January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[SoccerHQ]

Yep, we signed Beye at 32 and gave him the 3 year deal and Heskey of course and yet when we signed Milner he only got a 4 year deal.

Bizarre.

[AvFc4eVeR]

From BBC website;

Here's Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers on his new signing from Wrexham, 22-year-old right-back Curtis Obeng: "Technically he can deal with the ball, he's calm in possession and passes it well. He has great, great pace. And no doubt mentally he is hungry and I like hungry players that have a point to prove and want to get better."

Take note Mr Lerner, if you were in any doubt, this is the type of manager we want, and the type of player he is describing, is what we should be signing in every transfer window.

[usav]

Ridgewell to Albion.  How many other players have played for Villa, Blues and the Baggies?

[Dante Lavelli]

From BBC website;

Here's Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers on his new signing from Wrexham, 22-year-old right-back Curtis Obeng: "Technically he can deal with the ball, he's calm in possession and passes it well. He has great, great pace. And no doubt mentally he is hungry and I like hungry players that have a point to prove and want to get better."

Take note Mr Lerner, if you were in any doubt, this is the type of manager we want, and the type of player he is describing, is what we should be signing in every transfer window.

You're not wrong.  His teams play great football too.
He was schooled under Mourinho, so he should have seen how thorough you need to be in order to really excel.

[Mazrim]

I agree, he'd be great to bring the kids through into an environment of good football too. Which is essential.

I like McLeish but he doesn't play the kind of football I like. And neither did MON for that matter. The odd game aside, I havent really truly gushed about how we play since the days of Ron Atkinson and Brian Little. I'd love to consistently watch attractive and effective football again. But who wouldn't?

[Rigadon]

I agree, he'd be great to bring the kids through into an environment of good football too. Which is essential.

I like McLeish but he doesn't play the kind of football I like. And neither did MON for that matter. The odd game aside, I havent really truly gushed about how we play since the days of Ron Atkinson and Brian Little. I'd love to consistently watch attractive and effective football again. But who wouldn't?

Pretty much how I see it.  I think that's also how most of us see it actually which means the whole 'fickle' thing is mostly a load of old bollox. 

[Ian.]

From BBC website;

Here's Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers on his new signing from Wrexham, 22-year-old right-back Curtis Obeng: "Technically he can deal with the ball, he's calm in possession and passes it well. He has great, great pace. And no doubt mentally he is hungry and I like hungry players that have a point to prove and want to get better."

Take note Mr Lerner, if you were in any doubt, this is the type of manager we want, and the type of player he is describing, is what we should be signing in every transfer window.

You're not wrong.  His teams play great football too.
He was schooled under Mourinho, so he should have seen how thorough you need to be in order to really excel.

Well they did try for Martinez I thought. Maybe not hard enough.
He would have been a gamble but so would any young manager. To be honest every manager is a gamble and in that matter any player too, You only have to look at Chelsea at the moment and see their boss and also Torres.

Changing subject what the hell has happened to the bbc website this morning. A bit bit bloody bright.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Can we lock this shite now

[adamski villa]

at least my boy got his dream move to Barcelona http://www.skybet.com/cms/breaking-transfer-news.shtm?name=9+yr+old+Josh+Consterdine

[Yossarian]

Ridgewell to Albion.  How many other players have played for Villa, Blues and the Baggies?

Kevin Phillips is the last one I remember.

[Greg N'Ash]

Be interesting to know if we had some late offers for any of our lot. Presumably, the reason we didn't buy, is we couldn't shift anyone.

[DB]

Ridgewell to Albion.  How many other players have played for Villa, Blues and the Baggies?

Kevin Phillips is the last one I remember.

Curtis Davies.

[PeterWithe]

Good Lord.

Ryan Nelsen and Louis Saha.

Is the court case getting to Arry?

Perhaps he's going to try for a late insanity plea?

[glasses]

I'm noting with interest the length of deals some of these players are getting.

Saha gone to Spurs and given 18 month contract, Ridgwell gone to WBA and interestingly only been given a 2 and a half year deal.

We sign Heskey aged 31 and give him a THREE and a half year deal. Plus the infamous 3 year deal Beye was somehow given.

No wonder we're in a mess financially when you look at the contracts other player are getting.

Saha has got a deal till the end of the season.

However, you're bang on about Heskey.

Two people need shooting for that. Firstly, MON, for being so fucking lazy and myopic in the transfer market. Secondly, Lerner, for not thinking "hang on, so we'll be paying this big fucking plank 65k a week till he's 35 years old?"

PF takes a big chunk of the blame for me for negotiating with the agents, which is his job is it not? Lerner for trusting Faulkner so much, and O'Neill for wanting Heskey in the first place.

[David_Nab]

Definitely a slow down in the market this season and whilst I would have liked to get some players in , if Spurs who could still win the league and look dead cert for a top four place can only get loans in after shifting some player's then it show's where the league is at right now.

I'm sure once we clear some deadwood we will buy players in the summer ..and thi stime hopefully give out more realstic wages and contract lengths