Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[Three Spires Villa]

Maybe, we had no intention of getting any players in January. Each player in has been a replacement (of kind) for an injury, ) except young Barry. With Chester, Jota, Kodjia going, mayibe we need to get some wages out, and or accounts are not as good as we would have hoped. Hopefully I am Completely wrong.

[Ian.]

I'd be extremely worried letting Chester leave and not replacing him, especially now we are playing 3 in the back centre.

I suppose Engles is still here, or actually is he still here?

[Jon Crofts]

This lack of another striker will bite us in the arse. Nothing short of criminal.

[danno]

I don't think many teams have more than two strikers tbh. The days of clubs having four died with the 4-4-2.

[chrisw1]

I'm convinced FFP is what cripling us here.  Such a shit system for a club with decent owners who want to progress.

[Axl Rose]

Buy some players, Villa.

[dave.woodhall]

It seems like we're back to the Lerner days of if you want something enough it'll happen.

[Kimaster1976]

As I said earlier I think its down to FFP otherwise Piatek for £22.8 million would have been the buy considering where he is gone.

It looks like its down to Indiana Vassilev & Louie Barry if it all goes pear shaped with Samatta or Davis gets re-injured.

[Clark W Griswold]

https://twitter.com/TeleFootball/status/1223193295595110400?s=19

Found it (I always fact check 😉)

Ah, good spot.

It does say 'not expected to' mind, so not concrete. I would also ask 'not expected to' by who?
I'm clutching at straws really, i think we'd be fucking mad to not get another forward, there are plenty of other areas where we could have improved as well, including centre back now he's started playing with 3. We play with 2 most of the season and have 5, we change to playing 3 and then get rid of 1, leaving 1 spare. WTF.

[aev]

I'm convinced FFP is what cripling us here.  Such a shit system for a club with decent owners who want to progress.

It can be the only sensible explanation.

[berneboy]

If we don't get a striker with Prem experience, I will be very sad. There, I've said it.

So will Deano. He has pretty much said so.

[Nev]

Fucking hell, Danny Rose asked on Sky about his move to Newcastle and said he saw one of their players get injured in a game on TV so he phoned his agent and said he'd like to go there. I've never heard of that before.

Perhaps he relished dusting himself down and rolling his sleeves up?

[VILLA MOLE]

Fucking hell, Danny Rose asked on Sky about his move to Newcastle and said he saw one of their players get injured in a game on TV so he phoned his agent and said he'd like to go there. I've never heard of that before.

Perhaps he relished dusting himself down and rolling his sleeves up?


He is a funny one Danny Rose , quite honest at times not your standard answers

[Drummond]

Given that two of the signings we've made were replacements for players injured after the transfer window opened, we've improved the squad by one Danny Drinkwater. It defies all logic.

Drinkwater in for McGinn.
Reina in for Heaton.
Samata in for Wesley.

We've sold Kodjia.
We've sold Kalinic.
Chester looks like he's going too.

So we're down in numbers and weaker, if that's possible, up front. It's pretty ridiculous isn't it?

However, I am of the opinion that getting someone in because we're desperate rather than someone we really want is pointless.

I can see why we wouldn't need another keeper. I'm happy with what we have. (Jed Steer must be absolutely gutted mind).

Letting Chester go is fine if there's someone to replace him otherwise, as frustrating as it may be for him, tough.

The striker thing is most concerning. Unless they plan to chuck young Barry or Vassilev in, which is nuts.

[Mister E]

I think there'll be a last-gasp incomer.
An attacking midfielder.