Aston Villa Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

shoutman

Woot!

Happy days I say, we scored plenty of goals last season, that said it seemed like some clubs adapted to our style of play and thus neutralised our goal scoring prowess, but at the same time looks like our defence is as good as its going to get as a club playing in the qualifying rounds of the uefa cup.

Obviously a right winger would be brilliant, obviously it looks like milner is out of the question but SWP would be FAB, also dont know much about this de la red lad but from what I;ve read he's got a bit of quality about him.

Bounty Hunter

So atm I see it as

..............................Friedel...........................

L.Young....Davies/Cuellar....Laursen...Bouma/Shorey

............................Reo-Coker...........................
...........Sidwell..........................Barry................
............................A.Young..............................

.............G.Agbonlahor........J.Carew..................

Subs: Guzan, Knight, Gardner, Petrov, Maloney, Harewood, The Fonz

with the possibility of going back to 442 if we can sign a quality RM such as SWP, Milner, Srna etc

I am also hoping that Gardner gets some game time in midfield this season say in Sidwell's position above. Also if a CF is signed to challenge Gabby or start ahead of I hope The Fonz gets a loan and game time.

One Cold Hand

PHB wrote: »

Surely the first choice will be Sidwell and Barry if he stays?

You mean central mid?

I'd like to see Barry Sidwell and NRC in the centre. Then pushing forward, Young on the left, A.N. Other on the right and Carew up front. Gabby to be used as an impact sub.

One Cold Hand

Antithetic wrote: »

Yep but Petrov played MR (badly) a lot last season and I'm also kind of getting at the diamond formation we played towards the end of that season. In that formation, NRC was MR and Petrov was DMC. But I don't think we'll play that again, especially if we get a new winger, so I put NRC as the MC. He's more likely to partner Barry/Sidwell there than Petrov.

True. I guess what I meant was I hope he doesn't play there this year!

Bounty Hunter

Gabby would be a brilliant impact sub coming on when opposition defenders are exhausted. imagine the look on Sol Cambell's face when Gabby gets subbed on in the 80the minute to go up against him.

DSB

We defo need a new right mid an a new striker. I think Gabby is way better than most people on internet forums seem to make out though.

Eirebear

Be happy lads, youve signed one hell of a player there.

Rangers lack of ambition and the general mess our club in has ironically left Martin O'Neil taking advantage and making us look like a bunch of amateurs again.

I am truly gutted at the minute and really dont have the headspace to get into the whys and wherefores of it all, but i honestly reckon he will do a good job for you down there.

DSB

Eirebear wrote: »

Be happy lads, youve signed one hell of a player there.

Rangers lack of ambition and the general mess our club in has ironically left Martin O'Neil taking advantage and making us look like a bunch of amateurs again.

I am truly gutted at the minute and really dont have the headspace to get into the whys and wherefores of it all, but i honestly reckon he will do a good job for you down there.

Ah wouldn't be too down, you got a good price and if you pump that back into the team well enough you'll easily sign a few capable players of higher quality than what Celtic have.

spiderdan

Nice one- looks like a great signing! MON looks like he's taken on board any criticism from the fans. We still need to buy a RM and a striker,

SWP- Very likely, Joe Cole- Doubtful, Milner- Keegan has a lot of faith in him.
Ashton- Very good chance, reckon he'll leave. Santa Cruz- Not so sure, but it looks like City have no chance! I'd love to see him in a Villa shirt.

Does anyone rate Doyle or Hunt? I personally think Hunt would be a great signing for a team like Villa etc, he was easily Readings player of the year, great value signing, even for the likes of Pool. Doyle I'm really not sure, looks like he wants to stay anyway.

PHB

Hunt's not that good, he'd be a good squad player for a top side, but not a good first team player for say Villa.

SWP and Ashton would be good business, but I can't see Ashton leaving with the prices West Ham want. City need to be raided, why not go see Petrov?

rgiller

spiderdan wrote: »

Nice one- looks like a great signing! MON looks like he's taken on board any criticism from the fans. We still need to buy a RM and a striker,

SWP- Very likely, Joe Cole- Doubtful, Milner- Keegan has a lot of faith in him.
Ashton- Very good chance, reckon he'll leave. Santa Cruz- Not so sure, but it looks like City have no chance! I'd love to see him in a Villa shirt.

