P3te Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) Cresswell, Helenius, Murphy and Right back please Mr Lambert Bacuna might actually be that right back... Edited June 13, 2013 by P3te Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Cresswell, Helenius, Murphy and Right back please Mr Lambert Bacuna might actually be that right back... Or if not him, Herd or (I suspect) Okore could cover there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 How much have we spent so far ......around £8m ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I'm delighted by the progress so far and we have a lot of reasons to be happy looking forward But I'll play devils advocate a bit because all of this Villa fan optimism is making me uneasy (and there is a wee bit of truth to this): we have signed a bunch of unproven youngsters to go with our unproven youngsters who were craving some experience last season. We haven't ACTUALLY plugged the gap that we were all shouting and screaming about last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 But aren't the likes of lowton and Westwood experienced now? I'd argue we've added unproven players to proven PL players (everyone who played last year and came out of the season with their head held high) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkery Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) I'm delighted by the progress so far and we have a lot of reasons to be happy looking forward But I'll play devils advocate a bit because all of this Villa fan optimism is making me uneasy (and there is a wee bit of truth to this): we have signed a bunch of unproven youngsters to go with our unproven youngsters who were craving some experience last season. We haven't ACTUALLY plugged the gap that we were all shouting and screaming about last season But aren't the likes of lowton and Westwood experienced now? I'd argue we've added unproven players to proven PL players (everyone who played last year and came out of the season with their head held high) darn beat me to it - that was the crucial thing about us staying up. Our youngsters now have a year under the belt. Edited June 13, 2013 by Morkery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) But aren't the likes of lowton and Westwood experienced now? I'd argue we've added unproven players to proven PL players (everyone who played last year and came out of the season with their head held high) Proven maybe but I wouldn't say they are experienced after one season. You still saw the team losing their heads and making silly mistakes up to the end of last season. I'm definitely positive and excited about all this but I'm just saying, we adding are kids to a team of kids that so nearly got relegated! But I trust Lambert knows what he's doing Edited June 13, 2013 by Spoony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Yes, we will make frustrating rookie mistakes again next season and we will all tear our hair out at times but we will have exciting times as well. Lets hope for more of the latter than the former. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) Let's just all have a **** party!!! Edited June 13, 2013 by samjp26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) Let's just all have a **** party!!! Calm - when Benteke re-signs we **** party Edited June 13, 2013 by KjParton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Let's just all have a **** party!!! Calm - when Benteke re-signs we **** party With those stars it's hard to know what kind of party you're proposing... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 If we went out and signed Murphy, Popov and Cresswell next week, I'd be chuffed. Popov is not needed, believe me, as man from Russia ))) My version: Cresswell and Dries Mertens from PSV. And the team is ready for the season. Really? Because everything else I've heard and seen of Popov screams untapped potential. To me anyway. Of all the players we've been linked with he and Okore have been the ones I've (realistically) wanted the most. I think Mertens is a bit silly to be honest, way out if our "league". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2013 We're actually getting to the point where we don't need too much else for fear of risking almost starting from scratch again next season. Get rid of Given and bring in a keeper. Sign up Benteke and maybe get some competition for Bennett and job's a good'un. #smokelambertakipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 We're actually getting to the point where we don't need too much else for fear of risking almost starting from scratch again next season. Get rid of Given and bring in a keeper. Sign up Benteke and maybe get some competition for Bennett and job's a good'un. #smokelambertakipper Don't forget wee Helenius! I also wouldn't mind one big mega '**** you' signing to remind everyone that we ARE Villa, we DO belong in the Premier League and we CAN still throw our weight around a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk-villa Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 We need some new links.....coz weve signed all our previous ones 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2013 We're actually getting to the point where we don't need too much else for fear of risking almost starting from scratch again next season. Get rid of Given and bring in a keeper. Sign up Benteke and maybe get some competition for Bennett and job's a good'un. #smokelambertakipperDon't forget wee Helenius! I also wouldn't mind one big mega '**** you' signing to remind everyone that we ARE Villa, we DO belong in the Premier League and we CAN still throw our weight around a bit.That would be nice although I don't mind. I actually think Okore is quite the coup and clubs will have taken notice of that signing in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 With all these signings happening even before the window opens, what will we do throughout the next 2 months? There'll be hardly any links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillakevBromsgrove Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I am liking the potential. PL is desperate to make the three at the back work, we may now have the players to do it. interesting and exciting times ahead me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 But aren't the likes of lowton and Westwood experienced now? I'd argue we've added unproven players to proven PL players (everyone who played last year and came out of the season with their head held high) This. I'd go even a little bit further and say that a year's experience staving off relegation, and being able to fight back after that horrendous post-Christmas period, probably added more steel to this group of unproven youngsters than a season of coasting at mid-table level would have done, seems like it might be worth two seasons' worth of experience to me. They have been through a sort of crucible together and it can only bring them all confidence for next season. Now. It's been a few hours. When's the next transfer coming in, for God's sakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I'd like a LB, RB and GK. Wouldnt be against a top ACM signing, ideally Belhanda but more realistically Murphy But then I feel like Bacuna, Tonev, Okore, Helenius, Cresswell, Cavanda, GK?, Murphy is asking too much. Then I think with Given, Hutton, Dunne, Warnock, Lichaj, Petrov, Makoun, Dawkins, Ireland, Bent and potentially NZogbia, Bannan or Holman going too that somewhere around 8 coming in would be about right.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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