Summer Transfer Thread: Speculation, Lies, Absolute Cr*p and Bosman Rumours

[Risso]

So, Delfouneso is injured anyway then?  We really are very sort of options up front.

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa FC
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Chris Herd has resumed training, while Nathan Delfouneso is described as "touch and go" with a thigh strain.

[SashasGrandad]

Will Hutton be the sprat to catch a mackerel?

To get rid of him maybe we should have

Hutton dressed up as Clam

[Steve R]

Whenever I see the phrase 'touch and go' I always think of Millie Clode for some reason.

Re Delfouneso and his performances to date, I am not so sure it is a case of a good or bad player playing in a bad side. More a case of whether ehatever skills he has suit the team's pattern of play.

McLeish's tactics relied upon a frontman who was going to get a head on hoofed clearances, and then lurk about at the far post waiting for crosses bombed in from out wide (which by and large never materialised). If Bent struggled to shine  with such a neanderthal approach, it's a bit much to expect Delfouneso to have fared any better.

From what I have seen of Defouneso so far he is far happier dropping the slightly deeper of the two strikers, receiving the ball to feet  and either turning and running at defenders or playing the ball on to a colleague.

In the team or out of it, he has had virtually no chance to show how good or indifferent he is at doing just that, but I can believe in a Lambert team there is a reasonable chance he will succeed. To me he's worth persevering with.

[Sexual Ealing]

Will Hutton be the sprat to catch a mackerel?

The state we're in?

[oldtimernow]

Looks like with these preseason injuries we will be skate-ing on thin ice up front

[Steve R]

Looks like with these preseason injuries we will be skate-ing on thin ice up front

We need a bigger squid.

[Ryu]

Jones has really good athletic ability for a striker, he's good in the air too. Did he play much with Bent at Sunderland? Can't remember if they were a striker partnership or not...

I can't say for sure but I think having Jones might be more beneficial to the team than Defoe (who is still a good player).

Think its been mentioned a few times on this thread that bent is on ecord saying he's the best partner he's ever had. Poachers tend to like big men who win a lot of balls and jones has a leap like an NBA player so you can see why he'd like him. 


Edit:  Haven't seen why we're doing fish puns but let's say he rises like a salmon instead. 

[OCD]

Whenever I see the phrase 'touch and go' I always think of Millie Clode for some reason.

I would touch and stay with Millie.

[Percy McCarthy]

I would touch and come.:-(

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd touch and end up in prison.

[Doorbell]

Looks like with these preseason injuries we will be skate-ing on thin ice up front

We need a bigger squid.

[ozzjim]

2-3 more signings and we could have a kraken squad.

[LeeB]

2-3 more signings and we could have a kraken squad.

Yeah, just needs a bit of fin tuna-ing.

[ozzjim]

A bit of muscle up front, and hope we don't clam up at home.