Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[brian green]

Much of the antipathy towards Cleverley stems from his England performances and how deeply unpopular he was with the England "fans" who as other fans know are much more armchair based. A player they also slag off without mercy is James Milner. By and large they do not have a good word to say for him. However, we at Villa know him to be a very good player. I am not suggesting for one moment that Cleverley is in the same class as JM but I do believe that there are players who can come on leaps and bounds in a new environment. I take heart from the fact that if we are wasting £8 million on a player we are at least back at the table in the poker game which is English football

[LeeB]

Much of the antipathy towards Cleverley stems from his England performances and how deeply unpopular he was with the England "fans" who as other fans know are much more armchair based. A player they also slag off without mercy is James Milner. By and large they do not have a good word to say for him. However, we at Villa know him to be a very good player. I am not suggesting for one moment that Cleverley is in the same class as JM but I do believe that there are players who can come on leaps and bounds in a new environment. I take heart from the fact that if we are wasting £8 million on a player we are at least back at the table in the poker game which is English football

Brian, excellent point, regardless of personal opinion of the player it's a relief that we appear be behaving like a top flight football club again.

[Jockey Randall]

Much of the antipathy towards Cleverley stems from his England performances and how deeply unpopular he was with the England "fans" who as other fans know are much more armchair based. A player they also slag off without mercy is James Milner. By and large they do not have a good word to say for him. However, we at Villa know him to be a very good player. I am not suggesting for one moment that Cleverley is in the same class as JM but I do believe that there are players who can come on leaps and bounds in a new environment. I take heart from the fact that if we are wasting £8 million on a player we are at least back at the table in the poker game which is English football

That's a very good point. I've lost count of the amount of times I've shaken my head in disbelief while some armchair moron slags off Milner.

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Milner is an average winger, but an excellent central midfielder. He's won two titles, an FA Cup and a League Cup, played Euorpean football but at the expense of his potential.

Fine balance really. I think I'd end up being disappointed that I didn't get the chance to show what sort of player I was capable of being.

[LeeB]

Milner is an average winger, but an excellent central midfielder. He's won two titles, an FA Cup and a League Cup, played Euorpean football but at the expense of his potential.

Fine balance really. I think I'd end up being disappointed that I didn't get the chance to show what sort of player I was capable of being.

It's the nations loss that you never had the chance to show us what a player you are.

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Milner is an average winger, but an excellent central midfielder. He's won two titles, an FA Cup and a League Cup, played Euorpean football but at the expense of his potential.

Fine balance really. I think I'd end up being disappointed that I didn't get the chance to show what sort of player I was capable of being.

It's the nations loss that you never had the chance to show us what a player you are.

I've had it throughout my career. Even as a manager.

You ungrateful bastards.

[brian green]

But you resigned after fifteen minutes in the job.

[brian green]

It was the best fifteen minutes of the season though. I will give you that.

[Smoke]

Ads has the best defensive record of any Villa Manager. Fact.

[Clive W]

Unfortunately he almost has the best scoring record as well

[Dr Butler]

It was the best fifteen minutes of the season though. I will give you that.

I've no time for him...didn't even come over to acknowledge the fans...

[Toronto Villa]

Much of the antipathy towards Cleverley stems from his England performances and how deeply unpopular he was with the England "fans" who as other fans know are much more armchair based. A player they also slag off without mercy is James Milner. By and large they do not have a good word to say for him. However, we at Villa know him to be a very good player. I am not suggesting for one moment that Cleverley is in the same class as JM but I do believe that there are players who can come on leaps and bounds in a new environment. I take heart from the fact that if we are wasting £8 million on a player we are at least back at the table in the poker game which is English football

you're right. Beyond the player it is the fact as you point out that Randy is backing the manager in the market, something we all know he has to do. If he's willing to back him up here then there could be other deals being talked about of a similar ilk. Lambert did suggest 1 or 2, and we haven't considered that some players could still depart. For what it's worth I don't think that Vlaar will go at all barring something mental bid coming in, which frankly should have happened already and hasn't. I can see the likes of KEA going for example, with two coming in before the deadline.

[Diablo]

No chance of Cleverley now with the other interested sides. Signs for us I will donate a tenner to here. Just can't see us winning a direct battle for a player.

I think now that Hull have got knocked out of Europe we could pip them to his signiture but if Everton match the asking fee (Everton still in Europe, Martinez former manager) I think it's highly unlikely we'll get him.

[mr underhill]

aren't Valencia also interested?

[villadelph]

aren't Valencia also interested?

I saw they just entered the fray.

It looks like the Tesco bags are going to snap up Seb Blanco for only £2m, and I think his creativity could've been used here. Oh well. Apparently Alex Song is coming to England in the cheap, west ham in the lead.