B.Robinson

Really hope we sign this guy, as his name really reminds me of the Irish for "round of applause" "Bualadh Bos" pronounced: "Boolah Bus"

Such a shame if he goes. It's not even like you could say "well if we had another striker, he probably would be on a similar tally", because a good few of Benteke's goals have been right out of the top drawer. That and the sheer power of the man holding off defenders. I'd say in 5 years we may be looking at a real world beater.

Maybe Palacios just didn't suit Pulis' team. Give him a chance. At the very least he might injure Bannan in training.

Permit me to de-construct this "journalism" Villa fans are hoping for a good midfielder. French football "expert" Matt Spiro, however, is on hand with information everybody already knows from wikipedia, thus offering no further insight into the player whatsoever. P.S. Villa are shit. Yours, The Beeb.

He's a DM and his name rhymes with the club, that's good enough for me.

Plus, who in their right mind would pass up on the opportunity to refine one's craft at the feet of Master Barton.

I hope to God they aren't playing this tin-pot beggar card to save a million pounds or so. Yes, to me and you that's silly money, but we need to look at this in perspective. The cost of being relegated is £34m, assuming we come straight back up (£45m PL TV Money we would get, minus the £1m Championship TV money and the Parachute Payment of £10m). We need 21 more points to guarantee safety, from 17 games. Every win between now and May is therefore worth £4.8m, every draw, around £1.6m. Those stakes are only going to keep increasing as the games tick down. So to hold off on bringing in a player who could have real impact, to maybe get him cheaper in a few games' time, is unpardonably short-sighted of the club.

Anton Ferdinand must have warned him about the racial abuse...

The bars around LA will think all their birthdays have come at once if both Dunne and Keane are living in the area.

The only conclusion to be drawn from JulieB's posts is that she is, in fact, in New Zealand.

If we are to be going into a frenzy whenever we don't appear to be in for a player who QPR are allegedly in for, it's going to be a very, very long transfer window. Might I remind people what blabbering hog-like media-whore is currently serving as their manager?

Not just Agents, agents in Italy. A country defined by its inability to keep its beak shut.

Billy Beane didn't start the moneyball approach. The film is quite deceptive in this regard. The A's were using sabermetrics long before he arrived as their GM.

How would that work?

Delighted for Brad getting this chance. We always knew he could stop shots, but he now seems to have matured as a man, barking orders at his troops, imposing himself in his area, coming out to take crosses, etc. Also, as stated, he also seems to have learned the dark arts of Premier League keeping. I only hope that when he inevitably has a wobble that he can bounce back and not let it affect him too badly. Hope this is the start of a decade of dominance for the big man. Still only 27, which for keepers is more or less adolescence.