Comments for Rumour and speculation: Eidur Gudjohnsen and Justin Hoyte at http://www.avfcblog.com , comment 1 to 27 out of 20 comments http://www.avfcblog.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:45:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-14147 if we get anelka or another striker carew said in an interview he would want to leave the club... god damn carew so we need 2 strikers my eye is on defoe because he is quick aswell and anelka is lazier than carew... so i dunno how much he'll try at villa. - UP THE VILLA Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:52:47 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13973 Both would be good signings i reakon 15mil for anelka would be good to we might aswell try as he has been every where else so its our turn for him now lol - M_O_N_NEW_VILLA Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:31:49 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13969 Yeah, dreams of Gio Dos Santos and Bojan are only the things of FM unfortunately. But really, it's not hard to find good players at poor clubs elsewhere in Europe...but it seems that our scouts only work in the Scandanavia and British areas. I'm still sure that they picked Salifou's name out of a hat to try and prove that they were doing something. - Robbie Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:58:03 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13964 I'd prefer Giovanni Dos Santos, can only dream though! - Az_ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:16:14 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13962 i didnt know you could play football manager too much, and i didnt even get round to suggesting MON should go for Bojan :) but i agree that villa dont seem to be throwing their scouting network all over europe as stupid as it sounds there seems to be alot of very good players in eastern european leagues that dont want to be there, castillo reportedly paid the £3.5m loan fee himself so he could join city - brett Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:51:27 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13961 Looks like it wasn't just the Daily Star with this story. When I went out to catch up with a few mates they told me that they had seen the story in the Express as well. I always say, if more than one paper has a story such as this then there has to be some sort of truth in it. Besides the Express normally is really good on Villa transfers etc - Beast Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:35:16 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13960 well i dont think for one minute these rumours are true, gudjohnsen all though a decent player is not what we need, if we are after a goal scorer who can get us 15 or 20 goals a season i cannot see mon for one minute think he will be the man for the job,now if he was 3 or 4 years younger maybe, but saying that look at phillips banging them in at the albion who we let go for nothing and hoyte well im not so sure he would make the team any better,the idea of buying players is to make the team perform and to do this we need players who are better then we have got, not players who are on equal par or below, why not give salifou a chance and bring back cahill they wont cost us, only there wages. we do need a right back somebody about 25yrs old just ready to come in to his prime not someone who wants to turn up week after week for the money thinking they are bigger then aston villa fc or someone who wants an easy life before they retire,we also need another winger unless he uses gabby,in that case a goal poacher. - oldman villain Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:06:05 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13959 i think we should go for gudjohnsen,mcgeady and hoyte because hoyte and gudjohnsen are not getting played week in week out but i dont know about mcgeady.but what have we got to lose if they want to come then its a bonus but if they dont there is just as much quality out there. up the villa - anthony Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:15:26 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13958 I personally would be very disappointed with either of these. Gudjohnsen has peaked in his career and will continue to age plus the money he would cost us wouldnt be worth it. Hoyte does not impress me, he had a loan season at Sunderland and was awful. I hope neither rumour comes true! - Adam,L Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:04:45 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13957 Diarra has said he doesn't want to play for arsenal anymore and wants to leave in january because he wants first team football. He'd certainly get that at villa and he can play in several different positions so i say we splash the cash on him, he looks a very good player from what I've seen. - EddyG87 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:21:29 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13955 Isaksson should be available this January from Man City...and Larsson looking to make a final bow in england. He'd certainly be a good player to have if we're shooting for a top 6 finish. - Eli Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:53:18 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13954 Forget both of them. I'm not a fan of Gudjohnsens and i'm certainly not impressed by Justin Hoyte. If we want someone to replace Moore, a cheeky bid for Tommasso Rocchi at Lazio would be worthwhile. Also, Valon behrami at Lazio would be a good right back, with good attacking and defensive ability. - Dizzy Mugs Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:16:18 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13952 brett ... u been playin football manager too much lol - Rich Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:31 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13951 By the time i took the villa job on Football Manager this year, MO'N had already bought that Ujfalusi fella. I'd never heard of him before, but the guy is a genius on that game. Considering the amount of scouting work that goes into FM, he must be worth a cheeky punt. I do admit, the overwhelming feeling is that the scouts at villa really don't buy find young players from around europe, like castillo, and instead, we buy the players from england that every knows are good, and therefore we have to pay huge sums for them. If only we can get an great young player from the continent, i think we'd get excited. Where was we when Elano went to city? - Robbie Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:53:23 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13950 i agree that carson doesnt come for crosses, but aslo agree that hes the best young keeper around, unless we go abroad for someone like ochoa or akinfeev. I would still like villa to be linked to some of the names spurs are being linked to, alves wont happen but now its ujfalusi, also castillo whos gone to man city would have been a great signing, MON should check to see if lucarelli feels the same way about ukraine - brett Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:59:07 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13948 Either Gudjohnsen or Who..? Sorry bad joke ;D Gudjohnsen suits the EPL and would be worth having for a couple of seasons before he takes off again. But wait a second, we have a player like that already - John Carew.. Justin Hoyte on the other hand would be an exceptional buy and would do his potential England career the world of good getting regular appearances. - olof the other reindeer Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:52:12 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13947 Diaby is a qaulity player, but i cannot see him leavin the 'Wenger Boys', (excuse the pun), Diarra isnt as good as you seem to make out so i would pass on him, but i would love to see SALIFOU, get a chance, see everyone seems to have forgot about him!! :o Gudjohnson is a larsson type of player, but not as many goals, so another no!, BUT AIDEN McGEADY would be the best villa buy since Young! i saw in the birmingham mails 'your shout' column some idiot slagging off carson saying he doesnt come for crosses so bin him off, but we have to remember he is still young a the best british goal keeper bar none! Justin Would definately jump ship to villa in favour of more fist team footy! and one last thing please MON keep Cahill! - rushe-VILLA 4 LYF Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:17:30 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13946 Gudjohnson for villa, big YES not only would he score goals but gabby's tally would be doubled as the man makes more than he scores. Yes Please Santa - remolds Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:03:32 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13945 Well, MON did hint at the fact that he has an RB lined up for January that he couldn't get in the summer, and has just denied making a move for Bosingwa, so i would guess it could have been hoyte. I've seen a fair bit of him for Arsenal, and he looks like he can do a job for us there...but i don't know if he's a great talent...certainly no better than glen johnson. I think we can do better. Also, i was under the impression that hoyte was being kept by arsenal whilst Eboue was away on African Nations duty...but i spose they do have sagna and diarra in that position. It could well happen, but we might be able to get better. Gudjohnson on the other hand, i'm even more undecided about. Is he still quality? Was he ever that good? What's he going to be like in our team, bearing in mind we're no chelsea or barcelona? Can't see him making goals on his own, like Defoe would. - Robbie Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:31:39 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2125/70/#comment-13944 gudjohnson is struggling at barca because they asked him to play as the front line in a forward 3 and he simply cant do it - question is would villa just do the same (only replacing ronaldinho and messi with gabby and ash which would obviously be better!) and as for hoyte being RB back up at arsenal - dont forget they can put eboue in there and play either theo or hleb at MR - brett Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:23:22 +0100