Written by Damian Tuesday, 30 June 2009 06:54
Half the clubs in the Premier League now have new players for this coming season and with Lerner telling us funds are available, just not as much as last summer, you've got to fancy we're going to be bringing players in fairly soon.
But this isn't about when it's going to happen or the rumours that we are linked to 21 year old Brazilian wonderkid Taison or we're leading the chase for Middlesbrough attacking midfielder, winger and striker Tuncay Sanli.
I'm also not going to really look into the reports in Portugal that suggest us, Arsenal, Bolton and Manchester City will be holding talks with Miguel Veloso, the defensive central midfielder currently playing for Sporting. I don't actually care that he is 23 years old or that we have two players that can play that position that Martin O'Neill has purchased, so I'm going to leave it as pure speculation and just discard it for now.
I'm also not going to look at the rumour in The Sun that we are willing to pay £5mn. for Espanyol striker Luis Garcia, because it is just all speculation. No, this post is about James Milner, Paul Merson and five t-shirt winners.
Did anyone see the England U21 match last night? Milner looked decent and had a couple of moments when he looked really good and his crossing looked better.
It wasn't great crossing but it was better and if that is him developing, then great. He should go off and have a couple of weeks holiday now before getting back to pre-season and if he develops further this season, we should hopefully see a better Milner next season and hopefully some better crossing and a little more trickery.
But that is Milner. On the other side we have Ashley Young and up front we have Gabby and both players were getting a bit praise from Paul Merson recently. I like Paul Merson and I like that he has a lot of positive things to say about all the clubs he has played at.
Paul Merson
Gabby and Ashley are so exciting to watch. I appreciate it’s a team game but they were a huge part in the success last season. They were absolutely outstanding. They both have so much youthful enthusiasm and are blessed with masses of pace. Gabby will get better and better and he works very hard on his game.
As for Ashley, I can’t speak highly enough of him. He’s different class. I think he should be a regular with England.
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Jason
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... It's nice to hear positive things from a former player - he does always have good things to say about Villa. I have to agree with him that when they play well we were fantastic. I think Gabby just needs more consistancy. On tansfers, I must say it's nice to be linked with a Brazilian wonder kid - we will probably never sign one as it's not what MON seems to be looking for - also I think ,most people forget no one in England can sign one, the government won't give them work permits unless they have played in something like 25% of their contries internationals over the last year - remember Guzan! |
Mike Carter
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... I wish I could take anything Paul Merson says seriously but the man is just an idiot. He very rarely talks sense so I tend to blank him out. |
Jason
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... The man is a legend - I wish he was still playing for us today, we could do with just that sort of player. Also he was the first pundit on sky to bang on about how great Ashley Young was, even before he started playing so well, he obviously watches Villa alot and spotted his potential - it's only him and Andy Grey who seem to talk Villa up. |
Simon
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... Stopped watchin the U21 game after the 2nd goal. Terrible performance by the replacement keeper. Yes, Milner did look one of he better players out there and his crossing (if someone was on the back post) would have got a few goals, but the biggest worry for me was Gabby. There was no va va voom, hope the next two weks is enough time to recharge otherwise it could be a sparse season for him.  |
Altan Kargaci
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... Symbas Gabby wasn't playing ....! Milner in my opinion is only going to get better and better over the next few years . Really pleased he is so level headed and commited to playing for villa. Merson I agree is a legend always talks the Villa up on sky , wish a certain other Ex villa player would ..... David twatt , I mean Platt .  UTV |
ak_27
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... I really hope we get Tuncay. He is the type of striker we need. If we do get him i don't see why we would be after another striker? So as much as i would love to see us buy a Brazilian youngster i don't see MON going for that option. |
CP
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... Tuncay would be a great signing for us. What do you guys know about Luis Garcia? Everything I know about Luis Garcia is that he played for Liverpool, and that I know it's a DIFFERENT Luis Garcia to that. Hence, I know nothing of this player. So, I think if we got any of the following players I'd be happy: Forwards: Tuncay, Jozy Altidore, Michael Owen. Midfielders: Steven Defour, Jermain Jenas, David Bentley Defenders: Gary Cahill, Hangeland, Bassong, Naughton. |
gregdavillain
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...but the biggest worry for me was Gabby. There was no va va voom, hope the next two weks is enough time to recharge otherwise it could be a sparse season for him.smilies/cry.gif some people just havent a clue, did u even really watch the match?? there was no va voom, because the young fella was suspended and wasnt playing u nerk |
oldfart
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... I may have missed this,as I am old and past it, But what is the significance of July 1 in the transfer process??? |
bass
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... I dont rate Tuncay at all and i would not want him at the club at all!!!! As for Gabby, i used to like him but i just think he is not as good as people think and he is lazy! he thinks he is far better than he is and i believe its coz we played him far to much last season, he is still vey young and should still be coming off the bench with half an hour top go and just run at the older defenders. If you gave gabby 10 balls to run from the half way line and a defender and keeper to beat, he would beat the defender 10 times out of 10 but would beat the keeper maybe twice!!! if we signed owen it would give him someone to learn from and i think his game would improve. |
deansaundersperm that's perm
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... i see Wolves have signed Doyle from Reading for 6 1/2 million |
woodinho
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... WOHOOO... I never bloody win anything normally, I'll wear my t-shirt with pride! Cheers. Just out of interest what was the total number of hits you got??? |
colm tarpey
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... i see the press are running with O'Deary insults MON story...he was more trying to big himself up than knock MON down although we will have to listen to more crap about this and not SIGNINGS!! Grrr Well done Woodinho by the way.... |
cjd10030
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... MON might wait till august and then try for doyle for 10million??? Seriously though that Taison Kid looks like he can seriously play !MON should get him !!! |
VillaMitch
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...bass said: Bass, with the exception of the last line about learning from Owen you are talking complete garbage. Anyone who watched Gabby run his ass off on his own up front for a few months last season will know Gabby isn't lazy. He probably chased more lost causes than any other player in league last season. Almost every ball he got was a punt towards the corner flag that other strikers wouldn't bother chasing and most wouldn't catch anyway. His pace turned hopeful punts into good balls. If the guy was playing for Arsenal he would get 25 goals a season and some people on this blog would be saying what a great player he was and how they wished we had a fast young striker as good as him! Your argument about giving Gabby 10 balls from the half way line is also unfounded because our main problem last season was that we couldn't give him those balls. The only ones I can recall him getting were the ones he finished off for his hat-trick against Man City and the 2nd away at Arsenal. Tuncay is a very good player who can pick the clever pass so maybe he is the player who can get Gabby away with the pass behind the last defender that his pace is crying out for. The fact that we weren't in for Kevin Doyle makes me think that MON has bigger fish to fry than him, or am I just being overly optimistic? I still have faith he will get the players we need. :-) |
Nick Humphries
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... Would be happy with Tuncay, He's a bit different to what we have up front. I'd compare him to Gudjohnsen just younger and faster. I cant really see MON signing a "walk straight into the first team" striker as I feel he's happy with Gabby and Carew with Heskey as back up and the Fonz breaking through. I know alot of people dont rate gabby but this is pretty irrelevant as MON certainly does and he picks the team! ( I rate gabby by the way and think 12 goals and 8 assists is a pretty good return last season) Looking through our team and trying to think like MON I think he's happy with our keepers and strikers and also only thinks we need one cb to replace Laursen. I think we will get Tuncay or Gudjohnsen , a cb , cover for fullbacks ( 1 maybe 2 players depending on Bouma's fitness,) a winger ( Bentley ) and 2 centre mids ( Huddlestone and Defour ) Thats 6 or 7 signings and I know wont increase our numbers alot but would certainly increase the options we have. |
Jake
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... Sky sports news are linking us with gudjohnsen, according to his father and agent we're in for hi along with everton and fulham as well as suitors outside the premier league. Thoughts? |
ak_27
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... I think Gudjohnson would be more interested in a move to London. He likes the bright lights by all accounts. I can see him linking up with Zola at West Ham. |
Vijay
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... I think we should get the following players but mon just doesnt have the money and sometimes i wonder if he knows what he's doing!! Naughton, Hangeland, Upson, Tuncay, Bentley, Borowski, Gudjohson thats 7 players in all, i think with Barry, Laursen gone and Harewood to go, that only 4 players more in our squad than last season, that is reasonable if we have any real ambitions to do better than last season, those 7 players would cost 25-28 million net, cant we bloody afford that?? this is joke! |
