Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[villa kicks]

Agree with all of that paul but what a team like that needs is a midfielder who can protect the back four. For all their faults last season, especially set-pieces, they were usually offered very little help and/or protection from midfield last season.

I'd actually like us to play with 2 fairly defensive midfielders in there.  A Westwood to close space, make interceptions and slow the game down and a hard working, tough tackling player alongside that I hope Sylla and/or Delph can develop into.  Put Tonev or Bacuna in ront of them and I think we'll have a much better shape.  You need 1 of the 3 to close down in their half, which is why Sylla worked and Nzog doesn't but I'd like someone who will score a few goals as well and I don't think Sylla has that in him.

I would like to see at least 1 more midfielder in...
Rather than a Spearing Huddlestone or Rodwell loan Clark or Herd can do the job as defensive midfielders so be sorted there
Wanyama or Strootman would have been a touch of class
Capoue or Yaya Sanogo who has been linked would be affordable

[villa kicks]

In more offensive and experience midfield sense Will hughes and Tom ince of championship Marko Stanković at Austria Vienna who ran show agaisnt everton recently and Sacha Kljestan the Usa Belgian playing midfielder would make a difference. I also like flamini or  barry as experience pro and scotlands finest Maloney,  Maxime Lestienne club brugge better than chandi!!! or wiley Saviola for excitement value!

Out go Bent Ireland Hutton

[richardhubbard]

In more offensive and experience midfield sense Will hughes and Tom ince of championship Marko Stanković at Austria Vienna who ran show agaisnt everton recently and Sacha Kljestan the Usa Belgian playing midfielder would make a difference. I also like flamini or  barry as experience pro and scotlands finest Maloney,  Maxime Lestienne club brugge better than chandi!!! or wiley Saviola for excitement value!

Out go Bent Ireland Hutton

I am out of breath every time I read that post...

[N'ZMAV]

Herd is decent in midfield.

[eamonn]

If he's been axed by Hamburg, why would we want him? Who would he replace?

There'd be such a lack of ambition in a signing like that.

A drivers mate for Sylla?

Whatever happened to the African Car Reverser?

[Whiney MacWhineface]

or wiley Saviola for excitement value!

I'd rather have Wile E. Coyote

[supertom]

or wiley Saviola for excitement value!

I'd rather have Wile E. Coyote

He lacks pace mate. After all he can never catch that fecking road runner.

[Dave Cooper please]

Well let's sign the Road Runner then.

[VILLA MOLE]

mit mit

[Whiney MacWhineface]

or wiley Saviola for excitement value!

I'd rather have Wile E. Coyote

He lacks pace mate. After all he can never catch that fecking road runner.

You're right, I hadn't thought this all the way through. Roadrunner is such a smug git though...reminds me of Ronaldo.

[GarethRDR]

I would like to see at least 1 more midfielder in...
Yaya Sanogo who has been linked would be affordable

Yaya Sanogo, the striker who Arsenal signed a few weeks ago?

[olaftab]

  Maxime Lestienne club brugge better than chandi!!!

Who is Chandi?

[Mark H]

Chandi was the Belgian winger that Spurzz where going to be linking up with Benteke apparently  , but they have agreed a fee to sign anyway now 

[Concrete John]

If you ignore the players likely/wanted to leave the club and work on two players per position in a 4-3-3, there's not many left we need:-

GK - Guzan and Steer
LB - Bennett and Luna
CB - Okore and Baker
CB - Vlaar and Clark
RB - Lowton and
CM - Westwood and KEA
CM - Delph and Bacuna
CM - Sylla and GardnerFW - Gabby and Tonev
STR - Benteke and Helenius
FW - Weimann and Bowery

Although RB is the obvious gap, I think it's in the area of the two in italics I'd be buying, as both are unknown quantities and might be best going out on loan to a Championship club.  So that's a 'No 10' type player, who would also give us the option of going to 4-2-3-1.

With herd as a utility player and the other kids filling out the remainder of the squad, I'd close the cheque book after that.

[olaftab]

Chandi was the Belgian winger that Spurzz where going to be linking up with Benteke apparently  , but they have agreed a fee to sign anyway now 

Oh ok that is Nacer Chadli.