Aston Villa Rumours Archive November 01 2016 to December 01 2016

25 Nov 2016 13:58:21
Steve Bruce has responded to rumours about Hernandez joining Aston Villa in January. We have a little problem where we lose two strikers in January but I will not be getting anybody in up top we have 6 or 7 strikers we need to strengthen elsewhere. Thank God 4 common sense we have Rudy gestede and Ross McCormack and Gabriel agbonlahor libor Kozak and hepburn-murphy. So my guess is midfield and defence! We need hard working midfielders and creative midfielders. As fans i lisen to a lot and all of you keep demanding strikers our strikers are not bad its just we have no service to them at all. Westwood only goes sideways Jedinak can't go forward doesn't have the legs and gardner is just a 6 out of 10 player everyweek. I would also buy another centre half aswel as a right back. In toto I believe Aston Villa need 4 players in january. How many do you the fans think we need? And is steve bruce wrong?

25 Nov 2016 14:26:40
Haven't seen his press conference but I'll take your word he said that, but 1: don't come out and say thank god for common sense when we haven't seen you say we don't need a striker in January until now, after the manager has already said it - it just winds people up. 2: although you are right at this level all those strikers you listed should perform but under RDM we was drawing because non of them could finish, creating chances wasn't the problem. Now it's interesting because if a striker of better quality were to come up (Jordan Rhodes) Bruce would take him in a heartbeat, and the owner has said several times the plan is to get a striker in on loan, so sounds to me like his throwing people off so it's easier to get deals done. However if say McCormack, gustede, Gabby show the form we know they can, then we won't need a striker. You are right about us needing centre mids, however creating chances isn't what's lacking from there, just general quality is what's needed. If the strikers start performing with kodja and ayew gone, and we come out of January with a quality centre mid and right back (Hughes and trippier for me) and maybe a winger, that will see us into top 6.

25 Nov 2016 16:32:43
Mr. SKIA. You said " all of you keep saying we need strikers ".
That is utter bo. ks. I don't say it and I can't recall anyone else saying it either.
I've defended you on here when others have threatened to leave because of you! . So PLEASE stop talking rubbish. Engage brain before opening gob.
And one more thing ; please don't utter the words Barry Bannan on here again lol. Our club wants to move forward, not backwards.
See you at Leeds xxx.

25 Nov 2016 16:33:09
i agree chris apart from tripper mayb its bad luck but every time i see him his been awful. 1 position Steve Bruce did mention he was going to buy was another goalkeeper. should be a exciting january enjoy the game tomz mate going to be tough but a villa win 4 me. UTV.

25 Nov 2016 16:32:43
Mr. SKIA. You said " all of you keep saying we need strikers ".
That is utter bo. ks. I don't say it and I can't recall anyone else saying it either.
I've defended you on here when others have threatened to leave because of you! . So PLEASE stop talking rubbish. Engage brain before opening gob.
And one more thing ; please don't utter the words Barry Bannan on here again lol. Our club wants to move forward, not backwards.
See you at Leeds xxx.

25 Nov 2016 16:33:09
i agree chris apart from tripper mayb its bad luck but every time i see him his been awful. 1 position Steve Bruce did mention he was going to buy was another goalkeeper. should be a exciting january enjoy the game tomz mate going to be tough but a villa win 4 me. UTV.

25 Nov 2016 16:50:32
I agree with some of what you say Chris. But!
IMO we've been crying out for more creativity in midfield for several seasons. Creating good chances is vital and we are still a low scoring team. So I feel we need to spend big in CM.

Westwood and Gardener are mediocre at best. Also I think Agbonlahor is finished. I would definitely give RHM a go but we do need a quality striker on loan.

25 Nov 2016 17:32:45
Ok and fair enough when i say all i mean people i spoke to i put that badly my fault nobodys on here. Andy mate if i can't have bannan can i have ian taylor back lol i still think his better than westwood lol. See you at leeds mate 4 a nice cold beer. UTV.

25 Nov 2016 18:24:07
Westwood does have his admirers, we sit next to 2 of them at away games. So its all a matter of opinion! But I'm glad we agree on him. I've been bleating on about him for far too long. He needs to GO IMO!
I can't do Cardiff away but will be at Leeds QPR and Wolves. Love the away days. !
A cold beer sounds good to me 👍👍.

25 Nov 2016 23:31:19
If not trippier I don't think we still need a right back, and in my opinion this season we have made enough decent chances to be top 2, just need to finish them. A hard working creative goal scoring midfielder wouldn't go a miss though. AS for a keeper unless it's a back up I don't understand why we would bring anyone in, unless his selling Gollini?
3 players in Jan - new right back, centre mid and attacking mid/ winger/ flare player (knockeart, forestierri, Brady etc) an dad we will be out of this division next season!

28 Nov 2016 16:05:25
Yes we need to strengthen team but only in defence and midfield in my opinion.

17 Nov 2016 18:23:15
Just a quick flyby to share with you all a rumour told to me by a smokey, seems the boro want jordan rhodes out in january, either loan or selling, but they are making overtures about ross mccormack, and possibly micah richards, as cover for injuries to one of their backline, so there you go, must dash, the crystal ball is beginning to illuminate,
Keep the faith fellas! Our history long and strong.
UTV

17 Nov 2016 19:16:18
Wouldn't want to lose McCormack hasn't really been played in his correct position because of the emergence of kodja an only playing one striker, given his chance during AFCON I think he'all be brilliant, you don't score that amount of goals consistently being a fluke. So if they want him they can stump up about 17 mil, 5 more than we paid and we can then go get ourselves a forrestierri/ Brady/ knockeart and take Rhodes for the striker position during AFCON. As for Richards in Jan we have toner coming back for cover at CB, and during the 1 game his played under Bruce Richards played at right back and he was probably better than Hutton, so if they want him give us 5/ 6 mil and we can go get trippier loan or buy and then use the rest of the funds and get a top quality centre mid. Bruce has always done good business and he won't be forced into anything he don't want so if he sells someone we will have a better replacement waiting!

