Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[*shellac*]

I think we can safely say we had (and still having) bad experience with players from Man City.  With that in mind, Barry's a No No for me.

[eastie]

 Thats how i see it paul-e.

 As it stands i think PL is looking for a better Westwood , if you like.He sees Delph and Sylla as having the energy, pace, aggression to play as defensive midfielders, now he is looking for a player to play alongside these players who can pick a pass, create chances, score goals.Belhanda, from the clips on youtube, looks a Dembele kind of player, or you can play a Lampard kind of player, that would be Bacuna.

 I think we will buy Belhanda, or a similar kind of player, and possibly a player to put Gabby/Weimann under pressure.But the midfield 3 of Sylla, Delph and Belhanda, would have a very good balance to it, with Westwood, GG and KEA as back ups.

I don't see Delph and sylla being ahead of Westwood - I think Westwood will probably be more likely keep his place in the team than either of those.

[eamonn]

Battling Wolves for the signature of another player heavily linked? I wonder of all the young signings we've made, (perhaps Okore aside) was this the shit sort of competition we had to beat off.

[DrGonzo]

 Thats how i see it paul-e.

 As it stands i think PL is looking for a better Westwood , if you like.He sees Delph and Sylla as having the energy, pace, aggression to play as defensive midfielders, now he is looking for a player to play alongside these players who can pick a pass, create chances, score goals.Belhanda, from the clips on youtube, looks a Dembele kind of player, or you can play a Lampard kind of player, that would be Bacuna.

 I think we will buy Belhanda, or a similar kind of player, and possibly a player to put Gabby/Weimann under pressure.But the midfield 3 of Sylla, Delph and Belhanda, would have a very good balance to it, with Westwood, GG and KEA as back ups.

I don't see Delph and sylla being ahead of Westwood - I think Westwood will probably be more likely keep his place in the team than either of those.

Right Eastie.  There is no way that Sylla and Delph are picked ahead of Westwood.  He was the most consistent player in that midfield alst season and is probably the only one of the three that Lambert isn't looking for an improved version of.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think Delph's form at the end of last season justifies him holding onto the shirt for the start of this season.  He and Westwood start for me with the third spot up for grabs. 

That right of the three position is where I think we should be spending our money but I haven't got a clue who to suggest.

[Mark H]

Funny how we all see things slightly different , I would pick Sylla over Delph with Westwood based on the last few months of the season , and then look to out one of the new ones in front of those 2

[TonyD]

If it could work - we would be mad not to bring Barry back for a couple of seasons..

[cdbearsfan]

I think we can safely say we had (and still having) bad experience with players from Man City.  With that in mind, Barry's a No No for me.

That means nothing. We signed Djemba-Djemba and McGrath from the same club.

[Gerrin]

Funny how we all see things slightly different , I would pick Sylla over Delph with Westwood based on the last few months of the season , and then look to out one of the new ones in front of those 2

I'd agree with that view, Delph just isn't up to it in my opinion, had loads of chances now. The amount of times he shoots from long distnace and is nowhere near hitting the target is frustrating as it's a complete waste. Sylla looks like a very solid player.

[Clampy]

I personally would leave Westie, Sylla and Delph in the starting line up for the first game, unless the likes of Bacuna or whoever else comes in has a great pre-season.

[glasses]

 Thats how i see it paul-e.

 As it stands i think PL is looking for a better Westwood , if you like.He sees Delph and Sylla as having the energy, pace, aggression to play as defensive midfielders, now he is looking for a player to play alongside these players who can pick a pass, create chances, score goals.Belhanda, from the clips on youtube, looks a Dembele kind of player, or you can play a Lampard kind of player, that would be Bacuna.

 I think we will buy Belhanda, or a similar kind of player, and possibly a player to put Gabby/Weimann under pressure.But the midfield 3 of Sylla, Delph and Belhanda, would have a very good balance to it, with Westwood, GG and KEA as back ups.

I don't see Delph and sylla being ahead of Westwood - I think Westwood will probably be more likely keep his place in the team than either of those.

Right Eastie.  There is no way that Sylla and Delph are picked ahead of Westwood.  He was the most consistent player in that midfield alst season and is probably the only one of the three that Lambert isn't looking for an improved version of.

With all due respect, they can all be improved on right now bar Benteke. Relegation was only just avoided. I like a lot of our players and there is lots of potential. We should be better next season as hopefully the youngsters will improve, but nobody should be that comfortable of their place based on where we finished last season.

[Clampy]

Apparantley Small Heath have accepted two bids from Premiership clubs for Nathan Redmond. Could one of them be us bearing in mind we've lost N'Zogbia possibly until the new year? Fits in with Lambert's young player philosophy i suppose.

[Toronto Villa]

we can't just have one Westwood type player in the squad. He needs to stay sharp also and have competition. Currently I cannot think of another player that does his job so I don't buy into we shouldn't buy Barry or any other of that type of player just because we have Westwood. And what if gets injured or his form dips? Every player needs to feel uncertain of their place in the first team and that includes those we might consider dead certs to start.

[Clampy]

we can't just have one Westwood type player in the squad. He needs to stay sharp also and have competition. Currently I cannot think of another player that does his job so I don't buy into we shouldn't buy Barry or any other of that type of player just because we have Westwood. And what if gets injured or his form dips? Every player needs to feel uncertain of their place in the first team and that includes those we might consider dead certs to start.

We've also got KEA though who might be a more settled and better player going into his second season. He could play the holding role if anybody if he had to. 

[Toronto Villa]

we can't just have one Westwood type player in the squad. He needs to stay sharp also and have competition. Currently I cannot think of another player that does his job so I don't buy into we shouldn't buy Barry or any other of that type of player just because we have Westwood. And what if gets injured or his form dips? Every player needs to feel uncertain of their place in the first team and that includes those we might consider dead certs to start.

We've also got KEA though who might be a more settled and better player going into his second season. He could play the holding role if anybody if he had to. 

I hope so, but I wouldn't want to rely on that