Benji76

Huh, huh! I went onto VT late at night and used silly words! Huh! - Nice one, NV

You wanna put some talcum powder on that - NV

Nurse? Nuuuuuuuurse! - NV

I have a theory regarding our lack of transfer activity.

Everyone knows that we have a lot of money, so if we are genuinely interested in a player his price will go up above his market value, the same as happens to Chelsea (albeit to a greater extent than us). I think that Villa maybe waiting until another club has a bid accepted for the player and then we go in with the same bid and get the player to choose us (because of our good manager, ambition, history, etc.). Example - Marlon Harewood. Wigan had a bid accepted, we match it and obviously he would choose us.

So are we waiting until Hearts accept a bid from Sunderland (who have less money than us) for Gordon so we can simply match it and persuade him to join us? Let's hope so. The same could be happening with other players.

This tactic wouldn't work if any of the big 4 were in for a player, but at the moment we're not in the same market as them. In any case, they have a lot of money so the price will go up anyway. If anyone else is in for somebody we have a fighting chance of getting them.

Hopefully I'm right and the transfers will start flooding in once everyone else has done our negotiating for us!

Keep going, nothing to see here - NV

We have such a sales pitch for up and coming players. There's stacks of opportunity to make a difference in a team that's a sleeping giant. And, I'm sure most players respect MON - he's like a younger Fergie.

Found this on Unibet.com

09:00 9399 Silly Season Special - Wesley Sneijder

Which club will he play for on the 1st of September 2007?

Loan deals count. Others on request. Bets placed after a public announcement are declared void.

Ajax 1.30

Valencia 6.30

Tottenham 9.00

Barcelona 50.00

Real Madrid 50.00

Lyon 80.00

Bayern München 150.00

VfB Stuttgart 150.00

PSV Eindhoven 200.00

Think i should place a bet?

Good to see our pursuit being taken seriously by the bookies :cry:

i read marco van basten has told him to go on holiday and not make any decisions yet

Positives:-

Leadership:

- England Under 21: 18 appearances, 11 as captain. Undefeated as England Under 21 captain. (P11 W7 D4 L0)

- West Ham United: 142 appearance, 100+ as captain, 11 goals. Lead club to promotion and an FA Cup Final.

- Milton Keynes Dons: 64 appearances, 25+ as captain, 6 goals. Club's youngest ever captain.

Physical Attributes:

- Pace: Able to sprint away from most midfielders when he charges forward.

- Power: Very rarely loses a 50-50 with an opposition player when in possession.

- Stamina: Able to cover all of the pitch and then some. Outlasted Gerrard easily in the FA Cup Final.

Defensive Work:

- Tackling: 135 successful tackles made last season. With a success rate of 87.4%. World class statistics.

Fitness Record:

- Injuries: Only had 2 significant injuries at West Ham United.

Other:

- Intelligent: Very well spoken off the pitch during media interviews.

- Experience: Been Promoted, Faced Relegation, Played In Europe, Played In An FA Cup Final, Faced Administration and much more.

Negatives:-

Technique:

- Passing: Has a very limited range of passing, particularly when going forward.

- Shooting: Tends to snatch at shots, making his shooting accuracy very poor. Only 31.8% of shots on target.

- First Touch: Quite often his second touch is a tackle, which leads to counter attacks losing momentum.

Mental Attributes:

- Substitutions: Tends to get easily upset when he is substituted.

- Criticism: Does not respond well to criticism. Be it from the media or from the fans.

- Off Field Problems: Was the alleged 'leader' of the infamous "Baby Bentley" brigade at West Ham Untied.

Goals/Assists:

- Goal Scoring: Scores around 3-5 goals a season on average. Good for a Defensive Midfielder, not enough for a Box-to-Box Midfielder.

- Assists: Gets very few assists, as he plays very few "killer" balls. Needs lots of work on this.

A very raw player who really is the personification of a "rough diamond". Could be mouled into a really high class central midfield talent, or could never really improve technically and progressively get worse as he loses his physical attributes. I think it depends completely on who is his manager for the next 2 to 3 years and whether they have the managerial and coaching ability to turn him into the high class player he threatens to be.

Just read this about Reo-Coker on another site. Made for interesting reading IMO. Wouldn't mind him here, would still maybe prefer Barton though?!

NRC would add to what MON is building though - young, british and pacey. I like.

