jackbauer24 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Look through the eyes of an experienced 'neutral' player. You've got three possible motivations; money (most), chances of success/ Euros (a lot) and the underperforming and just want to play (a few). We will be unwilling/unable to compete with few in the money bracket, we can offer far less than other struggling teams in the chance to shine bracket so will have to look largely at that small window of just wanting to play. Otherwise it's unknowns/untested again. Remy, Falcao are nice dreams but fall in to money bracket (wages plus possible sign on if permanent) so never going to happen. Austin will either wait 6 months for the money motivation of choose a struggling team that have a better chance of survival, Newcastle being obvious choice. Naismith seems to fit in to that rare last category of just wanting to play so is most realistic. I think a few people might be disappointed with our transfer business. Even if Lerner does sanction moves, it's going to be incredibly hard to convince anyone looking for money or the chance to shine to come to Villa. As a neutral player you'd choose safer bet of Newcastle, Sunderland, Swansea even arguably Bournemouth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I just happen to think we have too many small (in stature) players. i hope in the Jan window we sign players bit bigger. an if we emulate Stoke, Watford, Leicester, West Ham, Southampton,crystal palace and even Bournemouth, with some of their signings....... we may have the slimmest of chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 1 minute ago, TRO said: I just happen to think we have too many small (in stature) players. i hope in the Jan window we sign players bit bigger. an if we emulate Stoke, Watford, Leicester, West Ham, Southampton,crystal palace and even Bournemouth, with some of their signings....... we may have the slimmest of chances. Must admit I thought exactly that at the game yesterday. West Ham looked huge in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 6 minutes ago, jackbauer24 said: I think a few people might be disappointed with our transfer business. Even if Lerner does sanction moves, it's going to be incredibly hard to convince anyone looking for money or the chance to shine to come to Villa. As a neutral player you'd choose safer bet of Newcastle, Sunderland, Swansea even arguably Bournemouth. That is a further reason why the next couple of games are so crucial. We beat Norwich and Sunderland and we would quite likely be above Sunderland and with in a handful of points of a couple of other teams. Suddenly we look like a team that could stay up rather than one that has no chance. For so many reasons we have to win these next two games not just the obvious of starting to catch those above us. It means Lerner may be prepared to gamble some substantial funds to keep us up and it means potential signings see us as a much better prospect. If though when the transfer window opens we are more than 6 points from safety you can forget Lerner gambling big money and you can forget any decent player taking a gamble on a side totally cut adrift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 6 minutes ago, av1 said: Must admit I thought exactly that at the game yesterday. West Ham looked huge in comparison. We simply don't have enough individual power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 except Lescott, Gestede, Richards and Kozak the rest of our outfield players are quite small. Sanchez and Hutton are not exactly giants but they are probably next biggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Watching Arnautovic yesterday.....2 mill and there are many more examples. it makes you want to cry, the money we have wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 you could probably put together a very good team of Premier League signings that cost a total of about 30 million that were all gettable at the time Arnautovic, Schmeichel, Mahrez, Vardy, Bojan, Dann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 7 minutes ago, Zatman said: except Lescott, Gestede, Richards and Kozak the rest of our outfield players are quite small. Sanchez and Hutton are not exactly giants but they are probably next biggest Bacuna is 6ft 2, Ayew is 6ft 1 I think, Okore 6ft. I think where our problem lies is midfield, we could do with some height in there, however it isn't the be all and end all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Remy and Falcao - LOL. Our best hope is Joe Lolley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 41 minutes ago, Zatman said: you could probably put together a very good team of Premier League signings that cost a total of about 30 million that were all gettable at the time Arnautovic, Schmeichel, Mahrez, Vardy, Bojan, Dann Yeah but there are tons of cheap failures too, more so than successes I'd imagine. You take a risk, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Just now, lexicon said: Yeah but there are tons of cheap failures too, more so than successes I'd imagine. You take a risk, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. yeah but it seems to work for everybody but us our bargains are Bowery, Sylla, Dawkins and Holman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 We got basically the greatest deal of all time when we managed to swap Milan Baros for John Carew. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 not really that was a good deal for us but think its a bit overrated on here as much as I loved Carew he wasnt a brilliant striker goals wise. Career wise him and Baros have similar strike records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 18 minutes ago, Zatman said: not really that was a good deal for us but think its a bit overrated on here as much as I loved Carew he wasnt a brilliant striker goals wise. Career wise him and Baros have similar strike records Baros was absolutely awful for us though - which is why it was such a good deal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Baros was OK his 1st season we were quite crap and he was injured for a bit. He got a few important goals which is why I liked him. Think he scored twice against West Brom and birmingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 20 minutes ago, Zatman said: not really that was a good deal for us but think its a bit overrated on here as much as I loved Carew he wasnt a brilliant striker goals wise. Career wise him and Baros have similar strike records Carew was great for us. Bargain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCAM Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 2 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Which players did we "save a few bob" on in the summer? I've no idea where that is coming from. We didn't sign Austin, I imagine because of his cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Any decent RB's going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Okore only 6ft... Pretty short for a modern day CB. Think Richards is the same height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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