The College Dropout Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 It's the norm now though isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Perchinho to QPR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Amavi might be very good but how much difference can a left back really make. £9million considering the absolute state of the rest of the team is laughable. It would be if that was where the spending stopped. It isn't though. Baker will be going and a new CB coming in, you can bet your house on that. Clark and Richards have looked decent there pre-season, mind, and Clark had a good season last year. Midfield choices of Gueye, Westwood, Veretout, Sanchez, Gil, Grealish, Sinclair plus others give us options in the middle, too. It's also worth noting that thus far we have only just about spent the Benteke money thus far, there's also the 8 for Delph plus whatever we'd have had earmarked had those two stayed. Ayew 8 Amavi 9 Veretout 8 (apparently) Richards 0 Sinclair 2.5 Gueye 7 Adebayor I can live with, on a loan. Berbatov I find incredibly hard to believe, though. More than anything else, though, if you think the state of the rest of the squad now is laughable, you haven't been paying much attention to the spirit-sapping cheap shit we've hoovered up the last few seasons. Thank fuck some of them are moving on. Weimann has gone, Bent is off the books, Given has gone, Vlaar is off the wage bill (with his constant injuries) and I'd expect N'Zogbia, Bennett, Tonev, Senderos and Baker, at the very least, to be shifted soon as well. We needed an almost total overhaul. We've started doing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Good luck shifting that pile of mugs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Good luck shifting that pile of mugs. With N'Zogbia, Bennett and Tonev, I think the plan is just to stack them up down the far field at the training centre and set fire to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 What the fuck is N'Zogbia playing at man. Was never as good as he thought he was but there was genuine ability apparent from an early age and demonstrated over the course of a good few seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 He'd just been capped by France and even scored for them a few weeks before joining Villa hadn't he? Great career move for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 wasn't he only capped because all of the world cup team was suspended? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Still a good squad. Nicolas Douchez (Rennes), Stephane Ruffier (Monaco), Aly Cissokho (Monaco), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Rod Fanni (Rennes), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Adil Rami (Lille), Mamadou Sakho (Paris St Germain), Benoit Tremoulinas (Bordeaux), Yohane Cabaye (Lille), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Blaise Matuidi (Saint-Etienne), Yann Mvila (Saint-Etienne), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan), Samir Nasri (Arsenal), Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Jimmy Briand (Lyon), Guillaume Hoarau (Paris St Germain), Jeremy Menez (Roma), Loic Remy (Nice). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Still a good squad. Nicolas Douchez (Rennes), Stephane Ruffier (Monaco), Aly Cissokho (Monaco), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Rod Fanni (Rennes), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Adil Rami (Lille), Mamadou Sakho (Paris St Germain), Benoit Tremoulinas (Bordeaux), Yohane Cabaye (Lille), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Blaise Matuidi (Saint-Etienne), Yann Mvila (Saint-Etienne), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan), Samir Nasri (Arsenal), Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Jimmy Briand (Lyon), Guillaume Hoarau (Paris St Germain), Jeremy Menez (Roma), Loic Remy (Nice). Six played for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Villa in advanced talks with Blackburn over Gestede. Good signing that imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I don't really know anything about Gestede other than the youtube compilation I just watched, but he looks like he could be a Benteke replacement, in terms of style. For a manager who has never managed through a transfer window before, Sherwood has certainly learned quickly. We've got a head of scouting, a sporting director, and someone to deal entirely with the mechanics of transfers these days, too, though, so he is at least getting decent amounts of help. Apparently Nathan Baker is going to Burnley (where Lowton went) for 2m, which is good business, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Going to miss watching Nathan Baker getting injured after 30 minutes of every game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Brummie, Any truth in use being linked with Michu? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 He's potentially a decent player, but for such a big bloke, he is ridiculously injury prone. Him and Vlaar as half of our CB options was never clever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I don't really know anything about Gestede other than the youtube compilation I just watched, but he looks like he could be a Benteke replacement, in terms of style. For a manager who has never managed through a transfer window before, Sherwood has certainly learned quickly. We've got a head of scouting, a sporting director, and someone to deal entirely with the mechanics of transfers these days, too, though, so he is at least getting decent amounts of help. Apparently Nathan Baker is going to Burnley (where Lowton went) for 2m, which is good business, too. what happened to the striker you had who broke his leg a while ago brummie? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Brummie, Any truth in use being linked with Michu? I read about it last night, but have no idea if it is true. Apparently came from a journalist in La Coruna (saying Deportivo had failed to sign him as he is coming to us). Might be a decent punt if he's still physically realistic. We're signing a lot of real promise, we could do with a few more experienced players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I don't really know anything about Gestede other than the youtube compilation I just watched, but he looks like he could be a Benteke replacement, in terms of style. For a manager who has never managed through a transfer window before, Sherwood has certainly learned quickly. We've got a head of scouting, a sporting director, and someone to deal entirely with the mechanics of transfers these days, too, though, so he is at least getting decent amounts of help. Apparently Nathan Baker is going to Burnley (where Lowton went) for 2m, which is good business, too. what happened to the striker you had who broke his leg a while ago brummie? Kozak. Returned just in time for pre season. Has scored a few in friendlies. I actually really like him. Started 7 or 8 games plus a few sub appearances and scored 4 times before his injury. He looks like a big battering ram style forward, but actually isn't, he's a pretty intelligent striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I don't really know anything about Gestede other than the youtube compilation I just watched, but he looks like he could be a Benteke replacement, in terms of style. For a manager who has never managed through a transfer window before, Sherwood has certainly learned quickly. We've got a head of scouting, a sporting director, and someone to deal entirely with the mechanics of transfers these days, too, though, so he is at least getting decent amounts of help. Apparently Nathan Baker is going to Burnley (where Lowton went) for 2m, which is good business, too. what happened to the striker you had who broke his leg a while ago brummie? Kozak. Returned just in time for pre season. Has scored a few in friendlies. I actually really like him. Started 7 or 8 games plus a few sub appearances and scored 4 times before his injury. He looks like a big battering ram style forward, but actually isn't, he's a pretty intelligent striker. aye, thats the one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Brummie, Any truth in use being linked with Michu? I read about it last night, but have no idea if it is true. Apparently came from a journalist in La Coruna (saying Deportivo had failed to sign him as he is coming to us). Might be a decent punt if he's still physically realistic. We're signing a lot of real promise, we could do with a few more experienced players. Interesting season ahead for use like, some exciting signings plus more to come, pressure on Sherwood in his first full season. Any idea how you will line up assuming you secure your targets? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 when did using 'use' instead of 'you' or 'yous' become the thing to do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 when did using 'use' instead of 'you' or 'yous' become the thing to do? I know, am I missing something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 when did using 'use' instead of 'you' or 'yous' become the thing to do? Today, 11:19. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 gonna start using 'ewes' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Brummie, Any truth in use being linked with Michu? http://blog.vh1.com/files/2007/07/kells_disapproving.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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