January Transfer Window

[cdbearsfan]

In fairness, Cascarino had looked the real deal, and had scored more than Sheringham during the season when we bought him. People seem to think the signing was always going to end in disaster, but that seems like revisionism to me.

I do wonder, as well, whether things might have gone differently if Shilton hadn't produced that miracle save to deny him a debut goal. Still one of my favourite away days, there seemed to be millions of us there to the nine-year-old me.

[manic-road]

Brum Mail reckon Leeds are preparing a £7m double swoop for McCormack and Elphick.

[john e]

Brum Mail reckon Leeds are preparing a £7m double swoop for McCormack and Elphick.

off  hands   snap   their   

[tomd2103]

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.

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.

I knew little about either, but when we signed Cascarino a Millwall supporting friend called and said: You idiots, you've signed the wrong one! I might have been rude back.

Cascarino was on the fantasy football show on SKY a while back and was telling a story about when he first joined Villa.  He said all the players kept calling him 'Teddy', so after a few days of it he asked Paul McGrath why.  Apparently McGrath turned round to him and said "it's because they think we've signed the wrong player". 

[ASHTONVILLA]

In fairness, Cascarino had looked the real deal, and had scored more than Sheringham during the season when we bought him. People seem to think the signing was always going to end in disaster, but that seems like revisionism to me.

I do wonder, as well, whether things might have gone differently if Shilton hadn't produced that miracle save to deny him a debut goal. Still one of my favourite away days, there seemed to be millions of us there to the nine-year-old me.

I was well happy when we signed him, it is just like many of the signings I am chuffed with it didn't seem to work for us. Collymore, Baros, Whittingham, Curcic, Ginola, Hadji, McCormack were all players I was excited about. Even Micah Richards and Lescott! Most of our better players seem to be the ones unheralded at the time. Yorke, Platt etc.

If we can take £7m off Leeds for Elphick and McCormack we should do so. Especially if we have the Man Utd defender coming in to replace Elphick, and Ulloa coming in to replace McCormack.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Cascarino was on the fantasy football show on SKY a while back and was telling a story about when he first joined Villa.  He said all the players kept calling him 'Teddy', so after a few days of it he asked Paul McGrath why.  Apparently McGrath turned round to him and said "it's because they think we've signed the wrong player". 

Dod I read somewhere that he had serious gambling issues whilst at Villa, I don't think his head was n the right place when he was with us. He did well in France a few years later I seem to remember.

[cdbearsfan]

He did well in France because Marseille were pumping him with drugs.

[Clampy]

In fairness, Cascarino had looked the real deal, and had scored more than Sheringham during the season when we bought him. People seem to think the signing was always going to end in disaster, but that seems like revisionism to me.

I do wonder, as well, whether things might have gone differently if Shilton hadn't produced that miracle save to deny him a debut goal. Still one of my favourite away days, there seemed to be millions of us there to the nine-year-old me.

I was well happy when we signed him, it is just like many of the signings I am chuffed with it didn't seem to work for us. Collymore, Baros, Whittingham, Curcic, Ginola, Hadji, McCormack were all players I was excited about. Even Micah Richards and Lescott! Most of our better players seem to be the ones unheralded at the time. Yorke, Platt etc.

If we can take £7m off Leeds for Elphick and McCormack we should do so. Especially if we have the Man Utd defender coming in to replace Elphick, and Ulloa coming in to replace McCormack.

I'd like a striker in. I'm not sure we need the Man Utd kid though. I'd like to see Elphick stick around until at least the end of the season. He seems a good professional on and off the pitch and you need character's like that around the squad when you're pushing for promotion.

[frank black]

I think Leeds want McCormack on loan......leave him in Australia if that’s the case

[Gareth]

Brum Mail reckon Leeds are preparing a £7m double swoop for McCormack and Elphick.

The only way I would sell them to a promotion rival is if the money is available to spend - if it won’t be then you can’t sell to a rival, particularly as despite how dreadful he has been for us you know McCormack will score goals in this league.

Sunderland or Hull would be great destinations for both on loan, play well, help take points off our promotion rivals and at the same time impress enough that Championship clubs want to sign them in the summer when hopefully we are back at the top table :-)

[saunders_heroes]

I’d leave McCormack where he is until the summer. We don’t want him scoring goals for a promotion rival during the run-in.

[UK Redsox]

I’d leave McCormack where he is until the summer. We don’t want him scoring goals for a promotion rival during the run-in.

I thought it was Leeds who were looking at him

[eamonn]

£7m for Mad Tom and Fat Ross? Cor.

[mr underhill]

it's all bullshit.

[Pete3206]

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.

I wonder what would have happened if we'd signed Sheringham instead.

Or, if McInally hadn't gone to Bayern