Does anyone rate Doyle or Hunt? I personally think Hunt would be a great signing for a team like Villa etc, he was easily Readings player of the year, great value signing, even for the likes of Pool. Doyle I'm really not sure, looks like he wants to stay anyway.

SWP, Joe Cole, Ashton: you must be joking me. I don't see any of them coming through. As for Doyle and Hunt, they're grand for Irish players but they're not going to help you push for Europe. They'd be squad players, and probably quite expensive ones too. We're still waiting on that "big" signing to happen...

death1234567

Good signing by MON. It means we now have three top Quality centre halfs and two of them are quite young. Just need ~2 more players now.

UTV

Helix

ah, the football forum, how ive longed for your sweet embrace once more

top net spenders in world football, whod have thunk it. not i

well played mr o'neill, well bloody played

One Cold Hand

Wahey! He's back! welcome back sir...hope no-one in prison asked you to pick up the soap in the shower!

Eirebear

DSB wrote: »

Ah wouldn't be too down, you got a good price and if you pump that back into the team well enough you'll easily sign a few capable players of higher quality than what Celtic have.

Considering we got 9 million for Hutton, i honestly dont consider 7.8million for Cuellar a good price at all. Unfortunately there isnt much we can do about release clauses!

I'll be watching Villa a little more closely this season now, so good luck Carlos, and good luck Villa.

Helix

Martin O'Neill wrote:

We've not finished. We'll still have some players coming in.

nice

Helix

One Cold Hand wrote: »

Wahey! He's back! welcome back sir...hope no-one in prison asked you to pick up the soap in the shower!

well there was one occasion and... well... id rather not talk about it

lol

spiderdan

rgiller wrote: »

SWP, Joe Cole, Ashton: you must be joking me. I don't see any of them coming through. As for Doyle and Hunt, they're grand for Irish players but they're not going to help you push for Europe. They'd be squad players, and probably quite expensive ones too. We're still waiting on that "big" signing to happen...

Why not see SWP, Cole, Ashton- at Villa Pk next season, I can definitely see it happen!! SWP and Ashton are England squad players with higher aspirations- if any manager would bring it out of them its MON!!! Cole wouldn't move out of the top 4 IMO. looks like Santa Cruz is looking for a City move. Both would be quality signings. Very glad about CC was worried we we getting Kaboul or Ferdinand who I thought would've been poor signings. On Hunt, a very good addition to the squad if the value's right.

Esse85

MON Wants More Players

MON TVMartin O'Neill hopes to complete his sixth new signing of the summer but insists the search for reinforcements will not stop there.

As www.avfc.co.uk revealed last night, Villa have had a bid accepted for Rangers defender Carlos Cuéllar after triggering a release clause in the Spaniard's contract.

The 26-year-old is now set for talks and a medical and will hopefully join Steve Sidwell, Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, Nicky Shorey and Luke Young in the Villa squad.

O'Neill though is chasing more new arrivals and told [url]www.avfc.co.uk:[/url] "If we're going to try and compete, even at Premier League level let alone Europe, we need a decent squad. So we need to keep adding quality if we can.

"We've lost Freddie Bouma and we were quite thin on the ground before that. That sort of injury can happen at any given minute. Therefore we need to try and safeguard as much as we can.

"What we've done is bring in a recognised right-back and a recognised left-back to help us. We didn't have the right-back last year but it wasn't for lack of trying.

"We've not finished. We'll still have some players coming in to give us a chance and if we're lucky enough to qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Cup that would take us right up to Christmas and we'll most definitely need the squad.

"Last season we were exceptionally lucky with injuries. Eight or nine players played over 30 games and we didn't have big runs in the FA or League Cup - therefore we were able to concentrate on the League.

"All that could change this season and the fact is that we need the squad to be bigger to cope with that. That's what we're trying to do."
http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~1363838,00.html

Savman

Yes I'm getting carried away, yes I'm wearing tinted specs, but shoot me. I have a niggling feeling the bid for Cole might actually materialize.

If i try rationalize...Scolari cannot possibly play all those players at once and some of them are too good to be bit part players. £15m from selling Joe Cole would get him his Robinho or Kaka or both if reports are to believed.

Lampard, Essien, Deco, Ballack, Mikel, Malouda, Wright Phillips, Cole, Robinho and Kaka :eek:

Just when you thought we were doing ok

rgiller

Savman wrote: »

Yes I'm getting carried away, yes I'm wearing tinted specs, but shoot me. I have a niggling feeling the bid for Cole might actually materialize.

