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Online Ian.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #30 on: August 28, 2015, 10:05:58 PM »
Excellent. What a fantastic summer of signings. Now we just new to gel them together a bit.
Great news.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2015, 10:09:28 PM »
Our defence has been shite for years . Lescott will improve things and he will be a first choice player. Anyone doubting that hasn't been paying attention.

With him, Richards, Okore and Clark we would have a really good choice of centre halves. This will be a good signing.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2015, 10:10:01 PM »
A little underwhelming but hopefully not the last signing of the window.

What I will say is he is good, experienced cover if the experiment with Richards at CH doesn't come off or Clark reverts to headless chicken mode

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2015, 10:10:45 PM »
I'll give him a chance but I'm hardly bowled over.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2015, 10:10:57 PM »
Anyone who says he's past it could perhaps come up with their own alternative, good enough to be in the team but equally happy to be third or fourth choice, and available for a couple of million.
That's for the manager to do, not those thinking he's past it. And I'm still not convinced he's good enough to be in our team.

The good old "It's not up to me to say who we should sign" reply/cliche. You're quick enough to say we shouldn't sign him, so why so shy about who we should be getting?
You started with the clichés. I just have a different opinion. One that I'm entitled to, as is everyone else theirs.

As for your question, I suspect that we are already sufficiently stronger at the back than we were last season. I don't see Lescott as an improvement.

If you mean centre of defence, Richards over a fit Vlaar marginal, Richards over an in/out injured Vlaar then yes.  The others remain the same and overall lacking experience.  Baker will never make it at Villa if he is going to remain back up to Clark and I would not risk him as first choice.  I want to see if Clark can step up over this season but we need cover for him and Lescott fits the bill for me.  If Clark does not improve with another years experience, we will be looking to replace him with better next year and either he is back up or we sell him.

We cannot afford to go out and buy new players for every position.  We need to buy ourselves a bit of time for a season and he is a cheap option with experience.  He could also be a useful player to come off the bench to tighten the game up at the back.  When have we had that option before.
« Last Edit: August 28, 2015, 10:12:41 PM by old man villa fan »

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2015, 10:11:10 PM »
Might be useful support to the defence.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #36 on: August 28, 2015, 10:11:57 PM »
Anyone who says he's past it could perhaps come up with their own alternative, good enough to be in the team but equally happy to be third or fourth choice, and available for a couple of million.
That's for the manager to do, not those thinking he's past it. And I'm still not convinced he's good enough to be in our team.

The good old "It's not up to me to say who we should sign" reply/cliche. You're quick enough to say we shouldn't sign him, so why so shy about who we should be getting?

We have one 'has been' in the squad in Senderos. Why sign another?

If we want experience why not get Evans in. Another £4m is nothing in comparison for a player who is younger, experienced and will have a resale value.

What about Jason Denayer?

Senderos is finished, is Evans going to be happy as a squad player, for the amount of games either will play why pay the extra four million and is Denayer going to give us any more than Lescott?

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #37 on: August 28, 2015, 10:12:40 PM »
ITSOTP

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #38 on: August 28, 2015, 10:21:44 PM »
I despair at some of these armchair comments

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #39 on: August 28, 2015, 10:21:46 PM »
If we want experience why not get Evans in. Another £4m is nothing in comparison for a player who is younger, experienced and will have a resale value.

If we do that we could probably just spend fifty quid on a large piece of lumber and save the £6m altogether.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #40 on: August 28, 2015, 10:25:53 PM »
MK Dons 4-0 Yanited.

Captain and centre back - Jonny Evans

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #41 on: August 28, 2015, 10:31:07 PM »
MK Dons 4-0 Yanited.

Captain and centre back - Jonny Evans

Goalkeeper - David de Gea.

Presumably you wouldn't want him either?

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #42 on: August 28, 2015, 10:31:10 PM »
I despair at some of these armchair comments

As opposed to what.....your opinions?

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #43 on: August 28, 2015, 10:35:36 PM »
I'm happy enough with it although it will leave us with 5 center backs so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

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Re: Joleon Lescott
« Reply #44 on: August 28, 2015, 10:36:43 PM »
MK Dons 4-0 Yanited.

Captain and centre back - Jonny Evans

West Brom 1 QPR 4

Centre back - Lescott

Out paced, yes out paced by Bobby Zamorra.

 


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