Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Lambert has a few friendlies between now and the start of the season to see if Siegrist is up to the challenge, he's 21 now so I can't see the point of bringing in a 20 yr old to go on the bench.

[Mister E]

Poor old Mat Kendrick. He's having to put 'mystery target' to cover himself now. They've all been mysteries to you so far Mat.

The transfer window is designed to confound journos  at every available opportunity and by any necessary means. There is an attempt at a sense of purpose but they actually talk for hours without saying anything. At least he sticks to cliche code with the term mystery target.   

Bit like people on here, perhaps?

[Dante Lavelli]

If I were to live my life again, I reckon reserve 'keeper for a premier league team would be my target job. Stupidly well paid for doing essentially fuck all.

[TheSandman]

Aye, me too. Just look at Stuart Taylor. He's been in the Premier League for 10 years and at 4 different PL clubs. Probably earned a fortune for playing 2 or 3 games a season in that time. I never thought he was that bad either on his outings for us.

[London Villan]

I wonder if lambert is conducting some sort of Moneyball experiment in terms of recruiting players?

[eamonn]

I hate to play the part of the lone heretic but I just don't see the appeal of bringing Milner back. I don't think he's a bad player, on the contrary I think he's a good one sadly underused at Citeh. I just don't want him back. Or rate him as much as pretty much everybody else on here.

Think it's just you and me, Sandy. Milner gets championed on here for one really good season he had.
The same as his "replacement" Ireland managed (at Citeh). What we really needed out of that deal was Milner's work-rate and Ireland's technical ability on a consistent basis.

I think Delph will go on to be a far better player than "Milly". Better technically, just has to continue his improvement on the diving-into-challenges routine (which a lot of was likely down to lack of match fitness) and get his aim a bit steadier when shooting.

[Shrek]

You are both underrating Milner there

[OCD]

Milner's a decent right sided midfielder and a very good central midfielder. We're just looking for different things now - we're not looking at accomplished players who will eclipse everyone else's salary, we're looking at young players who haven't been given the chance on the big stage before now and are therefore excited to be playing for us and enjoying every minute of it. Something that everyone has really bought into.

[SamTheMouse]

Milner's probably not good enough for $ity, but he's loads better than anyone we currently have in midfield.

[Matt Collins]

There's literally zero chance of milner coming back. zero.

[PaulWinch again]

Of course there is, he's in a team competing for the title. He will not come back to Villa.

[enigma]

I'd love us to go for Keisuke Honda at CSKA Moscow. Cracking player and available on a free transfer at the moment. I know there's zero chance of that happening as we're operating in a completely different market these days but he'd be perfect for us. He'd give us everything we hoped Ireland would.

[paulcomben]

You guys. Milner. FFS. Where does that fit into The Lambo Method?

[paulcomben]

If I were to live my life again, I reckon reserve 'keeper for a premier league team would be my target job. Stupidly well paid for doing essentially fuck all.

So true. And poignant, since Spink was Villa 1st choice for years, winning a European Cup medal, then a coach and today we learn that he has had to become a man with a van.

[damon loves JT]

I hope we sign Damo Suzuki.

Ain't got no time for western medicine