Mat Kendrick's Dentist

It's not rubbish, but the likes of Bayern/Juve/Napoli/Roma have been monitoring him so can't see it coming off. All the same it's very encouraging that we're bidding for this profile of player.

Bid for Amadou Diawara, who is a huge talent. Very hard to believe he would join a Championship club.

True, but he would have made a bit of a fool of himself u-turning so soon after his initial tweet. This way he can move to the next midfielder on the list and sign that one without explicitly contradicting himself. I'm not a massive Pat Murphy fan, but in my experience he defo doesn't make info up out of thin air.

Or Tony was right at the time, in that a deal was close, but it has since collapsed? Doesn't have to be a case of knowing more than the owner or making up stories. Things change.

You sure? Reliably told this morning that we have agreed a fee (in principle) for Joe Ledley. We do have other CM targets though, and I'm not sure how far up the pecking order he is. Personally, I'm not a massive fan, and so I hope we have better alternatives lined up.

Joe Ledley

ITK?

Played well today did Les Cotton.

Any updates on how much you peeps are making? Can a decent wedge be made without spending half the day placing/laying?

50% chance of him coming from where I look at it. Either he will or he won't. It's 50/50.

If Deeney is worth 30m, Ayew is worth 60m. Disclaimer: Neither player is worth that amount.

Five worst, in order, have been Tonev, Sidwell, Bowery, Richardson, Bennett for me. Have been a Villan for 20 years and that they're all relatively recent says a lot. Honourable mention for Holt who just wasn't with us for long enough to work his way into the pantheon.

No security guard on duty?

I think he is much better than Clark at the moment IMO. Richard and Lescott will be a good pairing Meltdown?

The part that's most difficult to believe is that he is a guy whose seemingly sole claim to ITKhood is that he said Veretout would sign, after he had already been massively linked to us by a plethora of news outlets, and after the Nantes owner had said he was on his bike to us!

People are gullible

Too much info mate

Pretty sure he's well over 6 foot. IMO Brad was far too good for a relegation-threatened side until last season when his performances definitely did dip. I still think he's comfortably good enough to be between the sticks for us, even if we aspire to the lofty heights of mid-table. In fact, there are quite a few positions I would point to as being in greater need of bolstering than GK. Just sort the fecking kicking out Brad, it's only in the last year it's gone to shite!

Playing some matches at the Banks' Stadium afaik. Really? That's great news, I can get to those. Is that a definite? I'm certain that when we played the recent friendly there, Jack Woodward said on AVTV that we'd play 5 or so U21 games there this season. Unless Cap'n Jack has lost the plot it's a definite!

Playing some matches at the Banks' Stadium afaik.

Are you a dentist? You guys wouldn't believe the week I've had. Ffs

Hippo?

Hey buddy! Welcome to Aston Villa yourself. In your own words what are his strengths and weaknesses? You can give as long a description as you like! Thanks. Jordan is a pure product of our junior training centre. Originally from our region, spent almost all his youth at Nantes. Always been one of the best in his team in U17 and U19. Very regular in his progression. 4 years ago when he was just 18 and Nantes was still in French Second League, our coach at the time believed in him and made him skip the reserve to play directly with the pro group, as a regular player. Jordan has not left the 11 ever since. He immediately showed a lot of maturity, technic and vision. Even scored his first goals and assists on his very first season. The last 3 seasons he has always been in our top 3 players of the season. Clearly our best player in 2014/2015. We had the crazy hope to keep him one more year but let's be realistic here... His style is perfect for the Premier League. He also had Liga clubs interested in him but I don't think his style is convenient for the Spanish championship. He is a pure CM. Can help as a DM or CAM, but his true position is CM, definitely. Strengths: - Great vision - Great passer - Endurance - Very good mentality - 4-season experience as a regular player already - Almost never injured Weaknesses: - Average speed - Technically average - Not the best free kick/corner shooter - Can't play on wings Can we have Papy Djilobodji too?

Perhaps he'll open his legs and show us his class... Hippo, is that you?

That's not Gestede, it's a photoshopped, six-fingered Raheem Sterling about to execute a u-turn back to Liverpool