CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Vidic on loan done deal. Don't ask how I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Ah, the ITK's are back. It's that time of year again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Its funny how these twitter accounts get created right before transfer window. Summer window should be a lesson on how many people are really ITK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaonsea Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We don't need another keeper. That is a waste of funds. Hope Stephens signs in time for Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycVILLA Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Please let me wake up in the morning to the headline "M'Vila and Villa to Villa!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardvillan Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Villa Source or something. Probably balls. Hes now changed it to Stefan Andreasen the GK Maybe he was right. Martin Krag@martinkrag Denmark international GK Stephan Andersen is looking to leave #Evian. If possible in Jan. Has a couple of options but nothing serious yet Who knows. Could be him. By the way, you spelt his surname wrong. Edited January 2, 2013 by diehardvillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I'd like us to rid ourselves of shay given if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardvillan Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) double post Edited January 2, 2013 by diehardvillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Dale stephens - Midfielder? 6ft 1 Attacking Midfielder - Box to Box & can score - hit post the other day taking a 25yrd freekick. Most positive thing to hear about his landing at B6 for me - is he is known for keeping the ball! & passing it properly like Westwood! Also bears an uncanny resemblence to James Arthur who won this years X Factor. Dale Stephens: Why Charlton Must Build Their Team Around The Aston Villa Target by Joe Hall 4 October 2012 2 Comments Stephens was the subject to a number of transfer bids from Aston Villa last august. Now Charlton have kept hold of him, they must utilise his Premier League level passing skills.... Why Charlton Must Build Their Team Around Aston Villa Target Dale Stephens “Dale Stephens? Never heard of him! What’s Lambert playing at!” – This was a typical tweet from an Aston Villa fan when their club was chasing Charlton’s unheralded no.8 at the end of the last transfer window. Many Charlton fans were just as bemused when the club stubbornly refused to let Stephens leave, with some reports suggesting that even a bid as high as £2.5m (I know, I know – but for a club just out of three seasons in League 1 that’s a lot of cash!) was turned down. Yet where some Charlton fans were bemused, they should have been relieved. For years the club has given in far too easily to the demands of bigger clubs for their best assets. Lee Bowyer, Scott Parker, Jonjo Shelvey and Carl Jenkinson were all sold far below their value. As Villa knocked on the door I hope that for once we would show some ambition and hold onto our best assets. For once we did. Am I placing Stephens in the same bracket as the players mentioned above? Not quite – but he’s not far off. I have no doubts that Stephens is a Premier League level midfielder. Stephens is the best passer of the ball that the Addicks’ midfield has seen since the days of Danny Murphy. His assist for Ricardo Fuller against Watford on Tuesday night was a thing of beauty, slicing through three players into the path of Fuller. Even Pirlo would have been proud. It is for this reason that Chris Powell should be building his team around Stephens. Powell and his backroom should be tucked away in some dark corner of the Valley devising a plan that brings the best out of Dale. On Saturday we play Blackpool, one of the best sides in the Championship at keeping the ball. If we are to match them at all we need to get Dale on form. For this to happen a switch to 4-5-1, or even 4-3-3 is essential. The 4-4-2 most commonly employed by Chris Powell this season does not do enough to maximize Stephens’ ability. In a midfield two alongside Danny Hollands Stephens’ range of passing and vision is put on the backburner as he must cover the whole pitch, close down and break up play. He is not helped by the fact that too often Hollands has failed to live up to his imperious League One performances since making the step up to the Championship. If Powell can bring in Razak and, in this writer’s opinion, Pritchard alongside Stephens in a midfield three, Charlton can truly begin to assert themselves on Championship midfields If Stephens’ workload can be slightly reduced, then Charlton will boast one of the Championship’s best, if not the best, deep-lying playmaker in their side. (Brighton’s Liam Bridcutt being the other outstanding candidate.) Luckily for Powell, Charlton have a host of midfielders ready to slot in to a central midfield three. There is the aforementioned Hollands, a player who looked far more at home in a five-man midfield against Blackburn, Bradley Pritchard whose energy and hustling could reduce Stephen’s defensive responsibilities and Johnnie Jackson, the versatile club captain who can do a job almost anywhere on the field. The 18 year-old signed from Manchester City this week. Razak has already made first team appearances for City and judging by the high regard he is held in by the Premier League Champions, his signature could be a real coup for Charlton. Razak earnt rave reviews from his spell at Brighton last season, and as the below video demonstrates, he looks to have all the attributes to be a world-class box-to-box midfielder. No wonder they are calling him the next Yaya Toure. Edited January 2, 2013 by JulieB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 If you believe any of the shit you see on twitter and other news articles then this is what might be happening: LFC are very interested in the young Belgium Benteke and will offer Aston Villa £15 million but Villa want £20 m +. We apparently are willing to sell now in fear that we will have to sell him for cheap if we get relegated. Albrighton has handed in a transfer request Aston Villa want Fulham centre half Brede Hangeland and are willing to pay up to £6m Aston Villa are leading the race to sign Pierre Aubameyang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 LFC are very interested in the young Belgium Benteke and will offer Aston Villa £15 million but Villa want £20 m +. We apparently are willing to sell now in fear that we will have to sell him for cheap if we get relegated. he's played for genk and us this season, he can't play for anyone else, so anything claiming to have knowledge that someone is looking to buy, or we're looking to sell is full of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hangeland and Vlaar sounds like a decent central defensive pairing, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutherland Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We don't need another keeper. That is a waste of funds. Hope Stephens signs in time for Southampton Given will be sold either at the end of the season or in jan if we can agree terms with his replacement thats being lined up... Guzan or our reserve keeper will be playing on sat, so shay is not cup tied!.. Guzan will also start in both semis now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Vidic on loan done deal. Don't ask how I know. How do you know (must answer without the word *twitter*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We need someone strong in midfield. Diame would've been perfect but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) We need players but 2/3 players on top of returning injuries would make the world of difference. Centre back, central midfielder and winger all the main priorities I think. Edited January 2, 2013 by AVFC-Prideofbrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Why have we not signed anyone yet Pull your finger out Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Is stevens good enough to come in and make an immediate impact? A positive impact ? I very much doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 2, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2013 A positive impact ? I very much doubt it. Based on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Him having to jump 2 leagues and enter a relegation dog fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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