The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[saunders_heroes]

Gil, Sinclair, delph & vlaar. Pretty good window for me.
Sacking Lambert would have been perfect.

What have Delph and Vlaar got to do with this window?

[mr-villa]

Gil, Sinclair, delph & vlaar. Pretty good window for me.
Sacking Lambert would have been perfect.

What have Delph and Vlaar got to do with this window?

i presume the reference is to signing new contracts although did not realise Vlaar had committed his future to us

[kippaxvilla2]

Does anyone seriously think we bid for Lambert?  Just a way of deflecting attention away from the baying mobs for a day.

[Tuscans]

Gil, Sinclair, delph & vlaar. Pretty good window for me.
Sacking Lambert would have been perfect.

What have Delph and Vlaar got to do with this window?

i presume the reference is to signing new contracts although did not realise Vlaar had committed his future to us

Think he means Vlaar is still at the club

[villadelph]

Does anyone seriously think we bid for Lambert?  Just a way of deflecting attention away from the baying mobs for a day.

I questioned it too. No way Lerner would okay a £5m move for a 32 year old.

[saunders_heroes]

Gil, Sinclair, delph & vlaar. Pretty good window for me.
Sacking Lambert would have been perfect.

What have Delph and Vlaar got to do with this window?

i presume the reference is to signing new contracts although did not realise Vlaar had committed his future to us

Christ, talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Malandro]

Gil, Sinclair, delph & vlaar. Pretty good window for me.
Sacking Lambert would have been perfect.

What have Delph and Vlaar got to do with this window?

i presume the reference is to signing new contracts although did not realise Vlaar had committed his future to us

Think he means Vlaar is still at the club

Yep. Its a bonus. I think we are fortunate some of the better players didn't ask to leave.
I maintain we have a decent squad, just a god awful manager.

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[kippaxvilla2]

Smethwick have missed out on Cole and Olsen meaning Idaye can't leave either. So they got Fletcher.

[brontebilly]

Encouraging that we are bidding 5m for players, the fact it was left until the last day suggests the Arsenal defeat make have woken up the Villa board.

I like Rickie Lambert and he could have done a job for us linking midfield with Benteke.

But its probably a couple of years too late plus he wouldnt have done much to address the epic lack of pace in the side.

Encouraging for when? Next season? It could be too late by then. It's certainly too late for this season.
The incompetence of Lerner and Lambert knows no boundaries.

Not necessarily, I'm not a (Paul) Lambert fan by any means but there is still plenty to play for this term. It's our fifth season in a row fighting relegation so Im not surprised at the current state of play. At the start of the season I predicted a real struggle for goals and that we would be bottom at Xmas. Got the first part right anyway.

At least we are actually bidding for proper players again (Rickie Lambert and the MK Dons kid) rather than bringing in jokers like Grant Holt or Simon Dawkins. The here and now is very worrying but I think Fox is starting to improve us off the pitch.

Next summer is massive for AVFC

[JUAN PABLO]

Gil, Sinclair, delph & vlaar. Pretty good window for me.
Sacking Lambert would have been perfect.

What have Delph and Vlaar got to do with this window?

i presume the reference is to signing new contracts although did not realise Vlaar had committed his future to us

Think he means Vlaar is still at the club

How would he pass a medical?

[villadelph]

Encouraging that we are bidding 5m for players, the fact it was left until the last day suggests the Arsenal defeat make have woken up the Villa board.

I like Rickie Lambert and he could have done a job for us linking midfield with Benteke.

But its probably a couple of years too late plus he wouldnt have done much to address the epic lack of pace in the side.

Encouraging for when? Next season? It could be too late by then. It's certainly too late for this season.
The incompetence of Lerner and Lambert knows no boundaries.

Not necessarily, I'm not a (Paul) Lambert fan by any means but there is still plenty to play for this term. It's our fifth season in a row fighting relegation so Im not surprised at the current state of play. At the start of the season I predicted a real struggle for goals and that we would be bottom at Xmas. Got the first part right anyway.

At least we are actually bidding for proper players again (Rickie Lambert and the MK Dons kid) rather than bringing in jokers like Grant Holt or Simon Dawkins. The here and now is very worrying but I think Fox is starting to improve us off the pitch.

Next summer is massive for AVFC

I disagree with you on a couple points. I don't think Lambert has necessarily bad talent evaluation skills. I think he has found some pretty neat players.. he just has no idea how to make it all click. Except, "hard work." Oh, and I don't think Rickie Lambert is a proper player.

That said, next summer isn't massive for us. These next two months are.

[saunders_heroes]

Encouraging that we are bidding 5m for players, the fact it was left until the last day suggests the Arsenal defeat make have woken up the Villa board.

I like Rickie Lambert and he could have done a job for us linking midfield with Benteke.

But its probably a couple of years too late plus he wouldnt have done much to address the epic lack of pace in the side.

Encouraging for when? Next season? It could be too late by then. It's certainly too late for this season.
The incompetence of Lerner and Lambert knows no boundaries.

Not necessarily, I'm not a (Paul) Lambert fan by any means but there is still plenty to play for this term. It's our fifth season in a row fighting relegation so Im not surprised at the current state of play. At the start of the season I predicted a real struggle for goals and that we would be bottom at Xmas. Got the first part right anyway.

At least we are actually bidding for proper players again (Rickie Lambert and the MK Dons kid) rather than bringing in jokers like Grant Holt or Simon Dawkins. The here and now is very worrying but I think Fox is starting to improve us off the pitch.

Next summer is massive for AVFC

We've been saying stuff like "next summer is massive" for the last 5 years yet every season we continue to get worse.
Lerner dictates where this club is going with his budget. To only provide approx £9m after we were nearly relegated last season tells you everything about what that man thinks of Aston Villa. He wants out and doesn't give a damn about us.

[ChicagoLion]

Next summer is massive for AVFC

Yep, getting all the High Earners off the books so that we can fight a campaign in the Championship.

[Malandro]

Encouraging that we are bidding 5m for players, the fact it was left until the last day suggests the Arsenal defeat make have woken up the Villa board.

I like Rickie Lambert and he could have done a job for us linking midfield with Benteke.

But its probably a couple of years too late plus he wouldnt have done much to address the epic lack of pace in the side.

Encouraging for when? Next season? It could be too late by then. It's certainly too late for this season.
The incompetence of Lerner and Lambert knows no boundaries.

Not necessarily, I'm not a (Paul) Lambert fan by any means but there is still plenty to play for this term. It's our fifth season in a row fighting relegation so Im not surprised at the current state of play. At the start of the season I predicted a real struggle for goals and that we would be bottom at Xmas. Got the first part right anyway.

At least we are actually bidding for proper players again (Rickie Lambert and the MK Dons kid) rather than bringing in jokers like Grant Holt or Simon Dawkins. The here and now is very worrying but I think Fox is starting to improve us off the pitch.

Next summer is massive for AVFC

We've been saying stuff like "next summer is massive" for the last 5 years yet every season we continue to get worse.
Lerner dictates where this club is going with his budget. To only provide approx £9m after we were nearly relegated last season tells you everything about what that man thinks of Aston Villa. He wants out and doesn't give a damn about us.

I get all that but think under the circumstances the window wasn't too bad.
We just have to survive until he sells up - which isn't going to be easy if they stick with Lambert.

What can you do?

[Villafirst]

Thanks Randy for investing so heavily in this window. I can see your logic: Invest heavily and ensure that £100M isn't wiped off the value of your asset with relegation....sound business sense.