Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[villa kicks]

Just the dutch leagues and the razzmatazz of the goals and attacks .. Really intrigued to how he ll go - many strikers signed so far in window perhaps him and the rock me amadeus be best buys !. More importantly helenuis being a hit is what i really hope and i can only see benteke getting better.

[villa kicks]

Alot of people seem to be talking of getting another centre back in ! Is this due to pre season so far? If looking at that position for competition a name i suggest is grant hanley of blackburn rovers a kinda Phil Jones but cheaper - has prem experience and is only 21. Steven Taylor would be good for experience and leadership but think stifle the up coming players so would side with hanley. Skrtel been touted in past but dont think he will be coming similar lescott brambles or Alex pearce.

[Olneythelonely]

I love a Lescott Bramble.

[OzVilla]

A shiver has just gone down my spine at the thought of introducing Steven Taylor to our already shambolic defence. 

He's absolutley dreadful.

[PeterWithesShin]

Is Lescott Brambles related to Jackie?

[richardhubbard]

Lescott brambles sounds a bit thorny to me.

[Ian.]

I heard Lescott Brambles aint berry good.

[pauliewalnuts]

Steven Taylor is absolutely rubbish.

[citizenDJ]

I'm not sure how bad we would have to get before Steven Taylor looked like a good signing, but we're really not there yet.

Maybe if the players were doing an am-dram performance of Saving Private Ryan, he could be useful, but otherwise he is completely shit.

[Clampy]

I read in one of the national rags a while back that Newcastle value Steven Taylor at £8m. I don't think so somehow.

[UK Redsox]

I love a Lescott Bramble.

'Tis a fine Real Ale

[curiousorange]

This was mentioned last year, but i'd rather spend a substantial amount of money on a brilliant defensive coach than bring in another defender that isn't up to it.

[mr woo]

Well pre-season or not pre-season, I'm starting to get worried. I'm struggling to see where the lessons of last year have been learnt.

I know a lot of you dont rate Vlaar but we're undoubtedly weaker without him. If he gets injured for any serious length of time we're in the shit.

I dont mind the young and hungry thing but is PL really so blinkered by it that he doesnt feel there might be a requirement for a contingency plan at some point? Even that famous 'win nothing with kids Man U side contained the likes of Schmeichel, Bruce, Pallister, Irwin, Keane, Cantona and Cole. Which a lot of people tend to forget.

[pauliewalnuts]

This was mentioned last year, but i'd rather spend a substantial amount of money on a brilliant defensive coach than bring in another defender that isn't up to it.

Wasn't one of the new additions to the coaching team over the summer a defensive coach?

I might have actually just imagined that, though, so may be wrong.

[Concrete John]

I find it really surprising that Lambert, who seems to have his coaching philosophy firmly entrenched in the German methodology, seems so poor and getting a defence sorted, which is a fundemental of German football.