Aston Villa Banter Archive September 01 2014 to October 01 2014

29 Sep 2014 10:15:12
is anybody else getting a little concerned about how long its taking to get delph's new contract sorted out ?
he's appears to have stopped making noises about being at villa for the rest of his career as well, just shows how lacking in foresight the club have been

It's true that it has taken a long time, not just on Delph's part but also Vlaar's. Vlaar may be offered a bumper deal.
I don't care how big the offers are for Vlaar and Delph, it's better to keep them. Whatever their wage demands are, I think that Lambert should sort out the contracts of these important Villa players.

PL cannot sort out contracts until Lerner agrees an offer to the players. If Delphs agent gets interest from elsewhere he will go. Similar for Vlaar. Players are loyal to the agent, not the club.

25 Sep 2014 06:25:00
We all agree that the need for an attacking midfield player is paramount if AVFC are to move forward. At present Nolan cannot get into the Hammers team and could be available come January. He is an excellent leader on the pitch and scores a regular number of goals. ONLY 32 so has a few years left in him. Could he offer something at VP?

25 Sep 2014 13:04:55
No.

Also No.

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

No i appreciate he pops up with a goal but as u said he can't get in the west ham team that's enough to tell u have answered your own question.

20 Sep 2014 22:41:57
Very unfortunate that we have a virus that meant that Clark got a game, but again he was on an away day. Right place but wrong guy with an early chance and then out of position for Wellbecks goal and somewhat fo Ozil goal. Clarks positional sense is at best mediocre and at worst a liability. Overall the team performance was good and 2 goals in about a minute was not reflective of the game there is still work to be done but when Vlarr comes back alongside Sennderous the back line will be more secure.

Oldvillan.
That team performance was not good mate.
I am sorry but we gave the ball away very cheaply, and had nobody who could put his foot on the ball and orchestrate anything through midfield.
Virus aside, I also felt Sanches was way off the pace.
Having said all that, any good side should have players who can fill in when needed without too much disruption.
In all of our games so far our possession and shots on or off target is shocking and needs to be addressed ASAP.
Early days I know but we need to control games more and stop watching teams play around us.

17 Sep 2014 22:19:57
Does anyone else think this new 4 year deal for lambert is abit if a joke?
Last year we scrapped staying up, everyone was mocking his transfer signing in the summer (although some proving very good) and now he signs a new 4 year deal for 4 good results. What's all that about, surely to earn a new contract you have to do more than that

Had me scratching my chin as well
That said, contracts mean very little these days
I'd be amazed if Lambert was still here in 4 years time

Hi Jennings.
Not really, we are trying to sell the club so we need a steady ship.
Learner must show faith in his manager after all he gave him the job, and with our blessing I might add.
To be honest I am more concerned about player contracts, get them sorted.

I agree villadave - surely Delphs contract was more of a priority over buttons & lamberts ?
by the way - how was your holiday ?

No surprise at all! PL did the job he was given. He kept AVFC in the prem, reduced the wage bill and has started the season well. I don't expect us to stay where we are but the future looks better than for a long time. PL has Been rewarded for doing his job under extreme pressure from some, not all, of the supporters. Lerner opened his purse just enough and allowed PL to bring in experience to stabilise the team. Yes he bought a few donkeys and some have gone elsewhere to other pastures but we still have some good players that many on here questioned being signed. At the end of the day if we get into the middle of the table after spending zilch will PL get any respect from some supporters? I guess not!

"Hola" brynner.

Thanks for asking mate, we had three cracking weeks in Spain doing nowt.
Problem was when I tried to talk to anybody about my beloved team they thought I was talking about bloody houses.

15 Sep 2014 21:38:08
Good news, have seen on SSN that Benteke has been back in training. I'm sure he won't feature against arsenal but fingers crossed we will have home back on the pitch soon!!

Yeh Spike, have seen similar reports as well.
Looking forward to having him back mate.

16 Sep 2014 12:41:37
Would be nice to see him back against arsenal but it won't happen.
Who knows, we could be top of the table by the end of the weekend!!

14 Sep 2014 13:40:43
with currently form I know i'm really getting ahead of myself here but I have a serious problem. I told my missus if villa ever win the league we can get married.

Don't book the church just yet mate

Hahaha don't worry i'm not. but you never know

Did you say it wold be to each other?

14 Sep 2014 01:27:45
Great show by the lads today.
I love the fact that we have gone from a team of lightweights to a team who can bully other teams
Not always pretty and we still need another couple of players but this has been a great start

Mendex, all summer you were concerned about the signings we were bringing in, good to see your comeing around to the fact we have a pretty good squad

Still think the squad has some glaring deficiencies Mick. Just happy with the start.
We need a wide player with pace, back up at fullback, an attacking midfield player or two and another striker.

06 Sep 2014 14:44:44
Good afternoon Ed, not exactly club related but any idea whether Jack Grealish will play for the English or Irish national team?
Cheers,

{Ed007's Note - If he has got any sense he would pick Ireland and I'm sure Roy Keane will do his best to convince him.}

Well judging by my sign in name I think its obvious I'm Irish so yeah, I'd love to have him putting on the Irish jersey, quality emerging talent if he can keep his head on his shoulders and hopefully we'll be talking about him as one of the great Irish players in a new era for Ireland!
Cheers,

06 Sep 2014 19:09:54
I think he would have more sense choosing england. After all, all you have to do is listen to him to see he is completly brummy. Without meaning to affend I don't believe playing for Ireland is a big land mark whereas I do think england is. I also believe he can make it there aswell

{Ed007's Note - It's only English people who think playing for England means anything, and they only think that because of the English media. It's no more a landmark than playing for any other country and I'm sure Paul Lambert and Roy Keane would disagree with you as well.}

03 Sep 2014 00:21:24
Rather disappointed Lambert hasn't tried to do anything with his connection to Dortmund. Not that it's a strong link but I'm sure it would open a door or two for him. Zorc is the sports director and he too was part of the Champions League winning team. Jonas Hofman is a quality Dortmund player who's gone out on loan to Mainz, sure we could have snapped him up. Dortmund have a number of players like that we could have gone after. yes, young, not the experience we're looking for, but you can't really argue that Cleverly has that either. Would just be nice to see him try and play that card.

02 Sep 2014 11:51:48
Looks like Tom Cleverley could still be on his way to Villa via Loan, I think this suits everyone as I woud have preferred loan to giving him 4 year contract, this way we can see what he has to offer, no brainer UTV

01 Sep 2014 23:05:29
Delighted to see everton have pulled out of cleverlys wage demands as well, now he has to sit in the wilderness of uniteds reserves and come to terms with his greed.

01 Sep 2014 22:10:18
well just like the last window, an abject failure of the club to enhance the quality of the squad at villa, why? how is it that of palace, can get several in but us we are a perennial failure, who is to blame for this? somebody is, if money was there for cleverly, why not use it?we 're always told we'r elooking at a few 'things' by lambert, but its obvious sthese things don't actually exis t, time the club was honest to the supporters on the takeover, issue, playing staff, ground expansion or anything else

01 Sep 2014 20:22:01
Never ceases to amaze me why villa leave it till transfer deadline day to put in a bid for a player i.e Sergio Canales only to be told clear off. now the panic sets in oh my god what are we going to do paul he as rejected us. pathetic.

01 Sep 2014 15:08:12
sergio canales from real sociedad, young attacking midfielding, ex real madrid