abdomlahor Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho has never had a real shot at Inter. I don't think he's ever completed a full 90 minutes there. He was out on loan at Espanyol last season and did very well though. He would certainly be an exciting signing. He has the same dribbling as Ronaldo on FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm not too knowledgeable about Howson I'm guessing he plays a Defensive Midfield role? It's the Ireland bit throwing me off as Ireland is an Attacking Midfielder, that and the new rumour of Coutinho. Though if he is a Defensive Midfielder then it makes sense to get rid of Ireland to make way for Coutinho so that rumour if it happens could confirm the second rumour. Rumourception 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) No one can post ITK anyhow because if agents, clubs, middle men mess Paul Lambert about he walks away He said that about players & deals in B'ham Mail - players were coming to the club but agents screwed it up & he won't have it. He walked away from Dempsey deal cos he was dithering wondering what to do. However IF anyone posts any ITK & it doesn't go through they get rounded on! Now people are moaning no one is posting any ITK?!! Talking of ITK - Do any of you remember what MM posted on here last year - "There are some poisonous players in our dressing room and one day it will come out" So anyone else noticed the timing of that article that Matt Law posted in the Mirror about if Villa get relegated it will cost them £17 Million because they didn't have relegation clauses put in their contracts - idiots.they are. What a badly run club from an unnamed Villa Source Do any of the bigger clubs have relegation clauses in the contracts? Is that how you attract players into the club. Do you think we'd have got N'Zogbia or Bent in the first place if we'd had a relegation clause inserted. They'd have thought what - I'm not signing, is that their ambitons, do I wanna be relegated - I'll go elsewhere. So that means surely NOW any club with a player we want will screw us over for the fee even moe because they've got ammunition that it's going to cost us millions in wages if we go down without said player!!! Oh nice timing the tool or tools in the dressing rooms who want to leave but won't go until we pay up their contracts because they won't put in a transfer request So he/they thought it might be clever to leak that info just at the rignt time, hoping the club will cave in - not only that but it puts more pressure on the club the more negative press they recieve. I think we know who the main Villa Source is or represents him/them because Matt Law included his wages & when a fan said on twitter "but Darren Bent's on more than that so it's must be rubbish" - He tweeted straight back - "No he's not he's on £65K plus bonuses" It's on my timeline I've retweeted it unless he's deleted it Oh well then that tells us who the Villa Source is then Matt - it must be him or his spokesman then I take it - otherwise how would you know how much a player is on basic and bonuses?? He never answered that one. So we all laid in to him straight! Methinks this is emotional blackmail - but I'll know who will win! Whoever leaked that info knew exactly what they were doing because Matt Law is the journo who Paul Lambert asked at the PC after the Stoke game if he'd swallowed a negativity pill - and still smarting he decided it might be a bit of payback cos he doesn't get any titbits. Not sure if he's aware he's been used as a porn but who knows? Lambert & the club do not give out snippets very often - & even then maybe a couple were red herrings Defoe, Jones - what happened? We signed Benteke who no one was expecting! They don't like it - not like Ol Harry their best mate who feeds em every day Look at QPR & all the players they bort - if they go down there going to have a huge bill - What about Newcastle - Flip Pardews on an 8 yr contract if they go down! Any big club who got relegated would have a problem with bigger players - it's a nothing story BUT the timing is crucial in the window. If the Mods think this post is a bit extreme then please feel free to delete but the rumours abound and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out why that sniping article was printed today when we're in the January window. Trying to force Villa's hand - however Villa can't come out & say anything because then maybe another club wouldn't buy the player..... The buck stops with Randy Lerner & Paul Faulkner - they allowed these players to be bought & they sortd out high wage contracts - but it's not fair to not back a good manager because there's a previous mess to clean up - he should be given a clean slate & not be incumbered with this rubbish. I see Lambert has praised one of our players up today in the paper - smart move - he scored yesterday in an FA Cup game fit again all of a sudden - that maybe makes him more saleable. With Benteke, Weimann, Gabby & Bowery back Bent makes 5 strikers - Wer rumoured to be after another too..that would be nice, Someone at the club leaked that info to Matt Law they must have because he knew exact details -and if it wasn't him or them - who else at the club would feed that info to the