Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Gareth]

I’d happily go along with the positive posts about greater strength in depth and giving the kids a pathway if there was just one more signing for the base of the midfield where we have seemingly no promising kids or adequate seniors.

Exactly my viewpoint too

[john e]

Make a change, after Smith has gone mid-table Championship, to promotion, to survival, to mid table Premier League in consecutive seasons?  Sweet baby Jesus.

I blame the world we live in now. People want everything right now, in the way they want it and if can't be exactly right the world's gone to shit.

We’ve gone 25 years now without winning a major trophy
So much for getting what we want now

[Dave]

Make a change, after Smith has gone mid-table Championship, to promotion, to survival, to mid table Premier League in consecutive seasons?  Sweet baby Jesus.

Without at all calling for him to be replaced, it is obvious that doing that and breaking into the top tier of the division require different skills - I mean, my God, how many times has Steve Bruce won promotion or finished midtable in the PL? I struggle to see how everyone can accept that players can be good up to a certain point, but not acknowledge that managers can be the same.

Because they can see the evidence with players no longer being quite good enough. All DS has done is improve us year-on-year. If we're near the bottom halfway through the season then I think most people would see a case for getting somebody else in.

Obviously the year-on-year improvements that Smith has brought are large and noticeable, not small and incremental. But I think Monty's point is perfectly sound.

Monty's point is perfectly sound in that, yes, it's possible he's taken us as far as he can. My point is also perfectly sound, in that we don't know one way or the other so let DS prove it to us either way.

I completely agree. I think we're all furiously agreeing with each other in that Smith is doing a decent job and should stay until that changes.

[Gareth]

Have to say deadline day is far better having switched off searching #avfc on Twitter-although pretty certain nothing is happening with Villa just bobbing on here every now and again is way better then refreshing that every 2 minutes.

[Villan82]

What happened to the cheap midfielder from the Dutch league? He was supposed to have signed for us after the Newcastle game? Even he'd do!

[ozzjim]

Hasn't he gone to Forest?

[Mister E]

Choudhury available from Leicester - anyone?!

[LeeB]

Choudhury available from Leicester - anyone?!

UFC?

[Sexual Ealing]

Choudhury available from Leicester - anyone?!

He's looked decent whenever I've seen him, which is whatever minuscule number of minutes I've seen him play against us.

[sickbeggar]

Carvalho man. Cheap. Not even a win-the-ball-give-it-to-someone-good DM which would be good enough, but a win-the-ball-surge-forward-and-pinpoint-pass-to-a forward DM

[Mister E]

Choudhury available from Leicester - anyone?!

UFC?

Is that "U effing crazy?!
Or, "I thought he was signing for the Barcodes?"

Neither - still available to someone on a permanent deal.

[Mister E]

Sanches also still available apparently.

[Mister E]

Ampadu as DMF?

(sorry if I'm comong over all F-V on you!!).

[villadelph]

Sanches also still available apparently.

Lille want to loan him out - what's the harm in inquiring?

[KRS]

I’d be very very surprised if we had any surprise late incomings at this stage. Hope I’m wrong as we really could do with at least one more proven quality player in midfield but I just don’t see it happening. Reserve keeper and backup RB also concerns me.