Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[silhillvilla]

I still think we need another quality CB and a quality DCM with real prescense . I know it's only a friendly but we still look weak physically in midfield at wolves .

[Matt Collins]

Personally I think the answer is to play three in there. Westwood gueye and veretout. Should be very well balanced

[Dave]

I still think we need another quality CB and a quality DCM with real prescense . I know it's only a friendly but we still look weak physically in midfield at wolves .

But then you'll just be complaining that we haven't bought a new goalkeeper and a new right-back, and because of that everything is still shit.

[ozzjim]

If you put Sanchez and Gardner into the middle though you are not physically weak. I think Sanchez could be a big player this season.

If we could get a really good centre back and winger I would say it has been a pretty perfect window. Watching Gestede, I am pretty excited about him, he is a full on old school centre forward, and they are sometimes the most fun to watch. Get some balls across the box and let him at it.

[olaftab]

I think I have a valid point.

Well done.

[Des Little]

In other news, is the Holgate deal back on?

[silhillvilla]

I still think we need another quality CB and a quality DCM with real prescense . I know it's only a friendly but we still look weak physically in midfield at wolves .

But then you'll just be complaining that we haven't bought a new goalkeeper and a new right-back, and because of that everything is still shit.

Bunn looks like he will give Guzan a run for his money.
Hutton is Hutton, not ideal but for a club of our present level he's fine .
Of course if we bought that other top CB, Richards could move across to RB

[brontebilly]

James Chester -  £8 million.
Micah Richards - £0.

I know how much I'd rather spend.

I thought this earlier he's a Centre Half who lets face it was party to the club letting in enough goals to be relegated whereas the other is a title winner and CL player.

James Chester is a much better central defender than Micah Richards on all known form. Hulls problems last term were more at the other end of the park. Richards has barely played in three seasons for one and flopped badly at Fiorentina last term. He was a title winner in the Tom Cleverley sense and didn't get a medal for City's second league title due to insufficient game time.

8m does seem very steep for Chester mind. But Richards wasn't exactly free either considering the contract we are reported to have given him, picks up Darren Bent's wage packet it seems.

[Doorbell]

Are our ex-Arsenal employees morphing Sherwood into a cockney-Wenger?

[peter w]

I still think we need another quality CB and a quality DCM with real prescense . I know it's only a friendly but we still look weak physically in midfield at wolves .

But then you'll just be complaining that we haven't bought a new goalkeeper and a new right-back, and because of that everything is still shit.

Bunn looks like he will give Guzan a run for his money.
Hutton is Hutton, not ideal but for a club of our present level he's fine .
Of course if we bought that other top CB, Richards could move across to RB

I suspect that Richards chose Villa because we offered him his favoured centre-back role over right-back.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I am starting to get all enthusiastic.

[Small Rodent]

We haven't had a CONFIRMED yet for Gestede, Adebayout or Veretout but I'm happy with progress so far.

[Dave]

James Chester -  £8 million.
Micah Richards - £0.

I know how much I'd rather spend.

I thought this earlier he's a Centre Half who lets face it was party to the club letting in enough goals to be relegated whereas the other is a title winner and CL player.

James Chester is a much better central defender than Micah Richards on all known form. Hulls problems last term were more at the other end of the park (1). Richards has barely played in three seasons for one and flopped badly at Fiorentina last term. He was a title winner in the Tom Cleverley sense (2) and didn't get a medal for City's second league title due to insufficient game time.

(1) Presumably the 51 goals that Hull conceded were nothing to do with him then?

(2) "Title winner in the Tom Cleverley sense"? Being first-choice right-back for the whole season and making the club's player of the season shortlist in the season that they won the title?

If you say so.

[atomicjam]

Thank goodness for the big screen showing the line up during the game- I will need it to work out who is who in claret and blue! After these past few years, regardless of the outcomes, its great to watch a radical change happen.

[footyskillz]

Way I see it our options for a central defender are

Colocini
Jonathan Mensa
Lewis dunk
Ivan ivanov
Johnny Evans
Igor popvic

Some out of contract free transfer past beauty's here
Midfield
Cambiasso
Antony annan
Papa diop
Jean makoun!! Deux
Isaiah Osbourne !!
Aqualani !
Julio arca !
Fabio rochembak
And of course Jermaine jenas

If we wanted to booster our attack
Berbatov is not the only free agent
Cassano
Andy Johnson !
Yakubu

Good old 1955