Loanwatch 2017/18

[ASHTONVILLA]

Anyone been keeping tabs on this. We have Gil, Gollini still on loan I think. Am I forgetting anyone?

[Risso]

Gil has just been relegated with Deportivo.

[Matt Collins]

We were presumably hoping successful loans would trigger a fee

Gollini has barely played
Gil has barely played and relegation means no obligation to buy, apparently
Elphick has been injured
Tshibola has done ok for a team with no money
Gardner has scored once I think

Apart from that, they’ve all been driving up their value

[ASHTONVILLA]

We were presumably hoping successful loans would trigger a fee

Gollini has barely played
Gil has barely played and relegation means no obligation to buy, apparently
Elphick has been injured
Tshibola has done ok for a team with no money
Gardner has scored once I think

Apart from that, they’ve all been driving up their value

Meanwhile half the shite we did get rid of have started looking decent once elsewhere!

[eamonn]

Worra waste of wime...still, at the incoming loans were great but we're not stuck with them.

[mr underhill]

I saw Tshibola play against Hibs whilst on holiday in Scotland recently - farcical stuff and he looked total shite.

[OCD]

RDM going back to his old club and paying £5m for a kid that has never really shown the potential to warrant such a price tag seems highly suspicious in hindsight. I wonder if RDM and Tshibola had the same agent or something.

[cheltenhamlion]

RDM going back to his old club and paying £5m for a kid that has never really shown the potential to warrant such a price tag seems highly suspicious in hindsight. I wonder if RDM and Tshibola had the same agent or something.

It was Clarke that was determined we should sign Tsihbola.

[eamonn]

Not for any kickbacks of course.

[Steve67]

Gil would be useful back up to Grealish.  That said, I can't see any of them coming back to Villa and staying.  Giving them away on free transfers and placing a sell on fee on their heads would probably be our best bet.

[OCD]

RDM going back to his old club and paying £5m for a kid that has never really shown the potential to warrant such a price tag seems highly suspicious in hindsight. I wonder if RDM and Tshibola had the same agent or something.

It was Clarke that was determined we should sign Tsihbola.

As RDM's assistant though.

[PeterWithesShin]

You said RDM went back to his old club, he didn't as he's never ad anything to do with Reading. Clarke did.

[cdbearsfan]

It's a pretty bizarre assertion that something dodgy must have gone on just because a manager signed a player from a former club. When was the last time we had a manager who was able to sign players and didn't sign or attempt to sign at least one player he had coached befire?

[PeterWithesShin]

It's a pretty bizarre assertion that something dodgy must have gone on just because a manager signed a player from a former club. When was the last time we had a manager who was able to sign players and didn't sign or attempt to sign at least one player he had coached befire?

Pretty sure that would actually be RDM.

[cdbearsfan]

We were definitely linked with Drogba when he arrived. Not sure if it was genuine interest or just paper talk. Anyway, I though the argument was that RDM must be crooked because he tried to sign Gollini from a former club.  But he hadn't actually managed him before? Confused now.