Delph

[paul_e]

He was fantastic at west brom too. That was the first time I saw real dynamism and sharpness in his play. He's got really quick feet to manoeuvre out of right situations.

Can't cross a ball though can he?

He scored a few at Leeds and I'd like to see him do that here, one area where we lack goals badly is midfield .

This season in particular one of our biggest problems has been the lack of goals from the rest of the team.  Benteke, Weimann and recently Gabby have scored 27 league goals between them, which is a perfectly acceptable, add a couple for Bent and the strikeforce have provided 29goals in the league.

We've scored 35 in total so the rest of the team have totalled 6 in 32 games (2 for lowton and 1 each for Holman, Nzog, KEA and Clark).  That's absolutely pathetic and serves as, in my opinion, one of the main reasons we're at the wrong end of the table.

[eastie]

If we are looking for an experienced holding midfielder would this guy be of use for a year of so?

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[N'ZMAV]

No thanks. He is just a bit too past it.

[Irish villain]

I would like Diame.

[N'ZMAV]

I quite like him too. But, he'd want massive wages. Wanyama at Celtic is good, but we'd be hoping he adapted quickly to the Premier League, we couldn't carry him like we did with Petrov for 18 months.

[Clampy]

I would like Diame.

He had a spell just before he got injured where he looked really good. Not sure what he's been like since he's been back but he'd be a decent buy.

[N'ZMAV]

I'd go for Mulumbu or Jacob at WBA.

[N'ZMAV]

James McCarthy at Wigan is a good midfielder. Seems to be able to get up and down the pitch.

[hartman_1982]

Lambo was watching Luke Murphy a Crewe midfielder yesterday.

He's the lad that took over from Westie as their central midfield general, I believe.

Crewe manager saying Murphy is better than Westwood. He has scored 14 goals this season. 2-3m go get him ......

I believe we have been monitoring this kid all season!

And the good thing about the approach we have adopted is that when there are players of real promise in the lower leagues, Aston Villa have become a really attractive proposition.

[SO Villa]

James McCarthy at Wigan is a good midfielder. Seems to be able to get up and down the pitch.

He's a good player but the thought of a summer-long transfer saga conducted by Whelan via SSN is too much to take.

[Clampy]

James McCarthy at Wigan is a good midfielder. Seems to be able to get up and down the pitch.

That's a really good shout, especially if they go down.

[eastie]

Pilkington at Norwich might be another option .

[Ger Regan]

McCarthy's a good player, but not exactly in the "goalscoring midfielder" bracket that we probably need.

[Percy McCarthy]

Delph's been very good since the Albion game. I was gutted when he was banned for two games. I wouldn't have said that three months ago.

[eastie]

Delph's been very good since the Albion game. I was gutted when he was banned for two games. I wouldn't have said that three months ago.

Me too but we won those games without him which is encouraging , pleased hes back in the team though.