Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[barrysleftfoot]

 Bannans better than Westwood.

 Iorfa is a Curtis Davis kind of player, could either be brilliant, or a complete wast of money, but i think he would be worth a gamble.

 Would buy Nakhi Wells and Dwight Gayle for next season

[ldavfc4eva]

Front three of wells and Gayle either side of Gestede would be pretty decent in the championship, lots of pace and then the height of Gestede. Then Kozak to come back too, if we can keep Ayew that would be a massive bonus but can see him going back to France or a middle of the road premier league club.

[Ozzjim]

Watching that video all it did was make me think Grealish, Traore, Veretout and even Westwood are going to be a class apart from most championship sides in the right formation, and that if we can keep hold of 3-4 of our better players and shed the fucking wasters like the 2 captains who are having a rest after such a hard season in some night club in Dubai, then we will be fine.

[tomd2103]

Watching that video all it did was make me think Grealish, Traore, Veretout and even Westwood are going to be a class apart from most championship sides in the right formation, and that if we can keep hold of 3-4 of our better players and shed the fucking wasters like the 2 captains who are having a rest after such a hard season in some night club in Dubai, then we will be fine.

After a goalkeeper, next priority should be building a back four and a midfielder or two in front of them that will give us a solid platform in the division. 

[tomd2103]

I like Dominic Iorfa the Wolves defender , represented England Under-18 , Under-20 & the Under-21 level.  Looks like a very good prospect, pacy , big, strong & versatile.   Realistically, though,  he will probably be snapped up by a Premier Club at seasons end......Godzvilla!

I'm not sure a young, fairly inexperienced defender is what we need.  We could do with a more experienced, leader type (someone like James Collins but obviously without his past issues at the club).

[brian green]

The clear and present danger to the Villa manager whoever it might be is what is to be done with the inferior players on long contracts.  In an ideal world they would have their contracts paid up and they will be shipped out.  We will not have the funds to do that so some form of loan compromise beckons.

The full problem is that the contractually most embedded players are at the he root of dressing room discontent.  The very first thing, repeat, very first thing that must happen is the purging of the dressing room.

I don't think it was a coincidence that we showed an upturn in form with Agbonlahor and Richards omitted from the side.  Garde incomprehensibly let them and Lescott and Guzan back into the team, Liverpool happened and Garde was toast.

Bomb Squad Mk 2 may well materialise in disguise.  Gardening Club perhaps.

[old man villa fan]

For me, the ones that have to go are N'Zogbia, Richardson (both end of contracts), Richards, Gabby, Guzan and Hutton. Hopefully, there will be somebody interested in him and we might actually make some money on him. I would then use this to part pay off Gabby. We need to get rid of Guzan and Hutton as they are too limited in positions that we need to build some strength.

There are others like Bacuna, Westwood, Baker, Gill and Sanchez that I would let go if we could get some money for them. I would like to see Gestede go but I fear that it would be at too big a loss. Therefore, he would offer better value as back up.

[Ron Manager]

Richards might move on but Agbonlahor  is unshiftable(if there is such a word)the only thing they can do is pay up the remaining two years of his contract and get him out of the club.Lerner will be reluctant to do that of course but it is the only answer.

[olaftab]

People think of some players who have not played for us and do not have Barry in their name. We need to start again not stick it back together with no nails.

[sickbeggar]

The clear and present danger to the Villa manager whoever it might be is what is to be done with the inferior players on long contracts.  In an ideal world they would have their contracts paid up and they will be shipped out.  We will not have the funds to do that so some form of loan compromise beckons.

The full problem is that the contractually most embedded players are at the he root of dressing room discontent.  The very first thing, repeat, very first thing that must happen is the purging of the dressing room.

I don't think it was a coincidence that we showed an upturn in form with Agbonlahor and Richards omitted from the side.  Garde incomprehensibly let them and Lescott and Guzan back into the team, Liverpool happened and Garde was toast.

Bomb Squad Mk 2 may well materialise in disguise.  Gardening Club perhaps.

Is there dressing room discontent? Apart from a few rumours i've not seen much evidence of it. Yes the players mentioned have been awful, but then so have the rest. Now if they're past it, or not upto the championship by all means get rid if we can, but if its a case of players demotivated by the squad being steadily weakened by sales of players not replaced by board policy and a string of god-awful managerial appointments then maybe its up to a new guy to assess them? I would say not one of the senior players come out with any credit this season for attitude with maybe the exception the Hutton, but its not really just a problem with them is it? NO-ONE seems to want to play for Garde. I think ability wise most of the players could do a job in the championship and selecting the right ones will be the biggest challenge for the new guy, because like it or not, he'll have to use a lot of them. And if there is cliques or discontent in the dressing room, I'm not sure a new bomb squad is going to help matters....

[SheffieldVillain]

Is there dressing room discontent? Apart from a few rumours i've not seen much evidence of it. Yes the players mentioned have been awful, but then so have the rest. Now if they're past it, or not upto the championship by all means get rid if we can, but if its a case of players demotivated by the squad being steadily weakened by sales of players not replaced by board policy and a string of god-awful managerial appointments then maybe its up to a new guy to assess them? I would say not one of the senior players come out with any credit this season for attitude with maybe the exception the Hutton, but its not really just a problem with them is it? NO-ONE seems to want to play for Garde. I think ability wise most of the players could do a job in the championship and selecting the right ones will be the biggest challenge for the new guy, because like it or not, he'll have to use a lot of them. And if there is cliques or discontent in the dressing room, I'm not sure a new bomb squad is going to help matters....

