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

[Fred Crump]

If we could get him on a free/ cheap, he would be just the sort of battler we will need if as seems increasingly likely, we need to roll up our sleeves for another relegation scrap.

[sickbeggar]

There's plenty of options once you get around the 30 mark. They're not gonna excite anyone, and we're not building a team round them, but having a bit experience in the squad has gotta be a step up from the likes of Lansbury

[john e]

Like others have said I’m not massively bothered about Wilson he’s hardly a goal machine

given the hypothetical choice I would try and continue to develop a fully fit Wesley over a fully fit Wilson
I don’t think there would be a great difference in goals scored between the two looking at their records and there’s always the chance that Wesley could become something a lot better where as Wilson is what he is

if I’m honest I don’t think there’s a single player that we have been linked with that has got me up clapping and excited

I’m not saying I’m against them all I obviously want to see some transfer action and hope they go on to be Legends
but this statement of intent signing isn’t going to happen for me in this window

[villa for life]

Not sure why people are stressing.

If Dougie, jack and Mcginn stay fit and stay in form, that’s one of the best midfields in the league.

All our strikers will be a year wiser and better

Konsa is improving all the time
Targett and Mings and hopefully Cash all good enough.


85 million on
One goalkeeper
One winger
Two strikers

Top half finish

[sickbeggar]

So what? He was and is a top class player. I'd be delighted if we signed another midfielder as good as McGinn.

The point is, our 3 best players, who'd cost you over £100m to buy, were Championship players. Watkins is a Championship player, so what? If they're good enough, they're good enough.

You can't build a team just from talented young  players from the championship. you need a blend, and we haven't got it currently

I see your cliché and raise you Chris Wilder and Sheffield United.

We have a squad that has experienced a season and did something miraculous. Do you think Konsa and Luiz to choose two, won't be better for that? And that we're not active in the market looking to improve what we have?

Well we'll see in a few seasons how wilder gets on - he'll certainly be the exception to the rule, but have it your way ads. We were excellant last season, no-one's form dropped off at all, and in no way could a bit of experience have helped us at times.

[Drummond]

Well I'm guessing Watkins'price may go up again now we've withdrawn our offer for Wilson.

[Footy-Vill]

How about bringing Snodgrass back? He's touching on a bit at 32 I know, but he is exactly the type of experienced player we should be looking at and he would most definitely be a step up on either El Ghazi or Trez. He seemed to love his time here too whilst on loan and was the model pro by all acounts.

Oh I loved him at the time. Battle hardy too.
Snoddy for me was great for the time and period when he was here. Unless he reinvents himself in the midfield position i'm not interested now for him as an inverted winger because he's just too darn slow

One thing this side lacks is pace in attack.
I'm all for him as a character and 100% effort but no not now in that space on the pitch taking up room and wages for all his experience I'm more a Walcott man who's 31 but has offerings

Of course would be delighted if he was actually still part of the squad but he's not for me and was  a stand out under the old Bruce regime.
Good luck to him and always like to see him do well.
Good suggestion to be fair just think pace is what's needed to be honest

Up the Villa.

[hilts_coolerking]

I wasn't that keen on him and he'd rather go to Newcastle.  Fair enough. 

[Ads]

So what? He was and is a top class player. I'd be delighted if we signed another midfielder as good as McGinn.

The point is, our 3 best players, who'd cost you over £100m to buy, were Championship players. Watkins is a Championship player, so what? If they're good enough, they're good enough.

You can't build a team just from talented young  players from the championship. you need a blend, and we haven't got it currently

I see your cliché and raise you Chris Wilder and Sheffield United.

We have a squad that has experienced a season and did something miraculous. Do you think Konsa and Luiz to choose two, won't be better for that? And that we're not active in the market looking to improve what we have?

Well we'll see in a few seasons how wilder gets on - he'll certainly be the exception to the rule, but have it your way ads. We were excellant last season, no-one's form dropped off at all, and in no way could a bit of experience have helped us at times.

Have some fire scarecrow.

[john e]

I wasn't that keen on him and he'd rather go to Newcastle.  Fair enough. 

i would imagine he will be very similar to Maupay

he will notch around 10 goals and every time he does someone will mention how we missed out on this top class striker

[Sexual Ealing]

Not sure why people are stressing.

If Dougie, jack and Mcginn stay fit and stay in form, that’s one of the best midfields in the league.

All our strikers will be a year wiser and better

Konsa is improving all the time
Targett and Mings and hopefully Cash all good enough.


85 million on
One goalkeeper
One winger
Two strikers

Top half finish

Agreed.

[robbo1874]

There's plenty of options once you get around the 30 mark. They're not gonna excite anyone, and we're not building a team round them, but having a bit experience in the squad has gotta be a step up from the likes of Lansbury

assuming the budget’s around 100m - we don’t know, but that’s the commonly accepted amount, we’ve spent 16m already and looking for a keeper around the 10m mark. If you add in Edourd or Tammy say for around 40-50m (plus wages) that leaves you one other player in the 30m range. Who would you get in from the loads of other options?

[sickbeggar]

well building a successful team just from talented lower league players is like the holy grail of the premiership. - if it could be done with any measure of success everyone would do it.  We've already tried it ourselves before and it didn't work out too well.

[Ads]

well building a successful team just from talented lower league players is like the holy grail of the premiership. - if it could be done with any measure of success everyone would do it.  We've already tried it ourselves before and it didn't work out too well.

You said it can't be done. It appears two clubs tried it last and one was very successful with it, the other finished rock bottom.

Don't get your knickers in a twist over evidence that goes against your opinion.

[villabear]

Season start for us two weeks away. One player in. Let’s hope our hopefully ongoing targets aren’t been put off by lower wages. I thought once we survived last season that money wasn’t going to be an issue. I wasn’t but now i’m a bit concerned tbh.