Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[PaulWinch again]

Jay Spearing is useless, he might develop into a poor player but that's about it.

[villa kicks]

I didn't know the spearing Rhino was so small! Then that is why he hasn't been given too many furthers chances. Please i d rather have any insulting banter than being called Barry fry! 

[LeeB]

We shall see ! Spearing and altidore to name just two are wanted names that will go on to show themselves to be pleasant surprises as these are players who want to develop. Likes of kaka and saviola established players mentioned will be successful wherever they end up. Maloney and demspey too. These are skillfully players. Spearing is a grafter and coz football coaches trying to go all technical  they lose sight of honest pros like spearing who wouldn't shirk a tackle. 

".....and then it nicked me fags so ah hoyed it into the sea, and it just bounced off some rocks, like"

[PaulWinch again]

Spearing is a Championship player at best.

[MoetVillan]

Spearing tackles a lot like Scholes.  And his tackling is his best skill

[Olneythelonely]

I think Scarlet Johanssen should give me a bj. I'm better looking than the Elephant Man, but uglier than Brad Pitt.

[JR89]

Any ''ITK'' know if CB has shown up today?

[bertlambshank]

In the words of Jim Morrison 'He's a back door man'.

[paul_e]

Spearing really is a terrible suggestion, he's shown nothing to suggest he can play anywhere near premier league level.

On top of that he's absolutely not the type of midfielder we need anyway, even if he was good.  We need someone with good feet and a bit of pace who can play midfield but also step forward and play as a '10' when we're on the ball.  The links to Belhanda and Kiyotake look/looked reasonable because they're the right type of player for what we need, Christian Eriksen is another, Will Hughes will develop the same way (in my opinion).  Add on a young right back as competition/backup (Sam Byram would be a big signing here, highly rated by everyone) and a replacement for Benteke (the names have all been listed before) and we're set.  You'd probably be spending the entire Benteke fee on the 3 of them but we'd have a very strong squad at that point.

[RussellC]

The problem with signing a young up-and-coming right-back, like Byram, is that we already have a young player there who's doing an admirable job. All we're likely to do id stunt Byram's development by bringing him in as an understudy to Lowton.

Personally, I think we'll use Herd as cover for RB this year (Bacuna and Okore have also played there previously).

[Merv]

I'd struggle to think of a more underwhelming signing for Villa than Jay Spearing. If you can only describe a player's qualities as being 'a battler' and 'doing a job'... steer well clear. Well clear. We have lads in the reserves who are far better footballers.

[Merv]

Plus, I couldn't handle us taking any of Liverpool's squad fillers off their hands and doing them a favour. I got into an extremely heated 'discussion' with a mate of mine, a Liverpool fan, on Saturday... 38 years old and I allowed myself to get wound up by the utter arrogance and smugness of his opinion. You'd think Liverpool were Barcelona. No thanks. They can keep Spearing.

[damon loves JT]

The market has tanked for top 4 cast-offs.

[pauliewalnuts]

I was thinking about the arrogance that Liverpool have re their cast offs (although Spurs are even worse) when someone mentioned on here the other day the way they'd make shit offers for Barry which usually consisted of not enough cash, plus Steve Finnan.

I'd totally forgotten about that.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ciaran Clark signing a new deal given the BREAKING NEWS!!!111!!!! treatment on SSN.

Not much happening today, then.