Richard Dunne

[QBVILLA]

I would'nt have a problem with him getting another 1 year deal.

His fitness record is terrible clampy!

According to Wikipedia
Dunne has played in 95 of 111 league games prior to this season and has 451 league games to his name.

That record suggests his fitness record prior to this injury is a good one. In my opinion if he can recover from this injury he remains easily the best centre half of our books and it would be churlish for a squad as shit as ours to get rid of him.

It is his fitness record now that matters not what it was 12 years ago, his performances last season were very hit and miss and as he gets older he will become even slower .

My point being that prior to this one bad injury he has a good fitness record throughout his career. If we had better options in the squad then fair enough but if I had to choose between our current centre halves then Dunne is in my opinion head and shoulders above the rest. In a very poor side last season he was one of our better performers and his display at the Hawthorns last season was a good as a centre half display i've seen by a Villa player for many years.

[eastie]

If dunne leaves in the summer i think its pretty likely his wages will be freed up allowing us to buy a replacement .

[QBVILLA]

If dunne leaves in the summer i think its pretty likely his wages will be freed up allowing us to buy a replacement .

I'd hope so but we've seen a lot of high earners leave in the last three seasons and they have been replaced with cut price replacements and that's why we're in the shit. These kids might be great in the future but at this moment in time they are the fourth weakest squad in the division. I would like to see the present being given precedent over the future. Don't get me wrong if Dunne is replaced by a player of proven quality then great. With Lambert's signings thus far that seems highly unlikely.

[Concrete John]

If he does go, I say we try for Haangeland on a free.

[Clampy]

If he does go, I say we try for Haangeland on a free.

Good shout.

[eastie]

If he does go, I say we try for Haangeland on a free.

Would be delighted with such a move.

[QBVILLA]

I don't think we're in the market for the likes of Haangeland these days but agree he'd be a great move for us.

[Concrete John]

No fee and doubt he's on colossal wages at Fulham.  Plus, at 32, he won't be commanding top money.  Given our problems at the back this season, you'd hope that Lambert has learned the value of experienced defenders would make an exception to his youth policy. 

[QBVILLA]

No fee and doubt he's on colossal wages at Fulham.  Plus, at 32, he won't be commanding top money.  Given our problems at the back this season, you'd hope that Lambert has learned the value of experienced defenders would make an exception to his youth policy. 

Haha, yes you'd hope so....... I'd like to have money on Haangeland being on £50k a week should he leave on a Bosman and I think the days of Villa paying that are long gone.

[Concrete John]

No fee and doubt he's on colossal wages at Fulham.  Plus, at 32, he won't be commanding top money.  Given our problems at the back this season, you'd hope that Lambert has learned the value of experienced defenders would make an exception to his youth policy. 

Haha, yes you'd hope so....... I'd like to have money on Haangeland being on £50k a week should he leave on a Bosman and I think the days of Villa paying that are long gone.

I think we'll still pay that sort of money to top players.  Whether or not they'd class Haangeland as that or think they could got to the source and get a young Scandanavian just as good is another question.

[placeforparks]

i've heard that liverpool are in for hangeland, so don't get too excited!

[Drummond]

I reckon our defence will do okay next season. They need to get this season out of their systems and have a good break and pre-season and they will do much better next. (yes, I know, they couldn't do much worse....)

[QBVILLA]

I reckon our defence will do okay next season. They need to get this season out of their systems and have a good break and pre-season and they will do much better next. (yes, I know, they couldn't do much worse....)

I like the look of Lowton. Vlaar, i'm not so sure about to be honest. Baker and Clark would do alright alongside a dominant centre half and I don't think we have a left back at the club who is premier league quality. For me we have a defensive unit which is top ten Championship. I can't see the current personnel turning that around to be perfectly honest with you.

[Concrete John]

I think Vlaar would have looked better alongside Dunne, but he's hardly been bad this season.  A bit of stability is needed there, which his injury has meant we haven't had.  You'd hope this hard season will toughen them up a bit and they'll be better next season.

And I haven't written off Bennett yet.  Some coaching on the defensive side and we'd have a VERY good player on our hands. 

[LeeB]

Well I think Vlaar's looked good since he game back.
I think we'll see the best of him next season, and I think he'll end up being viewed as a better centre half than any of the cloggers O'Neill spunked the family silver on.