DelboyVilla Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 our midfield is dire. Anyone with a physical presence stands out. Even Sylla did last season. He may just need a run of games to get some form back. Didn't like how Sylla had 1 bad game and was dropped..yet KEA and Westwood are poor more often and keep their spots week in week out. Sylla and Gardner deserve more opportunities especially in positions that are our achilles heel. Nah. We need to bring in another striker first. A big target man to hold the ball up would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 our midfield is dire. Anyone with a physical presence stands out. Even Sylla did last season. He may just need a run of games to get some form back. Didn't like how Sylla had 1 bad game and was dropped..yet KEA and Westwood are poor more often and keep their spots week in week out. Sylla and Gardner deserve more opportunities especially in positions that are our achilles heel. Nah. We need to bring in another striker first. A big target man to hold the ball up would be good Yes, we could do with a "real man". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Junior Billong seems like he has a knack for pre-empting a lot of stuff, which for all intents and purposes is already in the ether, but making it look like he's hot off the press. Its a bit of titilation, but tbh until any prospective player is pictured on the OS in a Villa shirt, it ain't happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 A bit depressing being a Villa fan right now isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted January 16, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2014 What do you mean "right now"? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Indeed. It's been one depressing episode after another since Townsend lifted the Coca Cola cup in '96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkHen1981 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 What about a bid for ravel morrison (if there's any money to spend) premier league experience, quality, creative, attacking midfielder oh an he's young. Or are things that bad now we can't even compete with Fulham in the transfer market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 What about a bid for ravel morrison (if there's any money to spend) premier league experience, quality, creative, attacking midfielder oh an he's young. Or are things that bad now we can't even compete with Fulham in the transfer market It's not about "not being able to compete", more like he'd probably not be good value for money (English tax and all that) and his wage demands would probably be pretty high too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 According to an article in the Guardian, Morrison is on Fifteen grand a week at West Ham, but if a club were to bid Ten Million for him then there is a clause in his contract that says his wages have to be raised to Sixty grand a week. So I'd imagine he would want pretty high wages from his next move. Diame is the player I like at West Ham, again probably out of our league as it stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 What about a bid for ravel morrison (if there's any money to spend) premier league experience, quality, creative, attacking midfielder oh an he's young. Or are things that bad now we can't even compete with Fulham in the transfer market It's not about "not being able to compete", more like he'd probably not be good value for money (English tax and all that) and his wage demands would probably be pretty high too. He coul also go the way if Stephen Ireland. He had a lot of off field problems when at utd, apparently fell in with the wrong crowd. Birmingham is significantly closer to Manchester than London and he may go with temptation. If he can keep his head he could become a very good player but at the moment the risk is too great, especially when he isn't that experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkHen1981 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Weren't we ready to spend £10m on kiyote or whatever his name was, today's papers are suggesting Morrison could go for £8m.In an ideal world other players I'd like to see come in are loan moves for buttner of utd and lescott of city and a transfer for defour. Think those four and holt would bring some experience and quality and certainly make the second half of the season a lot brighter prospect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Think that would go way above our budget. I don`t like being pessimistic but there is nothing to suggest that we are actually going to spend huge money this window. I think very much a sylla signing might come, maybe two. Maybe one is more expensive but 10 million seems out there. Prove me wrong Lerner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 We have enough money for Paul Merson and some change to buy a Kit Kat Chunky (Peanut Butter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Is the kit kat for Holt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 It's to share between the whole squad. It's their lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 According to an article in the Guardian, Morrison is on Fifteen grand a week at West Ham, but if a club were to bid Ten Million for him then there is a clause in his contract that says his wages have to be raised to Sixty grand a week. That would be a pretty bizarre clause. Could we just troll West Ham by bidding £10m but not agreeing terms with Morrison, thus adding £45k pw to the West Ham wage bill? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Hi everyone New to the forum, i just want to give my opinion on our current squad and where i think we need improving. First of all i for one think strength in the spine of the team is the most important part to any team that operates successfully in this league. After watching Villa home and away this season it strikes me how small our team is in comparison to other teams and is the reason we lack so much possession. Its so important we sign a big central midfield destroyer type player this window just to add some presence to the midfield. The current lack of presence is why teams like Sheffield, Millwall and Bradford find us so easy to play against never mind the prem teams. I'm not sure of any players of this mould available but a player like N'zonzi would fit straight into our team. I don't think a creative midfielder is priority at the moment as i cannot see a lack of goals being the reason we find ourselves in the rut towards the lower end of the league come the end of the season. Welcome to the forum grobs! I don't agree with your view that we need more height. What we need is more talent/ ability/ creativity. You say that we don't have a big presence/ strong player in the spine, but Benteke, Vlaar, Baker and Kozak (before his injury, and now Holt as his replacement) all have a presence and strength. I agree that strength is important, but I don't think that's what we're lacking. If we had N'Zonzi, yes he would put himself around and give us a bit of bite in the middle, but I still don't think he would help us retain the ball or build attacks, which is what we're really lacking at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Morrison will go Cardiff or Fulham due to his connections with both managers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I can't remember a more depressing window as a villa fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I can't remember a more depressing window as a villa fan. January 2013?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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