jacketspuds Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hopefully we are still in for a wide forward (Bowen, Akinfenwa) and another DM (N'Zonzi) before the window closes. We need more physicality in our midfield. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Just now, Jareth said: Not sure we can have another loan? Anyone know? That’s a very good question that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: That’s a very good question that is. We could ask Villareport but he only makes shit up these days. Fraud. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, M_Afro said: I am not proposing some limbering lump like Jedinak. It needs to be an athletic, physical player who can tackle, run all day, head the ball, win second balls and support the attack. Someone who the opposition fear. I am talking Viera/Keane. Yeah should be fairly easy to get Vieira/Keane level player in Edited January 19, 2020 by Tom13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Yeah should be fairly easy to get Vieira/Keane level player in Pretty sure we could get Robbie Keane in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 We're not even being linked to any players, think we'll sign Samatta then one more striker, then that could well be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, useless said: We're not even being linked to any players, think we'll sign Samatta then one more striker, then that could well be it. A goalkeeper, a midfielder and two strikers is a busy window to be fair. Question is how good they turn out to be! Edited January 19, 2020 by Adam2003 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, useless said: We're not even being linked to any players, think we'll sign Samatta then one more striker, then that could well be it. Oh yes we are. The Observer this morning says we are close to a loan deal for NZonzi. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I haven't seen that, hope it's correct, if on form think he would make a big difference to us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, briny_ear said: Oh yes we are. The Observer this morning says we are close to a loan deal for NZonzi. Not seen that either? You got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted January 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2020 Ain't nobody like Joe Lolley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 24 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: Not seen that either? You got a link? They don’t seem to have got round to putting it online yet, sorry. It’s in “The Rumour Mill” column on page 7 of the Observer sports section. Just says “And Aston Villa are close to a loan deal for Roma’s Steven Nzonzi.” Hope it’s true! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, S-Platt said: Ain't nobody like Joe Lolley. Not good enough. Bowen is worth the risk but Lolley is a championship player albeit a good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, briny_ear said: They don’t seem to have got round to putting it online yet, sorry. It’s in “The Rumour Mill” column on page 7 of the Observer sports section. Just says “And Aston Villa are close to a loan deal for Roma’s Steven Nzonzi.” Hope it’s true! If this happens I am going straight out to buy a Nzonzi shirt. Please be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, M_Afro said: If this happens I am going straight out to buy a Nzonzi shirt. Please be true. Just make sure they spell it right, or you'll get some funny looks in the street. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, useless said: We're not even being linked to any players, think we'll sign Samatta then one more striker, then that could well be it. How long were we linked with Samatta this window before the signing was advanced? We've been linked with all and sundry, no one usually knows until we basically have them over the line. Maybe they have just given up on making up shite as they've been wrong 99 percent of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Samatta hasn't even been announced officially yet, so when that signing happens it won't have come out of the blue, he was also linked in the summer, the Reina, Barry and Drinkwater signings were all reported at least a week before they officially happened as well. Seems to be a bit of a myth that we keep our dealings hidden from the press, but it's not actually true, most of our transfers are reported about a while before they actually happen, not saying that that's a bad thing, just probably hard to keep deals a secret these days with everyone that's involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 33 minutes ago, briny_ear said: They don’t seem to have got round to putting it online yet, sorry. It’s in “The Rumour Mill” column on page 7 of the Observer sports section. Just says “And Aston Villa are close to a loan deal for Roma’s Steven Nzonzi.” Hope it’s true! Take a picture and post it on here. Not because I don’t believe you but I need my fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: It’s clear January is being used as a desperate attempt to paper over the chasms in the squad. I think there is far too much sympathy on here for the club and the difficulties of the January window. They massively f***** up in the summer and the price they’re paying is having to scramble around in January to replace either the poor players they signed in the summer or to find players in positions they neglected. I honestly don’t trust the club to get it right at the moment in terms of the personnel they’re bringing in. I mean, look at Drinkwater, there are no words to describe how bad his first two performance have been. I also really want to get excited about Samatta but fear he’s another Wesley/Trezeguet/Nakamba etc. What is this obsession with the Belgian league? I know the Belgian national team is fantastic but last time I checked, we hadn’t signed any of the internationals and most of the good ones move away from that league as soon as they’re deemed to have any sort of potential. Ive been quite vocal on here about how poor I think our summer business was but want to clarify that I don’t think it was an easy task and I can see why it has failed. If you’re trying to put a squad together made up of 10m pound players and expect to compete at this level, you’re going to have a shock. However, I still think we went about it completely the wrong way. I’m not one to bang on about ‘premier league experience’ but I genuinely think you could assemble a better squad than what we have at the moment with the best players from The Championship and the Scottish League for the same price. At least these players would show a bit of fight and aggression. Many talk about ‘hindsight’ being a wonderful thing referencing how many were excited about our summer dealings at the time. A nonsensical argument in my opinion for two reasons. Firstly, we were all excited because the love we had for the owners and what they managed in their first season in English football. We trusted them to get it right. Suso came with a stellar reputation, we trusted him to get it right. That’s why we were excited. We all believed these players were hidden gems that the club had been tracking for a while and that they’d come in and have a Leicester style impact on the division. Nakamba was the new Kante. Trezeguet was the new Mahrez etc. We can be forgiven for getting excited and thinking this. As for Hindsight and the argument, ‘he looked a great buy/gamble at £10m, hindsight is a beautiful thing’. Nonsense. These players should have been thoroughly researched before we brought them in. This mantra that because a player only cost 10m, they’re allowed to be poor in the Premier League is dangerous. 10m is a lot of money and once you start saying this about 4/5 players, all of a sudden you’ve gambled 50/60m away. Are we any better than we were last season? At best you could argue we are slightly better but if you honestly asked me if we could go to Fulham, Leeds or Brentford right now and get a result, I’d say it would be tough with the players we have. We came into the league with 3 Premier League standard players in Mcginn, Grealish and Mings and I’m afraid having spent £140m, we still only have 3 Premier League standard players. If we go down, we’re going to really struggle to recoup even half of what we paid for the likes of Namkamba, Trezeguet and Wesley. If we stay up, we’re in exactly the same position as we were last summer anyway - having to buy quality players to play around the aforementioned 3. Christ, how negative does this sound?! Pass me the noose. I’ll wrap it up now as I’ve lost 30% of my phone battery just typing this. I’m a Dean Smith fan. I’m a huge fan of NSWE. I just think they massively got it wrong in the summer and they may pay the price for it in years to come, regardless of what division we find ourselves in. FFP is unforgiving. TL;DR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 18 hours ago, astondalston said: Ha, I met him once, in B&Q by Castle Vale. He was supposed to be out injured but he looked OK scampering around looking for DIY stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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