praisedmambo Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This is the strangest loan signing since that American lambert bought in on deadline day. Everyone's got the wrong guy. There was another winger, not Dawkins—I think he was a Jamaican we had on trial from a club in the USA. I can see myself now wasting some time trying to work out who it was. EDIT: Unless I have the wrong guy. Are you talking about Omar Cummings? Who we had on trial under Houllier... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/9363746.stm Colorado Rapids striker Omar Cummings impresses Villa Cummings played under ex-Liverpool winger John Barnes for Jamaica Colorado Rapids striker Omar Cummings has impressed on trial at Aston Villa, according to manager Gerard Houllier. The Villa boss will make a decision "soon" on whether to take the 28-year-old on a short-term loan deal. Jamaica international Cummings, who was Rapids' leading striker in 2010, could link up with Villa until March when the Major League Soccer season begins. Houllier stated: "I see Omar getting better with every training session. I will make a decision about him soon." Cummings has been training with Aston Villa since 31 December and Houllier said that a work permit would be needed were he to be offered a loan deal. 606: DEBATE It'd be nice if we do this with the option to buy, he could be the next American based player to have an effect in Europe SoutWestVillain Should he join Villa, Cummings will be following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Galaxy stars Landon Donovan, who joined Everton on loan last term, and David Beckham, who is currently training with Tottenham Hotspur. Cummings has played for the Rapids since 2007 and enjoyed a fine season in 2010, scoring 14 goals in 29 games and helping the side lift the MLS Cup. Capped 13 times for Jamaica, Cummings played under John Barnes during the former Liverpool winger's tenure as manager, and was part of the Reggae Boyz Caribbean Cup title win in December 2010. Premier League side Villa, who currently sit just above the relegation zone in 17th place, recently added £6m midfielder Jean Makoun to their squad. Edited October 3, 2018 by praisedmambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, praisedmambo said: Everyone's got the wrong guy. There was another winger, not Dawkins—I think he was a Jamaican we had on trial from a club in the USA. I can see myself now wasting some time trying to work out who it was. EDIT: Unless I have the wrong guy. Are you talking about Omar Cummings? Who we had on trial under Houllier... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/9363746.stm Colorado Rapids striker Omar Cummings impresses Villa Cummings played under ex-Liverpool winger John Barnes for Jamaica Colorado Rapids striker Omar Cummings has impressed on trial at Aston Villa, according to manager Gerard Houllier. The Villa boss will make a decision "soon" on whether to take the 28-year-old on a short-term loan deal. Jamaica international Cummings, who was Rapids' leading striker in 2010, could link up with Villa until March when the Major League Soccer season begins. Houllier stated: "I see Omar getting better with every training session. I will make a decision about him soon." Cummings has been training with Aston Villa since 31 December and Houllier said that a work permit would be needed were he to be offered a loan deal. 606: DEBATE It'd be nice if we do this with the option to buy, he could be the next American based player to have an effect in Europe SoutWestVillain Should he join Villa, Cummings will be following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Galaxy stars Landon Donovan, who joined Everton on loan last term, and David Beckham, who is currently training with Tottenham Hotspur. Cummings has played for the Rapids since 2007 and enjoyed a fine season in 2010, scoring 14 goals in 29 games and helping the side lift the MLS Cup. Capped 13 times for Jamaica, Cummings played under John Barnes during the former Liverpool winger's tenure as manager, and was part of the Reggae Boyz Caribbean Cup title win in December 2010. Premier League side Villa, who currently sit just above the relegation zone in 17th place, recently added £6m midfielder Jean Makoun to their squad. I just don’t know anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Khizzy said: Don't think Simon Dawkins is American, as far as I remember he was a Spurs reject. Funnily enough, my mate who is a Spurs fan always talks up their young players / rejects didn't rate him one bit. Says it all really. He was about 24 when he came here as well. I think Spurs just forgot he was on the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VILLAMARV Posted October 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2018 I was going to do a witty free Moreira hastag thingy Then I realised it would say free more ira so I thought I'd better not. Anyway, time for the flappy Portuguese guy methinks. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Can it really be much worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Wow this one really is bizarre, I can only imagine its some kind of cover to get some money to Mendes? Does anyone know who Wolves first Mendes signing was? I'm thinking perhaps to use him as an agent you have to open an account by paying him some money which is covered under a disguised movement of a pretend player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 If he can't get a game ahead of Nyland or Bunn he should probably start looking for a career doing something else 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted October 8, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 07/10/2018 at 20:47, KHV said: If he can't get a game ahead of Nyland or Bunn he should probably start looking for a career doing something else Haha... exactly how horrific can one be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) On 07/10/2018 at 19:47, KHV said: If he can't get a game ahead of Nyland or Bunn he should probably start looking for a career doing something else I may be wrong but this guy was playing in the top division in Portugual last year, finishing about 12th. Nyland was in the second division in Germany, finishing about 12th. He may be worth a shot. EDIT: I was at Yeovil though and he didn't look particularly convincing. Edited October 8, 2018 by praisedmambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Looked like a competition winner in the cup games, this transfer stank at the time and you can see why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I don't get this loan at all. If it was in order to do Mendes a favour then surely we would have had to agree to play him or something. But just to sign him on loan, no increase in wages, no transfer fee, which I assume limited gain for Mendes. With the limited capacity of my brain I just can't work it out. Anyone got an explanation or even better, a completely off the wall unbased theory for why he's here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2018 12 hours ago, praisedmambo said: I may be wrong but this guy was playing in the top division in Portugual last year, finishing about 12th. Nyland was in the second division in Germany, finishing about 12th. He may be worth a shot. EDIT: I was at Yeovil though and he didn't look particularly convincing. He looked appalling vs Yeovil. I don't think this guy is the answer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 03/10/2018 at 14:23, Zatman said: He was about 24 when he came here as well. I think Spurs just forgot he was on the books Dawkins was on loan at a mls club san jose I think before joining us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Will we ever see him play again? Must be bad in training if Nyland and Bunn are still ahead of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 2 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Will we ever see him play again? Must be bad in training if Nyland and Bunn are still ahead of him. He could barely catch an easy ball in cup game highlights I saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 On 09/10/2018 at 08:26, Stevo985 said: He looked appalling vs Yeovil. I don't think this guy is the answer. Sarkic then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Honestly be willing to give this guy a go again. He was a bit all over the place against Yeovil but not THAT bad as has been made out. Clean sheet, saved a penalty and made a few pretty good saves from what I remember. Almost dropped a clanger but wasn't helped by having a horrible back 4 in front of him. We need a keeper who is more commanding in the air since Alex and Chester are a bit weak there and Nyland is poor in this area. He might only be an inch or less taller than Nyland but he looks much bigger and I'd wager he has better reach and more body to throw around in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 If he can't get in ahead of Nyland then he must be diabolical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, villa89 said: If he can't get in ahead of Nyland then he must be diabolical. Agreed. But it's early days under Smith yet. If the rumors are true that Moreira was a club/Mendes signing and Nyland was a Bruce signing (might not be true) then Bruce would have played "his" guy. Smith might have not wanted to disrupt things by changing goalie the first thing he did. Then again it's not at all impossible that Morieria is indeed crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2018 It's probably worth giving him another go, but from the little we've seen he doesn't look anywhere near good enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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