AM'S first three signings?

[ozzjim]

Is Bentley on loan at Blues or still a Spurs player. Just wondering.

Was he injured or did McLeish just not like what he saw.

He was a tit and ended up on the bench a lot. Delivered very little apparently.

[Villanation]

I dread to think.....

[KRS]

If we end up with AM then I pray to McGrath that he isnt tempted to bring any of that shower of shite with him from down the road apart from Foster, so...

Foster (if Blues will sell to us now)
Crouch (typical AM-esque player and could work well with Bent/Gabby/Albrighton)
N'Zogbia (tried to sign him before)
Milner (just get him back and he will bust his balls for us)

...and AY is as good as gone so we need to keep Downing.

I think he'll try and get the best out of what we've got defensively, but will need to spend on both fullback positions if Walker goes back to Spurs.

Didnt McLeish try and sign Sturridge once upon a time?

edit:
looking at what we NEED, this could be a very expensive summer for Randy!

[TheSandman]

Whoever they are they need to be bloody good.

And even then some won't support the players because McLeish signed them.

[KevinGage]

See, the B-lose connection vis a vis McLeish isn't the biggest factor in all this.  It is a big  factor, don't get me wrong.

But I'd have readily accepted Foster and Dann before this latest bout of shenanigans and I still would now.  No doubt we'll be portrayed as f*ckle if we aren't marching on the North Stand, demanding they stay away.  But the crucial point is they are quite good at their jobs. McLeish isn't.  Or at least hasn't been as far as Prem experience is concerned. Which was supposedly one of the main criteria we set when looking at new applicants.

One possible silver lining is when you look back at fairly recent history, even some less than great Villa managers have signed players who have been big assets to us a number of years after; Gregory with Mellberg, O'Leary with Laursen and Bouma and GH with Bent by the looks of things. 

If Big Eck signs the likes of Foster, Dann and N'Zogbia but it takes a better manager than he to truly get the best out of them in 6/12 or even 18* months time then so be it.





*  A tad ambitious. Can't see him lasting that long. But who knows.

[tommy_boy]

Milner, N'Zogbia and Foster and Kyle Walker

[brontebilly]

Fabrice Muamba to replace Reo Coker.

McGregor as keeper

Bougherra as defender.

Foster, Dann, Johnson, Nzogbia, Milner (any player with ambition will run a mile from Villa now, its hard to blame them either)

SWP, Joe Cole - anyone desperate and going cheap will probably interest him too.

[The Left Side]

I don't want to even go there

[Nev]

I don't want to even go there

I have a feeling thats what a lot of potential signings will be saying after the events of the last few days.

[*shellac*]

Foster
N'Zogbia
Pavemenchenko

or

Alien
Paul
Predator

[Matt C]

McGregor, Dann & N'Zogbia

[Summers]

Muamba, Diame or Mulumbu are all good shouts to replace Reo. If McGregor is available, snap him up. Blues will want too much for Foster now. Larsson on a free should be confirmed quickly, hopefully. Parker and Adam appear to have less suitors daily, worth bidding for both.

[UsualSuspect]

Can't see them selling anyone to us, but I'd take Dann off them.

Exactly

Does anyone in their right mind think that the Lulu's are going to do any business with us?

They would rather keep the players and bankrupt themselves

[Mazrim]

It's possible he might run with the targets Houllier had lined up as well as one or tow of his own.
I get the impression a lot of work had gone into lining players up already and part of appointing McLeish was his willingness to carry on the work already started. There may be a few signings ready to go.

Christ knows the club could do with something to take the heat away from the clusterfuck this summer has been thus far.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Milner
Barry
Barton