01 Feb 2013 17:46:14
I personally am more than happy with the signings, yacouba sylla was being chased by teams from every top league in europe, he's a very strong defensive mid that will sit in front of the back four and do whatever he can to make sure nobody gets in front of the back four, something we've been lacking since reo-coker, petrov and barry! Nobody in our midfield will put a tackle in but this lad is certainly going to put himself about, at the same time he's got a brain, he won't make silly changes if he doesn't need to (unlike delph) and he's calm on the ball and can spot a pass. As for simon dawkins, I don't think anybody can comment on him, his early career was tainted by knee injuries but he's play over 50 games for san jose now and he can play anywhere across the front, from what I have seen of him he looks very technically gifted and he's not wasteful on the ball! We all know we've got no money but we still managed to bring in 2 of the things we were lacking, steel in midfield, and creativity going forward! Taking into mind the financial situation i'm glad we still managed to bring in two of the types of players we miss! UTV
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01 Feb 2013 17:35:30
Maybe I can shed some light on why we have brought a 'striker' in on loan until the end of the season. From what I know simon dawkins' contract with spurs is up in july, we've loaned him for the remainder of his contract then we'll possibly get him on a free transfer, saved ourselves a bit of money there! Not had the best start to his career but he's certainly worked hard to get back to where he is, and he's more than happy to play on the wing, agbonlahor and weimann are both strikers but lambert is constantly opting put both on the wing, I have no doubts that dawkins is going to play on the wing meaning weimann can push back upfront considering he is a 'born finisher' as lambert said himself. I know for sure a few san jose fans were sad to see the back of him and he's even been described as the best player they had! lets at least give the lad a chance and see if he's got what it takes in the premier league! He certainly has a lot more fight than most of the players we've got!
01 Feb 2013 09:58:18
Villa spent 1. 75m on Sylla and Dawkins on loan on deadline day.
WHY OH WHY did Villa wait till deadline day to spend 1. 75m could of got this lad in in the first week and maybe we would of had a couple of different results as we'll obviously not play Bannan now
Because it would of added to the wage bill as no one had left.
I'm if at the end of the season we go down and it was close the cost of their for those 3 weeks will really of mattered also the players who left have been on loan anyway so we weren't paying their wages anyway.
Hutton & Warnock have gone and that should have released some funds. What concerns me is that the Magpies were able to get Sissoko for less than peanuts. He is rumoured to be being paid big money but he would have made a difference.
01 Feb 2013 09:36:14
From what I know simon dawkins' contract with spurs is up in july, we've loaned him for the remainder of his contract then we'll possibly get him on a free transfer, saved ourselves a bit of money there! Not had the best start to his career but he's certainly worked hard to get back to where he is, lets see if he's got what it takes
Simon Dawkins is hoing to be a villa legend - for sure! With a bit of luck injury wise he will be england captain!
01 Feb 2013 00:57:25
Mat upson said he is excited about going to brighton now there's a surprise
Would you be excited about going to Brighton? don't live far from there but wish it was a long way from there.
Fresh air, Beach, nice people, coupled with country side, Yes he's right to look forward to leave Slumland
Brighton is a little Chelsea town.
Not pleasant at all.