Villain-from-Texas

His home is in Manchester.

Wage demands are indeed the issue, according to The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11066829/Tom-Cleverleys-8m-move-to-Aston-Villa-from-Manchester-United-threatened-by-players-wage-demands.html Cleverly reportedly wants £60k a week.

If this were to happen, considering where we were at the start of this window then any villa fan turning his or her nose up at that needs their head examined. On paper that's comfortably the best starting XI in the lower half. On paper. Seconded.

I think you'll find that he was injured for a large chunk of those 20 games he missed. Again, sarcasm and irony. A kid who started in midfield for about 50% of the champion's league matches is good enough for us. That fact should be self-evident.

Good enough for whom? A team trying to win the league or a team trying to stay in it? I was being sarcastic. He's obviously good enough for us.

In 2012-13, when United won the title, Fergie started Cleverly in 18 league matches. He would've started all 38 of United's league matches, but he's crap and not good enough.

Agreed. If this deal happens (and KEA gets sold, as expected), we'll have Sanchez and Cleverly instead of Sylla and El-Ahmadi. Isn't that a massive, massive upgrade?

Seconded OH FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY PLEASE LET GO OF JAMES MILNER. (Sorry. It's the only reaction I have left in me.)

About one-third of the money that Hull have spent. Really tells it all.

I saw it with my own eyes. He was really poor. No joke. There was a reason Flanagan played left back instead of him. He didn't play anything like this when he was at Liverpool.It's their system, not the player. Whatever the reason, he was bad. I mean, I didn't even know this was up for debate. So you watch a lot of liverpol then? Practically every match with my brother, yes. Just as he watches practically every Villa match with me.

I'm not sure 4-4-2 is the way forward. I'd rather have a quality creative player behind him. 4-4-2 at home, depending on whom we play, could certainly work well, with the front six being: N'Zogbia-Sanchez-Delph-Grealish Benteke-Weimann Indeed, that would be one of my preferred lineup. But I see about no chance of that happening.

I saw it with my own eyes. He was really poor. No joke. There was a reason Flanagan played left back instead of him. He didn't play anything like this when he was at Liverpool. It's their system, not the player. Whatever the reason, he was bad. I mean, I didn't even know this was up for debate.

I saw it with my own eyes. He was really poor. No joke. There was a reason Flanagan played left back instead of him. He didn't play anything like this when he was at Liverpool.

He was terrible for Liverpool. My brother is a Liverpool fan, and Cissokho was a (deservedly) running joke.

We weren't a winning team today. EDIT: My bad--you posted this yesterday.

To be fair to Weimann, he isn't and won't ever be a winger. He needs to play up top, and he is quite useful when he does. Later on in the season, when everyone is healthy, I wouldn't mind seeing Benteke and Weimann up top together.

Cameron is decent, to be fair. He is better than Senderos, Clark, and Baker but (obviously) worse than Vlaar. He has been fairly solid at RB for Stoke, even though CB is his best position. He passes well out the back and can do an OK job as a midfielder, if necessary.

He isn't very good. Indeed, often he is very bad. But he is better than what we have (if Lambert doesn't plan to play Richardson at LB). So I guess it would be a decent signing.

Both Moses and Wanyama are dreadful.

I presume you also wouldn't go near a player in, say, Eredivise or Jupiler League? Ruling out every player from particular leagues doesn't sound like a great transfer policy. MLS isn't as good as the Premier League. Obviously. But it has some good players, like Besler, who are up to the Premier League's standard. He was certainly up to the standard against Ghana, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium. Yes, Lukaku did skin Besler in the knockout match. Or to be more accurate: After Besler had played more than 90 minutes, Lukaku came off the bench in stoppage time--fresh --and got the better of Besler. Imagine that. He's a good player and would make us a better team.

I think there's one obvious centre back that probably won't be here next season. Yeah, I suppose I was trying to be optimistic. Besler is a solid center back. Fairly quick, good positioning, and can pass the ball. Not sure whether we could keep Vlaar and sign Besler. But I've said before that Besler-Vlaar-Okore would make for a very good back three.

I'll be surprised if Cole starts for us. At his age, he seems like a squad player who can offer something a little different off the bench.

No.

In fact, the USA do well because they have good players.

That isn't true. They were linked with him before that match. Besides, he looks quite good.