The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Ron Manager]

So the one bit of business we did was let Robinson go back on loan!
You couldn't make this shit up

Obviously Lambert doesn't think Callum is capable of scoring a goal. Still good luck to Robinson going back to Preston where he was popular and scoring goals....whatever that word means!

[JUAN PABLO]

Goals?     what is this word

[Locko]

I can only assume with the utterly twattish manner in which Lerner runs the club that he has a bet with some super rich New England chums that he can spunk a quarter of a billion sterling up the wall in the most ridiculous manner possible. I can picture them all guffawing over their soup as our esteemed owner formulated another masterstroke of rank stupidity and edges ever closer to his goal of the total obliteration of Aston Villa for a bet

[chrisw1]

So the one bit of business we did was let Robinson go back on loan!
You couldn't make this shit up

to be honest it wasn't as bad a window as I thought it would be a few weeks ago

we re-signed Delph which was a major coo, much bigger than buying a low cost player
we signed Gill, who looks pretty good so far
we didn't get any bids for our freescoring striker, who whatever we think we will need to keep us up this season if we do indeed stay up
Vlaar is still with us till the end of the season, don't know how important this will end up being but you never know, he is our best defender when fit
Sinclair- well he's a wide player, I'm not sure he is going to be a positive though, but you never know
Cleverley staying and bolstering the midfield for the rest of the season is a major boost

(ok I made the last one up)

but the window has been pretty good, the problem is Lambert,
 it doesn't matter who we signed or didn't sign whether we feel its a good or bad window, Lamberts still the manager so we will remain rubbish

that's is all

I agree really.  We were crying out for creativity & width and we signed two (count 'em) wide creative players.  If they click and Benteke finds his form we will be ok.

We'll certainly lose to Chelsea (as will the majority of teams in the league), so more hand wringing after that is pointless.  We need to target the few games after that, ideally with huge fan support, and see where we are after that.

[DB]

It's not just about losing, it is the way we can lose i.e. like Sunday. If we lose having had a good go them, had periods of pressure, good build up play..and who know s.....score then that would not be so bad. But if we just let them roll us over then that is not good enough. I would lime to see us look like we know what we are doing.

[silhillvilla]

We have no cover for benteke . The lack of planning at the club borders on gross negligence.

[passport1]

The only hope i see for Villa is a concerted and co-ordinated action campaign by supporters to force Lerner to act. If we just voice our concerns and shake our heads we are just as culpable, i am too far away to actively participate but if finance was needed to fund such a movement i would willingly contibute. This has to stop now.

This. Remember when Liverpool supporters relentlessly campaigned agiainst Hicks & Gillette. Even Yanited kept the Glazers on their toes. We seem to be sleep walking into disaster.

[andyh]

So the one bit of business we did was let Robinson go back on loan!
You couldn't make this shit up

to be honest it wasn't as bad a window as I thought it would be a few weeks ago

we re-signed Delph which was a major coo, much bigger than buying a low cost player
we signed Gill, who looks pretty good so far
we didn't get any bids for our freescoring striker, who whatever we think we will need to keep us up this season if we do indeed stay up
Vlaar is still with us till the end of the season, don't know how important this will end up being but you never know, he is our best defender when fit
Sinclair- well he's a wide player, I'm not sure he is going to be a positive though, but you never know
Cleverley staying and bolstering the midfield for the rest of the season is a major boost

(ok I made the last one up)

but the window has been pretty good, the problem is Lambert,
 it doesn't matter who we signed or didn't sign whether we feel its a good or bad window, Lamberts still the manager so we will remain rubbish

that's is all

I agree really.  We were crying out for creativity & width and we signed two (count 'em) wide creative players.  If they click and Benteke finds his form we will be ok.

We'll certainly lose to Chelsea (as will the majority of teams in the league), so more hand wringing after that is pointless.  We need to target the few games after that, ideally with huge fan support, and see where we are after that.

We'll be OK.

Thats all good then !

 

[chrisw1]

So the one bit of business we did was let Robinson go back on loan!
You couldn't make this shit up

to be honest it wasn't as bad a window as I thought it would be a few weeks ago

we re-signed Delph which was a major coo, much bigger than buying a low cost player
we signed Gill, who looks pretty good so far
we didn't get any bids for our freescoring striker, who whatever we think we will need to keep us up this season if we do indeed stay up
Vlaar is still with us till the end of the season, don't know how important this will end up being but you never know, he is our best defender when fit
Sinclair- well he's a wide player, I'm not sure he is going to be a positive though, but you never know
Cleverley staying and bolstering the midfield for the rest of the season is a major boost

(ok I made the last one up)

but the window has been pretty good, the problem is Lambert,
 it doesn't matter who we signed or didn't sign whether we feel its a good or bad window, Lamberts still the manager so we will remain rubbish

that's is all

I agree really.  We were crying out for creativity & width and we signed two (count 'em) wide creative players.  If they click and Benteke finds his form we will be ok.

We'll certainly lose to Chelsea (as will the majority of teams in the league), so more hand wringing after that is pointless.  We need to target the few games after that, ideally with huge fan support, and see where we are after that.

We'll be OK.

Thats all good then !

 

Maybe, maybe not.  If Benteke finds form & Gil and Sinclair do well then yes we should be.  One thing is for sure, protests won't make any difference now.  Support may.

[andyh]

Because unconditional support has had such a terrific effect up until now ?

[passport1]

The point is the protest should be aimed at the ownwership and running of the club, not the team.

[fredm]

I might be being a bit thick here but didn't Lambert identify sometime ago that we wanted a "number 10" player.  He then spent an entire transfer window chasing Hoolihan (sp) only for Norwich to laugh at him.  Then he signs Joe Cole, with an injury record as long as your arm (or longer), who maintains his form and is in the sick bay for 99% of the time.  So we come to this window, and it would appear that he had some money if the rumour re Lambert is correct, yet makes no attempt whatsoever (as far as we are aware and snippets usually slip out) to even try and sign someone for the one position on the field where we are crying out for new blood.

[olaftab]

So the one bit of business we did was let Robinson go back on loan!
You couldn't make this shit up

No we also signed Gil and Sinclair and managed to hold on to a very useful midfielder called Delph.

[pauliewalnuts]

I might be being a bit thick here but didn't Lambert identify sometime ago that we wanted a "number 10" player.  He then spent an entire transfer window chasing Hoolihan (sp) only for Norwich to laugh at him.  Then he signs Joe Cole, with an injury record as long as your arm (or longer), who maintains his form and is in the sick bay for 99% of the time.  So we come to this window, and it would appear that he had some money if the rumour re Lambert is correct, yet makes no attempt whatsoever (as far as we are aware and snippets usually slip out) to even try and sign someone for the one position on the field where we are crying out for new blood.

At the time, I didn't understand why anyone thought we'd had a good summer window.

Signings like Senderos, Richardson and Cole, especially, showed the almost total lack of ambition at the club. They are the sort of signings we'd traditionally laugh at Albion for.

The fact we were getting excited over spending £4m on a player in that window just says it all, really.

We have absolutely zero ambition beyond not getting relegated, none at all. Lerner has demonstrated this quite clearly, a four year contract for a man with a record over two years which is absolutely execrable, given on the basis of rewarding an opening set of four games which delivered 10 points.

Fox said last week that Randy is currently "a bad seller".

Well, I hope he gets a lot better at it, and quickly, because we're going nowhere until there is a total change of attitude at the top of the club.

[olaftab]

I know fans are disappointed with thus window but there is no point in panicking for players what we need is a new manager first. That's the best change we can make to address the current problem.