Aston Villa Rumours Archive January 01 2018 to January 31 2018

31 Jan 2018 22:05:15
Confirmed, Grabbon signs.

31 Jan 2018 11:59:44
We are in talks for grabbon from Bournemouth. What do we think is he any better than what w already have.

31 Jan 2018 12:08:20
100% better!

31 Jan 2018 12:22:23
Grabban is ok but is he simular to Hogan in playing style?
Thought Bruce was after a proper big number 9,
Wait and see I suppose.

31 Jan 2018 12:46:17
Grabban is just over a 1 in 3 goal ratio in career mostly in lower leaques but seen his goals on video and impressed with his taking chances,
Could have been a lot worse if this goes through,

31 Jan 2018 15:19:29
I think we need a bit of pace central and up the wings i'd love a sililar player to ashley young back inside .

31 Jan 2018 16:31:27
My worry about grabban is that people who know him well in Bournemouth say he has to play alongside a big man to get the best out of him,
But can't see Bruce playing him up top with Davis
That's why I'm surprised we are going for him,
Wyness says a player coming in has to be good enough to go straight into the first team,
His goals record is good but I'm not to sure he is what we need,
We could have done better but I suppose we could have done a lot worse as well,
We will see if he signs,
Adobe would have been a better choice but he seems favourite to go to wolves.

31 Jan 2018 10:15:57
Understand that Hutton will not be retained at the end of his current contract.
Some have given him a lot of stick in the past.
Hutton has never shirked a challenge, always a 100% player.
Personally I hope he gets a good offer from another club.
Forget the "bomb" squad, if asked to play in goal he would have done it.
A proper pro, very few about.

31 Jan 2018 10:52:19
Agree 100% about Hutton
Great pro
Took stick over the years here but came back stronger than ever to prove how important he is to the team.
All the best where ever you go at end of season,
Puts the likes of gabby and Richards to shame.

31 Jan 2018 10:54:41
I’m gutted that this is happening.
Might not be the most skilled player we seen at vp, but definitely the most committed.

31 Jan 2018 11:33:32
Hutton commitment is his middle name.

30 Jan 2018 23:45:27
Steve Agnew - now that's a coach whose put the icing on the cake - i salute you Mr. Agnew - best signing brucie will make for us - BOOM!

30 Jan 2018 16:18:34
Just heard a bad rummor from a nearbour who says we are after rondon from the baggies?
Not got a clue where he heard it but just put it out there for any thoughts!

30 Jan 2018 17:02:40
Forget that rondon rummor is my advice.

30 Jan 2018 18:50:04
Id of rathered van persie.

30 Jan 2018 19:21:57
If Rodriguez is available, I'd have some of that?

UTV.

28 Jan 2018 21:10:58
Any news on sam johnstone is he staying?

29 Jan 2018 11:53:21
Ulloa gone to Brighton though, what's Plan B?

UTV.

29 Jan 2018 13:57:50
Have we got a plan A.

29 Jan 2018 15:55:03
Any plan will do.

27 Jan 2018 18:26:28
Claudio Jacob on loan?

UTV.

25 jan 2018 19:59:00
ross mccormack is on a 6 a. m. flight tomorrow back to england to talk to steve bruce would anybody give him 1 more chance? also great signing the utd boy iam happy man utd are our feeder club. utv.

26 Jan 2018 14:57:00
Yes, he must be an outsider but we need scorers.

26 Jan 2018 19:20:15
Spent serious money and time on RMc so why not see if he can offer some cover up front if nothing is happening in this transfer window? If anything if he put in a couple of good shows it could help with sell on because his price currently can't get much lower if he bombs again! UTV.

25 Jan 2018 09:03:12
CREVELLI.
Are we really looking at a striker who hardly ever scores?
We have one but he now plays in Oz and generally fans don't want him back. I know that he is seen as a lazy sod but he is scoring, albeit in a third grade league.
Should we pursue this new name and hope or just walk away?

25 Jan 2018 09:20:44
Walk away simply!

21 Jan 2018 13:54:03
The good Dr is tweeting that a signing is expected,
Interesting?

21 Jan 2018 14:04:18
We have a number 24 (Tommy Elphick ), so maybe we are selling!

21 Jan 2018 14:08:14
Villa66

Could well be!

21 Jan 2018 15:26:16
Tuanzebe maybe.

19 Jan 2018 20:58:43
Have any of you boys and girls heard the absurd rumour that chelski are looking at gabby, it is the 1st of april, right?

