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

[pauliewalnuts]

I know loads of posters who think you not understanding my point is daft, I won't name any though.

I bet they're all £15M Championship posters.

Yep, we should only be looking for 10000 post plus posters, either from here or villatalk.

Signing posters from VillaTalk and hoping they all come good is asking for trouble.

[Goldie.7]

Callum Wilson to Newcastle and I feel somewhat relieved. I’m not sure a player of his age with ACL operations on both Knees Is the answer. I imagine whoever were after may well happen this week.

Me too, felt like a panic buy which I thought we had moved away fron

If Wilson was a panic buy, what comes next!

Knowing us. We'll probably offer Burnley £12-15m for Jay Rodriguez.

[Sexual Ealing]

I know loads of posters who think you not understanding my point is daft, I won't name any though.

I bet they're all £15M Championship posters.

Yep, we should only be looking for 10000 post plus posters, either from here or villatalk.

Signing posters from VillaTalk and hoping they all come good is asking for trouble.

Ha! All gif and no PDF!

[eamonn]

I'd actually take Rodriguez over Wilson. If you can keep him injury free he has enough nous about him to score big goals.

[pauliewalnuts]

I know loads of posters who think you not understanding my point is daft, I won't name any though.

I bet they're all £15M Championship posters.

Yep, we should only be looking for 10000 post plus posters, either from here or villatalk.

Signing posters from VillaTalk and hoping they all come good is asking for trouble.

Ha! All gif and no PDF!

They've basically lost all interest in the game anyway. Even that bloke who designs kits at the end of every season doesn't show up these days.

[paul_e]

I know loads of posters who think you not understanding my point is daft, I won't name any though.

I bet they're all £15M Championship posters.

Yep, we should only be looking for 10000 post plus posters, either from here or villatalk.

Signing posters from VillaTalk and hoping they all come good is asking for trouble.

Ha! All gif and no PDF!

Be quiet with your ~9500 championship level posting record!

[Sexual Ealing]

They still love a transfer rumour though.

[nigel]

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

We were different in the fact we had to rebuild a squad with a given amount
It just about paid off.
I do believe, though, had we not had the injuries to Heaton and Wesley we’d have been a couple of places further up without much to worry about.
Wesley’s injury meant we had to buy a striker in Jan when the money could have gone elsewhere in the squad

[Sexual Ealing]

I know loads of posters who think you not understanding my point is daft, I won't name any though.

I bet they're all £15M Championship posters.

Yep, we should only be looking for 10000 post plus posters, either from here or villatalk.

Signing posters from VillaTalk and hoping they all come good is asking for trouble.

Ha! All gif and no PDF!

Be quiet with your ~9500 championship level posting record!

I'm thinking of posting on a Borussia Dortmund forum instead. They'd appreciate my more cerebral posting style.

[villa for life]

Just wondering, if our team is so bad, how come we stayed up?

We will be miles ahead of last season in Smith knowing his best team etc (admittedly it took him far too long)

I find posters saying so and so is “shit” very offensive. They are people with their own sensitivities. Mutual respect - possible?

[Steve67]

Wilson going to Newcastle, might end his career.  Has Bruce ever signed a forward who has done well for him? A permanent signing?

Also, I wonder if we have pulled out because something else is agreed?

[hilts_coolerking]

Just wondering, if our team is so bad, how come we stayed up?

We will be miles ahead of last season in Smith knowing his best team etc (admittedly it took him far too long)

We stayed up because we had a sensational end to the season which just redeemed what had until then been mostly dismal.  That end of season improvement reflects very well on Smith but as for knowing his best team I think that as things stand about a third of his best team hasn't even been signed yet. 

[Dave P]

I know loads of posters who think you not understanding my point is daft, I won't name any though.

I bet they're all £15M Championship posters.

Yep, we should only be looking for 10000 post plus posters, either from here or villatalk.

Signing posters from VillaTalk and hoping they all come good is asking for trouble.

Ha! All gif and no PDF!

Be quiet with your ~9500 championship level posting record!

I'm thinking of posting on a Borussia Dortmund forum instead. They'd appreciate my more cerebral posting style.

If you went to Dortmund, we’ll retire your username.

[Sexual Ealing]

Hahaha

[paul_e]

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

We were different in the fact we had to rebuild a squad with a given amount
It just about paid off.
I do believe, though, had we not had the injuries to Heaton and Wesley we’d have been a couple of places further up without much to worry about.
Wesley’s injury meant we had to buy a striker in Jan when the money could have gone elsewhere in the squad

Agreed, I suspect the 'plan' was to loan in a striker (Brewster was being linked) and use whatever money we could get together on a midfielder but then the 2 injuries threw those plans out the window. and we had find a striker for a relatively small fee that we could trust to start 15-20 games and then get a loan midfielder as well as loans to cover Heaton and Wesley.

From last summer I suspect that the aim was to get a young squad together that could largely stay as a group for 2-3 seasons with the expectation that most of them would improve significantly over that time. On that basis I don't buy the argument that "we finished 17th and other teams have improved more than we have". I think we'll naturally be a better team next season which is why I think signings that don't disrupt the squad are important and the attitude/mentality side of things is very difficult for fans to judge.

Young players with ambition to reach the top but sensible enough to realise they're not going to be regular starters for a top CL side this season, willing to work hard and with the base level technical and physical elements to make it. Cash fits the mould, Watkins and Rashica look like they'd be good as well, if we can find a midfielder who fits as well I'd be happy, if we could add competition in goal and another attacking player (who can play central or wide) with the spare change or with loans/frees then it'd be a great window.