ismail-villa Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Is Barry free too?Yes, though the Mail says West Ham is willing to give him £65,000 a week, so he's not that free.Maybe he'd be willing to lower his wage more to spend his last few years with Villa? I mean it's not all about the money for some... (just clinging onto hope haha) When you're entering the twilight of your career, you follow the money if it makes sense. Unless we would offer Barry at least £60,000, I don't think he would even consider our offer. Is he a Villa supporter like Lescott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Is Barry free too?Yes, though the Mail says West Ham is willing to give him £65,000 a week, so he's not that free.Maybe he'd be willing to lower his wage more to spend his last few years with Villa? I mean it's not all about the money for some... (just clinging onto hope haha)When you're entering the twilight of your career, you follow the money if it makes sense. Unless we would offer Barry at least £60,000, I don't think he would even consider our offer. Is he a Villa supporter like Lescott? No. Throughout his whole career here the minute any team showed an interest in him he wanted out. First Portsmouth, then Liverpool, finally City and he got his move, can't imagine him coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Is Barry free too?Yes, though the Mail says West Ham is willing to give him £65,000 a week, so he's not that free.Maybe he'd be willing to lower his wage more to spend his last few years with Villa? I mean it's not all about the money for some... (just clinging onto hope haha)When you're entering the twilight of your career, you follow the money if it makes sense. Unless we would offer Barry at least £60,000, I don't think he would even consider our offer. Is he a Villa supporter like Lescott? No. Throughout his whole career here the minute any team showed an interest in him he wanted out. First Portsmouth, then Liverpool, finally City and he got his move, can't imagine him coming back That's true, I'd forgotten that about portsmouth, what year was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2014 Don't think we'll be signing either Barry or Lescott under the current circumstances but if we did I think Barry and Westwood would be too similar. Id like to see a a midfield of Barry, Delph and Hoolahan with Westwood demoted to the bench as a squad filler. Like Barry and McCarthy? I'd say they are quite similar, and they've both excelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Don't think we'll be signing either Barry or Lescott under the current circumstances but if we did I think Barry and Westwood would be too similar. Id like to see a a midfield of Barry, Delph and Hoolahan with Westwood demoted to the bench as a squad filler. Like Barry and McCarthy? I'd say they are quite similar, and they've both excelled. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) McCarthy has much more bite to his play than Westwood and much more bullish in the tackle which compliments Barry's passing style perfectly. Westwood doesn't do this. Edited May 28, 2014 by shaggy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 McCarthy is nothing like Westwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjacobjr Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 For me with limited money the three positions we need to look at is centre back left back and a creative midfielder would try lescott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Is Barry free too?Yes, though the Mail says West Ham is willing to give him £65,000 a week, so he's not that free.Maybe he'd be willing to lower his wage more to spend his last few years with Villa? I mean it's not all about the money for some... (just clinging onto hope haha)When you're entering the twilight of your career, you follow the money if it makes sense. Unless we would offer Barry at least £60,000, I don't think he would even consider our offer. Is he a Villa supporter like Lescott? No. Throughout his whole career here the minute any team showed an interest in him he wanted out. First Portsmouth, then Liverpool, finally City and he got his move, can't imagine him coming back That's true, I'd forgotten that about portsmouth, what year was that? He was at the club 12 years. Portsmouth had a bid rejected when we was in turmoil. The only mistake he made was that piece in the Sunday papers about going to Liverpool and after that he was still one of our best players. Also if rumours are to be believed he wanted to come back last summer so I'd hope that would still be the case. I don't think money is his main motivator now as he left us for trophies and as a top level premier league player has been earning loads for his whole career. IF we got him and Lescott we would have the experience and nous needed. I also think Barry would help develop Delph and teach him when to take people on and how to keep things ticking over better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Is Barry free too? Yes, though the Mail says West Ham is willing to give him £65,000 a week, so he's not that free. Maybe he'd be willing to lower his wage more to spend his last few years with Villa? I mean it's not all about the money for some... (just clinging onto hope haha) When you're entering the twilight of your career, you follow the money if it makes sense. Unless we would offer Barry at least £60,000, I don't think he would even consider our offer. Is he a Villa supporter like Lescott? No. Throughout his whole career here the minute any team showed an interest in him he wanted out. First Portsmouth, then Liverpool, finally City and he got his move, can't imagine him coming back That's true, I'd forgotten that about portsmouth, what year was that? That was 2006, can't blame him for that (for the record he never actually said anything about going there). Speculation was high though and it was following the infamous players revolt letter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Thanks wainy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 "Heartache" will be arriving very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 For me with limited money the three positions we need to look at is centre back left back and a creative midfielder would try lescott Take a cold shower, Lescott's a terrible creative midfielder! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) I'd love for us to try and sign Belgian Youri Tielemans. He's only 17 but already a regular in the Anderlecht midfield, granted i've only seen him a couple of times but from what i saw he has great vision, strikes the ball very well and plays like he's 10 years older. He's highly rated in Belgium and a friend of mine who lives there raves about him all the time. He could perhaps bring his teammates Praet, Bruno and Kouyaté so he won't feel lonely The only way we can get top talent is if we gamble and try and sign them before they really breake through, of course there is a risk. For every Benteke there are at least 5 Balabans... Edited May 30, 2014 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Kendrick reckons we are in for Colback. He won't be getting the £50k that West Ham are offering and rightly so, so because of that, I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 30, 2014 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ah Kendrick, a man really with his finger on the pulse of what is happening with Villa. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ah Kendrick, a man really with his finger on the pulse of what is happening with SHA. Fixed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Weirdly I got a DM about a month before the end of the season from someone saying they knew someone close to Colback and he was coming to us. I didn't really believe it....until now. Meh signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Colback has potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Folski Posted May 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2014 Can we all agree to cancel the Villa lotto and buy 2 players with the £18.7m instead 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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