cjd10030
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... people slate Gabby for beating the goalie too few times, the prem league average for goals scored from one on ones is only like 30% success rate, i remember reading it somewhere last season in a stats colummn. One on ones are not easy against goalies who know what they are doing ! |
evanvilla
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... Tuncay would be great signing for villa!!He could play in the hole behind agbonlahor or carew!!We should try and get bentley,MON would get best out if him!!If we bring in 5 quality signings i feel we will break in2 top 4!! |
Stathis
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... Very much appreciate Paul Merson's words! And he's totally right  Veloso can play at centre back, i think he actually began his career as centre back. I'd like him. |
Abdul Kashif
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... What a muppet! Check this out... http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11677_5406942,00.html I can't believe O'Leary has the balls to come out and say this.. |
evanvilla
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... I also feel that MON should have a look at Sean St ledger of Preston!!Good centre half and get him for less than 5 million!!He has broken into the irish team and would be good signing!! |
Vijay
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... Tuncay is not coming, we're in a real mess!! http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/06/30/tuncay-move-unlikely-for-villa/ |
bass
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... 'Villamitch' i hear what you are saying but i don't agree! I believe gabby is wrapped up in his own hype, do you think he should be going to the world cup next year? if you could choose a striker in the prem would it be him? he plays up front and started most games for a team in the top 6 and 12 goals is not a good return! Torres knows how to finish one on one, i Love the villa but unlike some i dont look through claret and blue tinted glasses and i am realistic, Gabby is not good enough to be our main striker! look at wallcot at arsenal, they are bringing him through and he is learning where as gabby is relied on to much to produce the goods when he should be learning. |
Nick Humphries
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... We're not in a real mess at all. I would like Tincay but if we dont get him i certainly wont jump off a bridge! Be possitive! |
Nick Humphries
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... Carew is our main striker ! and look at how much gabby has developed in the last 2 years, He, like Villa, has shown year on year improvement and will get better. |
woodinho
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... I wonder who will have the number 9 next season if Harewood goes?!?! I'd give it Carew, it'd be a good move for the club too as it would definitely shift some shirts because he's the type of striker you are proud to say is your No. 9 - rather than poor old Marlon! I'd have one anyway! |
gregdavillain
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...I think we should get the following players but mon just doesnt have the money and sometimes i wonder if he knows what he's doing!! why dont you think he knows what he's doing we've been linked with all those players bar hangeland really so why dont u think oneill knows what hes doing, if we're being linked to most of the players u want??????? |
Robbie Wells
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... Naughton hasn't signed, else SkySports would have said so, and the villa website would be trailing it 20 minutes later. As for Tuncay, it makes perfect sense that he'd go back to Turkey...i wrote a piece on players going away from the prem because of the taxes in Britain, 50% income tax here against 12.5% in Turkey. If we pay him 60,000 he takes home £30,000, if Fenerbahce pay him 60,000 he gets about £52000. Anyone who's interested, http://notheretopleaseyou.blogspot.com/ |
Andy Young
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... Is True Villa an Everton fan in disguise? Where does it say we've signed Naughton? |
deansaundersperm that's perm
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... the sad thing is, if we do sign this naughton everybody would be really happy, but if it wasn't for the fact that he has been linked with us for a while, i bet 90% of the people on here would never of heard of him (i know i hadn't) please can we set our sights a little higher? |
Daniel Wilson
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... Robbie, I started feeling a bit sorry for those of them on 60k only getting 30k there for a minute, until I remembered that thats every week  |
VillaMitch
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...bass said: Disagreeing with you doesn't mean I wear rose tinted glasses! Your point was that Gabby is lazy which he isn't and that he misses 8 out of 10 one-on-ones - which he doesn't. Of course, if I could choose ANY striker in the Prem I wouldn't pick him 1st. I would pick Torres (who cost £24m) and Rooney (who cost £30m) but this aint Fantasy Football so I don't see the relevance. Torres knows how to finish 1-on-1 but Gerrard sets him up with 2 or 3 a game. Gabby doesn't get the chances Torres does and he isn't as good as Torres (neither are most strikers in the world) so I think your comparison is unfair. Gabby is our player and the stuff you were saying about him wasn't true. I think Walcott is overrated and hasn't done anything to really justify the hype yet. He scored a hattrick against Croatia which was tremendous but so was Vassell's flying volley on his debut against Holland and where is he now? Walcott hardly looked world class last night did he? As for the World Cup - if Heskey is good enough then so is Gabby, Capello knows what he is doing so I expect him to make the right choices. We need to see what happens next season. If we get a playmaker in who can get Gabby two or three one-on-ones a game then he will get 20 goals and will deserve his place. Likewise if we get Owen and he stays fit he will get 20 goals and will probably go in Gabby's place. My initial point was that Gabby isn't as sh*t and lazy as you make him out to be and I stand by that. |
Adey Stuttard
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... Robbie, That's not strictly true, just because he is in the 50% tax bracket, he doesn't get taxed the full 50% on all his earnings. Complicated to go into, but I know where I would rather live (and it ain;t Turkey!!). Why not sign for Monaco, no tax at all there? All the players agents do is re-negotitate to take taxes into consideration. |
Vijay
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... Confused mate, im as confused as you are! but you know what, Mon is really really confused!! |
Nick Humphries
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... Set our sights higher to who? Naughton is a good prospect and exactly the sort of player MON likes signing. Name realistic players who you could see us signing that would be better. Luke Young had a great season and is our first choice RB , Who better to come in as his understudy than a young english player with something to prove. He would improve our squad ( which is what we need!) |
Robbie Wells
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... 1874AVFC, I'm sure it's not as pure and simple, but it still must be a difference in what they'd actually take out of the wage. You say that the agents would re-negotiate, but if he wanted to take home £52,000, i'm not sure we'd be prepared to pay him £104,000 a week. And yeah, it shouldn't be called into question when they earn so much a WEEK but they're greedy pricks. |
oldnick
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... something will happen on july 1st i will be getting twated on the ale cos its my birthday |
EdVilla
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... show the bil howell think the other day and sources on here saying will have two deals wrapped up to players we have been linked to in the past but have not been mentioned recently not J.Cole or Owen but Lescott and Richards link was back in April and thats not been talked about in last few weeks so fingers crossed on them. |
IrishVillan
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... A few points First up, if this Veloso link is true, and we obviously need more attack-minded midfielders, but does anyone think Petrov could fill that role, now that he's settled in the Prem? Like at Celtic, where he was scoring a lot? I know there's a gulf in class between the leagues, but he sure can pick a pass, and has a vicious shot. I don't how a few yards up the pitch would make a world of difference. As for the Gabby debate, I don't think we can rely on him "yet" to fulfill our goalscoring needs, and think we need to bring in just ONE more striker to take the workload off him, as far as goals are concerned, obviously Carew is No.1 up front, but we just need a different option sometimes, maybe Owen? Gudjohnson? The only real problem I have with Gabby is that when he gets in the box, he doesn't really shoot with any real conviction, he should put his foot thru them sometimes and rip the net open, too many backpasses to the keeper. Apart from that he's improved tenfold and will get better. Finally, for anyone that actually thinks we're not going to make any signings this summer, please gimme a break, do you think MON is stupid? Of course he's working on things and players WILL be brought in and WILL improve the team. Obviously I'd like to get up every morning with my coffee to see that we've signed another Brazilian, but that's not reality. We'll just have to keep guessing for another while, so stop moaning about it. And could people please stop moaning about Heskey too? It's getting on my nerves. Why is it whenever Villa sign someone they have to be the best player in the world straight away. He does a good job for us, and moaning just doesn't help anything now does it? Rant over |
Nick Humphries
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... Mate agree on Heskey! The other players have come out supporting him and they work with him every day! He's good back up for Carew and an England starter ( all for only 3.5 million). Capello and MON see something in him and they know far more about football than any of us! |
JohnnyMcLeod
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... Gabby- will only be a good player if he is giving 100%, I thought his attitude for the 2nd half of the season was piss poor, and up there with Luke Moore in terms of "I couldn't be bothered" body language. He needs to start scaring defenders again and stop his prima donna antics of falling over looking for free kicks. He was a breath of fresh air when he broke into the team, but he needs to buck his ideas up else its the January sales and a 3 million pound move to Hull. |
