Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[MoetVillan]

hmmm, not sure I agree.  If Murphy does sign and makes the step up that Westwood has made, then that surely will show far better value for money.  The Benteke signing from last year shows that when they really want someone they go and get him, but value for money is still in mind.  Imagine how much better we could have signed players over the first 3-4 years with Lerners money if that had been the policy.

[ozzjim]

It is a shame, and no doubt in the usual fashion he will join a rival and look great, but if we go down the route of Murphy, Okore, Cresswell maybe Austin and Popov for example, then it is a clear continuation of a theme and policy to create a side of a specific age and culture. Maybe signing a player for significantly more money than them at this point in time is still outside of our range, and could jeopardise the squad building as a whole?

[JUAN PABLO]

we do really need that type of player thou .

We look pretty good at times away from home when we hit teams on the break but a lot of times at home it just does not work as teams park their bottoms , we just need that extra bit of flair in there to create more .


What Ireland should have been doing .

[ozzjim]

we do really need that type of player thou .

We look pretty good at times away from home when we hit teams on the break but a lot of times at home it just does not work as teams park their bottoms , we just need that extra bit of flair in there to create more .


What Ireland should have been doing .

I think since Christmas we have created enough chances in almost every home game to win it in fairness. I am more concerned about cover for Benteke, and Murphy and Tonev, together with Gardner will all add different dimensions going forward. Lambert seems in it for the long haul, so spending 3-4 seasons building foundations would appear a fairly logical plan.

[Villafirst]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2013/06/10/aston-villa-not-interested-in-younes-belhanda/


yes shame that

Yes, but would you trust a rag like the Express & Star? There's no quotes, seems to be lazy journalism. I'd be more interested by what Mat Kendrick says - he's pretty reliable with his info....

[pauliewalnuts]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2013/06/10/aston-villa-not-interested-in-younes-belhanda/


yes shame that

Yes, but would you trust a rag like the Express & Star? There's no quotes, seems to be lazy journalism. I'd be more interested by what Mat Kendrick says - he's pretty reliable with his info....

That whole "there aren't any quotes, so it can't be true, and it must be lazy journalism" line that gets squealed out on VillaTalk all the time is utter nonsense.

There are plenty of true news stories which contain no quotes. I'd also be a bit annoyed if i were a journalist getting called "lazy" because i wrote something from an unnamed source, or because people didn't want to hear what I was saying.

I bet you believe this, for instance, which also has no quotes.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andreas-weimann-agrees-sign-new-4282760

[olaftab]

Lambert wants to add more raw talent to squad  and after securing Baker Lowton Westwood Weimann Clark,  and hopefully benteke we can move forward. Hes  got a list of names to improve us and for us to build on the expected signings will create a healthy ­competition.

Surely not 

Steady on Doorbell the statement is full of deep thinking and capital letters!

[Toronto Villa]

Is the Belhanda story the the summers first mini OGS event?

[oldtimernow]

 

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2013/06/10/aston-villa-not-interested-in-younes-belhanda/


yes shame that

Yes, but would you trust a rag like the Express & Star? There's no quotes, seems to be lazy journalism. I'd be more interested by what Mat Kendrick says - he's pretty reliable with his info....

I go with DanLanza and his predictions , especially when he  !

[paul_e]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2013/06/10/aston-villa-not-interested-in-younes-belhanda/


yes shame that

Yes, but would you trust a rag like the Express & Star? There's no quotes, seems to be lazy journalism. I'd be more interested by what Mat Kendrick says - he's pretty reliable with his info....

That whole "there aren't any quotes, so it can't be true, and it must be lazy journalism" line that gets squealed out on VillaTalk all the time is utter nonsense.

There are plenty of true news stories which contain no quotes. I'd also be a bit annoyed if i were a journalist getting called "lazy" because i wrote something from an unnamed source, or because people didn't want to hear what I was saying.

I bet you believe this, for instance, which also has no quotes.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andreas-weimann-agrees-sign-new-4282760

I'd normally agree but when the chairman of a club claims you've bid and the club does nothing to deny it a report saying 'we understand they're not interested' does seem a little 'thin'.  It may be correct it may not be but that article means very little.

As I've said before I can see the sense in making it up for the other teams listed but an English club that is regarded as not having a pot to piss in by the media and who were only safely in the league next season in the last week seems a really strange choice to lure other teams in.

For what it's worth; I don't think we've bid, but I do think we've talked to them about him and I think there's definitely an interest there I just don't know if Lambert is willing to spend that big on a player at the minute.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I doubt he would come considering teams that are in for him but I bet the express and star know feck all

[ADVILLAFAN]

Interesting that Okore, who we've allegedly had a bid rejected for, says that he turned down a move to Chelsea in January as he wants first team football.

[supertom]

The thing with Belhanda. I'd love it to happen. But if the price quoted is 12 million. That just seems well beyond what we're going to be paying these days.
I'd guess Popov is more likely and he'd probably work well with Tonev. Ditto Murphy who I'd assume would gel pretty quickly with Westy again. One of them two probably.

[RussellC]

If I'm being honest, I'm not overly disappointed by this. As good as he looks offensively, he doesn't half remind me of Taraabt at QPR.

I'm not sure we're quite ready to accommodate a player who probably offers nothing when we haven't got the ball (although I'm assuming this is the case, having not seen much of him), hence PL never really fancying Darren Bent.

[tomd2103]

If I'm being honest, I'm not overly disappointed by this. As good as he looks offensively, he doesn't half remind me of Taraabt at QPR.

I'm not sure we're quite ready to accommodate a player who probably offers nothing when we haven't got the ball (although I'm assuming this is the case, having not seen much of him), hence PL never really fancying Darren Bent.

Only seen a few Youtube clips of him, but we would have to change the formation we employed at the end of the season to accommodate a player like that.  We would have to switch back to a 4-2-3-1 as opposed to the 4-3-3 which served us pretty well.  Would be nice to have the option there if a change is needed, but we probably won't be paying £12m for a squad option.