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set to sign for Charlton according to this:
Former Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker is set to sign for Charlton Athletic.The Daily Mail claims the midfielder is close to joining the Championship strugglers on a free transfer.
The 28-year-old former West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder has been looking for a club since leaving relegated Wanderers at the end of last season.
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set to sign for Charlton according to this:
Former Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker is set to sign for Charlton Athletic.The Daily Mail claims the midfielder is close to joining the Championship strugglers on a free transfer.
The 28-year-old former West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder has been looking for a club since leaving relegated Wanderers at the end of last season.
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set to sign for Charlton according to this:
Former Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker is set to sign for Charlton Athletic.The Daily Mail claims the midfielder is close to joining the Championship strugglers on a free transfer.
The 28-year-old former West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder has been looking for a club since leaving relegated Wanderers at the end of last season.
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Love the way him and KEA are linking up, then you have Holman and Bannan also in the mix... just pinging it to one another at such ease..
Ireland and KEA are on such a wavelength!!!! loving it
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When we signed Henke as chief scout from AVFC:Villa's domestic database of player analysis is overseen by Patrick Riley, with tools from Amisco being utilised for statistical background to enhance the club's knowledge in the recruitment process. Gareth Payne provides analysis of opposition players.
See the quote above:
Seems to me Riley and Payne could well be using a ''Moneyball the Film'' sort of way of recruiting good young players like Bowery and maybe even Westwood, people he been getting 1 in 3 for starts at Chesterfield, maybe that is what they have based it on? these tools from Amisco and maybe Paynes knowledge?? Good stats with potential to improve, hence spent the 500k on him.
Thoughts?
I've no idea what any of that means.
I think I get you. Looking at the team as the sum of the parts and what parts are missing even if they are not the most stunning transfer.
It could be moneyball tact, future project or using him in a different position. I also trust PL enough that I'm highly intrigued to find out.
exactly mate, not sure why guy above you does not understand? has he seen the film ''Moneyball'' with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill based on a true story, it could be common sense using statistics to purchase the best players in lower leagues based on a range of things/attributes, i think the comment i posted from OS using this Amisco system is very interesting.. So when we went for Westwood or Bowery it could well have been based on this system.. who knows though?
8) am highly intrigued myself at seeing who else we snap up!! -
When we signed Henke as chief scout from AVFC:
Villa's domestic database of player analysis is overseen by Patrick Riley, with tools from Amisco being utilised for statistical background to enhance the club's knowledge in the recruitment process. Gareth Payne provides analysis of opposition players.See the quote above:
Seems to me Riley and Payne could well be using a ''Moneyball the Film'' sort of way of recruiting good young players like Bowery and maybe even Westwood, people have been saying on here that he been scoring 1 in 3 for starts at Chesterfield, maybe that is what they have based it on? these tools from Amisco and maybe Paynes knowledge?? Good stats with potential to improve, hence spent the 500k on him.
Thoughts?
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Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has made a late move to sign Lazio's ex-Birmingham City forward Mauro Zarate.
Lambert is desperate to strengthen his strike-force before the summer window closes on Friday night and has now gone for 25-year-old Zarate, who had a loan spell at Villa's fierce rivals four years ago.
Goal-shy Villa are looking a loan deal with a view to a permanent switch and landing the Argentinian would be a major coup for Lambert.
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what does anyone think to giving someone like Jozy Altidore a shot at a few million and could be a good investment, is still young to improve at 22, 4 in first 2 games of season and 19 in 33 for AZ Alkmaar.. he didn't do too well at 18/19 when at Hull but shown glimpses of promise from what i remember.. is at a decent age.. thoughts?
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Ki is about to sign for Swansea from Celtic for 5million, why are we not going in for players like this guy?
i rated Michu for few yrs and couldn't believe he went for 2million, now they are getting Ki as well, these are the type of players we should be going for.. point to prove, reasonable price and wages and very good players indeed.
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from Football-Rumours.com, yes please... hopefully Henke identifying players like this;
16 Aug 2012 22:26:24
Stefan Kießling...watch this space
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Whisper it quietly, but maybe we should also get a new head of domestic scouting ...
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''Villa's domestic database of player analysis is overseen by Patrick Riley, with tools from Amisco being utilised for statistical background to enhance the club's knowledge in the recruitment process. Gareth Payne provides analysis of opposition players.''from OS, won't these two guys help for that? surely what they will be doing will help with domestic scouting
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done bit of digging due to this comment from Henke ''This is a similar role to one I held at Bayern. Our objective will be to identify young players who have a good future and a good mentality.''
he might have been involved with Mario Basler arriving and Bixente Lizarazu The World Cup Winning Left Back arriving from Athletic Bilbao..
if he was.. impressive indeed
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is there a list anywhere on net of the players he scouted and got signed to Bayern Munich and any of other teams he has scouted for? interested to see who he has talent spotted, am excited by this appointment
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Swansea are apparently after Mohammed Abdellaoue for 3million, would love us to take a punt on him for a while, he scored a cracking backheel against Man Utd yesterday..
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oh fuckty ****..
Aston Villa remain keen on signing winger Danny Rose.Tottenham want the 22-year-old to out on loan to a Premier League side after failing to establish himself at White Hart Lane.
Rose has made just 29 appearances over the past five years and during that time he has had spells on loan at Watford, Peterborough and Bristol City.
Rose hasn't had much time to impress new Spurs coach Andre Villas-Boas as he has been away with Team GB at the Olympic Games.
New Villa boss Paul Lambert is keen to bring in Rose on a season-long loan deal as cover on the left side.
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Not sure if anybody else has posted this yet but Capital FM have reported that we've put a 13 mil bid in for him.
yeah i mentioned it earlier after posting the original bit about some folk on Sunderland forum saying we have bid for him and someone started it was on capital fm
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Just In Time, the Transfer ITK@ITK_TRANSFER
Aston Villa have made a bid for Wolves Forward Stephen Fletcher.
He wouldn't want to actually come out with the news first though would he
i bet the idiot saw my post on here about what i saw on ready2go so suddenly twitters it just incase it comes off...
can't stand that guy
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they are saying on there it's correct, it was on capital fm... we will see though
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No thanks to Kone tbh.... he's been crap for a while iirc..... Can we have someone like Wilfried Bony, Tim Matavz, Aubameyang, Toivonen or just bloody Jordan Rhodes.... please no overrated 30 something one stupid wages!!
could not agree more, i'd say one out of all of the above apart from Toivonen, who i don't rate
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Winspirational: Aston Villa's glory years will drive me on to succeed, says Paul Lambert
LAMBERT is well aware of Villa’s history and the legends they’ve created along the way. And as he prepares for his first season in charge, he insists those ghosts inspire rather than haunt him.
IT'S been 30 years since Aston Villa’s greatest achievement – but Paul Lambert insists the spirits of 1982 won’t scare him.
The Scot is well aware of Villa’s history and the legends they’ve created along the way.
And as he prepares for his first season in charge, he insists those ghosts inspire rather than haunt him.
Lambert watched on TV back in May 1982 when Villa clinched the European Cup, Peter Withe’s goal
giving them a 1-0 victory over a star-studded Bayern Munich team.
That triumph at Feyenoord’s De Kuip Stadium still resonates – and Lambert is surrounded by its history at Villa Park.
But he isn’t intimidated by the achievement by Tony Barton and his players.
In fact, Lambo has returned to De Kuip twice in recent weeks to snap up Ron Vlaar and Karim el Ahmadi for £6million from the Rotterdam side.
He hopes his new signings can help bring back the glory days to a club that has been in the doldrums for the past two years under his predecessors Alex McLeish and Gerard Houllier.
His other summer captures include Brett Holman from AZ Alkmaar and Matt Lowton from Sheffield United, both for modest fees.
They’re not household names – but that’s the way Lambert likes it.
He told MailSport: “Aston Villa are a big club with a massive support.
“They expect to be successful and to be winning – and they are quite right to think like that. It’s up to me to make that a reality and I will give it my best.
“But I have always said the game is about the players – and I’ll never change my opinion. Ultimately, they win or lose games. It’s as simple as that.
“I take great care about the kind of player I sign. They have to have the right characteristics, be confident and must be able to fit in.
“I have inherited some good players and have added quality. The names of my new signings might not roll of the tongue but I believe in them.
“They know what we are trying to do here and think they’ll be able to help.
“I am aware of the standards of Aston Villa and I’m aware of the history.
“The memory of winning the Cup in 1982 is something we should embrace and respect. Players such as Withe, Allan Evans, Dennis Mortimer, Gordon Cowans and Gary Shaw are legends.
“I’m not scared of memories. It gives us something to aim for, although we must be realistic.
“I watched that final on TV and it was an incredible result. Bayern had Paul Breitner, Klaus Augenthaler and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
“ Villa lost Jimmy Rimmer early on and had to put a young Nigel Spink in goals. It was a brilliant feat. Phenomenal.
“We still have the 1982 Lounge at the stadium – and rightly so.”
Lambert won the Champions League in 1997 with Borussia Dortmund and captained Celtic, who lifted the trophy 30 years earlier. He fully understands what is required.
Villa were close to relegation last season under McLeish and Lambert will not make foolish predictions about what he’ll achieve this campaign. He will also not set the players a target of a top-10 finish.
What he has done, though, is tell the players exactly what is expected of them on and off the park.
He wants good professionalism and 100 per cent commitment. They know the consequences if they don’t.
That’s all Lambert asked of his players at Norwich and in three years they turned the club around from being League One strugglers to a respected Premier League team. Lambert wants Villa to be looked on in the same manner – the way they were under his mentor Martin O’Neill for four years from 2006.
Lambert said: “This club had a fantastic period under O’Neill. They were consistently in the top six and qualified for Europe.
“Unfortunately, the past two years have been a barren spell. I’m here to try and change that. I did it at Norwich.”
Villa owner Randy Lerner allowed O’Neill to spend on Ashley Young, James Milner and Stewart Downing.
They were excellent signings and went on to make the club a profit of more than £20m on a £30m outlay.
Lambert won’t be given such piles of cash but doesn’t mind that because he loves a challenge.
He said: “This is a great club to work for and a big opportunity for me.
“In terms of finance, I know exactly what the club can do. Listen, it’s not all about cash. That’s never my outlook.”
Of course, the more you have to spend on players the greater the chance of winning the title – and that’s why Lambert sees Man City, Man United and Chelsea scrapping it out.
He said: “They will all be there at the end, no doubt. Liverpool and Arsenal should also never be dismissed.
“What I do know is it will be an exciting season and I’m pleased to be a part of it all. Last season was my first in the Premier League. This one can’t come quickly enough.”
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Newcastle.. suprise, suprise have been linked with him for last few months and again now
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this sounds more like Yoshida could have been signed if the Vlaar deal didn't go through.
Can't see him being signed now (unless he can play left back!!!)
Dunne is out injured, i think Lambert is after another centre back as only got Clark, Vlaar and Baker to play there, plus gives us more of a squad
This could still be on, hence why posted as it's also in the evening mail as well..
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VVV Venlo chairman Hai Berden has admitted that Maya Yoshida was on Aston Villa's radar before Ron Vlaar's move was finalised, and believes the defender is ready to join a bigger club.
Yoshida, who is currently captaining Japan's Olympic squad, has earned rave reviews for his performances in the Eredivisie over the past couple of years.
Berden says it looked like he could have been on his way to Villa when Vlaar's switch to the Midlands from Feyenoord briefly appeared to have collapsed.
The VVV official is in no doubt that Yoshida has the potential to play at the very highest level, with reports suggesting that he is a target for other clubs in England as well as Germany.
"Maya already attracted the interest of Aston Villa, but finally the transfer of Ron Vlaar went through," Berden told De Telegraaf.
"For VVV and Maya this is the perfect moment for him to make the step to a bigger club."
speaks good english
8) am highly intrigued myself at seeing who else we snap up!!
where art thou Nigel Reo-Coker?
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set to sign for Charlton according to this:
lancashire today