whining_villain
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... SSN have said that werder bremen are about to sign tim borowski back im starting to lose all patience and hope i have about the transfers and rumours we have been linked with |
VillaMitch
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...AVLiono said: Agreed. The same can be said about Gabby though who gets a bashing on here almost every day. MON claims he is brilliant, Capello picks him for most squads, he was nominated as young player of the year and Big John reckons he just gets better and better. Add to this the fact he cost nothing and is a local Villa fan (just like the much loved on here Craig Gardner) and I think we should be grateful we have a striker much envied by a lot of other teams in the league. You also don't hear about him asking for outrageous contracts etc like the totally unproven Daniel Sturridge. Gabby isn't the finished article yet but neither was Ian Wright when he was 22 and he is going to keep getting better. The only things that let him down at the minute are his finishing and his speed of thought and the longer he plays the better he will get. Plus, the year before last he scored home and away in wins against the Blues which gives him legend status in my eyes no matter how crap he plays. |
Daniel Wilson
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... whining_villain don't worry about it, it was obviously made up that we were interested, he isn't English and would cost more than 2.5 million |
Keith
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... VillaMitch - regarding Gabby I agree with you mate, I think he did let things go to his head and I think he will come out the other side a better player. AVLiono - agree that Naughton would be an excellent signing. oldnick - happy birthday for tomorrow. IrishVillan - Heskey is pooh! Sorry. 1874AVFC - understand regarding footballers and taxes, when Keegan signed for Newcastle in 1980s his wages were paid by S&N brewery who brew Newcastle Brown Ale. The player was "loaned" to Newcastle Utd and his wages went to an offshore account - tax avoided. There are ways if you know a good accountant |
VillaMitch
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...JohnnyMcLeod said: 3 million to Hull?!?! More likely £15m to Arsenal where he breaks all their scoring records and becomes a legend while you sit at home in your pants crying into your Pot Noodle thinking about how Villa let a diamond slip through their fingers. |
rob h
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... i agree with the above. sanli would give us a second option. would be very handy away from home against a top 4 team where he drops into midfield to form a 5 man line then breaks to support big john. Bently will improve our team and dear i say it could prove to be even better than garry barry. however, i think all the other links are wrong and have a little inkling that the following players are likley ASHTON, MGP PENNANT AND ................................. GARY NEVILLE!!!! |
Daniel Wilson
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...i think all the other links are wrong and have a little inkling that the following players are likley If this is who we have signed at the end of August, I will consider hanging myself |
upthevilla
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... We will sign three players of okish standard and finish 13th. Mon's days are over. Everton, Spurs, West Ham, Fulham, Man City, Blackburn have more appeal than us. Plus the top four. |
Keith
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... DanWilson, if that prediction is right please come round and shoot me before you hang yourself. upthevilla, you are a cock. |
VillaMitch
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...DanWilson82 said: Can I borrow the rope afterwards!! I think we are pretty safe though as there's no way we would get all 4 of these. A 34 year old right back with no intention of ever leaving his beloved Man U is hardly a top priority for us is it. I really hope we don't go anywhere near Ashton - he hasn't played for 12 months and his stats show he hadn't actually done anything with his career before all the injuries. Michael Owen would be less of a risk! I can see us picking up MGP and Pennant though as squad players. They are just the type of out of form players that MON likes to bring in and get the best out of. As long as he also signed higher calibre players too I wouldn't have a problem with these. |
upthevilla
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... keefvilla, you are deluded. I would rather use more suitable language. Two best players over a period of time gone and he is clusless as to to bring in. Newcastle for Mon if Shearer bottles it or perhaps early retirement. |
Jus nasty
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... That 50% tax your talking About only applies if u earn 100grand a week doesn't it so that wouldn't apply to tuncay who in my opinion would be agreat signing tuncay is agood talent who caused us loads of problems when we drawed with middles last season he has great energy andan eye for goal hopefully some signings should come next week maybe even by the end of this week villa will have another good season this season whoever we sign mark my words |
Daniel Wilson
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... Yeah, no problem guys, If I ever see a pic of Gary Neville on the official site holding a villa shirt i'll smash my computer screen and become a colchester fan. |
Keith
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... Its the last day of June and we haven't signed anyone. PANIC!!!! PANIC!!!! PANIC!!!! We will finish bottom half, MON hasn't got a clue. We are doomed I tell you!!!! |
VillaMitch
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...upthevilla said: How the hell is he clueless and has no idea who to bring in? Are you his secret Transfer Advisor? Does MON sit down every night with you and explain that he has no idea who to sign? If the answer to any of these questions is 'yes' then I apologise profusely but I suspect that the answer is 'no' and you have absolutely no idea what MON's plans are for the next 2 months! If we are in the same position as we are now on the 1st September then you will be proved correct but I reckon MON knows what to do and is gonna do it so maybe you should reserve your judgement until after the actual event. There is no logical reason to suggest that MON 'hasn't a clue' who to sign. Rant over..... for now. |
upthevilla
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... The point I am trying to make is that the same old pattern is panning out again. Obviously I would like us to sign half a dozen class players, but history suggests that it won't be the case. I sincerely hope I am wrong and apologise if I have offended anyone. |
john
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That would be 100k per year mate. |
Mowgs
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... Playing footy tonight with a journo for one of the nationals. Hopefully he'll have some positive news regarding signings. |
VillaMitch
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...keefvilla said: Sorry. My keyboard must be playing up! |
rob h
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... villa mitch. theres no point tying to reason with these people. I have been trying for years. This window and close season is a mirror of last season when all the same people spouted the same bullshit saying 'we wont even finish top half' mon is clueless' etc etc . they have been quiet again until now. |
Steve Badger
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... UptheVilla, The point I am trying to make is that the same old pattern is panning out again. Obviously I would like us to sign half a dozen class players, but history suggests that it won't be the case. I sincerely hope I am wrong and apologise if I have offended anyone. So that's O Neils' fault? I'm sure we'd all love £100 mill to spend, but it isn't going to happen. Get in the real world mate. and he is clusless as to to bring in. Newcastle for Mon if Shearer bottles it or perhaps early retirement. I agree with Keef's first comment. |
VillaMitch
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...upthevilla said: No problem. I just don't see the point of getting angry with MON yet. When he has said we have needed to strengthen he has. At the end of the season he said we needed more players to be able to compete on all fronts next season so I see no reason why he isn't going to do what he says. He knows we need more players and I don't want to contradict you but history suggests that we will get them in and there is actually no "same old pattern" as you suggest. As far as I am concerned he has been true to his word. Last summer we badly needed a keeper, a right back, cover for left back and a right winger. He signed Friedel, Young, Shorey and Milner along with Cuellar, Davies (loan ended), Sidwell and Guzan. He also tried for Bentley but apparently he turned us down. I was pretty pleased with our activity last year. I was disappointed that with the exception of Heskey, he didn't strengthen in January but at the time I am sure I remember MON stating that he wasn't actually going to definitely buy anyone and that he was working on a few things that he hoped would come off but it wouldn't bother him if the same players carried us through the rest of the season. In hindsight, not strengthening was a mistake but my point is that he didn't say we were gonna buy anyone in January. This summer he has said we need more players so I believe that he will sign them. I was critical of him early last summer too and gave him several rippings on here for not moving quickly and not getting the players we needed but come September 1st I felt a bit stupid for doubting him. Keep the faith! |
Adey Stuttard
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... Err, blond moment, who is MGP (I know I'm gonna get slated but just blank at the moment!!) Is he any good |
upthevilla
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... I tried to call a truce but it appears that the fear of yet another dormant transfer window has you all biting. I know that Mon is not to blame for all in the past but lets face it, he has made some mistakes in his dealings. Even though DoL is a pratt some of what he says is not far off the mark. |
VillaMitch
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...rob h said: I was one of them last summer. I was on here every day demanding to know where the signings were and then after a month of moaning they came and I felt really stupid. I am not going to make the same mistake this year. MON knows what he is doing and I trust him to do it. The guys top class. |
VillaMitch
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...upthevilla said: How was last summer 'dormant' or are you just trying to wind me up? |
VillaMitch
