tomh621

Id sooner eat my own nob before that happens

THIS.

yeah me too

No not the best option but its a safe one. Plenty of prem experience that he can pass down and put to good use on the field. Id like to see him come in and another CAM come in at some point soon after.

Exactly my thinking!

i really hope he does But i also think if Norwich try and play hardball and ask for more we should move on to other targets 1.5 mill for a 31 year old is about right I agree. I think Lambert would agree too considering the nature of his signings.

I should think they'd be looking at him to do a short term job. Perhaps we'd buy a younger talented CAM (later on) and Hoolahan would offer vital experience to him and also other players in the midfield. Hopefully he can be a cool head. Someone to look up for and get the ball to and control the game more when the kids panic.

shame he's not a creative midfielder or defender Need a playmaker and CDM. Also if possible another CB in replacement of Vlaar and perhaps a winger. Weimann should, if played, have a more central role as a striker whether its alongside Benteke or not and so that means Lambert shouldn't be getting a replacement for Kozak because he already has one (Weimann, Helenius, Bowery and potentially gabby as well) and Weimann is not a natural winger - we should have better options there. Vlaar is getting injured and we should definitely be eyeing a replacement. We have lacked a solid, consistent defensive partnership. Playmaker would (should) solve the creative problems. CDM provides much needed cover for defense - i think our midfield has been lacking players with definitive roles. They can get quickly disorganized going from box to box. The winger (more likely to come in the summer i imagine) would provide more depth to the squad in that area. Tonev i don't think is ready just yet, so that leaves Albrighton and Gabby as our wingers (also Zog when he's back) which doesn't provide much depth in that position. Oh and possibly Bacuna not really sure where he'll end up laying he seems to be everywhere.

No way has he been posting without Lambert's and by extension the club's knowledge.Yet all of a sudden edited a vast majority of posts? Where? Quite literally everything he'd ever posted I feel like I may have missed something important here??

not so sure about chicharito - with van Persie out and Rooney playing a deeper role I think he'd be used as cover for welbeck

Goodness, Defour looks half decent, i wonder who first choice is..Someone cheaper I'd imagine. Maybe, but price clearly isn't the issue for him personally or he wouldn't even be in a list of targets. Whoever is his main target, he must believe he is better than Defour. Interesting in my opinion. Kiyotake? Should be cheaper and Nurnberg are in a lot of danger atm... According to reports, highlights and contacts I wouldn't want Kiyotake, Nurnberg are bottom of the Bundesliga with zero wins all season. Four assists and two goals in 17 appearances this season is embarrassing for a so called number 10, I'd rather have Tom Ince tbh. only as good as your team though! If he assisted all the goals scored for example and scored the rest himself that's not bad at all.

Seems to be a lot of fans up either the players or managers arse at the moment. Considering that this is the manager that the club are sticking with for the foreseeable future, we should cut the guy some slack because shredding him isn't going to help anything. In my opinion the comments made by Lambert are perfectly acceptable. He is being smart. We have an increasing number of injuries, we are 6 points off relegation, and need the best starting 11 possible for the next few fixtures in the league, the first one being in in form Arsenal, against an out of form home Villa. What's wrong with that? He's allowed an opinion and he certainly he didn't go and say "yeah I'm not really arsed about the cup ill let the youngsters have a bash". Lambert answered for the whole of the league and merely suggested that there are bigger things to win and more pressing and competitive challenges of concern. Either way Lambert isnt going to not go for a win an thats what it seems like people are suggesting he said/implied - which would be absurd. Everyone makes mistakes - especially in unplanned interviews.

Hell yeah. Big wages prob if Newcastle are indefinitely a big wage problem for us if Newcastle are in! But like I said .... 4 million?! We should be sparing for mil for that sort of talent whether it's for him or or not

Why would you go to Villa when you can go to your national team?very true haha

The Daily Telegraph reckon Newcastle have bid 4 mil for Cabella (Montpellier). He's been fantastic when i've seen him - albeit not many occasions - and he tore arsenal a new hole earlier this season. Also has a fantastic goal/assist record and is well on form. If 4 mil is his price i can see a LOT of teams being interested and we should be one of them. If not then we should be spending next to that money for similar talent. Link here for those interested. Just using this as an example of what could be out there for the same price, seeing as this is speculation and all.

Pretty sure this is an innuendo. Don't blame you to be honest, absolute pass masters.

Capuano? hmmm interesting! Wouldn't mind that!

Just a bit of fun. It's not like Randy is reading this and thinking "Oh go on then you guys, you deserve it. Hi yeah is that Ron? Fancy playing for Villa? Sorted."

because he tries to shoot first time… EVERY FRIKKING TIME. Take a touch Weimann, christ.

completely agree

Belgian international? Can't be that bad! I'd be happy with that! Loan or signing?

Good shout, just big wages that are a problem

Over and over again or just one really drawn out time? The thought of a single chant of "Benteke" drawn out to last 90 mins has really tickled me! I was at a Crewe away day once and the fans (about 800) sang "Daaaavid Artell, Ada aswell!!" For 90 minutes i shit you not.

Come on lad! If he keeps his chin up and turns on beast mode we all know the guy can score.

I'm scratching my head trying to think of a cheap 'experienced' number 10 style player to sit between midfield and attack and i'm coming up with some worryingly piss poor names. Benayoun is about the best i've come up with and that's a shocker Dorrans Whittingham Sigurdson Charlie Adam .....Benayoun would be half decent for me.... De Bruyne, Sessegnon, Joe Cole, Hoolahan, De Guzman, James Morrison, Sigurdsson, Adam, Whittingham - just to name a few! Whether they'll happen or not is obviously a different story!