Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[PeterWithe]

We were linked with Deeney a while back. Could be a rehash of old news. Don't know anything about him other than he has been released by both us and the Queen.

Think it was his brother we released. He's a Blues fan from Chelmsley Wood

[Mister E]

We were linked with Deeney a while back. Could be a rehash of old news. Don't know anything about him other than he has been released by both us and the Queen.

Think it was his brother we released. He's a Blues fan from Chelmsley Wood

we had them both for a short while as pre-contract teenagers.

[paulcomben]

I have seen Troy Deeney play, for Walsall and for Watford. He is a big lump centre forward ideal for the Football League at any level. But not the Prem.

[Dave]

I have seen Troy Deeney play, for Walsall and for Watford. He is a big lump centre forward ideal for the Football League at any level. But not the Prem.

A bit like say, Ricky Lambert or Grant Holt?

[PeterWithe]

A few of us on here have played against him when he was about 17 and playing for a team on Chemlsley, he was fast as fuck then but that was against a load of blokes who were just killing time before the pubs opened.

[danlanza]

You played at half 8 in the morning then ?

[Mark H]

I have seen Troy Deeney play, for Walsall and for Watford. He is a big lump centre forward ideal for the Football League at any level. But not the Prem.

A bit like say, Ricky Lambert or Grant Holt?


There is a lot of differece between Lambert and Holt IMHO , Holt is a big lump up front to hold the blal up , Lambert on the other hand has good vision and can actually pass as well as being a big 'un

[Ads]

I have no desire to punch Holt in the face as I do with Ricky Lambert, thats a big difference between them too.

 

[PaulWinch again]

I cannot stand Holt, he is an arrogant, overrated lump.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Holt is a much bigger cheat than Ricky Lambert.

I saw Ellis Deeney playing at left-back for Villa Youth, thought he looked our best player that day, but was released a few months later.

[NeilH]

Perhaps we could send Al-Ahmadi and Vlaar back to Feyenood and swap them out for Jordy Clasie and or Lex Immers. I still remain to be convinced about Vlaar and believe that we should cut our losses. Although Feyenoord would be reluctant to sell Clasie, I do believe that dangling the carrot of a swift return of a club hero may sway them. Al Ahmadi too is also very highly thought of by Feyenoorders and would also prove a good carrot.

[eastie]

Perhaps we could send Al-Ahmadi and Vlaar back to Feyenood and swap them out for Jordy Clasie and or Lex Immers. I still remain to be convinced about Vlaar and believe that we should cut our losses. Although Feyenoord would be reluctant to sell Clasie, I do believe that dangling the carrot of a swift return of a club hero may sway them. Al Ahmadi too is also very highly thought of by Feyenoorders and would also prove a good carrot.

Or maybe we could offer both carrots for a swede?

[Concrete John]

Perhaps we could send Al-Ahmadi and Vlaar back to Feyenood and swap them out for Jordy Clasie and or Lex Immers. I still remain to be convinced about Vlaar and believe that we should cut our losses. Although Feyenoord would be reluctant to sell Clasie, I do believe that dangling the carrot of a swift return of a club hero may sway them. Al Ahmadi too is also very highly thought of by Feyenoorders and would also prove a good carrot.

I think Vlaar has been the best of our CBs this season, although that's not saying much.

He should be fine alongside the experienced and physical CB we've needed all season, IF Lambert gets one this summer.

[NeilH]

Perhaps we could send Al-Ahmadi and Vlaar back to Feyenood and swap them out for Jordy Clasie and or Lex Immers. I still remain to be convinced about Vlaar and believe that we should cut our losses. Although Feyenoord would be reluctant to sell Clasie, I do believe that dangling the carrot of a swift return of a club hero may sway them. Al Ahmadi too is also very highly thought of by Feyenoorders and would also prove a good carrot.

I think Vlaar has been the best of our CBs this season, although that's not saying much.

He should be fine alongside the experienced and physical CB we've needed all season, IF Lambert gets one this summer.

It’s the ‘’he’ll be fine if’’ that troubles me. Whilst there is no doubt that our centre-halves remains an issue, if we had the opportunity to cut our losses on two players whose former club would take them back at no loss to us AND get one of Dutch footballs brightest new prospects in return, is it not worth the gamble?

Clearly we’d then need to find at least one experience CB, but we would have possibly solved a key midfield issue.

[N'ZMAV]

I have no desire to punch Holt in the face as I do with Ricky Lambert, thats a big difference between them too.

 

I don't like either of them.