Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Malandro]

Why the obsession with amount of money? We effectively have 7 new players in. Senderos, Sanchez, Cissokho, Richardson, Cole and return of N'Zogbia and emergence of Grealish.  Yes one more midfielder would be nice but let's rebuild with consideration. Less haste more speed.

I'm pretty happy with it, all things considered. More would be nice though

[brian green]

It is a million miles from perfect but I would sooner be where we are now than in the last days of MON when the chickens of stupid, reckless, wanton spending had yet to come home to roost.

[taylorsworkrate]

I've been drinking heavily. Can somebody summarise for me briefly whether we are likely to buy/sell/loan anybody?

No

[Ian.]

I've been drinking heavily. Can somebody summarise for me briefly whether we are likely to buy/sell/loan anybody?

No/no/no


Probably

[lovejoy]

I've been drinking heavily. Can somebody summarise for me briefly whether we are likely to buy/sell/loan anybody?

Some bloke called Iniesta.

[old man villa fan]

Why the obsession with amount of money? We effectively have 7 new players in. Senderos, Sanchez, Cissokho, Richardson, Cole and return of N'Zogbia and emergence of Grealish.  Yes one more midfielder would be nice but let's rebuild with consideration. Less haste more speed.

Love the packaging of Grealish and N'Zogbia as "new players in".

Put it this way. Rewind to the last day of last season. Imagine we'd been told "By end of window, total spend about £6m, players signed Joe Cole, Senderos, Richardson, Cissokho. Is that enough?"

How many of us would have said "yes"?

It is good that we've gone three games unbeaten and look better at the back, but it is three games, that is nothing. What's more, we also got beaten at home by a league one club in the cup yet again, and over the three league games have struggled to create goal scoring chances.

Have we done enough to address that problem (which we have had for ages)?

I don't think we have.

The start to the season is encouraging, but it lasts a long time. This time last year we were full of confidence after winning at Arsenal and getting robbed of three points at Chelsea.

It looks to me like our ambition doesn't really go much beyond staying up. I am sure we'd *like* to do better, if that's how you define ambition, but it really looks like we are not prepared to spend much money at all to achieve that ambition.

Given the amount of money in the game these days, that is a pathetically low spend.

Agree with you 100%.  I do not expect Lerner to invest more money but we should have been spending the equivalent to break even against projected income.

[ozzjim]

Why the obsession with amount of money? We effectively have 7 new players in. Senderos, Sanchez, Cissokho, Richardson, Cole and return of N'Zogbia and emergence of Grealish.  Yes one more midfielder would be nice but let's rebuild with consideration. Less haste more speed.

Love the packaging of Grealish and N'Zogbia as "new players in".

Put it this way. Rewind to the last day of last season. Imagine we'd been told "By end of window, total spend about £6m, players signed Joe Cole, Senderos, Richardson, Cissokho. Is that enough?"

How many of us would have said "yes"?

It is good that we've gone three games unbeaten and look better at the back, but it is three games, that is nothing. What's more, we also got beaten at home by a league one club in the cup yet again, and over the three league games have struggled to create goal scoring chances.

Have we done enough to address that problem (which we have had for ages)?

I don't think we have.

The start to the season is encouraging, but it lasts a long time. This time last year we were full of confidence after winning at Arsenal and getting robbed of three points at Chelsea.

It looks to me like our ambition doesn't really go much beyond staying up. I am sure we'd *like* to do better, if that's how you define ambition, but it really looks like we are not prepared to spend much money at all to achieve that ambition.

Given the amount of money in the game these days, that is a pathetically low spend.

Spot on. Lambert has done well with the 7m but we have done the very bare minimum to be competitive in the bottom 7, nothing more.

[pauliewalnuts]

Mind you, the ITK King has spoken

Harj Johal ‏@harj04  6m
Even with less than 3 hours left #AVFC still remain hopeful of beating other clubs to the signing of Tom Cleverley before window closes.

[Malandro]

I've been drinking heavily. Can somebody summarise for me briefly whether we are likely to buy/sell/loan anybody?

Some bloke called Iniesta.

there is talk about bottoms and chocolate bars as well

[pauliewalnuts]

seconds later

John Percy ‏@John__Percy  2m
#avfc will not be signing Tom Cleverley from #mufc. Cleverley holding out for a move to Everton. No other business expected at Villa

[themossman]

If we'd bought Sanchez 10 mins ago we'd probably be pretty happy with the window.

[cdbearsfan]

I've been drinking heavily. Can somebody summarise for me briefly whether we are likely to buy/sell/loan anybody?

Some bloke called Iniesta.

Meh. He's no Westwood.

[maidstonevillain]

I've been drinking heavily. Can somebody summarise for me briefly whether we are likely to buy/sell/loan anybody?

Agbonlahor to Everton
Vlaar to Arsenal

[aj2k77]

Still no attacking midfielder purchased, nearly 3 years we've been banging on about needing one. At least the defensive mid has been sorted at long last.

They've done what I expected, the bare minimum required to make us competitive, and this is how it will be until Lerner finds a buyer.

[PeterWithe]

If we'd bought Sanchez 10 mins ago we'd probably be pretty happy with the window.

Good point