Aston Villa Banter Archive September 15 2013

15 Sep 2013 20:30:06
Whatever happens between now and January
We have to be looking to add two quality midfield players to our squad. KEA is a joke and Westwood's abilities are constantly overrated
(how bad must Bacuna and Tonev be if they can't get in to the midfied we field each week?)
The idea that you can pick up cheap options abroad and turn them all into top class premier league players is a total falsehood
You can do it sometimes (Benteke), but not all the time. Those kind of buys should be a shot to nothing in order to supplement the squad, they should not form the bedrock of it
At some point you have to invest in real quality
If you don't, you eventually go down
If we cannot afford the kind of buys we need then fine. Let's just accept we can't afford to be a premier league side
I know it's early days yet but can anyone real see anything other than a similar season to last looming ahead of us?
Please, answer me if you can, as I am dying to be convinced

I disagree, You can buy cheap players from abroad and turn them into top class players. Want me to compile a list?!
totally understand the frustrations though both our home games wev looked clueless. I think 442 with sylla and delph in midfield would be my prefered choice for villa park matches.

Finch

Finch, you haven't read what I wrote. I said "you can do it sometimes" with regard to buying cheap foreign options and turning them into premier league players
My point is that it's a gamble and you should supplement that approach with some sure fire, no doubt about it, purchases of quality. just a few

Mendax be careful. You will be slated by some of the persons on here who believe facing reallity is akin to being the bringer of doom and gloom. AS one of the more coherent of posters on the site I don't want an intelligent person being slagged off.
What you state is the obvious but I don't think that Lambert would be allowed to invest in existing "stars" he has to buy players that he believes he can develop.
Lerners philosophy is buy cheap and bring on to prem. standard. Most of us realise that every now and then this happens but on the whole a success rate of 1 in 50 buys is all that can be hoped for by most clubs.

Hi Finch please give a list do you not think Gardner is better than all the players bought except teckers he need a chance. villajk

Cheers mate, appreciate the comments
I understand what you say about Lambert being effectively hamstrung by Lerner's model for Villa but I really think Lambert has to use his loaf a bit as well
I don't like the loan system much but I would have preferred to see someone like Barry and Rodwell or Barry and Sinclair come to Vila for a season rather than us buy the likes of Bacuna and El Ahmadi.
A couple of established quality players, if only on loan for a season, would give the other young players we already have, time and room to develop as we hope they can do (ie it will be interesting to see Barkley at Everton develop now that he has Barry alongside him)
Is this not just basic stuff?

Hi Mendax I Agree, would like to see Gardner with those you suggest villajk

Yes villajk.
Exactly what I mean
Don't know why I didn't make that comparison myself

15 Sep 2013 10:19:39
I'm sorry but your support is embarrassing, us Geordies travelled all the way down singing, in the match singing, on the way home singing, and you's sang once in the hole game. Shameful

Gold sticker for you mate

Ahhhhh, well done you

If your that brilliant at singing go an make a div of yourself on the x factor

And I bet it was that awful drone as usual jawdees jawdees jawdees or those other ones united united or Newcastle Newcastle Newcastle about as entertaing as listening to Cheryl cole miming

We sang for most of the game and we couldn't understand anything u were singing