Lescott - messing around on Twitter
Guzan & Lescott - the chewing gum rubbish
Richards - the comments about the French players

No, it's not just the senior players who've played badly, but they are the ones who the younger ones look to as an example. And they're a bad example.

And as for 'NO-ONE' seeming to want to play for Garde, they didn't seem to want to play for Lambert, Sherwood (save for about four games last season), McDonald or in some cases McLeish and Houllier either. How about they play for their sizeable wages instead? What makes you think that dropping down into the championship is going to make them want to start to play?

[ASHTONVILLA]

Would buy Nakhi Wells and Dwight Gayle for next season

After seeing the pics of Gayle hanging out with Richards and Agbonlahor, I wouldn't want him anywhere near the Villa.

[sickbeggar]

Is there dressing room discontent? Apart from a few rumours i've not seen much evidence of it. Yes the players mentioned have been awful, but then so have the rest. Now if they're past it, or not upto the championship by all means get rid if we can, but if its a case of players demotivated by the squad being steadily weakened by sales of players not replaced by board policy and a string of god-awful managerial appointments then maybe its up to a new guy to assess them? I would say not one of the senior players come out with any credit this season for attitude with maybe the exception the Hutton, but its not really just a problem with them is it? NO-ONE seems to want to play for Garde. I think ability wise most of the players could do a job in the championship and selecting the right ones will be the biggest challenge for the new guy, because like it or not, he'll have to use a lot of them. And if there is cliques or discontent in the dressing room, I'm not sure a new bomb squad is going to help matters....

Lescott - messing around on Twitter
Guzan & Lescott - the chewing gum rubbish
Richards - the comments about the French players

No, it's not just the senior players who've played badly, but they are the ones who the younger ones look to as an example. And they're a bad example.

And as for 'NO-ONE' seeming to want to play for Garde, they didn't seem to want to play for Lambert, Sherwood (save for about four games last season), McDonald or in some cases McLeish and Houllier either. How about they play for their sizeable wages instead? What makes you think that dropping down into the championship is going to make them want to start to play?

Well i'm not sure any of that classes as dressing room discontent really.. Players acting unprofessionally maybe but to be honest we seen that every season on and off from MON's time, but signs that they're deliberately causing trouble? Don't think so

[SheffieldVillain]

Is there dressing room discontent? Apart from a few rumours i've not seen much evidence of it. Yes the players mentioned have been awful, but then so have the rest. Now if they're past it, or not upto the championship by all means get rid if we can, but if its a case of players demotivated by the squad being steadily weakened by sales of players not replaced by board policy and a string of god-awful managerial appointments then maybe its up to a new guy to assess them? I would say not one of the senior players come out with any credit this season for attitude with maybe the exception the Hutton, but its not really just a problem with them is it? NO-ONE seems to want to play for Garde. I think ability wise most of the players could do a job in the championship and selecting the right ones will be the biggest challenge for the new guy, because like it or not, he'll have to use a lot of them. And if there is cliques or discontent in the dressing room, I'm not sure a new bomb squad is going to help matters....

Lescott - messing around on Twitter
Guzan & Lescott - the chewing gum rubbish
Richards - the comments about the French players

No, it's not just the senior players who've played badly, but they are the ones who the younger ones look to as an example. And they're a bad example.

And as for 'NO-ONE' seeming to want to play for Garde, they didn't seem to want to play for Lambert, Sherwood (save for about four games last season), McDonald or in some cases McLeish and Houllier either. How about they play for their sizeable wages instead? What makes you think that dropping down into the championship is going to make them want to start to play?

Well i'm not sure any of that classes as dressing room discontent really.. Players acting unprofessionally maybe but to be honest we seen that every season on and off from MON's time, but signs that they're deliberately causing trouble? Don't think so

As you've said
- Is there dressing room discontent?
and
- NO-ONE seems to want to play for Garde
in the same post, how in the world is that not dressing room discontent if the shite performances are because they don't 'want' to play for the (ex) manager? (Or any other manager since O'Neill)

Which one is it? No dressing room discontent or are/were they discontented with Garde?

[Loxton01]

If we have any chance next season we must build a spine of experience for the Championship. There will be players out of contract and also ones not getting much game time who we must be targeting right now!!! There are some players from the below who could do a job in a very tough league. Id go for ones in Bold

Goalkeepers

David Marshall - Cardiff, Julian Speroni - Palace, Boruc - Bournemouth

Defenders

Damian Delaney - Palace, Brede Hangland - Palace, McAuley - WBA, Hibbert - Everton, Joey O Brien - West Ham, Marcin Wasilewski - Leicester, Marc Wilson Stoke

Midfielders

Morrison - WBA, Tettey -  Norwich , Gary O Neil - Norwich, Gibson - Everton, Osman - Everton, Pienarr - Everton. Carrick - MAn Utd (dream)

Attackers

Sessengon - WBA

Along with the some of the highlighted above players out there who aren't getting game time

Crouch, Adam - Stoke

Dyer - Swansea (Leicester)

There must be others too - we have to start somewhere as I cant face watching those idiots again