:rolleyes:

I'll believe it when I see it. Paycut, out of CL, less chance of trophies, moving out of London. I don't see what we could offer him, apart from an almost guaranteed place on the first team. He was one of Chelsea's best players last season and should be getting more than his share of the action with them this season

tomred1

Can't see Cole leaving Chelsea. It would be unpopular amogsnt the fans if he did let him go. He would cost way more than £15 million also.

wynters

Helix wrote: »

ah, the football forum, how ive longed for your sweet embrace once more

top net spenders in world football, whod have thunk it. not i

well played mr o'neill, well bloody played

Welcome back Helix! Missed you on the Barry thread. Scousers :rolleyes: A lot's changed on the Villa during your 'time away'. Happy Days!

JPA

Helix wrote: »

ah, the football forum, how ive longed for your sweet embrace once more

top net spenders in world football, whod have thunk it. not i

Barcelona?

Helix

we've jsut had a bid accepted for joaquin valencia have announced on spanish radio

talks tomorrow, medical friday

christ this is good

Bounty Hunter

Helix wrote: »

we've jsut had a bid accepted for joaquin valencia have announced on spanish radio

talks tomorrow, medical friday

christ this is good

seriously?

Helix

JPA wrote: »

Barcelona?

whats their ins and outs?

Helix

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

seriously?

yup, just been announced on eurosport too

JPA

Helix wrote: »

whats their ins and outs?

Ah who cares, Joaquin woohoo!

Bounty Hunter

you dont have a linky do you, Great news if true...btw welcome back from your exile

JPA

Any actual link though?

Helix

nah no link yet, id give it an hour before it hits the web if theres anything even resembling fact behind it (which youd have to assume there is seeing as it was on so many stations simultaneously apparently)

Helix

fee of £11.7m apparently

Bounty Hunter

Joaquim could also fit the recent rumour attributed to Damian at AVFCBlog which he thought related to De La Red

- Spanish or Portuguese
- Creative/Attacking player
- Most excited one fans been since they heard we were signing JPA if it comes true...
- Replacement for barry
- Bid accepted
- 'Surprising' (maybe that means we've not been linked with him before or that he isnt in the typical MON mould)
- has no prem experience

and we all know Valencia need the money but dont want to part with David Villa

death1234567

Helix wrote: »

we've jsut had a bid accepted for joaquin valencia have announced on spanish radio

talks tomorrow, medical friday

christ this is good

You taken the piss? If you are I am going to feed to you to my pet piranaha Fluffy.

Helix

nope, ive still to see any written confirmation tho, but its apparently been all over spanish radio and announced on eurosport

leninbenjamin

weird. Joaquin's a chronically over rated player imo, but still given the lack of viable alternatives available could be well worth the gamble. personally I think he'll really struggle to adapt to the premiership and England in general and would be surprised if he agreed to the move. but still whether they get him or not this only reflects positively on Villa.

death1234567

Helix wrote: »

nope, ive still to see any written confirmation tho, but its apparently been all over spanish radio and announced on eurosport

Who's your source?

Villain

Its bull lads

spiderdan

eh wats the story lads- can anyone back this link up?? Personally I'd be delighted- I think he's a quality player, class act- better then SWP, Milner IMO

Villain

Chinese Whispers at its worst I'm afraid

Bounty Hunter

it makes sense however Ive been unable to find any links online so unless Helix is actually sitting listening to Spanish radio stations online or something i dont know where this is coming from.

JPA

Here is where it comes from http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2513/70/

Scroll right to the bottom of the comments. Tenuous isn't the word.

death1234567

JPA wrote: »

Tenuous isn't the word.

Indeed, Bollocks is the word.

leninbenjamin

JPA wrote: »

Here is where it comes from http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2513/70/

Scroll right to the bottom of the comments. Tenuous isn't the word.

lol, it's pretty hilarious though to see how some have latched onto it so much.

Savman

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Bounty Hunter

Savman wrote: »

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

...
deal done

villains77

the villa game is on thursday night in murrays of oconnell street. The irish villains usually meet in the duke bar whenever the mathcs are on live check out www.avie.aceboard.com for any info reharding if we are meeting or not. some times we meet up if a pub in town has foreign sat channels. well hope we all have a good season again
up the villa

wynters

Is that you Dave? Sid here...

I'll pop down on Thursday.

villains77

see you all at murrays pub up stairs. come on you villains