Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Larry Duff]

Paul_e (and Larry Duff if the gent is reading), what's your opinion on Mitch Clark's move to Leicester?

I think we will be okay with it.  I have watched the Academy sides for years and I always champion our young players hoping they will become first team regulars.  But, the brutal truth is that most years none of them make it in to our first team and only  two or three from the years intake make a living in the game at lower level.  I thought Mitch and Callum O'Hare were the best prospects from that Team.  They will both make it as Pro Footballers as their loan spells proved.  Much better than other high profile youth players have done on loan.
But after a good start Mitch wasn't outstanding at Port Vale although He did fine.  I like him a lot and He is a character on the pitch but I don't think He will come back to haunt us.
And Yes I would definitely have signed him for another year or so, just in case !!


 

[Lescottstweets]

So Gueye has signed for PSG. Does anyone still think that he, Veretout and Amavi weren’t good enough for us?

It was a shite team at the time but you could tell these 3 had that extra quality about them.

On another note what happened to that full back that wanted Champions League football? Couldn’t stand him

[Three Spires Villa]

So Gueye has signed for PSG. Does anyone still think that he, Veretout and Amavi weren’t good enough for us?

It was a shite team at the time but you could tell these 3 had that extra quality

On another note what happened to that full back that wanted Champions League football? Couldn’t stand him

Gueye and Armavi were very good as was Gill, I could never make my mind up about Veretout and I was wrong

[nigel]

So Gueye has signed for PSG. Does anyone still think that he, Veretout and Amavi weren’t good enough for us?

It was a shite team at the time but you could tell these 3 had that extra quality about them.

On another note what happened to that full back that wanted Champions League football? Couldn’t stand him

You mean the one that was misquoted and got hammered for it?

[PeterWithesShin]

How dare Bacuna say yes that one day he would like to play CL football if he could, the overly smiling fecker should have said he had no ambition or dreams for his career.

[cdbearsfan]

I miss the great sulky smiley debates.

[PeterWithesShin]

Ayew, wanker, never smiles. Bacuna, wanker, smiles too much.

Thankfully we now insert smile clauses into every contract.

[cdbearsfan]

Our scouting reports are a paragraph about footballing ability, three words about injury record, and ninety-four pages on facial expressions.

[SoccerHQ]

Walter Benitez isn't involved with Nice tonight, they are missing him as they are 5-1 down to Burnley. Could well be on the move as they otherwise have full strength team out.

[Brassneck]

Our scouting reports are a paragraph about footballing ability, three words about injury record, and ninety-four pages on facial expressions.

Yeah - The scout who recommended BB has now been sacked.

[rob_bridge]

Walter Benitez isn't involved with Nice tonight, they are missing him as they are 5-1 down to Burnley. Could well be on the move as they otherwise have full strength team out.

Maybe a bizzare triangle where we sign Heaton and Burnley sign Benitez and Nice sign Nyland

[brian green]

Oddly I found Veretout the easiest one to spot as a great prospect.  First saw him in the infamous warm up against Forest when Tactics Tim played Richards at centre back.  I had not seen a Villa midfielder ping the ball with such precision since Platty.

[rob_bridge]

Oddly I found Veretout the easiest one to spot as a great prospect.  First saw him in the infamous warm up against Forest when Tactics Tim played Richards at centre back.  I had not seen a Villa midfielder ping the ball with such precision since Platty.

All 3 of those signings were good. We  just had an obnoxious, clueless, seemingly xenophobic, tactically illiterate manager at the time who disowned them as soon as the wheels came off his wagon.

[Kimaster1976]

One thing I will be glad about when the transfer window shuts is I will no longer be tempted to click articles online and forced to read endless quotes from Noel Whelan, Danny Mills and Darren Bent. They have had those 3 on rotation for a Villa rent a quote all summer.

[Steve67]

One thing I will be glad about when the transfer window shuts is I will no longer be tempted to click articles online and forced to read endless quotes from Noel Whelan, Danny Mills and Darren Bent. They have had those 3 on rotation for a Villa rent a quote all summer.

The Evening Mail duping people with sensationalist headlines and downright lies too.  Crap.  I honestly don't recall selecting a single click on the Mail site that actually bared and resemblance to the story behind the headline. Disgraceful journalism.  The only reliable headline writing I've seen is from the Express and Star or the Guardian.  The Evening Mail can fuck right off.