Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Dave]

Benteke up front. Sinclair, Grealish and Sinclair swarming at defenders behind him.

That sounds good to me. Might not be particularly solid at the back but defending is boring anyway.

2 Sinclair's ?

Better than than one Sinclair and one Townsend.

[Villa in Denmark]

Benteke up front. Sinclair, Grealish and Sinclair swarming at defenders behind him.

That sounds good to me. Might not be particularly solid at the back but defending is boring anyway.

2 Sinclair's ?

The advantage of being two footed, he can pop up on the left and the right

[Dave]

He's a current England player. It's pretty rare, even when we were good, for us to sign one of them.

Jamie Vardy, Rickie Lambert, Jack Colback and Ryan Mason come on down.

[LTA]

With Wiemann going, I bloody hope we have some strikers as targets.  All very well signing Richards, but we need bloody goals as well, especially when none of our midfielders contribute to the goal tally either.

[gervilla]

Benteke up front. Sinclair, Grealish and Sinclair swarming at defenders behind him.

That sounds good to me. Might not be particularly solid at the back but defending is boring anyway.

2 Sinclair's ?

Better than than one Sinclair and one Townsend.

Personally, I'd be happy and surprised if we sign Townsend. It's been a while since we were signing decent internationals and proven Premier League players as opposed to bargain buys and punts on relatively unknown quantities from lower level European leagues.

[cdbearsfan]

He's a current England player. It's pretty rare, even when we were good, for us to sign one of them.

Jamie Vardy, Rickie Lambert, Jack Colback and Ryan Mason come on down.

They've got about as many caps as Townsend between them. And we all wanted to sign Lambert in January!

Looking forward to seeing how Townsend gets on alongside the two Sinclairs.

[OCD]

It's amazing how picky we all are. Whatever name gets thrown out there always seems to think they're absolute dross. We're not exactly in a position to get first pick of any player. As long as we're not in another relegation battle next season and we're good to watch, I'll be happy. Then we'll see about going further.

[cdbearsfan]

With Wiemann going, I bloody hope we have some strikers as targets.  All very well signing Richards, but we need bloody goals as well, especially when none of our midfielders contribute to the goal tally either.

If we'd signed a forward you'd be the first to moan that it definitely means Benteke's off.

It's June, we're not even allowed to sign anyone yet. Calm down. We'll sign at least one forward.

[Dave]

It's amazing how picky we all are. Whatever name gets thrown out there always seems to think they're absolute dross. We're not exactly in a position to get first pick of any player.

Well no, but if what we're being linked with is nothing better than what we are currently selling and they are potentially costing us five times as much then it's not really a case of being picky, it's a case of worrying if the money we have to spend is being frittered away unnecessarily.

[cdbearsfan]

You don't like him, I get it. Suggesting he's no better than Weimann though? Come on. Stop being naughty.

[Lastfootstamper]

Townsend 1/4 to join us on skybet

Hope they're right. Would be an exciting signing.

So far in his career he has only scored a bit less frequently than Weimann has for us. So as long as he doesn't cost us any more than we've just received from Derby.

Onwards and upwards.

He's more an out and out winger. Goals aren't going to be the only way to measure his success.

He's a current England player. It's pretty rare, even when we were good, for us to sign one of them.

He has pace and skill. He'll occasionally bung one into the stand but so did Tony Daley and I liked him.

We're signing proper players to go straight into the team. We're paying proper wages. It's about time.

Acting as we should. 'bout feckin time, indeed.

[footyskillz]

So andi definitely gone. Feels strange as he's been at club so long. Inevitably sadness at departure as he's adopted villa . my abiding memory is his goal v Fulham in must win match and how he was so so up for it !! When he came on...He was either gonna win it or get sent off. Great efforts on many occasions and I actually see him tearing up the championship. I nearly started a thread entitled ' auf weimannersehen dear Andreas ' and pay homage to the guy. Thanks andi and good luck I'm sure we'll all be keeping an eye on his career .

[footyskillz]

We've been linked with Tom Carroll. He's disappointed  at Swansea but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far

I think he's been poor, Chalobah is the best midfielder on the pitch for me, he'd be worth a look.

Turn it in son. William carvalho class apart. But chalobah best english player. Hughes was awfula s was ward prowse whos only got a set piece in him but cant even kick it properly!

At the point I posted that (i.e. half time) William Carvalho had barely been involved, but good job being patronizing.

Apologies . meaning more to chaleneg your opinion . so yes chabolah I hear is yet another Chelsea loan player. He could come in rather than the HUD or nzonzi add him to the list ! And he's younger which Sherwood likes. Maybe Pritchard too not sure on Carroll tbh

[Dave]

You don't like him, I get it. Suggesting he's no better than Weimann though? Come on. Stop being naughty.

He scored 21 goals in 200 or so games, mainly playing as one of the wide players in a 4-3-3, so basically the same position as Weimann under Lambert. And a good quarter of Townsend's goals were penalties.

Weimann has scored more goals, from 50 or so fewer matches. And they're both 23, so it's not as if either one or t'other has had many more opportunities.

If he were worth us spending £10m+ on, wouldn't you expect him to score more frequently than the bloke we've just sold to Derby, rather than much less frequently?

[cdbearsfan]

Weimann's played up front. Loads. Townsend's a winger, who has played full back. You're not comparing like with like, at all.

He'll be our most exciting winger since Young left, I reckon.