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...Chater1703 said: Well he can't spell Prat - ohhh the irony! |
Steve Badger
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... UptheVilla, I tried to call a truce but it appears that the fear of yet another dormant transfer window has you all biting. No mate, it's your utter drivel that has people biting. The vast majority of fans don't have any fear of "another dormant" window. Common sense says MON will make signings. And we might not like them all, they will improve the team/squad. |
Robbie Wells
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... I see both sides of the argument. MON doesn't seem very active in the market, ever...he doesn't sign the players that we think will push the team on...but on the flip side, and the important side, the results have been good in his three seasons. Whilst Spurs and Man City are continuing to buy better, more expensive, more exotic players, we've been consistently finishing above them in the last two years. So, for all the bitching and moaning that i and a lot of others makes about his nouse in the transfer market, he gets results with what he buys...who says if he bough Modric, Defoe et al. that we'd be better off? We can only go with the facts of the table, and that shows that we're better than most others. Except Everton. |
EdVilla
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... jus seen on fansfc we are in for USA Midfielder Bradley but Everton are in Pole Position yet another one we may let slip away shows you can't leave things to later Martin or you have to go shopping at the chairty shops for SAVAGE,CAMPBELL,BRAMBLE |
bass
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... Villamitch, i hope you are right and i hope he does become the striker we all want to see and get us 20 goals but as for saying he could go to the gunners and break their scoring records?????? maybe you should stop drinking this early in the day!!! |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... The only complaint I have about MON's transfer dealings is all the moaning and whinging that takes place around here beforehand. If he'd get a move on, he could spare us a lot of inanity, and we could just get straight to criticizing every new player and finding new reasons to doubt his intelligence, knowledge of football, ability to do math, and apparent disinterest in global warming and the world economic crisis. So, open letter to MON: Dear MON; (Hope you don't mind if I call you MON. It's not a Jamaican thing, I just can't be bothered to find out how to spell O'Neill). Because all the whining that reaches a crescendo about 10 minutes after the season ended is about to do my head in, I would like to propose that you just type up a list of all your targets, the bids you're putting in, how high you're willing to go, who you'll target subsequently if you're unsuccessful with your initial targets, and post it on here, please. It would help improve my Internet experience ever so much. Also, if it's not too much trouble, could you include an in-depth explanation of every decision you've made in the last 3 years, including substitutions or lack thereof in each game, what's with the crazy RB/LB subs in particular, and a complete copy of all your correspondence with RL, along with transcripts of all your spoken conversations, in person or otherwise. I'll be happy to forward it all to the papers so that we can end all the erroneous speculation, and you'll find you have loads of extra time since you won't be bothered with calling people up. You could use this time to learn about football, perhaps (might I suggest playing Football Manager, as it's made several of us much smarter than you), or to acquaint yourself with that continent thingy on the other side of that big watery area you run into down south, you know, the one the other side of Portsmouth. We're told by several footballing geniuses that contribute regularly to this site that they do actually play football over there, and are surprisingly quite good at it. I'm not sure how long this has been going on, but one gets the impression it's been happening for a while now, at least since the war. Anyway, thought you might like to know. Oh, and it's also been pointed out that although you apparently manage one of 20 EPL clubs, and see the other 19 on a fairly regular basis, that you're completely clueless regarding any of these other clubs' transfer tactics or targets, the fees they've paid, or the players they employ, that sort of thing. I also have it on good authority that you don't understand why it would be better to hire Ronaldo than James Milner. So, if you'd like, I could pop round for tea later this week and explain it to you. No trouble at all. Anyway, must run, so give my best to the missus, and thanks in advance for your cooperation. Oh, and have a nice day, too. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... no10: Use as you wish. It also occurred to me that I should've offered my help in sorting out Milner's crossing. I put in a cracker last Tuesday night that all the lads are still talking about. Maybe I'll bring it up over tea. |
rob h
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... kahoutec, please can you let me have mons response mon! vgood. your command of the english language is far too good for us to believe that you are in fact and football fan or indeed from birmingham. I would therefore make an educated guess that you are infact a spurs fan as they are intelectually superior to villa fans as they keep telling us. Now your cover is blown you can tell us how spurs are a bigger club, have better players, will finish higher than villa, have a better manager and are the biggest club in london |
Villa Nick
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... There is money to spend this summer I'm sure. Lerner is just pretending there isn't as much as last year to stop clubs holding us to ransom. Problem is MON is the worst shopper ever!! If he had money in his pocket to go and buy a posh suit, he'd come back with jeans and some flip flops. |
VillaMitch
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...bass said: If you can spout unfounded rubbish then why can't I? Was just trying to make the point that I rate him. He is only gonna get better. If he signed for Arsenal at the age of 22 and scored over 25 goals a season for the next 10 years he would break their scoring record - whats your problem? He has the potential. Playing in a team that focus on tight passing and releasing the striker would give him a lot more opportunities per game than he currently gets with us. Maybe it isn't as far fetched as you think. Wenger took an underrated, inconsistent French left winger with a 1 in 5 goal ratio and turned him into one of the most clinical strikers the Prem has ever seen. Sorry, but I refuse to get depressed about the coming season like some people. Maybe its Claret and Blue tinted specs but what's wrong with that - would rather be optimistic than pessimistic. |
evanvilla
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... it would be great if MON actually checked this website and then he'd get an idea of the players the fans want!! |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... rob h: Nah...Spuds fans may talk a good game, but look where that gets them. Always Villa for me, even though I did grow up around St. John's Wood/Swiss Cottage. Mind you, I did like Pat Jennings. |
rob h
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... i have it on good authority that mon checks this website so he can take advice of transfer targets so he must see the letter |
Christian
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... I've just been reading on here today, rather than posting cos I'm so bloody bored or rumours, speculation (lack thereof) and O'Leary's mutterings. Howver, VillaMitch, although I think I understand what your trying to say- that Gabby is a good player in yuor eeys and he can only get better- fair enough, but to say he could go to Arsenal and possibly score 25 a season for 10 years is astonishing!! I know Wenger turned Henry into a goalmachine, but Henry is a bit of a genius with the ball at his feet anyway! By your reckoning, if Wenger took Torres he'd score 50 a season for 10 years! I agree that Gabby does finish well, when given the chance, and yes he doesn't get as many chances at Villa as say he would elsewhere, BUT I do feel a lot of that is due to him not making the right runs and having the right movement. He's offside a hell of a lot a for a quick guy too. I imagine if we had Owen, he would outscore Gabby because he's more intelligent in and around the box and is certianly no slouch either. My feeling on Gabby is he's dangerous and worth his place in the side when he's confident, but he'll never be more than a 10-15 goal striker whoever he plays for. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... That's exactly it rob h. He waits to see our lists (saves a lot on scouting expenses), then starts his shopping. It does cause a bit of delay, but I'm sure he appreciates the help. |
VillaDude
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... Only 8 clubs in the prem that haven't signed a player yet. We now officially have the smallest squad in top league. Let's hope tomorrow is a bright day and a few signings are confirmed....lets hope... |
VillaMitch
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...Christian1983 said: Your missing the point. I don't actually believe he is gonna go to Arsenal and score billions of goals. I just used that as an outrageous example of what COULD happen if he left. Arsenal have been vaguely linked with him in the past so I plucked them out the air. My comment was only as astonishing as the comment by JonnyMcLeod that he would go to Hull for £3m and was meant in the same way. Also, just to clear something else up, I haven't stated that Gabby is a good finisher, mainly because he clearly isn't. I just think he is better than the 2 out of 10 one-on-ones that Bass used as an example and I think he is going to keep getting better. So to sum this all up and end it - I don't think Gabby is as good as Henry (because he isn't), I don't think he is going to Arsenal (because he isn't) and I also don't think he is sh*t & lazy (because he isn't). Hope this clears it all up. |
Billy7
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... If MON did come on this site and took any notice i'm sure he would have quit the managers job after all the shit he gets yet he has moved us forward! But if you are reading Mr O'Neil...... Get Hangleand, Bentley, Defour,, Naughton, Owen and Delph please. And with respect.... HURRY UP  |
VillaMitch
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...Christian1983 said: It was more sarcasm, annoyance and standing up for one of my players than irony ha ha. |
VillaMitch
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...Billy7 said: Thats a good list! Think you read my mind. I hope he is looking!! (but I doubt it). |
