So Gana’s gone to Everton and Cieran Clark has gone to Newcastle in a move that I find more than a little strange.
I know Newcastle have had their problems in defence, but Clark certainly didn’t strike me as the sort of centre back they’d want to sign, as we all know he’s prone to massive howlers at times.
Then again, I keep finding myself thinking that he’s still only 26, which is quite young for a defender really. He’s also a constant in the Republic of Ireland side, where he had a very good Euros, that rash lunge apart, so just maybe he isn’t as bad as many of us think?
He’s another one who I think might perform better overall in a more confident side and I happily wish him all the best for the future.
So much for “Villa through and through” though.
As per usual, money talks.
But the big news is that it would seem Ross McCormack is Villa bound, after we tabled a £12 million bid, rising to £14 million if you believe the stories.
My immediate reaction is that it’s a hell of a lot of money to pay for a player who’s 30 in ten days time, but when you look at his record, it’s very impressive. He scored 38 times in 89 league appearances, a stat that also suggests he isn’t injury prone.
When I think of strikers down the Villa these days, my thoughts always turn to wondering who’s going to provide the ammo, but it appears that McCormack isn’t just an accomplished finisher and he can make chances and goals too.
The interesting thing is it seems he performs better when playing off a target man and we have a pretty decent one in Rudy Gestede. Of course, this would suggest that RDM would go with a two up front and it’s a move I’d be happy to see.
I still struggle to see where the ammo is going to come from though, although we could go long, I suppose. That doesn’t make sense though, given RDM’s previous comments about our style.
Still, that’s what managers get paid mega money for, isn’t it?
When you factor in that McCormack’s fee and wages will have been covered by Gana and Clark departing, this deal makes very good sense, if the striker’s rich vein of goalscoring form continues this season.
There’s always the risk that something could go wrong and it just might not work out, which would leave another expensive player on no doubt fat wages, but short of a cheeky attempt to get Benteke back I think this is probably about as good a signing as we could reasonably have expected.
Let’s not forget Gestede has been known to score a few in the championship and I look forward to them both hitting the net regularly.
Imagine if they do play together. How good would it be for the Villa to have a successful forward pairing again?
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Love it when the new squad numbers come out. Means morning but I’m happy that Ayew has taken number 10.
Courtesy of the BM;
Di Matteo “We’ve got currently three bids out to add to the team,” he said.
“We’re looking to strengthen.”
Strong rumours that the 3 are: Jedinak, Ravel Morrison and McNair:
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I’d take that trio in a heartbeat
Morrison is exactly what we don’t need. A player that can be toxic in the dressing room and play only when he can be arsed to. Yes he’s talented but so was n zogbia and Ireland and look what happened there
Jedinak is 31 gone from babes to dads army!
McNair is only a loan deal so pointless. Can’t build for the future with loanees we need to get out of this small club mentality and stop being the sky 4s feeder club
Aaaah, classic Ooh Aah. We are in the Championship, the loan system can be excellent if exploited properly.
We loaned when we were in the prem as well
oohah
the only thing that matters this season is promotion, and if rdm can get a few loans first teamers mind i am all for it,if we go up next year the good doc is going to have to sign players at higher level again
But we are supposed to be building a new squad not just for this season but for the future. I hate us taking players to help other clubs with making cock iOS at outlet expense. They effectively could cost us
OohAh – you’re priceless 🙂
Newcastle’s not looking overly good tonight (yet).
Rafa out!!!
Is Abel Hernandez from Hull not one of the 3 targets? Buy out clause of £10m apparently. Might be trying to out score Newcastle at this rate 🙂
Jedinak would be a good shout too. Need some physical presence in the midfield. I feel we’ve been too lightweight in that position for years. Plus strikes me as an abrupt Aussie who wouldn’t be afraid to voice his opinion if others aren’t pulling their weight.
On the fence over the other 2. McNair may be a slight improvement on Clark and like many have said Morrison would be a gamble and would surely interrupt the progress of Grealish.
newcastle are solid favorites by all bookmakers and experts. but i just watch them at fulham 1st half. they are nowhere near as solid on the pitch. don’t want to tempt faith, but they aren’t as good as their prices bookies are offering.
