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Villa in for Jonas Olsson to replace Vlaar; Seriously?



So the Mirror are saying we’re going to do the above;

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-plot-swoop-jonas-4635520

Olsson is 31 and according to Wiki, signed a four year contract in October 2012.
So unless we get incredibly lucky, given our record of over-paying for players, we aren’t going to get him on a free transfer.
Or are we? I’ll leave you to debate that, but I’ll bet he’s on top wages, even if we do get him for nothing.

So what am I getting at?
Well, quite simply I can only see this as another way of Randy Lerner pocketing a couple of million quid.

I don’t have anything against Olsson. He’s a decent, experienced defender, who’s being kept out by Lescott.
But is he on a par with Vlaar?
Or, more in line with what we should be looking for as fans, is he an improvement?
I suspect we’d all agree that he’ll be nothing of the sort.

Of course, it could be that we’re bringing him in purely as backup, given the crocks that we already have.
Which would be fine if that’s all it is.
So why do I suspect that he’ll be expected to go straight into the team?

Hmm, £4-5 million in for Vlaar and Ollson will cost around £1.5 million. It’ll be “undisclosed” of course, as most of our transfers are these days, so we’ll never know the facts.

So that’ll be another few quid in Lerner’s pocket, while he throws us the usual bone of around £5 million to spend in the winter window (which was par for the course years ago, remember).
In the meantime, it depresses me to think some will be praising him for it, because of how “times are hard” etc.
Yes, incredibly hard, if you haven’t received an extra £30 million a season from Sky: which the club has.

Even if this deal doesn’t happen, you can bet your last couple of bob that something like it will, in my opinion.

And still the fans don’t complain.

303 thought on “Villa in for Jonas Olsson to replace Vlaar; Seriously?”

  1. Olsson? Average defender, more on par with Senderos than Vlaar so it would be a step down. Do think we’ll spend a fair bit more in January than usual so we stay up more comfortably than we will.

    Also supposedly had scouts at the Ibrox to watch Lewis Macleod.

  2. Jonas Olsson, greeeaaat we are in for someone who cannot get in the Baggies side……. how far have we fell……. !!!!

  3. So now we’re being linked to possible replacements for possible out going players,ffs I wish the media would go with something that has a tiny bit of foundation. BORING

    1. Morning Giddy, to me its muck racking, what’s going on in Villa has gone on for years, Vlaar is unhappy with what’s Villa’s future is all about, so he can site to see what might be, Delph also, IMO we play with players Lambert got in, and of no interest to bigger clubs, the likes of Vlaar did show playing for his country prospect, he got known, Delph, got his first cap,he got known, the likes of Baker, Herd, Clarke, are not rated. Villa are a selling club nothing more, the papers know sod all its down to player’s and I don’t blame them one bit.

  4. Well he said he would take a cut in selling the club, so Giddy it would do the club a big favour in income, fans would go back, at the min walking away.

  5. happy sabbath ppl

    a good question would be do you force delph and vlaar 2 honor their contracts to summer, then stick the middle finger (giving the birdie) to delph. i can’t see the point of keep vlaar around 2b injured and play maybe 10 games or delph when we have sanchez and gardiner to step in, collect wot you can, i red in manchester evening news last week they are prepared to rush a deal for vlaar so if a 10mill or there about’s comes in sell.

    delph i fear nobody is that desperate 2 pay a fee so i guess he will stay and with a big deal in summer around the corner, would he really be playing 100% would he really want 2 break a sweat or risk a injury for us, if hes not devoted villain i rather sanchez or gardiner play

    i know i live on cloud cuckoo, but i believe lerner may splash some cash this nxt window and the squad needs it

    1. People who think this prick of an owner will “splash the cash” are living in cloud cuckoo land.

      1. can’t even use ur own words to insult ppl ~ the site has flogged the dead horse yes lerner is a tight ass, but unless you argue or debate other topics, ur simply going over the same grounds and boring the pants of the visiters, wot do you suppose we do.please entertain us with ur rebellion

        you can lead a horse to water, but you can make it drink,( u can moan about lerner, but u won’t make him spend ) use that in a sentence and i will sue

        its rumored that lerner is gonna slash the cash, i heard maybe someone else has heard same but soon time will tell if he doesn’t we are a injury away from relegation

          1. does in ireland

            he was selling all summer and when the penny dropped he couldn’t sell, he did spend money on cissohko and sanchez. the squad is thinner than paper and if its not addressed we will be in the championship for certain, cos other than burnley and leicester we have the weakest squad, our best 11 is good enough, but injuries to benteke or the centre halves will relegate us

          2. I carnt even think we’ll get the better of Burnley or Leicester Tbh,that’s how disillusioned I’ve become of late or more like for awhile.

