John

Now sign him up Villa!

Agreed, I guess the first thing we will hear is when and if, one of the above is pictured at the club on the brink of signing for us. It would be very nice to have a deal done in time for Saturday's game. I'm hoping there is some urgency at the club concerning this.

I'm sure a move wouldn't be dependent on that at this stage of the season.

Well 10% will do for me, it's much better than 99% as seemed the case at the weekend. Of course it might now be 9% or 8% and it may have been 98% or 90% at the weekend. As Mark Twain said, "Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable." What seems to be the case is that there is now a better chance that JT will return to plug the hole in our defence. It still remains open to question whether we will sign anyone to do this job or whether on grounds of cost we will choose Huth or Collins instead. I'm hoping that a high percentage of Villa fans get the player that we want.

Hope springs eternal? Bristol Live have a link to UA Tribuna which claims JT's move to Moscow could be off. The chances of that deal happening are now said to be 10%. He's coming home, he's coming home.... Link: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/uk-sport-news/aston-villa-john-terry-news-1990459

Or is it?

Our only hope is that we bring in a decent out of contract centre half from somewhere or that we start playing Axel there and we can somehow limp along until the new year keeping within striking distance of the top six. If we can get this team playing to something approaching their potential that should not be beyond us. We need an unbeaten run and to find some confidence. It's too early to give up just yet. Let's see where we are after twelve league games before we throw in the towel and that straw I'm still clutching to... ?

So there is still a shread of hope..If we want him enhuth he may come back to us after all...

Sign all of the out of contract central defenders!

Having missed a season through injury I hope his injury problems are now behind him because if he signs we will be relying on him playing regularly until the next window. ?Perhaps we should sign James Collins as well to give us a bit of insurance because it's asking a lot for Huth to be able to consistently play two games a week for 4 months.

Good lad! It looks like his parents may have watched Frasier or Cheers on the television a couple of decades ago (Frasier Crane - Kelsey Grammer). Or possibly Sideshow Bob that he voiced in The Simpsons?

Is he good and fit enhuth though? I suppose there is not a lot of choice left if JT is not coming and we do need someone from somewhere now as a matter of urgency. We could and have done worse.

Ex-Villa players often turn out to play in charity games. These two have done so here for Stan and what is a very good cause. Fair play to them. What they did and didn't do at our club can be put to one side for this weekend for me. They have done a good thing this time and have turned out for Stan to assist him in raising much needed cash. Well done to Stan and everyone else involved.

Did we ever make him an offer I wonder? Perhaps if he is in Moscow he can sleep on it and change his mind before he signs a contract with them (It's happened to us after all)? Clutching at straws I know.

He's not the greatest centre half we have ever had but he has been a great centre half and is the best centre half that is currently available! He did a good job for us last season and could do a decent job for us this. I find it difficult to accept that he would move to a Russian club if he had also been made a firm offer to return to us. Up until now everything had suggested that he was well up for returning to us. Have we not made him an offer yet? If not, we need to do so now before it's too late. Just do it Villa!

A 12 point deduction would currently put them on minus 8 points. That would be 10 points behind the current bottom club, 12 points off safety and 17 points behind us. That would be cruel and unusualy harsh punishment. So be it. ?

I've heard of snakes on a plane but under the wallpaper?

Chris Iwelumo said on Talksport 2 that signing JT is a no-brainer. He added, "What he brings in the dressing room, the presence, the professionalism, the organisation, the communication," Everything that he does makes Aston Villa's squad a stronger squad. " "What he's achieved as a player, straight away he goes in and the dressing room lifts. "You must understand. You're saying it's a step back, I disagree. "It's another experienced head that has been there and done it. "He will have to get back up to speed, but what he brings in being ahead mentally as well, he sees the game, he plays the game, he's doing his coaching as well. "What he brings is a voice, is a leader, it's needed in every dressing room." Link to this from The Express: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1014039/Aston-Villa-news-John-Terry-transfer

Small Heath's problem would be finding the money to pay any FFP fine but that would be their problem and I for one, won't be losing any sleep about their financial difficulties. Turning to the club that matters, I wonder if our FFP issues might be resolved by selling the naming rights to the North Stand and calling it the FFP Stand?

How is he in goal these days?

Well said!

Too soon for Bolasie I understand Herman 22. I would play Hourihane instead and Cafu ahead of Taylor. I would also like to start Kodjia wide as well as Abraham to give us a goal threat up front as well as one at the back. Will it be a case of picking names out of a hat though?

I would be in a right huff if we signed him rather than JT myself.

New manager out then!

Some nice ones around here as well. ? Let''s give JT a choice to make.