Jordan Ayew - sold to Swansea

[aj2k77]

Ayew will be better as part of a front 3 than Gabby or Weimann were I think, so for £5.5m it's a decent deal.

I wouldn't want to see Gil or Grealish being in a midfield 3 next season though unless another more solid centre mid is bought in.

[passitsideways]

I have serious reservations about going down the French route ala Newcastle. There were serious attitude problems at times

Like what?

The regular old stuff about cliques and "not understanding the club", IIRC. Not like we've gotten anywhere with our current crop anyway

[aj2k77]

Talksport say £7m
Daily Mail say £8m
Skysports say £12m

What is skys obsession with over inflating all transfer fees? Is it so they can have that stupid totaliser saying Premier league clubs have spent £80b this summer?

[LeeB]

I have serious reservations about going down the French route ala Newcastle. There were serious attitude problems at times

Like what?

The regular old stuff about cliques and "not understanding the club", IIRC. Not like we've gotten anywhere with our current crop anyway

If we're in for making sweeping generalisations, here's one:

The thing I've noticed about French players is that they tend to be better than English ones.

[onje_villa]

I like the idea that we'll still bring in another striker and he's more of a replacement for Gabby/Weimann. Guess we'll see, I'm naturally pessimistic as a Villa fan

[mr underhill]

I think sky think we are in the euro, which we are not.

[Dave]

I have serious reservations about going down the French route ala Newcastle. There were serious attitude problems at times

Like what?

The regular old stuff about cliques and "not understanding the club", IIRC. Not like we've gotten anywhere with our current crop anyway

So nothing more substantial than John Carver making excuses for being a shit manager? I don't think that a simpleton like him saying that these foreign types are wrong 'uns equates at all to "there were serious attitude problems at times"

I think from the positives and negatives of Newcastle as a team over the last few years then the likes of Remy, Cabaye, Ba and Sissoko are some of the very few good things that they've experienced.

[Mister E]

I have serious reservations about going down the French route ala Newcastle. There were serious attitude problems at times

Ayew - Ghanian
Gueye - Senegalese
Amavi - yes, he's French.

[passitsideways]

I have serious reservations about going down the French route ala Newcastle. There were serious attitude problems at times

Like what?

The regular old stuff about cliques and "not understanding the club", IIRC. Not like we've gotten anywhere with our current crop anyway

So nothing more substantial than John Carver making excuses for being a shit manager? I don't think that a simpleton like him saying that these foreign types are wrong 'uns equates at all to "there were serious attitude problems at times"

I think from the positives and negatives of Newcastle as a team over the last few years then the likes of Remy, Cabaye, Ba and Sissoko are some of the very few good things that they've experienced.

I think it was while Pardew was still there, was thinking about this video in particular:

I generally like Neville but I think he's talking nonsense here.

[stubbsyandy]

Africa Cup will hit us next season..

[dave.woodhall]

Talksport say £7m
Daily Mail say £8m
Skysports say £12m

What is skys obsession with over inflating all transfer fees? Is it so they can have that stupid totaliser saying Premier league clubs have spent £80b this summer?

Talksport - "Debt-ridden Aston Villa spend little."
Daily Mail - "Cheap foreign imports flooding the market."
Sky - "Billions spent in best league in the world."

[Monty]

I have serious reservations about going down the French route ala Newcastle. There were serious attitude problems at times

Ayew - Ghanian
Gueye - Senegalese
Amavi - yes, he's French.

The cliques complained of are Francophone rather than just French. However, like you say, Ayew is Ghanaian, so no worries about the language there.

[PaulWinch again]

Sounds promising.

[Hookeysmith]

Africa Cup will hit us next season..

Great point

[Dave]

Africa Cup will hit us next season..

Great point

The next one isn't until 2017, so season after next.