Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[sickbeggar]

I don't think he would have bought 22 shit players though. 15 slightly better ones, you'd hope.

Lambert was an absolute charlatan.

maybe but that's still only 6.5m a player.

[LukeJames]

The responses from the Arse fans about our possible third bid for ES-R are highly arrogant and yet amusing.  I’m glad we are pissing them off.

I went on one of their forums yesterday expecting to see what they were saying about it and other than one or two replies they were quite level headed about it. I was quite surprised.

[Risso]

Christ, what a shower of shit. 

Vlaar and Lowton were probably the only two who were ok for us and we go a few years out of Westwood (I know, I know...).  I thought Okore may come good but it was not to be. 

That list is unbelievable.

Even Vlaar used to piss me off, the big girl's fucking blouse. "Doubtful" for 25 games a season, never played in any of them. Seemingly never missed a game for the Dutch...

Yes, he was shit. He also pissed me off when he left van Persie in acres of space for that volley in 2013 which then got more attention than Lowton's wonder goal.

[Villan82]

I don't think he would have bought 22 shit players though. 15 slightly better ones, you'd hope.

Lambert was an absolute charlatan.

McLeish, Lambert, Sherwood and Garde are all symptoms of a deeper rot at the club in those years. The first three wouldn't have even got to manage us if things were right at the club.

[chrisw1]

Christ, what a shower of shit. 

Vlaar and Lowton were probably the only two who were ok for us and we go a few years out of Westwood (I know, I know...).  I thought Okore may come good but it was not to be. 

That list is unbelievable.

Even Vlaar used to piss me off, the big girl's fucking blouse. "Doubtful" for 25 games a season, never played in any of them. Seemingly never missed a game for the Dutch...

Yes, he was shit. He also pissed me off when he left van Persie in acres of space for that volley in 2013 which then got more attention than Lowton's wonder goal.

True, but in the context of that list, when he did actually play he tended to be a bit less shit than the others.

Lowton was the only one I really liked and would have had back.

[rob_bridge]

Several of those would vie for a place in my all time list of worst players you've ever seen. Tonev being the pick of a bad bunch, but thankfully he didn't play much.

surely not “there’s a good player in there somewhere Tonev”

Wasn't he signed on recommendation of Petrov?

[darren woolley]

Remember when we signed Aaron Tshibola what a waste of money he was.

[WarszaVillan]

Several of those would vie for a place in my all time list of worst players you've ever seen. Tonev being the pick of a bad bunch, but thankfully he didn't play much.

surely not “there’s a good player in there somewhere Tonev”

Wasn't he signed on recommendation of Petrov?

He was signed from the Polish league, where he wasn't very good. I asked a few people who follow the league closely and all them were perplexed we'd signed him.

[kippaxvilla2]

Oyvind Leonhardsen.

[jwarry]

You know you were in trouble when we signed Bowery who had scored 1 goal in about 83 games in the lower leagues.

Indeed, my Spireite mate couldn’t believe we bought him and they got a million for him - he basically said he was crap and couldn’t figure out who the gel was seeing any value in him.  So it wasn’t just the players who were crap, it was the whole recruitment team!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If we're playing Villa Transfer Top Trumps I've got a Villa Scout based in Australia.

[in exile]

Remember when we signed Aaron Tshibola what a waste of money he was.

That was on the recommendation of Steve Clark.
Clark later signed him for Kilmarnock and now he has been released.
Utter crap.

[cdbearsfan]

Christ, what a shower of shit. 

Vlaar and Lowton were probably the only two who were ok for us and we go a few years out of Westwood (I know, I know...).  I thought Okore may come good but it was not to be. 

That list is unbelievable.

Even Vlaar used to piss me off, the big girl's fucking blouse. "Doubtful" for 25 games a season, never played in any of them. Seemingly never missed a game for the Dutch...

Yes, he was shit. He also pissed me off when he left van Persie in acres of space for that volley in 2013 which then got more attention than Lowton's wonder goal.

Was that the bastard offside goal? 😡

[placeforparks]

ESR will happen.

He'll sign a new deal on big terms at Arsenal surely.

the whole esr/villa/new contract circus reminds me of the grealish/man city/new contract circus.

[ozzjim]

Driven by agents to get paid either way you mean?