18 Jun 2012 17:41:38
When pl took over I was more than pleased with the clubs decision, but I am a little dissappionted that there has been no movement on the transfer front,we have by far the weakest squad in the league and both west ham and qpr are making decent signings whilst we stand still either the list of transfers pl give the board are all at the euros or players have been contacted and have turned us down.
I've stuck by s given but he has looked very average during the tournament and maybe his age is finally creeping up on him and with no number 2 I think there would be 1 maybe 2 keepers coming in plus we need to make a decision on wether of not makoun can cut it because we need bite in mid field as we really struggled there when stan feel Ill.
Plus we need a senior striker to help or play along side bent as weiman is to inexperienced to rely on for the whole season.
Defensively we are really weak in all 4 positions and although I'd love to see the whole lined changed but this is unrealistic so I think Hutton and collins will go and young legs will be brought in either side of dunne
We probably have signed some players but they cannot do anything until the 1st of July when the window opens, be patient
Well as the transfer window is shut its a bit hard for us to start buying players, also its mid june and the players are on holiday so how can pl see what he has. I would rather we get in place a well structured scouting network and look into good quality buys rather than just take whats on offer or obvious just to show that were spending money. I have not overly heard many player rumours where I think yes good choice so I hope that with the euros going on and Lambert now getting to shop with more money than he has ever known he is planning and just taking his time to build. {Ed003's Note - The window is open now}
Lerner wants players from the bargain basement and will not allow Lambert to spend freely, O'Neil made sure of that. We all know that freebies & Bosmans is where Lambert has to find his men. I think that some money, not bucket loads, will be spent but only on players that Lambert can guarantee will perform.
Well it is open 1 july for signing of the players even if deals done
You can sign talk to any player with up to a year left on their contract freely,or submit offers to clubs at any stage of a players contract provided you have gone through the correct channel,so i agree that we are starting slow whilst others are making moves and we need to not only bring in numbers but quality players withing our price range, pay structure and ambition and only pl and rl know these boundries
We ll it looks like the first post maybe on the money another 3 excellent players we were linked to yesterday have all had bid s on them today,pogrebnyak,debauchy and v Moses early bird catches the worm and 2of the 3 clubs bidding in Chelsea and Newcastle have far superior squads in place already but are still looking to bring people in when we sit still
Villa have never been public with there business so how do you know we haven't already got deals set in place? you don't, i don't and no body does apart from the people who deal with it all at villa and the other club so just be patient and lets see what starts to come out after the 1st july