Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[curiousorange]

I don't see why it would be a problem to buy a striker who can score a sackful of goals in the Championship. I'm not naive enough to think we're actually going to spend fifty million this summer, but I'd happily shell out a considerable amount of money for somebody who can put the ball in the net. God knows we deserve it after last season.

[PaulWinch again]

I don't see why it would be a problem to buy a striker who can score a sackful of goals in the Championship. I'm not naive enough to think we're actually going to spend fifty million this summer, but I'd happily shell out a considerable amount of money for somebody who can put the ball in the net. God knows we deserve it after last season.

It's because he's 30 years old and offers very little other than the goals. I'm pretty sure you can get a much better player for £15 million.

[curiousorange]

I don't see why it would be a problem to buy a striker who can score a sackful of goals in the Championship. I'm not naive enough to think we're actually going to spend fifty million this summer, but I'd happily shell out a considerable amount of money for somebody who can put the ball in the net. God knows we deserve it after last season.

It's because he's 30 years old and offers very little other than the goals. I'm pretty sure you can get a much better player for £15 million.

We probably can. Can we get a much better striker though? I'm not saying McCormack is necessarily the answer, but I don't see he can do much harm if we have money to spend and we need goals.

[PaulWinch again]

Well purely on the basis that it would be better to spend our money on the best possible players rather than someone who is getting on and doesn't offer much apart from goals.

[PaulWinch again]

He's not a bad player, but for that kind of money I think we can do better.

[curiousorange]

Well purely on the basis that it would be better to spend our money on the best possible players rather than someone who is getting on and doesn't offer much apart from goals.

We could go round in circles all night here, but I can't see why being a goalscorer, which we undoubtedly need, is a problem. If there's a forward who can do it all, from goals to assists to crosses to hold-up play that's available to a Championship side for less that what McCormack is going for, he'll be a hell of a find.

[PaulWinch again]

I like the look of Kodija more, but I guess we'll see.

[paul_e]

My thinking on McCormack is that he's very experienced in the championship but it's with teams that have struggled to be mid-table at best other than Cardiff who replaced him to step up to play-off standard.

That doesn't suggest that he's the type of player you'd buy to fire you to automatic promotion.  On top of that our biggest issue is that we don't have a striker who is capable of giving us someone to play around and he doesn't seem to be suited to that.

I think he'd be a massive waste of money for where we are.

[PaulWinch again]

My thinking on McCormack is that he's very experienced in the championship but it's with teams that have struggled to be mid-table at best other than Cardiff who replaced him to step up to play-off standard.

That doesn't suggest that he's the type of player you'd buy to fire you to automatic promotion.  On top of that our biggest issue is that we don't have a striker who is capable of giving us someone to play around and he doesn't seem to be suited to that.

I think he'd be a massive waste of money for where we are.

Agreed completely and he's only going to decline now.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

My thinking on McCormack is that he's very experienced in the championship but it's with teams that have struggled to be mid-table at best other than Cardiff who replaced him to step up to play-off standard.

That doesn't suggest that he's the type of player you'd buy to fire you to automatic promotion.  On top of that our biggest issue is that we don't have a striker who is capable of giving us someone to play around and he doesn't seem to be suited to that.

I think he'd be a massive waste of money for where we are.

Agreed completely and he's only going to decline now.

this

plus no resale value

[PaulWinch again]

My thinking on McCormack is that he's very experienced in the championship but it's with teams that have struggled to be mid-table at best other than Cardiff who replaced him to step up to play-off standard.

That doesn't suggest that he's the type of player you'd buy to fire you to automatic promotion.  On top of that our biggest issue is that we don't have a striker who is capable of giving us someone to play around and he doesn't seem to be suited to that.

I think he'd be a massive waste of money for where we are.

Agreed completely and he's only going to decline now.

this

plus no resale value

It's another reason. Villa need to start operating more smartly and try and buy players who will improve and increase in value. Other than Benteke we've got a shocking record when it comes to selling players.

[old man villa fan]

If we ae going to buy a forward, it needs to be a player that is mobile and can play on his own up front for when we want to play this way.  There is currently nobody in the squad that can do this.

As the McCormack story has been around for so long and the same 3 clubs linked , I think it is just somebody trying to create interest.  It could be his agent, Fulham or even just the media speculating to create a 2 + 2 must equal 4.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

My thinking on McCormack is that he's very experienced in the championship but it's with teams that have struggled to be mid-table at best other than Cardiff who replaced him to step up to play-off standard.

That doesn't suggest that he's the type of player you'd buy to fire you to automatic promotion.  On top of that our biggest issue is that we don't have a striker who is capable of giving us someone to play around and he doesn't seem to be suited to that.

I think he'd be a massive waste of money for where we are.

Agreed completely and he's only going to decline now.

this

plus no resale value

It's another reason. Villa need to start operating more smartly and try and buy players who will improve and increase in value. Other than Benteke we've got a shocking record when it comes to selling players.

totally

beye, dunne, sidwell, ireland, reo-coker, collins, bent, heskey, given, nzog, warnock, makoun, cuellar, heskey

i havent done the maths but reckon its close to a 50 million loss

[Villa in Denmark]

I reckon closer to £70M.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

I reckon closer to £70M.

bloody hell