Great signing .. we needed goals.. Cole and him for 25-30 goals.. 15-20 for Jao.. rest of the team for another 15-20 — that’s top 4 done.

4 hours ago, Vialli96 said:

Completely Mugged…again, ridiculous fee for a player no better than Barkley/Drinkwater

Seriously.. Barkley was a talent but couldn’t keep fit.. everyone knew drink water wasn’t it..

3 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I do like Rogers, but I also understand the concerns. If he was signed for £60-70m, I don't think people would be as worried, but £117m is a hell of a lot of money for one player. For that money, I want Palmer levels when he is at his best, and Rogers hasn't shown close to those levels yet.

Not worried about the fee .. they just sold Tielemens too .. I am sure we will see one of Jackson / delap / Garnacho go there - Elliot went back to pool too they have no attackers left.

4 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Did you make a joke Bob?

That is my lineup prediction

Hopefully this signing kicks Neto out the team.

Hoping Rogers up his game for us

1 hour ago, Deino said:

Hopefully this signing kicks Neto out the team.

Hoping Rogers up his game for us

LWB?

20 minutes ago, markpitts said:

LWB?

Portuguese. His over inflated ego wouldn't accept that

J. Pedro

Rogers Palmer Estevao

Are we bringing Joga Bonita back?

3 hours ago, Deino said:

Hopefully this signing kicks Neto out the team.

Hoping Rogers up his game for us

Very different player

Very good player and very good signing, but we've definitely overpaid. That being said, it isn't my money so who cares.

Massively overpaying for a Man City youngster you say? Who would have thought?

Hugely flawed player who brings nothing to the team that isn't already there (other than belting one in from distance every 10 games or so). Another idiotic signing by the brain trust. Also an enormous sum of money which could be spent on one of the positions which need a more urgent upgrade (say, goalkeeper or centre-forward).

Looking forward to Caicedo getting 10 yellow cards by December trying to mop up on his own while Palmer, Fernández* and Rogers do absolutely f**k all off the ball. He'll look good on MOTD though.

*Assuming we're not paying for this by selling him.

1 hour ago, Bob stark said:

Very different player

As long as it's giving less minutes to Pedro Neto

2 hours ago, markpitts said:

LWB?

Rogers-Palmer-Estevao in 4231 or JP in front of Rogers and Palmer in 3421 is okay to me.

The money no longer matters, once it got to £50m being the norm then reality left the room.

Its all financed money now being moved around the clubs, its utter nonsense and the whole of football at the top level is ridiculous.

I think its best to just ignore the whole thing, just basically divide all fees by 4 and live with it.

2 minutes ago, dkw said:

The money no longer matters, once it got to £50m being the norm then reality left the room.

Its all financed money now being moved around the clubs, its utter nonsense and the whole of football at the top level is ridiculous.

I think its best to just ignore the whole thing, just basically divide all fees by 4 and live with it.

Yeah all transfer fees are now just ridiculous!! I don't pay to much attention to it anymore. No player is worth that money. I think it's ever since PSG bought Neymar for 200 million it pushed transfer prices through the roof!

1 minute ago, josh31 said:

Yeah all transfer fees are now just ridiculous!! I don't pay to much attention to it anymore. No player is worth that money. I think it's ever since PSG bought Neymar for 200 million it pushed transfer prices through the roof!

That period was insane, Neymars fee was obviously nonsense but Coutinho for £120m and Felix for similar a year later were equally as nonsense. Higuan went for about 100m euros around then too.

This isnt a new thing, fees have been mad for years, the big issue us the nonsense fees have now filtered down to basic squad players base is now £50m, everything has pretty much doubled or trebled.

4 minutes ago, dkw said:

The money no longer matters, once it got to £50m being the norm then reality left the room.

Its all financed money now being moved around the clubs, its utter nonsense and the whole of football at the top level is ridiculous.

I think its best to just ignore the whole thing, just basically divide all fees by 4 and live with it.

