The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Matt Collins]

I think Townsend would be a great shout - he seemed unstoppable for a couple of months last season - especially for England.

I'm not sure how bad his injuries were; but assuming they're not career threatening/limiting, he'd be worth taking a punt on outright.

Townsend. One goal and no assists in the last season and a half I think. We've already got one winger who cuts in from the right and shoots on his left foot. Would rather him than noone but would prefer to look elsewhere

[SoccerHQ]

Just a hunch but I reckon Man. United will put Johnny Evans up for sale at the end of the season and we'll be in the mix to sign him as a sort of Vlaar replacement.

He's not that bad, I'd be fairly happy with him.

[olaftab]

I hope not. He is not better than Clark or Baker and we need to bring Donacien through.

[Damo70]

Just a hunch but I reckon Man. United will put Johnny Evans up for sale at the end of the season and we'll be in the mix to sign him as a sort of Vlaar replacement.

He's not that bad, I'd be fairly happy with him.

Don't forget Premier League rule 147B that gives Sunderland first option on any United centre half.

[OCD]

Sunderland are welcome to him. I'm hoping we've moved on from O'Neill-enomics of thinking that there is only a small pool of players to choose from and they all play in the Premier League.

[Malandro]

Just a hunch but I reckon Man. United will put Johnny Evans up for sale at the end of the season and we'll be in the mix to sign him as a sort of Vlaar replacement.

He's not that bad, I'd be fairly happy with him.

Don't forget Premier League rule 147B that gives Sunderland first option on any United centre half.

Imagine having wes brown for that long!

[ciggiesnbeer]

Two new midfielders with some creativity please and both of them should have the native language of spanish or portuguese.

[Matt Collins]

The priority absolutely has to be creativity. It should have been ever since Young and Downing left

It's appalling. I think we have fewer creative options than any other side in the league. It's nzogbia (mostly useless) Cole (mostly injured) and grealish (mostly unknown)

And that's it. That's genuinely it for the entire squad. Albrighton was our most reliable creative player last year and now he's abour fifth choice winger at the team that's bottom of the league

It's incredibly frustrating that with with 30 seconds of attention we get per week on national networks (not that we deserve more) people say, villa have  decent forwards, why aren't they scoring?

It is one thousand million percent down to the lack of creativity. It's just so fucking obvious.

And then Lambert goes and puts out a side like he did today v palace without a single creative player

 

[paul_e]

Two new midfielders with some creativity please and both of them should have the native language of spanish or portuguese.

It's not midfielders we need, it's players who can do the job that Gabby and Weimann are supposed to do, as links between midfield and attack, offering an outlet for the midfield and capable of getting shots away or committing men and getting balls into the box for Benteke.  Right now they're doing almost nothing for the side, not because they're bad players but because they're just not suited to the role.  They should be offering an option as a 2nd striker, weimann more at home and gabby more away but Lambert just can't see it.

[Steve67]

No point in giving Lambert any more money. It'll be wasted as any potential will be coached out of them.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Two new midfielders with some creativity please and both of them should have the native language of spanish or portuguese.

It's not midfielders we need, it's players who can do the job that Gabby and Weimann are supposed to do, as links between midfield and attack, offering an outlet for the midfield and capable of getting shots away or committing men and getting balls into the box for Benteke.  Right now they're doing almost nothing for the side, not because they're bad players but because they're just not suited to the role.  They should be offering an option as a 2nd striker, weimann more at home and gabby more away but Lambert just can't see it.

Good point. I would say that the way Gabby & Weimann are played is borderline midfield tbh. Anyway it aint working, we need to some fresh faces to create things in the opposition half.

[Des Little]

No point in giving Lambert any more money. It'll be wasted as any potential will be coached out of them.

That's assuming that any coaching is done at all

[OCD]

Weimann and Gabby had a good second half of Lambert's first season and Lambert seems to have lived off that memory ever since. I hoped then that we would build on that but we never did. They've either not got back to that level of performance or the opposition have worked them out or both.

So many times a ball gets crossed in and there's maybe one forward in the box or play gets held up. This is because we've got no midfielders busting a gut to get into the box. Sanchez plays the holding role but the others have no excuse and should be weighing in with goals.

[curiousorange]

One of the depressing aspects of the Lambert era is the realisation that any player that shows consistent signs of being anything special is not long for the club. I don't expect anything stupid like Sanchez to leave next week, but players like him and Okore must be casting envious glances elsewhere even at this early stage of their time here.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

One of the depressing aspects of the Lambert era is the realisation that any player that shows consistent signs of being anything special is not long for the club. I don't expect anything stupid like Sanchez to leave next week, but players like him and Okore must be casting envious glances elsewhere even at this early stage of their time here.

One of my fears exactly.

They must realise/appreciate that all is not going well and think: If I play well, consistently I can get out of here.

Breaks my f**kin' heart!