Shillzz Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Eeeeeeeeee. Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has admitted being an admirer of Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe and Stoke forward Kenwyne Jones as he looks to strengthen his squad. "You are talking about two really good players, different types of players there," Lambert said. "I think a club this size will always be linked with players of that ilk. I don't think you ever stop looking for players. You have always got to try and improve. Whether they come in or not, we will have to wait and see." Oh please oh please oh please..... I've waited for years on 606 and here... to say this..... please Paul... make it so..... Get the Litchfield Estate Agents on stand by.. "Welcome Jermaine" Unfortunately it's not up to me pal, and even if it was, I don't think I'd push a deal through for either player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Spurs wont sell, until they get another forward in.. Defoe is their only Striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Hutton and some dosh for Jones would be fine by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Agree Richard! Jones and Bent have proved they are a good partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Ramirez exactly the type of player we need at the moment.. he'll be on 60-80,000 a week.... well done Southampton it's not that long ago Southampton were in administration, there is some seriously dodgy shit going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukes Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 No idea what the budget is but it's clear what the approach is. Indeed clear out the over paid rubbish that won't get a game next season before we have the money in the budget available to sign a replacement. Even the people who disagree with me don't agree with you. I don't think there's many fans who truly believe we can't afford to spend. Some think selling the crap before buying is the right approach but barely any of them believe it's because we literally have no money. You just ignoring all the reasons in my previous post then? Not really wishing to get involved in your argument, but couldn't resist. I think Eames is right, under MON we spent and spent and many of the signings didn't even get a game, this left us with a massive wage bill, which does now after 2 years seem to be coming under control. Knowing that, and learning from his mistakes, Lerner is now quite rightly saying lets try and move players on before we sign replacements. There is still two weeks of the window left, and i am certain that regardless of who does leave we will still sign players. This just strikes me as Lerner doing things the right way. I must say though i struggle to understand what Warnock and Hutton have done to Lambert for him to exclude them from his team. Neither is top class, but both are average Premier League players which surely must put them ahead of inexperienced players such as Lowton, Clark and Stephens ? The first games of he season really dictate how the rest of the season will go, and i'd prefer us to grind out a few confidence building early results than to risk that and find ourselves on the backfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I'd love Defoe here. He was ridiculously underrated by Redknapp, even after scoring some 14 goals off the bench. Him, Bent, Gabby and Weimann is a very decent strikeforce and one that I'd be happy with going into the season. Not too sure on Jones though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Oh please oh please oh please..... I've waited for years on 606 and here... to say this..... please Paul... make it so..... Get the Litchfield Estate Agents on stand by.. "Welcome Jermaine" Why Litchfield - Burntwood would be better Are you referring to the 'Litchfield' in Leicester or the 'Lichfield' near Tamworth - have to be picky you see i live there and my money would be on him staying in Four Oaks, considering most of the team live there! Paul Lambert has just bought one of my mates houses for a 2 year lease type deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbaughan Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Bent, Agbonlahor, Jones, Defoe and Weimann. That'll do for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukes Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Didn't we see this a few years ago regarding smaller teams over spending and then ultimately ending up in the shit ? I'm thinking Bradford, Barnsley, Portsmouth and Hull. Let Southampton and QPR do themselves over with players on long contracts of £60k a week, personally i'd rather we still had a club to support in 5 years time, and i believe the changes made by RL and PF ensure that will be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Bent, Agbonlahor, Jones, Defoe and Weimann. That'll do for me!Take out Agbonlahor and it is a perfectly plausible forward line for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 My Spurs supporting friend has told me that Bale hs been deployed as a striker this pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 No idea what the budget is but it's clear what the approach is. Indeed clear out the over paid rubbish that won't get a game next season before we have the money in the budget available to sign a replacement. Even the people who disagree with me don't agree with you. I don't think there's many fans who truly believe we can't afford to spend. Some think selling the crap before buying is the right approach but barely any of them believe it's because we literally have no money. You just ignoring all the reasons in my previous post then? Not at all. You seem unable to get your head around the fact that Randy's personal wealth and the money available to Aston Villa as a business are two completely different things. I don't expect Randy to pour millions of his own money into the club - what happens then when he sells up/dies? The club needs to be self-sustaining. To do that, we need to firstly stay in the PL, any further success is a bonus and will bring success and better players to the club. A realistic target this season would be a finish between 6th and 12th with 55-65 points. That is the point when we need to chuck in the money.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Only way I could see us getting Jones and Defoe would be if we sold Agbonlahor to Sunderland. But I'm still praying that MON takes a punt on Heskey on a 2 year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 My Spurs supporting friend has told me that Bale hs been deployed as a striker this pre-season. Almost, he'll play directly between Defoe and the midfield. I think this should be how we will play Ireland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Bent, Agbonlahor, Jones, Defoe and Weimann. That'll do for me!Take out Agbonlahor and it is a perfectly plausible forward line for me That would be excellent business for us this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkery Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 looking at some stoke message boards, they think KJ is signing for us on monday and that Hutton is going their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 looking at some stoke message boards, they think KJ is signing for us on monday and that Hutton is going their way. It would make sense considering Lambert allegedly likes a target man (Holt). What about the LB though?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted August 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2012 looking at some stoke message boards, they think KJ is signing for us on monday and that Hutton is going their way. Snap their bloody hands off, should that offer come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I'm sure if MON offered us £6m to £8m for Gabby we would take it. Remember he is on £55k pw apparently. For someone that scores between 9 to 11 goals a season, think thats too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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