt and increase the value of the club so that when Hicks sells up, he makes a fat profit.

[Guest]

Why is Aquilani being referred to as Aquaman? It sounds damned silly to me.

Because he's had to train in a pool a lot lately.

[Daniel mote]

dissapointed we came close what are you on about

[EwarWoo]

Why is Aquilani being referred to as Aquaman? It sounds damned silly to me.

Because I always forget how to spell it and don't want to look a cock by getting his name wrong, so I look a cock by using a dodgy nickname instead

[Roboklopp]

Why is Aquilani being referred to as Aquaman? It sounds damned silly to me.

Very annoying, aye.

[kev776]

Why is Aquilani being referred to as Aquaman? It sounds damned silly to me.

Because I couldnt remember the correct spelling and couldnt be arsed to check.

[Neil Young]

Because I always forget how to spell it and don't want to look a cock by getting his name wrong, so I look a cock by using a dodgy nickname instead

I think kev776 used it earlier - it's pretty common (as is kev776).

Boom boom.

[dom9]

It will be interesting to see if this remains the objective should we fail to qualify for next seasons CL and Citeh become stronger again because of their participation in it.
If this should happen, thats a lot of revenue lost and those that do qualify will go from strength to strength, making it harder for us to get back in. Our revenue will spirall downwards because of it.

Has this actually crossed their minds? Do they not think that our CL position is at risk?

It'll be interesting to see what people say if we actually win the league this season. It's not impossible you know.

[BrianF80]

Shades of gray mate, shades of gray. From the outside we can't be sure and can only guess.

Not necessarily saying the doom merchants are wrong, just get sick of it being chucked down our throats constantly as a certain fact at every possibly opportunity.

I'm pretty sure I'm deluding myself but Rafa isn't acting like someone who just had 30m quid nicked off him. At the very least he is at least being involved in these more business type decisions and I get the impression thinks he can work around the constraints.

[Craig_H]

So Johnson and Aquaman were not investments ? or do you mean 30m in for Alonso so give Rafa another 20m so he spends 50m ?

Apart from City, did any club actually spend more than 20m this window. I think most clubs only spent what they could generate in sales.

Chelsea spent £18m on Zhirkov. Who did they sell to generate that?

And in any case, why are we basing what WE do on what others do? Who cares what they do? All that matters is what we do, and we were in the position whereby some decent strengthening on top of what we had, would've made us favourites for the title. It was the best time to do it.

But the yanks ****ed us. Again.

[Craig_H]

I expect him to go too. Don't think we'll be too bad without him. Maybe with the money we can finally sign Villa and bring back Gerrard in central midfield.

You think Rafa would even see the Mascherano money?