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04 Jun 2014 19:30:37
Senderos having a medical tomorrow. Whilst not quite the top notch centre back we hoped for it must be a good thing to get someone in with premier league, European and international experience on a free? A step up from baker and clark also I'd say. Good for the squad surely.

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1.) I think someone said to Lambert "there is no way you could have a worse centreback than Baker or Clark"
Unfortunately, Lambert took it as a challenge.
The last time I was this disappointed at a signing was when we signed Heskey
Awful, awful, awful signing!


2.) Disagree, mendax. Experience has been lacking for a long time now so Senderos as a precautionary pre-takeover signing is nothing turn your nose up at.


3.) Did you ever see him play for Arsenal?
Plenty of experience, I agree
Unfortunately he never seemed to learn from it
Shocking player.
We deserve better than this


4.) I agree with Mendax. Senderos is just a liability. He might have experience but it doesn't mean he is going to be good.


5.) I think its a decent signing considering our needs, mendax. Will bring experience at the back when needed that we've been desperate for for a long time. Won't be on huge wages and no transfer fee, so financially makes sense to take him on. Hopefully he won't settle for being back up and can create competition with vlaar and okore also.


6.) As above, couldn't agree more under the circumstances.

Mendax - who you expecting through the front doors?

This is it until were sold. I know who i'd rather have and with respect, wouldn't be neither Baker or Clark. Too many goals concerned last season, time we tightened up.

Plus, with Roy Keane who'll be our best midfielder hopefully we can aim for a couple more places higher in the table or maybe even higher if the sale goes through?


7.) Roy Keane wouldn't play for villa, he's the assistant manager. As for senderos I don't see why people are moaning, he's only 29 so has plenty of years left and has international and high premier league experience. This is exactly what people wanted. All we need now is a solid CM like Scott Parker to partner Delph and Westwood and a natural winger like Ashley young


8.) There are better players available yet another panic signing eg holt, lescott or hangaland better players. yes bigger salaries but you get what you pay for. pay championship wages that's where we will end up


9.) We are on a budget so all options are considered but we unfortunatley will go for the cheapest fix eg sylla kea bennett tonev helinus ect ect


10.) Whilst we all had several issues with the personnel last season (and the one before, and the one before etc etc etc), if I had to pick one element of the team that terrified me, it was the defence. I actually think Senderos will provide that bit of grit and aggression that we instantly loose when (not if) concrete Ron is injured. If we can couple this signing with perhaps Lescott then the back four is probably sorted on a budget. Either way, it has to be better than Clark or Baker who in my opinion, were always seconds from a red card or giving away a penalty! Using the same lagic, I actually think Joey Barton would be another good two year signing. He's a bit like Robbie Savage - You hate him against you but you'd kind of like him playing for you! Turning a frown upside down - at least the "buy young" policy seems to be over. Youthful talent is a luxury we just can't afford right now, so I for one admire PL for admitting his mistake. Can you imagine MON EVER saying he was wrong? I think not.


11.) My answer to the question " who you expecting through the front doors" is simple :
"Someone better than we already have"
Surely that is the dominant criteria for any signing?
Senderos is a step down from what we have so what is the point?
I admire all of you guys who are putting a positive spin on things and I understand why you want to do it.
But ask yourself, if Senderos had signed for Albion, would you not be taking the mick? Just a little bit?
He's a dreadful signing and no amount of claret and blue tinted spectacles can make him anything other than that


12.) See what your saying about West brom mendex but at the same time I do think he is a complete step up to Clark or baker and will also give okore more time to become fully fit and not put him under pressure to get back to his best instantly, we have to remember it is going to take him a while to come back from such a bad injury, the same injury that ended gasgoines carear. As everyone has said he is an experienced head on every level of football i. e international, top of premier league, champions league etc. I think if west brom fans give it a thought they wouldn't be taking the mick much more


13.) As always in such matters, I genuinely hope I am wrong and that you are right mate


14.) Obviously we know its not the sort of signing we would hope for in an ideal world. he's not world class, far from it. I do also think it shows an important shift in lamberts transfer policy i. e not gambling on a kid untried at this level. So hopefully we can expect more of the same (but with more quality perhaps!) Its important to have depth in the squad and at the very least it gives us that.
Either way, he's a villa player now so we have to at least get behind him and give him a chance to prove himself.


15.) I think vlaar and okore will be the starters which I feel is solid enough and senderos will be back up if they are injured or cup games ect, all this fuss over him yet he may only get 5 games in the whole season, no one can predict the future so just support the team and hope everything gets sorted down there ASAP
VillaPope


16.) I heard vilaar going after the world cup, Man could be his destination the dutch manager likes him so we may see another centre back come in, also heard carlos cuellar may return,


 

 

 

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30 Jul 2014 22:55:50
Have seen a few rumours about us making a move for Aleksandr Kokorin. Thoughts?

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1.) Why not go for Hatem Ben Arfa after all he is training with the kids at newcastle, should fit right in with are bomb squad?


2.) Would very much like to see Kokorin at Villa Park, but as Dynamo Moscow have put a 19 million euros release clause in his contract, could you see us paying that?
No chance - a bit of wishful thinking from someone I'm afraid.
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18 Aug 2015 22:58:06
Completely agree about the fuss with Gardner. He's 23 and to be honest if he hasn't made it by now, he isn't going to. I know he's had injuries but if he was as good as everyone seems to think he is he'd have been a key player by this age. He's played enough out on loan at championship level and hasn't exactly tore things up has he?

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Villa and PL are absolutely right not to cave in to Cleverley's wage demands. £70k-£80 a week? The kid should be grateful we've met his transfer fee in the first place because no one else had, and offered him a chance of regular football to get his career started again. Money obviously a more important factor to him and at the moment we need people where playing football comes first.

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I think I'm probably going to be in the minority here, but I really do not get the fuss that a lot of villa fans make over Gardner. I know he was injured last year, but he is 22 now. In this day and age that is old enough to have broken into the first team by now. And I would say if he hasn't done it by now then he probably won't. I've seen him play and yeh, he looks ok. But if he was good enough, he would've been pushing hard for the first team before last season when he was injured. PL wouldve given him the chance. Grealish is 18 and is breaking into the first team bit by bit. And not looking out of place I might add. we've had so many false dawns with youth players being overhyped and overrated, craig gardner was the same, and don't forget the Moore brothers! Gary, in my opinion, is the same. He might carve out a career as a dependable premier league player eventually, but he isn't the next big thing that most villa fans seem to be pinning their hopes on.

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I've supported signings such as senderos and cole as I can see the thought behind those deals and where they could fit in and what they could potentially offer us, but I would be pretty annoyed if we went ahead and signed riise. There is no need for him and he is below the standard that we already have. I suspect he's trying to drum up interest for himself rather than us actually being interested and hopefully it goes no further. I can't see it happening myself.

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Lots of conflicting reports about the fee. Have seen £1.5 million but also 4.7million!! Its a massive difference for this sort of fee (either half of our budget or a fifth!) so not sure which end of the scale is right.

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Also no! :-)
Already got a 32 yr old playmaker-need to find a younger model. Which is easier said than done.

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Mendax, I think the general point is that our squad looks stronger this season and there is cause for some optimism. Personally I'm looking forwards to seeing vlaar and okore playing together and feel that could be a strong pairing. hutton seems up for it, nzogbia is capable of magic and bent is a differnet option for us if needed. all players who for whatever reasons didn't play last season. but they do improve our squad and give us depth. Last season we were down to the barest of bones.

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