ArteSuave

Regaining strength after a break is the most satisfying thing.

He's been in the job since Monday and there has been no confirmation of massive new sponsorship deals or new contracts for Vlaar or Delph.

Pull your finger out Foxxy!

I don't get it..

Bomb disposal. Stan Welbeck.

Stan Wel beck.

Stand Well Back.

I bet Welbeck score more goals than Falcao this year

You bet actual money on that?

Yikes. I hope you got good odds.

(our average gate when we were in the 3rd division was a damn site better than it is now).

ORLY?

2 seasons in the 3rd tier.

71 average attendance - 26,219

72 average attendance - 31,952

Last season - 35,060

According to that site anyway.

I'm concerned that Cleverley is going to knock Westwood out of the team. In general, I wanted to sign a right-winger or right-sided forward so that N'Zogbia would be the one to be rotated out, because if truth be told, Westwood has started well this season. 

Maybe Cleverley will sometimes play as a winger/wide forward like he did at wigan. Link

I've just posted the link so you can have a listen for yourself a few posts above.

That's Jonathan Hope (**** all to do with Cleverley).

Irish Villan cleared this up but nobody seems to have taken any notice.

To be fair, Lerner could buy us Lionel Messi and some posters would still dream up a way to criticise him for it (or conveniently give someone else the credit instead).

I seriously doubt this. I just want to make sure that any struggle we may encounter this season isn't entirely blamed on hurr durr Lamberk as usual.

I think we've had a pretty decent transfer window from what I've seen so far, with the Cleverly deal being a nice dusting of icing on the cake. Our team looks totally different now and we didn't sell Vlaar.

I agree, we've done well in spite of lack of funding.

Can anyone point me towards the picture from Bodymoor Heath last night with the small heath fan? I need to wind up a nose 'friend' of mine

I'd like to see something similar for net spend - more meaningful. 

A pie chart wouldn't work for the net figures, some clubs made a profit. You can't have a slice of pie with negative mass.

This Pie chart is meant to be net spends for the different clubs this season.

 

*Gross spends

Great so not only have we got a shit player but he also doesn't want to be here.

If he didn't want to be here then he wouldn't be here. He'd prefer to go somewhere better, but wouldn't all players.

The Bald Eagle.

So good.

A slight murmur on twitter - that although we got paperwork in....it wasn't the official stuff...so looks doubtful

I knew we should have splashed out on proper stationery instead of that Dora the Explorer stuff!

Pete O'Rourke ‏@SkySportsPeteO 1m

Tom Cleverley's loan move to Aston Villa from Manchester United has been approved by the Premier a League. #avfc #MUFC

Take that transfer window!

It's all gone eerily quiet, I'm getting déjà vu.

PANIC!

Having said all this, I find it remarkable that there are so many pro players that can't use both feet, or clear the first man at a corner. Maybe my expectations are too high? 

Here's the thing, nobody can do everything right all the time. The difference is that the good players do stuff right more of the time.

So while everyone at Villa could see/time/make the pass like that, most of them couldn't do it a very high percentage of the time.

I feel like out of our entire squad Westwood would execute it with the highest percentage success rate.

Is the window even open yet?

Not yet but Villa have got some top men working on it.

Perhaps time to stop trying to second guess this one and just wait and see what transpires.

What gif are we supposed to post for that though?

Sunderland spent their Borini money elsewhere

I don't think this is true. They had an offer of £14m accepted and Poyet was still hopeful of completion even after they signed Rodwell for £10m.

Edit - And Leicester not having an offer accepted is essentially the same as us not having a contract offer accepted.