King Cropley

Constant fall-outs with Le Guen, Leonardo and Ancellotti. Censured for slapping a journo who bubbled him in a nightclub and benched for being overweight and out of form.....all by the age of 23. No thanks, we have enough loons on the books already.

I believe VFL Wolfsburg are owned by Volkswagen, so are not exactly short of cash.

...thank fook...we're buying a centre half who can tackle and head a ball to play with Okore.

Lambert couldn't have taken Bacuna off without the assistance of the coastguard - that's how far out of his depth, he was.

...thank fook...we're buying a centre half who can tackle and head a ball to play with Okore.

Feck it....it's only Arsenal....play Tonev and let's have a go at them. Don't do it at the Bridge though...lol..

Whilst never hitting the top heights, Vassell was a big player for England under Erikson so a bit harsh on him Indeed. Far from being a failure.[/quote My point was not that these guys were failures as such - they all got paid for playing the game which is more than any or most of us can claim. It was the 'Billy Big Bollocks' attitude which prevented them from reaching their full potential.....including Vassell who claimed he was leaving Villa to go to a proper big club, about 3 years before Citeh actually became so.

...soon be sharing 'what coulda been' stories with Moore (x2), Byfield and even Vassell. Presumably, someone took Gabby on one side early doors, and pointed all this out ?

In fairness, if I wanted to leave St Andrews I would have tried all of those things.....and more.

Probably the most sensible post in the entire thread.

Quite frankly the thought of taking women to football matches absolutely appals me. Next thing, they'll be wanting to drink out of pint glasses...or even having driving lessons ? What is wrong with you.....?

Having only just got married, with young kids, I would be really surprised if he was to go anywhere like Turkey ? Still think he'll most likely end up at either Fulham or maybe Palace.

I still do this. I'm 27. I still do this. I'm 47.

Jesus wept, what a squad....kids, walking wounded and has beens.....good job it's only Scotland.....I'm not Gabby's biggest fan but he's well off out of that shambles.

...thank God Houllier n McAllister got to pick the side when we were really in the shit....otherwise we'd be playing Blues this season.

...it's in English mate....sorry for not being down with the hood.... I'm in no such "hood" - far from it in fact! I was commenting on the bizzare nature of the post. Gabby is an absolutely vital player for us. Especially in our current system. He's a player thats ALWAYS cropped up in times of need and if you hadn't noticed is our all time highest premier league goal scorer. Gabby does far more in this current system than Bent will ever do. I loved Darren Bent and wished we could fit him into the system we have at the moment but it just won't happen Fair play, didn't mean to be disparaging but I fail to agree.....I find Gabby far from vital to our pattern of play and as for the ALWAYS tag ? So many times, this guy drifts in and out of games - and as for the highest Premier league total ?....I should bleeding hope so given the number of games played....on a goals per game basis, his return is barely better than mediocre.

I was never Bannan's greatest fan, but more than a grain of truth in that article to be fair.

. There's been at least 3 potential buyers this week if we believe the papers ?..... Perhaps you know differently ?

...it's in English mate....sorry for not being down with the hood....

Strange, the way we're all happy to see the back of the guy who's scored 25 in 64 games for us due to his perceived lack of effort....yet the the 'Fans favourite' who's scored 74 in 296 remains blameless 'cos he's Villa through and through'. There's a reason why Gabby won't leave the Villa any time soon....it's called 'a lack of buyers '......this fella spends 10-15 mins of most games doing his headless chicken routine....the next 75-80 with his hands on his hips looking surly and disinterested. He shows flashes of greatness admittedly....but flashes will win us nothing unfortunately.

what is top 6 these days? Liverpool or Everton excluded as both have defenders better than Shawcross Personally, I think Jagielka, Williams, Hangeland and Collocini are much better but this is the transfer thread and we won't be making signings like that. Top 6 being whoever finished in the top 6 last season, so Liverpool not being included. So in answer to the above remark I could name several cbs better than Shawcross outside the top 6 including K Toure, Agger, Williams, Chico and Bassong Regarding a possible move can't ever see a move materalising for him. ....take out Agger (although he is rarely fit these days) and maybe Jagielka.....Shawcross is far better than any other CB in either post....especially Bassong and Chico....as for Williams, last years 'Sun' player....spends too much time on his arse and I almost wet myself laughing when I heard Arsenal fancied him, but given Wengers talent for buying great CB's I wasn't surprised.

Many thanks BOF.....if I don't get any joy by tomorrow, I'll go down that route.

Pretty piss poor under any circumstances, as I said earlier.....it's not like we haven't got the so called 'bomb squad' sitting around, doing feck all for mega bucks.....why not send some or all of them ?