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Online kippaxvilla2

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The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« on: September 01, 2014, 11:06:22 PM »
Positives.
Sorted the defence out by the looks of it.  For the money spent, satisfactory replacements.  Poor backups in case of injuries.
Sanchez coming in will assist as well in this area.
Cleverley not coming in on 80k a week and taking the piss.

Negatives.
Less than 1% of the total spend in the window was spent by Villa.
I remain to be convinced that £7m is anything like enough to get us competitive in this league again meaning in my view the gap between us and the rest will just grow.
Woefully short of creative options in midfield and already Joe Cole is looking like bad business.

Welcome to the new owner.
« Last Edit: September 01, 2014, 11:08:21 PM by kippaxvilla2 »

Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2014, 11:11:05 PM »
I think we got good value for the tiny amount of money spent. Aly, Senderos look ace and Sanchez I have faith in. Cole is Cole, any playtime he gets is just upside.

The good news is Lerner freed up some money so presumably we can strengthen in January which I think will be needed.

I am also happy we were not mugged by Cleverley. He split the fan base to begin with, and he made it clear he wants a pay day rather than trying to restart his career. He can bugger off.

Offline The Man With A Stick

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2014, 11:13:27 PM »
Just glad that the defence seems to be sorted out, fingers crossed.

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 11:14:32 PM »
The only money wasted is Joe Cole. That's a stupid signing.

Offline saunders_heroes

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2014, 11:14:46 PM »
We've sorted the defensive side of the team but done nothing to improve the attacking midfielder problem.
It seems it was Cleverley or nobody just like in January when it was Hoolihan or no one. It's amateurish. 

Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2014, 11:15:17 PM »
3/10


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Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2014, 11:18:51 PM »
Vlaar stayed so I'm happy.

Anyone who expected a Chairman who wants to leave to spend tens of millions is a mentallist.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2014, 11:19:11 PM »
We had three objectives I reckon:

Sort defence - done a good job. Baker's still currently first choice reserve though
Keep hold of best players - check
Improve creativity and attacking players - pretty poor

Grade C

Offline LTA

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2014, 11:19:54 PM »
Could have done with a striker (on loan at least) and some wingers.  I also think the goalkeeping situation needed to be looked at.  Guzan and Given are average at best and if one of both gets injured, we're in trouble.

Offline Chipsticks

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2014, 11:20:12 PM »
I'm very pleased to be honest. We kept hold of our key players, strengthened in all the areas we needed to, and got some experienced players on frees. Seems typical that people are already writing off a player who has only played 62 minutes for the club.

7/10, far better than I'd expected.

Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2014, 11:20:44 PM »
disappointing that we couldn't get someone in today to cap things off. Overall, as usual the window and especially is a load hyped up bollocks. We addressed some needs and our defence which wasn't all that bad before the Stoke collapse. It will be far better this time around. We showed some signs of creativity at the weekend but we still needed a proven option for the middle. Not overly fussed about missing out on Cleverely; would have been a nice addition for the right price and wage. Still there were positives and yet a load of question marks.

6/10

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2014, 11:21:17 PM »
Think we will find the money we didn't spend tonight will go on Delph and vlaar contracts.
#sensible soccer

Offline old man villa fan

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2014, 11:22:06 PM »
Sanchez and Cissokho were more than I expected but, as it turned out, there was money for more, so I am a bit disappointed.  Was Lambert told too late that he had money to spend or was it always there.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: The Transfer Window - The Verdict.
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2014, 11:22:57 PM »
Guzan average? Harsh

Concerned about the numbers in midfield but I guess you could say we've swapped:

Sanchez for sylla (improvement)
Richardson for KEA (improvement)
N'zogbia for albrighton (ditto, probably)
Grealish for Tonev (ditto)
Cole for no similar option (costly minor improvement)

 


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