          3. i can remember better days, but we are where we are, suppose we wait 4 news of budgie. then if its empty, we kick off cos i fear for the worst, wot we should be kicking off about is, how a massive club like ours is dying a slow death, how with our backing, we have got such a talentless bunch of deadbeats (players) we have a top class youth set up, but seem to want to buy second rate players than develop um

        1. Nath, it was rumoured Lerner was going to spend £10 mill in the last winter window and the one before.
          What happened?

          You’re right about things being boring lately, but what else is there to talk about when things are so consistently poor?
          Crap team, crap squad, crap manager, crap owner, crap football, crap attendances and most importantly, crap outlook, imo.

          It’s not just on here either.
          I read something from another Villa site owner a couple of days ago, lamenting the lack of posts that people are submitting.

          The sad fact is Villa are boring and it’s being proved by the crowds falling.

          Hence my hint that the fans ought to at least be complaining vigorously at the games.
          Ok, that might not achieve much, but at least the club will 100% know about the discontent.

          While the fans just swallow the state we’re getting into, it’s definite nothing will change.
          Crowds will continue to fall and we WILL be relegated eventually, imo.

          Unfortunately apathy rules atm and it’s quite strange, as it seems to me the discontent is universal, at least on the net.
          Why it’s not being voiced on the terraces puzzles me.
          It actually seems that many fans don’t care anymore and that’s a serious worry.

          But then, people just seem to accept any old crap that’s thrown at them these days.

          1. also noticeable is….. anyone trying 2 spread hope, gets shot down in a blaze and no glory, i simply hope and i av heard lerner is spending…. 10 mill is news to me i aven’t heard figures, i believe we need much more than that. if you consider losing vlaar and delph and we still needed some before them 2 abandoning the sinking ship like rats

  6. Yes Nath, we all have our little moans and we know its not going to get better, but Nath, it helps to keep the blood pressure stable, can you see the difference between the political views and Villa? We don’t do nothing, Nath we moan, gone the days someone will stand up and be counted, I just get angered at being what we are, no doubt you do, but nothing changes, my way is don’t go, don’t buy, don’t bother, but you know what, I care.

    1. i will allow moans but some ppl vent the angers on the small number of ppl trying 2 cling onto any slight hope, i won’t allow ppl 2 dictate how i should act or debate. i don’t lean my views on ppl, i say how i see it and if u disagree with me i can live with that.

  7. grant holt
    simon dawkins
    any body faith or hope lerner going to spend in january only way to get at lerner dont attend or spend money up to lead up to xmas empty stadium for soton game media will have to ask the awkward questions

    1. simon dawkins is playing awesome at derby

      cos somebody might post something thats different from the norm around ere, doesn’t make him lerner or hitler, hey wot hell i will return to the other site. 2post my shit. i have awoken this one with a shot of adrenalin

  8. nath
    i was not getting at you just stating when we where in dire straits dawkins and holt was all lerner would shell out in and for dawkins playing awesome look at last 3 sides to come up

    1. the whole situation will get u all down if u are allowing it. the only way this will change is when lerner goes, stay away fans will speed this along, but will it happen before the end of this season or not only god knows, changing a manager won’t help it has 2 be a clean swipe new manager owner and players and we need 2 produce better quality and run the club like a business it is…. i av thick skin don’t worry about offending me 🙂

      the 3 promoted sides this year,things will be more of a challenge rangers and leicester are closer to villa than rangers and reading were, poor burnley are 12 months ahead of were they thought they would be their budget is championship top 15 a best

      i think if we get injuries we will be so close to the bottom we could well be a big fish 2 fall from the top table since leeds

  9. Nath, I’m sure we all have hope, whatever our viewpoints.
    The problem is that optimism is so easy to shoot down at the moment and I’m sure that any comments aren’t directed at you personally.
    It’s more pure frustration, imo.

    You might have noticed that I came out at the start of the season with quite a bit of hope and optimism, only to have it totally knocked out of me in the QPR game.

    I expect Southampton to give us a lesson in proper football, so if we lose it won’t upset me massively. I will though, be looking for some sort of change in the way we play, as the current setup guarantees defeat, imo.

    And then it’s onto games against teams around us, where we simply have to get points.
    They’ll be the games that tell us everything about where we’re headed.
    And still I’m worried.

