Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Chipsticks]

Being linked with Maloney coming back. Would you be keen for that? If he only cost £2m say then he could definately add something to our side. Plus we'd score free kicks again!

Makes sense.

One short-arsed miserable, mopey Scottish player out, one short-arsed miserable, mopey Scottish player in.

To be fair I'd say Maloney has a lot more heart, and will always give his best. God loves a trier, and as far as I can remember from his time with us a few seasons back, this was one of his virtues.

[supertom]

Being linked with Maloney coming back. Would you be keen for that? If he only cost £2m say then he could definately add something to our side. Plus we'd score free kicks again!

Makes sense.

One short-arsed miserable, mopey Scottish player out, one short-arsed miserable, mopey Scottish player in.

To be fair I'd say Maloney has a lot more heart, and will always give his best. God loves a trier, and as far as I can remember from his time with us a few seasons back, this was one of his virtues.

Yes. Maloney has ability he just didn't have the right sort of manager to get it out of him. O Neill largely responded to the bigger characters. Some of the more quiet folk fell by the wayside. Plus the style of player Maloney is was never in a million years an MON type. Perhaps O Neill wanted to bring him in and turn him into a standard winger. I don't know. It just didn't work out.

I think Maloney would flourish in our set up. It would allow us to adapt too. We could switch to a 4-2-3-1 if necessary, or stick him in one of the front 3 in our current system and allow him some freedom.

He may be a good, reasonably priced stop gap for 2-3 years. Or like Merson, who came in his 30's, we might see the best of Maloney. He could be a game changer on the bench. Our set piece quality would improve vastly too. He also wouldn't be on massive wages.

That said I don't think it'll happen in a million years.

[LeeB]

Lee - good luck mate. I know you're a highly talented and skilled bloke, but if you're looking for something to tide you over for a bit try Staffline agency and ask about Chep.

Cheers Percy, and to everyone else wishing me the best, but I'm starting up with one of my colleagues, so can I say for the first and only time, come to Ikon Telecom for all your business telephony needs.

[Percy McCarthy]

Lee - good luck mate. I know you're a highly talented and skilled bloke, but if you're looking for something to tide you over for a bit try Staffline agency and ask about Chep.

Cheers Percy, and to everyone else wishing me the best, but I'm starting up with one of my colleagues, so can I say for the first and only time, come to Ikon Telecom for all your business telephony needs.

All the very best with it.

[damon loves JT]

Exciting times. In five years time you will be deciding which private jet to take to the Seychelles

[tomd2103]

Being linked with Maloney coming back. Would you be keen for that? If he only cost £2m say then he could definately add something to our side. Plus we'd score free kicks again!

Makes sense.

One short-arsed miserable, mopey Scottish player out, one short-arsed miserable, mopey Scottish player in.

To be fair I'd say Maloney has a lot more heart, and will always give his best. God loves a trier, and as far as I can remember from his time with us a few seasons back, this was one of his virtues.

Not entirely sure, but wouldn't Lambert have played with Maloney at Celtic?  If that is the case, he would know all about him.

[oldtimernow]

Lee - good luck mate. I know you're a highly talented and skilled bloke, but if you're looking for something to tide you over for a bit try Staffline agency and ask about Chep.

Cheers Percy, and to everyone else wishing me the best, but I'm starting up with one of my colleagues, so can I say for the first and only time, come to Ikon Telecom for all your business telephony needs.

Glad to hear that...best of luck

[OCD]

Was it Man United away when Maloney played really well and then was dropped? Maloney was really a victim of O'Neill's ploy of playing the same 11 every week and if you weren't one of the lucky one's, tough.

I wouldn't expect him to be one Lambert would be after but there's a very good player in there, he should certainly be playing in the Premier League.

[eamonn]

Was it Man United away when Maloney played really well and then was dropped?

MON called him a fuckin' eejit after this game and barely said two words to him again. Just as well, those two must have been cutting for sensitive Shaun.

[LeeB]

It's not a goer that one, he's a decent player but he wont get any better and he's 30.

I'd be amazed  if it did.

[john e]

I liked Maloney, but don't think we will be in for him now, as he doesn't meet the new criteria

I could never understand why MON bought him,
 he wasn't big, or a winger, he wasn't going to track back or get in any crunching tackles,
 he was a little playmaker, a bit of technical support bridging the gap between midfield and the forwards,
 I personally love that sort of player but MON didn't, he was everything MON didn't want in a player, so why did he bring him in not give him much of a chance and not play him very often

its a mystery

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Much of our game was about defending for 80 minutes with 8-10 players behind the ball. Maloney was never going to be useful for more than 10 minutes per game.

[OCD]

Was it Man United away when Maloney played really well and then was dropped?

MON called him a fuckin' eejit after this game and barely said two words to him again. Just as well, those two must have been cutting for sensitive Shaun.

I think he missed a good chance, maybe a one-on-one which prompted O'Neill's child-like response.

[olaftab]

It's not a goer that one, he's a decent player but he wont get any better and he's 30.

I'd be amazed  if it did.

And he was only reasonable in a shite team that got relegated with only 35 points. Enough said.

[SoccerHQ]

I liked Maloney, but don't think we will be in for him now, as he doesn't meet the new criteria

I could never understand why MON bought him,
 he wasn't big, or a winger, he wasn't going to track back or get in any crunching tackles,
 he was a little playmaker, a bit of technical support bridging the gap between midfield and the forwards,
 I personally love that sort of player but MON didn't, he was everything MON didn't want in a player, so why did he bring him in not give him much of a chance and not play him very often

its a mystery

He was a good squad player for us. I suppose MON used him as an alternative for Young (they signed at the same time) but because Young was so good and never injured he could never get in the team consistently.

Scored some good goals that won us points in 07/08 and he's certainly improved as a player at Wigan.

I never really warmed to him when he was here despite his good play as he never gave the impression he ever wanted to be here and there were rumours from pretty much the point he signed that he wanted to return to Celtic, he confirmed all this as soon as he left!

Wouldn't be my first choice for the attacking midfield role but I suppose if it comes to August 31st and we can't sign our top target, then him for 2m isn't the worst alternative.