I really wouldn't like Barton. I was chatting about this to a Uni friend of mine (also a villa fan), and he was confident that MON could tame him. however, even if MON could tame him, it would detract from the rest of the team. and for what? someone who's good in the tackle and can make the odd pass....?

saying that, i'm sure if he started to piss any of the villa players off, carew would grab him by the neck whilst mellberg would **** him up, a la ljungberg

edit: PS i agree it's nice MON is building a british spine.....

......

i'm not overly concerned about us signing another forward. i reckon carew is going to have a BRILLIANT 2007/8 season. i really do.

i like what MON did in January - he built from the front with the philosophy of attack is the best form of defence, which did work towards the end of the season. however.......

great teams have a strong defence and midfield. we've all seen the great teams of the modern era win silverware because of a solid defence (ac milan, italy etc). my point is that i think MON bought a load of fire power (petrov, young, carew, maloney) to buy time and a place in the PL (i.e a short term fix). I really do feel now that he will start building from the back - if we sign a great DM then i relly feel we#ll start going places.... e.g Wembley.

i mark my words....

feedback anyone

i wish. but we haven't even been linked with any right backs yet. have we ?

but what decent RB's are available...? Unless we scour the rest of the world outside of the PL, I'm a little concerned

I think we missed a trick with not signing Jagelka (sic)

OK. Let's recap on what we will most likely buy:

GK

RB

CB

D/CM

CF

Putting the 555 pages behind us, do you all think that's what MON is thinking at the moment?

It is not far from the truth...

However...it might be someone more versatile that can play two places. It seems as we are looking for a central midfielder and a striker first...

In your opinion, what is the position MON is prioritising? I think it's RB

OK. Let's recap on what we will most likely buy:

GK

RB

CB

D/CM

CF

Putting the 555 pages behind us, do you all think that's what MON is thinking at the moment?

As for RB, I reckon Heitinga is worth a punt. Might take some to prise him from Ajax now that they're in the CL next season though. Sonic needs to put in a few words for us with him and his mate Wesley

Bouma will be on the plane to Thailand tomorrow with the Dutch squad handing out brochures of Bodymoor Heath and giving a carefully rehearsed sales pitch on behalf of Mon and Aston Villa.

We will then sign the whole of the Dutch national team in the next ten days.

Sorted!

I laughed out loud then. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case....

8)

News of the World said we're after Jason Komas from West Brom. Haven't seen much of him the season, but Four Four Two magazine awarded him 'Best Player in the Championship' for this current season.

LB - Gareth Bale. Not going to happen though.

News of the World is reporting we're going to offer Angel plus £8m for Keane.

Not sure how I feel about that.

Sorry, I've come on to this thread quite late - I've seen some mentions of Gattusso. Is this a real prospect or just 'wish list'?

He'd be an awesome acquisition.

hmmm. what does this thread represent now?

it's been quashed by the new FIFA 'Rumour:x' initiative.

er. can I say anything here? has anyone seen Babel? does anyone know of a decent tailor in Phuket? is it going to rain tomorrow?

bickster

Posted: Jan 07, 2007 - 12:14 AM

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aj2k77 wrote:

Does Mourinho speak Romanian ? We could have him in as the interpreter for this Dica were going to sign !

Isnt that how he got his break in football as an interpretor?

Yeah , he definately worked under Bobby Robson as an interpreter for one club

Barcelona - Spanish

Yep - bringing in loans - can only mean - we can't afford to buy ...............a bit like a loan to buy a car ... .....if you have the cash you use it - you don't have a loan

I'd like Villa to load the 1954 Hungarian team

thats what happened i asked have you got a Mr J.Defoe their,and this woman said yes we do!!. Would you like to leave a message or be put through. Someone else ring them he is their least i am not wondering is he their or not now

there

Biggest load of B-S. Can we start another transfer thread now the market is open please MODS.

to be honest i was trying to help... i dont do message board piss taking.. ring me and i will talk with you... or ring the number and see for yourself no acccusations until u have found out please.. tried to do you guys a favour...

the fact you've only made 14 posts doesn't really make you seem credible mate

i was on the phone for 5 mins mate

5 minutes is a long time on the phone. What else did he say besides asking you if you were a reporter?

:roll:

he was not happy thought i was a reporter , spoke to his gf and then he took phone off her asking who it was. i asked if he was going to villa he said ,he cant say and he heard nothing about it only in the papers

So you just happened to get hold of Defoe's mobile number did you?

RandysVilla - lay off the crack.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

HAVE WE SIGNED DEFOE?

what's going on. tell me tell me