It’s in the bag and confirmed by Tony Pulis.
Well, I don’t know what to think here.
He seems a decent player, but I’m concerned that he hasn’t had many games under Tony Pulis and when he has started, it’s been at full back.
Pulis is a strange manager though and never goes with what players/fans think.
At the end of the day, he’s made Albion a profit and that’s important.
I just hope this is one we’ve been looking at for a while and not just a kneejerk reaction, which I seriously suspect Dr Xia might be prone to.
A welcome replacement to any of the crap we currently have, imo
If am not mistaken we where inquiring about him last week, with the defeat during the week it moved faster. I think its a great deal for us, keep them coming a clear out is needed for us to move on.
Welcome James Chester we fucking need some improvements in that department may it continue ain’t looking forward to the Rotherham game
Yeah good signing hopefully that’s the centre backs sorted with Baker (ok not great) as backup. Need a RB, which we all know. Hopefully there is one In the pipeline!.. Jedinak would be a solid signing too. Just as important though is to distance ourselves from the negativity and bad eggs in the side. I really hope we can get rid of them!
The Dr is prone to?? So the Dr is signing the players now??
Willy, that’s a new concern.
It seems he blocked Bennet from leaving to Sheff Weds, after RDM wanted him gone.
Worrying, IF true.
He can’t be any worse at it than Riley & Almstadt who managed to blow £52.5 million between them!
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-rank-summer-transfer-10005273
Hi BWS, your beginning to stutter mate. Two right on that.
Hi Bill used to have have a gaffer (Howard) that had a stutter and he sent the the lads a Christmas card that he signed Merry Christmas Ho Ho Ho Howard to which one on the lads said “F**K me, he even writes with a stutter!”
Classic.
He can’t be any worse at it than Riley & Almstadt who managed to blow £52.5 million!
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-rank-summer-transfer-10005273
I can’t see how it’s a concern as he’s now left the club,it’s nice to see Dr x having some input in transfers after all he owns flaming club
He stayed soz
I see Flabby has said he wants to stay….. Absolute tosser, after all he has taken the club for, you would think he would have the decency to pi55 off when not wanted….. !
He can well & truly fuck off,Lerner tolerated the PRICK now he’s sucking up big style.no adifuckingos
I dunno, he could (if he was right) really hurt teams with his pace but you have to play him down the middle not this out on the lest wing business.
I reckon he’s more than capable of getting over 20 goals at this level so is biting your nose to spite your face the best thing to do? Cause unlike Mutton, Deadwood and Kakuna he does actually have ability.
Does he still have the pace ?? and his eye for goal is shocking, couple this with his lazy attitude, and he could be the bad apple – He only wants to stay because nobody else would pay his extortionate wages…. GET RID !!
Astounded that we can attract ANTONE…we must be putting them on good contracts…..no way around it though….have to pay a going rate.
The going rate?
As you suggest, we must be paying a premium to get them to come.
Things really aren’t looking good atm, imo.
Xia is going to end up looking a total mug because it all smells of panic.
I don’t get where you’re coming from, the team is obviously devoid of talent, nowhere near good enough to push for promotion so the owner goes out and spends a few bob to shore up the ranks and all it smells of panic???
Don’t get it.
BWS,
I want the manager to go out and buy the players, simple.
Xia, as much as his intentions might be good, knows fuckall about the game, imo,
And posts tweets that prove it.
My opinion says this is going to go tits up, big time, if he carries on.
He needs to shut his trap and let RDM do what he does.
Xia seems to think you can turn a footy club around the same as a company.
We all know it doesn’t quite work like that.
I bet you it don’t and if anything was a prime example of an owner sticking his nose into the transfer policy for all the wrong reasons was last seasons fiasco with it’s moneyball ethos.
Ok Randy might not have had direct involvement but his representatives were i.e. Riley & Almstadt. It was pretty obvious their remit was to buy cheap (by going solely on a players stats aka – monyball) with the hope of a high yield return, a risky endeavour that cost Randy and the club dear and to be honest I don’t remember this vitriol against Randy at the time.
Whatever the Doc’s reason for splashing the cash and whatever his involvement I’m at the moment one happy bunny (though that might change at 16:45 tomorrow).
Sorry Badger but this is exactly what we need atm panic buying cus we really are lacking in most areas, we hang around much longer I feel we’ll pay the price very soon
Ps if we weren’t active in the market now would it be another dig at the chairman you can’t win the devil you do the devil you dont
Now look here Corporal Jones, if I think its time to panic, I’ll panic. Back up the van.
A person that makes millions ain’t No mug, a person that loose millions agree is, so who have we got.? I’ll go as far to say hes got his head screw on just give it time.3 more games will give us the answers.
Patrick Bamford’s apparently next on the Docs shopping list – scored 17 times in 39 appearances for Middlesborough.
Keep em coming Doc.
Exactly keep em coming
Wheras I don’t think Bamford is the answer at all.
Go figure.
