Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[olaftab]

Target man? Bobby Zamora anyone?

[silhillvilla]

Target man? Bobby Zamora anyone?

Bobby Davro would be more effective.

[supertom]

Target man? Bobby Zamora anyone?

Redknapps just given him a new one year deal, off the back of one solitary kick. Granted it's earned them a shite load of Prem money, but still...pretty crazy.

[Villa in Denmark]

Target man? Bobby Zamora anyone?

Redknapps just given him a new one year deal, off the back of one solitary kick. Granted it's earned them a shite load of Prem money, but still...pretty crazy.

As long as it keeps row z Zamora somebody else's problem I couldn't give a flying monkeys.

[supertom]

Target man? Bobby Zamora anyone?

Redknapps just given him a new one year deal, off the back of one solitary kick. Granted it's earned them a shite load of Prem money, but still...pretty crazy.

As long as it keeps row z Zamora somebody else's problem I couldn't give a flying monkeys.

Fully expect him to appear about 3 times for them next season. He's gotta be on about 60k a week. Maybe more. Frightening.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Joel Campbell looks very ordinary at the moment. Don't understand why he's getting so much attention.

We don't need strikers anyway. We need midfielders first, then defenders after that's sorted.

[Gregorys Boy]

Joel Campbell looks very ordinary at the moment. Don't understand why he's getting so much attention.

We don't need strikers anyway. We need midfielders first, then defenders after that's sorted.

I agree, its just that outside of CB and Kozak I don't think many of the others are that convincing.  If Kozak doesn't make the start of the season then I can see the call for a stop gap striker, but yeah I do think we are struggling more in other areas.

[RussellC]

Getting back to the point, looking back at the end of the season we had collected enough points by March to be safe and that is reality.  At the time in March, we were not safe as there were many matched to be played and many points that could have gone to different teams.

I agree and that is my point in a nutshell.  Looking back in hindsight is all well and good but completely academic.  In March and even as late as the beginning of May we weren't safe.  That's the reality.

It is just different descriptions of the same reality, or to put it more lyrically:

Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto
Let's call the whole thing off?

Whichever way you look at it, the fact that securing our Premiership status by the end of March is regarded as a positive shows exactly where we are at the moment.

[RussellC]

With Kozak and Benteke both injured, Holt Fonz Bowery all gone, surely Bent will be starting or on the bench come August. I see that as a positive.

Can't agree. Bent is a square peg in a round hole for the way we appear to want to play.

In addition injuries and / or lack of conditioning have left him short if that acceleration over the first couple of yards that used to get him into most of his scoring positions, so even if we still tried to play a style that suited him, he still wouldn't be the answer.

I have been pondering that. There must be a signing planned. If not, we are very light at centre forward. Or, maybe they expect Cole to slide in Bent, whereas he is no use as a target man for balls from the back or wings.

I think Callum Robinson's going to be in and around the first team squad quite a lot next season.

[Goldie.7]

Eduardo is available on a free with Albrighton's & Fonz's wages off the books he's the sort of free player we should be in for.

It will never happen though as villa have zero ambition just look at the last three signings.

[Percy McCarthy]

After the Chelsea game, I always thought the 34 points we had would be enough. I was getting more worried by the time of the Hull game though.

[N'ZMAV]

Bent's move to Turkey is meant to be wrapped up this week.

[Chris Smith]

Getting back to the point, looking back at the end of the season we had collected enough points by March to be safe and that is reality.  At the time in March, we were not safe as there were many matched to be played and many points that could have gone to different teams.

I agree and that is my point in a nutshell.  Looking back in hindsight is all well and good but completely academic.  In March and even as late as the beginning of May we weren't safe.  That's the reality.

It is just different descriptions of the same reality, or to put it more lyrically:

Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto
Let's call the whole thing off?

Whichever way you look at it, the fact that securing our Premiership status by the end of March is regarded as a positive shows exactly where we are at the moment.

Who is claiming it as a positive? It is merely adding some perspective and a much needed counterpoint to the argument that we are certainties for relegation this season. 

[silhillvilla]

Bent's move to Turkey is meant to be wrapped up this week.

In Tin Foil ?

Seriously, what move to Turkey ?

[RussellC]

Getting back to the point, looking back at the end of the season we had collected enough points by March to be safe and that is reality.  At the time in March, we were not safe as there were many matched to be played and many points that could have gone to different teams.

I agree and that is my point in a nutshell.  Looking back in hindsight is all well and good but completely academic.  In March and even as late as the beginning of May we weren't safe.  That's the reality.

It is just different descriptions of the same reality, or to put it more lyrically:

Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto
Let's call the whole thing off?

Whichever way you look at it, the fact that securing our Premiership status by the end of March is regarded as a positive shows exactly where we are at the moment.

Who is claiming it as a positive? It is merely adding some perspective and a much needed counterpoint to the argument that we are certainties for relegation this season. 

So it is being claimed as a positive?!?

And again, Chris, nobody is claiming that we're certainties for relegation, people are saying that we're likely to be involved in yet another relegation battle. Your 'counter' that we were safe with a whole 2 games to go last season is even less reassuring than the "if we'd just won 14 games instead of 10 we'd have finished 9th" line!