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It is depressing, who is left that has promise ?

It depends on how much debt there is, more debt more you pay interest, less there is for profit. Hence the comments about wanting more equity in the club. Equity is shareholders funds. A leveraged buy out uses high levels of debt which is risky and attracts higher levels of interest

It makes sense there would be a number of idiots like me who would consider paying over the odds for the shares!

It would look like Barry is a little quicker than Xavi, his one weakness which is why Fabregas is choosen in front of him for Spain. Speed is essential in the premier league. Barry probably score more goals, penalties aside.

I suspect he is trying to appear conciliatory with Villa fans, he has to play there next season one way or another

My feeling, and he didn't seem to be a bad bloke

My view as well spend money on quality on quantity

Spot on, although Carragher and Reina have been good

When you look at what we paid for Lucas and for Babel, both for promise. As Barry is a current England International £10m would be a steal, he is worth half a Hargreaves ?

I agree, if you look at the start of the season we did really well, should have beaten Chelsea, but an eccentric refereeing decision counted against us. With this league it is momentum, the international break and Aggers injury cost us and we lost it. The biggest issue with Rafa is could he turn it round, the yanks issue nearly made that impossible. The major issue for me is how many players have we got that would fit into the Chelsea, Arsenal and Man U, not enough IMHO. When we settled for Pennant rather than Alves that made a statement. The side is better than it has ever been. What I am not sure is whether Rafa can make it even better or is a new man required to do that.

The problem is nowadays £20 a season is nothing. When Chelsea started spending money and winning more games the bar was raised. The valid comparison is not with Houllier but with Ferguson and Chelsea.

Great day to be born, my birthday as well although considerably older :-(

Why worry about when your miles away in the USA, money is money

We should be a little wary, very people invest in football clubs for fun, this will be business, and as such may not always offer what we as fans may want

And we needed a striker, could argue we still do require a striker.