HanoiVillan Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just now, Zatman said: Distin might not be player he was but his attitude and professionalism is top class compared to Richards Yes, that's why I mentioned him. Always been a top professional, I'm just not sure if he has another year in him. Richard Dunne lasted forever in this league though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just now, HanoiVillan said: Yes, that's why I mentioned him. Always been a top professional, I'm just not sure if he has another year in him. Richard Dunne lasted forever in this league though. Dunne only played 1 season in Championship and is 2 years younger than Distin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 LOL shows what I know. I bet it felt like an eternity watching him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Distin is a great guy, he was on talksport the other day and was talking about how the game has changed, how so much more is expected of defenders nowadays in terms of passing. Didn't sound like this heart was in it for another year. I remember laughing when Moyes spent £5m on an aging Distin,, what a piece of business that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Anyone know if Alex Pritchard would be worth a punt? Never seen him play just saw he is to be sold by Spurs this summer. Quote Tottenham are prepared to sell Alex Pritchard this summer and are asking for a fee in the region of £8m, according to Sky sources. It is understood that two Premier League clubs have shown interest in the attacker, while a host of Championship clubs would be keen to sign the 23-year-old. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/10300265/alex-pritchard-looks-set-for-tottenham-exit Also Tom Carroll is on a free ( we'll sort of) and so is Nick Powell. x3 young English players with great potential that could maybe add much needed creativity to our squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) 8 is overpriced then again it spurs They demand top dollar for their players but then they try and steal other players such as Grealish for a nominal fee Edited June 1, 2016 by AshVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2016 I'd be very surprised if we spend £8m on a midfielder given we're in the Championship and that's one of the areas we actually have quite a lot of players in. Obviously if we sell all of our players then maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Really hope we do sell most of our central midfielders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Really like Pritchard, don't understand why Spurs let him go to West Brom as you know what Pulis is like with ball playing CMs and predictably he hardly got a kick. He was outstanding at Brentford two seasons back. I think signings like him and Bamford and 2-3 older heads and that's a good mix for transfer activity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 34 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I'd be very surprised if we spend £8m on a midfielder given we're in the Championship and that's one of the areas we actually have quite a lot of players in. Obviously if we sell all of our players then maybe. I disagree £8mill out of a potential £50mill still leaves a good amount to play with. Plus our midfield is unbalanced and frankly shit. Veretout Gana Prit hard Grealish Traore is a strong & balanced midfield on paper. (Obviously we won't keep all of those just highlighting how one signing could make a difference to the balance of the team) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Our midfield is awful I think it needs an older more experienced head in there like Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, thabucks said: I disagree £8mill out of a potential £50mill still leaves a good amount to play with. Plus our midfield is unbalanced and frankly shit. Veretout Gana Prit hard Grealish Traore is a strong & balanced midfield on paper. (Obviously we won't keep all of those just highlighting how one signing could make a difference to the balance of the team) I highly doubt we'll be spending £50m. I'd be surprised if we spend £8m on anyone, let alone a midfielder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Out of that post I saw Tom Carroll on a free, he's a yes from me, I saw Nick Powell on a free, more of a risk but again probably a yes if he isn't billy big bollocks over his wages, and then I saw a bloke who at 23 isn't a "kid" not really done anything, 4 prem games, 1 good season in the championship, for £8m...nah not for me Whilst I think if there's money available then let's happily spend it I'm struggling to see how he's worth anywhere near that much and therefore a good buy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Our midfield is awful I think it needs an older more experienced head in there like Barry We're more likely to spend money on someone like Barry (it won't be Barry) than an attacking mid imo. Grealish, Gil, Gardner and Veretout could all be attacking mids for us in the Championship. We probably won't keep all of them, and I'm not saying we won't add to them. I just don't think it will be an £8m player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 If we have 8 mill to spend i think we would be aiming for someone like Hughes rather than Pritchard although i could see Derby asking for even more than that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 If Tony is serious then he will be spending top whack to secure the best players we can get, can see the championship transfer record going at least once - especially as we'll be bidding against NUFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, Jareth said: If Tony is serious then he will be spending top whack to secure the best players we can get, can see the championship transfer record going at least once - especially as we'll be bidding against NUFC. We'll be spending money, but given how many players we'll need to buy, and the areas that need strengthening, any big money will be spent on strikers and centrebacks, imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 8m for one midfielder is madness for the championship... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 What is the current championship transfer record anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 16 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said: 8m for one midfielder is madness for the championship... Why? If the money's there through Dr X plus sales why not? Do you want us to stay in the championship ? Us and Newcastle easily will have the biggest budgets in the league and we should act accordingly. I'm not advocating wreckless spending beyond our means but if the money's there let's spend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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