Arj Guy Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Would be happy with Lennon. Certainly better than Townsend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk-villa Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 No sure our french players will compliment lennon's style of play....but pretty sure a norwegian wood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Lennon was fantastic for Everton last season. He always seems to get a bit of stick does Lennon, his end product has never been the best but he does deliver with much more regularity than people think. His career has been a bit up and down granted, with various injuries over the years and being in and out the side, but it wouldn't be unusual for him to get 8-10 assists in a season. I believe the main issue stems from him being overused for England and thus compared unfairly to the player he replaced for them. Who happened to be the best right sided midfielder in the world. Tottenham fans rate him. Everton fans loved him. He's 28, he frightens defenders, carries the ball well and is capable of chipping in with 4/5 goals and 7/8 assist no trouble. He's not as selfish a player as he once was. He's experienced and a good player. For £5m he'd be a bargain. Well argued DDID and quite persuasive, not least because he represents 'a known quantity', which is perhaps part of Tim's thinking with so many wild cards currently in the pack. That said, if you had to choose, Traore or Lennon? Traore, from what little I have seen. But then I think that comes from a love of the unknown, in the back of my mind is the thought that he could be the best player ever and we'd be mad to go for what we know Lennon to offer, over that *possibility*. It's for a similar reason people aren't as excited about Grealish at the minute as they should be. He's probably the most talented player in our squad, but we've already glimpsed at that. He's not an unknown quantity, even if I truly believe he's going to be amongst the best we've ever had and he's nowhere near that yet. If I was a bit more pragmatic I might actually say Lennon. He would bring some vastly needed solidity and experience to a very young squad. But this is football, remove the emotion from it and I'm no longer interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndJo Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 How many more signings do we think will come in? Don't think we need too many. Think a centre back and maybe a keeper if we have enough money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 A rb and CB badly needed imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 A rb and CB badly needed imo. RB?! :| 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo. RB?! :| Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Balanta? Great on FM so he must be good Sign him up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Yeah my mates have just told me he's absolutely amazing on FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants. We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window. Edited August 6, 2015 by mightysasquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants.We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window. Don't see either being good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants.We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window. Don't see either being good enough. Agreed but for now...Hutton as first choice is fine & Crespo as back up. Our remaining budget spent better else where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants.We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window.Don't see either being good enough. Agreed but for now...Hutton as first choice is fine & Crespo as back up. Our remaining budget spent better else where Where though? Think defence is the weakest part of the squad tbh. Clark has improved but you'd never say you'd be confident of a clean sheet with him in. Richards has looked schoolboy like so far. Okore I can't work out whether he's amazing or awful. Providing amavi is decent, we have 75% of our defence that is iffy imo. Could do with suring it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants.We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window.Don't see either being good enough.Agreed but for now...Hutton as first choice is fine & Crespo as back up. Our remaining budget spent better else where Where though? Think defence is the weakest part of the squad tbh. Clark has improved but you'd never say you'd be confident of a clean sheet with him in. Richards has looked schoolboy like so far. Okore I can't work out whether he's amazing or awful. Providing amavi is decent, we have 75% of our defence that is iffy imo. Could do with suring it up a bit. Exactly, you just listed the position more in need of a signing so I'd sooner the money went on an experienced CB. Hutton brings at least experience & is reliable if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants.We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window. Don't see either being good enough. So you've written Crespo off already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Does anyone actually think Crespo was brought in as a starter? I was under the impression he was brought in as a versatile back-up but loads of people have him in their starting line-ups. Did I miss something (apart from people not rating Hutton/Bacuna, despite the latter being our main assist provider last season)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Linked with Mattia Destro. Just seen it on the Villa website for the newspaper articles thingamabob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 So, if we sign Lennon we could at some point have an attacking 3 of Gabby, Zogbia and Lennon. Head down and run merchants overload... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbonus Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Lennon a bit meh for me. I wasnt going to post on this. was just watching the wheels go round. You need to work on your Haiku Lennon a bit meh Not going to post on this Watch the wheels go round. Better? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is this balanta fella were linked with? A rb and CB badly needed imo.RB?! :|Yeah, providing richards is playing cb, they are all a bit pants.We have Hutton and Crespo so I don't understand why we'd need a third. Not an area that needs addressing again In the same window.Don't see either being good enough.Agreed but for now...Hutton as first choice is fine & Crespo as back up. Our remaining budget spent better else whereWhere though? Think defence is the weakest part of the squad tbh. Clark has improved but you'd never say you'd be confident of a clean sheet with him in. Richards has looked schoolboy like so far. Okore I can't work out whether he's amazing or awful. Providing amavi is decent, we have 75% of our defence that is iffy imo. Could do with suring it up a bit. Exactly, you just listed the position more in need of a signing so I'd sooner the money went on an experienced CB. Hutton brings at least experience & is reliable if nothing else. Yeah my original point did say we needed a rb AND CB badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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