Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Just remembering David Geddes.

Looked the least like a decent footballer but actually was quite good.

For a minute I thought he was the lead singer of Bread, but that was David Gates

[Clark W Griswold]

Juninho was at Villa Park, but the deal fell apart over money. Les Ferdinand too. And who can forget David Speedie.

I think Les Ferdinand was close but he decided to go to Newcastle in the end. Imagine Ferdinand and Yorke up front that season.

Does anyone remember the deliberately fake David Platt story on Shoot Magazine? Proper trolling.

Yesssss - was discussing this recently and trying to trace back the year they did that. Was a proper full on few page spread on his re signing. Think it was 1994 Ish

It was an April Fools prank in 1995. Front page dedicated to Platt coming back to the Villa. As a 10 year old, I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Excitedly bought it from the newsagents and showed my Dad (a Gooner) who looked bemused as there'd been no mention of it in the press.

Instead of Les Ferdinand we got Savo. Prior to that instead of David Speedie in the '87 March transfer window
we got Warren Aspinall.

I’m sure there was serious talk of us signing Speedie just before he went to Liverpool in 91 as well. That time we ended up with Gary Penrice.

[dave.woodhall]

Juninho was at Villa Park, but the deal fell apart over money. Les Ferdinand too. And who can forget David Speedie.

I think Les Ferdinand was close but he decided to go to Newcastle in the end. Imagine Ferdinand and Yorke up front that season.

Does anyone remember the deliberately fake David Platt story on Shoot Magazine? Proper trolling.

Yesssss - was discussing this recently and trying to trace back the year they did that. Was a proper full on few page spread on his re signing. Think it was 1994 Ish

It was an April Fools prank in 1995. Front page dedicated to Platt coming back to the Villa. As a 10 year old, I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Excitedly bought it from the newsagents and showed my Dad (a Gooner) who looked bemused as there'd been no mention of it in the press.

Instead of Les Ferdinand we got Savo. Prior to that instead of David Speedie in the '87 March transfer window
we got Warren Aspinall.

I’m sure there was serious talk of us signing Speedie just before he went to Liverpool in 91 as well. That time we ended up with Gary Penrice.

It was during the Venglos season. In a couple of days we sold Paul Birch and didn't buy David Speedie.

[CT]

Big Ron scouring strikers at the 1994 World Cup.

We got John Fashanu.

[VILLA MOLE]

Big Ron scouring strikers at the 1994 World Cup.

We got John Fashanu.

and Lamptey ? the african Pele

[N'ZMAV]

Big Ron scouring strikers at the 1994 World Cup.

We got John Fashanu.

and Lamptey ? the african Pele

and Phil King

[eamonn]

Big Ron scouring strikers at the 1994 World Cup.

We got John Fashanu.

At the World Cup but must have been watching repeats of Gladiators when the idea of signing Fashanu came to him.

[Ian.]

I love our new boy Danny, but Lukaku is proper world class.

When Lukaku and Benteke hit the scene I was convinced one of them would be become actual world class, I got it wrong it seems.

[eamonn]

Me too - my former colleague and I would often have that argument. Lukaku was at the Baggies at the time. I was unconvinced, saying he was a poacher who could hold the ball up but little else whereas Benteke could come short and run with the ball to make his own chances as well as finish them. Amazing how their respective careers have gone.

[Clark W Griswold]

Nice big strong DM and I think we are done this year unless a marquee unexpectedly comes on the radar

Agree, you’d think we’d have a bit of money in the kitty considering we’re currently approx £10-£20m in profit depending which figures you’ve seen for incomings and outgoings so we should look to sign the absolute best we can get even if it’s for £50m plus.
Said it before but I’d love Bellingham.

[Dante Lavelli]

I love our new boy Danny, but Lukaku is proper world class.

When Lukaku and Benteke hit the scene I was convinced one of them would be become actual world class, I got it wrong it seems.

I still maintain that Benteke was the better player but Lukaku wanted it more.  Benteke was broken after the Liverpool move failed whereas Lukaku fails, takes it in his stride and bounces back.

[LeeB]

Juninho was at Villa Park, but the deal fell apart over money. Les Ferdinand too. And who can forget David Speedie.

I think Les Ferdinand was close but he decided to go to Newcastle in the end. Imagine Ferdinand and Yorke up front that season.

Does anyone remember the deliberately fake David Platt story on Shoot Magazine? Proper trolling.

Yesssss - was discussing this recently and trying to trace back the year they did that. Was a proper full on few page spread on his re signing. Think it was 1994 Ish

It was an April Fools prank in 1995. Front page dedicated to Platt coming back to the Villa. As a 10 year old, I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Excitedly bought it from the newsagents and showed my Dad (a Gooner) who looked bemused as there'd been no mention of it in the press.

Instead of Les Ferdinand we got Savo. Prior to that instead of David Speedie in the '87 March transfer window
we got Warren Aspinall.

And had we have bought Ferdinand we wouldn't have had much left to strengthen elsewhere, so it probably worked out best for everyone. He was a bloody good player though.

[steamer]

Can not knock the transfer activity to date
Hope we are looking for a DM who will break up play and find a Villa player with his pass.
Axel then in the scale of things would not bother me.
Seen in isolation as the sum of of our ambition I would be very pissed off, but he is not and I am OK with it.

[PeterWithe]

Think we are short of a left footed wide attacking player and a central midfielder ready to put pressure immediatly on current first choices.

[sid1964]

I think we are done with incoming transfers