Quote from: Risso on January 22, 2018, 12:29:11 PMFor possibly the first time ever, I hope we DON'T sign anybody this window. We've got a nice settled side with competition in most places, and the one thing you can confidently say about most of Bruce's signings for us, is that they have all taken time to settle. I'd hate to bring somebody in who disrupts things.I can see that point of view. I still think if SGT hadn't signed Cascarino when he did that we would have gone on to win the league, it disrupted a team that was on good form.Having said that I do worry what would happen if Hogan picked up a knock.I am happy with what we have in defence (especially with the form of Hutton at left back meaning we now have two of them, and Elphick having started to look like the player we though we had signed).I am also happy-ish with midfield, and wouldn't bring anyone in unless we shifted some deadwood first.Not sure I see the point in signing the Man U reserve we have been linked with, he should not be getting a place ahead of either Terry or Chester. We have a lot of decent right backs, and he should not be getting in ahead of Jedinack when fit. We already have Whelan and Barney as back up there too. Pointless signing.
For possibly the first time ever, I hope we DON'T sign anybody this window. We've got a nice settled side with competition in most places, and the one thing you can confidently say about most of Bruce's signings for us, is that they have all taken time to settle. I'd hate to bring somebody in who disrupts things.
Signing Cascarino when we were in form is one of the great urban myths of Aston Villa. The reality is that we'd lost three of our previous four league games and hadn't scored in any of them.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 23, 2018, 12:12:52 AMSigning Cascarino when we were in form is one of the great urban myths of Aston Villa. The reality is that we'd lost three of our previous four league games and hadn't scored in any of them. I wonder what would have happened if we'd signed Sheringham instead.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on January 22, 2018, 04:33:57 PMVia Google Translate...Does Ritchie De Laet react to the rumors about a return to Antwerp? Striking tweet suggests thatPhoto: © photonewsAntwerp may still be involved in the transfer market and then there is a good chance that the Great Old, with the contacts of Luciano D'Onofrio, will have a well-known name. A player who was linked to the PhD student on Monday morning is Ritchie De Laet.Although the talks between Antwerp and De Laet are not concrete, the interest is mutual, Monday morning in Het Laatste Nieuws . ( Read HERE about a possible loan to the Great Old )On Monday afternoon, the 29-year-old defender of Aston Villa sent a striking tweet into the world. "I know nothing," wrote De Laet, who also adjusted his profile picture on Twitter. A photo in the shirt of The Vilans made way for one with the logo of Antwerp .The Belgian neo-first division is the club of his heart, that De Laet never left. Earlier the rearguard player flirted once with a return to the Bosuil. On Sunday he followed the cracker back Club Brugge as well.Read more: https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2018-01-22/reageert-ritchie-de-laet-op-de-geruchten#ixzz54vq0h133I've no idea what "following the cracker back" entails, but I think it might be racist.I reckon it's a 'typo' & should've read Crackerjack. Thus, the racist link is with a brummegem's very own 'Don Maclean, who - prior to his hilario double-teaming with Peter 'Chuckles' Glaze on Crapperjack - was compare on the Black & White Minstrel Show. And not a lot of people know that.
Via Google Translate...Does Ritchie De Laet react to the rumors about a return to Antwerp? Striking tweet suggests thatPhoto: © photonewsAntwerp may still be involved in the transfer market and then there is a good chance that the Great Old, with the contacts of Luciano D'Onofrio, will have a well-known name. A player who was linked to the PhD student on Monday morning is Ritchie De Laet.Although the talks between Antwerp and De Laet are not concrete, the interest is mutual, Monday morning in Het Laatste Nieuws . ( Read HERE about a possible loan to the Great Old )On Monday afternoon, the 29-year-old defender of Aston Villa sent a striking tweet into the world. "I know nothing," wrote De Laet, who also adjusted his profile picture on Twitter. A photo in the shirt of The Vilans made way for one with the logo of Antwerp .The Belgian neo-first division is the club of his heart, that De Laet never left. Earlier the rearguard player flirted once with a return to the Bosuil. On Sunday he followed the cracker back Club Brugge as well.Read more: https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2018-01-22/reageert-ritchie-de-laet-op-de-geruchten#ixzz54vq0h133I've no idea what "following the cracker back" entails, but I think it might be racist.
We’ll never know but I think we’d have won the league. And maybe again 3 years later if we’d have carried on with Regis, Saunders and Yorke instead of bringing Dalian back after his injury. That was understandable though.
I also what would have happened if Les Ferdinand hadn't turned us down in favour of Newcastle.
Quote from: Holte L2 on January 23, 2018, 08:49:47 AMQuote from: dave.woodhall on January 23, 2018, 12:12:52 AMSigning Cascarino when we were in form is one of the great urban myths of Aston Villa. The reality is that we'd lost three of our previous four league games and hadn't scored in any of them. I wonder what would have happened if we'd signed Sheringham instead.Sheringham at that age was not all that good. He developed into a clever player a couple of years later. I don’t think he would have helped SGT but could have been great for BFR’s title chase. Alas, our recent history is full of regrets.