Brumstopdogs Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 IMO it would be a medicore signing that would sum up Lambert's transfer activity. He'll never be a top 8 premier league standard player which should be the minimum we are aiming for when signing new players. Is he an improvement on what we have is the question we need to ask. I would say that is one of the questions but even if he is it doesn't mean he's the best use of the funds available, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 loving lambos we need a number 10, we just only need a 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 11!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 IMO it would be a medicore signing that would sum up Lambert's transfer activity. He'll never be a top 8 premier league standard player which should be the minimum we are aiming for when signing new players. Is he an improvement on what we have is the question we need to ask. I would say that is one of the questions but even if he is it doesn't mean he's the best use of the funds available, If the available funds are £1.5m I'd be interested to see somebody come up with a better suggestion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 IMO it would be a medicore signing that would sum up Lambert's transfer activity. He'll never be a top 8 premier league standard player which should be the minimum we are aiming for when signing new players. Is he an improvement on what we have is the question we need to ask. I would say that is one of the questions but even if he is it doesn't mean he's the best use of the funds available, If the available funds are £1.5m I'd be interested to see somebody come up with a better suggestion. That's the problem here though. No matter what happens, no matter the bad result, someone is always there to defend the manager or the policies. People are always saying this is the highest we can expect, the best player we can expect and so on. What if we relegate? Is that the highest we can expect still? Suddenly we are in League 1 alongside Coventry and someone would still say the same. In my opinion there is always better, and I am not in the position to say what is better, because my profession is something different. Being a fan though, it's OK to criticize things regarding our club and the fatal state we find ourselves in now is not acceptable. At all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 A big "if" that. That's why big clubs are supposed to have scouts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 So that answer would be a no to someone who is better at 1.5 million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 When I get paid by Aston Villa to provide a list of players worth £1.5m I'll provide you with a list. WH sums up the medicority some are accepting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Ah so you can't find a player since you're not paid by the club but can rightly judge WH because you've seen him. Gotcha. Edited January 6, 2014 by Kwan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 WH sums up the medicority some are accepting. He's Wes Hoolahan, not Wes Sneijder, but he's still far and away a better creative player then anyone else in the Villa squad at the moment. He'll do a job this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Ah so you can't find a player since you're not paid by the club but can rightly judge WH because you've seen him. Gotcha. Incorrect. I can judge WH because I've seen him and I haven't been impressed but I'm not in a position to know all players available in the world for £1.5m (if that is the value we're even shopping for) but I suspect we can buy better. No probs Mr Kerr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayDeePee Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Is he really the "number 10" PL wants or just a player over the age of 24 that will listen to him and not say that his tactics are s**t? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 He will be more than 1.5m so I guess we are out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) I'm both glad that buying him would improve our midfield immeasurably and depressed that buying him would improve our midfield immeasurably, if you see what I mean. All in favour of buying a bit of proven quality for a change though. Edited January 6, 2014 by briny_ear 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 IMO it would be a medicore signing that would sum up Lambert's transfer activity. He'll never be a top 8 premier league standard player which should be the minimum we are aiming for when signing new players.Is he an improvement on what we have is the question we need to ask.I would say that is one of the questions but even if he is it doesn't mean he's the best use of the funds available, If the available funds are £1.5m I'd be interested to see somebody come up with a better suggestion. That's the problem here though. No matter what happens, no matter the bad result, someone is always there to defend the manager or the policies. People are always saying this is the highest we can expect, the best player we can expect and so on. What if we relegate? Is that the highest we can expect still? Suddenly we are in League 1 alongside Coventry and someone would still say the same. In my opinion there is always better, and I am not in the position to say what is better, because my profession is something different. Being a fan though, it's OK to criticize things regarding our club and the fatal state we find ourselves in now is not acceptable. At all. I'm not defending anyone. It was an inquiry. I'm indifferent to the manager, leaning massively towards against the ownership and I've not seen enough of the player to know exactly how good he is. But it seems to me if that's all we have to play with we'd be hard pushed to find much better. The problem here is people putting others in boxes based on the perception we all need to take sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 When I get paid by Aston Villa to provide a list of players worth £1.5m I'll provide you with a list. WH sums up the medicority some are accepting. In other words, you don't know if there are better players available in that price bracket. That's all I asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 WH sums up the medicority some are accepting. He's Wes Hoolahan, not Wes Sneijder, but he's still far and away a better creative player then anyone else in the Villa squad at the moment. He'll do a job this season. Exactly this. Lambert is making out he is some kind of CM magician. He will be good for the experience we need, but he is not gonna be the creative player we are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 WH sums up the medicority some are accepting. He's Wes Hoolahan, not Wes Sneijder, but he's still far and away a better creative player then anyone else in the Villa squad at the moment. He'll do a job this season. Exactly this. Lambert is making out he is some kind of CM magician. He will be good for the experience we need, but he is not gonna be the creative player we are looking for. He did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 WH sums up the medicority some are accepting. He's Wes Hoolahan, not Wes Sneijder, but he's still far and away a better creative player then anyone else in the Villa squad at the moment. He'll do a job this season. Exactly this. Lambert is making out he is some kind of CM magician. He will be good for the experience we need, but he is not gonna be the creative player we are looking for. How many times have you seen him play? 3, maybe 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 So even your telling me he cant get a game at Norwich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 So even your telling me he cant get a game at Norwich? I don't know. You seem to know the player much better than I do so I'm asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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