daggy_333 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yep Herd\Clark or Clark\baker at the centre of defence - Lamberts almost spoilt for choice. Maybe I needed to be more specific, I meant attacking options. Obviously we're still short of quality in defence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho looks delicious, a bit like the player we should have got with Ireland but better and Brazilian. If we sign him I'll stick my head up a cow's arse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) I wondered what Lambert had put in their HT cuppa on Saturday because they came out a different side 2nd half If at least one of ur teammates shows he couldn't give a flying fig about the club's dire situation & all he cares about is himself & more money - else he's off - & then when said club refuse to give him a pay off he blabs to media to put club in a bad light.... Juuuuudddaaaas tweet off one who does care! Villa Source might well have done thus weeks team talk for Paul Lambert for the existing players who genuinely care about the club. Edited January 7, 2013 by JulieB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think we have enough fire power in the squad Bent ,Benteke and Weimann have all scored in last 2 matches it's keeping the goals out. Intresting that Spurs might be signing Lewis Holtby this window could perhaps free up Parker. How did you come up with that conclusion? Holtby and Parker are entirely different type of players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho Would be a good signing, please make it Happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 How did you come up with that conclusion? Holtby and Parker are entirely different type of players. Just an assumption based on Levys dealings with finances if Holtby is turning up now would assume a player of similar wage is going out.However could be they are letting both Huddlestone and Livermore go out either Perm or Loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutherland Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho Would be a good signing, please make it Happen! so would messi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho Would be a good signing, please make it Happen! THIS x100,000,000 He fits the bill for what we need: Young - CHECK Point to prove - CHECK Skillful - CHECK Interested - Doubt we would make a bid if he didn't want to come, Inter want rid of him and Sneijder, I'd at least think we would have a go and see if we can get him. For god's sake Wet Spam got Tevez and Mascherano and Southampton got Ramirez so why can't we have an attacking player flair player we can pin our hopes on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda 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. This goes around in circles. VT mentions Coutinho, "ITKs" tweet about Coutinho, VT mentions Coutinho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho would be nice, but not really what we need in reality. If he comes in along with a commanding centre back and decent CM, then happy days, but another lightweight youngster isn't exactly top of our list of priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormandyVillan Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think we have enough fire power in the squad Bent ,Benteke and Weimann have all scored in last 2 matches it's keeping the goals out. Really? We are currently joint lowest scorers in the Premier League with 17 goals in 21 matches. If we carry on scoring at the same rate we’ll finish with about 30 or 31 goals for the season, the worst in our entire history (easily beating last season’s all-time low of 37). I’d say that suggests we quite desperately need to improve our attack. That doesn’t necessarily mean new out-and-out strikers. Maybe more like more creativity in midfield and wide players who can create danger. I’m still hoping a fit and in-form N’Zogbia could improve us in that department, but at least one new signing to give us more attacking options looks very much called for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Coutinho is not Messi for christ's sake. A very promising, potentially world class player, yes, but not yet at that level or close. He'd be great for us and yes it seems like an optimistic approach (if there's anything to it) but so what? That's exactly what we should be doing. He's a player on the periphery of the Inter squad who's been out on loan, not a starting player for Barcelona or whoever. It is possible we could get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just an assumption based on Levys dealings with finances if Holtby is turning up now would assume a player of similar wage is going out.However could be they are letting both Huddlestone and Livermore go out either Perm or Loan I don't understand why they would let Livermore go? Unless I've just watched his good games and he's crap most of the time, he looks big, strong and decent on the ball. He's young and looks hungry to succeed at this level, he's right up Lambert's alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The likes of coutinho are what I was hoping for when Henke joined the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 QPR have apparently made a £6.5m offer for Yann M'Vila. He is exactly the sort of DM we should be going in for. In an ideal world if we can get Coutinho, M'Vila and a CB in this window I would be so happy...and surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Would be a bargain for QPR, seeing how Rennes Rejected a £15m bid for him in the Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just a note on Huddlestone: While I accept that he can be a very good player, and great passer of the ball, he tends to work best in a team that's playing 'widely' with wingers. He thrives on the space that this creates and uses it to spray balls out to the wingers, much like Barry used to do with Young in the team. I don't think he'd be particularly well suited to the congested style that we seem to promote at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2013 as much as i'd love it to happen, can't see coutinho coming to VP. would LOVE to be proved wrong though. doesn't seem to be much gossip around does there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) as much as i'd love it to happen, can't see coutinho coming to VP. would LOVE to be proved wrong though. doesn't seem to be much gossip around does there? I don't see any reason why it can't Happen, he went on loan to Espanyol last season and they are worse than us. Even if we got him on Loan with an option to buy, that would be good. Edited January 7, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think some children are going to be very disappointed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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