19 Jan 2018 23:16:40
If they are there must be a God.

20 Jan 2018 02:17:20
I'd be singing halelulah all day long!

20 Jan 2018 05:29:52
I know where this comes from, it's a wind up fellas

UTV.

20 Jan 2018 06:01:58
Not listening Ally, if i believe long and hard enough, it will happen, just like in a walt disney film,
#GABBY2UPSTARTS4REAL!

20 Jan 2018 13:40:05
If gabby needs a lift to Chelsea I will gladly help him,
Even thorough the snow!

20 Jan 2018 19:01:07
I'd kick him all the way there

UTV.

17 Jan 2018 01:00:14
Friends in low places tell me the belgian fella is samuel bastien, apparently we've wanted him since 2015,reports say combative midfielder, scores from distance and is good with the ball at his feet, i thought we had lansbury for that, but there again, what the heck do i know, only thing in our favour is we can offer him first team football and allegedly more money (? ),

17 Jan 2018 11:30:47
I had a friend once.

17 Jan 2018 13:53:25
God I wish there was an unbelievable button on every post.

17 Jan 2018 15:08:14
Lol-remember shadows don't count walkies!

18 Jan 2018 12:28:24
Was it an imaginary friend Walkies?

18 Jan 2018 12:58:16
Me, Kieth Wyness, and MrKnowItAll are his friends, just need 1 more for a 5-a-side team. 🤔

UTV.

18 Jan 2018 18:03:00
you can have gabby - when he's gets fit.

18 Jan 2018 19:00:29
Thanks lads wouldn't have it any other way lol. I,am expecting a big win against Barnsley UTV.

18 Jan 2018 20:57:38
Now you've gone and done it walkies! lol.

14 Jan 2018 19:04:29
Steve Agnew - take a bow, he's working his magic with brucey again, his enthusiasm, with terrys' is infectious, i just hope pullis doesn't try and stick his oar in and play the 'your hometown needs you' card, Agnew has that magic ingredient that puts players at ease, and somehow, when he works with brucey, it just clicks, their record together speaks for itself.
UTV!

14 Jan 2018 22:20:48
How does everybody know its Steve Agnews magic? He is good coach from what I hear but it could be Steve Bruces magic or Hogans lol looks a great appointment tho seriously let's really go for it would it be great if wolves went on a bad run and we won the league 1 2 3 4 5 Iam back in the room UTV.

12 Jan 2018 16:29:32
My mistake welcome axel!

12 Jan 2018 18:29:29
Probably won’t happen till the end of the window.

12 Jan 2018 12:31:49
Any of you heard we might be looking at jerome sinclair on loan?

12 Jan 2018 14:26:54
Haven’t heard it but he was awful at blues and doesn’t really fit the mound of striker we need. Bruce said today we are close to one loan which I’m guessing is Ulloa, hopefully get it over the line before Barnsley at home.

12 Jan 2018 14:44:23
Jerome sinclair would be a crap signing in my opinion,
We can do far better than that!

11 Jan 2018 10:40:53
If you look at the latest tweet from our owner it looks like he is losing patience with our progress so far,
Interesting!

11 Jan 2018 15:25:53
I disagree. I think if you read it again, he is losing patience with negativity.

11 Jan 2018 16:08:41
If he wants to blame anybody he should blame himself he hired RDM he hired Steve Bruce all have wasted our money on bang average players. The key to this lesson is don't invest in something you know nothing about then moan when it goes wrong. If you have a business you need to know a bit about it not just invest in the latest chinese craze.

11 Jan 2018 16:08:24
The tweet I saw was dated the 8th Jan which was my mistake I thought it was his latest,
But compare the one I saw to what he said today he has said 2 completely different views on where we are,

11 Jan 2018 18:14:59
He is on about negativity within the club fans etc and with reading some posts on here you can see why negativity breeds negativity the good dr is the best thing that has happened to our club for a long time and I can see him saying sod this I'm off because of some negative fans would I blame him NO.

11 Jan 2018 19:59:34
He also has been having a go at wolves style of management for Mendez bringing in good players. Wolves fans replied rightly You have wasted millions. Its his bad management of a club we came down and blew all our parachute money he's on about negativity but he was the one who started the negativity for getting crap managers who then wasted money on crap players.

11 Jan 2018 20:58:05
Utter rubbish.

11 Jan 2018 21:43:54
RDM was the wrong choice (his choice) and we've been playing catch up ever since. If he's a businessman, he wants us to go up and he'll easily double his investment when we do, that's the time I'd be keeping an eye on his tweets

UTV.

11 Jan 2018 22:01:09
This would be the second parking ticket of the year, however these two genuinely believe the crap they spew out, without evidence, no rhyme or reason, it’s all crystal clear to them, so there’s no point even wasting a ticket on them🙈😂.

11 Jan 2018 22:56:38
Ross McCormack flop Hogan flop Bjarnson flop Glenn Whelan flop James Bree flop Lansbury flop Tommy Elphick flop Ritchie De Laet Flop Iam sorry have we spent our money wisely?

11 Jan 2018 23:42:33
Wtw you have got be most negative person ever.
Yes he hired di matteo but his cv wasn't bad. He hired Bruce I'm not his fan but at the time I was delighted. Yes we spent a load and a lot were flops but we're not only club do that. To be honest every signing I've been happy with but some can't handle pressure of fans jumping on there bk.
If we didn't spend money you moan then aswell.
Think going give this site miss for a bit. You just put people on a downer.
Get behind the team club and owner. And shut up moaning.

12 Jan 2018 00:28:55
Walkies do you spout all this, when your having a pint with Mr Wyness, your hoppo .

12 Jan 2018 06:41:26
Oh I feel so depressed, how awful things are! Our last home game we could only put 5 past lowly Bristol City who were second in the division! To make life worse we are 5 points off automatic promotion. The nail in the coffin is we are going to have to have 10 changes to the team on Saturday. I am so envious of the feel good factor at small Heath and Sandwell town! It could be worse I could be a dingle!
Let's get real here and can't wait to see how villa first team squad perform at the city ground tomorrow, every manager will make some bad signings. The most successful manager of our time bought Djemba DJemba remember for ManUtd and probably a few others. UTV.

12 Jan 2018 08:51:24
everyone moaning about the signings we have made and how they have been a waste of money, other than thor i think they all should have been good signings,

12 Jan 2018 12:33:04
It's because we are not top of the league and not in fa cup nor the semi final of the league cup nor in europe.

16 Jan 2018 18:52:57
It's only words, it cannot have an effect on what actually happens.
I really can't believe that grown up people believe what is written by some posters
Much is posted to see their names on the site, they need acknowledgement, approbation, and replying to everything is just what they want.

09 Jan 2018 17:15:14
The s*n reporting Brighton want to push through a 3mil move for Davis. Has to be rubbish, however if we got a big of 8mil+ I'd take it if it meant we could go and buy someone to replace him.

10 Jan 2018 09:21:16
How about a deal?
Murray + £5m for Davis?
Murray scores on a regular basis, Davis holds the ball up.
Currently we need goals.
Davis is still raw but we need a finisher.

10 Jan 2018 14:13:25
Do you trust Bruce to bring in a good striker to replace Davis if he was sold?
Davis going nowhere in my opinion.

08 Jan 2018 10:50:26
A friend of mine said Steve Bruce has had no money to spend that's why we are stuck which made me laugh. At the start of the season Wyness said that we are going for experienced players which is fine but even Wyness will tell people at the start of the season Bruce had a choice he wanted experienced players rather than money to spend.

So here is how it works John Terry is on big money around 60k a week plus his signing on fee and agent fee that free signing has prob cost the club 10 million overall then we sign Glen Whelan 2 million again a experienced Premier League player on around 40k a week plus agent fee plus signing on them 2 players alone is prob 16 million. FFP also includes wages just because it says free or 2 million you have to include wages and signing on fee and agent fee these players have drop down but are still on good money.

there's nothing wrong with what Bruce has done but people shouldn't say we have had no money because even tho there ageing premier league players they have cost us a fortune that's without going into the rest he signed in the summer. He gambled in doing it this way let's hope it comes off. UTV.

08 Jan 2018 11:20:04
Your maths is awful mate.

08 Jan 2018 13:57:33
If you are going to get picky, So is your grammar chris. haha.
You should say, (your math`s are awful mate)

08 Jan 2018 15:00:02
well not really it depends how much Terry and Glenn Whelans signing on fee was and agent fee and there wages point I was trying to make is Bruce has had loads of money and gave it old as beens for wages there not all free and cheap as they make out.

08 Jan 2018 16:03:20
I didn’t even realise Dave, cheers lmao🙈 I’m guessing “your math is awful” would of been correct? And WTW Bruce has had money your right, but the math you backed it up with doesn’t add up, unless your saying between them Terry and Whelan got 9million pound in signing on fees and agents fees. I wouldn’t be entirely sure Terry was on 60k and Whelan definitely isn’t on 40k. But even with them figures you’ve stated and the 2 million we paid for Whelan (which is probably more 1.2) the costing the club 16million is miles off.