I don’t think he has the power to be a Premiership striker. He was on Chelsea’s books and they figured he would never be a Drogba. But, we’re not in the premiership and he certainly has the brains to succeed in this division where it isn’t quite as physical.
I don’t think its panic, I think the penny dropped with the doc we need fresh meat in ASAP. If we are panicing what are Newcastle doing they have 8 new signing s in.
Benitez knows exactly who he’s buying and will have done the research.
Have we????
I’m not convinced.
Benitez bought Clarke! Says it all!
Absolutely delighted! He is a real class act. Alongside Elphick we’ll have the best centre half pairing we’ve had in many years. Just need to sort out a right back now! And a defensive midfielder, wingers and another striker!
I’m encouraged that Di Matteo seems to be identifying the areas that need strengthening and mainly going for players with experience of playing in the Championship, rather than random foreign youngsters! I’d give him at least a season to build and aim for promotion next season.
Euros evidence that this bloke is a Premier league player. Amazed that we got him. He played well alongside Williams – an inspirational leader – can see him doing the same with Elphick. Will also work well in a 3 with Baker and 2 attacking full backs Amavi and hopefully Gunter.
1 million % improvement on Okore and Richards.
I for one am glad bennet is staying and should be given a run in the team. he was a kid thrown into the prem who was out of his depth at the time. even so his last few games were not too bad. he has been on loan in the championship the last 2 seasons and the team’s he went to have done well.
Sheffield wanted him also.
give him ago.
as for amavi ???
Bennett is never a LB and I wouldn’t keep him, because he’s crap and the manager agrees.
My major worry now is who the hell is deciding who we buy/sell.
It seems like it’s Xia and we all know where that leads.
The last thing we want is a Leeds type owner, trust me.
Xia blocked the move because we were giving the player to a rival on a free transfer. If Wednesday had offered to BUY Bennett then I doubt Xia would have blocked the move.
They are not a rival though they are aiming for top 2 we are aiming 4th from bottom
Time will tell Badger but it’s early doors on his tenure to be putting him in the same bracket as Cellino.
One things for sure to worse than the previous incumbent would take some doing, the geezer was simply leaving us to wither on the vine.
All I am saying is give Xia a chance.
*be*
BWS, I like your thinking.
But i think it’s wrong.
Regardless, who’s deciding who we bring in?
If it isn’t the manager, well ……….
I suspect I’ll post something on this later.
Who knows Badger but it seems to be the way of things now and who can blame them (owners) given the bungs scandals of a few years back?
Mind you Kevin Bond might not be too happy 🙂
All the doctor has done after Wednesdays disaster, has woken up a little bit… He did say a signing before Saturday, which has happened, and stopped one of our players (good or bad) going to a competitor…. Good on him I say, I really can’t see him being the panicky type !!
i didn’t think Chester would sign for us, but iam happy he has, we needed a partner for Elphick, were we was really short of quality.but toner and baker as back up. please please get shut of lescott and okore and richards all three are poisonous to team moral.
RDM really needs to quickly get his team together. slowly but surely we are getting leaders and quality down the spine. midfield needs addressing next,we are leaderless in there. we need a animal like others have already said. somebody that can get to grips of the ball, when things aren’t going our way.
am i alone in saying ayew should be sold, hes not fully committed to villa. we are stepping stone club and now we are in the unfashionable championship he wants out, while he hasn’t voiced this you can tell with his game and body language.
I agree about Ayew. Looks good at times but the rest of the time has a can’t be arsed attitude. Did you see his pass to Grealish against Luton when we were counter attacking, hoofed it not giving a fuck and didn’t look bothered at all. I’d happily see him go now I think his head is turned and not up for the fight.
Where exactly is the ‘information’ coming from suggesting that Xia is ‘buying players’ [instead of RDM doing it] ?
My take on the change of attitude to transfers. Xia knows if you front up with 400M then everyone you want’s prices go up to ensure you spend all of it. You need to keep the manager on a leash too – look at MON. So the initial spending, e.g. Elphick for 3M was cautious and value-hunting. Luton was the last chance saloon for the bomb squad – they blew it. Suddenly with all the bomb squad out of contention, we were very short of cover. In some positions neither a first choice nor a back up. So the purse strings have been relaxed. RDM may have been told we can afford to keep Bennett instead of having to sell, and some of his slightly expensive targets are now within the revised budget. I don’t think that is the owner buying players and telling the manager later.
That sounds perfectly plausible to me too.
I just wondered why Badger seemed to think that Xia had taken direct control over all comings & goings…
I think Badger is panicking and he’s usually fairly level headed. I can see why after Wednesday’s game and the defeat against Wednesday BUT signing Chester is a genuine strengthening of the backline.
Defeat to Luton could prove to be the most important moment of our season. It has confirmed for those in charge what many of us knew about the squad and also roused the Dr in to supporting RDM…….utv
I think Badgers negativity is nearly as bad as mine. He’s losing it lol