Summer Transfer Window - The Verdict

[Dave P]

Anybody else think Tuanzebe DCM is an option?

I do now.

[Beard82]

I’ve heard of lot of pundits commenting that we’ve had one of the best transfer windows when asked which clubs have done the best business this summer. May be, just may be, our team won’t be quite as bad as some of us think on here…but we won’t get to see that for a good few weeks yet, and we also shouldn’t be judging the team or the club on the first 3 performances/results given we all know the circumstances.

We all watch Villa a lot more than the average Talk Sport pundit though. They’ve probably no idea of the underlying weaknesses we have.

I think there is def lazy punditary once we get out the top 4 - 6.  I remember one of them saying how well Watkins had done to keep Wesley out the team

[PeterWithe]

A great vote of confidence for our kids if we had money to spend and didn’t. I’ve no idea if they will be good enough but it will be interesting finding out.

I think Ramsey will be given an opportunity to nail down a place.

[PaulWinch again]

Anybody else think Tuanzebe DCM is an option?

He’s going to be fucking busy. He’s DCM cover, centre-back cover, and right back cover.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Despite a £95m spend I've found the transfer window generally underwhelming for where we want to be.
As a club we could have chosen to aim for top 6 with the safety net of a 10th/11th placed finish if things didn't work out. Instead we've aimed for a mid-table finish hoping that we don't drop too far. I can see us finishing anywhere from 11th-17th position. The lowering of expectations is a far cry from the project/vision of the owners.
Imo Smith will have his work cut out to see the season out at Villa.
Hopefully we don't pay for this next close season by losing any one/or all of Watkins, Martinez or Konsa if we fall short.

[olaftab]

Good window. Get players fit and move on. Keep improving and adding quality.

[Beard82]

Despite a £95m spend I've found the transfer window generally underwhelming for where we want to be.
As a club we could have chosen to aim for top 6 with the safety net of a 10th/11th placed finish if things didn't work out. Instead we've aimed for a mid-table finish hoping that we don't drop too far. I can see us finishing anywhere from 11th-17th position. The lowering of expectations is a far cry from the project/vision of the owners.
Imo Smith will have his work cut out to see the season out at Villa.
Hopefully we don't pay for this next close season by losing any one/or all of Watkins, Martinez or Konsa if we fall short.

Feels like a bit of a gamble doesn't it.

Hopefully they know what there doing - UTV

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Am I right in thinking the window has just SLAMMED shut ?

[UK Redsox]

Am I right in thinking the window has just SLAMMED shut ?

Still open a bit, just in case Arsenal want to sign someone in the middle of the night.

[saint13]

I’ve heard of lot of pundits commenting that we’ve had one of the best transfer windows when asked which clubs have done the best business this summer. May be, just may be, our team won’t be quite as bad as some of us think on here…but we won’t get to see that for a good few weeks yet, and we also shouldn’t be judging the team or the club on the first 3 performances/results given we all know the circumstances.

We all watch Villa a lot more than the average Talk Sport pundit though. They’ve probably no idea of the underlying weaknesses we have.

I think there is def lazy punditary once we get out the top 4 - 6.  I remember one of them saying how well Watkins had done to keep Wesley out the team
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Your telling me...Jamie Ohara has just said that Barkley was good for Villa last year!!

[Beard82]

I’ve heard of lot of pundits commenting that we’ve had one of the best transfer windows when asked which clubs have done the best business this summer. May be, just may be, our team won’t be quite as bad as some of us think on here…but we won’t get to see that for a good few weeks yet, and we also shouldn’t be judging the team or the club on the first 3 performances/results given we all know the circumstances.

We all watch Villa a lot more than the average Talk Sport pundit though. They’ve probably no idea of the underlying weaknesses we have.

I think there is def lazy punditary once we get out the top 4 - 6.  I remember one of them saying how well Watkins had done to keep Wesley out the team
our

Your telling me...Jamie Ohara has just said that Barkley was good for Villa last year!!

They get paid for this shit

[VILLA MOLE]

I’ve heard of lot of pundits commenting that we’ve had one of the best transfer windows when asked which clubs have done the best business this summer. May be, just may be, our team won’t be quite as bad as some of us think on here…but we won’t get to see that for a good few weeks yet, and we also shouldn’t be judging the team or the club on the first 3 performances/results given we all know the circumstances.

We all watch Villa a lot more than the average Talk Sport pundit though. They’ve probably no idea of the underlying weaknesses we have.

I think there is def lazy punditary once we get out the top 4 - 6.  I remember one of them saying how well Watkins had done to keep Wesley out the team
our

Your telling me...Jamie Ohara has just said that Barkley was good for Villa last year!!

thats why we kept him on then

[saint13]

Despite a £95m spend I've found the transfer window generally underwhelming for where we want to be.
As a club we could have chosen to aim for top 6 with the safety net of a 10th/11th placed finish if things didn't work out. Instead we've aimed for a mid-table finish hoping that we don't drop too far. I can see us finishing anywhere from 11th-17th position. The lowering of expectations is a far cry from the project/vision of the owners.
Imo Smith will have his work cut out to see the season out at Villa.
Hopefully we don't pay for this next close season by losing any one/or all of Watkins, Martinez or Konsa if we fall short.

I agree with this. I think we are very light in midfield. I don't see how we can track JWP & ESR so heavily & end up with nothing.

I have a horrible feeling that we will be looking over our shoulder all year and just  about stay up. I too think DS could have his work cut out to keep his job if we have a bad run after the international break.

[ROBBO]

Some positives some negatives, the negative of course is midfield, how we are going to fare against the top sides I shudder to think, looking on the bright side we will see more of Cam Archer and two or three others this season, when fit we have one of the best attacking squads in the division. It's a very important couple of months for DS, still believe things are not quite right at the club and a shaky start will bring the manager under a lot of pressure.

[brontebilly]

Anybody else think Tuanzebe DCM is an option?

No