17 Nov 2016 20:44:01
I hope you're right about Mac Chris. I agree he's quality player and just needs to get a good run in the team and a few goals while the AFCON boys are away. He's got good vision and first touch and is a good finisher.

17 Nov 2016 22:13:13
Yea whenever he comes on his link up play an vision is above anyone's in the team, just needs to play down the middle and with another striker, which at the moment while Bruce is looking for substance over style and just getting results, he isn't going to get the chance to play up top in a 2 because 5 across the midfield and 1 up top is solid going forward and back, and I can't seen Bruce experimenting until we're comfortable or he has to (AFCON), whichever comes first, I'd bet on it being AFCON.

08 Nov 2016 18:53:55
I was talking to a bloke today in work we were talking about betting and gambling he asked me did I ever here of a player called Gabriel agbonglor (sorry for spelling ) he was saying his ex girlfriend used to work in paddy powers and gabby used to put in £10000 on a daily basis playing poker online he wouldn't have known I support villa nor does he have any interest in football this was back in 2010 they must have some amount of money to blow.

08 Nov 2016 22:06:31
Everything sadly is relative.
If your earning 50k a week. is that a lot of money?
(I'm not saying this is right! )

But let's be honest. if you earn enough money, that you can have anything you want. can we blame them for spending, even blowing some?

Not a professional footballer fault what someone is prepared to pay them!

08 Nov 2016 22:16:08
I seen gabby in star city casino last year so could be true.

{Ed007's Note - The guy's girlfriend must have been right high up (or up to no good) to know who owned online accounts.}

08 Nov 2016 22:58:14
Yea mate sounds like BS, they don't give that sort of information out willy nilly, especially for a high profile customer spending those sorts of figures. When you sign up to those websites and agree to the terms and conditions within the privacy detail there are parts that protect you and your identity as a customer, and even if she were to be high enough to get that info (doubtful), telling someone whose then just letting people who he doesn't know that well know, it doesn't bode well for her job or their relationship lol. Unfortunately because of all that it has to be fake.

{Ed007's Note - I'd take it with a pinch of salt.}

08 Nov 2016 23:29:49
Great point ed!

{Ed007's Note - I do have my moments :-D But it is a rumour site and Mick's posted in a rumour. And be honest, if you seen a player's bank statement would you be surprised to see that kind of cash being deposited in gambling accounts even though it's against the rules for them to bet in matches?}

09 Nov 2016 07:05:40
No! And that's what I was trying to say. it's an obscene amount of money to you and I, but to a guy who earns a week more than the average joe does a year, it's pocket money. Like I said, everything is relative,

I don't blame him having fun with his money if he can afford to, and I don't blame anyone earning it. If you don't like what they earn, blame the people willing to pay it!

09 Nov 2016 08:16:51
Ed he said in his post he was always betting on poker, so he wouldn't have broken any rules, but still BS I think, wouldn't surprise me if he was spending that much on gambling and similar things. I just don't think it would be found outthe way it was described. Plus paddy power is a joke, their servers rarely let you on at peak times lol, if he had any sense he'd be on William hill vegas, then again it is Gabby so sense doesn't come into the question.

{Ed007's Note - Is it seperate accounts for poker and football bets, I thought it would just be one account to gamble on anything on their site? That was my point, I was just meaning in general with footballers, considering the money they make would anyone be surprised to see that kind of money going into gambling accounts whether it's for poker, horse racing or even their sneaky football bets?}

09 Nov 2016 13:28:51
If this is true it just shows gabby is a horrendous poker player.

09 Nov 2016 17:14:54
You might be right ed, I know for William hill you have to have separate accounts, but god knows about paddy power.

{Ed007's Note - I'm no expert on gambling so you'll know better than me.}

09 Nov 2016 18:54:45
I'm not say it's true or false it's just what I heard if it's true it's crazy money to be gambling but then it's just peanuts to footballers now a days, but if he can afford to do it all I'll say is fair play to him, I am aware that his ex girlfriend would have been breaking all sorts of rules,

07 Nov 2016 11:12:09
Aston Villa is looking to sign £12 million-rated Polish striker Łukasz Teodorczyk from Dinamo Kiev in January.

He is on loan at Anderlecht at the moment, and is scoring regularly for both club and country.

I think that Bruce should loan him with the option of buying him after this season, and then we can move Ayew as a right winger. I think that we should sell Kozák, Steer and Cissokho and sign 1-2 players.

10 Nov 2016 10:07:30
agree with Kozák, Steer and Cissokho but would add Richards and Gabby. We are OK for forwards but need right back, left back cover, controlling midfielder, and speed merchant winger who can give end product,

12 Nov 2016 22:11:46
Kozac and Steer can go. We need a squad though. The Cisko Kid hasn't been too bad (except the penalties) . Richards is a great athelete. He needs to be managed properly. He he doesn't listen to Bruce, he can go. Gabby needs to continue to keep with the program. If he does, he's worth keeping.