People saying we have overpaid for Rodgers 117mill whereas Arsenal are getting Guimares on the cheap 60mill and Spurs had a very good balance sheet last year its all insane financial waffle. People think they are very savvy discussing value for money transfers like its their money.

I hope we continue to spend huge sums id like to see Blue Co. up to their neck in it, fully locked in where success on the pitch is the only way forward.

With the recycling of the duds and there are many i think they will eventually buy themselves out of trouble.

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Lokkong at tge prices for players this sunmer, I reckom everyone has over paid by £30m, so it is what it is.

Not a massive Rogers fan, however this is at least a signing that is attempting to improve us on the sporting side.

3421 with Palmer and Rogers behind Pedro I think is very exciting, also got Estavao to rotate in that too.

4231 with Rogers lw is less exciting for me, but still a big upgrqde on what we have had there since probably Hazard, although Willian and Pulisic did okay.

I think it will have a positive 3ffect on Palmer though, and lets be honest, if Palmer is firing at 100% he is one 9f 5he best in the world.

Hopefully get a centre back or 2, Lacroix, Ordonez, or Diomande.

Then left wing back I can see Neto or Quenda playing there, if we cant get this Pep for a smaller fee.

The transfer fee is crazy so I hope he's worth it. If Alonso is on board with signing him then I can get behind it.

12 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Arsenal fans are really weird. If Chelsea had won the league title, there is nothing that could bring me down, yet they're going mental after less than two months. I was on a high from the Champions League win for half a year.

They have a massive inferiority complex.

People have got to stop getting hung up on the fee. Those numbers mean absolutely nothing nowadays. 50M for Torres was eye watering 10-15 years ago. We spent 60M on JJBG without even a blink last year. Times change.

Look at the absolute bottom line, we were going into another PL season with Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho or Jamie f**king Gittens as our LW options.

We now go into the same season with Morgan Rogers, arguably the best English player in the PL last season.

It’s a monumental upgrade and only makes us better as a side.

Absolutely buzzing for this one personally. Adam Wharton would be the cherry on the cake.

The good thing about this move is he can play anywhere amongst the front line. He is a no.10, but majority of his goals is him drifting from the left and cutting in and scoring. His second goal against United at Villa Park this season was majestic. He has all the attributes you want and helps out Palmer because he is prepared to do the defensive work rate. His defensive work rate is phenomenal. And he is still only 23, just about to turn 24. So well in his prime. Yes, the fee is a lot but this is Villa's best player we are talking about who have won a trophy and qualified for the UCL and is English. So the fee was always going to be high.

Compare to the other transfers you have got. Anderson who joined City for similar fee. Tonali for £100m. Fernandes for £80m odd and West Ham got relegated, so that sounds about the going rate for the best player for a team who wins a trophy, in the UCL and is English.

44 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

People have got to stop getting hung up on the fee. Those numbers mean absolutely nothing nowadays. 50M for Torres was eye watering 10-15 years ago. We spent 60M on JJBG without even a blink last year. Times change.

Look at the absolute bottom line, we were going into another PL season with Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho or Jamie f**king Gittens as our LW options.

We now go into the same season with Morgan Rogers, arguably the best English player in the PL last season.

It’s a monumental upgrade and only makes us better as a side.

Absolutely buzzing for this one personally. Adam Wharton would be the cherry on the cake.

That’s how I see it.

FWIW I think he is a very good player and I’m very happy with this signing.

Other than the FFP angle the price isn’t that important to me, I’m more interested in getting value for money and quality players.

Everyone laughed at Declan Rice’s price but let’s face it as much as most of us despise Arsenal he’s worth every penny.

Also we’ve blown much more than £117m on players who haven’t provided value.

Delap for £30m isn’t some sort of bargain, and we have wasted money on Garnacho and Gittens (£100m), all in the same transfer window, so if we buy someone like Morgan Rogers who I believe definitely improves us then I’m onboard with this signing.

He is Villa’s best player and gobbling up other Premier League teams best players is how you improve your team, a tactic that has proven to work for decades.

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Bang average England midfielder signs for 118 million pounds. When does this bullsh*t end.