Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Dante Lavelli]

@CallumRobinson7: After 10 years of being at Aston Villa I'm happy to say I have just signed my first professional contract with them! #AVFC #buzzing

Is that a different yoof to the one who signed the other day? 

[Toronto Villa]

@CallumRobinson7: After 10 years of being at Aston Villa I'm happy to say I have just signed my first professional contract with them! #AVFC #buzzing

Is that a different yoof to the one who signed the other day? 

yes, that was Daniel Johnson

[Rudy Can't Fail]

@CallumRobinson7: After 10 years of being at Aston Villa I'm happy to say I have just signed my first professional contract with them! #AVFC #buzzing

Is that a different yoof to the one who signed the other day? 

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/AcademyProfile/0,,10265~2388276,00.html

[Percy McCarthy]

@CallumRobinson7: After 10 years of being at Aston Villa I'm happy to say I have just signed my first professional contract with them! #AVFC #buzzing

Don't s'pose you'll read this but well done, congrats and all the best for the future Callum.

[paul_e]

Great news on Callum Robinson, I can see him coming through for a few games next year, looks ideal as an option to fill in for gabby for the odd cameo.

[oldtimernow]

I wonder what fans of other clubs are making of us buying these players? At least those around us who have done little or nothing this summer.

A lot of fans from other Clubs especially Chelski think we have got a bargain with Okore. I've been reading different sites and comments from other fans are very praising of the players we are signing.

When he has the ball
the villa fans roar its Okore !!

You wont get the ball
he wont let you score
its okore

When the ball's in the air
And big Ron isn't there
It's Okore

When you can't get a kick
And you think "Fuck - he's quick!"
It's Okore.

thumbs up

One of your best posts...well done  my lad

[villa kicks]

I wonder what fans of other clubs are making of us buying these players? At least those around us who have done little or nothing this summer.

A lot of fans from other Clubs especially Chelski think we have got a bargain with Okore. I've been reading different sites and comments from other fans are very praising of the players we are signing.

When he has the ball
the villa fans roar its Okore !!

You wont get the ball
he wont let you score
its okore

When the ball's in the air
And big Ron isn't there
It's Okore

When you can't get a kick
And you think "Fuck - he's quick!"
It's Okore.

thumbs up

One of your best posts...well done  my lad

well thanks man. a person like me believes every next time i post it will be the best post i ever made. Because i just made it. 

[oldtimernow]

I like the understatement of the nature of our signings and the lack of press interest.  I read a fair amount of football related material and have not heard of any of our signings to date.

Takes you back to the old days before the internet and wall to wall football coverage on TV and in the press when we bought players no-one had heard of.  For the teenagers, Barry Stobart, Tommy Mitchinson, Dave Poutney....I could go on.   

Teenagers? I am 50+ and been supporting Villa since I could walk out of the house on me own and I have not heard of these names!

What about Charlie Aitken then, Alan Baker , Mike Tindall and Colin Withers?

Charlie yes not the other two. My "life" started with Cumbes, Wright, Curtis, Tyler, Atkin, Godfrey, McMahon, Hamilton,  Lochhead Vowden, Anderson.

I first went to VP in early 1967 at the age of 8 so caught the back end of the team that got relegated - Phillips, Aitken, Wright, Hole, Chatterley, Tiler et al.

Tch - you youngsters, 1959 against Ipswich and although I can't remember my own telephone number, without searching I think the team would have been Sims- Lynn - Aldis - Saward - Dugdale - right half Crowther? - Smith?- Dixon- Hitchins - Wylie - McParland.

Roger S and Brian Green of this parish go back way further I think.

So do I, a lot further, and i'm not happy about it.

And lets not forget the indefatigable Johnny ' Slogger ' Sleeuwenhoek and  the magical  Jimmy MacEwan  ( who I once saw beat 4 players by lobbing the ball over their heads , running round them , catching it on his instep and repeating the process ....4 times ! ) .  Oh ...... and the aptly named  Oscar Arce ! ................Godzvilla ! ( Golden Ager )

I didn't realise there were quite so many of us oldies on this forum. Maybe we should have a special Seniors section in order not to bore the arse off everyone else.

I go back to the early '50's although don't ask me the names of the players as I was one of those small kids they used to pass to the front to peer through the blue railings, as someone has already said. I do remember seeing Stanley Mathews play at Villa Park, but my earliest actual hero was Peter McParland.

Oh, and godzvilla - Although he was on the books in the late '60's, I don't believe Oscar Arce ever actually played a game for the Villa.

Yes the midfield of Jimmy Brown, Oscar Arce and Barrie Hole was the one we were all waiting to watch on MOD

And Peter MacP was my favourite too...My Dad took me to his house on Slade Road and introduced me to him

[E I Adio]

And Peter MacP was my favourite too...My Dad took me to his house on Slade Road and introduced me to him

You lucky, jammy bastard. Some kids get all the luck.

I heard him on the radio recently, somehow it makes you feel much younger.

[villa kicks]

I like the understatement of the nature of our signings and the lack of press interest.  I read a fair amount of football related material and have not heard of any of our signings to date.

Takes you back to the old days before the internet and wall to wall football coverage on TV and in the press when we bought players no-one had heard of.  For the teenagers, Barry Stobart, Tommy Mitchinson, Dave Poutney....I could go on.   

Teenagers? I am 50+ and been supporting Villa since I could walk out of the house on me own and I have not heard of these names!

What about Charlie Aitken then, Alan Baker , Mike Tindall and Colin Withers?

