OnePablo Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 i'd love keane at villa. we should have bagged him from coventry all those years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Or Michael Boulding for that matter... Oh.. So wait a minute, does this mean that every player in the championship ain't like neither Platt/barry nor Boulding? Which means that you can't expect every player from that league beuing perfect which means that soem can have doubts about such players? Correct. But it also means you shouldn't write a player off just because they're playing in the championship. Which is what someone seems to suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Darrent Bent would be twice as effective for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 the team would be: GK: Sorensen DR: Laursen DC: Mellberg DC: Ridgewell/Laursen DL: Gareth Barry MC: McCann MC: Parker MC: Petrov RM: Ribery LM: Keane CF: Angel Subs: Agbonlahor, Taylor, Sutton, Davis, Bouma Well, that would be a hell of a team! Unrealistic but a hell of a team... Ribery is left sided, and after Ronaldinho probably the player who impresses me most in world football. I've watched a few french games on channel five (or four I cant remember) but this Ribery fella! Oh my god what a player, awesome. They worship him in France. He's on his way to one of the super clubs though unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 heres a name for the hat, id like to see Franck Ribery at Villa, we need another playmaker, and he can play anywere across the midfield, predominantly rightwing, I reckon £10m would get him........ he looked good in the world cup........... not too sure about his attitude tho' cos I think hes had 5 clubs and hes only about 23............... Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea, Inter, Aston Villa and Lyon. I know what he would choose, of course Aston Villa. And also Marseille would choose the 10M rather than the 16-19M offered by all the others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea, Inter, Aston Villa and Lyon. I know what he would choose, of course Aston Villa. And also Marseille would choose the 10M rather than the 16-19M offered by all the others... The first bit I could possibly agree with if the other clubs in your list are also in for him. Are they? The second bit, well prior to July I would also have agreed with. Now? Are you sure we wouldn't spend 16M on the right player should he be available and should Martin go to the board and say "I really want this bloke" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 The first bit I could possibly agree with if the other clubs in your list are also in for him. Are they? Arsenal and Lyon most definitely are. If he became available I'd expect a couple of the others to prick their ears up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ribery is overrated shit imo. Not much of an end product and not got a brain on him either. A slightly better version of Vassell maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePablo Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ribery is overrated shit imo. Not much of an end product and not got a brain on him either. A slightly better version of Vassell maybe. and he looks like the dude from the phantom of the opera without his mask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ribery is overrated shit imo. Not much of an end product and not got a brain on him either. A slightly better version of Vassell maybe. Not seen many Marseille games I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 That side is pretty unrealistic for January. By September you never know but I doubt it. And whilst I appreciate that Laursen is very good I think he'd struggle to play 2 or 3 positions at once. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I really think if Barry isnt gonna become a permanent left back that we need two new fullbacks........... i think Delaneys time is up at Villa due to his injury record and Hughes isnt of the required standard, id like to see Lauren from Arsenal or Micah Richards from City bought in to play there, and leftback is a problem area, the jury is still out on Bouma for me, he never seems to be fit, always looks slow, doesnt offer a great deal going forward and whethere its a coincidence or not we tend to ship loads of goals when hes in the team, especially away......... id like to see him come good, but in not convinced.......... as for JL Samuel, who knows? on his day tremendous, but those days are far outweighed by his deep love for impersonating defending in the style of Frank Spencer..................... Wayne Bridge would be a shout but can see that being a summer thing, if jan is an option maybe take a punt on John O'Shea at Man Yoo, hes gonna be out of favour once Heinze is fullyfit and they sign Hargreaves to play in midfield, just a thought.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 disagree, I think the healthy competition is already there. I think he is ready to play games as well. He can see that if he works hard a first team opportunity will come his way. I don't think a new centre half is neccesary, and certainly not Balde. If Laursen does his knee over again then that would be different, but even still Bobo Balde would be under no circumstances the answer. So a new defender is now needed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGoodman Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 After last nights chastening experience, does anyone else think that we are wasting our time looking at players like Nugent and Eastwood. If we are to achieve MON's stated aim of competing with Chelsea, we need to aim much higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didiersix Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 After last nights chastening experience, does anyone else think that we are wasting our time looking at players like Nugent and Eastwood. If we are to achieve MON's stated aim of competing with Chelsea, we need to aim much higher. I know what you are saying, but are we going to follow Chelsea's lead and just splash incredible amounts of dosh or are we going to take a more organic approach and grow gradually as a club (or try and invest in young talent like Arsenal?). At the moment, we don't know how things are going to shape up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 After last nights chastening experience, does anyone else think that we are wasting our time looking at players like Nugent and Eastwood. If we are to achieve MON's stated aim of competing with Chelsea, we need to aim much higher. I agree, we definately need 3-4 top quality players to add to the side, preferably with the "winning" attitude and "bottle" for the big games. I think this is something we sorely miss, because whenever we have a big game that can mean something we tend to blow our chances by not turning up. I can think of numerous games over the last ten years. I'm not writing off completely the idea of a lower league player or two to supplement the top players. 1 or 2 who can develop into stars of the future for example Gudjohnson at Bolton before going onto bigger things. I think thats what MON is suggesting when he states that he isn't writing off the possibility of lower league players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I know what you are saying, but are we going to follow Chelsea's lead and just splash incredible amounts of dosh or are we going to take a more organic approach and grow gradually as a club (or try and invest in young talent like Arsenal?). At the moment, we don't know how things are going to shape up... Erm the second way I think as Randy does not have the amount of money in question to do that. Personal fortune estimated at 1.4 BN $. That means about 800M £ Of which he has spent around 70M acquiring Villa. Leaves 730M £ . Of course not all of that investment or assets are cash, so I would doubt he has the asset base to go around soending 200M on players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 9, 2006 Moderator Share Posted November 9, 2006 I think Nugent would be a fantastic signing and I hope we have the stones to risk it. From what I've seen, I'd put him in the Darren Bent league. Both prolific and promising in the Championship and for the U21's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 lerner is not a dumb man lets not forget that. he will generate money. how many contacts must lerner have? this man will make that money back i reckon. if the sponsership deal is pulled off that would ne a major coup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiney Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 it might be worth trying to hijack freddy adu from under manchester utd's nose, he's going there for a two week trail, they'd be no harm offering him a trail with us as i don't think utd would aim to buy him in the immediate future. he looks like an exciting talent and see no harm in offering him a trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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