Halfwit
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... When will this slow ass manager finaly get a team bigger than last season and the season before each year we fall behind on players this year the same 3 out 0 in Get a grip o neill your to tight with the money either spend it and make us a better club or get out |
whitey
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... Dear Mr Lerner, Tomorrow, July 1st, I will be 34 years old. All I want for my birthday is for you to sign Hangeland, Bentley, Borowski, Naughton and Owen. I know it won't win us the league but it would really make my birthday. Please Mr Lerner. Please! |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... Cheers, VillaMitch. I really do want signings just so we can move on to different moans. |
VillaMitch
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...kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly said: I never moan. I just disagree with the moaners. |
Vijay
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... Dont get all excited guys, there will be no signing tomorrow, nothing this week, a big maybe for next week, dont get your hopes high!! |
Daniel Wilson
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... Vijay, how do you know there will be no signing tomorrow or this week? do you work with MON or at the club? serious question. |
Vijay
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... Dan mate the answer to your question is a serious no, but dont ask me how i know, im being serious! |
Keith
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... kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly Surely MON is a black country thing? "How bin ya me mon" ?? |
Daniel Wilson
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... No, i have my worries, but I also know I can't justify them until the window is closed, and no offence but I don't think you know if were going to sign anyone this week. I'll be hopefully waiting to hear something tomorrow, the 1st has been banded around a lot as to the date of our first signing, we will all just have to wait and see. |
VillaDude
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... I read that 2 transfers would be confirmed this week... Distin and Bentley - but at the moment everyone is going on rumours and "inside info". I just watched the hull boss on ssn, talking about how he wants to sign owen anc cambpell, he also said there are 5 players hes agreed fees with clubs for. He's keeping the fans informed and maybe it isn't the best way to go about things, but it sure is very different to MON. |
Vijay
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... I think we have bad experiece with mon in the transfer market, i agree that we have to wait till the window closes but he doesnt give any sort of encouragement, im really worried especially with the likes of Man City and Spurs around, i love mon but he is a very difficult person to understand and above all he is a failure in the market, if he knew what he was doing then top 4 would be very easy to achieve with him at the helm. |
Halfwit
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... Villa are only intrested in our money Never really like to keep you upto date with news and possible targets Villa is like a parrott Every year randy says funds are there for martin Every year martin says we are trying to bring players to the club Every year martin repeats this sentence around 5 times Every year martin talks the talk but dont walk the walk Every year villa fans hope for a good transfer market it never happens Every year its the same old rubbish it never stops and wont untill that tight manager of ours is out |
TrueVillan
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... we have been linked to so many players now, im not even interested! it is the same as last season, link after link, sourse said this......... its all bullshit! i hope like everyone we sign someone in the next few days, otherwise it shows we have nothing waiting in the wings, im not over confident though, as 1st july means nothing, we could have signed before this, other clubs have, so why would we wait? my hope is the players we want are on holiday, and this is when they start returning. 5 transfer windows really should have told us not to get over excited and that really good foreign talent links are 99% crap! most teams have started buying now, 3 of the top 4 have bought or signed someone, we dont pay the wages of other more average teams, so i reckon players we are interested in hang on a bit to see if a better offer comes in, hence we miss out or sign late or worse, end up with the dregs no one else wants! please prove me wrong tomorrow MON and eating my words willnever have tasted so delicious! |
Keith
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... Vijay It's because clubs like Spurs and Man City are around is precisely the reason that MON keeps his mouth shut about who he is trying to sign. Maybe you would prefer us to be more like Man City, annouce who they are going to sign, for what amount and how much they are paying them and then look like complete prats when the players turn down a move to their club, Kaka and Eto'o for example. |
Halfwit
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... greg the truth hurts i know but if you havent seen how it happens every year then you dont follow villa that much all what i said happens every single year its a living FACT and the proof is there |
Keith
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... TrueVillan - "3 of the top 4 have bought or signed someone". So who have Chelsea or Man Utd signed then? |
jason parkes
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... its like xmas eve i wonder if santa lerner and mon will bring us any presents |
Steve Badger
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... Halfwit, Every year villa fans hope for a good transfer market it never happens Isn't this the club/manager that spent the second highest in Europe last summer? You're just a wind up merchant or a total imbecile. Or more likely, a nose. You certainly chose the right name  |
oldvillan
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... kevin doyle just been on tv said he spoke to villa but opted for wolves,says it all |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...kevin doyle just been on tv said he spoke to villa but opted for wolves,says it all I'm imagining he's guaranteed more playing time at Wolves, was what he found out. |
Vijay
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... Im glad Doyle opted for Villa! keefvilla mate, im not saying he should go around telling us how he's going to sign, i just want him to sign the bloody players! he doesnt seem to know whether he's coming or going and his buys this summer will prove that once again |
Daniel Wilson
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... There would be little point in signing Doyle unless he was happy to take the back up role of Marlon. Gabby, Carew and Heskey will get the majority of playing time with Delf gathering more experience along the way. Doyle would have played some cup games and watched most of the rest so I don't blame him for picking Wolves where he can play as much as he wants. I don't think it says anything about us as a club. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...if he knew what he was doing then top 4 would be very easy to achieve with him at the helm. Breaking News: "Top 4 very easy to achieve for MON, but only if he knew what he's doing, which he doesn't. So it's not really that easy for him to achieve after all. I think. Stay tuned. We're going to run this statement through the computers down at MI5, see if they can make sense of it." |
Daniel Wilson
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... That does confirm something though, we are talking to people, cheer up folks! |
Ayersy
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... All i keep hearing is MON is poor in the transfer market, lets have a little run through shall we... Firstly O'neill came into a club that just avoided relegation, we consolidated as a mid table club then pushed on into the European positions, Last year we consolidated ourselves as a top 6 club and this year we will look to push on again. So as a club in the same category as Spurs, Everton and possibly Man City (before this season) i think MON has been by far and away the best manager in the transfer market and i very much doubt spurs fans (our closest competitors in club stature IMO) would disagree. O'Neill has signed: GK.. Freidel and Guzan, Guzan a great prospect and who better to tutor him in world football for various reasons than Freidel?? Luke Young, great signing imo. Curtis Davies, all the attributes to be a fantastic player. Ashley Young, 1 of the bargains of the century. John Carew, best bit of business ive ever seen at VP for Baros. Petrov, raised eyebrows, but is certainately looking worth every penny of the 7.5 million now. Milner, great player, and needed! Yes he has made some lesser signings, such as sidwell, reo coker, cuellar, shorey, heskey, etc but these are still all very capable players and fantastic squad players. Now im sure you will struggle to name me 2 better signings over the last 3 years from all the PL managers, than Carew and Young. and i gaurantee every team in the prem would of paid what we paid for these 2 players, you cant say that about many transfers these days. You would also be hard pushed to find a better CM for 7 million than Petrov, because having watched him last year there arent many players id swap for him. IMO O'neill is very good in the transfer market, he doesnt make the big exotic signings like someone else mentioned, the Modrics, the Bents, the Defoes, but for over 50 million i dont rate any of them in the slightest. Now however pessemistic a villa fan you are, we all know deep down there will 100% be 4 or 5 new faces at VP next year, so lets just be patient and see what develops shall we... |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...That does confirm something though, we are talking to people, cheer up folks! Always look on the bright side of life. |
Billy7
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... Halfwit...... I TOTALLY DISAGREE with your opinion, have you recently started supporting Villa? Do you go to matches? I've been going for 18years or so, and the last 3years are the best imo, i remember being thumped by Small Heath, selling our best players for the money, not seeing money again, it is positive at Villa Park now, good young team, an excellent manager, transfer market included, he has bought some shite yes but still managed top 6 last 2 years, he will AGAIN IMPROVE our team/squad in the coming weeks and we'll have another season to look forward to. Again only my opinion. Anyway........ Not long announced on ssn Blackburn have signed someone, and the ssn bloke said 'well the transfer window officially opens tomorrow' even they're confused! We WILL make a signing tomorrow. |