press? When our backs are to the wall? Flip with all this going on is it any wonder we've struggled for years? . We've heard rumours of troublemakers but I didn't think they'd stoop to these levels no wonder Lambert prefers better characters..... Get rid! Edited January 7, 2013 by JulieB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) If we could get coutinho it would be a massive coup for the club... He moved to Italy a year or 2 after Alex Pato and there was a big thing made of the Coutinho V Pato game that they thought would errupt... It didn't for the fact Coutinho never really got to show what he was about by either being shoved out wide or made to be more defensive. (as an 18 year old in his first full season in a new league would have been quite hard on him.) Pretty sure though if we did go after him we could get him, Birmingham's a big place (not much like Milan though), we have the fan base, stadium and Training facilities already sorted BUT we could also set him the gauntlet of showcasing his talent on one of Europe's biggest stages and Leagues... Show everyone how good he is and there's always the way of building a team around him if he settles in that well... On the neutral side if he doesn't settle in then we will get most of the reported 10Euro's back!! In my opinion.... there's no frigging negative!!! Edited January 7, 2013 by Mattyp_avfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrathisGOD Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho would truly be amazing. It's just unfortunately not the type of signing any of us would be used to so few of us can dare to dream! On another note I'd love Lambert to take a punt on Chris McCann (Burnley captain) for a defensive mid. Has loads of experience in Championship and played very well in the few games he had when Burnley were promoted before he suffered a serious knee injury. He's a solid pro and at 25 would fit into Lamberts young and hungry ethos whilst still having played plenty of games. I reckon he would cost between 1-2 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho would truly be amazing. It's just unfortunately not the type of signing any of us would be used to so few of us can dare to dream! On another note I'd love Lambert to take a punt on Chris McCann (Burnley captain) for a defensive mid. Has loads of experience in Championship and played very well in the few games he had when Burnley were promoted before he suffered a serious knee injury. He's a solid pro and at 25 would fit into Lamberts young and hungry ethos whilst still having played plenty of games. I reckon he would cost between 1-2 million. Indeed Mate but nothing wrong with dreaming!! Would be lovely to have a skillful player who can create something from nothing that we can put our faith into again (Benteke can do that yes, Just imagine Benteke AND coutinho though........) McCann a pretty good suggestion tbh, better than what we have, wouldn't cost a lot, pretty experienced and knows the position well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feyenoord Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hopefully he has a bit of George Boateng about him if true, has Feyenoord been on? Usually he's spot on about us and there players? I haven't heard anything about Leerdam moving to Villa so I very much doubt these rumours are true. There are some talks about Bundesliga clubs (Wolfsburg and Bremen) and a couple of Russian clubs. He's not a very good player and every Feyenoord fan is happy that he's not in the team anymore. We call him our Eritrean Child Soldier because he looks like one even though he's 22. He has played a lot of games for us because we haven't had a decent right back in the last few years and he was the least worst player we had in that position. His natural position is in midfield though but he doesn't add anything to our play whatsoever. I suggest Villa stay well clear of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardvillan Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 In the interest of allowing people to dream well tonight. Here you go. FootballCraze@Football_Craze Aston Villa have made contact with Inter Milan regarding the availability of Brazilian attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho. #AVFC BODYMOOR HEATH SCOOP@BODYMOORHEATHSC ASTON VILLA HAVE SUBMITTED A £9M BID FOR PHILIPPE COUTINHO #AVFC Goodnight. Let it be real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 If Lambert gets Coutinho to come here I will be amazed. I think what would amaze me more is if Lambert could do it without a Man City or Barcelona beating us to the punch, we may be willing to pay €10m but those two would pay double if not triple that for a player of his quality. Maybe Henke might come up trumps again? One of the first things Lambert did wasn't it was bring in a Euro coach. Lambert said he was watching KEA when he was at Norwich - he was his first signing. He was in their affordability range. It's taking him the longest maybe to settle - but then he would have had been in a strong MF, who'd played together for a long time. Benteke & Vlaar bought later in the window have looked good, so maybe this window Henke might find another young talented Euro player again?