Mattyp_avfc Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 James Nursey has written a piece about that Lescott may be coming back to Villa..... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-city-transfers-joleon-lescott-1516691 Would be a step in the right direction, him and Parker in and the spine of the time looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 If you're happy with players like Stephens, Pritchard and Bowery then rock on. I'm happy with players like Stephens, Benteke, Lowton and Westwood, and it's rock'n roll in my house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Just like Leeds have and Forest and Middlesbrough and Coventry. See a pattern developing? This mess is down to the fact we are owned by a bunch of Cowboys who managed to screw up a team in the NFL, a sport primarily played and watched in their own Country. What gave them notions they could run a Football Club in England is beyond me. Disagree?? I present you Alex Mcleish. This could/should have been nipped in the bud 2/3 years ago. How can we go from buying quality such as Milner, Young, Friedel etc... to scabbing around the lower Leagues? Yes, you can buy potential and we did need a re-build (of sorts). But that can't and has never ever taken place in one season with a team of kids from League 1 and 2. If you're happy with players like Stephens, Pritchard and Bowery then rock on. How do you know these players won't turn out to be gems if people are already calling them shit after half a season or before they have even stepped foot in the door? Edited January 3, 2013 by Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Just like Leeds have and Forest and Middlesbrough and Coventry. See a pattern developing? This mess is down to the fact we are owned by a bunch of Cowboys who managed to screw up a team in the NFL, a sport primarily played and watched in their own Country. What gave them notions they could run a Football Club in England is beyond me. Disagree?? I present you Alex Mcleish. This could/should have been nipped in the bud 2/3 years ago. How can we go from buying quality such as Milner, Young, Friedel etc... to scabbing around the lower Leagues? Yes, you can buy potential and we did need a re-build (of sorts). But that can't and has never ever taken place in one season with a team of kids from League 1 and 2. If you're happy with players like Stephens, Pritchard and Bowery then rock on. You've extrapolated an awful lot there from such simple words. I can't be arsed to get into it, wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yeah his transfer stuff is normally spot on. His opinion stuff is bollocks imo but he isnt normallly far wrong when it comes to our transfers. Yeah...so...ignore I said this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I know it's likely bollocks but it should get the conversation moving again... over the last hour @Villa_Source has linked: They have a 'itk' profile photo. Seems legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 No to Lescott. Overpriced. 10 million and massive wages? Happy to get him on loan to keep us up and sign a cheaper better foreign option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 So if Nursey is correct could we see a back 5 like this... ------------------------Guzan ------------------Lescott---Vlaar ----Lowton--------------------------Bennett ---------------DM (Parker/Huddlestone/Leerdam) ---------Westwood -------------------------Stephens ------Weimann-----------Aubameyang ------------------Benteke Now that would be a nice little team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I think i'd rather take the chance with Dale Stephens rather than a 32 year old Ivan Klasnic..... Klasnic scored goals in the Prem. Against sides like Man City, Liverpool and us. Stephens has made 85 appearances, mainly in League 1 and 2 and is so good Oldham loaned him out twice. As for your other post, I've not said they are shit. I am of the opinion they are not good enough for a club like Aston Villa. An 8-0 drubbing at Chelsea and losing 0-3 at home to Wigan backs me up. Before you mention the 3-1 win at Anfield, Mcleish won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge last year - built well on that didn't he. Lescott would be a great signing but don't see it as we are 'trying to get the wages down' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TezzRexx Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 James Nursey has written a piece about that Lescott may be coming back to Villa..... http://www.mirror.co...lescott-1516691 Would be a step in the right direction, him and Parker in and the spine of the time looks good Hope Lescott is true! Can't see Parker coming though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Villa were trying to get the wages down and we've done a great job at getting the wages down to the point where our team is almost in a state of collapse because we don't have the quality anymore. I think Villa have now got the wages down to a level where we can afford a slightly bigger waged player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardvillan Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 So if Nursey is correct could we see a back 5 like this... ------------------------Guzan ------------------Lescott---Vlaar ----Lowton--------------------------Bennett ---------------DM (Parker/Huddlestone/Leerdam) ---------Westwood -------------------------Stephens ------Weimann-----------Aubameyang ------------------Benteke Now that would be a nice little team! Your little predictions do make me chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hope Lescott is true! Can't see Parker coming though. Indeed Would be lovely to have Parker in but it would depend on the wages situation etc... I do genuinely think that Lambert will go after the experienced players if their heart is in it and show the desire he wants from his team.... Lescott being a Villa fan would show that In my opinion, Parker oozes desire and class when he plays so those 2 are players I think we would definitely look at.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Klasnic scored goals in the Prem. Against sides like Man City, Liverpool and us. Stephens has made 85 appearances, mainly in League 1 and 2 and is so good Oldham loaned him out twice. As for your other post, I've not said they are shit. I am of the opinion they are not good enough for a club like Aston Villa. An 8-0 drubbing at Chelsea and losing 0-3 at home to Wigan backs me up. Before you mention the 3-1 win at Anfield, Mcleish won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge last year - built well on that didn't he. Lescott would be a great signing but don't see it as we are 'trying to get the wages down' You're forgetting with the 8-0, we played with 3 centre backs. 1 was a midfielder(herd) 1 was a youth/reserve player (Baker) and Clarke. When you have such a **** up defence going up against Mata and co, what do you expect? Against Wigan we played 3 centre backs again with only 1 recognised centre back on the pitch. Until you get some players if the right positions you well keep on seeing results like these. Edited January 3, 2013 by Daniel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Remember that we have gotten the wages down considerably, and they will be even lower when: Warnock leaves (40k a week) out of contract this summer Dunne leaves (40-50k a week) out of contract this summer We also have Petrov off the books (45k a week) Then we have some players we could shift: Bent (70k a week) N'Zogbia (50k a week) Ireland (60k a week) Given (60k a week) if anyone will take him. We can sign one or two high earners even if we did not manage to shift all the four mentioned with wages between 50k and 70k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 More twitter conjecture Fourth Official @FourthOfficial_ Sunderland are due just short of £7million if Darren Bent plays another game for Villa, think that explains why he doesn’t get a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Oh no, we might be signing a player from the lower leagues. HOW FAR HAS THIS CLUB FALLEN!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 You're forgetting with the 8-0, we played with 3 centre backs. 1 was a midfielder(herd) 1 was a youth/reserve player (Baker) and Clarke. When you have such a **** up defence going up against Mata and co, what do you expect? Against Wigan we played 3 centre backs again with only 1 recognised centre back on the pitch. Until you get some players if the right positions you well keep on seeing results like these. Lambert has been at the club long enough to know what positions needed sorting. Benteke and Vlaar will prove to be astute signings but the rest seems to have just been plucked at wildly. A player who has had 1 good year at Crewe anchoring our Midfield? A striker who Chesterfield fans said 'didn't do much anyway' as our back-up striker? We have too many players who are simply woeful at this level and I am alarmed when we get linked with further un-tested potential. Young players need to learn and what better way than from experienced players who have been there and done it. We have no-one in this team that could rally the troops, just a load of kids who started to believe their own hype cos' they beat Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I wonder how many people would have Snodgrass now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Personally I'm a bit iffy on Lescott. I know he is quite a good Premier League defender, but for some reason, I feel he's prone to really bad errors once in a while - like a simple back pass to the keeper getting intercepted. I'm sure he's still better than what we got at the moment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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