Keener window-cleaner

Ok, I hope he likes it, buys a house nearby, opens a gym, tattoo studio or something like that and really enjoys his life over there.

Ah thanks, now I remember, the Englishman with Turkish partens and with a Swedish name that we managed to get under the nose of Man U!

Bacuna not even on the bench today?

Hmm who is this Borg?

But then you also miss all your booty calls?

McCormack is the player I most of all want to succeed next season. I thought he looked by far the best and most intelligent player we had when he played last season and he seemed to be giving 100% on the pitch. If he had personal problems, he should first and foremost have been given support and help. I hope he gets a good reception by the fans when he plays next season.

Well at least all this positivity around the club because of this coup to sign JT must be something good.

The positives for me is that we are sponsored by a Swedish founded company and that it reminded me of my old Unibet account that I haven't used in 15 years and that I still should have around 100SEK on. It's also a good thing that they have changed the colour of the logo from green to white. The negatives are that I'm not very found of having betting companies as sponsors and that the logo is quite ugly, would have been slightly nicer if they at least would have tilted the letters in some kind of logic way. On the whole it could have been much worse (was that Palace shirt for real?) and I'll def consider buying it.

But Trabzonspor, yes please!

I'm starting to get worried about the reports of all these promotion bonuses. How much more was it that Tony would have to pay Lerner if we were promoted the second season? If the reports are true, John Terry would get a good chunk if get promoted, and we will probably not be able to use him in the PL. I guess other players have promotion bonuses as well. As I see it, we only have a handful of players who are good enough for the PL, Chester, Taylor, Grealish, Kodjia, perhaps Lansbury and McCormack as well. Nevertheless we would need to buy half a new team to avoid another relegation battle. Considering an average player cost around £10m we are in for a hefty outlay, I hope we have money left!

I think it would also be to have him as a poster boy and because Tony wants to beat Birmingham to the signing.

How is he linked to John Terry?

(To the tune of go west) "Terrytini, he will **** your wife... etc"

It would probably depend on how attractive she was, how good mates we were and how drunk I was No but seriously, I agree that it wasn't a good thing to do if it happened, it was unnecessary and disruptive. But it doesn't matter to me regarding the question if I want him to join. I'm still against signing him though, but because I believe he is past it and seems too expensive.

I would also have slept with Wayne Bridge's wife if she wanted to.

To be fair to Bacuna and his free kicks, the last couple of years he hasn't had many opportunities to take free kicks as he hasn't played that much or has not been the preferred free kick taker. I have no idea about the stats, but I would guess that his goals per taken free kick is not that bad in comparision to our other players over the last couple of years, simply because he has scored two or three. Regardless of that, he is still the player I most want to leave the club in the summer.

How about Bacuna playing the energetic midfielder role?

So far this must be the worst transfer window thread since...I don't know when. (and no, I haven't contributed to lift it either )

To this comes that I thought he was passed it several years ago when Benteke runned him ragged at Villa park.

This that he is a leader and that it will be positive for us is a bit simplified. Yes he was the captain and a leader at Chelsea. It goes back to the fact that he was brought up and came through at Chelsea, he earned his respect there over the years. It's not so easy as that "he is a leader" and will come in to a completely new surrounding and directly command respect. A respected leader is something a person becomes over time, after gaining the respect of those in your surroundings. Like he did at Chelsea. In the same way as he divides the opinion here (because of his personality, previous scandals etc) he will divide the opinion in the new dressing room. Players who are used to play against him, who know how he acts against referees and opponents, will not necessarily obay just by the sight of him. The players in the dressing room who has now gained respect and are considered as the leaders will probably not just accept a new "natural leader" coming in. As well as being something good, it may as well be disruptive for the squad. I hope he proves me wrong and gets us promoted, but I just don't think it's a good decision to sign him.

I am very much against signing JT. He will be 37 in december and he made 6 starts in the PL last season, 6! It's a simple reason to why players retire when 35+, they can't keep up with the speed and they get more injury prone. I want someone we can build the team around, someone who is reliable and will play most of the games and give us stability and continuity. I want another Chester, not another Lescott. And I would avoid someone who has been involved in so many scandals as JT has. (The only positive thing I can come to think of is that I like singing the JT song with the Pet Shop Boys go west tune)

Oh no are we discussing Bacuna here as well, now I feel an urge to slag him off also in this thread :-)

I agree with almost everything, but I think that Bruce in fact has implemented the basics and has a clear style of play: highest priority on defence, no risk taking, chosing grit over creativity - knock it long and hope to nick a goal on a corner or individual mistake in the second half. Then continue to defend.

As he has been a villa fan for several years, it wouldn't have been a tough choice would it. Not between Villa or West Brom neither.

Never have I longed so much for Trent saying "not going to happen".