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrathisGOD Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The excitement is killing me here. Get Ireland out and every second kit sold will be Coutinho 7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose19 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 He'd be our first Brazilian I think. I've heard a few pundits wax lyrical about this guy so hopefully there's the thinnest strip of a chance of this happening. Ahem, Crouchzinho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just imagine: -------------------- Benteke --------------------- -- Aubameyang -- Coutinho -- Weimann -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hello .. Just imagine: -------------------- Benteke --------------------- -- Aubameyang -- Coutinho -- Weimann -- WoOoW ! And Gabby + N'Zogbia in the Bench ?! = Assuming Bent and Ireland going ! Really A great attacking options would be ! Let's buy Coutinho and Auba Quickly !! lol .. Douglas as CB .. Mousa Sissoko DM .. What a window ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hello .. "FootballCraze @Football_Craze Manchester City are ready to line up a £45 million bid for Cavani. #MCFC" .. What do you guys think about Balotelli !? lol .. Who knows maybe they'd prefer to sell him to us ?! I know he may not be a Lambert type in attitude .. but as someone said here .. Balotelli and Benteke upfront ?! Auba and Coutinho at the back ?! One of the best attacking options in the league ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Another problem with Huddlestone is his comfort eating, he can't walk past a fast food joint without putting on 10 lbs. I have watched Nordtveit in the BL this season for MG, he has started every game, they play in the Europa League and have been finishing in the top 4, not sure if he would swop that for a relegation scrap at VP. Nordtveit would probably come with the right assurances. Borussia Mön is being tore apart by bigger clubs financially and they can't keep a hold of their best players (Reus, Camargo etc). He'll leave them for the lone reason alone that this year their club is not doing much better than ours and we're in a better league. We should add his buddies Forren and Eikrem to our shopping basket tho, both great players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Hello .. "FootballCraze @Football_Craze Manchester City are ready to line up a £45 million bid for Cavani. #MCFC" .. What do you guys think about Balotelli !? lol .. Who knows maybe they'd prefer to sell him to us ?! I know he may not be a Lambert type in attitude .. but as someone said here .. Balotelli and Benteke upfront ?! Auba and Coutinho at the back ?! One of the best attacking options in the league ! sure we'll bring in xavi and messi just to round it off too Edited January 7, 2013 by P3te Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) I'm sure I read something about Ford Focus somewhere - now a Cortina made in Brazil I looked this Brazilian up when whispers 1st started. He's not a striker he's an AM isn't he according to Wiki? Exciting, dribbles with ball at feet & gets bums of seats - oh that should be good. We saw a bit of that off Charles on Saturday more please. Keep seeing links to this Audi - Boomerang guy - he's a Striker.. Edited January 7, 2013 by JulieB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hello .. "FootballCraze @Football_Craze Manchester City are ready to line up a £45 million bid for Cavani. #MCFC" .. What do you guys think about Balotelli !? lol .. Who knows maybe they'd prefer to sell him to us ?! I know he may not be a Lambert type in attitude .. but as someone said here .. Balotelli and Benteke upfront ?! Auba and Coutinho at the back ?! One of the best attacking options in the league ! loving the positivity but unfortunately all the options you want in this window are unlikely to happen on FM. Little sense of realism required right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Hello .. WoOoW ! And Gabby + N'Zogbia in the Bench ?! = Assuming Bent and Ireland going ! Really A great attacking options would be ! Let's buy Coutinho and Auba Quickly !! lol .. Douglas as CB .. Mousa Sissoko DM .. What a window ?! We can dream! Its not overly unrealistic though however we just know it wont happen! ----------------Guzan----------------- Lowton---Vlaar--Douglas---Bennett ----------------Sissoko---------------- ---Bannan------------Westwood--- ---------------Coutinho--------------- -----Aubameyang--Benteke------ Aubameyang 8 million Coutinho 10 million Sissoko 6 million (off contract end of season could be cheaper) Douglas 6 million Sell Bent 10 million Ireland 4 million Pay the rest Randy. Ahhh dreaming over. Edited January 7, 2013 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hello .. loving the positivity but unfortunately all the options you want in this window are unlikely to happen on FM. Little sense of realism required right now Well tbh honest I was somehow kidding and just dreaming about Ballotelli .. But the others we could get them I think .. in terms of money .. as KSV said the prices ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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