08 Jan 2018 18:14:52
Terrys signing on fee wouldn't be far off about 5 million and his agent would get about 3 million most definitely even the crap players get two million signing on. My friends the wolves gk carl Ikeme and he got 2 million signing on and his no where near the scale of terry. Also football manager researchers who are very rarely wrong have done the wages they know more than us both even sky use there researchers. These players drop down from the Premier League for God's sake there not on peanuts.

08 Jan 2018 18:00:44
Your welcome mate, only joking, and no malice meant.
Just love the banter.

08 Jan 2018 18:21:46
Wtw-if you walked into a team left by di matteo, who was the most senior player there? i think brucey tried with what was already there and wasn't convinced, so he brought in senior players for structure and backbone, now lucky is the team whose players all gel at the same time;ours didn't, but there again neither did a lot of other teams, so yes, you could say he's bought in players on big sheckles who maybe don't seem value for money, but the season still has a few twists and turns to go, so lambast him as much as you like, just don't slaughter the boys out there until the season is done, their experience may just be the thing that gets us over the line in the end;and by the way, i still say i'd take John Stead on a short-term contract, he could be our super-sub;chris fairclough style!

08 Jan 2018 19:10:48
Ed’s don’t suppose you know anything about signing on fees for a free transfer and typical agent fees? To me 5 mil signing on fee and agents getting 3 mil in a deal where there’s no transfer fee sounds like someone living on another planet guessing and guessing badly at that. Also Terry was on 50k a week at Chelsea in his last contract I’m sure of it, so surely dropping down a league he took a pay cut? And Whelan on 40k would be one of our best paid players? I remember Bruce saying last season when Gardner got his new contract that he was on considerably less than everyone else so the new deal put him in the same field as everyone else, so are they all on 40k? Surely we would have just failed ffp no matter how much the parachute payments were.

{Ed001's Note - every player is different mate. The agent gets a %age of the signing on fee usually when it is a free transfer. Though that can be a lot as the 'free' transfers usually end up costing as much as buying a player. Clubs will usually pay a higher wage to a player signed on a free. I would expect a 5mil signing fee to pay (usually) 20% to the agent, around 1mil. Terry was receiving much more than 50k on his Chelsea deal, over double that IIRC.}

08 Jan 2018 20:03:11
Cheers Ed. So terry would be getting 4million with his agent taking a mil, if his on 50k for the year that’s 2.6mil, Whelan taking 2 mil in transfer and 40k a week that’s 2.08mil. Overall their costing us 11.68mil for the year. So still quite short of the original 16million, WTW your right but Bruce has no excuse on the money front, managers have got teams promoted on much smaller budgets, however your maths is still a 5/ 10 and will be reviewed next term😉😂.

08 Jan 2018 20:17:18
I wasnt slatting anybody just saying his spent loads.

08 Jan 2018 20:27:40
I don't think I am that far off Chris at least give me a C plus? If we add everything up tho with all Bruces signings I bet its about 25 million.

08 Jan 2018 20:53:58
Ok you can take a C😂 yea hogan was close to 15, he did well with Hourihane and Lansbury but all together he must have spent 25-30.

05 Jan 2018 15:55:12
How many players do you think Aston Villa need in January to go up automatic? My view is Ulloa would be great and Naki wells I belive we need them both Davis is not good enough he don't score goals which is a main job of a striker plus Hogan is a crock you fart his out for 2 months gabby is a waste of time and who knows about Rhm his been a crock aswel so 2 is needed Apart from that we have a great team. Wheres the Amavi money gone anybody know?

05 Jan 2018 17:04:22
I’d take Ulloa, Wells would be a bonus but Ulloa would be enough to get us up.

05 Jan 2018 17:15:06
I agree. and hear around here, that is likely to happen.

06 Jan 2018 17:16:51
There is no money. Loans only unless we ship out. Thor could be going but we won't get much there.

01 Jan 2018 23:14:55
Today was the day I realised we are going up some how some way we are going up. If you remember Bruce was 1 game away from the sack and we beat Barnsley and went on a amazing run well its happend again Bruce was in trouble then we beat Boro and Bristol City this guy has more lives than a cat just when you think his dead he fights back and makes us great again.

Ok his not a great manager but boy he has balls of steal I credit him for that. Great wins last 2 games 2nd half of the season is where its won other sides will get tired we have a big squad let's march back to the premiership!

02 Jan 2018 00:07:55
WTW don't forget, a lot of our squad have missed a big part of the season . Get them all fit and fireing, ten maybe we can do it .