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

[mr underhill]

#don'tannounceanyalicebandtwatfromnorwich

[onje_villa]

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

I think he meant Big Dunc.

I think it was Ferguson. We almost signed Ferdinand earlier in the previous season, but he changed his mind and joined Newcastle. Collymore and Curcic were exactly the kind of players we needed that preseason - a creative spark and goals. But mentally they were completely unsuited and moved us backwards.

Us missing out on Ferdinand that year was one of my biggest disappointments as a Villa fan. Felt like a massive blow.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Cantwell linked with Leeds for £15m, that would be a good signing for that price. I would have been all over that but we’ve got Barkley now.

Yup, that would be great business for Leeds. I hope he chooses to move to Barcelona instead. Anywhere except Leeds.

[LeeB]

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

I think he meant Big Dunc.

I think it was Ferguson. We almost signed Ferdinand earlier in the previous season, but he changed his mind and joined Newcastle. Collymore and Curcic were exactly the kind of players we needed that preseason - a creative spark and goals. But mentally they were completely unsuited and moved us backwards.

Us missing out on Ferdinand that year was one of my biggest disappointments as a Villa fan. Felt like a massive blow.

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

I think he meant Big Dunc.

I think it was Ferguson. We almost signed Ferdinand earlier in the previous season, but he changed his mind and joined Newcastle. Collymore and Curcic were exactly the kind of players we needed that preseason - a creative spark and goals. But mentally they were completely unsuited and moved us backwards.

Us missing out on Ferdinand that year was one of my biggest disappointments as a Villa fan. Felt like a massive blow.

Brian tried to sign him from QPR, when he went to Newcastle, but said it might have been a mistake had he done that as it would've blown the transfer budget that we ended up buying Savo, Draper and Southgate with.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I presume you mean Ferdinand? Cole was long gone from them at that stage. Ferdinand would have been a much better signing I'd imagine, although easy in hindsight.

I think he meant Big Dunc.

I think it was Ferguson. We almost signed Ferdinand earlier in the previous season, but he changed his mind and joined Newcastle. Collymore and Curcic were exactly the kind of players we needed that preseason - a creative spark and goals. But mentally they were completely unsuited and moved us backwards.

Us missing out on Ferdinand that year was one of my biggest disappointments as a Villa fan. Felt like a massive blow.

I actually saw Ian Taylor in a bar in Tenerife the night that Les Ferdinand joined Newcastle instead of us. Would’ve been June 1995. I remember we discussed being disappointed but not that surprised. Little did we know about the season we were about to have though.

[The Edge]

Cantwell linked with Leeds for £15m, that would be a good signing for that price. I would have been all over that but we’ve got Barkley now.

Yup, that would be great business for Leeds. I hope he chooses to move to Barcelona instead. Anywhere except Leeds.

Does he have the choice? Barcelona or Leeds? Hmmm that's a tough one.

[chrisw1]

Cantwell linked with Leeds for £15m, that would be a good signing for that price. I would have been all over that but we’ve got Barkley now.

Yup, that would be great business for Leeds. I hope he chooses to move to Barcelona instead. Anywhere except Leeds.

I think he's a really good player and if he goes for £15m it will be a steal for whoever gets him.

[Drummond]

New signings and the players who've left recently that they've replaced.

Martinez > Reina, Sarkic
Cash > Bree,
Watkins > Baston, Hogan
Traore > Samatta, RHM, Green
Barkley > Drinkwater

We've definitely strengthened.

The only player to leave recently (permanently) that hasn't been replaced directly is James Cjhester, and you'd argue we'd replaced him already.

[cdbearsfan]

Looks good when you see it like that.

[Monty]

New signings and the players who've left recently that they've replaced.

Martinez > Reina, Sarkic
Cash > Bree,
Watkins > Baston, Hogan
Traore > Samatta, RHM, Green
Barkley > Drinkwater

We've definitely strengthened.

The only player to leave recently (permanently) that hasn't been replaced directly is James Cjhester, and you'd argue we'd replaced him already.

That's great, though I must say I'd feel a lot better with Chester on the bench.

[ozzjim]

Still think we are a forward player getting injured from having an average forward line. More competition there that can play across the front would be it for me. Especially with pace.

[paul_e]

New signings and the players who've left recently that they've replaced.

Martinez > Reina, Sarkic
Cash > Bree,
Watkins > Baston, Hogan
Traore > Samatta, RHM, Green
Barkley > Drinkwater

We've definitely strengthened.

The only player to leave recently (permanently) that hasn't been replaced directly is James Cjhester, and you'd argue we'd replaced him already.

That's great, though I must say I'd feel a lot better with Chester on the bench.

Chester from 2-3 years ago I'd agree, Chester now is a shadow of that player, he's never going to properly recover from that injury.

[cdbearsfan]

Mate, just wait one day ffs.

[ozzjim]

Mate, just wait one day ffs.

For??

Jim White has just said on TS that Purslow told him last night we are done this window now.

[Monty]

New signings and the players who've left recently that they've replaced.

Martinez > Reina, Sarkic
Cash > Bree,
Watkins > Baston, Hogan
Traore > Samatta, RHM, Green
Barkley > Drinkwater

We've definitely strengthened.

The only player to leave recently (permanently) that hasn't been replaced directly is James Cjhester, and you'd argue we'd replaced him already.

That's great, though I must say I'd feel a lot better with Chester on the bench.

Chester from 2-3 years ago I'd agree, Chester now is a shadow of that player, he's never going to properly recover from that injury.

Yeah that's probably fair. Still, never mind our attack - I look at our backline and think, Christ, what if Mings or Konsa gets injured? We've only just learned how to defend recently.