Summer transfer madness thread

[UK Redsox]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

If Beckenbaker goes to BC and Mad Tom goes to the lesser BC, Villa are short of Central Defenders.

I know that there's now Samba but that still leaves Micah as fourth choice, which is far too close to first team action

[Villatillidie25]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

If Beckenbaker goes to BC and Mad Tom goes to the lesser BC, Villa are short of Central Defenders.

I know that there's now Samba but that still leaves Micah as fourth choice, which is far too close to first team action

I'd suggest it means either:

nobody wants Richards because he's on too much dollar and is too rubbish
Bruce thinks Bree, De Laet, Jedinak, Richards is good enough cover as 4th choice centre back

[Matt Collins]

I think it must mean Jedinak is fourth choice?

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Ojo
Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?
Ojo, I said
Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?

"I'm gonna run down this wing here,
I said I'm gonna run down this wing here,
And then I'm gonna balloon a cross into the Holte..."

Possibly harsh, for all I know he might be very good.

[tomd2103]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

If Beckenbaker goes to BC and Mad Tom goes to the lesser BC, Villa are short of Central Defenders.

I know that there's now Samba but that still leaves Micah as fourth choice, which is far too close to first team action

I'd suggest it means either:

nobody wants Richards because he's on too much dollar and is too rubbish

Missed out injury prone as well. 

[Villatillidie25]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

If Beckenbaker goes to BC and Mad Tom goes to the lesser BC, Villa are short of Central Defenders.

I know that there's now Samba but that still leaves Micah as fourth choice, which is far too close to first team action

I'd suggest it means either:

nobody wants Richards because he's on too much dollar and is too rubbish

Missed out injury prone as well. 

v. true but I would suggest that is probably an advantage for us, not a disadvantage!

[ASHTONVILLA]

Liverpool Echo reporting that we - along with others - have agreed terms for loan of Sheyi Ojo

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Still young and raw, but very quick so could at least stretch a game.

Haven't we just got rid of one of them (Adama Traore)? No thanks I'd rather we gave experience to our own prospects.

[VinnieChase84]

I think it must mean Jedinak is fourth choice?

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[ASHTONVILLA]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

If Beckenbaker goes to BC and Mad Tom goes to the lesser BC, Villa are short of Central Defenders.

I know that there's now Samba but that still leaves Micah as fourth choice, which is far too close to first team action

Terry has replaced Baker, and Samba has replaced Elphick and we have Chester. That is a massive upgrade from last season. Bruce has talked about Jedinak moving there, maybe that will happen this season. We also have some good youth players, and De Laat who can play there. I doubt there is a team in the league with a better set of central defenders than Villa right now. So with FFP looming I can see why we would take cash for Baker (although I like him he is not going to be first choice).

I think Jedi is going to get limited game time in midfield if we are playing 4-4-2, so can see him being used as a sub to shore up defence or midfield late on in games.

[jwarry]

Liverpool Echo reporting that we - along with others - have agreed terms for loan of Sheyi Ojo

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Looks like one to get you on your feet, just what we need

[tomd2103]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

If Beckenbaker goes to BC and Mad Tom goes to the lesser BC, Villa are short of Central Defenders.

I know that there's now Samba but that still leaves Micah as fourth choice, which is far too close to first team action

I'd suggest it means either:

nobody wants Richards because he's on too much dollar and is too rubbish

Missed out injury prone as well. 

v. true but I would suggest that is probably an advantage for us, not a disadvantage!

Not when it comes to trying to shift him!!

[Damo70]

Staunton was a cracking player for us. Best left back I've seen in a Villa shirt.

By far.

Charlie Aitken for me, by a country mile

I liked Dorigo and Wright and Warnock started well then ended up poor. But Staunton was the best for me.

All the afore mentioned are good shouts but it is Colin Gibson for me.  For a season or two he was the best English full back IMO.

He had a good four or five seasons for us on the bounce at left back and in midfield and then looked good in midfield for BFR's Manure. Until he got a bad injury (against us at Old Trafford I think) that he never really recovered from. Actually I think he had already had a bad injury at United and then got badly injured again against us.

[Damo70]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

I would keep Baker and Elphick. I think the latter gets too much criticism. As for Richards, he comes into the category of 'I would drive him to a new club and not even charge him for the petrol'.

[ASHTONVILLA]

So we have managed to shift out:

Veretout
Tsibola
Baker
Sanchez

That must have brought in about £10m and knocked about £4m off the wage bill (if they average £20k a week).

Still circling the toilet bowl are:

Cissokho
Golini?
Hutton
McCormack
Elphick

It looks like Cissokho will happen, McCormack will reduce the wage bill, Elphick would bring a fee, don't what has happened to Golini, and can see Hutton going as there is interest from Sheff Wed and we have a lot of right backs.

Lets say that lot generate another £6m and knock another £4m off the wage bill. We are starting to look more financially viable.

Pity Amavi didn't happen, and that we can't shift Richards.

[paul_e]

Noooooooooo! Get rid of Elphick and Richards not Baker!

I would keep Baker and Elphick. I think the latter gets too much criticism. As for Richards, he comes into the category of 'I would drive him to a new club and not even charge him for the petrol'.

We can't keep both of them, if you add Richards as a centre back we need to get rid of 2 and none of those 3 are pushing the first 11 so we take what we can get.