Aston Villa Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

death1234567

matrim wrote: »

New kit due to be launched on Monday

It's already been leaked on VT.

Easy Rod

death1234567 wrote: »

It's already been leaked on VT.

Pics?

artanevilla

Culverhouse sacked: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27554724

Corholio

Home shirt would look lovely without a sponsor.

BaronVon

Very retro. The away one is like the European Cup winning one. Very inappropriate for the current team!

CSF

infacteh wrote: »

Very retro. The away one is like the European Cup winning one. Very inappropriate for the current team!

What are you talking about? If anything if that team had Nathan Baker and Ciaran Clark at CB they would have won more European trophies.

BaronVon

CSF wrote: »

What are you talking about? If anything if that team had Nathan Baker and Ciaran Clark at CB they would have won more European trophies.

Fair point, Allan Evans was just a hack in comparison!:D

Augmerson

artanevilla wrote: »

Culverhouse sacked: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27554724

Was gonna post that up until I saw your post.

What's the story there?

listermint

Rumour mill is in overdrive today, with consortium headed up from the USA.


‪#‎twapos‬

CSF

listermint wrote: »

Rumour mill is in overdrive today, with consortium headed up from the USA.


‪#‎twapos‬

Here's hoping it gets sorted quickly but effectively.

Feidhlim

listermint wrote: »

Rumour mill is in overdrive today, with consortium headed up from the USA.


‪#‎twapos‬

I'm not seeing anything in overdrive. Are you following AVFCTransferTweet or something? That guy knows nothing. He is embarrassing...

In any case, rumours are just rumours. Personally I don't think anything is about to happen. Hopefully I'm wrong.

kevpants

BUNK1982

Trying to think of a list of summer transfer targets that we can pay in coke and $10k prostitutes?

Rene Higuita as GK coach to replace Given
Adrian Mutu to replace Grant Holt

Patser

BUNK1982 wrote: »

Trying to think of a list of summer transfer targets that we can pay in coke and $10k prostitutes?

Rene Higuita as GK coach to replace Given
Adrian Mutu to replace Grant Holt

All of the Boards mods on the board.

Bounty Hunter

Patser wrote: »

All of the Boards mods on the board.

I'm in :pac:

JPA

I don't think this story is as crazy as it seems, it's in the Independent (the UK one) which doesn't deal in football rumours and a paper Lerner has given rare interviews to.

matrim

JPA wrote: »

I don't think this story is as crazy as it seems, it's in the Independent (the UK one) which doesn't deal in football rumours and a paper Lerner has given rare interviews to.

Story?

JPA

matrim wrote: »

Story?

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/controversial-kazakhstan-businessman-frontrunner-to-buy-villa-9457082.html

O.A.P

Doug Ellis was never our friend but it looks like he is a lot better than whats next? Hope Im wrong

When I read that 20 hours later its obvious that I was very very drunk, I can almost read the slur :o:o

Raekwon

New Home Kit

Frankie Lee

It is decent but doesn't seem to be as tight fit as the Crystal Palace one. The away one will be nice assuming it is the same as the leaked one which it more than likely will be.

COYVB

Keane new assistant? Seems some of the media think so

COYVB

New kit is the nicest we've had for a long, long while

Frankie Lee

COYVB wrote: »

Keane new assistant? Seems some of the media think so

Would he be working with Given? At least Guzan wouldn't let the ball bounce in his 6 yard box.

I reckon it is nonsense anyway.

JPA

Like the new kit, sponsor is horrible though like them all.

Bounty Hunter

it's the Mirror so... but I did read that he had been offered work by a premiership team that wouldnt mean having to leave Ireland before he turned down the Celtic opportunity so it makes sense

Roy Keane is considering a shock move to Aston Villa to become manager Paul Lambert’s new assistant.

Keane is tempted, as it would enable him to continue working for the Republic of Ireland national team under Martin O’Neill and also remain as an ITV pundit.