TrueVillan
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... keefvilla man utd are the one who have not, chelsea have agreed to sign sturridge, can reg tomorrow, arsenal that defender we wanted and pool, glen johnson, so all active now...........except utd!!! |
TrueVillan
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... i dont give a shit doyle not signing, as said above prob offered more playing time the point being missed here is that we were in for that piece of crap in the first place! typical MON signing, bloody useless!! |
pete
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... truevillan agree with you on that one,would have been pissed off if he had of signed. |
rob h
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... i heard doyle is a thrill seeker. he loves extreme sports. thats why he signed for wolves because it is like bunjee jumping up then down then up then down then up.............. you get the idea |
Halfwit
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... 3 Out 0 In says it all really lasts eason he said we need a bigger squad and already its got smaller not bigger So none of you have heard randy say funds are there before ? cause iv heard it for 2 seasons None of you have heard martin o neill say every year we are trying to bring players to the club ? My point is if you look at other teams its not we are trying its we WILL bring players to our club but martin will repeat that sentence of we are trying at least 5 times every transfer market if you have not seen that then you dont follow or read much about our club |
Robbie Wells
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... I worry that a little bit too much emphasis has been put on July 1st. Don't be surprised if we don't sign anyone for another week or so. I believe MON is trying things out, and we'll get the players we need before the season starts. I've decided to have the faith from now on. Many people are looking to the past and deciding that MON will not do anything in the market this year because he hasn't in past windows. But, last summer we made a lot of good signings...people are bitching about Cuellar at the moment, but i remember a complete consensus of people begging MON to buy him because of how good he'd be. He hasn't been in the team steadily enough to be judged, but people are already saying he was a bad signing. Surely the hipocracy is clear..."Buy him MON...oh he's shit, why don't you buy someone better MON...Now he's not buying anyone...he's shit in the transfer market". Yet we're still out achieving our competitors, with the exception of Everton, who if anything, have bought even worse players on paper than we have recently. Think! |
Halfwit
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... A Quote from the man himself We are going to have to try and improve – even to stand still in this league. Manchester City and Tottenham will be looking to improve and I envisage Everton being strong again." ^^ Its all try try try try never we WILL |
confusedvillafan
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... i bet halftwit and vijay hope we dont sign anyone tomorrow so they can keep on bitchin !!! |
Robbie Wells
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... Have you ever thought that that's because there are no definites in the transfer market, until they've signed? It's the same reason why managers never say never about anything, because other things can happen, things aren't plain and simple. No one says, we're going to sign 4 players next week for definite. It's crazy. What else can he say? He will sign players, no need to bitch and moan. |
Halfwit
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... No id love us to sign someone 2moro it would make a change is something we need real bad cause we have a team the size of my local sunday team on the common The likes of brentford even have a bigger squad than us I just want us to have a squad that can last a full season not like last season where they was all burned out towards the end and to do that it will take at least 8 signing we are allready 3 behind on last season so 8 sounds about right What i cant see is tho is martin o neill being able to do that as he struggles in the market anyway because he trys to get players in on the cheap which will be even harder this season thanks to madrid everyone will want good money for there players now and how many times has martin said he wont pay over the odds my bet is we may have 1 more extra player than we did last season which still wont help |
Halfwit
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... Robbie there is a lot of managers that have said they WILL sign players you should read up on other teams too and you will see for urself Martin is a parrott its a fact i bet you this transfer market you will here the same thing 5 or more times |
Robbie Wells
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... Everywhere i read they all say "We're hoping to get another 3 players in", "We're looking at a few players"...no one says definitely that they're buying x amount of players. Of course he says it many times, because he has to until the transfer window closes. And won't pay over the odds? 12mil for Milner was paying over the odds to get his man, 5-6mil for Luke Young was paying over the odds, 8mil for Reo Coker over the odds, 9.5mil over the odds for Ash. He is prepared to pay over the odds, but he makes sure he does it for a reason. Okay, Reo hasn't played much this season, but he's still quality. |
Dave
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... Jeez chaps some of you need to get some perspective with all of this doom and gloom and 'three out, none in' moaning. In case you hadn't noticed we're not playing any football matches at the moment - relax.. |
Rich
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... We will buy players, I am sure of it. My reservation is as to whether they will be here in time for pre season training, which is vital. Also as I've said previously, we have to show our better players of our intent. |
David Tyler
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... Just logging in - Kohoutec's on fire! Mind you, I don't think you should have offered to tell the papers... we should all promise to keep it to ourselves We can probably hand it to him in person... he strikes me as a bit of a technophobe and can usually be found in the public gallery at some tasty murder trial. Methinks he's looking in the wrong place for someone with a killer pass... if only he knew what he was doing You know, I can't see for the life of me why someone would want MON when DOL's on the market, it's not like MON's left the clubs he was at in a better state than when he came. Oh. Still, Wycombe was a one-off. Oh, and Leicester. And Celtic. And Villa. And DOL? Well, Ridsdale sacked him cause he didn't want to sell Rio. In other words Ridsdale was smelling the coffee before DOL was. Still, his legacy at Leeds lives on. Fortunately, Ellis was more concerned with his own legacy - his kid's inheritence - to let DOL have any cash. |
Ayersy
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... So none of you have heard randy say funds are there before ? cause iv heard it for 2 seasons None of you have heard martin o neill say every year we are trying to bring players to the club ? Halfwit Yes Ive heard Lerner say theres money available and there has been. Yes ive heard O'neill say were trying to get players in and guess what, he has done. What the hell is your point, your trying to say we dont buy players, but we were one of if not the most active team in the transfer market last season. O'neill does spend, O'neill does make some fantastic signings such as Carew and Young, and O'neill is drastically improving our club. O'neill will sign 4-5 players this season aswell. Like someone said before, we have players like Clarke, Delfouneso, Bannan, albirhgotn all stepping up, so were arent lesser in numbers than last season. Look at Arsenals squad, very similar size to ours, there depth comes from youngsters, and our youngsters are equally as good. I think your a complete tool that hasnt a clue what hes on about if im honest, and i am 100% sure you no older than 16. |
truevillan
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... keefvilla thats all 4 top clubs now signed someone! man utd signed valencia today! im keepin the faith (just) we have a double signing lined up for tomorrow! if not im uping my medication, cant tell if im gettin more and more nervous or more and more angry!! |
Billy7
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... Ayersy.... I TOTALLY AGREE with your opinion of halfwit. What a f**king er, HALFWIT? |
Rich
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... IF there is to be a double signing tomorrow, my money would definately be on Bentley and Veloso. If not Veloso then possibly Owen or Joe Cole as an outsider. It is a very big 'IF' though. |
Tonebone1
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... well there had better be some signings tomorrow or at least v soon. after today just 6 other clubs havent made a signing and of those only pompey have lost anyone of any value. we have lost barry and laursen doesnt pre season start end of next week!!! then the irish plonker will be off with the team to the peace cup or whatever we are playing. |
woodinho
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... I still say bentley is a dead cert. I have no source or insider knowledge, neither do I have a mate who works in a chippy who served a guy who said he spoke to someone in the VIP section of a gay bar that said he'd bummed someone who works in the club shop who gives hand jobs to the kit man who said last week he actually spoke to mon about mr bentley... ...I just have a really good feeling! I don't have a clue about any other signings and am getting really bored of the speculation! |
Steve Badger
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... Looks like Halfwit has had to go to bed. Thank f**k for that. I can live with peoples negativity and depression, but at least talk some half sense It is bloody slow though, isn't it?  I personally don't see any press conference tomorrow, I just have a feeling. There's usually a sniff/rumour when there is a conference coming up. |
Daniel Wilson
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...I still say bentley is a dead cert. I have no source or insider knowledge, neither do I have a mate who works in a chippy who served a guy who said he spoke to someone in the VIP section of a gay bar that said he'd bummed someone who works in the club shop who gives hand jobs to the kit man who said last week he actually spoke to mon about mr bentley... Woodinho, don't doubt that guy, he's usually right... |
oldvillan
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... phil brown on sky sports has said he has agreed 5 deals to completr tomorrow,so theres a good example of why theres no need to panic all the deals are already agreed,bring on the merry-go-round.CAN I HAVE A NEW KEEPER |
