DANVANDAL

What about signing a random Brazilian that always spices things up. Whats Denilson up to these days, or how about Saviola as a columbian leaves an Argentinian arrives?

So we need a spare keeper

a new class right back, a winger and a striker....

Hilarious, finally a summer window where we have cash and intent..

I think when the new shirt comes out i might get Randy on the back and number 1....god love him

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You've got to add a centre back to that list

Laursen won't hold out for the whole season, and without him with have shown frailties at the back.

A goalkeeper is another position we could look at improving, but if we improved the other areas significantly enough, I think Sorensen would be sufficient for next season.

On that basis then who can get?

GK - Boruc seems to be the name banded around

RB - Luke Young has been speculated any others about?

CM - Graveson has always been talented but getting old.

Winger - There are some fantastic ones out there but can they be lured to Villa?

Striker - Same issue as the winger, Randy's cash and style of chairmanship, the new training ground and MON should help persuade a big name to arrive. Another Carew would do for me.

Maybe we need to look at it like this

if this is our strongest team where would you want improvements?

GK - Sorensen

LB - Bouma

CB - Mellberg

CB - Laursen

RB - Hughes

LM - Berger

LcM - Barry

RcM - Petrov

RM - Young

St - Carew

St - Agbonlahor

Personally i would say a new right back, a class winger like Ribery, a new striker to put pressure on carew and aggie, and a CM ball winner who can pass ala Makalele.

I was there last night and all that can be said is we were totally outclassed. That aside, when we were 3 down Chelsea were like a shark smelling blood they simply kept coming at us. It could have been 6, shevchenko has a shot out of nowhere which sorensen did very well to deal with. Its not that we were bad or showed lack of effort i just think we were chasing shadows for the last 20. Agbonlahor played well until the supply of ball stopped, he looked dangerous everytime he got the ball on a run. Bouma looks dreadfully slow, Ridgewell did better marking Shev than Laursen did in the first half. Baros didn't see the ball so the negative comments towards him are a bit harsh. Berger tried bloody hard to pass and move and against other teams this year if he gets game time he will help out with Petrov.

All in all are we really that suprised? Great support from the Villa fans noisy all night still singing when we were down and out, true class!!!

Get Beckham in, he is still a superb player, would show the kind of players we can now attract, plus he'll sell a bucket load of shirts!!!