Summer transfer madness thread

[Matt C]

Wouldn't be surprised to see another loan around the deadline if we move two or three on.

[ChicagoLion]

Wouldn't be surprised to see another loan around the deadline if we move two or three on.

I am sure Bruce can find another past his best has been looking for a final pay day.

[paul richard]

Three out by the deadline: Gardner, McCormack and Elphick. Perhaps Richards too, with luck. I'd bring in a left back if possible, and a centre back as well.  But no over-the-hill has beens, or old Bruce favourites, thanks.
 

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Three out by the deadline: Gardner, McCormack and Elphick. Perhaps Richards too, with luck. I'd bring in a left back if possible, and a centre back as well.  But no over-the-hill has beens, or old Bruce favourites, thanks.
 

We had a more than adequate squad player who could play centre back and also cover left back however we decided to let him go to Bristol City.

[ozzjim]

That decision mystifies me more by the game. I would actually sooner see us sign a left sides centre half with pace than a left back. I think Terry has upset the balance of the defence badly and I can't see him playing a whole season. Samba is very injury prone, solid as he looked the other night, and that would then leave us out of options. So a youngish left sides centre half from league one or 2 that woint cost the earth but be able to do the job would be my final signing of the window now. Up too Davis looks capable and Kodjia is almost back, plus Snodgrass will add extra goals. Left wing we have enough cover with Adomah and Snodgrass able to play that side if needed. Green is doing fine and learning though. Plus Grealish can play there when fit.

[aj2k77]

Sounds like a load of ''he can play out of position there if needed''.

[Clampy]

Three out by the deadline: Gardner, McCormack and Elphick. Perhaps Richards too, with luck. I'd bring in a left back if possible, and a centre back as well.  But no over-the-hill has beens, or old Bruce favourites, thanks.
 

We had a more than adequate squad player who could play centre back and also cover left back however we decided to let him go to Bristol City.

He may not have been happy being 4th choice behind Samba though and at his age you can understand it. He's going to be first choice at Bristol.

[Percy McCarthy]

He got his point across to the intruder.

Very good.

He fucked up in the ID parade. He pointed at everybody including the coppers and the culprit's brief.

[old man villa fan]

Three out by the deadline: Gardner, McCormack and Elphick. Perhaps Richards too, with luck. I'd bring in a left back if possible, and a centre back as well.  But no over-the-hill has beens, or old Bruce favourites, thanks.
 

We had a more than adequate squad player who could play centre back and also cover left back however we decided to let him go to Bristol City.

He may not have been happy being 4th choice behind Samba though and at his age you can understand it. He's going to be first choice at Bristol.

Correct. Bristol wanted him after his loan spell but he wanted to see if he could make it at Villa. With the incomings in the summer he saw a better future at Bristol.

[sickbeggar]

I liked Baker but come on now. He had 100 plus games and he looks like an average championship defender at best. We got a decent fee for him but at 26 if he was gonna set the world alight he would have by now. A decent reserve maybe, but some seem to think he's Cahill MkII!

[KevinGage]

We didn't need a centre half that was going to set the world alight or become Cahill MkII though.

We needed a defender who looked competent at this level which -apart from the Hull game-  57 year-old JT doesn't.

Baker might not have been the centre half to build the side around for years to come, but he developed a good understanding with James Chester.  As well as losing Baker, we seem to have nobbled the latter's game an'all, so it's a double whammy.

Always the chance you take when you make vanity purchases with little understanding of how they will actually fit into the side.

[sickbeggar]

We didn't need a centre half that was going to set the world alight or become Cahill MkII though.

We needed a defender who looked competent at this level which -apart from the Hull game-  57 year-old JT doesn't.

Baker might not have been the centre half to build the side around for years to come, but he developed a good understanding with James Chester.  As well as losing Baker, we seem to have nobbled the latter's game an'all, so it's a double whammy.

Always the chance you take when you make vanity purchases with little understanding of how they will actually fit into the side.

Disagree. Don't think Jt's been that bad and blaming him for chester's form is something i don't understand really.  Either you can adapt to playing with different defensive partners or you're not much use because let's face it you're gonna have to in an average season.

[saunders_heroes]

I don't understand the Baker praise because I don't think I've ever felt at ease with our defence whenever he was named in a Villa team. In fact you always had a nagging feeling an almighty cock-up was just around the corner, and even when there wasn't his passing would frequently let him down. I'm not even gonna mention his appalling injury record.
Good luck to him, but he won't be missed.

[Clampy]

I don't remember him making too many almighty cock ups personally.

[paul_e]

I don't remember him making too many almighty cock ups personally.

You don't remember Baker making too many almighty cock-ups?  Really?

Last season was better (but he still made more than you'd like) and he wasn't here the year before but for the 3-4 seasons before that he fucked up with alarming regularity.  I didn't want Terry because I was worried he wasn't the player he had been but lets not rewrite history and suggest that Baker is a massive loss.