darrenvilla26
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... i feel lower than a snakes belly..lower than whale sh*t....all i want is joe cole...if we get him...i'll eat my own sh*t. i want a flair player, someone who all the women fancy and all the men are proud to call a villa player. i mean real flair, which we haven't had IMO since ginola, hadji, merson, carbone. i want villa to be sexy again, thats what we're missing...that and about 6 other flippin players. i've decided to make a general squad addition list... Joe Cole David Bentley Gooch (USA) centre half Slyvain Distain Nedum Onohuhuhuhuhuha Michael Owen Stephen Hunt Michael Johnson Niko Kranjcar Stewart Downing i could write a few more, but there's some to get u started MON. I hope your reading this, any one of those will do, there all affordable and realistic. Please tomorrow i want one of these...if i wake up and see headline...Villa sign centre half...and read its titus bramble, i'll kick some ass! |
Mowgs
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... Just got back from footy where I had a long chat with a reporter for one of the national papers. He informed me that we are definitely going for Bentley, Owen and Jenas. Apparently we, along with a couple of other clubs, inquired about Huddlestone but Harry wants to keep him. He also feels that if the right offer comes in then MON would let Carew go. But it would have to be signficant. Obviously there's no guarantee that he is on the mark but he's from one of the more reputable papers. |
whitey
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... Ayersy - spot on mate. darrenvilla - Not a bad wish list, I don't know anything about Gooch. Does he have a handlebar moustache? Stephen Hunt is dirt though. A try hard without the required ability. I think Distin is an attainable signing and would be a bloody good one as well. I don't care about his age (same as Laursen), we need a quality player there with experience. He is the man. One year left on his contract, so could be a bargain at anything under £5 mill. |
Steve Badger
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...He informed me that we are definitely going for Bentley, Owen and Jenas. He also feels that if the right offer comes in then MON would let Carew go. But it would have to be signficant. This worries me. Give me a choice between Owen and Carew, I know who I'd take everytime. Carew would have hit 20 if he hadn't been injured, imo. It makes me wonder if the rumour about Carew liking snowy weather is true. |
K4AVFC
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... No one apart from Man City would make an offer good enough for MON to consider selling.. They have just signed Santa Cruz, so no worries. |
Daniel Wilson
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... Mowgs, whilst I don't doubt your paper bloke at all, I think he's wide of the mark on Carew. Only time will tell but he's already come out and said he's happy and he loves the fans and club. That would be an odd move if your ready to move on. |
David Tyler
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... darrenvilla26 - generally like your list but have you seen what shape Michael Johnson is in? I know he's been out injured but right now he makes Huddlestone look like Louise Redknapp. Injured or not, that's not how a professional looks after themself. |
Mowgs
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... Dan - Less a case of Carew wanting to move on. More MON moving him on if he receives a good bid. But as said who can we realistically see putting a bid around the £10m mark in for Big John? Man City maybe but not now Hughes got his man in Santa Cruz. Regarding Michael Johnson - he was seen as one of the biggest prospects in the England youth set up 2 years ago. Now the rumour is he's very unfit and keen on the beers. Be interesting to see if MON could turn him around like he did with Collymore but it would be a pretty big gamble. I think City would listen to bids quite happily though. |
darrenvilla26
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... the machine - i wouldnt mind louise redknapp playing with my balls i'll throw something out in the open here - free agents who i think would make good squad players - ross turnbull jermaine pennant * dont be too harsh herman hreidarrson sol campbell lucas neill i know they're not glam but dont forget we need strength in depth not just big names. these are experienced players or players with potential. there are also plenty of loan signing available, i would like mon to sniff around alex fergusons arse crack for some of his reserve players, wellbeck would be a nice one. i just read this on prem league site: Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs cannot sign any players, on loan or full transfers, until the transfer window ahead of the 2009/10 season opens on 1 July. this gives me hope that mon..being the shrewd character he is, wont unveil anything until they have signed on the dotted line, which is why it has all been quite up until now. i know other clubs have, but it has been known for a club to prematurely announce a signing, but for another club to come along and gazump them and leave then standing playerless and in a pool of there own pup. let's see what tomorrow...if not the week ahead brings. |
Steve Badger
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...i just read this on prem league site: So Judas hasn't signed for Citeh then? "Full transfers" What's that about? Sounds like you can do a pre-agreement, but not actually sign the contract, which with EU law (the european window not opening until the first), would make sense. To me anyway. Bloody joke this, imo. Why is there so much confusion and why hasn't it been clarified? |
frosty
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... Can't believe the majoiry are against O'Neil on here, it's almost comical. He is without doubt 1 of the top 3 managers in the prem and we are somewhere between 5th - 7th best club, it is an honour to have him here and the longer he stays the better for us. |
darrenvilla26
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... keithj - where did you get michael jackson from bud??...your havin us on...beat it! |
Steve Badger
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...Can't believe the majoiry are against O'Neil on here, it's almost comical. Absolutely Frosty. Now say "Baaaaaah". We're sheep you know Doc, bring it on mate, looking forward to it. |
Daniel Wilson
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... Villa mad is saying we should have Bentley wrapped up very shortly. I hope something comes up in the news tonight, 8 hours of night shift ahead and nothing to do other than cure the sick and read news now, good times |
frosty
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... Badger, I'll fill in for your father here... At a very young age I was taught that to support a team maens to support it through thick and thin. I'm not sure where we are right now, but I know I'm behind the team. |
Billy7
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... we will sign someone TODAY! Bentley/Owen/Defour/Hangleand/Naughton/ any 1 of them will do me!! Then after we've signed ALL these, get whoever you want. Campbell, Delph, Distin, Migual, Veleso, or ALL of them!! I'm excited for today!!!. |
Halfwit
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... Ayersy Yes we have players comming through the ranks but they are not going to get us champions leauge football are they ? I thought that was all part of the 5 year plan We need some top top players if we are wanting to crack the top four or has the 5 year plan been scrapped ? |
Altan Kargaci
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... Sky sports are saying today is the start of the summer transfer window .....whats that all about . Can anyone explain? |
Daniel Wilson
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... All too confusing for me Altan, lots of people thought it was the day the season ended, others thought it was July 1st, others thought it was July 1st in Europe but season end in the UK. Wiki said today I think, Damian had an official email from the FA saying end of season, so honestly god knows. Looks like transfers done so far have been pre arrangements, and that official transfers can only start going through today. |
Altan Kargaci
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... Well either way today is definetly the day to start our little shopping spree . No excuses , Mon shop, shop ,shop !!! On a certain rumour site , nearly every other post is saying that Ashley Young is leaving us ..!! I know it's probably b*locks but you do start to wonder. |
Daniel Wilson
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... I'm not worried about Ash leaving it's just not going to happen... by the way, we start pre season on 9th July so lets hope to see some names rolling in pretty quickly now so they have time to get used to all the extra work and far more technical stuff they face as a villa player |
True villa
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... Like I have said, naughton is a done deal! I can assure you of that! His brother is my friends friend friend friend friend firiend! Lol! Wat a load of bull! Mon needs to walk now! Disgrace he has become in the transfer window! |
Altan Kargaci
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... True villa Chill out , the transfer windows only been open for 8 hours , thirty six minutes. Todays new player link .......philipe Senderous |
rob h
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... true villa. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I presume you are joking anyway when you say mon needs to walk. |
David Lewis
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... I think thats an old link Altan. I'm chuckling away thinking what all the MON bashers on here will be saying tomorrow if we don't sign anyone today!? Has anyone ever given thought to the fact that MON may be working his arse off, but the delays could be from the players he wants. What if they are on holiday, or lets say have to travel from abroad in order to have a walk around the ground/chat face to face/sign the contract. I am starting to get excited, cos i support villa, and we're in better shape than we've been in for a long time. O'Leary can say all he wants, but the buzz around the place at the moment attracts players' attention - the only noises he created was that of most fans (villa supporters or not) wondering why he was still in a job!! UTV! |
AV79.com
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... Come on martin stop messing about.These players should be lined up and on the way in today.Villa must be the most boring and frustrating club in the transfer window.The players are gettin worse we are being linked with. |
Adey Stuttard
