Marley the Bognor Villan

On 22/06/2017 at 13:01, DCJonah said:

Brilliant 

So if signs a 4 year deal we just ignore 3 of them years.

Wish we did that with Shay given. 

One year deal bud

1 minute ago, Demitri_C said:

Wouldn't be surprised if we resign downing. Personally no from me. Past his best

Tony has already said he doesnt believe in re-signing players

2 hours ago, Jimzk5 said:

Myth. 

No it isnt, we were offered him for £5m. This from Jan 2008

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/aston-villa-in-for-5m-rated-radamel-falcao-721726

Then this 18 months later, when we were linked again and also considered Cavani

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/south-american-hot-shots-aim-97269

32 minutes ago, Rodders said:

Heskey. (In context of season expectations)

We also declined the chance to sign Radamel Falcao in favour of signing Heskey that window!

Finally everyone can stop talking about ex villa players returning

We have a sell on clause if Traore gets sold so an extra few quid in the kitty.

2 hours ago, villan_007 said:

He had more than enough chances at boro which just cemented the fact the kid is purely a sprinter. 27 appearances, with him getting a good 11 / 12 full games on the bounce.

0 goals and 0 assists. Actually I think he got 1 assist.

I find your player ratings genuinely entertaining. As how you have Bacuna and Traore down as good players is utterly baffling to me.

 

 

I hope Bacuna leaves this window. He was a disgrace in the Brighton (at home) match when he kept trying to take the free kicks off Hourihane, throwing his toys out of the pram then refusing to take part in any attacks for the last ten mins because of it. I was at the game and watched him do it 3 times, then the last time he bounced the ball on the floor turned and walked back into our half (from just outside the area) and stood there with his back to the action so didnt even watch to see if we scored and carried on doing so even while we took the corner that resulted from the free kick. Not gonna be any harmony amongst the players while he is acting like that. Shame as I liked him before that match but lost all respect for him now.

2 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

Brilliant 

So if signs a 4 year deal we just ignore 3 of them years.

Wish we did that with Shay given. 

He is only reportedly signing a one or two year deal (depending on which source we choose to speculate on). The point I was trying to make is that it will be £4M ONLY if we get promoted. In which case, it wouldnt be another £4M next season as we cant get promoted twice. If you can find someone better to help us get promoted for £4M then great, I'm all for it but personally I feel JT would be less of a gamble than someone without his experience or someone from abroad that would need time to settle, get used to the english game, etc.

9 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

That's if he signs a 12 month deal and doesn't want more. 

Regardless of how long his deal is, that is the cost of having him for this (promotion chasing) season

8 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Proper Twilight Zone on here....

Last season around this time, people were excited about signing Tommy Elphick.

This year they are moaning about potentially signing John Terry..... 

Spot on!

1 minute ago, Ikantcpell said:

But is he really worth £100.000 a week?

Reports are saying £60k p/w but not sure how that is known at this stage. Got to remember there is obviously no transfer fee involved though.

5 minutes ago, Eastie said:

Totally agree , statement of intent and great for villa that's he's chosen us ahead of many other clubs and more money - would love him to talk Tammy Abraham into a loan here

Tammy agreed a move to Swansea I believe

12 minutes ago, striker said:

It's not my money and it's up to Xia how he spends it but if reports are true that Terry will get 60k per week plus bonuses then the Villa hierarchy have learnt nothing over the last few years.

60k per week would have gotten a very good DM which Villa are more in need of than a defender and Redknapp gets it in the neck on here for doing the same thing.

In their defence, the Villa hierarchy have only been here one year!

1 minute ago, Mjvilla said:

Are we having a 'spell as many names wrong as we possibly can' competition?

 

jon_c .... YOU WIN!

I thought he'd posted one of Tonys twitter messages!!! 

24 minutes ago, sne said:

I'd agree about this in principle if it wasn't for the fact that he's 36 and only lasted the full 90 minutes something like 3 times last season.  Granted in a better team in a better league.

But the Championship is supposed to be faster and tougher than almost every other league in the world (it isn't actually) and Terry will be expected to play 46 games and be the one who carries us through the last 10 minutes?

I see a problem there. The Terry from even just a few years back would absolutely been able to do this, he did it for Chelsea. But it's not that Terry we are signing. 

The other part thou I fully agree on, organization, set pieces, leadership and passing is where he would bring a lot.

Yes I understand your valid point of view. Would've been handy to bring him on for last 20-30 mins to defend a lead though!

50 minutes ago, KSV said:

No not over night.. but the last two seasons.. yes he has. He barely played last year.. didnt know he only finished 3 full games. Thats even more frightening. Baker is injury prone. I got a feeling Bruce will sign Terry and his son Alex. 

So you believe Terry is worse than Elphick and Richards?

Just now, mykeyb said:

How many games do you think he will play if we sign him?

No idea bud. I would assume that not all of his no-shows last season were down to his fitness but possibly some of them being down to the manager preferring other players (from a far superior squad to ours) in his position. At 36 though I would hazard a guess at around 18-20 games. In an ideal world that will be enough to cover for Baker when injured so we dont have to see Elphick or Richards at the back.

When God signed for us a lot of people wrote him off as past it due to his knees being shot but he read the game so well that it didnt matter.

All will become clear soon enough bud, this time next year we will know whether it was worth it or not (providing we sign him of course) UTV!

2 minutes ago, mykeyb said:

He managed 14 appearances last season for Chelsea out of which I beleive he only last 90 minutes in 3 of them.........

My opinion hasnt changed...

1 hour ago, DCJonah said:

Dr T has told a fan she will have good news next week. 

I think it's looking very likely. 

That was in response to a tweet by Beth Merrick, shes our top scorer for the Villa Ladies team.

Just now, DK82 said:

It'll be a very last minute deal if anything, they have shot themselves in the foot.

Well Tony said the 2 coming in are at 95% and 99% then said thats all for january window so cant see any last minute bids happening

1 minute ago, BOF said:

This is going to be one refreshing day.

Was gonna like this but I am limited to 40 likes a day for some reason?