CrackpotForeigner Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Capital letter after a comma? Oh dear. Shocking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted February 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2015 Capital letter after a comma? Oh dear. Shocking. I think there's an extra 'space' in there too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Capital letter after a comma? Oh dear. Shocking. I think there's an extra 'space' in there too. That will be our defence alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 You boys need to head over to the Scott Sinclair thread and stare at the photo of his missus. Trust me - all your petty irritations will fade into the ether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I don't see the fuss myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazvfc Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I don't see the fuss myself Thought she's wearing jeans? Oh! Sorry my bad misread that thought you said fuzz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 You boys need to head over to the Scott Sinclair thread and stare at the photo of his missus. Trust me - all your petty irritations will fade into the ether. Yeah their a lovely couple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted February 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2015 Was there any ever follow up news on Alli? Last I heard Spurs were now involved too? Can't see anything in the mainstream media about it though. I can vouch for the Sinclair thread; looking at some large knockers really cheered me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2015 You boys need to head over to the Scott Sinclair thread and stare at the photo of his missus. Trust me - all your petty irritations will fade into the ether. Yeah their a lovely couple Uh oh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Grrrr. Why do people read that sort of comment and instantly use it to sling insults. Who says he didn't already know they were more natural as strikers. I've heard him say that about weimann several times. He's been lumbered with some crow wingers from the precious manager who didn't use them and has had other areas to prioritise with his paltry amount of transfer money. He's solved Central defence, the goalkeeper, the target man, the deep midfielders and now the full backs. Now he has turned attention to the wingers. Because it's used as yet another excuse. If he wanted to play gabby and weimman as forwards then why sign kozak and helenius last summer instead of a wide player? If he wanted to play them as strikers why sign cleverly in the summer instead of a wide player? We've just signed gill and Sinclair for a similar amount we paid for Joe Bennett, so the money argument doesn't really fit. Goal scoring was an issue last season and its become a serious issue this year. Its great we've finally got them and hopefully it makes the difference we need. The thing that is always overlooked in these sort of arguments is whether or not the right players were available at those times. Managers needing to improve a team aren't likely to do nothing. It's all well and good to say, for example, that we've signed Gil and Sinclair for a similar cost to Bennett (which I find unlikely given the wages etc.), but have Gil or Sinclair been available for transfer and such a cost up until this point? If not, how can you strengthen without bringing in your #1, #2 or #7 targets? If you look at the players we've been strongly linked with in the past season or so, it seems clear that Lambert has prioritised an attacking midfielder - but hasn't been able to secure one. Perhaps (speculative) he saw this as a bigger issue than having to play Gabby and Weimann wide in a 4-3-3? If you're going to utilise them there, you need cover for either those guys as wide players or strikers. I seem to remember Helenius being signed and touted as playing in a role behind the striker? He was relatively cheap and potentially versatile - but it didn't work out. Kozak offers a different sort of striker to Benteke, Gabby or Weimann if an attacking midfielder came in. With all of Lambert's transfers I think there's been good reasoning behind them. Not all have worked, of course, but strengthening the squad initially was a good call. Signing Benteke was a good call. Prioritising the defence after this was a good call. Now we're lacking goals and he continues to look for more attacking players - I think we'd all agree it's a good call. No-one is perfect in a transfer window, but you can't look at getting Gil for £3m now and simply say "why not do this earlier?" when everyone knows football/transfers aren't that simple at all. As usual bobzy you put your points across well and I don't disagree. I just don't see it as an excuse and how its put across like Lambert has no other options, not saying you do by the way. Transfers are not simple and I'd much rather sign gill now than hoolahan 18 months ago. But this is the case for most teams and you have to work with what you've got while building your team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazvfc Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Was there any ever follow up news on Alli? Last I heard Spurs were now involved too? Can't see anything in the mainstream media about it though. I can vouch for the Sinclair thread; looking at some large knockers really cheered me up. Yeah makes a lovely change from the usual ones!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 As usual bobzy you put your points across well and I don't disagree. I just don't see it as an excuse and how its put across like Lambert has no other options, not saying you do by the way. Transfers are not simple and I'd much rather sign gill now than hoolahan 18 months ago. But this is the case for most teams and you have to work with what you've got while building your team. He more than likely does have other options - I'd assume that's what scouts are for - but are they attainable? That's the thing. People assume it's incredibly easy to just go and buy good players but I'd wager this is far from the case. If they're good, their club is more than likely wanting to keep hold of them or sell them for a decent amount. Here at Aston Villa, we've not been willing to meet the second obligation recently (correctly, may I add, as I don't want the club getting up shit creek financially again). Thus, I can imagine it being a **** chore trying to get people in. To hypothesize, we possibly enquired about Gil in the past (around same time as Sanchez from Elche?) and may have only now have been able to strike a deal - perhaps as an accumulation of Valencia financial troubles/Gil wanting first team football. Right time, right place. So often in our hunt for an attacking midfielder, this hasn't been the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Just to add to what Bobzy says about possibly enquiring about Gil when we bought Sanchez, Lambert did say we'd been looking at him for a while, so I have a feeling you could be bang on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Loan move for Lambert imminent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I know it's points on the board that matter but would be nice to get in one more player to cheer everyone up, someone who can come into the first team and make a difference right away. A goalscorer would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanBalaban Posted February 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2015 Loan move for Lambert imminent? I know we've broken a lot of unwanted records, but loaning the manager out is a new one even for us. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Lambert said the club will try to bring in one or two more tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 FM and Fifa wonderkid Zakaria Bakkali is supposed to be going to Celtic for 750k. Could be worth a punt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I know it's points on the board that matter but would be nice to get in one more player to cheer everyone up, someone who can come into the first team and make a difference right away. A goalscorer would be good. An you think this will change the tactics?? Cheer everyone up until we get spanked by Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Lambert said the club will try to bring in one or two more tomorrow. Where did he say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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