Time to map out a plan for Villa's future
- Says blogger Matthew Turvey
Today’s transfer rumours – May 2
Friday 2nd May 2008, 8:00AM BST.
All the latest transfer gossip on Wolves, Albion, Villa, Walsall and Blues.
VILLA
Villa and West Ham are showing interest in £5m-rated midfielder Gary O’Neil, who is set to quit Middlesbrough just 10 months after signing.
Gareth Barry again linked with a summer move to Liverpool.
Hull City goalkeeper Boaz Myhill is interesting Villa.
Wolves pair Michael Kightly and Wayne Hennessey are interesting Martin O’Neill.
ALBION
Roman Bednar will be Tony Mowbray’s first summer signing – costing £2.5 million.
BLUES
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has been told his job is safe – even if the club gets relegated.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger may make a move for Daniel de Ridder.
WOLVES
Wolves winger Michael Kightly is a target for Villa along with Wayne Hennessey.
SADDLERS
Nothing from the Banks’s so far.
We have scoured the back pages and the internet to bring you the latest gossip.
We are not saying they’re true – just that they’re out there
You have read ours now add your own rumours.
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What part of Mr Morgans comment “Our players are not for sale” do some people not understand?
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These rumours won’t go away, there’s no smoke without fire.
My predicition if we don’t go up. We get bids from premiership clubs, the players will show some interest in moving and then Jez will come out and say we have to let players go who don’t want to stay at the club.
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looks like there gone,with your ageing team and best young players going the future is looking bleak very bleak,boing boing gone up the MOWBRAY WAY
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Looks like Villa will be overrun with goalkeepers next season, Hennessey WON’T be one of them.MOXEY must bear in mind that he will be worth TWICE as much next season, The question is.. CAN HE RESIST THE ££££££ signs flashing in front of his eyes?
I think the GREED factor will play a big part on whether Wayne goes or stays.
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I think that nearly every footballer on the planet is linked with the Villa at some point!
If they got 1% of them they would be the best team in the premiership.
Villa never get Wolves players anyway, they missed out on Robbie Keane and Lescott, both of whom would have made a massive difference to their squad!
So I wouldn’t worry too much about Villa Wolves fans, they will be back in the bottom half of the table next season. This was their obligatory 6th place finish. They get one of those every ten years or so!
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Villa may need to worry about who they could be losing, rather than gaining.
Martin O’Neill to Liverpool has started doing the rounds, I hear.
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i reckon we should go for myhill from hull,good keeper,and have danek as num 2..morning tel alright mate,,,STORMING THE PREM THE MOWBRAY WAY,,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,,OH YES
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Coming on here is an interesting experience!
You see the various characters come and go but I am always amazed at how each teams’ supporters have a collective personality!
This is how they come across to me, I don’t know if you will agree or not?
Wolves fans – Moan most of the time
B’ham fans – Very excitable with little to get excited about!
Villa fans – well, they seem to be a bit thick really.
WBA fans – Have a tendency to exaggerate.
Walsall fans – I don’t really know, are there any Walsall fans out there?
Just my observations!
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the thing is you can’t blame Wayne if he did want to move to Villa? any profesional would jump at the chance. i.e Lescott
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bye bye wolves only two good players! Relegation looms… don’t think kites will go to villa… he really ain’t that good!! 1 ok season for mid table team.. oh sorry you finished in play offs that 1 good season.. ain’t good enogh to warrant top 6 team coming in for him!! plus he’s a crock!
Bednar great signing.. love the bloke
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8 – only about 30,000 of the regular albion posters exaggerate on here – the remaining 22,000 are more realistic.
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Super Stripes – don’t fall into the same trap as the wolves did with us last year…. yes they may sell some of their big name players, but there is always the chance that it will lead to greater things…. sound familiar ??
However they would need a manager with ToMo’s ability to make it happen.
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Guy’s a reality check needed, every player has his price and they all want to play in the Premiership. Should Wolves fail to go up the exodus will start. Hennessey going or Matt Murray? One of them will because neither will be happy to sit on the bench. My money would be on Murray as his medical bills must be huge. Keightly and SEB will also be on the move if anyone from the Prem shows interest. I think the rest of the Wolves squad are safe though as nobody wants them.
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8-You do my head in saying we moan, going on about us it is all rubbish.
