Lowton

[Skerritt 0]

Seeing as PL has signed him for villa, surely he would have wanted to take him to Norwich. For 3 million, the price seems a bit steep and personally I would have much prefered Gunter for 2 million so am happy that deal didnt go through at Norwich.

[Yelloow Since 72 56]

I prefer the far more experienced and versatile Whittaker on a free-transfer to either of those. Job well done CH!

[Legend Iwan 30]

YS72, out of interest, would you have preferred the far more experienced Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton over Pilkington and Howson?

[Skerritt 0]

Noooo definately not. Pilks and Jonno are soooooo much better.

[Damo 0]

[quote user="Skerritt"]Seeing as PL has signed him for villa, surely he would have wanted to take him to Norwich. For 3 million, the price seems a bit steep and personally I would have much prefered Gunter for 2 million so am happy that deal didnt go through at Norwich.[/quote]

I''m not sure on Gunter - he''s quite volatile. Also, I haven''t really seen him set the Championship alight so I question whether he would pull up trees in the Premiership.

What interested me in the Lowton signing was the fact that he was signed from Sheffield United. I''m almost positive that Lambert stated there was no more talent to be had from the lower leagues, and that we had poached it all already.

[Zak Van Burger 0]

[quote user="Farro"]

What interested me in the Lowton signing was the fact that he was signed from Sheffield United. I''m almost positive that Lambert stated there was no more talent to be had from the lower leagues, and that we had poached it all already.[/quote]What particularly interests me is that Lowton was in the Sheff Utd squad at the same time as Kyles Walker and Naughton and therefore was third choice fb ending up loaned to some obscure has-been Hungarian side.It would appear that Lambert and Villa are having to settle for "next best" in the transfer market for reasons one can only speculate about but which would tend to point towards them not having quite as much money to play with as they might have intimated.....

[judderman 0]

[quote user="Farro"][quote user="Skerritt"]Seeing as PL has signed him for villa, surely he would have wanted to take him to Norwich. For 3 million, the price seems a bit steep and personally I would have much prefered Gunter for 2 million so am happy that deal didnt go through at Norwich.[/quote]

I''m not sure on Gunter - he''s quite volatile. Also, I haven''t really seen him set the Championship alight so I question whether he would pull up trees in the Premiership.

What interested me in the Lowton signing was the fact that he was signed from Sheffield United. I''m almost positive that Lambert stated there was no more talent to be had from the lower leagues, and that we had poached it all already.[/quote]He didn''t quite say that, he alluded to wondering how much more talent there was. I think he was probably just saying he would need to shop abroad as well as from the lower leagues.As for Lowton, it''s a big step to the Premier League, especially for a defender, but once he adjusts, I think he''ll be a great signing, well worth the £3m and possibly and England international in the future.I live in Sheffield, and Utd fans are absolutely gutted he''s gone, he''s by far their best player and should be a definite improvement on Hutton! He''s been raved about all year. I would have liked to have seen him here, but we''ve got money to spend in other positions now.

[Move Klose 303]

The 2 he has signed for Villa i reckon we would have gone for. Reckon they were targets for us. I would of prefered Lowton to Whittaker, i hope Whittaker does well. But SPL is lower end championship/top half league 1 level. 4 year deal seems a funny 1 to me. I would rather see a Gunter/Lowton/Hunt(Huddersfield).

[yellow blood 0]

[quote user="SuperZakWhitbread"]The 2 he has signed for Villa i reckon we would have gone for. Reckon they were targets for us. I would of prefered Lowton to Whittaker, i hope Whittaker does well. But SPL is lower end championship/top half league 1 level. 4 year deal seems a funny 1 to me. I would rather see a Gunter/Lowton/Hunt(Huddersfield).[/quote]

But Lowton and Hunt were League 1 last season and Gunter was lower end championship....not any difference to your description of the SPL. At least Whittaker is an international with 15 caps (albeit for Scotland). And yes, I know that Gunter has more caps for Wales but why not give Whittaker a chance?