Amo69 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Pre Season kills me. Its like time has stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaN.I Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 What about the Celtic left back Emilio Izzaguirre. Seems to be very good. Linked to a number of clubs but broke his ankle last summer. Only 24 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooh-Ah Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Someone said Carroll wins everything in the air. Must be a different one to the one i've watched last season and this summer. He was useless in the Euros bar that goal which came off the side of his head by mistake This wins the "VillaTalk most inaccurate post of the week" Award. Congratulations Which bit was wrong ? Well, he DID win everything in the air. Did you not watch the Italy game? It was the only time we ever held onto the ball, when it went high to Carroll. Italy didn't even bother to challenge towards the end of the match because he was winning everything. And that was a fantastic header. I by no means think Carroll is amazing, or even very good. But the part of your post I've quoted is just plain wrong. Imo of course. Not sure if I'd agree with you about England holding on to the ball thanks to Carroll (although I realise that relative to their general play you're right). He might have won a few headers but every time he took the ball down and tried to play it he gave it away. Frankly if I was an Italian defender I'd be thinking to myself, "Why risk making myself look like a mug by challenging him for the header? Let him take it down and we'll have the ball back in two seconds anyway." I wouldn't disagree with you about how powerful he is in the air but are people not worried about how his presence would affect our style of play? Personally I think he's a very average player and I really don't want to see him at VP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Kayal and Wanayama from Celtic talked about on twitter would like either of them ase both are mobile and good passers of the ball, Defence has to be key now. At least a LB and a CB. Does KEA do what Kayal and Wanyama do? Agreed Defence will be strengthened IMO Possibly Ramis and would love Kjaer but that wouldnt happen Kayal is more attack minded and Wanayama is a midfield destroyer.... could work alongside KEA... Why would Kjaer not happen? He will not be going back to Wolfsberg thats for sure, didn't have a great season at Roma either, he's available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I duno tbh I would think he would want at least Europa League.... would love him @ Villa! Btw Ian Taylor tweeted this before.... Meeting tomorrow re US tour with #avfc. Will be interesting to see how the squad is shaping up when I go with the squad. More signings? could he be hinting at something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 QPR have been making some very odd, old signings. Agreed. I guess they thought they needed a bit more experience, but the way it's going they're going to have the oldest starting 11 in the PL by some distance. Green - 32 Derry - 34 Hill - 33 Park - 31 Zamora -31 Cisse -30 Helguson - 34 Smith - 32 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Blimey, from Milner to QPR!! Who cares? Talk about Aston Villa, PLEASE!! Andy Carroll, alongside Bent, yes, instead of Bent, No, absolutely not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Kayal and Wanayama from Celtic talked about on twitter would like either of them ase both are mobile and good passers of the ball, Defence has to be key now. At least a LB and a CB. Does KEA do what Kayal and Wanyama do? Agreed Defence will be strengthened IMO Possibly Ramis and would love Kjaer but that wouldnt happen Kayal is more attack minded and Wanayama is a midfield destroyer.... could work alongside KEA... Why would Kjaer not happen? He will not be going back to Wolfsberg thats for sure, didn't have a great season at Roma either, he's available. Surely it's as likely to happen as the last time we went to Italy to sign a highly rated Danish centre half who had failed to bed into a top Serie A side after being outstanding at a mid table Serie A side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I duno tbh I would think he would want at least Europa League.... would love him @ Villa! Btw Ian Taylor tweeted this before.... Meeting tomorrow re US tour with #avfc. Will be interesting to see how the squad is shaping up when I go with the squad. More signings? could he be hinting at something? Nah, I don't think Ian Taylor is kept in the loop regarding potential transfer targets, he has said as much himself. Obviously he could be fibbing but I think he's telling the truth. He's come out with stuff like that before and everyone asks if he's hinting at something but nothing seems to happen. I think he's just being a typical fan. It does seem to be hinted from other sources that this week and the next are shaping up to be pretty busy for us but I haven't seen much the last couple of days to suggest anything close is about to happen, not that I know anything but you'd expect some stories to be breaking if something was imminent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 10, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2012 Kjaer would be awesome thought he looked good at the euros, would do really well here I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I would love for us to go for Kjaer, he'd be a great signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 just out of interest ! On the OS the Lowton has been issued no34 - Karim has no8 and Holman has no14........... weirdly so does the Fonz - does this mean Fonz is doing the rightful thing and getting his useless ass out of the squad ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milenko27 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Looks as Lambart has made his plan and wants new players in as soon as possible, i like his approach very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Wikipedia says AS Roma had a deal in place to buy Kjaer for Euro10m this time last year. He's just come off the back of a less than successful season on loan, has one year less on his contract, and is unwanted by Wolfsburg. Surely there's a deal to be done there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 In terms of Celtic CM's I'd be happy with any of Kayal, Wanyama or (especially) Ki Seung-Yeung. We have replaced Petrov with KEA with in terms of experience we really only have Ireland and Makoun, the latter of which could be on his way. Then we move on to Bannan, Herd, Delph and Gardner as far as strength in depth is concerned. Really not sure about this when you consider teams like Spurs are riddled with quality midfielders. Even Everton's CM options are better than ours in Fellaini, Gibson, Osman, Rodwell and Cahill. Kjaer at CB would be a great signing to play alongside Clark. All we'd need then is another striker (Carroll/Sturridge/De Jong) and a LB (Clyne/Haidara/Izaguirre) and we'd be well sorted for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Yeah Kjaer said he was keen to stay on at Roma, but if they don't make a bid or want him for another loan, I really hope we at least try and get him... Would be a great signing for us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Looks as Lambart has made his plan and wants new players in as soon as possible, i like his approach very much. Yup, never understood MoNs idea of waiting and waiting and waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 just out of interest ! On the OS the Lowton has been issued no34 - Karim has no8 and Holman has no14........... weirdly so does the Fonz - does this mean Fonz is doing the rightful thing and getting his useless ass out of the squad ! The Fonz needs to keep No. 14. Ever since he was mentioned in the same sentence as Thierry Henry he has wanted that shirt and his performances have been nothing short of mesmeric. It's like having the French maestro in our team every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Looks as Lambart has made his plan and wants new players in as soon as possible, i like his approach very much. Yup, never understood MoNs idea of waiting and waiting and waiting. A tactic which could come back to haunt us again this summer. If Martin really is interested by Gabby, then by the time the transfer funds reach AVFC's bank account, we'll probably have little to no time to re-invest it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Think I read somewhere rumours that the Fonz was going out on loan somewhere, my brain is telling me Sheffield United but I could be wrong. That might explain why Holman took number 14. I would have thought KEA would have taken the number 6 shirt myself, isn't that the number he had at Feyenoord? Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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