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Online ozzjim

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #510 on: December 25, 2011, 08:15:48 PM »
My issue is not loaning from the top 4 etc, Adebayor, Walker last season, Wellbeck at Sunderland last season etc showed that very good players that are not getting games can go and get games at a high level and be useful, and for all the argument about Walker, even for 6 months it was an inspired bit of business in a position we are still very weak at a time we needed it most, and he, Bent, Petrov over the last few games etc saved us from a pretty miserable run in. No, my issue is that Josh McEchran from what I have seen is a lightweight, over hyped, poor mans Wilshire with very little talent other than being the only decent young English player at Chelsea. It is a signing straight out of the people have wet themselves so lets have him if we can even if only for 5 minutes book, when really he is mediocre, and no better than Herd, Gardner or Clark in there, let alone Bannan or Ireland. We need a centre mid, but one considerably higher calibre than him.

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Offline Irish villain

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #513 on: December 25, 2011, 11:20:46 PM »
Oh FFS.

Grrrr.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #514 on: December 25, 2011, 11:21:56 PM »
Mcleish admits: I could sell Bent.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Aston-Villa-could-sell-Darren-Bent-in-January-with-QPR-interested-article846170.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Does he..

That would be the ultimate signal that we'd totally given up even pretending to be a big club.

I hope they realise that.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #515 on: December 26, 2011, 12:20:24 AM »
I can't see any of the teams in the top 6/7  going for him however if we can get £30/£35M from QPR  fine let him go.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #516 on: December 26, 2011, 12:34:45 AM »
Competing with Bolton to loan a youngster off Chelsea sends out all kinds of signals about our club. 

They have the upper hand with a top class centre back to sell in the opposite direction.  That's where we can't compete - all our crown jewels have already  been sold.

I hope we are not "competing" for the player full stop.  If this type of thing was happening under Doug Ellis I'd have been furious.  It's like owning a vintage Rolls Royce and running it like a second hand Skoda.  This is totally not how Aston Villa should be run and the knock on effect is that the club's image gets knocked down a further peg or two.  As I say, I do hope this is unfounded, nonsensical speculation; if not, I do wonder where we are headed under Randy.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #517 on: December 26, 2011, 12:46:31 AM »
Load of shitstirring bollocks.

Ignore.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #518 on: December 26, 2011, 01:07:15 AM »
Load of shitstirring bollocks.

Ignore.

Agreed Greg. The article says nothing of the sort. Just typical made up bollocks at this time of year.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #519 on: December 26, 2011, 01:22:16 AM »
Load of shitstirring bollocks.

Ignore.

Agreed Greg. The article says nothing of the sort. Just typical made up bollocks at this time of year.


Quite. It's the interview he's given every other paper edited up to suit the reporter's agenda.  If i was AM i'd ban the bastard

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #520 on: December 26, 2011, 08:41:24 AM »
And then, from the same interview he isn't...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2078532/Darren-Bent-sale-insist-Aston-Villa.html

What is with journalists?

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #521 on: December 26, 2011, 09:28:17 AM »
Mcleish admits: I could sell Bent.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Aston-Villa-could-sell-Darren-Bent-in-January-with-QPR-interested-article846170.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Does he..

That would be the ultimate signal that we'd totally given up even pretending to be a big club.

I hope they realise that.

Surely Paulie you must have noticed by now that ambition died many months ago!

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #522 on: December 26, 2011, 09:31:50 AM »
Unfortunately we are where we are.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #523 on: December 26, 2011, 10:26:16 AM »
It's just yet more stirring from a second rate journalist writing for a second rate newspaper.

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Re: January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread
« Reply #524 on: December 26, 2011, 10:41:07 AM »
It's just yet more stirring from a second rate journalist writing for a second rate newspaper.

Let's just hope we can get 2 or 3 quality signings in the new year to bolster the squad and give us all a lift.
« Last Edit: December 26, 2011, 10:54:34 AM by eastie »

 


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