Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[eric woolban woolban]

Barry's got to be worth a shout - even a loan for a year. Give a bit of experience that's badly missing from the Villa squad.

[Dante Lavelli]

Barry's got to be worth a shout - even a loan for a year. Give a bit of experience that's badly missing from the Villa squad.

I don't think he's got the pace or mobility to play in our pressing game. If one is out of synch then the midfield can get picked off too easily.

[LeeB]

Barry's got to be worth a shout - even a loan for a year. Give a bit of experience that's badly missing from the Villa squad.

I don't think he's got the pace or mobility to play in our pressing game. If one is out of synch then the midfield can get picked off too easily.

Spot on.

[villa kicks]

Barry's got to be worth a shout - even a loan for a year. Give a bit of experience that's badly missing from the Villa squad.

I don't think he's got the pace or mobility to play in our pressing game. If one is out of synch then the midfield can get picked off too easily.

Spot on.

Hes as mobile as Westwood!!

[john2710]

Any possible No. 10 is going to be very ineffective if the forwards are as static as they were yesterday.

[ozzjim]

Any possible No. 10 is going to be very ineffective if the forwards are as static as they were yesterday.

Agree completely. They only started to move really when Helenius came on and in the last minute Tonev finally went outside to beat a man. Weimann was so anonymous and just did not find those pockets he was great at last season and in fairness found against Chelsea. I will put it down to 3 in a week.

[mr woo]

I'd rather have milner or Barry in the centre that westwood or at least to push him. hes far to square and lacks dynamism in his passing ! I really think Lambert feels hes a young version of him. I don't think hes up to job. I said this about Bennet and thankfully replaced. I'm starting to feel westwood needs replacing by gardner or another midfielder. shall see....

Villakicks......you are a complete fruitcake a times but as they say, if you throw enough darts.....

[RussellC]

I'd rather have milner or Barry in the centre that westwood or at least to push him. hes far to square and lacks dynamism in his passing ! I really think Lambert feels hes a young version of him. I don't think hes up to job. I said this about Bennet and thankfully replaced. I'm starting to feel westwood needs replacing by gardner or another midfielder. shall see....

Villakicks......you are a complete fruitcake a times but as they say, if you throw enough darts.....

One will eventually rebound off the board and hit you in the eye...?

[Salsa Party Animal]

If I were Lambert, I would let Weinmann know he need to do better.

It is a shame we can't use Stephen Ireland as our number 10 as he got the talent but not desire / workrate / attitude / hunger. Barry could be useful but what the point of getting players on loan if he play half of the games plus his age count against him. How is Barry performance in last few months compared to Barry say 3 season ago.

[LeeB]

If I were Lambert, I would let Weinmann know he need to do better.

It is a shame we can't use Stephen Ireland as our number 10 as he got the talent but not desire / workrate / attitude / hunger. Barry could be useful but what the point of getting players on loan if he play half of the games plus his age count against him. How is Barry performance in last few months compared to Barry say 3 season ago.

The only shame about Ireland is the effort he puts in for a return of around £60k a week.

[dave shelley]

Sadly, the only shame about Stephen Ireland is, that he has none.

[OCD]

It's a shame that he's still at the club.

[Monty]

Looking at the Man City side, I still wish we could get Jimmy back in the centre of midfield.

The one thing almost Villa fans might agree on is having Milner in our midfield today would make us infinitely stronger and more resolute than almost every team outside the top 6. In fact throw him the middle with Delph and we are pushing top six all season.

Isn't Milner too similar to Delph?

Don't get me wrong, I love Milner as much as the next man, and given the choice of taking any of our recent high profile sales back, I'd take him every time, but he's very similar to Delph - who is performing far better than we expected - whereas what we need is a creative spark from midfield.

I agree. I agree that Milner is great, but he's not the answer to our midfield problems - remember, we had the same problems when he was in our midfield.

As for Barry, no way is he as mobile as Westwood, and no way is he the answer to our problems in midfield. There's one specific type of player we need, and frankly we haven't had him since at least Merson and probably Sid.

Re Moses, I know Chelsea will probably look to let him go as part of an exodus of squad players but he's another wingforward type, whereas we need a playmaker to part the waves of opposition defences.

Ahem. Sorry.

[paul_e]

I'd really like someone who can play as the attacking midfielder with an eye for a pass and a bit of trickery, but I'd love it even more if the same player could play wide as well as I think we're short in both spots.

The fischer and eriksen double signing thing that was mentioned before would be perfect, but would mean a massive outlay.

[eastie]

I'd really like someone who can play as the attacking midfielder with an eye for a pass and a bit of trickery, but I'd love it even more if the same player could play wide as well as I think we're short in both spots.

The fischer and eriksen double signing thing that was mentioned before would be perfect, but would mean a massive outlay.

Cant see both coming in , i would be happy with either of those.