Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[silhillvilla]

I actually think Charlie Adam is the type of player we need. A goal scoring midfielder with a decent engine.

[old man villa fan]

I actually think Charlie Adam is the type of player we need. A goal scoring midfielder with a decent engine.

Adam has qualities but I would not say a decent engine is one of them.

[johnny from donny]

I actually think Charlie Adam is the type of player we need. A goal scoring midfielder with a decent engine.

Didn't he just sign a contract extension with them?

[silhillvilla]

I actually think Charlie Adam is the type of player we need. A goal scoring midfielder with a decent engine.

Didn't he just sign a contract extension with them?

Quite probably, I don't mean him per se, just a similar type of player who is all action with goals.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Whatever the reason if Huddlestone wants to stay at hull that suits me

[ciggiesnbeer]

Whatever the reason if Huddlestone wants to stay at hull that suits me

Me too. I am not sure what happened to him , maybe Hull has excellent pies, but seeing him waddle around the pitch last season he looked pretty awful.

[Dante Lavelli]

I actually think Charlie Adam is the type of player we need. A goal scoring midfielder with a decent engine.

Didn't he just sign a contract extension with them?

Quite probably, I don't mean him per se, just a similar type of player who is all action with goals.

I would describe him as the opposite of 'all action' to be honest.  However that type of player would suit us i.e. a replacement for Cleverly (and westwood or Sanchez sat in-between them).

[passitsideways]

I think he's a similar player to Huddlestone, except he works harder on the whole (by that, I mean kicks around more people) and ought to be cheaper.

[KRS]

It's a bit simplistic to think that 1 player from a side that finished 17th can't improve a side that finished 9th.

Plenty of clubs looking at Charlie Austin.  Surely we must be looking at him?

But... But he was in a team below 17th?

Very tongue in cheek post I know...but theres a massive difference between a player like Austin who would undoubtedly improve Stoke and our crap list of cast offs. Richardson and Hutton would probably be the only ones that would get a look in at Stoke.

[eamonn]

Adam signed a new deal today. He's going nowhere. We should have got him under Houllier but Holloway took the piss.

[Matt Collins]

Stoke did take Ireland from us in fairness.

On a free transfer.

Well, Sidwell, Ireland and Bardsley are all important parts of their squad.

On all their Villa performances the likes of Richardson and N'zogbia don't look too different to that sort of company.

Yes but they didn't give us one of their best players in exchange

[tomd2103]

I actually think Charlie Adam is the type of player we need. A goal scoring midfielder with a decent engine.

Didn't he just sign a contract extension with them?

Quite probably, I don't mean him per se, just a similar type of player who is all action with goals.

I would describe him as the opposite of 'all action' to be honest.  However that type of player would suit us i.e. a replacement for Cleverly (and westwood or Sanchez sat in-between them).

If we are going to continue with the same formation as last season, we need a similar player to Delph to fill the hole left by Cleverley.  Was never going to happen and I know it's going over old ground, but Milner would have been ideal for that role. 

[Malandro]

One rumour that I'd be happy with, if it had any substance, would be the Jeffrey Schlupp one. I really doubt it when they say £5million. He looked excellent last year and I can't see them selling.

[passitsideways]

I know this is severely overreacting to one great game, but I'm almost content with sitting tight and hoping that either Gardner or Sanchez can establish themselves as Delph's midfield partner (with Westwood as stand-in or coming in when we play three central mids) so that we can play four attacking players in a 4-2-3-1. Priorities are then a LB, the best available right-sided centre back to partner Clark, and one or two attacking players who can play in the 3 behind Benteke.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Our priority, for years, has been a strong CM, and I think it still is.