Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[villa `cross the mersey]

Maloney a good shout

No thank you very much - remember his spell with us and his obvious desire to get away from the club at the earliest opportunity.

[john e]

think we'l probably buy a couple of players we have never heard of,
 and then a couple more that even the players we have never heard of have never heard of

we will all moan about 'lower league' ' inexperienced' ' unknown foriegners'  then about half way through the season we will all be saying actually the ones we got are better than the overpriced mercenaries that Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool, Stoke, Southampton, West Brom and Tottenham got

[neo_Villan]

Maloney a good shout

No thank you very much - remember his spell with us and his obvious desire to get away from the club at the earliest opportunity.

Harsh. He wanted out because he hardly played. (Nice one MON)

[LeeB]

think we'l probably buy a couple of players we have never heard of,
 and then a couple more that even the players we have never heard of have never heard of

we will all moan about 'lower league' ' inexperienced' ' unknown foriegners'  then about half way through the season we will all be saying actually the ones we got are better than the overpriced mercenaries that Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool, Stoke, Southampton, West Brom and Tottenham got

Sounds about right John.

[SoccerHQ]

Maloney a good shout

No thank you very much - remember his spell with us and his obvious desire to get away from the club at the earliest opportunity.

Harsh. He wanted out because he hardly played. (Nice one MON)

Not really, he said in an interview soon after he left for Celtic he regretted the move as soon as he'd signed really. IIRC they were rumours on here and VT that was the case.

He was a decent squad player for us, won us some points in 07/08 with free kicks and was brilliant Chelsea away.

[JJ-AV]

Kone would fit into our system quite well I think, he could play the Gabby or Benteke role when either are unavailable.

How much did Wigan sign him for?

Not sure, but modest. Couple of million I think.

Like Michu he also scored 15 La Liga goals last season.

[neo_Villan]

Maloney a good shout

No thank you very much - remember his spell with us and his obvious desire to get away from the club at the earliest opportunity.

Harsh. He wanted out because he hardly played. (Nice one MON)

Not really, he said in an interview soon after he left for Celtic he regretted the move as soon as he'd signed really. IIRC they were rumours on here and VT that was the case.

He was a decent squad player for us, won us some points in 07/08 with free kicks and was brilliant Chelsea away.

I know but I believe he would've settled had he played. You're bound to feel homesick when you go somewhere to just sit on your hands.

[pauliewalnuts]

We need to be clever with our signings this summer.

Our youth policy is admirable, but not if it keeps us at the arse end of the table, fighting relegation year in, year out.

What we don't need this summer is more kids thrown into the mix, we need to add some experience, and some proven quality.

[ozzjim]

Quality I agree. Experience... 1 experienced body would be good at the back to compensate for when bone china Ron falls from a shelf, but beyond that I think this season will have given the current starting 11 a much better base for next.

[Dante Lavelli]

Quality I agree. Experience... 1 experienced body would be good at the back to compensate for when bone china Ron falls from a shelf, but beyond that I think this season will have given the current starting 11 a much better base for next.

I agree Ozzjim.  If the right experienced player comes along (Lescott/Milner etc) then great but experience itself should not be the priority.

[Toronto Villa]

We need a motivated player with experience not just an experienced player. QPR have plenty of the latter with very little motivation.

[Risso]

Quality I agree. Experience... 1 experienced body would be good at the back to compensate for when bone china Ron falls from a shelf, but beyond that I think this season will have given the current starting 11 a much better base for next.

I agree Ozzjim.  If the right experienced player comes along (Lescott/Milner etc) then great but experience itself should not be the priority.

The ability to defend is essential.  Whether we buy somebody who's young or old is nether here nor there as long as they're better than the current players.

[ozzjim]

Quality I agree. Experience... 1 experienced body would be good at the back to compensate for when bone china Ron falls from a shelf, but beyond that I think this season will have given the current starting 11 a much better base for next.

I agree Ozzjim.  If the right experienced player comes along (Lescott/Milner etc) then great but experience itself should not be the priority.

The ability to defend is essential.  Whether we buy somebody who's young or old is nether here nor there as long as they're better than the current players.

Totally agree.

[JUAN PABLO]

Kone would fit into our system quite well I think, he could play the Gabby or Benteke role when either are unavailable.

How much did Wigan sign him for?

Not sure, but modest. Couple of million I think.

Like Michu he also scored 15 La Liga goals last season.

kone cost 4 million

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Maloney never looked interested.

He scored a last minute winner against Fulham and he couldn't be bothered to smile. His none celebrations after a first half brace against Chelsea just the same.

Moody little oik.