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... TrueVillan, How fake is your name - "Mon needs to walk now! Disgrace he has become in the transfer window!" You are an absolute cretin, mate! MoN bought 9 players last season and spent nearly £50M of RL's money, we ended up 6th, and had been a Champions League contenders for 80% of the season - what more do you want? Blood. Please leave this blog and support Spurs or even Small Heath, then you will understand what MoN has done for Villa. Adey |
Adey Stuttard
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... AV79.com, It's the press that are linking us with players - has anyone from Villa said we are after X, Y and Z? NO!! Chill, for all we know Villa could make 3-4 signings today, and my guess is that at least one will be from Spurs as Harry has been very quiet in the last month or so, so I am guessing that they have come to an agrement to keep things quiet (and therefore away from Man City! P.S. I am actually warming to the "rumour" about Campbell - his experience and leadership would be invaluable to our youngsters, and even though he is ancient (ha), he has a good footballing brain. |
rob h
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... av79 you say villa are the most boring club in the transfer window. I would say they are the complete opposite. the most exciting. Everyone prefers a surprise dont they? I would rather be surprised and get a new signing out the blue than hear mon and lerner spout on about this and that like that bent spuds manager and mark hughes. I think I might wee in a minute cuz i am that excited. saying that i don't think we will sign anyone today and then I can laugh at all 'mons useless brigade' all week asking why we haven't signed the players that the newspapers link us with. its hilarious! |
Rich
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... MON will deliver the transfers we all crave. I have no inside information, but I what I do know is that he is not stupid and is well aware of the quality and quantity we need to push on. In short, signings have to come as he knows there can be no alternative. He will also be very much aware of the extra threat this season of the likes of Man City. I repeat(although frustrating at times) he is no idiot and a manager most of the Premiership teams would love - yes, even Man U when Fergie retires. Lets just hope he is able to get those players in by pre season training. I'd like to see some activity, but there again we could be supporters of Pompey or Southampton and look at the uncertainty surrounding those two clubs. |
Trezzy
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... David Moyes didnt spend 50mil last season and see where they finished? your right mon is still the man for me aswell but surly you cant be to inpressed with sum of his signings such as salifou,harewood,routledge. every player moyes brung in seems to do a good job??? but in mon i trust, im hoping they were players used to get us to the next stage? |
Rich
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... 1874AVFC well spotted reg us and Spurs keeping things quiet. Must be quite traumatic for 'Arry'!!! - can't 'warm to trhe Campbell rumour' though. MAJOR mistake for a number of reasons, the main ones being that he is well past his best and the negative signals it would send out. |
Adey Stuttard
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... Trezzy, See your point, but Salifou didn't cost(?), Routledge was only £1.25M and could have worked, and Harewood (imo) was never given the rub of the green, and should move on for his own benefit. We always see the negatives and not the positives (Young and Carew far outway the negative 3 mentioned above). Rich, Agree about Campbell, but I really do think he has great leadership and will kick the other CBs up the arse (whether he plays or not!!) and may teach them to actually head the ball furher than 4 yards.... Adey |
Trezzy
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... I think campbell would be a decent signing for a very small fee or a free?? surly the other cb's would learn from a man who has been there and done it? personally i like distin aswell,hes very fast and strong but does make the odd mess up? |
Rich
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... Agree for the need for strength and leadership at the back, absolutely vital. Don't you think Richard Dunne would do a similar job? Is 5 years younger and on the top of his game - especially with the Republic. Last international performance was the epiotome of solid, old fashioned defending. Being prepared to get hurt and knowing where to be. Also wasn't he player of the season for City in 2006/2007 & 2007/2008 seasons? |
Trezzy
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... yep he would do, but what his is situation? surely he wouldnt want to be leaving city at this time? and city dont look to be buying CBs at the moment? Id really wanna see us buy big and go for lescott and Richards with campbell as back up? |
Adey Stuttard
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... Rich, But would City let him go - having said that, they are buying forwards left, right and centre, and as someone said perhaps they are playing 1-1-8 next season! Personally I still think we will get a City player as part of the Barry deal (it happened so quick and MoN could have held out for more money, so perhaps Hughes has offered a player?). Just a thought.... Adey |
Steveo
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... Michael Owen expects to have a choice of either Aston Villa or Everton when his Newcastle United contract runs out today. He is very unlikely to join a Premier League struggler, with the Owen camp confident that the two clubs that finished directly behind the big four last season will make an offer. Come on villa. first signing to be completed today!!!!! |
Trezzy
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... Adey, i thought that too. we were interested in loads of city players wernt we, however sturridge has gone chelsea,johnson is washed up i believe that leaves richards and dunne? 12 mil plus richards? cant see that can you? |
Rich
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... Adey & Trezzy Worth a try. I think not quite high profile enough for the City these days! |
Adey Stuttard
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... Trezzy, My thinking was that we would get first refusal on either (or both) once Barry went to City? |
evanvilla
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... I think MIchael Owen would be a good enough signing!!If fit he will score goals!!When he played at newcastle he scored (ratio) 1 in 2 games!!He is on a free worth a chance if he reduces wages down to 50,000!!Sign him on MON give him a chance to prove himself |
ak_27
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... Cambell is finished and should not be touched with a barge pole. Dunne and Distan should both be brought in my opinion. I think City will bring in a few more defenders and that may well displace Dunne going into a WC year which is something that would play a big part in his laving City. |
adam
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... i read somewhere that owen would prefer everton but thinks we will offer more money. lets hope this week sees some signings PLEEEASE |
Trezzy
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... possible i suppose? i hope so but if that was the case im guessing today would be the day we find out? but dont you think there was a case for a strate swap? |
Adey Stuttard
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... b30 villain, Do you think this is why 1 July is so important after all - it's when clubs release players? Arsenal released 8 yesterday as well apparantly...! Adey |
adam
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... ive got a very nasty feeling it might be. wouldnt mind senderos to make up the numbers though |
adam
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... i hope theres some deals agreed already. ronaldos sale went through today so maybe it is today that all signings can be confirmed |
Keith
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... 1874AVFC Players contracts are up to 30th June, players such as Owen, Vassell & Campbell become free agents as from today. Technically they can not speak to another English club until today. |
Adey Stuttard
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...Isn't Dunne the most red carded player in Prem history? 10 in a career of 422 - Nah! keef, does that make them cheaper than getting on a "Free" then, as in we don't have to pay "add-ons" to their club? |
Andy Young
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... Dunne is a liability, as is Senderos. They're certainly not fit to lace Laursen's boots (assuming he was to come out of retirement and needed his boots lacing, that is). |
Keith
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... 1874AVFC No fee paid to club as they don't have a club. Pompey released 6 today and awaiting Kanu and Campbell to confirm if they will sign new contracts. Stuart Taylor signed for Man City but deal goes through today as his contract has now run out. |
ak_27
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... odysseynumberfive Dunne is not a liability at all. He is a good CB and if he can get his performances back to where he was a few season ago he is every bit as good (if not better) then Laursen. I know that sounds like a mad comment but Laursen for all the praise he got (and he deserved most of it) was not a top defender. He was class in the air but was like an oil tanker trying to turn. Remember what Fuller did to him at Stoke and Fuller would not be the most agile and mobile of players. Dunne is a leader and was hung out to dry last season by having Richards doing nothing beside him all year and having a midfield in front of him that only wanted to go forward and not deal with the defensive aspects. As you can tell im a huge fan of Dunne and he is exactly what we are missing at CB. Senderos is pants and should not be brought near VP. |
cjd10030
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... i wouldnt mind MON taking a punt on jerome thomas, noe pamorot or in particular lauren as squad players. I would rather that then spend 7 mill on naughton when we have luke young to play there ! we need to invest in a centre back and centre mid and quality winger ! |
Adey Stuttard
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... keef, Think this makes sense of all this 1 July nonsense that people keep going on about as well! Anyone going to the pre-season at Peterborough? Looking forward to watching Villa just down the road |
Keith
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... I am with odysseynumberfive, Dunne is too slow and too clumsy. Gives away far too many goals, penalties etc. Would prefer someone with more pace. |
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