Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[manic-road]

No clubs would be looking to spending anything more than a fiver for any of those defenders mentioned in the Telegraph article.

[kippaxvilla2]

I am guessing it is more about getting them off the wage bill.

[silhillvilla]

How much did we get for Helenius ?

[Dave Cooper please]

Just sell the fucking club you idiot

Yes of course, because it's that easy isn't it. Multi-millionaires are just queueing around the block wanting to buy us.

[pauliewalnuts]

How much did we get for Helenius ?

He's gone back on loan.

[pauliewalnuts]

Just sell the fucking club you idiot

Yes of course, because it's that easy isn't it. Multi-millionaires are just queueing around the block wanting to buy us.

Ah, bless, with your antiquated notions of being a multi-millionaire sufficing.

[brian green]

With regard to Charles N'Zogbia and Marc Albrighton I will say what Dave Woodhall said to me when I said I thought Paul Lambert is a very poor manager namely "we shall see".  When N'Zogbia comes back and plays for us we shall be able to see whether he can or will improve us  Likewise when Marc plays for Leicester we shall be able to see whether the post departure criticism of him is justified.  This point will be returned to and if I am wrong I shall admit as much just like I will if Lambert turns into Martinez.

[OzVilla]

Just sell the fucking club you idiot

Yes of course, because it's that easy isn't it. Multi-millionaires are just queueing around the block wanting to buy us.

It was more a vent of frustration than considered opinion at what appears to be the current level of our transfer targets.

In football club owning terms, he's still an idiot though.

[Rolta]

With regard to Charles N'Zogbia and Marc Albrighton I will say what Dave Woodhall said to me when I said I thought Paul Lambert is a very poor manager namely "we shall see".  When N'Zogbia comes back and plays for us we shall be able to see whether he can or will improve us  Likewise when Marc plays for Leicester we shall be able to see whether the post departure criticism of him is justified.  This point will be returned to and if I am wrong I shall admit as much just like I will if Lambert turns into Martinez.

Is that the Martinez that got Wigan relegated? I'm just saying, because I don't think that would have gone down well with Villa fans if there was a collective memory beyond 4 months. For what it's worth, Martinez relegating Wigan didn't make him a bad manager in my eyes, and he's doing well enough at Everton – just like Lambert struggling with Villa while having to cut the budget by tens of millions didn't magically make him a bad manager either.

[Boz]

Pete Colley's tweeted that Villa have told him Bendnter's not coming. This must be the second bit of good news that Delph alluded to.

Hope this is true, he'd just be another addition to the wage bill with no benefit to the team.

[Villafirst]

Just sell the fucking club you idiot

Yes of course, because it's that easy isn't it. Multi-millionaires are just queueing around the block wanting to buy us.

It was more a vent of frustration than considered opinion at what appears to be the current level of our transfer targets.

In football club owning terms, he's still an idiot though.

Lerner should've put the club up for sale in August 2010 - it was obvious then that he'd lost the desire to push the club forward. By not doing this he's dragged the club's stature steadily downwards to the point that we have to scrape around the bargain basement at Aldi for freebies in the transfer market. He's not a worthy custodian of this great club.

[mattjpa]

With regard to Charles N'Zogbia and Marc Albrighton I will say what Dave Woodhall said to me when I said I thought Paul Lambert is a very poor manager namely "we shall see".  When N'Zogbia comes back and plays for us we shall be able to see whether he can or will improve us  Likewise when Marc plays for Leicester we shall be able to see whether the post departure criticism of him is justified.  This point will be returned to and if I am wrong I shall admit as much just like I will if Lambert turns into Martinez.

Criticising Martinez for relegating Wigan is like critcising Caterham for coming last in an F1 race. It isnt a level playing field and is made an irrelevant point by the fact he kept them up for the previous 5-6 seasons which is a massive achievement. They played decent football and he won them a cup as well dont forget.

Is that the Martinez that got Wigan relegated? I'm just saying, because I don't think that would have gone down well with Villa fans if there was a collective memory beyond 4 months. For what it's worth, Martinez relegating Wigan didn't make him a bad manager in my eyes, and he's doing well enough at Everton – just like Lambert struggling with Villa while having to cut the budget by tens of millions didn't magically make him a bad manager either.

[SoccerHQ]

N'zogbia has been a really big disappointment. But he played a pretty important role in the back end of the season before last. Think about the games against WBA, west ham, QPR, arsenal

He certainly contributed a lot more than albrighton has in the last two years.

There is far more hope of us getting something decent out of N'Zogbia than a lot of our players.

I would agree.

CNZ has not been worth the transfer fee but in our present plight he's worth another go without question.

For a start he's that unknown species at the Villa called an attacking midfielder. I can understand if people forgot what they play like.

Last season we had no one who could pick up the ball in the centre of the park and run at back 4s. N'zogbia can do that even if most of the time he runs into defenders.

[SoccerHQ]

Is there a more pointless player in our current squad than Enda Stevens? I actually forgot he was still with us aswell. He's been here a good few years now, what sort of contract did McLeish give him?

From that article it says we're selling the three left backs at the club which won't happen, one will stay at least seeing as we don't have the money to sign Bertrand full time.

[paulcomben]

Goodbye, the Bomb Squad but hello, the bigger Bomb Squad.