Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[cdbearsfan]

She's not in the Alex Scott class, but I don't disagree with the sentiment otherwise.

[Axl Rose]

She's not my cup of tea.

[sid1964]

I read a comment from Dean the other day that he wanted young players with premier league experience, so it will be interesting to see if we do really want Webster and Phillips?

To read that Leicester want £90 million for Maguire just proves how stupid the market is, so for me to date we have brought well, although it will be interesting to see how "big" Wes, Grealish, McGinn etc... get on in the premier league.

[ROBBO]

I did watch a few premiership games last season and the quality between even the middle table sides and the championship is stark. Smith hasn't put a foot wrong so far let's hope he as well as the players are up for the challenge.

[themossman]

She's not my cup of tea.

Bravo sir.

[Percy McCarthy]

She's not in the Alex Scott class.

Agreed. I sit there next to wifey and say “God, she don’t half know a lot about football this girl”, when in reality I can’t hear a word she’s saying because I’m lost in lustful thoughts. She’s so so lovely. Match of the Day next year, hope she likes the Villa.

[cdbearsfan]

Hadn't thought of that. Don't think I could take it if she slags us off. Though I suppose she might, given her tainted past...

[garyshawsknee]

She can do no wrong in my eyes, even if that means slating us at some point.

[VILLA MOLE]

get a hold of yourselves boys !! errrrr probably best not 

[not3bad]

For a couple of months it looked like we'd got ourselves a gem with that one.

I was the same.

He had a great chant as well. "Sylla, Sylla, Sylla, he loves to play for Villa, Villa, Villa"

[Monty]

The rumour today is that Leeds might have found their Phillips replacement, who is a young Croatia international and kind of looks like much much much better value than Phillips.

[Holy Trinity]

Where do we stand in the "home grown" rules stakes?

Both the Manchester clubs are struggling on this front apparently. What about us?

Steer, Chester, taggert, hause, bree, mcginn, jack, and the kids plus dross like lansbury is that enough and is that why Bournemouth and Leeds are trying to bump the prices up?

[Ger Regan]

I don't think McGinn counts as home grown in that sense, as he's from a different footballing jurisdiction.

From memory the home grown rule means you need a certain number within your matchday squad, rather than in your overall squad. I'm probably talking bollocks though, someone more knowledgeable can confirm.

[AsTallAsLions]

I don't think McGinn counts as home grown in that sense, as he's from a different footballing jurisdiction.

From memory the home grown rule means you need a certain number within your matchday squad, rather than in your overall squad. I'm probably talking bollocks though, someone more knowledgeable can confirm.

"Each season the Premier League lists the squads for each of its clubs for the season on 1 September (after the summer transfer window[6] closes). Each club is able to list up to 17 senior players that are not English or Welsh and did not spend a significant period in an English or Welsh academy, plus any number of homegrown players up to a maximum squad size of 25, plus an unlimited number of academy and under-21 players."

So the rule is that there must be a minimum of 8 home-grown players a declared first team squad of 25.

[Holy Trinity]

I don't think McGinn counts as home grown in that sense, as he's from a different footballing jurisdiction.

From memory the home grown rule means you need a certain number within your matchday squad, rather than in your overall squad. I'm probably talking bollocks though, someone more knowledgeable can confirm.

"Each season the Premier League lists the squads for each of its clubs for the season on 1 September (after the summer transfer window[6] closes). Each club is able to list up to 17 senior players that are not English or Welsh and did not spend a significant period in an English or Welsh academy, plus any number of homegrown players up to a maximum squad size of 25, plus an unlimited number of academy and under-21 players."

So the rule is that there must be a minimum of 8 home-grown players a declared first team squad of 25.

I didn't realise Scotland didn't count. So realistically we need 1 or 2 more in really dont we? Starters to push the likes of steer to the bench