Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[damon loves JT]

We are playing in Europe this season, finished 7th last season, running in a healthy profit, Academy keeps churning out players.

Why would we be happy with your last 3 seasons? ( Serious question )

Sorry mate, we're all a bit busy on the Adama Traore transfer thread. Will get back to you

[RussellC]

PS - you seem to have missed Dave's question regarding one relegation...?

[Ryu]

We are playing in Europe this season, finished 7th last season, running in a healthy profit, Academy keeps churning out players.

Why would we be happy with your last 3 seasons? ( Serious question )

I have to admit you make a good point with the academy.  Maybe you should just do a merger with Arsenal or someone and just focus on the youth teams and claim their success as your own?

[RussellC]

We are playing in Europe this season, finished 7th last season, running in a healthy profit, Academy keeps churning out players.

Why would we be happy with your last 3 seasons? ( Serious question )

I have to admit you make a good point with the academy.  Maybe you should just do a merger with Arsenal or someone and just focus on the youth teams and claim their success as your own?

I certainly sleep more soundly at night knowing that Gareth Barry has 2 Premier League winners medals. Quite frankly, I get more and more dismayed every time I open a Villa Programme and it's not listed amongst our achievements.

[curiousorange]

I keep reading about this academy that Southampton have, but to be honest, Bale aside I'm not raving about any of the players it's produced. They're okay but nothing to shout from the rooftops about.

And it must be AMAZING for your club to produce all of these stunners and have them leave at the first hint of interest from somewhere else.

[KevinGage]

You do realise Southampton have been in the top flight for 30 out of the last 37 years and only been relegated once in that time, don't you?

You should put that under the club badge, seems like it is a major accolade.

Though for clubs like Southampton, I suppose it is.

[Ryu]

We are playing in Europe this season, finished 7th last season, running in a healthy profit, Academy keeps churning out players.

Why would we be happy with your last 3 seasons? ( Serious question )

I have to admit you make a good point with the academy.  Maybe you should just do a merger with Arsenal or someone and just focus on the youth teams and claim their success as your own?

I certainly sleep more soundly at night knowing that Gareth Barry has 2 Premier League winners medals. Quite frankly, I get more and more dismayed every time I open a Villa Programme and it's not listed amongst our achievements.

Could we do it the other way round as well?  Now we have Traore did we win the CL last season?

[warleyboy]

Sorry to change subject guys, and honestly could not give a shite about any other club, but the signing today is pretty awesome.
It has been a long time since I have been this overwhelmed with some great acquisitions.
Do not want to be greedy, but would like a RB before the window closes.

[damon loves JT]

We are playing in Europe this season, finished 7th last season, running in a healthy profit, Academy keeps churning out players.

Why would we be happy with your last 3 seasons? ( Serious question )

I gave the reasons in my original post. Any season where Southampton stay solvent and don't get relegated, you think about hiring an open-topped bus.

[RussellC]

Sorry to change subject guys, and honestly could not give a shite about any other club, but the signing today is pretty awesome.
It has been a long time since I have been this overwhelmed with some great acquisitions.
Do not want to be greedy, but would like a RB before the window closes.

Completely agree. Any idea who’s playing RB for Southampton now Clyne’s moved-up to their first team…?




Sorry – couldn’t resist!

[Ryu]

Sorry to change subject guys, and honestly could not give a shite about any other club, but the signing today is pretty awesome.
It has been a long time since I have been this overwhelmed with some great acquisitions.
Do not want to be greedy, but would like a RB before the window closes.

If any right back we sign looks as good as Amavi looks otherwise I think we can muddle through.  Did I read that Crespo is injured, though?  Is it serious?

We are meant to be after this lad from Lazio as well, and the interest in Adebayor seemed real so it wouldn't surprise me to see us sign another striker, which would make it 11 signings which I can scarcely believe.

[curiousorange]

I was ready to chuck the whole lot in after Wembley - not bother with the Villa, just look out for the results from time to time. I don't think I expected much even after Sherwood said certain players had been given notice. But the transfers in have been incredibly imaginative, not to mention ambitious. How can you not be excited by it?

[UK Redsox]

Boris doesn't know who he's messing with in taking on Damon

[paul_e]

We can take the piss out of Southampton but remember they are in Europe and the last 5-10 years has produced

Gareth Bale
Theo Walcott
Alex Chamberlian
Adam Lallana
Luke Shaw

Turned Ricky Lambert into an England international and finish it top 7

We finished in bottom5 sold our best players and produced

Weinmann
Ridgwell
Moore
etc etc

If we had their players and our combined potential we been in the champions league!

 

See it's all well and good listing their academy players but just how many of those stayed with them when they had a choice to move?  If you can't even hold on to your academy players then you have a problem, yes the money is nice but all it takes is for things to not work out well one summer and they're back in the shit.

I also always find it funny when Villa fans compare our academy to other clubs and are selective about the players they pick from it.

How about Clark, Cahill, Davis (who's playing in the Southampton first team) who are all premier league regulars instead of the 3 you've deemed as failures.

As for Bottom 5/Europe comment, that's down to form, 5 years ago we'd just finished 6th for the 3rd time running and they'd just finished 7th in league 1.  Yes things are going well at southampton right now buts lets no one could seriously think they're a bigger club because of it.

[curiousorange]

I also think Southampton need to put something in their water supply because by and large, these global superstars they produce seem to be injured more often than not.