Charlie yes not the other two. My "life" started with Cumbes, Wright, Curtis, Tyler, Atkin, Godfrey, McMahon, Hamilton,  Lochhead Vowden, Anderson.

I first went to VP in early 1967 at the age of 8 so caught the back end of the team that got relegated - Phillips, Aitken, Wright, Hole, Chatterley, Tiler et al.

Tch - you youngsters, 1959 against Ipswich and although I can't remember my own telephone number, without searching I think the team would have been Sims- Lynn - Aldis - Saward - Dugdale - right half Crowther? - Smith?- Dixon- Hitchins - Wylie - McParland.

Roger S and Brian Green of this parish go back way further I think.

So do I, a lot further, and i'm not happy about it.

And lets not forget the indefatigable Johnny ' Slogger ' Sleeuwenhoek and  the magical  Jimmy MacEwan  ( who I once saw beat 4 players by lobbing the ball over their heads , running round them , catching it on his instep and repeating the process ....4 times ! ) .  Oh ...... and the aptly named  Oscar Arce ! ................Godzvilla ! ( Golden Ager )

I didn't realise there were quite so many of us oldies on this forum. Maybe we should have a special Seniors section in order not to bore the arse off everyone else.

I go back to the early '50's although don't ask me the names of the players as I was one of those small kids they used to pass to the front to peer through the blue railings, as someone has already said. I do remember seeing Stanley Mathews play at Villa Park, but my earliest actual hero was Peter McParland.

Oh, and godzvilla - Although he was on the books in the late '60's, I don't believe Oscar Arce ever actually played a game for the Villa.

Yes the midfield of Jimmy Brown, Oscar Arce and Barrie Hole was the one we were all waiting to watch on MOD

And Peter MacP was my favourite too...My Dad took me to his house on Slade Road and introduced me to him

don't worry chaps we won't be shipping out the more experienced heads on the forum despite. H&V don't just go with young hungry creative posters they know what it means to have a mix of experience on the site. Reading this stuff i have no idea to some extent what's going on - however its been noted peeps ain't got a clue what im on about. Anyways i still think this is a sign that experience is needed both on here and in the avfc team ! Lets bring that discussion 

[villa kicks]

I like the understatement of the nature of our signings and the lack of press interest.  I read a fair amount of football related material and have not heard of any of our signings to date.

Takes you back to the old days before the internet and wall to wall football coverage on TV and in the press when we bought players no-one had heard of.  For the teenagers, Barry Stobart, Tommy Mitchinson, Dave Poutney....I could go on.   

Teenagers? I am 50+ and been supporting Villa since I could walk out of the house on me own and I have not heard of these names!

What about Charlie Aitken then, Alan Baker , Mike Tindall and Colin Withers?

Charlie yes not the other two. My "life" started with Cumbes, Wright, Curtis, Tyler, Atkin, Godfrey, McMahon, Hamilton,  Lochhead Vowden, Anderson.

I first went to VP in early 1967 at the age of 8 so caught the back end of the team that got relegated - Phillips, Aitken, Wright, Hole, Chatterley, Tiler et al.

Tch - you youngsters, 1959 against Ipswich and although I can't remember my own telephone number, without searching I think the team would have been Sims- Lynn - Aldis - Saward - Dugdale - right half Crowther? - Smith?- Dixon- Hitchins - Wylie - McParland.

Roger S and Brian Green of this parish go back way further I think.

So do I, a lot further, and i'm not happy about it.

And lets not forget the indefatigable Johnny ' Slogger ' Sleeuwenhoek and  the magical  Jimmy MacEwan  ( who I once saw beat 4 players by lobbing the ball over their heads , running round them , catching it on his instep and repeating the process ....4 times ! ) .  Oh ...... and the aptly named  Oscar Arce ! ................Godzvilla ! ( Golden Ager )

I didn't realise there were quite so many of us oldies on this forum. Maybe we should have a special Seniors section in order not to bore the arse off everyone else.

I go back to the early '50's although don't ask me the names of the players as I was one of those small kids they used to pass to the front to peer through the blue railings, as someone has already said. I do remember seeing Stanley Mathews play at Villa Park, but my earliest actual hero was Peter McParland.

Oh, and godzvilla - Although he was on the books in the late '60's, I don't believe Oscar Arce ever actually played a game for the Villa.

Yes the midfield of Jimmy Brown, Oscar Arce and Barrie Hole was the one we were all waiting to watch on MOD

And Peter MacP was my favourite too...My Dad took me to his house on Slade Road and introduced me to him

don't worry chaps we won't be shipping out the more experienced heads on the forum despite. H&V don't just go with young hungry creative posters they know what it means to have a mix of experience on the site. Reading this stuff i have no idea to some extent what's going on - however its been noted peeps ain't got a clue what im on about. Anyways i still think this is a sign that experience is needed both on here and in the avfc team ! Lets bring that discussion 

[damon loves JT]

Jesus.

[ozzjim]

Have you ever tried starting a sentence on a predictive phone, and just hitting the middle word that is suggested after the last. I am more and more convinced that is what VK is doing in his posts.

[damon loves JT]

I think whoever suggested he was typing with his dobber is closer to the mark.

[Mazrim]

Great news on Callum Robinson, I can see him coming through for a few games next year, looks ideal as an option to fill in for gabby for the odd cameo.

He'll probably have to get past Drennan and Burke first. Unless they're out on loan, which I think would be good for them. But Robinson is very promising, as is Sellars at a younger level from what I've seen and heard.