January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[PaulWinch again]

At the end of the day, if the club don't really want to sell him, they just need to reject any offers.

If we don't, where does this end?

First of all selling off the promising youngsters(as they'll be the only assets left) and then eventually in relegation.

[Rick_avfc]

maybe they wont sell in Jan but will in the summer.  maybe they have realised that they really pissed us all off with the appointment of eck that selling bent in Jan would actually be a bad idea considering we are falling slowly down the league. maybe they are banking on him scoring more goals to save us and then get rid

[stubbsyandy]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway, so they will be happy if he goes..the rest of us just hope its media talk, but really until something happens we should calm down a bit.
I do agree it would be lovely to be chasing big name players in a transfer window rather than being worried we are selling again...

[Toronto Villa]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway, so they will be happy if he goes..the rest of us just hope its media talk, but really until something happens we should calm down a bit.
I do agree it would be lovely to be chasing big name players in a transfer window rather than being worried we are selling again...

which third is that? I find it very hard to believe that 33% of Aston Villa supporters do not want one of the most prolific goalscorers in PL history, and a current England international who's goals saved us from relegation last season wearing our colours.

[David_Nab]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway, so they will be happy if he goes..the rest of us just hope its media talk, but really until something happens we should calm down a bit.
I do agree it would be lovely to be chasing big name players in a transfer window rather than being worried we are selling again...

IF we did sell Bent who would we have left to sell ....

[stubbsyandy]

If you look at the Darren Bent chat, they have a survey Toronto, not that I voted for him to go..

[Concrete John]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway

The poll on the Darren Bent thread would suggest that less than a quarter don't want him.  Personally, I'm baffled as to why even than many of us have taken leave of our senses!

[stubbsyandy]

You are right John, my mistake I read it too quickly; I need to calm down!
Its still too many, we finally have a goal scorer, we have cried out for this for years so lets keep him and feed him.

[Jimbo]

You are right John, my mistake I read it too quickly; I need to calm down!
Its still too many, we finally have a goal scorer, we have cried out for this for years so lets keep him and feed him.

Absolutely right. What we're doing with Bent is akin to having an F1 Ferrari and expecting it to do the job of a tractor. It does one thing, and it does that very well. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended and it will do the business.   

[Rigadon]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway, so they will be happy if he goes..the rest of us just hope its media talk, but really until something happens we should calm down a bit.
I do agree it would be lovely to be chasing big name players in a transfer window rather than being worried we are selling again...

which third is that? I find it very hard to believe that 33% of Aston Villa supporters do not want one of the most prolific goalscorers in PL history, and a current England international who's goals saved us from relegation last season wearing our colours.

I don't think many really want the club to sell Bent.  Certainly for me I think he's the best out and out goal scorer we're likely to get, I just can't warm to him for some reason so wouldn't be distraught if he did leave (as long as we signed another goal scorer of equal talent).

Caroll has been mentioned on here lately, he'd probably fit our style of play better currently.   

When does this trade to buy thing end is what I'd like to know.  I can accept that we DO have to watch our wages, I'd just like to know how far that goes and it's not an answer we;re going to get (which is probably for the best I accept).  Catch 22 for the club: inform fans and manage expectation = advertising to any selling club we're there to be ripped off. 

Along with most clubs right now, our transfer policy is fairly uninspiring. 

[pauliewalnuts]

I also think selling Bent would extinguish the argument we frequently hear on here that the club are getting the wage bill down and some money in "ready to have another go at it" (meaning in terms of investing for a push to improve ourselves).

For me it'd be the ultimate confirmation that we'd become a larger Wigan - happy if we can survive, live to sell players on, don't invest other than what we raise that way.

You can say that Randy's well within his rights to do that, and he is, but how desperately disappointing would it be for his stewardship of the club to effectively wind us up back where we started - except with masses of debt - and how piss poor a job would he have done of it for it to end that way.

[JUAN PABLO]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway

The poll on the Darren Bent thread would suggest that less than a quarter don't want him.  Personally, I'm baffled as to why even than many of us have taken leave of our senses!

they probably think we would have the 25 million to spend on new players , which I dont think so . 

[James]

As for the Bent to Liverpool rumour I believe it's media hype from certain Liverpool loving journos. I heard that they only have a budget of £10m and are trying for Jelavic from Rangers, which makes sense considering the dosh they spent in the summer which hasn't got them very far has it?

Here's a rumour about us from Sporting Life:

"Aston Villa are considering a £6m bid for Celtic playmaker Ki Sung-Yueng."

? ? ?

[saunders_heroes]

A third of the fans don't want Bent anyway

The poll on the Darren Bent thread would suggest that less than a quarter don't want him.  Personally, I'm baffled as to why even than many of us have taken leave of our senses!

They're probably the same muppets who used to slag off Ashley Young and claimed he could be easily replaced.

[Rick_avfc]

Here's a rumour about us from Sporting Life:

"Aston Villa are considering a £6m bid for Celtic playmaker Ki Sung-Yueng."

? ? ?

I saw this before but forgot to mention it.  Again, I do not believe this one bit.