Don’t forget they’ve got Cieran Clark to come in……..
If Clark was in they’d have lost 2-0
They lost 1.0
Newcastle don’t have the firepower to finish top of the championship. Lost their best players and haven’t really added much quality in replacement.
Still got plenty of time to make a couple of signings though so probably a blessing in disguise they lost. We will lose too on Sunday so dosbt matter
Yawn
Was wondering why everyone was backing Newcastle then after watching the game I remembered how toothless they were last season and still are. Fulham’s goalie never had to make a meaningful save.
I’d definitely be more worried about playing Fulham than Newcastle on this showing.
Fulham – who finished 17th and 20th respectively over the last two seasons and who have just sold their top goal scorer to er …… Oh yes US!
Don’t know why we are third favourites either other than McCormack we still have a load of dross
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/08/05/jack-grealish-drunk-holiday-pictures-were-a-painful-lesson/
This is worth a read. Let’s hope we see the ‘new’ Jack Grealish this season UTV
I doubt it. Grealish is a luxury player will be great in last 20 mins or so when we have worn opposition down and he’s running at tired defenders. But not a 90 min player
Whilst I don’t necessarily agree with you on this one Oohah, if last night’s game showed us anything it was that unless you’ve got 11 grafters, you’ll lose. Ergo, we can’t afford to have players, be it grealish or ravel Morrison, turning up for twenty minutes, picking up their dough and not being totally committed. This league will be unforgiving and we will need players to run through the metaphorical brick wall, not those who are more worried about posting on Instagram and the like.
newcastle are defiantly not the red hot favorites, that the bookies made um or the so called experts like hollyway (who is this bloke ??? did he play footy once or sumat)
they were nothing special. toothless up front, defense was poor clearing their lines and defending set pieces. only real chance i recall was the richie who shot straight at the goalie, from a decent pull back. but fulham were also nothing special. they lost two players, that scored most of their goals, from a team that just survived last season.
you might hear newcastle fans point to a poor referee, seems they cry everywhere they go, but if RDM can get the team united, create some chances for mccormack. there’s no way we will finish 16 th. hollyway who ever you are. i think its defiantly a claret and blue year. 10/1 for us snap that up.
They should of got 2 penalties tbf to them. Your deluded if you don’t think they will finish higher than us midtable is all villa will get
Ooh ah you actually sound like a Newcastle fan mate! Come on sort it out
Just being realistic. Best in mind Benitez is a cheque book manager like mourinho so wouldn’t surprise if they make a couple of big signings
give it a rest, with your reserve psychology. we all know your legging it down to the bookmakers as we speak.
p/s
your deluded if you think newcastle are worthy favorites. championship is not gonna be a one horse race. 7/4 is ridiculous price for a club that used to losing 3/4 of their annual fixtures. going off last night games and their team. they aren’t that strong, they aren’t streets ahead of villa, as muppets or bookies we have you believe.
would have you believe.
(was how it was meant to end. )
Or even reverse psychology!!
so you know how to spell it as well as use it. somebody who constantly villa bashes wonder, why you would bother to waste ones own time running a villa fans view site. its like turkeys voting for christmas you make no sense
Promotion at the first go would be great but we need to rebuild the team to achieve that first which may take awhile I’m prepared to wait but only if I can see improvements.tomorrow I see a win but it’ll be close looking forward to it now as for the barcodes it really breaks my heart lol 😀
No chance tomorrow we will score first and lose 2.1
You hope
Jesus, oohah your on fire in this thread, I disagree with everything else (like always), however scoring first and losing is a big fear i still have myself so Youblay we’ll be right. As for the jedinak and grealish comments and finishing mid-table you sound ridiculous mate, pack it in
Remember ooh ah is rarely wrong as much people hate to admit it I’m normally right 😄
A broken clock gets the time right twice a day pal 😉
Not if its a digital 24hr one 😄
BBC reporting that Sinclair is at Celtic for a reported £4.5 million move.
So £9.5 million for Clark and Sinclair? Someone at Villa is doing some very clever wheeler dealing there.
Unlike the Toon we now have a strike force which, on paper at least, should provide some goals. So prediction for tomorrow is –
Wednesday 1- 2 Villa
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Wyness influence? I think so mate.