The news comes on the same day that former Manchester United captain turned down the chance to manage Scottish champions Celtic in his own right.

MirrorSport understands O’Neill’s assistant is reluctant to walk out on his country again, following his infamous bust-up at the 2002 World Cup.

But the 42-year-old is pals with Lambert, who is forming a new back-room staff after Villa sacked Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa. The duo were dismissed last month

Corholio

Linked with Senderos on a free.

**** right off. I guess it was too hopeful to actually believe it might see a change at the club during the summer.

LeBash

Corholio wrote: »

Linked with Senderos on a free.

**** right off. I guess it was too hopeful to actually believe it might see a change at the club during the summer.

If Okore is back whats wrong with Senderos on the bench?

Hes better than Baker imo

kevpants

Keane deal looks done. He's pulled out of the ITV punditry team for the World Cup.

Does this make anyone else think the ownership issue must be somewhat agreed upon? I could't imagine Keane, who walked out on a World Cup because he wasn't happy with training pitch and lack of bibs, agreeing to take a job like this at a club that has struggled so badly and give up his chance to work on the World Cup if he wasn't sure it was a smart move.

It doesn't make sense to me if the club was in the state of limbo we fear it is. Maybe I'm wrong.

kevpants

Corholio wrote: »

Linked with Senderos on a free.

**** right off. I guess it was too hopeful to actually believe it might see a change at the club during the summer.

Picking up experienced players on frees is exactly what I hope we do this summer if no deal goes through. They can't all be world beaters. Senderos is the slowest thing I've ever seen on a football pitch but he is a good defender in terms of positioning etc. Clark and Baker really aren't. I'm happier with him as back up to hopefully a well performing Vlaar/Okore pairing.

death1234567

COYVB wrote: »

Keane new assistant?

Hopefully he won't ever get promoted to Manager if he is appointed.

ctrl-alt-delete

kevpants wrote: »

Keane deal looks done. He's pulled out of the ITV punditry team for the World Cup.

Does this make anyone else think the ownership issue must be somewhat agreed upon? I could't imagine Keane, who walked out on a World Cup because he wasn't happy with training pitch and lack of bibs, agreeing to take a job like this at a club that has struggled so badly and give up his chance to work on the World Cup if he wasn't sure it was a smart move.

It doesn't make sense to me if the club was in the state of limbo we fear it is. Maybe I'm wrong.

Rumours he pulled out of the ITV gig as he wasn't happy with the quality of the chairs!

In all seriousness it is a strange one for me though, as you say it might have something to do with potential new owners.

Hard to read the man though, I was sure he would take the Celtic job if offered it, so maybe something at Villa has been in the pipeline?

matrim

I wouldn't really be happy with Keane.

Lambert has a very hands off approach so Keane would be taking all training and doing alot of the day to day stuff. What happens in the lead up to internationals when most of our team is still around in Birmingham for training and he's off with Ireland?

Even ignoring that has he the temperament and training ability to bring us along? In the last 3 managers there have been plenty of rumours of bust ups between players and coaching staff and we had 2 sacked for bullying and being agressive with players. Has Keane calmed down enough to handle a situitation like that?

Corholio

The problem with the Senderos thing is it's the usual 'he'd be fine as back up'. Most players who were signed last year were like that, handy, utility back ups. Get good starting players in and we can worry about back ups then. Would prefer someone good putting pressure on Vlaar and Okore rather than just automatically knowing who will be starting.

NIMAN

Not a Villa fan but just wondering exactly how do the club think having Roy Keane working alongside Lambert will help things?

matrim

Corholio wrote: »

The problem with the Senderos thing is it's the usual 'he'd be fine as back up'. Most players who were signed last year were like that, handy, utility back ups. Get good starting players in and we can worry about back ups then. Would prefer someone good putting pressure on Vlaar and Okore rather than just automatically knowing who will be starting.

This +10000.

We have an ok squad of backup players. We now need to add people to be starters and push the other guys into their role as backup players.

