Jores Okore has ruptured his ACL and is out for 9 months. This was Tweeted out by Matt Kendrick and it’s a major blow for Aston Villa and the young defender. This means he will miss out on this season of Premier League football. Okore obtained the injury when he chased a long-ball towards Remy.
Curtis Davies also obtained a similar injury during his time at Aston Villa and when he returned he had lost a bit of his pace. Still I wish Okore the best and I hope he’ll have a swift recovery. Okore will undergo an operation.
This definitely affects Aston Villa negatively, Villa again only have 3 centre-backs with Vlaar, Clark and Baker. However this season Clark and Baker have also endured injuries so defence may be another area of worry for Aston Villa this season. Will Lambert sign a new centre-back? Hopefully one on loan and very experienced, Lescott is looking more likely.
Yep, turning down the chance to get Barry on loan for the season was a massive clanger, versatile and experienced, 2 great qualities that we desperately need. The wages excuse is getting very boring now, to compete you have to spend on wages, its a fact of modern football.
You are right turning down barry when Man city were going to pay a chunk of his wages was crazy. The idea that lambert will only sign young players no one has heard of is pure madness i feel like we are just waiting untill he eventually cocks it up completly and we go down.
If we were really offered Barry with part of his wages paid by City and we turned it down then Lambert really is deluded. This obsession with youth has to stop, Barry would have made a world of difference in our stale midfield. He is 10x the player Westwood is and ever will be.
Surely we can get a half decent centre back from Europe who is out of contract immediately ?
25 players already. no room.
I cant believe we are going to have to go the season with Clark/Baker and Vlaar at the back. I doubt we will keep one clean sheet. I’m really trying to think optimisitically, but when you look at the players that have come in, only Luna is now in the first XI.
Those 3 are like the keystone cops