Bomvilla7

apparently Beadau done for 600k & Hogan 9m up front with 3m in add ons..

very good if true!!

12 minutes ago, Farlz said:

There's not a chance we're spending £15m on him  

we spent £12m-£14m on a nearly 30 yr old McCormack,,, 

Its definitely possible.

3 minutes ago, Jareth said:

My realistic money is on Ulloa - he needs a club, wouldn't have to move house, has that promotion winning and prem experience. 

I'd definitely take him. would be a good proven option.

I have a feeling that it might be someone from abroad though.

If its totally out of the blue then I'd love to see Sebastian Giovinco or someone. I doubt we would offer him the type of salary he would want but some wild speculation for a 'big signing'.

1 hour ago, Uncle Albert said:

That account is the best ITK ive ever seen. 99% spot on

is it time to resurrect use of  for this guy? I think its deserved.. 

1 hour ago, dudevillaisnice said:

Chelsea being Chelsea'd.

and forcing me to do emergency surgery to my FF team in the midst of this! 

But its absolutely insane, Mr. Roman must not be a happy bunny.. even for £80m. 

34 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

To be fair, if his head's elsewhere, he'll be no use receiving aerial balls. 

Tea. Everywhere.

1 minute ago, Eastie said:

He has baggage that's true but is undoubtedly an improvement on what we have .

I wholeheartedly agree. Him plus Hourihane, or Tom Carroll, or jesus even David Meyler would help things currently

Just now, pintpotvilla said:

Sky Sports "sources" say we are "preparing" a bid for Henri Lansbury

The package will be wrapped in speeding fines & an old Arsenal jersey to catch his attention, but it takes a bit of time to perfect of course.

6 minutes ago, Villastine said:

Because Bruce has lost faith in Gollini.

The club scouts and Bruce must think that Sam Johnstone is a better option than Bunn.

Perhaps they have lost total faith, but I thought he had potential and those links to Inter Milan a while back suggested likewise.

I trust Bruce more than Sherwood, Garde & RDM so hopefully it will be for the best. 

Just now, mattyvilla said:

Were we not told weeks ago Jan signings were already in place? My bad if not but i seem to recall Xia and Bruce mentioning this

If I remember correctly Bruce was certainly quoted in the media a while back as saying that one was verbally agreed (presumably Johnston) and another was close (possibly Jenkinson). I'd rather Jenkinson being honest, can't see why we would go for Johnston over Gollini. If we were after a better, more experienced goal keeper then fine. 

I'm not opposed to him going, but I am more concerned at who would be coming into the team instead. He is useful if his strengths are played to, but its not working for us atm and we're clearly not going to build a team around him. If it was a swop deal of some sort with Rhodes, I'd be ok with that. If it was to aid us getting a quality midfielder, then great.

I wonder if it is held up because Brucie wants to get in someone else first..

26 minutes ago, Bomvilla7 said:

soooo any decent links? Jenkinson seems to have gone a bit quiet.

11 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

There's not much else to say at this point. I doubt we will hear anything concrete now until Jan 3rd. 

Righty, harmless speculation it is so then!

Keane, Miguel, Stephens, & Falcao please 

soooo any decent links? Jenkinson seems to have gone a bit quiet.

I also think that he needs a run of games, I'm not sure when Kodja's leaving but looking at January: Cardiff a, Spurs a (FA Cup), Wolves a, PNE h, Bristol h, Brentford a, 

I hope he gets a good run and builds up his fitness & confidence, I would expect him to be scoring 3/4 goals in that run of games. 

As long as Bruce doesn't go with Gabby instead.. 

Tom Carroll & Kieran Tripper might be a good shout, but as always, cautious of anything do with buying/loaning players from Spurs & Levy.

I'd also think Craig Gardner could be a shout, not sure how people would feel about him being back but he's not playing much and would add to our midfield.

Maybe Jordan Mutch also. nothing exciting I will admit, but I think they are experienced & might be attainable in January either on loan or permanent.

Just now, sne said:

Yeah but our scouts probably didn't know that beforehand.

True, but I think it would have been very naive of them to expect that he would have made his debut for any length of time during a crucial WC qualifier when there was experience on the bench. They must have had a more valid reason for traveling to Vienna. He will be playing in the Europa league in Dublin on Thurs night if they really wanted to see him in action.

On 11/12/2016 at 15:04, sne said:

Looking at that Daryl Horgan fella? 

On 11/12/2016 at 14:45, Corcaigh said:

Villa Scout (along with Newcastle/Bristol City/Sunderland amongst others) at Austria - Ireland game this evening.

He didn't see any game time though.. 

Daryl Horgan scored another great goal last night against Zenit in the Europa League. Very cool finish & great pace. The more I watch him the more I think he could be a great addition.

also called into the Ireland squad this week. He will have a few clubs sniffing around now as he is on a free at the end of the season.

The obvious midfield issue aside, I'd love to see another quality addition to strengthen the back 4, Kevin Wimmer from Spurs isn't getting any game time, neither is Neil Taylor at Swansea who I think would be great for us. More long term and prob out of reach, but I was impressed with Mason Holgate at Everton & Rob Holding at Arsenal when they were thrown in at the deep end at the start of the season.

32 minutes ago, sne said:

Emile "Candyman" Heskey will always remain the scariest transfer we've ever done

To think we picked him over Falcao at the time still haunts me..

With my Ireland bias hat on: 

Daryl Horgan has been outstanding in the domestic league & Europa league. On a free at the end of the year.

Chris Forrester has been doing well at Peterborough, would be interesting to see if he could make the step up. Their captain too at 23.

Without my Ireland bias hat on, loan or otherwise any of: Lansbury, Iwobi, Trippier, Wasilewski, 

Might as well be ambitious, its a speculation thread after all 

Been very impressed with him over the last few weeks. Very mixed start but despite some errors he has put his head down and not let it wreck his confidence.

Each time he has shown signs of continued improvement, and at his age that is a great indicator of his development. In our current position, what more can you ask for than consistent progression. Fair play to the coaching staff & fans too, I'm glad to see some patience is paying off. He is looking like he has to potential to be a very good keeper.

On 10/13/2016 at 10:30, AJ said:

Lansbury?

Yes please, I think he has something about him. Not sure about PL level though but would be a great addition to our current squad. With inflated prices and all that, if we could get him for 4/5/6 mill I'd prob say yea

What's the extent of his injury? Will he make the Wolves game?

I'd take MON too...

but not the spectacled one. I want Michael O'Neill.

Surely he must realise that he can't do much better with NI and this would be a good chance for him. (of course, every manager we've had recently has been sold that story )