Deano’s wishlist - the Jan transfer speculation/guaranteed nonsense thread

[Steve67]

Is Kodjia off?

Nothing about him being injured, unless taken ill overnight.  It was the first thing that I thought too Frank.

[Toronto Villa]

He told the bloke who took the picture he has a slight injury. Whatever that means.

[Steve67]

He told the bloke who took the picture he has a slight injury. Whatever that means.

It means he's injured.

[adrenachrome]

Brum Online:

Jonathan Kodjia has missed Aston Villa’s trip to Wigan Athletic due to a ‘knock’.

The striker was a shock exclusion from Villa’s squad for today’s match against Wigan Athletic and the club says his absence is due to a small injury sustained in training.

Pictures of the Ivory Coast international at Birmingham Airport emerged this afternoon after it was revealed he hadn’t been included in Villa’s 18-man squad for the clash at the DW Stadium.

Kodjia hails from France and regularly returns to visit friends and family. The former Bristol City man, 29, has scored six times in 27 appearances for Villa this season.

[mr underhill]

there isn't a single player I would keep other than SJM & Jack. The rest are jack shit.

[curiousorange]

How do these players we sign become so abominable without their former team-mates? Hourihane, for example - stellar at Barnsley with shots going in from all over the place. At Villa, turns into Darren Anderton. Hogan, well, nothing more to be said. Neil Taylor was solid and dependable until we brought him in. So, bring who you want in, Dean - they'll be shit come the weekend.

[Toronto Villa]

Hourihane wasn’t stellar at Barnsley. He’s precisely the player we bought. You saw YouTube highlights where he scored goals, lots of free kicks and set some up. It’s exactly what he’s done for us. The difference is he stood out at Barnsley. That’s why ultimately they’re in League One.

[PaulWinch again]

Left back and midfielder with energy please.

[Toronto Villa]

Left back is absolutely critical because teams are targeting that side of the pitch. We will get murdered for the rest of the season if we only have Taylor. And an attacking midfielder also so that Jack comes back when he’s ready to.

[Rudy65]

According to the BBC Gossip page Aaron Tshibola , currently at Kilmarnock, is attracting interest from 'several' Serie A clubs. Football agents- don't you just love 'em.

He can’t be any worse than our current MF surely

[Hairbandinho]

We can't spend more money look what it's got us so far....f all.

Shut up shop and survive this season. Sack off all the high earners and try the youth. What choice will we have with no parachute payments next season anyway?

[PaulWinch again]

How do you sack off the high earners?

[curiousorange]

How do you sack off the high earners?

I think that's another problem we didn't foresee. Not only do they eat into your budget, but it's not even worth paying them off because of FFP.

[Toronto Villa]

How do you sack off the high earners?

You can’t. But what you can do is not make the same mistakes over and over again. And as a club we’ve been really guilty of that. What are we shelling out on Abraham and Bolasie? How much are we paying Whelan and Jedinak? Even Chester who we signed from PL Albion at the time. Not saying signing better players when we can shouldn’t be part of the strategy (like Tammy who is young and needs game time) but the core of our squad needs to be players who really want to be here. I don’t think signing older PL players as a Championship club is the right approach at all.

[OzVilla]

there isn't a single player I would keep other than SJM & Jack. The rest are jack shit.

Which is ironic as they’re the most likely to leave at seasons end as the only 2 we can get decent money for and will attract interest.

The loaners will go back and we’ll take a haircut on moving out the other dross.