HeyAnty

Nothing on their main forum, so where are these big rumours? There is some proof for you BIG rumors question all be it the telegraph are 2 days later than my post. It’s just a pity people can't post on here with some little info they hear without getting sarcastic responses. It’s no wonder people who do hear wee bits of things that prove to be true or even untrue are all being driven away. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/10114171/Newcastle-United-manager-Alan-Pardew-ready-to-make-cut-price-offer-for-Aston-Villa-striker-Darren-Bent.html

Bet you will

Skybet 1/2

Big rumours going about the toon hes off to them.

What? Did you not see the source man! True i take it all back

Doubt this merits its own Topic. This is 99% a no goer.

Crews manager said that both westwood and Murphy were excellent players and that murphy was the better of the two and he wasnt taking anything away from westwoods ability when saying that. Really hope we get Murphy. Good leader as well even at his young age. The thing i think our team missed most when Vlaar was out

Good stuff, seldom you see players signing when they have 1 year left as is the greed of the modern player.

Surely instead of always buying lower league players all the time we need to be looking at our u19s

its good that were signing more youngsters, anyone know anything more about him? position? fee ? While this is true, is it not time we start to bring in some youth Some of our u19s must start to get game time this season.

What days the new shirt being released?

Same. Doubt we are.. Doesn't really fit with the transfer policy. While i dont rate him either, this was his best game for republic in long long time. I doubt you were watching the game with that comment Fair play then, glad he had a good game against a very very poor 'nation' I would have to judge him over an entire season, not just one game. All I'm saying is he doesn't fit into Lambert's transfer policy. And lets face it, it just the Faroe Island's, population is less than Plymouth's Yeah i thought you were referring to tonights game. We wont be in for him.. I hope

Same. Doubt we are.. Doesn't really fit with the transfer policy. While i dont rate him either, this was his best game for republic in long long time. I doubt you were watching the game with that comment

IMO it looks cheap

This deal was agreed on tuesday. He must have been waiting on Lerners plane.

Yeah, i still saw some muppets trying to link us to Karl Henry through the season on here as well.

Black and white you say....hmmm.... I think Lambert is taking this German link a bit to far.

By Adam Widdrington It was always going to be the dreaded transitional season when Paul Lambert arrived at Aston Villa, but despite dancing with the relegation devil we should be praising the Scot for never once losing his integrity while establishing a solid base to from which to build next season. Lambert had impressed the previous year, hauling Norwich City up to a superb 12th place in the table, after guiding the Canaries to the top flight. But in answering Randy Lerner’s call to replace the underwhelming tenure of his compatriot Alex McLeish, the former Dortmund midfielder was always going to have a mountain to climb. The American owner, after backing McLeish generously and seeing no return, was very much ‘once bitten, twice shy’. Lambert was going to have to be resourceful. Very resourceful. They strengthened with Dutch centre back Ron Vlaar, a player very much in the mould of previous fan’s favourite Wilfred Bouma, and unknown Belgian striker Christian Benteke, for a reported £10m, combined. And after the modest additions of youngsters Matthew Lowton and Joe Bennett from Sheffield United and Middlesbrough respectively, as well as Ashley Westwood, Lambert’s paltry budget was spent. He went into the 2012/13 season leading a squad with an average age of 24.85 – the fifth youngest in the Premier League. After a tumultuous end to the calendar year, in which they only managed four league wins, Villa were languishing in 17th place, precariously positioned one point clear of the relegation zone. The New Year didn’t provide Lambert’s inexperienced side with the results their work rate perhaps deserved and they endured a winless January. Many called for his head, bemused at why the manager persisted with such a young and at times naive team, often leaving out the proven threats of Darren Bent and Charles N’Zogbia. But where I admire Lambert the most, is his faith in team spirit, unity and dogged determination. Here, he was building a team, bigger than the sum of its parts. The mystery surrounding Darren Bent persists; although again I am in no doubt that the lack of first team opportunities for the once prolific striker is justified. Lambert quietly but firmly stamping his own authority on players – and N’Zogbia can be placed under the same umbrella – whose attitude is too far away from the manager’s own high expectations. It must be no coincidence that, despite Bent’s continued eye for goal; he has been transferred three times in the last six years. Randy Lerner kept faith with the new manager, showing he believed in the long term project under which Lambert was brought in to oversee in the first place. This project was never going to be a quick fix, even going into next season, and Villa fans need to display patience and a sense of realism. More pertinently, the Villains should also take heart in the performances from the final third of a mixed season. Six wins and two draws in the final three months of the Premier League ultimately rescued their campaign, but does show what this energetic and youthful squad are capable of. It also tells us that after a shaky start, the players grew into Lambert’s preferred style of play. He was persistent with both player selection and tactics to allow his team to blend together, a risk that did pay off in the last few months of the season, as they chalked up often unexpected wins when it really mattered. Add to that an unexpected run to the semi-finals of the League Cup, and there is genuine cause for optimism at Villa Park. Success stories such as Benteke’s explosive debut season in England must have surely put him on the radar of some of the top clubs in Europe, as well as the continued development of the likes of Lowton and Ashley Westwood. Vlaar has proved that he has real leadership qualities and an astute ability to organise the rearguard. The manager will have to work hard to this summer to hold on to his prize assets, as they hold the key for the future success of his team. I would like to think Paul Lambert will be rewarded for his efforts with a more significant transfer kitty this summer from his chairman, after proving his resourcefulness this term and certainly given the TV rights bonanza being shared out among the top 20 clubs in the football league next season. He has surely earned that privilege. I also believe it will be a case of ‘whatever hasn’t killed them will make them stronger’; given this Villa team has survived after a torrid campaign, and expect them to use the momentum of a strong finish to hit the ground running in August. Football purists will want to see Villa’s policy of young, home-grown players succeed, especially in the turbulent and extortionate footballing culture we take for granted. It’s ambition on a par with Sir Alex Ferguson selling the likes of Ince, Kanchelskis and Hughes in favour of his academy starlets. You don’t win anything with kids? Maybe not often, but I consider Paul Lambert’s achievements this season as valuable as winning any trophy.

I second that, the mods were very quick to close Dunnes

Your all missing Defoes biggest problem and that's he is always injured now. He is quick and as his body gets older it starts to feel the effect of these bursts of pace, bit like Owen. Defoe's best days are well behind him

Defoe and cash for Bentekke. Spurs are getting desperate now http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfers-aston-villas-benteke-1932130

Just 1 card IMO.... The world cup of spades

Hope Lambert stays well clear, not because he has a bad attitude, just he cant score http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2335862/Aiden-McGeady-wants-play-Premier-League.html

Dont like the 4/11 the bookies are offering on him to leave. Over evens to stay. Not good

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