RUMOUR - Doyle to Villa (again)

[TBM]

The thing is, if we sell these two for £7m then we wont see that money again, not on transfers anyway, so i dont really care how much they go for cos its meaningless money IMHO.

[Ian Royal]

Neither Church, nor Long strike me as players to get 15+ goals in a season.

On the contrary, I think that is exactly the sort of player Church could become given the chance. You clearly didn't see the Wales game on Saturday. Churchy was very impressive for the 70 minutes he played - much better than Earnshaw.

I've never said he didn't look good, but remind me how many professional career goals he's scored and in how many appearances? I don't know the exact numbers but I don't think it's very impressive. And I doubt he is going to miraculously become the player you think he is in time to score 15+ goals next season.

So it doesn't change my point we're looking light on goalscorers.

[Fezza]

Has Leroy signed for anyone yet?

[Uke]

Has Leroy signed for anyone yet?

Who is Lita?

If he's a football player, it's likely that he's employed to the end of June, so not out-of-contract yet.

[Royalwaster]

He has been released, so he is out of contract.

[Royal Rother]

The thing is, if we sell these two for £7m then we wont see that money again, not on transfers anyway, so i dont really care how much they go for cos its meaningless money IMHO.

However the money is used (even if it just sits in the bank) it will help make us a stronger club.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

He has been released, so he is out of contract.

well he's been told his contract won't be renewed, even though it runs out on June 30th

i haven't even heard a whisper of anyone being interesed in Leroy. He would have gone to NOrwich if they had stayed up

[Uke]

He has been released, so he is out of contract.

well he's been told his contract won't be renewed, even though it runs out on June 30th

i haven't even heard a whisper of anyone being interesed in Leroy. He would have gone to NOrwich if they had stayed up

My point, he is still contracted until the end of June and as such we won't let him go anywhere until then.

LOL if he can't get a SW team to be interested in him and he ends up a long way from Bristol!

[Ian Royal]

I thought we told them their contracts won't be renewed & released them from the current contracts to get rid of them.

[Sun Tzu]

He has been released, so he is out of contract.

well he's been told his contract won't be renewed, even though it runs out on June 30th

i haven't even heard a whisper of anyone being interesed in Leroy. He would have gone to NOrwich if they had stayed up

My point, he is still contracted until the end of June and as such we won't let him go anywhere until then.

LOL if he can't get a SW team to be interested in him and he ends up a long way from Bristol!

Players are free to negotiate new deals from January in the year in which their contract runs out though. There is no reason why Lita can't have a new deal lined up already, although we do hold his registration until the end of the month. I don;t think we can effectively stop him doing anything in the meantime. Any club with whom he has an agreement won;t be playing matches.

[leww_rfc]

Neither Church, nor Long strike me as players to get 15+ goals in a season.

On the contrary, I think that is exactly the sort of player Church could become given the chance. You clearly didn't see the Wales game on Saturday. Churchy was very impressive for the 70 minutes he played - much better than Earnshaw.

I think given the chance next season Church will score a few and become better and better

[Deathy]

Neither Church, nor Long strike me as players to get 15+ goals in a season.

On the contrary, I think that is exactly the sort of player Church could become given the chance. You clearly didn't see the Wales game on Saturday. Churchy was very impressive for the 70 minutes he played - much better than Earnshaw.

I think given the chance next season Church will score a few and become better and better

That is quite some prediction.

[Ian Royal]

I'm willing to be more specific in my prediction. Church won't start 10+ games as a striker or score 10+ goals next season.

[SteveRoyal]

Are Villa assembling the RFC 106-pointers again?

[Franchise FC]

Are Villa assembling the RFC 106-pointers again?

Not according to their fansite - they can't wait to get rid of Shorey.

[SteveRoyal]

Are Villa assembling the RFC 106-pointers again?

Not according to their fansite - they can't wait to get rid of Shorey.

Ah, of course.
On his day he's the 3rd best English LB.
Which isn't saying too much.

[Deathy]

I'm willing to be more specific in my prediction. Church won't start 10+ games as a striker or score 10+ goals next season.

I think this season will see a star born in Churchy! You've got John Tashack telling the press he will be better than Craig Bellamy. The boy will certainly start more than 10 games. Goals? Who knows.

I'll bet he scores more than Long though!

[The 17 Bus]

That's the Shane long that scored nine league goals last season, Church will do well to score as well as long did last season.

[Deathy]

That's the Shane long that scored nine league goals last season, Church will do well to score as well as long did last season.

Long is utter dross. If he plays every week, we're in trouble. The amount of touches he needs to bring the ball under control makes Kebe look like Christiano Ronaldo.

[Ian Royal]

That's the Shane long that scored nine league goals last season, Church will do well to score as well as long did last season.

Long is utter dross. If he plays every week, we're in trouble. The amount of touches he needs to bring the ball under control makes Kebe look like Christiano Ronaldo.

Did you go to any of the last 5 or 6 games?