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  1. I know that wasn't the plan when we signed him, but for multiple reasons is starting to look like the best option if its possible I'd let him go if we get a bid of over 10m
  2. We have been punching above our weight all season, we just aren't a top 4 side. Our first choice 11 when all fit and on form is close to being one, but as soon as we have to dig into the rest of the squad we become a mid table side. Our whole season hinged on Luiz and Kamara being available every game, and Watkins not getting injured I truly think we will finish 6th. And for me, although disappointing when thinking of what might have been, that's still progress and a brilliant season IMO. To be cemented in as a top 6 side in such a short span of time is amazing and we should be proud and happy with that. We desperately need another quality option in CM, and i don't know why we have neglected it and are buying 20m wide men from the championship, especially so if we are going to be really restricted in the summer due to FFP I'm still really positive, but we are a top half side, not a top 4 side, and we have a lot more work to do. If we had Mings, Kamara and Ramsey available for most of the season i think we would have pulled off the impossible. We just arent able to replace them. We had one player in the squad who Emery could have turned into a useful back up for Luiz and Kamara, and that's Sanson. I might be way off the mark, but i think Emery could have moulded him into something levels above our other midfield options after Kamara and Luiz My biggest disappointment is our mentality, every time we play under pressure or have what's deemed a must win game to take a step forward, we seemingly bottle it.
  3. prime candidate to sell and help us with FFP in my opinion. Decent, and an improvement from him recently, but nowhere near athletic or strong enough for a midfield spot in what is already a team somewhat lacking in the attributes he lacks, which means its even more of a negative overall. Hopefully can turn a healthy profit on him
  4. So so depressing, carbon copy almost of that MON season, looking nailed on for top 4, a real chance for a huge catapult to getting back to the big time, and then a mixture of players folding under pressure and terrible January transfer window has meant its all crumbling into dust.. We were crying out for solid dependable reinforcements at CB and at CM in January, instead we mess about signing youth prospects.. We basically staked everything on Luiz and Kamara being fit and on form in every game to have a midfield that can compete, and we staked everything on Watkins being fit and not having his usual long periods of misfiring in front of goal, both have come back to bite us And now it could be another 20 odd years till we could find ourselves in a similar position. Emery disappointed me today. We had United rocking, the crowd was fired up, the players were fired up.....and all Emery did on the touchline was try to calm and quieten us down I'm trying not to overreact, but its hard not to
  5. No doubt this has already been said, but its like that season with MON at the helm all over again when we were perfectly poised going into January to challenge for the top 4, to finally grab a prized top 4 place and have a real chance at then building on it and becoming one of the big boys of the league. We then royally **** it up. I'll probably actually cry if we mess it up again.....these chances don't come about too often! I know we are quite stretched for FFP, but surely we have some money to play with? We need back up GK, a quality RB, another Striking option, and better midfield cover than Donk. There's no way we can afford all of that unless Monchi has got some miracles to pull out of his hat, and so we probably have to prioritise 2 of the 4 of those, and even that's being optimistic. For me, if Watkins or Martinez get injured and are out for any length of time then that's our chances over with, and so those are the positions we try to strengthen. Its so exciting to know we are now in with a real fight to bring big European nights back to VP next season..... regardless of the outcome it is so god damn satisfying to be fighting at the business end of the league for once
  6. Emery constantly making me look like an utter fool who knows nothing about football, every player i write off he works with and seemingly turns into a world beater! Bailey just the latest in a long list
  7. Luiz is one of 3 villa players who made me realise i know **** all. It was also a stark demonstration of the impact a manager can have on a players individual level of performances. Rewind not too long ago, between the end of our time under Smith and Gerard's spell, and I was firm in the belief that Luiz was bang average and good for a squad player,, and Watkins and McGinn i wanted gone. Thank god i'm not our manager. The way Luiz has gone up 2 or 3 levels is amazing. He's close to Rice / Caceido level fee's if anyone wants to try and get him. He's one of the top 3 midfielders in the league easy. As if it wasnt good enough already, he has now added goals to his game! Happy days and i have a feeling that this is one player that might not jump at the inevitable big offers we are likely to get and want to stick around.
  8. love Emery, love what he is doing, but his tactical choice to use such a high line with these defenders is basically playing russian roulette and i hate watching it
  9. hope we got a sell on fee, if Nakamba finds another couple levels to his game suddenly he's another Kante and clubs will be paying top money for him! Optimistic but not impossible.
  10. hope we find a way to move him on. Just cant see him turning things around to the point where he is worth the wages. If we can find a new home for him, will help us out in having more room for this summer window. The amount and type of players we are looking to recruit are going to demand high wages and having to be too constrained with wage negotiations could mean us missing out on key targets, I don't regret signing him, and he was definitely worth the punt at the time, but now its time to move him on if its possible
  11. He's a real talent, theres a reason why arsenal renewed him, some exciting cameos this season, and i cant understand anyone being so chuffed that we missed out on him mate? Think he would have been a perfect fit for us Surprised me reading that, the same as it surprised me people on this forum who wouldn't want Xhaka, as he's been really good for Arsenal this season. I think some are setting there sights a tad too high, and are likely to end up disappointed as a result. We aren't a recognised top team contender yet that can afford to turn our noses up at players of this type. Some peeps think we are already able to go shopping in the very top tier of talent, but we have a little way to go yet before we can go shopping there yet. We no longer need to shop at Morrisons, but we arent quite a Waitrose customer yet (hope that analogy works, as food shopping is the missus's department!!) Nelson would have been an upgrade on anything we have available currently on the wings. I'm really excited to see how we play once we upgrade on Bailey, Traore etc. Amazing how well we have done this season considering we have such a glaring lack of quality in these positions! Stick the right player in front of Moreno and we are going to be a massive threat attacking down that side This is the most exciting transfer window i can remember for god knows how many years. We have loads of squad space to fill, big money behind us, have become an attractive proposition to players, and to top it all we have a manager who has great knowledge of quality obtainable players and a name that gives us a chance of getting some of our most ambitious targets. Everything is all lined up perfectly for us to make a big leap forward next season. Happy days!
  12. Seems much less selfish than last season, passing to open players more often rather than running himself down blind alleys.
  13. always knew this would be a tough game, palace are such a horrible team to play against and we dont match up against them physically at all.. whats more worrying is how the players i pinned most of my hopes on just don't look like delivering at the moment, Cash, Digne, Bailey all been shocking
  14. could always see us getting dominated physically by palace. They look so much stronger and faster than us
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