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15 hours ago, villan-scott said:

Alan Nixon thinks we are in for him, so may be something in it.

Having watched that video he looks good, left foot, right foot and headed finishes, with some seriously dodgy celebrations thrown in. Good size and pace about him, could be a good addition if we are after him. He's 26 so not a kid, and looking at his record, he'd not scored prolifically prior to the last 2 seasons.

Been excited about Kodjia for a while now, some great finishes last season... but I always admire a striker who have the presence of mind to dink a ball past a keeper instead of just blasting it when inside the box.

Kodjia played in the French leagues before arriving at Bristol - Angers I think and every second goal of his was a cool dink over a keeper

If you can find video of his finishing in France you will realise that a 26 yr old striker in his prime for £6.5 million is a bit of a steal.

Nice dance celebrations too

1 hour ago, JPAngel said:

Bloody kept this one quiet didn't they? Some very decent signings in here since he started with Southampton 6 years ago:

2015/16

Harry Lewis	Shrewsbury	Signed	01 Jul, 2015
Cuco Martina	FC Twente	£1,000,000	07 Jul, 2015
Jordy Clasie	Feyenoord	£8,000,000	15 Jul, 2015
Oriol Romeu	Chelsea	£5,000,000	12 Aug, 2015
Virgil van Dijk	Celtic	£11,500,000	01 Sep, 2015
Charlie Austin	QPR	£4,000,000	16 Jan, 2016
Nathan Redmond	Norwich	£10,000,000	25 Jun, 2016

2014/15

Isaac Nehemie	Southampton		01 Jul, 2014
Dusan Tadic	FC Twente	£10,900,000	08 Jul, 2014
Graziano Pelle	Feyenoord	£8,000,000	12 Jul, 2014
Fraser Forster	Celtic	£10,000,000	09 Aug, 2014
Shane Long	Hull	£12,000,000	14 Aug, 2014
Florin Gardos	Steaua	£4,000,000	14 Aug, 2014
Sadio Mane	RB Salzburg	£11,800,000	01 Sep, 2014
Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea	£10,000,000	02 Feb, 2015
Juanmi	Malaga	£5,000,000	16 Jun, 2015
Cedric Soares	Sp. Lisbon	£4,700,000	18 Jun, 2015
Harry Lewis	Shrewsbury	Signed	01 Jul, 2015

2013/14

Dejan Lovren	Lyon	£8,500,000	14 Jun, 2013
Victor Wanyama	Celtic	£12,500,000	11 Jul, 2013
Pablo Osvaldo	Roma	£15,000,000	18 Aug, 2013

2012/13

Steve Davis	Rangers	Free	06 Jul, 2012
Nathaniel Clyne	C Palace	Signed	18 Jul, 2012
Paulo Gazzaniga	Gillingham	Signed	20 Jul, 2012
Emmanuel Mayuka	Young Boys	Signed	29 Aug, 2012
Maya Yoshida	VVV Venlo	Signed	30 Aug, 2012
Gaston Ramirez	Bologna	£12,000,000	31 Aug, 2012
Artur Boruc	Fiorentina	Free	22 Sep, 2012
Vegard Forren	Molde	Signed	18 Jan, 2013

2011/12

Jack Cork	Chelsea	Signed	11 Jul, 2011
Steve De Ridder	De Graafschap	Signed	22 Jul, 2011
Daniel Fox	Burnley	Signed	11 Aug, 2011
Jos Hooiveld	Celtic	Signed	31 Aug, 2011
Tadanari Lee	Sanf Hiroshima	Free	25 Jan, 2012
Billy Sharp	Doncaster	£1,800,000	30 Jan, 2012
Jay Rodriguez	Burnley	£6,000,000	10 Jun, 2012

2010/11

Danny Butterfield	C Palace	Free	17 Jul, 2010
Jonathan Forte	Scunthorpe	Signed	31 Jan, 2011
Richard Chaplow	Southampton	Signed	31 Jan, 2011
Jack Stephens	Plymouth	£150,000	21 Apr, 2011

Tadic, Mane, Long, Van Dijk, Clyne, Lovren, Wanyama, Forster, Pelle.... All worth 20-30million

This is a great signing.

I reckon - if fit - Tshibola will be going straight into the first XI.

Clarke put him straight in for Reading at the start  of last season and he thrived becoming the "heartbeat of the club" 

When he got injured after 12 games Readings team fell apart

Sign him up

On 6/30/2016 at 18:59, Stevo985 said:

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The thought of Adama in the championship gives me an erection. I'll think he'll be unstoppable.

Harrumph

Jérôme Onguene from Sochaux 6'3" centre back/right back. Daily Mail says we're in for him.

Anybody heard of this guy?

He certainly looks an athlete

56 minutes ago, villa89 said:

You obviously didn't see Irelands game today so. Duffy was awful.

 I disagree, apart from challenging Giroud for Griezmanns second goal, I think he had a good game - throwing himself into tackles and dominating Giroud for nearly all the game

On 6/24/2016 at 15:06, 1958Villan said:

He has been involved in 134 premiership games since the start of the 09/10 season.

That works out at just about a gnats testicle more than 19 games a season.

So that's about 50% of games in the most extended run of worst results the club have ever endured. 

Tony Pullis wants WBA to give us £5million for him, why are we waiting.

I would bite your hand off for £5million..... take £3million and give it to Blackburn for Clark international teammate Duffy

Elphick + Duffy would be a formidable partnership

7 hours ago, LakotaDakota said:

Can we just buy the entire ROI team, Or failing that Brady & Long

Or more realistically Duffy from Blackburn and Hendrick from Derby!!!

I think Hendricks at Derby is exactly the type of player we need... 

