Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[villabear]

Isn't that Gary Cotterill a simpering, gurning fucking idiot?

I had to look up who you mean but yes i agree, a simpering, gurning, bumbling fuck wit.

Could be worse it could be Chris (I don't hate the Villa honest) Skudder.

[RussellC]

We could still get someone like Daniel Sturridge in, so I don't think it's disastrous if we don't sign a striker.

Kodjia and Elmo can also play as wingers if required, so we're certainly not in a terrible place. And if we don't make any signings today, it surely means that there'll be money in the coffers to dip into in January...

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Very disappointed with no other striker coming in. Big risk to rely on young Wesley as none of us have a clue how long it will take him to find his feet. I've got ZERO confidence in either Davis or Kodjia becoming PL class all of a sudden either.

Seems odd to spend all that money getting other areas of the team competitive and then leaving the most important department short.

Hope it doesn't come back to bite us on the arse. Without goals in this league you don't survive.

This.

Mind you, even the decent Villa sides over the years have always seemed to me to need another striker!

[murgsy]

I think we are relying on goals to come from midfield. While we are saying that Kodija and Davis might not be good enough - I think that taking a last-minute 25/30 mil (no idea about wages demands) gamble on Ben Yedder or Diagne might have been more dangerous. There's always January...

[passitsideways]

Plenty of teams have survived comfortably without having a striker that one would look at and feel confident about them getting double figures, and plenty of teams have gotten relegated despite having a fairly prolific goalscorer. It's not ideal that the squad might be short a striker but there's no clear-cut evidence that it's any less damaging than, say, an unreliable back four or weak midfield.

[eamonn]

Llorente is available....

Wouldn't be against him but he was on silly money at Spurs, over £100k a week I think.

[QuintonVilla]

Davis never looks like scoring goals, whether that be in the Championship or pre season so the geezer has got no chance in the Premier League.

[Drummond]

Davis never looks like scoring goals, whether that be in the Championship or pre season so the geezer has got no chance in the Premier League.

Yet the coaching staff have seen enough from him that they didn't want to let him go despite numerous enquiries.

[mallo]

Last season Murray scored 13 including 4 penalties, Richarlison 13, Barnes 12, Perez 12. If Wes can come up with 11-12 including penalties I think we'll be fine.

[Nev]

If Wesley works out we'll be ok, if the midfield weigh in we'll be ok. If not, I can see us in the market for a striker come January, lack of goals has sunk many a team over the years,

[Tuscans]

There has to be a point where you go yeah, I'm really happy with what we've done and end it there.

[Border villan]

Over the next 48 hours we all need to sit down and reflect on the last year at Villa Park.
This time 12 months ago most of us were in the depths of despair 😩 not knowing what if any future our great club had.
We need to appreciate the outstanding progress we have made both on and off the pitch and look forward to a season where, despite some inevitable setbacks, we will continue on the journey to our rightful position as the premier club in English football.

[richtheholtender]

I don’t think signing Konsa for £12 million and leaving the frontline so short was a particularly good idea.

[dave.woodhall]

I don’t think signing Konsa for £12 million and leaving the frontline so short was a particularly good idea.

It wasn't an either/or.

[Smithy]

What do people define as "Wes working out"?  I mean, last season only Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Leicester had any player score 15 or more goals.  Everyone there except Leicester had realistic league title hopes at the start of the season.  I don't think we're quite there yet (maybe next year!).

I think anything close to or above double figures from Wes would be great, especially if we're still scoring from other positions.  There are players who've scored lots of goals but do very little else for the team (like Darren Bent) and there are players who don't score than many, but do a lot to help the team score (like Heskey).  No idea if Wes will turn out like either of these, but I don't think his goals scored stat will be the be-all and end-all when we're assessing if he's been a success.