Summer transfer madness thread

[brian green]

Hello John Terry.  Good bye Steve Bruce.

[brian green]

And if Bruce does get the sack Terry would probably be our next manager.

[class-of-82]

brian green
blame the heat

[Taylor]

sorry guys but you either love him or hate him

I hate him. But bloody hell, a few clean sheets and a couple of nodded goals from corners and I'll soon change my mind.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

if he helps us up then 4 miil a year is peanuts

And if he doesn't, then it's not. And it's then not helped that the four million quid has been given to a massive prick.

Its a gamble, if he gets us up next season it's fine and dandy if not its another 4 million spunked

A bit like mcgate, fine if he gets the goals that get us up in two seasons fine if not youve spent the best part of 15 million on a 32 year old with limited resale value

[brian green]

Any damn fool can do old time mid Championship football management.

[Taylor]

Any damn fool can do old time mid Championship football management.

And any damn fool can write off a signing a few weeks before the season starts.

[kippaxvilla2]

Of more concern is it is the same old Villa never learning from previous mistakes.  Has beens after a last pay cheque and another one stuck here on £60k a week.

[boozey182]

Any damn fool can do old time mid Championship football management.

And any damn fool can write off a signing a few weeks before the season starts.

And any damn fool can change their mind about a fundamental belland because of a few clean sheets and a couple of nodded goals from corners.

[brian green]

This damn fool does not want to keep him out of the Villa side for what he might do but because he is who he is.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Seems like a poor bit of business to me. Even worse it shows how out of touch Bruce is if this is his idea of an exciting signing to Villa fans.

But as Taylor said. A few good performances and I will happily be singing his praises. Help us actually win something and I will buy his shirt.

A crumb of comfort is I thought Robbie Keane was too old when he came on loan to us but I was well wrong. Hopefully the same here.

[brian green]

Once again the Aston Villa compulsion to roll the dice kicks in.

[Taylor]

Any damn fool can do old time mid Championship football management.

And any damn fool can write off a signing a few weeks before the season starts.

And any damn fool can change their mind about a fundamental belland because of a few clean sheets and a couple of nodded goals from corners.

Ha, ha. You're probably right.

The truth is when I heard that JT was coming to villa, my initial reaction was please no, but seeing as it now looks likely, I'm tying to convince myself that i'ts a risk that may just pay off.

[Ads]

I personally think he has a lot to offer and he'd be the best centre half in the league, along with Chester. He's not going to play every week, but with Baker to supplement, who equally cannot play every week.

He's a winner and a leader who would add to the dressing room. I cannot imagine Terry tolerating a first half like Cardiff, Norwich, Wolves, Brentford and suffering a limp, half arse display.

I don't like him as a human being, but I'll never meet him. He's to add to the squad.

Yes there's a risk, his age is the concern naturally. But take a look at last summer and the flops we picked up. Look at Taylor and the fact he was an apparently an awful player, yet turned out to be bloody excellent.

If it is a mistake then it's one we won't suffer for any length of time.

[PeterWithesShin]

Robbie Keane was 5 years younger, here for 2 months and wasn't a scumbag. Terry could score the winner in the FA Cup final and i'd never sing his name, unless it's followed by "we know what you are".