Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[Damo70]

Milner appeared in 22 Premier league games last season and plenty of cup games too. He has begun to be a bit part player at Liverpool but I reckon he has at least one more good season in him.

[danno]

Oh definitely. a one year deal etc would be fine.

[West Derby Villan]

Would love him back......for the fourth time?

[villadelph]

Yesterday is a perfect example of why we need someone like Milner in the squad. McGinn, by all accounts, did not have a stellar game and Douglas was left with the responsibility of protecting the back four. Being able to take McGinn off and put a disciplined+experienced player like James Milner in that spot would do a world of good when protecting leads.

I don't see it happening, but it'd be nice.

[ozzjim]

Yesterday is a perfect example of why we need someone like Milner in the squad. McGinn, by all accounts, did not have a stellar game and Douglas was left with the responsibility of protecting the back four. Being able to take McGinn off and put a disciplined+experienced player like James Milner in that spot would do a world of good when protecting leads.

I don't see it happening, but it'd be nice.

Spot on, it is why I was happy with the McCarthy link from Palace too, nowhere near as good but gives a solid, hard working midfielder. Palace have played him in both games though so doubt that is happening. Type we need though.

[Fred Crump]

We can but dream. Unfortunately in the unlikely event of him going anywhere it would be back to dirty Leeds. He is a Horsforth lad.

[eamonn]

Miller - is that the unexpected shock signing we've been promised? I'd take him. He keeps himself in good nick. Him and Tony Daley will still have tummys like surfboards in their 70s.

[sickbeggar]

Couldn't see Milner getting past the club's strict recruitment policy seeing he's over *whispers* 3.0. There's a rumour Elmo and Taylor have already gone on the run

[SaddVillan]

Looking at our sigings so far:

Smith wanted to sign Watkins and Cash - he knew how good they were from his time at Brentford in Div 2. The club went out and signed them. Job done.

We also identified the need a new keeper, a winger, a forward and a midfielder.

Johan Lange - our new scout chappie brings in:
Emi Martinez - looks like a winner.
Bertrand Traore - yet to play.
Two rabbits that he pulled out of the hat. Nobody was even talking about them as possibles until the respective deals were being firmed up.

Wonder who Lange has up his sleeve this time to surprise and delight us with in terms of a forward and midfielder?

Compare our transfer window to the acrimony Manchester United have had. Every attempted signing is immediately leaked to the press & very few deals have been completed

We've made some smart signings, all carried out in a professional manner.  Let's hope any further additions are as good as the first four.

It's a big improvement over last season (but then we needed a whole new team and had little time to act, so that I can understand).

Oh, and don't forget that at the same time we've made considerable progress on restructuring the player development set up with a new player progression philosophy in place and some  young prospects coming on board.

Plenty of reasons to be positive and although
I'm sure there will be the odd stumble along the way,  Villa look suspiciously well organised for the first time in ages.

UTV

[Villafirst]

Giggs was good enough to let the ball do his running for him, as well as having top six players in front and behind him.
Barry and Carrick both had excellent positioning off the ball, and could spray the ball about rather than expend lots of energy chasing the ball.

I like James Milner (a lot) but I think he'll age like milk once his energy levels drop.

I don't agree. You still need high energy levels to play in the world's best League.

[Big Ming]

Looking at our sigings so far:

Smith wanted to sign Watkins and Cash - he knew how good they were from his time at Brentford in Div 2. The club went out and signed them. Job done.

We also identified the need a new keeper, a winger, a forward and a midfielder.

Johan Lange - our new scout chappie brings in:
Emi Martinez - looks like a winner.
Bertrand Traore - yet to play.
Two rabbits that he pulled out of the hat. Nobody was even talking about them as possibles until the respective deals were being firmed up.

Wonder who Lange has up his sleeve this time to surprise and delight us with in terms of a forward and midfielder?

Compare our transfer window to the acrimony Manchester United have had. Every attempted signing is immediately leaked to the press & very few deals have been completed

We've made some smart signings, all carried out in a professional manner.  Let's hope any further additions are as good as the first four.

It's a big improvement over last season (but then we needed a whole new team and had little time to act, so that I can understand).

Oh, and don't forget that at the same time we've made considerable progress on restructuring the player development set up with a new player progression philosophy in place and some  young prospects coming on board.

Plenty of reasons to be positive and although
I'm sure there will be the odd stumble along the way,  Villa look suspiciously well organised for the first time in ages.

UTV

This.

Plus the massive amount of effort that has gone into improving the youngsters.

Feels like a plan coming together.

[Londonvilla]

Aston Villa have tied-up Keinan Davis for another four years after the striker penned a lengthy contract extension until 2024.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-davis-18978595

Happy with this as there is a good player in there the trick is can we bring it out....I would loan him out as he need to start scoring and it work  for Harry kane who was loaned out 4 times and Bertrand Traoré can play up front

[pauliewalnuts]

Picking fullbacks to play on their 'wrong' side is (to me) a marker for being a poor manager - reference Bruce and Southgate.

Also Pep, Klopp, Jose and others have done it plenty in their careers, but sure.

As how they put together a balanced squad as opposed to a short-term measure to cope with injuries or suspensions, really?

Luke Young, for the most part, coped OK with being on his 'wrong' side, i.e. better than others in the same situation, though to suggest that that was better than finding a decent LB to do the job is a nonsense in my view (and at odds with the general sentiment on here from what I remember).

God, remember how many hundreds of hours we used to argue about this on here.

[Sexual Ealing]

Giggs was good enough to let the ball do his running for him, as well as having top six players in front and behind him.
Barry and Carrick both had excellent positioning off the ball, and could spray the ball about rather than expend lots of energy chasing the ball.

I like James Milner (a lot) but I think he'll age like milk once his energy levels drop.

I don't agree. You still need high energy levels to play in the world's best League.

I don't fancy heading back to the Championship.

[Brazilian Villain]

Couldn't see Milner getting past the club's strict recruitment policy seeing he's over *whispers* 3.0. There's a rumour Elmo and Taylor have already gone on the run

They've been signed by York City?? They'd have been fine for this season, what's another year?