Philippe Senderos

[silhillvilla]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

[pauliewalnuts]

Barton gets wound up too easily. But as that seems to be the qualification du jour at Villa Park, he's a nailed-on signing.

Barton is a horrible, horrible bell-end.

[LeeB]

If it keeps Baker and Clark further away from the first team, it's fine with me. I can't watch them any more.

I'm with this, I don't really care who we sign as long as the first team centre half position includes none-of-the-above.

[Ian.]

Another good pointer was also another (maybe the last) Phill we had? Phillip King, pointing with both hands after a great penalty against Inter.

[curiousorange]

Barton gets wound up too easily. But as that seems to be the qualification du jour at Villa Park, he's a nailed-on signing.

Barton is a horrible, horrible bell-end.

If we could have Barton without actually having Barton, I'd take him. But since it's both literally and metaphysically impossible, let's just sign somebody different.

[RussellC]

Funny that Senderos and Barton should be linked on the same day. They clearly have history together;

http://youtu.be/QYTcf55B-oY

[Brend'Watkins]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

Lose him to ManU?  I think that is highly possible.

[ozzjim]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

Lose him to ManU?  I think that is highly possible.

If we go in for Lescott still, you would think Vlaar is off.

[manic-road]

Totally underwhelmed with Senderos.

[silhillvilla]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

Lose him to ManU?  I think that is highly possible.

He's nowhere near good enough for them but it's possible it will happen now.

[adrenachrome]

Experienced back-up. Nothing to get overly excited about either way.

Ah,  The LeonardsonPiresHolt defence.

On the other hand, I doubt any bookmaker would take bets on Concrete Ron completing more than 2/3rds of our PL games next season, so it might be an astute transaction. Also, Monsieur Senderos will be able to tell young Donacien what it's all about.

[pauliewalnuts]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

Lose him to ManU?  I think that is highly possible.

He's nowhere near good enough for them but it's possible it will happen now.

having watched two of their centre halves blundering around for England tonight, I'd say he's good enough for them

[Brend'Watkins]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

Lose him to ManU?  I think that is highly possible.

He's nowhere near good enough for them but it's possible it will happen now.

Maybe, but Van Gall does rate him highly.

[kippaxvilla2]

Whether he signs or not won't make a difference. It's a free and a squad player. Like I said it's along the lines of a James Collins; i.e nothing special. What we need urgently is 4 or 5 top starting quality players and that won't happen until the sale is complete.

What we need is players better than what we have.

Is he?

He's got to be better than Baker and Clark.

He might not be up to much, but surely having played for Arsenal, Milan and Valencia means he's better than those pair? You cannot consistently con that many people can you?

Emile Heskey?

[adrenachrome]

Good signing bearing in mind we are likely to lose Vlaar and we need an old head at the back.

Lose him to ManU?  I think that is highly possible.

He's nowhere near good enough for them but it's possible it will happen now.

Maybe, but Van Gall does rate him highly.

I think a lot of Prem clubs will have come to the conclusion that Vlaar could be quite effective in a decent side. The main drawback is his injury record but the mega rich clubs could deal with this no problem.