  10. Nath , that’s the third time you’ve said that, Nath me and you have had opinions and said, you have had yours I have mine, but you get upset because we don’t agree’ it took a long time for you to agree Lambert was shite, now you agree, so tell me? Why do you get pissed off if we don’t see where you are going. Have you heard of tunnel vision? Don’t be so uptight.

    1. ur wrong bill i never get upset cos u av different views i get mad when i am blamed for randy not spending, i will state that again i don’t mind views different i get mad when ppl direct their views at me as if i was lerner himself.

      1. Nahhh sorry NATH your going down the paranoid road here,you think everyone is getting on your case alone.it’s your opinion as a lot of us are in the doldrums we possibly find it very difficult to relate with anything positive regarding the club.chill ffs

        1. Finished with my woman ’cause she couldn’t help me with my mind
          people think I’m insane because I am frowning all the time
          All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
          Think I’ll lose my mind if I don’t find something to pacify

          really!!!! its neither here or there, it matters not…. ppl post anything positive they are shot down, look back its not just my posts, somebody last week was trying 2b positive about our midfield and he was jump upon, he had 2 re post explaining he never meant it was world class, but wasn’t as bad as most would av you believe . anyways iam not paranoid its just everyone is talking about me lmao

    2. listen bill i think its for the best if you keep your opinions to yourself or away from me, as i believe you are talking more shit than you would find in a sewage works.MATE …

      i av never gotten uptight by anything you have typed, as majority of your posts need a enigma machine to decipher

      hope you don’t get upset mate kid

      1. No I’m not upset Nath far from it, just think your a hard case to talk to, I might have only secondary education 70 years ago, but would challenge you in common sense, what I did in my life I’m proud of. My answer is know who is who.?

        1. you don’t have 2b educated to be polite, you are often trying to belittle ppl or plainly just talking down at um, you try it with me and others,but i don’t and won’t answer to you…. ever so now we both know this, nice to clear the air don’t u think

          1. Sorry Nath, I was not aware I was doing that, its that bloody army life I’ve had, you see I was one of them so called Bastards. Nath got over it now, I’m a Villa fan. So can you forgive me?

          2. i am not brittle i don’t break, i just highlighting wot was small flaw, i understand tempers are wound up like a elastic band, tempers snap and its water of a ducks back quack quack. things are bad but we all know its not gonna end until, lerner sells up or he comes clean and be honest 2 the every single fan of the club, its not a secret we need strengthening and it can’t wait until he sells or until nxt summer, we are in a dire state it needs 2 b the nxt transfer window and 10mill badger said won’t be enough to cover vlaar if rumors are correct

            nothing 2 forgive mucker just get urself a punch bag for the garage and attack that when u need to let off steam

  11. Sorry Nath , I don’t for one minute think that, you like me care, Nath if I said that’s it, I’m not going to spend, go and see again, you would no doubt say that’s not the way, but its my way, I know its not yours, am I right? Or wrong. me its the only way in my eyes.

    1. Living in cloud cuckoo land giddy. If we sign anyone it will just be a token gesture modest signing no decent players will come to vp even if we could afford them

  12. if he doesn’t spend then were history

    one striker
    one centre half abandoning ship and 3 muppets 4 if okore ever gets his chance
    no flair
    no hope

      1. 11 proper players , 1 new owner 40,000 fans and a winning philosophyyyyyyy (sung in the 12 days of christmas)

        ste come of the fence, one manager ????? are you gonna share a name or don’t you know of a manager, that can turn water into wine and buy a 50 million player on 30k a week wage~ seems like most of the fans ere, change from blaming lerner one week and lambert the nxt. Speak to the organ grinder not the monkey. or get rid of both lmao removing one and the monkey will only prolong the crisis we are in, revolution not evolution

        i will go for paul daniels

  13. Just watched Benteke playing last 30 mins for Belgium v Wales – he looked as sharp as a custard.

    1. sounds like a just dessert ~ well i HOPE he improves when he returns after another game banned

  14. another debate would be how can sendross or vlaar play internationals when they don’t play for the club that’s paying them their wages. sendross has played about 10mins at rangers and vlaar has only just returned

  15. It doesn’t matter how much we spend in January. With Lambert in charge it will make no difference. If he was given the Chelsea squad he would still find away to set a new unwanted record. Get rid now and we might stand a chance.

  16. Linked to a Portuguese Right Back currently playing in Croatia. Does he not like Lowton? I figured a left back if any fullback to come in would be necessary to challenge Cissokho as we have no one.

  17. Hi Guys, looks like nothing’s changed back in good old Blighty. Still alive and kicking but the rum’s beginning to take its tole! 🙂

  18. Only if he wants to play for a championship side next season because that’s where we will be…utv

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