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in reply to super stripes 10 i wander if he was bigging the albion up so much when keith burkeinshaw was in charge and was in the bottom 3 all season all ways the same jumping on the bandwagon when there doing well. sandwell town will be doin ther usual nxt season W ere B ottom A gen.
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12 Happy not with that great manager mad MM in charge, seen in 1 paper this morning Roy Keane is clearing out a lot of crap players, bet you they all end up at the custard bowl.
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13. WakeyBaggie
I’m right cross that I agreed with your posting and then realised you are a Tesco!
There must be some Wolves blood behind you, did you have Midland Counties milk deliveries when you were a kid?
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sell hennessey if murray is fit
sell freddy if mick stays! as he wont play him
6m in kitty then, hoping there already going spend 2-3m so say 8m
murray
foley
2 new centre halves
daniel jones
kightly
seyi
henry/edwards
jarvis
ebanks blake
keep keogh on bench – not good enough to start but i wouldnt sell him
buy good midfielder, not average joe from scunthorpe, buy proven midfielder for 1-2m
buy striker loan striker in
campbell(hull), c.evans (norwich currently)or sign say earnshaw for 3m
ditch the likes of
r.edwards – if not fit
collins – useless
breen – to old
craddock – if you get 500k for him sell
gibson – leave
bothroyd – leave for fee, dont realese him, some numpty will buy him for couple 100k’s
if we do what we say that be top 6 side easy in my opinion
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Terry
I had you marked down as a Villa fan,
now you appear to have blown my theory apart,
are you going to come clean regarding you`re
allegiance ?
Oh, and i 10 squillion times refute the claim
that us Baggies exaggerate.
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8)Who do you support then Terrymidlandfan??
14)would that be you moaning there? Kind of proves a point!
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terrymidlandfan
Fishing again???
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WBA is my wish for this weekend …
W – Wolves to qualify for play offs
B – Blues to stay in the Premiership
A – Albion to win the Championship
What are the chances?
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20-You fool it’s called a joke. That is my very point. Iwould tend to agree a lot of Wolves fans are moaners. Get the irony.
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22.Music to My Ears
W – No chance
B – No chance
A – Possible (But 80 years! Probability is not on your side)
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10. Only two good players? You forgot Keogh, SEB, Jarvis and Foley..
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I’ve just read that Roy Keane is releasing a host of players in the summer – including McShane. RK says they have all “under achieved”..
So add McShane to Kamara & Koumas (remember him – best player outside the prem etc etc..) and maybe Gera should have a good think about his next decision.
Our gaffer gets the very best out of players – not all managers – even premiership ones or superstar managers like roy keane can do that.
Easiest 15 million we ever made – I bet JP can’t wipe the smile off his face !!
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17 Whartons,
No Wolves in me I’m afraid but rather than slag each others teamns I just like to have an adult debate. At least we all support our local teams ans I respect that mate.
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26. The grass isn’t always greener on the otherside. They took the money instead of staying loyal to the club. As a Wolves fan I am glad to see Henri Kamara is struggling. Has he won african player of the year yet….
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23) my bad mate….still half asleep!!
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best not run out of beer i got to buy laura a bud,
boing boing LAURA I LOVE YOU XXXXX
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Happy Baggie- yam roite! Only Curtis Davies looks capable of making the step up and he still has to prove his consistency. Zolly needs to stay where he is appreciated and continue to work for the best English manager in the prem> (Sorry ‘arry – Everyone loves ‘arry)
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I hear terrys transfering to terrywandererwolf next season.
ich hi the noooo
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truewolves – 15
We have never finished bottom of the league, this one or prem in my 20 years following Albion. Have Wolves?????
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10. what am you on about ?
He aint good enough !!
Phahahah
Loser
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10..
What are you on about he aint good enough !!
Phaaaaa ….Loser
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As I posted earlier in the week, selling your “best” players isn’t always a disaster. Eleven months ago all the rats were deserting H.M.S.Albion as fast as they could. Smart move, boys.
Of course, the men in charge need to know what they are doing. Do Jez and MM shape up…..?
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in reply to pope you won the last game of the season against pompey lee ashcroft scored to keep you in the division ! YET another sandwell town fan who THINKS he suported hes team for 20 years im a wolves fan and i know that
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