Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[SoccerHQ]

I see Saviola as the south American Owen really.

Someone who was amazing as a teenager and in their early 20s then got a few injuries and moved around numerous sub benches like Madrid and Benfica.

Not a good fit for us at all.

[peter w]

Who's Tom Carroll?

[Dave]

A bloke who has played half a dozen games for Spurs in midfield and not really done very much.

[peter w]

oh. so why do we want him, then?

[sonlyme]

a bit like an unknown called benteke?

Sig or Tom carroll -  ask a yid - that's who they fear losing.

[peter w]

They fear it? blimey, that's a bit intense of them isn't it?

[cdbearsfan]

a bit like an unknown called benteke?

Sig or Tom carroll -  ask a yid - that's who they fear losing.

Could you not just have said "Tottenham fan", why the need to be racist?

[Pat McMahon]

a bit like an unknown called benteke?

Sig or Tom carroll -  ask a yid - that's who they fear losing.

Could you not just have said "Tottenham fan", why the need to be racist?

In London, that is how a large number of Spurs fans refer to themselves ( they actually have a chant with this epithet).  I was amazed when I landed here, as I assumed it was an Arsenal insult to Spurs.

[cdbearsfan]

There are plenty of black people who use a derogatory racial word starting with 'N'. I still wouldn't be keen to use it though.

[Sexual Ealing]

There are plenty of black people who use a derogatory racial word starting with 'N'. I still wouldn't be keen to use it though.

Absolutely this.

[Malandro]

+ 20 pages

[Ian.]

a bit like an unknown called benteke?

Sig or Tom carroll -  ask a yid - that's who they fear losing.

Could you not just have said "Tottenham fan", why the need to be racist?

In London, that is how a large number of Spurs fans refer to themselves ( they actually have a chant with this epithet).  I was amazed when I landed here, as I assumed it was an Arsenal insult to Spurs.

Is it the none Jewish contingent of the Spurs fans who refer to that name?

[Yossarian]

a bit like an unknown called benteke?

Sig or Tom carroll -  ask a yid - that's who they fear losing.

Could you not just have said "Tottenham fan", why the need to be racist?

In London, that is how a large number of Spurs fans refer to themselves ( they actually have a chant with this epithet).  I was amazed when I landed here, as I assumed it was an Arsenal insult to Spurs.

I believe they might be reclaiming the word. Take the sting out of it.

[Dave]

a bit like an unknown called benteke?

No, not really like that at all. One being a bloke who keeps being farmed out on loan because his managers prefer to play the likes of Jake Livermore, the other was one of the top scorers for his club.

And whether he is promising or not, I'm pretty certain they rate the likes of Dembele a little bit higher than a bloke who never plays for them.

[Matt Collins]

I'm not remotely 'ITK' nor do I believe anyone who claims they are on Twitter. Neither have I seen much at all of any of the players I list below.

But based on what I have read and seen, I think it would be both credible and quite exciting to see us go for:

- Finnbogason (perhaps £8m, given that Bony went for £12m, it might be more. It'd start to get riskier at those levels).
- Wijnaldum (never heard of him, but has very good stats and looks good on youtube. What could go wrong . . . ?) Attacking midfielder, 22, Dutch. Maybe £8m again? Would be an alternative to Kiyotake.
- One more fwd option, perhaps someone pacy and direct. Mirror linked us to Castaignos who again looks good on youtube, but seems to perhaps have an attitude problem. Perhaps £6m?

Something like this - 3 young attacking players for a bit more than £20m - must be Lambert's plan if Benteke leaves, surely?

I'm not entirely convinced we'd get two more centre forwards, having bought Helenius, but we're letting two leave, so I think he might go that way.