Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Stirchley Villain]

We prune in June

Then we buy in July...

Lets hope Xia doesn't go bust in august

Or there could be a meteor... or an asteroid... or a super volcano eruption...

[tomd2103]

I'd agree with him.

On paper we have three left backs; Amavi, Cissokho and Bennett, but only one of them is good.enough in Amavi. Cissokho might be able to do a defensive job but he offers nothing going forwards and Bennett is woeful.

Up front we have on paper four strikers in Ayew, Gestede, Gabby and Kozak, but only Ayew is good enough for the top flight. Gestede will score goals and will be an option in this league, but the other two have contributed nothing in two or three years for different reasons.

We carry far too many passengers and non-contributors.

Agree and a lot of them have pretty poor injury records as well and tend to be out for quite long periods.

[Steve67]

Be a good idea to get a stats man in quickly as all that sort of stuff will be made available to RDM.

[aj2k77]

Paddy Reilly was/is the stats man isn't he? I thought his original job in football was as an analyst?

[Steve67]

Reilly was more recruitment wasn't he? I think RDM has said he has someone in mind for the stats role. I guess it could be combined with checking players out though. I saw an I interview with a guy by Tubes on Soccer AM who was doing something similar. He was recommending players, based on their stats, but he'd never seen them play.  Knew all about their distances, blocked tackles etc.

[aj2k77]

Head of Player Recruitment & Analytics
Aston Villa Football Club
July 2011 – November 2012 (1 year 5 months)Birmingham, United Kingdom
Aston Villa Football Club
Head of Performance Analysis
Aston Villa Football Club
September 2004 – July 2011 (6 years 11 months)
The Football Association
Performance Analyst
The Football Association
September 2001 – September 2004 (3 years 1 month)

That's what Reilly did before we re appointed him as the head of scouting and recruitment.

[Steve67]

Fair do's AJ. I suppose it's not his fault that players didn't run around too much!

[JD]

Fair do's AJ. I suppose it's not his fault that players didn't run around too much!

Probably why he got the recruitment job. When you players don't run around, touch the ball very much and pass to the opposition there becomes no need for a stats role.

[CJ]

Riley.

[Mossie Hennebry]

Riley.

Really?

[nigel]

Edit:
Wrong thread 

[Villafirst]

B'ham Mail reporting Xia has over £500M in a British bank account ready "to dip into" when needed to fund Villa. All transfer final decisions are down to RDM.

[Toronto Villa]

I've given up on the Mail being right about anything to do with us. They will likely be letting us know in an exclusive by Evanns that the club is being sold to a Chinese businessman. As for Xia's dipping in money how on earth do they know?

[Boz]

B'ham Mail reporting Xia has over £500M in a British bank account ready "to dip into" when needed to fund Villa. All transfer final decisions are down to RDM.

The FA's fit and proper person exercise identified Dr X had £600m in the bank. Whether that was deposited to satisfy the FA and whether it was loaned to him (Chinese Government??) we will never know. Not many businesses have that sort of cash liquidity these days.

We have to hope all his talk on the future is based on a solid financial base and good management team.

Next May will be clincher.

UTV

[UK Redsox]

I thought that Doctor X only had to show funds to cover the purchase price and working capital. Showing £500/600m seems to be a way of sticking two fingers up to the doubters