Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[sickbeggar]

Still laughing at Spurs bringing in Gollini on loan. Maybe he's improved since our time but I am tempted to let them have an insight into his abilities. Best not. Never kick someone when they're down I say.

Gollini made his senior debut for Italy under manager Roberto Mancini as a late substitute for Gianluigi Donnarumma so it's clear he has improved.

pfft. you could probably name two XI's of awful players in the last 10 years who've won caps for England

[Monty]

Sure, but a goalkeeper for a side consistently in the Champions League, and who's played for the current European Champions. I mean you could definitely name two XIs of really good players from the two Euro finalists' squads.

[Londonvilla]

Still laughing at Spurs bringing in Gollini on loan. Maybe he's improved since our time but I am tempted to let them have an insight into his abilities. Best not. Never kick someone when they're down I say.

Gollini made his senior debut for Italy under manager Roberto Mancini as a late substitute for Gianluigi Donnarumma so it's clear he has improved.

pfft. you could probably name two XI's of awful players in the last 10 years who've won caps for England

Lol......sickbeggar did you have a bad time on holiday in Italy or did Gollini nick your bike. .....Come on you must love a good underdog or a good redemption story?

[sickbeggar]

Maybe but how many caps has the guy at Chelsea or the clown that is keeping him out the side?

Nah Londonvilla I genuinely wish Gollini the best of luck within reason. He hardly was given time to prove anyone wrong at Villa after all. I just think 1 cap doesn't really mean much as far as how good he is.

[Londonvilla]

Maybe but how many caps has the guy at Chelsea or the clown that is keeping him out the side?

Nah Londonvilla I genuinely wish Gollini the best of luck within reason. He hardly was given time to prove anyone wrong at Villa after all. I just think 1 cap doesn't really mean much as far as how good he is.

Fair point time will tell.

[eamonn]

Gollini has been part of Atalanta's sexy rise in recent years. He's done really well after his tough time at Villa. Judging him on that season when the whole club was a basket-case would be wrong.

[darren woolley]

Gollini has done well at Atalanta.

[LukeJames]

I dont think he played much more than 15 games did he, I think alot of the reputation came purely from the Huddersfield goal.

[N'ZMAV]

there was hardly a good player for Villa in the first half of that season.

[PaulWinch again]

I always thought he looked promising. Clearly stuff to iron out, but you expect that in a keeper of his age.

[brontebilly]

I dont think he played much more than 15 games did he, I think alot of the reputation came purely from the Huddersfield goal.

I distinctly remember him bottling a challenge at Leeds that cost us a goal. Think Bruce got Johnstone in very soon afterwards.

[ozzjim]

He looked too slight to me. I like a keeper to fill the goal a bit. Emi does that well.

[ozzjim]

On the number 10 hunt, Damsgaard looked a very decent player for Denmark in the Euros.

[pauliewalnuts]

Gollini has done well at Atalanta.

He has.

Very unfair to judge him on his time here. There are plenty of players who, in those horrendous years, featured in a dreadful Villa team but have gone on to good things.

Embarassingly.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

There seemed to be a very unhelpful relationship between Gollini and Elphick. I’ve never known a more fuckup prone defender, and that undermined the youn bloke’s confidence.