Wes Hoolahan too

Don't care what it looks like, I'm getting one.... I'm sure it will be decent.

Getting Petrov 19 on the back.

Stan is back

I can imagine 2 New signings unveiled on July 1st. Elphick and (hopefully) Brady . Home and away kits. 

3 hours ago, The Moustache of Teale said:

Landed at Birmingham International just now:

He's sooo short!

You have to hand it to short people sometimes.....cause they can't reach!.

4 hours ago, CarewsEyebrowDesigner said:

Watching the Euros just isn't the same when I'm not on unofficial Villa scouting duty...

Although it is a bit fun looking for a half-decent player that may actually play for us.

Plenty of talent out there in France.....

Ukraine, Poland, Iceland even Albania the way they're playing tonight.

My realistic tips..... Halldorson (Iceland keeper), 32 yrs looked very comfortable plucking crosses out of the air full stretch,  also Jeff Hendrick (Ireland midfielder) currently at Derby County - played really well against Sweden

With Gabby and Kozak leaving......

And (please) Ayew staying with Gestede and the kids.

Another striker is defo needed...... Dwight Gayle has been muted?

1 hour ago, daggy_333 said:

He's 1.8m tall so 5'10/5'11

1.8m = 5'9" which IMO is small for a centre half in the very physical Championship.

He has been promoted twice with Bournemouth so he has buckets of experience, I hope we get this one over the line.

On 14/06/2016 at 13:00, rubberman said:

I would really love us to somehow bring in one marquee signing - someone that makes everyone sit up and take notice, ideally a striker.  Then get on with the solid but unspectacular build of the rest of the squad.  Would not only excite us but would show intent to some of the players thinking about / trying to move on.

Honestly ...I'd rather keep Ayew, than invest heavily this year. I think he would rip up the Championship

4 hours ago, VillanousOne said:

after 6 years the same could be said for my Girlfriend

Harrumph

5'8" centre half!.

I hope he has a leap in him. Hopefully he can organise a defence... Which we've lacked for years

Possible team next Season:

..............................Boruc (Free)................................

Hutton..........Wasilewski (Free)....Duffy (5mil).......Bennett

.....................Gardner..............Tetty (Free)...............

Adama....................Osman (Free).................Grealish

..............................McCormack (9mil)...................................

Bench: Steer, Clark, Toner, Lyden, Westwood, Hepburn-Murphy, Gestede

Must get shod of:     Guzan, Richards, Lescott, Bacuna & Gabby

Would love to keep:  Amavi, Gana & Ayew as they would rip up the championship - Adama will leave also

Duffy at Blackburn is solid no nonsense Irish International 

Complete overhaul required - 

Out: 

Guzan £1m (prob USA) - unfortunately must leave

Mark Bunn £300,000 (Championship or Div 1)

Richards £3m (to Bottom of Prem) - must leave

Cissoko £2m (to France or Turkey)

Lescott £500,000 (to USA) - must leave

Okore £2.5m (to Prem)

Amavi £10.5m (to Italy or France) - hope he would stay

Bacuna £2m (to Holland) - times up, must go

Gana £8m (to Prem League) - hope he stays

Richardson £free - out of contract

Veretout £5m (back to France)

N'Zogbia £free - out of contract

Sanchez £2m - (to Spain or Portugal)

Agbonlahor £1m (to Turkey) - must leave

Kozak £500,000 (to Europe)

Ayew £8m (to Prem, Swansea maybe)

Thats 16 players out - quite an overhaul with takings of £30-40m some may think this number is high, but Amavi, Ayew and Gana have been decent in a god awful team and I would expect to get a similar return for the money we paid. Amavi is a sought after, talented, young left back who would demand a good fee. Ayew was one of our few shining lights this season, in a half decent team he will score a bucket full of goals. Gana topped the charts in interceptions and tackles for the whole season. I will be surprised if we can hold onto any of them.

Leaving us with a depleted squad of:

Steer, Baker, Bennett, Clark, Hutton, Kinsella, Toner, Westwood, Gardner, Gil, Grealish, Sinclair, Lyden, Traore (don't think anyone will afford/ risk buying him), Gestede plus reserves

In an ideal world we would require - at least:

1 x keeper, 1 x RB, 1x LB, 2 x CB, 3 x Mid, 3 x Forward .......... ie. a new first 11

Of the freebies - I would go for 

James Morrison, Tom Carroll, Damien Delaney, Leon Osman, Marcin Wasllewski

Buy Crouch and Adam from Stoke, maybe a loan for Charlie Austin or Danny Ings.......... what d'you reckon 

We are missing serious bite in midfield, Barton at 36 isn't the answer. Jedinak from Palace or Yacob could do the job...

On 01/05/2016 at 10:25, bretonvilla said:

I think Croich would be a great signing as long as he doesn't demand the earth . Better than Gestede and seems a good character too 

Sorry... I read that crotch!!!

The big man would be perfect for the Championship, have Sinclair or Hepburn Murphy running off him.

Always been impressed with his attitude and his play with ball at feet

Teach Gestede about movement a nd positional sence for a target man.

Would be good for 12-15 goals I reckon

After years of embarrassment, we are finally getting relegated. The owners, board and players should be ashamed of themselves. To this end, next season the Villa should be forced to wear a pink and baby blue kit as a constant reminder of their inept effort and attitude which brought us to Championship Football.

If someone sets up a petition. I'll be the first to sign it!

I believe the 10 shirt is being kept for Adeybayor. TS was testing the water with the relocation debate. Spurs will be bricking it .... Keeping him on payroll till Xmas at least. They will pay a higher percentage of his wages to get him off the books. The loan will go through before deadline at a lower wage and our ex arsenal execs will toast a job well done