B.Robinson Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Now, I suspect you Villa fans out there are hoping your soon-to-be new signing Yacouba Sylla is a battle-hardened Patrick Vieria clone ready to add some authority to the their club's midfield, as well as possessing the goal-scoring touch of Frank Lampard and the silky skills of David Silva. Sorry but French football expert Matt Spiro has some bad news: "Yacouba Sylla is an intriguing signing for Aston Villa. He's a big, strong tackler who will certainly add physical presence in the middle of the park, but if Paul Lambert expects him to make an immediate impact in the Premier League he may be disappointed. "He's only 22 and has never before played in the top flight, making 65 appearances for second-division Clermont. Although he played one game for the France Under-21s, Sylla remains relatively unknown this side of the Channel." Not ready to make an immediate impact in the Premier League? Sounds to me like he will fit in nicely with the rest of the Aston Villa squad..." Permit me to de-construct this "journalism" Villa fans are hoping for a good midfielder. French football "expert" Matt Spiro, however, is on hand with information everybody already knows from wikipedia, thus offering no further insight into the player whatsoever. P.S. Villa are shit. Yours, The Beeb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 31, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2013 I know Warnock is a pretty dire full back and everything but if he actually agreed to not getting paid the remainder of his 5-6 months here then he's a good man. There are lots of players that would have just run the clock down especially on the money he was getting. Won't the transfer fee effectively go to pay off Warnock's remaining contract i.e. in the player's pocket? So instead of them paying us £1m transfer fee and us paying him £1m to terminate the contract (value of 6 months at £40k per week), it just cuts out the middle man. That's what I had assumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 James Nursey @JamesNursey think #AVFC would still like a new centre-back. They fancied Rolando but he's gone to Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Permit me to de-construct this "journalism" Villa fans are hoping for a good midfielder. French football "expert" Matt Spiro, however, is on hand with information everybody already knows from wikipedia, thus offering no further insight into the player whatsoever. P.S. Villa are shit. Yours, The Beeb. wrong! He lifted those stats from a post I made in the Sylla thread earlier today (and I went to the Clermont Foot web site for them.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalVilla Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 James Nursey @JamesNursey think #AVFC would still like a new centre-back. They fancied Rolando but he's gone to Italy Would have been a good signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy1874 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 James Nursey @JamesNursey think #AVFC would still like a new centre-back. They fancied Rolando but he's gone to Italy Well why the **** did we not move for him earlier then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Centre back please. DM and CB was the VERY LEAST we could have expected prior to January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Sylla adds some spine, tho we need another central defender. We played well in 4-4-2 last time, so let's get someone in for Clark and put him into midfield if Sylla needs some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Think we could so with another Scandinavian in defence, seems to be one of the few places we have a bit of luck with transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Sadly most scandinavian CB's are signed by now. There's Rogne at Celtic, but he's young. Played well in CL for them tho. Forren would be good but he's at soton. Mellberg would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Sadly most scandinavian CB's are signed by now. There's Rogne at Celtic, but he's young. Played well in CL for them tho. Forren would be good but he's at soton. Mellberg would be ideal. What about that sorensen guy who plays for Bologna Has he gone anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Sylla adds some spine, tho we need another central defender. We played well in 4-4-2 last time, so let's get someone in for Clark and put him into midfield if Sylla needs some time. Really? He has just come from a French division 2 team (probably the equivalent of our league one in terms of quality), it's a bit early to expect him to be our 'spine'. The fact is we won't know anything until he plays for us but given his background it's difficult to expect much from him in his first half a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Kjaer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yeah we desperately need to replace Dunne now as he is looking finished here with that injury / contract ending soon. Can't help but wonder where we would be now had Dunne's injury cleared up quickly... certainly think our GD would be somewhat better thats for sure. I think this has been more of an issue than realized. Maybe Lambert thought that being just a groin injury he would have no problems getting fit? So he agreed to let Collins & Cuellar leave?.. Don't think anyone thought we would lose him for the season thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Really? He has just come from a French division 2 team (probably the equivalent of our league one in terms of quality), it's a bit early to expect him to be our 'spine'. The fact is we won't know anything until he plays for us but given his background it's difficult to expect much from him in his first half a season. More of a spine in a physical aspect, we obviously don't know about technically yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Kjaer? I was saying all summer we should sign Kjaer, he was unhappy at Wolfsburg, and he is a step up from Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Kjaer is a bit of a hot head when I've seen Denmark and Hoffenheim play. He's quite like Clark in that aspect. He needs someone calm and collected next to him, like Agger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Kjaer looked at good player at the euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 A cheeky bid for Kevin Davies maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We don't need a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts