useless Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Matt Law of The Telegraph saying that West Ham are the only club interested in Adebayor, and if they want him Tottenham will have to pay up the remainder of his contract. Only other club. I didn't register the 'other' for some reason. Still it does say that he's already turned us down. I get the feeling he'll end up at West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 We've utterly failed to replace Benteke, and that really should have been a high priority. We really need to pull something out the bag on this otherwise we're going to struggle again. We need someone to come straight into the first team, perform and match his goals. Read that back to yourself. Then remember we're Aston Villa and owned by Randy Lerner. Then the penny will drop that he was never going to be replaced. Can't say the money wasn't there. What we spent on Gestede and Ayew for instance, could have been used to get a decent replacement for Benteke. Yep. Tim has made some excellent moves in the market this summer. However the 15m he spent on Ayew and Gestede looks like a big error. It's early days but I would Bet neither player will have a huge influence on our fortunes this season whereas a goalscorer with that new look midfield behind Him could have steered us away from relegation to mid table. His sole focus after Benteke left should have been leaving a significant chunk for a striker. Yeah. Should have brought in Austin and Wilson on loan for that money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted September 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think I am going to lock myself in a dark room without any access to the internet or phone or any other communications device until 1800. And only come out once the window has "slammed shut" They never just close it quietly do they? What if someone's fingers got trapped? Won't they think of the children? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I suspect not being able to unload the oxygen thief that is CNZ has put a crimp on what we can do today. The lazy useless word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 We've utterly failed to replace Benteke, and that really should have been a high priority. We really need to pull something out the bag on this otherwise we're going to struggle again. We need someone to come straight into the first team, perform and match his goals. Read that back to yourself. Then remember we're Aston Villa and owned by Randy Lerner. Then the penny will drop that he was never going to be replaced. Can't say the money wasn't there. What we spent on Gestede and Ayew for instance, could have been used to get a decent replacement for Benteke. Yep. Tim has made some excellent moves in the market this summer. However the 15m he spent on Ayew and Gestede looks like a big error. It's early days but I would Bet neither player will have a huge influence on our fortunes this season whereas a goalscorer with that new look midfield behind Him could have steered us away from relegation to mid table. His sole focus after Benteke left should have been leaving a significant chunk for a striker. Ayew may take a long time to bed in and have an impact admittedly, Gestede i'm confident will get us goals once Grealish and Traore are playing. Neither are Benteke replacements though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Why are people saying we've failed to replace Benteke when we have bought 2 strikers who've hardly had a chance to show what they're capable of? Have we replaced Delph? Or are people happy with the midfield signings so don't bring it up? If we tried to replace the Benteke that we sold with a like for like replacement we may not have been able to buy some of the other 10 or so we have. Don't get me wrong I'd prefer another striker in but saying we haven't replaced Benteke is as stupid as saying we signed the wrong Ayew. I remember some people on here writing Benteke off after a handful of games as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilchard Posted September 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2015 The worst thing about the transfer window for me is this feeling that seems to have spread around that if a club hasn't signed someone on deadline day they've failed. Surely it-s the opposite - get the work done and finished early. It'd be great if we can bring a striker in, but there's no point in just bringing in someone who isn't as good as gabby or anyone we've got. I'd rather they gave a chance to one of the younger players than waste money on a has-been or someone who won't bring us anything. We've signed a number of players - some look better than others at this stage - but we'll never have a summer like this again. Lets now try to enjoy the players they've brought in.... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 If the Dwight Gayle rumour is true then I'm not holding much hope for a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 The worst thing about the transfer window for me is this feeling that seems to have spread around that if a club hasn't signed someone on deadline day they've failed. Surely it-s the opposite - get the work done and finished early. It'd be great if we can bring a striker in, but there's no point in just bringing in someone who isn't as good as gabby or anyone we've got. I'd rather they gave a chance to one of the younger players than waste money on a has-been or someone who won't bring us anything. We've signed a number of players - some look better than others at this stage - but we'll never have a summer like this again. Lets now try to enjoy the players they've brought in.... Isn't as good as Gabby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Edit: See post immediately below instead. Edited September 1, 2015 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Darren Lewis @MirrorDarren 4m4 minutes ago Villa understood to have offered £1.5m loan fee for Dwight Gayle. Crystal Palace will only sell him - for £10m. @MirrorFootball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Well good luck to Palace with that. Oulare to Watford for £5m would be a deal I'd like to hijack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 £10m...and they labelled us "stupid"... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think Gayle is a decent player he can certainly finish the issue is some championship clubs have offered stupid money for him so now Palace want that , but he won't drop down a league. I think still could be legs in it ideally I think they want to offload him and Murray to bring in Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I've just logged on to see us trying to loan Dwight Gayle. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Dwight Gayle is crap Edited September 1, 2015 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Lescott and Berbatov in..... any truth in the reports Berbatov has flown in or is that just talksport bollocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Jelavic has signed for West Ham. Perhaps that no more Adebayor for them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted September 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2015 £10m? They accepted £6m for him a few weeks ago from Bristol but he turned them down. How has his value increased by £4m in a few weeks when he hasn't done anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think I am going to lock myself in a dark room without any access to the internet or phone or any other communications device until 1800. And only come out once the window has "slammed shut" This seems like the sensible option. I told myself I'd not bother looking until 18:00, but the fact I'm reading this tread now, shows you how well that's going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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