Vlaar is a good player, but going from the last couple of years it's likely he'll get an injury and be out for at least a month. This means that whoever comes in will have to be good enough to take that place and preferable make it hard for Vlaar to get back into the team when he's fit

That plus the fact that Okore is not used to playing the PL and has been out for a year with injury. It's impossible to know how well he'll do when fit

TheJackAttack

Did anyone see Glealish's goal in the Hong Kong masters thing? Unreal!

Patser

TheJackAttack wrote: »

Did anyone see Glealish's goal in the Hong Kong masters thing? Unreal!

Is that how they pronounce his name over there??

I know, I know racist and all but couldn't resist.

Corholio

I don't really mind the Keane thing at all, the only thing I wonder is how it fits in with all the uncertainty with the owner etc, otherwise I think it's an interesting move. There's not many strong personalities at the club the last few years, someone you could say might shake it up a bit if it's not going a certain way. I would say the last strong personality was probably Olaf, or Stan.

The last few years the club has become a bit.....weak is the best word I can use to describe it. No one at all that stands out from someone else in that regards. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on, but I don't see it as a bad thing at all.

listermint

Corholio wrote: »

I don't really mind the Keane thing at all, the only thing I wonder is how it fits in with all the uncertainty with the owner etc, otherwise I think it's an interesting move. There's not many strong personalities at the club the last few years, someone you could say might shake it up a bit if it's not going a certain way. I would say the last strong personality was probably Olaf, or Stan.

The last few years the club has become a bit.....weak is the best word I can use to describe it. No one at all that stands out from someone else in that regards. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on, but I don't see it as a bad thing at all.

Agree wholeheartedly.

Actually throughly enjoy the style the two lads have introduced into the Irish setup, I dont believe this is coming from O Neill on his own. We are just missing a good front man as a piece in the puzzle and we will be much better off for it.

Villa have good front men but are missing the confidence piece and are too easy to drop the head.

Im happy with the appointment,

COYVB

Corholio wrote: »

Get good starting players in and we can worry about back ups then

Tough to do with no money to spend until a takeover though

Corholio

COYVB wrote: »

Tough to do with no money to spend until a takeover though

Oh absolutely, but bringing in substandard players only creates problems, as witnessed by the last 2 years.

Hangeland has just been released by Fulham now too, would be a much better choice than Senderos.

LeBash

Corholio wrote: »

Oh absolutely, but bringing in substandard players only creates problems, as witnessed by the last 2 years.

Hangeland has just been released by Fulham now too, would be a much better choice than Senderos.

To be fair he hasnt exactly been on form either.

A reasonable 6/10 every game defender shouldnt be beyond us and our current wage sturcture. Also id say its about as good as we can expect atm.

Corholio

Looks like Senderos has signed/will sign soon. A guy who struggled to get his place in the worst defence in the Premier League.

'Backup'

NIMAN

TheJackAttack wrote: »

Did anyone see Glealish's goal in the Hong Kong masters thing? Unreal!

This?

Neil3030

NIMAN wrote: »

This?

Messi-esque!

Frankie Lee

Corholio wrote: »

Looks like Senderos has signed/will sign soon. A guy who struggled to get his place in the worst defence in the Premier League.

'Backup'

He is a lot better than Nathan Baker and Ciaran Clark.

CSF

Frankie Lee wrote: »

He is a lot better than Nathan Baker and Ciaran Clark.

No he isn't. He may be better than them, I wouldn't even bank on it. But he isn't 'a lot' better than any premiership footballer. He's among the lads at the bottom of that barrel.

listermint

CSF wrote: »

No he isn't. He may be better than them, I wouldn't even bank on it. But he isn't 'a lot' better than any premiership footballer. He's among the lads at the bottom of that barrel.

Mucho slow Mac no pace

rebelomar

Senderos...Hey our back four is poor so let's make it even worse!

There is no positive spin you can put on this signing. Every bit as calamitous as Baker.

Roy Keane could end up karate kicking this guy instead of a tactics board