Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

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I thought Parker looked well past it at the Euros. Not for me.

[Concrete John]

The thing with Shawcross, and many others that have been mentioned, is that Lambert will look at him, the fee and the wages and think "I can get just as good from abroad at half the price."

And he'd be right.

[Dante Lavelli]

The thing with Shawcross, and many others that have been mentioned, is that Lambert will look at him, the fee and the wages and think "I can get just as good from abroad at half the price."

And he'd be right.

I hope we don't get too obsessed with buying solely from abroad. Impossible to prove but I do feel that the 'foundations' of any squad are weaker if there is not a strong identity.

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I think there is a very strong personal identity amongst the players.

Rumour has it that its a very tight-knit bunch, where they actually all get along quite well with one another. I think that kind of esprit de corps is more valuable than being English, Norwegian or whatever.

[supertom]

The thing with Shawcross, and many others that have been mentioned, is that Lambert will look at him, the fee and the wages and think "I can get just as good from abroad at half the price."

And he'd be right.

I think we could find a player as good, or with potential to be better, in the lower leagues. I'd trust Lambert to do that. Sadly though, given how well his lower league signings have been thus far on the whole, you'd find even players like that being a bit pricier.

[Olneythelonely]

Identity doesn't have to be of a certain nationality though.

[eamonn]

The thing with Shawcross, and many others that have been mentioned, is that Lambert will look at him, the fee and the wages and think "I can get just as good from abroad at half the price."

And he'd be right.

The jury is very much out on Vlaar.

[LeeS]

I kind of agree that there is a risk of buying too many overseas players. But i also think that risk is mitigated if they all speak good English. It sounds as though our current crop do.

[ozzjim]

They do, although I agree that one of the recipes for success is still having a few very good English leaders in the side/ squad, personally I think Shawcross would be worth it as he would add to that backbone, but then with Okore and Vlaar being captain, to justify the outlay in terms of what we have and what we have paid would be difficult.

Twitter rumour of the day is Viktor Fischer. Pretty decent player.

[eastie]

They do, although I agree that one of the recipes for success is still having a few very good English leaders in the side/ squad, personally I think Shawcross would be worth it as he would add to that backbone, but then with Okore and Vlaar being captain, to justify the outlay in terms of what we have and what we have paid would be difficult.

Twitter rumour of the day is Viktor Fischer. Pretty decent player.

The Danish wonderkid victor Fischer - good young winger but I'm not sure Ajax would sell him , would be surprised if we were in for him.

I think if Ajax did sell there would be a lot of top clubs in Europe interested.

[Damo70]

If you are buying players from Scandanavia and Holland/Belgium the language shouldn't really be a problem. I would also guess that many of our players being of a similar age helps the bonding.

[ozzjim]

I really loathe the term wonderkid.

[Olneythelonely]

It's a word coined for the football manager generation. I hate it.

[eamonn]

Villa Toy With Fischer Price As Wantaway Wonderkid Plays Up

[ozzjim]

Villa Toy With Fischer Price As Wantaway Wonderkid Plays Up

How long have you been waiting to gurgle that one out?