Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[danno]

Bowen for the winner at West Ham last day has a certain inevitably about it.

Only if you worked yourself up into a lather about signing an unproven championship winger that we've never been linked with as far as I can tell.

They'll be down by then, unless of course he is the second coming of Figo.

[brian green]

RHM remains an excellent prospect. 

[cdbearsfan]

Haven't we learnt a lesson from Wesley's unfortunate injury?
Come on Villa get a deal for a striker over the line !
Surely there won't be a repeat of August 31st last year??

There definitely will be a repeat.

And don't call me Shirley.

Spoiler for Hiden:

That joke doesn't really work when it's typed out. Oh well.

[frank black]

Bowen for the winner at West Ham last day has a certain inevitably about it.

Only if you worked yourself up into a lather about signing an unproven championship winger that we've never been linked with as far as I can tell.

Never been linked with, it’s been rumoured in the usual gossip outlets for yonks. Otherwise no one would have been discussing this at any length. He will be quality wherever he decides to go to I expect.

Shame but plenty more fish as they say.

[Brassneck]

Out

Chester
Jota

In

Noone

Is my prediction.

That’s where I am too, which would be incredibly risky.

But if the players won't come/clubs won't let them go, what's the alternative?  Sign someone who's shit just for the sake of it?

The mistakes were made in the summer window when we had the option to make better use of the loan market.

[frank black]

Just had a look at the Hertha Berlin guy Selke’s obligatory you tube greatest hits.

Walk on by please Villa 

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t believe the pool of players who are potentially available, and affordable, who could improve us is that small. So I think knowing the position with Wesley, and Keinan’s injury record/inexperience it would be a pretty poor show to sign one striker this window. Still hopefully they have something lined up.

[Russ aka Big Nose]

Bowen for the winner at West Ham last day has a certain inevitably about it.

For us or them?

[frank black]

We absolutely 100% must sign a decent striker and center back (if Chester is gone). Otherwise we are playing Russian roulette with our season. Interesting next few hours ahead

[Border villan]

Just had a look at the Hertha Berlin guy Selke’s obligatory you tube greatest hits.

Walk on by please Villa

Trouble is that for several players who looked “good” on YouTube (Hogan,  the gate hopper, Lansbury) we did not walk quickly enough. Selective YouTube clips are no guide.

[Border villan]

We absolutely 100% must sign a decent striker and center back (if Chester is gone). Otherwise we are playing Russian roulette with our season. Interesting next few hours ahead

I thought the Russian has gone to Derby.

[Risso]

Bowen for the winner at West Ham last day has a certain inevitably about it.

Only if you worked yourself up into a lather about signing an unproven championship winger that we've never been linked with as far as I can tell.

i was similarly nonchalant like you about him signing for Palace, however I think he could give West Ham a real lift.

[Brend'Watkins]

Out

Chester
Jota

In

Noone

Is my prediction.

Can't see that.  He's not done much since Herman's Hermits

Dean did say this morning "I'm into Something Good"

[frank black]

We absolutely 100% must sign a decent striker and center back (if Chester is gone). Otherwise we are playing Russian roulette with our season. Interesting next few hours ahead

I thought the Russian has gone to Derby.

Ahah good move for him I think, is it a loan to buy or just a loan?  (Update) just read that they want him for their under 23 squad, which really wouldn’t develop him. Puzzling move if true

[Brassneck]

I don’t believe the pool of players who are potentially available, and affordable, who could improve us is that small. So I think knowing the position with Wesley, and Keinan’s injury record/inexperience it would be a pretty poor show to sign one striker this window. Still hopefully they have something lined up.

OK - Firstly, we don't know if we have any money to spend.  Assuming we're looking for a loan, Giroud was ruled out when we signed Drinkwater and has (apparently) just had a fee agreed with Spurs anyway.  Furthermore, he stated he didn't want to leave London.

Slimani is contracted until the end of the season at Monaco who do not want to release him.  Today it's reported that Man U are also in for him.

Sturridge is 6 months into a 3 or 4 year contract.

Those are the main 3 widely reported. None straightforward or better than 50/50.

I don't know of many more in a "pool" that we could look at.  We're reading about Selke, who hasn't set the world on fire at Berlin and looks to have lost his place to Piatek.

"Poor" would be the wrong description as it wouldn't be for the want of trying, unless as i stated previously, we brought someone in just for the sake of it.