mikeyp102 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 hours ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: This might be the wrong place for this comment but when did we last have a player from Eastern Europe who was a success for us? Out of this list, I don’t think we can call any of them massive successes (despite my fondness for the memory of Savo): Kubicki, Milosevic, Curcic, Balaban, Kalinic. I don’t mean this as some sort of national stereotype comment. I have always wondered why these players could never really do it at Villa when their national teams exude the sorts of qualities we’d like at the club. 1 hour ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Haha how on earth did I forget him?! Sorry Stan! I’m clutching at straws here but maybe his time at Celtic helped his cultural adaptation? *skulks off after failed post* I'd probably agree that Celtic did help him settle. what Villa have failed with on the past is bringing in people from the same nationality or culture. You often see clubs sign 2 players from the same nation at the same time, or they add players to the squad. I think one of the reasons we were so keen on Luiz (outside of his playing potential), is that he'd help Wes settle and vice. Then when trez came in, for his first few games he played with Elmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Linked with West Ham, lazy journalism I susspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 minute ago, gwi1890 said: Linked with West Ham, lazy journalism I susspect They just signed Darren Randolph so can't see that happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 This has almost secretly gone down as our worst signing ever. At least the likes of N’Zogbia actually played games for the football club. And the likes of Beye didn’t cost £7.5m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Surely to Christ we tried to include him in this deal?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 16/01/2020 at 03:06, Spoony said: This has almost secretly gone down as our worst signing ever. At least the likes of N’Zogbia actually played games for the football club. And the likes of Beye didn’t cost £7.5m. Nope, still not even close. McCormack has to be #1, we really have to go some distance now to replace him in that spot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted January 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 16/01/2020 at 03:06, Spoony said: This has almost secretly gone down as our worst signing ever. At least the likes of N’Zogbia actually played games for the football club. And the likes of Beye didn’t cost £7.5m. 30 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Nope, still not even close. McCormack has to be #1, we really have to go some distance now to replace him in that spot. As per @bannedfromHandV has said, certainly in recent times McCormack is easily the worst signing. Leading striker in championship we paid at least £12 million for. He was expected to fire us up the table and instead blew a gasket. Mentally he was completely wrong, for whatever reason that may have been. Given we paid out on his contract with a year to go and he still hasn't got a club really says it all. An utter waste of money sadly. Whilst Kalinic has struggled, it appears to have been because he got injured and other players were doing better (Steer, Heaton, even Nyland). Even in the limited time he has played he wasn't bad, just more it that it has not worked out. Whilst not a great signing, there is no chance this signing will be worse than McCormack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I thought Balaban might top McCormack, but even adjusted for inflation, that's less than 10m. McCormack has the crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I thought Balaban might top McCormack, but even adjusted for inflation, that's less than 10m. McCormack has the crown. Considering age, length of contract and salary he simply has to take the crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 19 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Surely to Christ we tried to include him in this deal?! Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 If we end up getting Samatta for £5m by sending Kalinic the other way for £1m or two that could be a sensational bit of business. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I am surprised that he was not successful for us. He did seem at the time to have all the necessary ability and experience and qualifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 19 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: Nope, still not even close. McCormack has to be #1, we really have to go some distance now to replace him in that spot. Jolean Lescott says "Hi" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 60k a week according to one report I've just read. We signed him on 30k deal and then his wages doubled on promotion. People might be sceptical but suggests why there isn't a huge queue of clubs after him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Off to Toulouse on loan I heard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular_john Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I kind of forgot we had this guy. What actually happened? Was it an injury or was it just that he was rubbish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: On 60k a week according to one report I've just read. We signed him on 30k deal and then his wages doubled on promotion. People might be sceptical but suggests why there isn't a huge queue of clubs after him. Only Villa could have their 5th choice keeper on £60k per week. Do we ever learn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Xela said: Only Villa could have their 5th choice keeper on £60k per week. Do we ever learn? Crazy, id have thought purslow would have known better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 He was bought to be 1st choice, but for injury and poor form he could have been. I don’t know who scouted him but I know we were after him two years prior to signing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khizzy Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 18 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said: Off to Toulouse on loan I heard Well I suppose we've got nothing Toulouse with him going there on loan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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