Summer transfer, gossip and speculation thread

[kieron]

Collins is wank!

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[ajmant]

Collins is a better CB than Jedi. When your options are shit over shitter, then shit will have to do. Obviously it shouldn't be like this, but it is.

[DB]

To send Elphick out on loan and not buy anyone in the window, Bruce or the club must have known someone would be coming in, whether it be Terry or Collins or another free agent, surely......er

[clash city rocker]

To send Elphick out on loan and not buy anyone in the window, Bruce or the club must have known someone would be coming in, whether it be Terry or Collins or another free agent, surely......er

Nah...I,d prefer to go with the "we fucked up again" theory

[KRS]

Why does have it have to be Collins or Terry? We’ve got no options if Chester gets injured so surely we should be looking at signing both if they are the best options available to us.

[Jon Crofts]

To send Elphick out on loan and not buy anyone in the window, Bruce or the club must have known someone would be coming in, whether it be Terry or Collins or another free agent, surely......er

Nah...I,d prefer to go with the "we fucked up again" theory

We? There’s only one person at fault here.

[eamonn]

Collins' nickname when he was here was "Ginge". Ashley's was "Youngy"...unless he's managed to get a better handle for himself in the intervening years I'd stay well-clear.

[SashasGrandad]

I'd bring in Terry, Huth and James Collins.

I'd bring in Terry, Huth and James Collins.

and Captain Mainwaring to lead them

Give the kids a chance! (sign Pike  )

Pike used to wear a Villa scarf!

[Chris Smith]

I assume Collins and Chester played together for Wales so from that point of view there is a logic to signing him for a short term fix.

[PeterWithesShin]

It really doesn't reflect well on Bruce that after 4 transfer windows our CB options are a DM that's shit at CB and one or two getting past it free agents.

[Dave P]

Not saying we don't need another CB, but the answer is staring Bruce in the face with a back 4 of Elmo, Chester, Tunazebe, Hutton.  Jedinak should be used there in case of emergency and not as a first choice.  Bree should be ahead of him.

[chrisw1]

Not saying we don't need another CB, but the answer is staring Bruce in the face with a back 4 of Elmo, Chester, Tunazebe, Hutton.  Jedinak should be used there in case of emergency and not as a first choice.  Bree should be ahead of him.

That does seem the obvious answer but non of us really know if Tuanzebe is up to it yet.  Hopefully he will be.

[mr underhill]

Terry/Collins tried and trusted option Alex as back up

[tomd2103]

Not saying we don't need another CB, but the answer is staring Bruce in the face with a back 4 of Elmo, Chester, Tunazebe, Hutton.  Jedinak should be used there in case of emergency and not as a first choice.  Bree should be ahead of him.

That does seem the obvious answer but non of us really know if Tuanzebe is up to it yet.  Hopefully he will be.

What on earth was the point of signing him on loan then?  I could understand buying a player with potential, but loans should be players ready to go into the first team immediately.  As it stands (it might improve of course), he seems to have wasted two of the loan spots on Moreira and Tuanzebe.   

[olaftab]

Loans are for total benefit of “bigger” clubs. Here you go get this man ready for our first team squad is the order. We should never loan young players.