Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Clampy]

I just think the obvious thing to do is what Sunderland did last year - take a bit of a chance on a creative player or forward not getting a game at a better side. Borini and ki were vital players for them. Who? Not sure, but some candidates:

Powell, lingard, zaha, Wilson - Man U
Gnabry - arsenal
Van ginkel, salah - Chelsea
Assaidi, borini - Liverpool
Sinclair - man city
Holtby - spurs

I'd much prefer some to others but you'd hope we could get one of them and they'd all give us an option we don't have at the moment.

This is what is wrong with the Premier League.  Top clubs being able to farm out players to either develop them or just to keep them happy is killing competition outside of 5 or 6 clubs.

Having said that, I do not want my club to stand alone and try and build a team traditionally in the correct way.  We should use the system where it can be most effective for us.  We cannot afford to buy promising strikers or midfield players so should be going to all of the top teams and asking who they would loan out.  I am sure Everton are not waiting to see who is available.

I'm not sure it works like that. Manager's have their eye on certain players and enquire about them. I don't like the idea of ringing up a club and saying 'who would you let us have'.? It sounds a bit of a Redknapp way of doing things.

[Holte L2]

Maybe putting him on the transfer list is the answer, might shake him out of his comfort zone. I do think part of the problem is his belief he will always be a Villa player no matter what.

I'd start by dropping him for Bent. Then assess it then.

[old man villa fan]

I just think the obvious thing to do is what Sunderland did last year - take a bit of a chance on a creative player or forward not getting a game at a better side. Borini and ki were vital players for them. Who? Not sure, but some candidates:

Powell, lingard, zaha, Wilson - Man U
Gnabry - arsenal
Van ginkel, salah - Chelsea
Assaidi, borini - Liverpool
Sinclair - man city
Holtby - spurs

I'd much prefer some to others but you'd hope we could get one of them and they'd all give us an option we don't have at the moment.

This is what is wrong with the Premier League.  Top clubs being able to farm out players to either develop them or just to keep them happy is killing competition outside of 5 or 6 clubs.

Having said that, I do not want my club to stand alone and try and build a team traditionally in the correct way.  We should use the system where it can be most effective for us.  We cannot afford to buy promising strikers or midfield players so should be going to all of the top teams and asking who they would loan out.  I am sure Everton are not waiting to see who is available.

I'm not sure it works like that. Manager's have their eye on certain players and enquire about them. I don't like the idea of ringing up a club and saying 'who would you let us have'.? It sounds a bit of a Redknapp way of doing things.

I agree with you but I am afraid taking the moral high ground gets you absolutely nowhere in the world of TV dominated football.  Until they ban loans to PL clubs (and what is the chance of that!), we should use the system to the maximum.  A few years ago I was completely against 'selling our souls' but I am getting fed up with being the nice guys.  If there is an advantage, use it.

[Matt Collins]

Bent would give us more goal threat - at least potentially

But we'd have to put more creativity in the midfield. He contributes nothing in the build up and without someone to hit we could well struggle to mount enough attacks. Perhaps in a two. Not convinced by the diamond but we could put cole in behind bent and Weimann / gabby. We'd really lack width though.

[Des Little]

Does a Gabby thread actually exist?

[Holte L2]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

[Toronto Villa]

The one thing that is obvious that all of the main teams have their own bomb squad type of players who have been told they have no future at their current employer. Between now and the close of the window agents will be working the phones pimping their clients. The closer silt comes to the deadline the more desperate it becomes. There are some good players out there too, so it's very much a game of poker. I reckon we'll get one more permanent and one loan before the window closes. If that happens then we'll be in pretty decent shape.

[Des Little]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

Tell her, no beg her, she's lying.

[Toronto Villa]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

Your friends surname isn't Kicks is it?

[Holte L2]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

Your friends surname isn't Kicks is it?

I wish it was.  She's fairly intelligent too. Well, she's a solicitor.

[Holte L2]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

Tell her, no beg her, she's lying.

I'm trying to get more out of her but she's not answering the phone.

She's devastated for the opposite reason!

[AvFc4eVeR]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

The ticket office could do with some extra bodies behind the counter, sometimes the queues are horrendous...

[Des Little]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

The ticket office could do with some extra bodies behind the counter, sometimes the queues are horrendous...

...with ST returns if we sign that useless lump

[Holte L2]

Panic over. Just phoned her, She's quoted the sun as her source.

Sorry all!

[PaulWinch again]

A good friend of mine is a Bolton fan. She's telling me that we're taking Jay Spearing off them this week.

I really hope we're not.