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Jay Rodriguez gone to WBA for £12m, a fair price for a decent if injury prone player. Will add a bit of quality on the ball.

Under Armour are doing well enough though. Macron have upped their game a bit too this season, their Scottish clients have some nice kits.

I look forward to seeing if Wyvombe stay with O'Neills this season too.

1 hour ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said:

 

Does not matter.  The less you run as a CD the better you are at reading the game in my opinion.  

Imagine if we had a player to fill this position in the squad who couldn't even do any worthwhile training at Bodymoor heath,  don't play him or play him? 

Bread and butter stuff in the Championship as well.

It will matter when Bruce is gone and the next manager will want us to play higher up the pitch.

Mendes has far better players to flog than Willie McKay though, they also have a potentially top class manager and if they build up a bit of momentum will have a good chance of promotion. It is a somewhat corrupt and unothodox setup but that doesn't mean it won't succeed.

Tough job ahead of him but he is a good appointment for them, has been solidly above average in every job so far. On the subject of his hair I respect the fact that he is not vain enough to get a hair transplant.

4 minutes ago, jim said:

Neither could McGrath but he turned out ok.

Nonsense, McGrath had more pace after his legs had gone than Terry had at his peak. That is the reason he could still do a job at 36 going on 37. Terry with his legs gone is a disaster on a slightly smaller scale than Lescott.

He can't run.

2 hours ago, Czechlad said:

He is only 26 as well. This would be a fantastic signing for us. McCarthy is a decent player who would do very well in the championship. 

11 years of 1st team football behind him though and he has started to get injury prone, he never fulfilled his potenetial.

He is 36 going on 37, his legs have gone and he will cost a fortune in wages. Perfect Villa signing.

Harry Maguire going to Leicester for £17m. A right footed Nathan Baker.

10 minutes ago, Nigel said:

I was referring more to time than resources, but they are kind of interlinked in our position!

Sometimes there are simple transfers to make with little or no risk. Daryl Horgan is a perfect example, he was available on a free in January, wages he went for in the end were £8,000pw, he was after doing very well in the Europa league but Preston were the ones to take the risk. He is still no world beater but is a good championship winger and they will get a few million for him soon enough. Andy Boyle also signed from Dundalk and looked comfortable in the few games he played towards the end of the season.

Sean Maguire (22) from Cork City will be a massive success for them too, he has scored pretty much a goal a game for Cork City and has all the attributes to make it at a higher level. I'd be confident that he will outscore Hogan and McCormack combined and he is going for €150,000.

I know this is LOI (probably upper league 2 standard but the bargains are there to be had in comparison to the English lower leagues who command more for players).

2 minutes ago, Nigel said:

Most of the teams with limited money will be trying this, as they always will have!

It sounds good, but tbh a real gem down there will be a rare thing, and we cant afford to gamble.

You can if you don't spend a lot of money on transfer fees and wages.

That is insane, hugely over rated, Ellis Short will be happy.

No Villa players in either successful England u20 teams (WC and Toulon), the likes of Everton very well represented so it is not all Chelsea/Man City money needed to have a good youth set up.

6 hours ago, chrisp65 said:

The DUP won't be changing any time soon, they have their demographic I don't claim to understand. But they are what they are.

I don't think their own demographic know what they are themselves anymore, as long as they have their flegs and their maches they are happy. The fact that they are poor and have no prospects doesn't stop them constantly voting for a right wing corrupt conservative party.

Jan Kirchoff and Yaya Sanogo would be the two players available on a free that would suit Villa the most given the way Bruce has us playing. Kirchoff would offer cover in defence along with rotating/replacing Jedinak.

Sanogo is the type of forward suited to chasing the lost causes and would be an ideal partner for Kodjia or Hogan if fit.

Both are relatively young and should have potential resale values.

Cuco Martina would be a great signing at this level but there is no opening at RB.

1 hour ago, Zatman said:

I really dont rate him but in fairness to him he has probably come off his best season ever for Preston(I dont count anything done in Scotland)

I still wouldnt want him, he is extremely frustrating and headless

Darryl Horgan is better but wages were too small for him and he was available on a free so the club decided not to go for him.

BBC is a bit Day Todayish at the moment with this graphics man.

Swindon north not too bad.

2 safe seat results from 600. Labour will make most gains in more affluent areas where young people have turned out.

Big turnout in the Northeast I reckon given the delay, should be another good sign for Labour.

5 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

Labour saying they don't believe exit poll either ... maybe they think they have more ? 

That would be Kuenssberg's new labour contacts who are still in denial about Corbyn.

The SNP won't be that low and they will take seats off the tories on that exit poll model.

Sinn Fein might come under pressure to take the oath.

Corbyn better get negotiating if Labour get a few more seat than the exit poll prediction.