John

I think with the number of signings they have made they won't be leaving a place in their first team for him. At best he may get an occasional seat on their bench and a ten minute run on. Let's invite him back where he is appreciated to wear our claret and blue with distinction.

Agreed . I still think that if we play the sort of balls to him that he got on the end of at Brentford he can get goals for us this season.

So the loan window slams shut at the end of the month. There will be a few players at Everton, Chelsea and West Ham to name but three that will not get much of a look in this season and we need to get in there as soon as we can to beat other clubs to the punch. I think we need a left back, a central defender (JT might save us a loan), a forward and Snodders.

Gary must have hated holding up that shirt and will cringe every time he puts one on. Clearly he must have had no other choice and at least by making this move he will be taking money off them and saving money for us. He remains one of our own and I wish him well with his task of ensuring that the Noses lose their relegation battle this season.

"It only takes a minute" to sign him so this could well be a deal that we make just before the transfer window slams shut.

Simon Jordan summed up Levy so well on Talksport yesterday " Spurs like to do deals where they get everything for nothing and 10% off" Big Sam also said this morning on the Alan Brazil show about Spurs bid having been rejected "its not enough money for Aston Villa to even tempt to want to sell him at £25m at his age with his talent". These are a couple of rare quotes that tell it like it is from that radio station that I thought were worth sharing.

How about we let him have his medical there first and then give him a quick call.

Good job we didn't sign this bloke then!

Apparently the photographs of "Turncoat Bryan" had already been taken as well.

They have probably heard it all before in the playground but already know not to repeat it especially in front of their Dad.

Too right. I would love it for him to come back with his tail between his legs and tell us that he had changed his mind about joining us and for Villa to tell him we had done the same about wanting to sign him. If he does pass a medical Fulham need to handcuff him to a desk in case another club come in for him that he might fancy playing for!

It would be bad enough if Bryan had walked out on an all but done deal to sign for anyone but for it to be Fulham.... They are rapidly becoming one of my most disliked teams and Bryan now finds himself sandwiched somewhere between Unsworth and the slithering snake amongst the list of players that I dislike with a passion. We should at the very least send "Turncoat Bryan" the bill for the expenses we incurred in connection with his aborted transfer to us.

I'm sure you will have no problems in The Scottish Stand as many of us who sit in it prefer to call it. Hope your kids get to see two wins.

I must have a case of deja vu...

Perhaps if Spurs had wanted Jack they should have made an acceptable bid for him. Really pleased that our owner has grown fed up of the so called ongoing talks between our club and that penny pinching Levy which have ended up with nothing other than a derisory bid. He is so right to tell them and everyone else that Aston Villa can no longer be treated as mugs now that the new owners are in town. The ball is now in Jack's court Levy, Sky, the London press and the twitter twits expect Jack to push for his so called dream move but they fail to see that our Jack is already living the dream by playing first team football for his football club. Get us up this season Jack and your international and PL ambitions can be met here. It really would not seem right to us fans and I suspect to Jack himself to see him holding up a Spurs shirt during this window after this.

Many thanks for taking the time to give us your appraisal of John McGinn. We know how you must feel about losing John as have been going through the same thing with our Jack. It will be with us that John gets his chance to shine in the PL in a season or two. Best of luck to the Hibees for the season!

I was thinking of the Beach Boys track rather than any so called rival forum. Do we have any rivals in any case? I can't think of any. We are the Roman Forum of forums.

It's really like trying to get blood out of a stone with Levy isn't it? This would be closer but not close enough for me. I would tell him £32m rising to £35m with a 25% sell on clause and that buy back option. I would also really love it if he is getting impatient and annoyed with us because that's how we feel about him!

We're following the Burnley rule of signing all of the goalkeepers. They have Pope, Heaton and Hart as well now.

If Jack was playing for Hibs he would still be class. The same could well prove to be the case with their player certainly their fans who see him play regularly rate him very highly. I hope we complete the deal so we can see whether we share their opinion at the end of the season.

If he chooses Boro then he's welcome to them. Perhaps Pulis is holding his family hostage if not I don't see any reason that he would pick them over us. I look forward to him holding up our shirt soon along with a few others who are on the verge of joining us it seems.

Hopefully not, but if Jack does go then we will then need someone to wear the shirt that he once wore. Jack's are big boots to fill but we would need to get behind those who still play for us should he leave. His possible departure should not get in the way of our being happy to see new players coming in who might in time make a big impression on us. The football club needs to keep moving forward I hope with Jack but if he chooses to go then without him.

Looks like he is also familiar with the sort of treatment that Jack gets in the EFL from opponents.

I see that it was Steve Bruce that signed him from Hereford.

He could always stay with us and get his international games in playing for Ireland.