Very excited about these jedinak rumours, would be an excellent piece of business for us. Very clever business being done thus far.
I’m thinking we could grab a point tomorrow 1-1 or 2-2
To grab a point you have to be able to defend our defence is still shit
i think, claiming you predicted villas doom as a great prediction. all villa fans and players have known we were heading in only one direction for at least 5 /6 years. if you want to prove your clairvoyance try predict, where will aston villa finish this season. i will be impressed, if you anywhere near the final position.
i will give you 2 positions either way. you should run blue noses version of this site. you would be their new mascot or hero with ur villa constant bashing. ppl will still post their views with or without you attempting to wind um up
Iv told u we will be midtable
i think they will be top 24
1-3 VILLA. COYL
Norwich 2 up already
Shows how SHITE Blackburn are then,Wolverhampton aren’t much better by the looks of it.
Hard to say dosnt make Bkackburn shite just coz they r losing to promotion favourites. Norwich have the best team on paper in terms of pedigree and experience
Rhodes was Blackburn full stop totally reliant on his goals,they’ll struggle this season.
Forest 2.1 down to rekegation favourites burton. They are going for a burton
Norwich are making a statement 3.0 up already. That’s one promotion place gone.
Lol get a grip first game of the campaign 3up championship winners.
Don’t be silly. Just as Newcastle losing doesn’t mean they won’t be there or thereabouts at the end of the season, Norwich having a good start doesn’t make them nailed on.
It will be a tough season for all teams. Wednesday were very good last year. i don’t know what changes have been made to their team, but the manager seems pretty good. Tomorrow will be a difficult first game, but will give the manager (and us) a view of where we might stand, and what we have to do to get competitive before the transfer window closes.
True. Problem is if we win tomor does that mean we won’t sign any more players. That’s typical villa.
WIN,lose or draw new signings will still be coming your still living in the Lerner era
In not convinced even if we win 10.0 we still need signings trust me
Seeing we’ve made 3 bids and Xia confirmed we’re signing more players, no winning tomorrow doesn’t mean we won’t sign anyone else. We’ll still sign players.
New tweet from Dr X ‘we plan to add 7-8 players. We have 3 ongoing bids and are negotiating two loans!…..things will work out!
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7-8 players we don’t need that many. Another gud centre half, a right back and a good defensive midfielder and I will change my prediction to top 6
Not 7-8 more I don’t think, it’s 5ish more.
CB, RB, Defensive midfielder, Attacking Midfielder and 1 more striker is my guess.
That’s if Lescott goes we’d get a CB. If not, a winger would do.
watching forest and burton another two sides and nothing much between them. burton have surprised me, they are a counter attacking side, neat and tidy in possession.
Just after reading this, did we get our wish.
http://readastonvilla.com/2016/08/06/gabby-agbonlahor-hints-villa-exit-instagram/
I’ll raise a glass to that news things are moving on nicely loving it.UTV
Shame really a fully fit and motivated Gabby wud do well at this level especially in away games when we can break with pace. Be interesting to see who’s stupid enough to take him
Check out Gabby’s instagram account……he is saying goodbye at last!
great news greens signs a new 3 year contract. this guy offers width, decent crosser,plus sumat not many other players offer these days. he loves taking on defenders. defenders hate players like green, running past um making um look foolish.
He won’t get chance in championship he will be kicked off the park. Will be ok as an impact player in last 20 mins but that’s it
Teams have to catch him first to kick him off the park. Plus many young quick English/Scottish/Irish wingers take the Championship by storm. Hell Burke did it for Forest against Burton…
your so predictable ohaha. what ever the topic and general opinion, you will take the opposite view. so fueling a debate which is great & fantastic. only you over play your part, its fabricated,
green and murphy will rip the league up, they are hungry and they have the ability, they also be unknown to the defenders, they won’t have a clue how to play um.
Hmmmm I’m not convinced. Yes they will have the surprise factor but in this league u have to win the battle to win the war. If we win that battle for the first hr and bring them on then yes they can do well but they will struggle for 90 mins in a starting position. We need men in this league not boys
Another defeat on the agenda tomorrow.
3-0 Wednesday.
Di Matteo out!
@ Stubbs
We either have a nose infiltrator