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OK if this big signing is not happening until next week we can all relax. It would be interesting to know who the other player could be if its not Belhanda.

I see McNally is saying that Villa will have to pay substantial compensation for Steer. Strange because I thought his contract ran out on July 1st. We do have to pay compensation because he's under 24 OK thanks.

I see McNally is saying that Villa will have to pay substantial compensation for Steer. Strange because I thought his contract ran out on July 1st.

If Lambert rates him that is good enough for me. He has worked with this player so with due respect I would value Lambert's opinion over yours.

Now that Luna has signed, I wonder if that is it for our incoming signings because I have got work to do and can't afford to spend any more time on VT.

How many times have you seen Luna play?

I wonder how Luna will get on with Bacuna.

Nigel, while I admire your patriotism, if I were to offer you CL for 16 successive seasons, the premier league, the FA Cup, a new stadium and 60,000 regular supporters I think you might take it even if it meant more foreign players. The bottom line is that they are better value for money. It doesn't bother me that Benteke, Guzan, Weimann, Mellberg, Laursen and Yorke are not British. All I am bothered about is can they play and will they give their all for the cause. It would be nice having a team with the likes of Young, Milner, Downing and Barry, but we have shown that we can't keep hold of them even if we want to. No thanks Fair enough, how about an extended Villa Park that regularly attracted 60,000 fans.

Nigel, while I admire your patriotism, if I were to offer you CL for 16 successive seasons, the premier league, the FA Cup, a new stadium and 60,000 regular supporters I think you might take it even if it meant more foreign players. The bottom line is that they are better value for money. It doesn't bother me that Benteke, Guzan, Weimann, Mellberg, Laursen and Yorke are not British. All I am bothered about is can they play and will they give their all for the cause. It would be nice having a team with the likes of Young, Milner, Downing and Barry, but we have shown that we can't keep hold of them even if we want to.

Football is a job to Christian Benteke. He has surpassed all expectations this season and you can't blame him for keeping his options open. If a top club comes in for him and offers what PL considers is a good price then he has a decision to make. I am not convinced any club would offer any more than £20 million for him as he has only had one good season in the premier league. I am sure that every body at Villa wants him to stay, but it is no good having an unhappy player at the club. Villa should offer him a wage that falls within their wage structure and if he doesn't want to take it they should put him on the transfer list. I have full confidence in Lambert's ability to replace him.

Congratulations on becoming a Villa supporter Danish Okore Fan. We love Danish centre backs here. especially if they are like Kent Neilsen and Martin Laursen.

Okore have told the Danish media, that the whole package that Villa had offert him is the main reason why he came. The manager, future prospects, training facillities etc. By the Way, if not mentioned before, FC Norsjælland rejected a late offer from Everton, in respect of the negotiations they had with Villa I was really worried that Martinez would come in and snatch Okore from our grasp, but it seems that Lambert is building a reputation here and abroad that Villa is the club to come to if you are young and talented.

I think Newcastle's plight should serve to teach others, including ourselves. That side should have been nowhere near the relegation zone, regardless of their injuries. If we sign the players who have been linked, then I think we should start to look a bit closer to home for any further additions. I don't think that this will be a problem at Villa. We have a core of British players in Baker, Gabby, Lowton, Westwood and Delph. Players from abroad such as Guzan, Weimann and Vlaar are English speaking and not likely to rock the boat. At Newcastle there are a number of French speaking players whose English is poor and it has been difficult to integrate them all. In addition Pardew is a word removed.

Very pleased if this comes off. We really need a right footed defender who can play anywhere in the back four. If he had been in the team when Vlaar was injured I doubt if we would have had the Christmas from hell.

I would love to see Benteke stay, but every player has their price and I would have confidence in Lambert spending the money wisely. I remember being gutted when Villa sold Andy Gray to Wolves, but we replaced him with Peter and the rest is history.

This seems to fit in with what he did with Westwood. Lower league clubs are probably quoting silly prices at the moment, but towards the end of the window the prices come down.

So who would you drop out of Sylla, Delph and Westwood?

It's Wigan. it's football! It's.......... This is quite fitting as a theme tune to the current situation I feel. Love it!

Couldn't agree more about Tony Gayle's co-commentary. He was critical about every thing that Villa did. What a word removed.

Thank you sir for reminding me of that great day. I can remember standing on the half way line and the stand we were in and the stand opposite was full of Villa fans. It was an amazing site. Other great games that year included 48,000 against Bournemouth at home and Reading away (I think the score was 5-3, although the memory fades).

All of the above were great games. For me it is a toss up between Man Utd in the League Cup semi final in 70-71 and Everton LCF Replay 76-77. Standing in the Holte End as a young lad in a crowd of 63,000 watching a third division team beat Man Utd with Best and Charlton was quite something. However, that night at Old Trafford when we won the LCF against Everton was even better. We were a goal down and battered them in the second half but I didn't think we would ever score. Then Chris Nichol let fly. Those years under Sir Ron were brilliant and if we had kept him we could have built a club to rival anybody, but then Deadly couldn't help but stick his nose in where it wasn't wanted.

I would love to know the truth behind the Ireland transfer. We were well and truly shafted by Man City over this one. If MON knew this was in the pipeline, its no wonder that he threw his toys out of the pram. Over the years Villa must have wasted more money on duds like Ireland than any other club. NRC, Davies, Balaban, Collymore, Harewood, Curcic, Shorey, Hutton, Warnock, Sidwell, etc, etc, etc, etc.

And who signed him for peanuts? Paul Lambert. What's your point? I think it's fairly obvious what his point is. Benteke, Westwood and Lowton are worth every penny of the £20m or so he's spent on transfers. Vlaar ain't too shabby either. Lamberts record in the market, so far, isn't bad at all. Benteke and Westwood look good signings. He's created one of the worst defences in the league, the fact they were cheap isn't an excuse. The rest don't really contribute anything. I don't think that's a great show so far. Here are my marks out of ten for Lambert's signings: Guzan 10 Benteke 10 Westwood 9 Lowton 8 Vlaar 7 Sylla 7 Bowery 6 KEA 5 Bennett 5 In other words he is very astute in the transfer market. Even Bowery, KEA and Bennett have all shown that they have the potential to do better.

I don't understand your post, honestly. You expected us to be involved in a relegation fight, what exactly did you think that would entail? I wasn't expecting to have our worst start to a premiership season. I wasn't expecting to lose 8-0 to any team. I wasn't expecting a 3 game period where we let in 15 goals and scored 0. I wasn't expecting to have the worst goal difference in the league. I wasn't expecting at points to be the worst goal scoring team in the league and the worst defensive team in the league. Like i said, which I thought was pretty clear, I expected a relegation battle but didn't expect the lows we've had. Don't leave out the cup debacles against lower league teams. It has been a dreadful season all round. Easily the worst in my time supporting Aston Villa. Were you out of the country last year and missed Bolton at home.

If you think that Benteke, Westwood, Guzan, Lowton, Sylla and Vllar were not smart signings you are watching a different game to me. KEA and Bennett have been disappointing, but both were relatively cheap and have the potential to improve. Bowery was less than 500k so it was worth taking a gamble. Most of these players could be sold for more than we paid for them and all are on reasonable wages.