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

[Mister E]

Villa now have the best 2 English midfielders in the league

Lol
Hyperbole at it's very best

Some balance is required here: there's a reason Chelsea have loaned him out - he is inconsistent ("when he's good he's very, very good ..."), not perhaps as a good a team player as he should be and doesn't appear to do the unglamorous things very well (like tracking back).
However, he is definitely an upgrade on Hourihane and could be coached into being more consistently better.

I think the observation about him being a 60-minute player is a good one - and many of his England appearances have been as a sub, haven't they?

[danno]

Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

That was the rationale that saw us get Drinkwater in last January! Barkley isn't the type of player to sit in next to Luiz and get the ball to the likes of Grealish and McGinn quickly. That's what we need.

The rationale was sound, the subject (Drinkwater) was suspect. Not taking a completely different player out on loan because one was a loaf of bread is crazy. Based on that logic we'd never had signed Luiz from Man City because previously Ireland and Lescott were such disasters.

[Risso]

Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

That was the rationale that saw us get Drinkwater in last January! Barkley isn't the type of player to sit in next to Luiz and get the ball to the likes of Grealish and McGinn quickly. That's what we need.

The rationale was sound, the subject (Drinkwater) was suspect. Not taking a completely different player out on loan because one was a loaf of bread is crazy. Based on that logic we'd never had signed Luiz from Man City because previously Ireland and Lescott were such disasters.

Very well put, there's not really any come back from that.

[The Edge]

I'm chuffed with this as I do rate Barkley. It's true to say that this is a statement of intent.Can't wait to see two of England's best midfielders linking up together in claret and blue. Could be one of the deciding factors in Jack committing to the club?If you can't get a little bit excited by what's happening at Villa Park right now you're never going to. Welcome Ross. Go for it.

[maidstonevillain]

Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

That was the rationale that saw us get Drinkwater in last January! Barkley isn't the type of player to sit in next to Luiz and get the ball to the likes of Grealish and McGinn quickly. That's what we need.

The rationale was sound, the subject (Drinkwater) was suspect. Not taking a completely different player out on loan because one was a loaf of bread is crazy. Based on that logic we'd never had signed Luiz from Man City because previously Ireland and Lescott were such disasters.

Quite clearly you have been fortunate enough to have been able to totally erase Micah Richards from your memory.

[Pat Mustard]

We have got to be happy with the way the window has gone this summer, I'm just wondering if we might have one more marquee signing to make?  The type of player who maybe wouldn't have signed for us a couple of months back, but could have been convinced now by the intent we have shown to no longer be also-rans.

[danno]

Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

That was the rationale that saw us get Drinkwater in last January! Barkley isn't the type of player to sit in next to Luiz and get the ball to the likes of Grealish and McGinn quickly. That's what we need.

The rationale was sound, the subject (Drinkwater) was suspect. Not taking a completely different player out on loan because one was a loaf of bread is crazy. Based on that logic we'd never had signed Luiz from Man City because previously Ireland and Lescott were such disasters.

Quite clearly you have been fortunate enough to have been able to totally erase Micah Richards from your memory.

For some reason i thought we signed him from Fiorentina, he probably should have been the example I gave considering Lescott was from the stripeys!

[in exile]

I'm very happy with what we have done so far but my feeling is we need a left back and a centre forward.

[VinnieChase84]

Still expect us to get one more in

[maidstonevillain]

Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

That was the rationale that saw us get Drinkwater in last January! Barkley isn't the type of player to sit in next to Luiz and get the ball to the likes of Grealish and McGinn quickly. That's what we need.

The rationale was sound, the subject (Drinkwater) was suspect. Not taking a completely different player out on loan because one was a loaf of bread is crazy. Based on that logic we'd never had signed Luiz from Man City because previously Ireland and Lescott were such disasters.

Quite clearly you have been fortunate enough to have been able to totally erase Micah Richards from your memory.

For some reason i thought we signed him from Fiorentina, he probably should have been the example I gave considering Lescott was from the stripeys!

I think he had been on loan there.

[chrisw1]

I'm very happy with what we have done so far but my feeling is we need a left back and a centre forward.

I think we're going with what we've got at left back, we can't change the whole squad this window.

As for a forward, I imagine it will be someone who can play wide and upfront as opposed to a straight up centre forward to compete with Watkins.  Someone like King.

[sickbeggar]

Just can't see us getting the players we need. It's probably not realistic to expect us to have decent cover in all areas yet finance wise, but you can all pick players in the team where if you take them out injured and we're in big trouble because the reserves are a massive step down. I think with the centre forward, Smith is going to risk it. It was Wilson or Watkins and not both.

[Holy Trinity]

If you told me we would be signing a chelsea player who played 31 times for them last season I would have laughed at you.

This is a big signing for us and I hope it has an option so if it works we can keep him.

2 more through the door and I'm ecstatic with this window and smiths turn around in ability. 

[richtheholtender]

I can’t think of us having a better window. Maybe the one where we signed Carlos cuellar

[ChicagoLion]

Ross  *is on the way - apparently.

Seems my ITK was right.

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