Summer transfer madness thread

[eamonn]

I can't believe we're stuck with McCormack. Surely he's too big a financial outlay not to re-integrate?

[saunders_heroes]

McCormack staying is okay by me. There's still a player in there somewhere and we may need him later in the season.

[OCD]

If he can get his act together he could be a good player for us. If he's got anything about him, he's got no choice now.

[taylorsworkrate]

I would much sooner McCormack be in and around the squad than Agbonlahor

[eamonn]

BBC live feed saying Sunderland may be announcing one more, could be Ross.

[Gareth]

Hopefully McCormack will get a start in the Boro cup game, he is here until at least January so Bruce has to get him in and around the squad.

Richards was never going to leave, can't see he would pass a medical, when did he last manage 45 successive minutes of football?  Is it one or two years he has left on contract?

Elphick did fine against Wigan, I wonder if Bruce is going to revert to his cowards formation away from home whether Elphick / Chester / Terry might be seen at some time?

[VinnieChase84]

GK - Johnstone/Steer
RB - De Laet/Bree/Hutton
CB - Chester/Elphick
CB - Terry/Samba
LB  - Taylor
CM - Onomah/Jedinak/Whelan/Lansbury
AM - Hourihane/Jack/Ohare
RM - Snodgrass/Adomah/Elmo
LM - Green/Barney
FW - Kodjia/Hogan/Davis/Ross/Gabby/RHM

If Bruce cannot get this squad into top 6 let alone automatic then he deserves shooting.

[SoccerHQ]

I don't rate Elphick that much but in hindsight keeping him until January is probably sensible given we do lack depth at CB and two of our options have a combined age of 71. Not a fan of him starting week in week out but for the odd game here and there he can be o.k I'm sure as his attitude is decent at least.

Surprised no one came in for McCormack, Sunderland must've baulked at paying a decent amount of his wages.

[Drummond]

lets face it, McCormack is staying. So Bruce will have to find a way to save face and re-integrate him into the team. Davis should still get a shout and we have sufficient cover at all but Leftback. Not bad, but still 3 or 4 wasters hanging around (as indeed they have been for the last 7-8 years)

Why does Bruce need to save face? McCormack needs to pull his bloody socks up and earn his fucking wages.

As for the wasters, unfortunately on the wages they  get paid we're stuck til the contracts run out.

[Pete3206]

Neil Taylor - stay fit

[IFWaters]

lets face it, McCormack is staying. So Bruce will have to find a way to save face and re-integrate him into the team. Davis should still get a shout and we have sufficient cover at all but Leftback. Not bad, but still 3 or 4 wasters hanging around (as indeed they have been for the last 7-8 years)

Why does Bruce need to save face? McCormack needs to pull his bloody socks up and earn his fucking wages.

As for the wasters, unfortunately on the wages they  get paid we're stuck til the contracts run out.

Agree that the person in the wrong is McCormack and if Bruce had found a way to get rid that would have been the best option. But he didn't, so as the boss he's going to have to fix it, for the best of the club.

[jwarry]

Didn't feel like a massive window for us but this says 7 in and 13 out so maybe it was!
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/11013904/sky-bet-championship-ins-and-outs-all-the-deals-from-the-2017-summer-transfer-window

[jwarry]

Didn't feel like a massive window for us but this says 7 in and 13 out so maybe it was!
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/11013904/sky-bet-championship-ins-and-outs-all-the-deals-from-the-2017-summer-transfer-window

Mind you looking at all Championship clubs they have all had massive changes, is this typical in this league?

[old man villa fan]

lets face it, McCormack is staying. So Bruce will have to find a way to save face and re-integrate him into the team. Davis should still get a shout and we have sufficient cover at all but Leftback. Not bad, but still 3 or 4 wasters hanging around (as indeed they have been for the last 7-8 years)

Why does Bruce need to save face? McCormack needs to pull his bloody socks up and earn his fucking wages.

As for the wasters, unfortunately on the wages they  get paid we're stuck til the contracts run out.

I think when Bruce came in he thought that McCormack was one that he could raise some money from by selling.  He decided to try and rehabilitate Gabby and cast McCormack aside (as he did with Ayew).  He has now found that unless Villa take a massive financial hit on him (which I do not think the Club will), no one will take him.  I am starting to think it is a bit of a Mexican standoff between Bruce and the Board regarding McCormack.

[Ads]

McCormack cast himself aside by not turning up for training and not putting any effort it.

Ayew wanted to leave and had a medical before ACON so he could leave in January. He was a massive disappointment.