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3 minutes ago, useless said:

I've known this feeling before, going into the last day of transfer window feeling we need more, hoping and wishing we get it, waiting patiently for something to happen, but having that sinking feeling that nothing will happen. Please let this be the day when I get to know what it feels like when something does happen on the last day of the window and my wish comes true, I should really like another attacker please.

The lights are still on at BMH…

He’s looking so sharp right now, every touch and pass just looks crisp and he’s obviously striking the ball well for his goals. Gotta have him the starting 11 on Sunday.

4 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

Not true actually, his wages get covered for long term injury. It's what standard PL insurance contracts are. The excellent The Price fo Football podcast gave some insight into it. 

Certainly getting our moneys worth from the policy this year. Would hate to see the renewal premiums next year

6 hours ago, IrishVilla10 said:

 This fella seems an upgrade on Gregg evans already 

Light years ahead of Evans. I still can’t believe how poor Evans’ writing is for a senior writer.  Always a chore to read his pieces. 

Do not remember a single thing this lad did for Tottenham last year. Not necessarily a bad thing for a centre back but he did not stand out at all, either in a good or bad way. Be interesting to see how he fits in.

He got a bad injury at Watford and then Watford wanted him sent back to villa for rehab. Villa disputed this saying he is loaned for the year so his rehab should happen at Watford. The players union got involved and then I think he did return the Villa in the end. Doesn’t seem like behaviour that would happen for a player we wanted to stay so I guess he will be sold, loaned or cut loose when possible.

I would sell at this point if a good fee is on the table. I was feeling positive about Coutinho at the start of the season but him getting get another niggling muscle injury in the Everton game whilst hardly breaking a jog has really got me down on his chances of ever being consistently available for us. Assuming it goes through quickly I would be confident we could reinvest his fee in someone who could have more impact for us this year.

8 hours ago, Rolta said:

He was effective in the Prem before, so why not now? I get it that we should be aiming for a different type of player maybe, but he can have his moments too.

I just find him lacking in pressing, physicality and basic ball retention so I feel he will never be reliable for us in the premier league, for the level we want to play at. Weirdly I feel like Traore is really good at the ‘difficult’ skills whilst being bad at the ‘simple’ parts of the game.  As a wildcard sub though he still has a role to play.

I wouldn’t get hung up on the fee. The fee is ‘cheap’ because there will be a buy back clause and this drives the price down. We obviously value the potential to bring him back in the future more than a couple of £m

Going to be a ECL legend this guy, but in the Prem he is a luxury we can’t afford most games. See also Coutinho.

Looking forward to seeing him play in the league. We know he has baller DNA so will be interested to see if he can hit the same heights as his brother.

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

What on earth is going on with the kit? Why is it drenched on every player… poor quality? 

It’s the patented Castore GreaseFit, the only clothing technology that can simulate being dipped into a giant tub of Vaseline by your ankles. 

https://x.com/j_tanswell/status/1693292810353475678?s=46&t=B_W_DvRzk5rhzRm0vMLR0w

Unai said in presser he doesn’t think it’s too serious. You can stop digging his grave now…

Does he get in the team once Moreno is fit? I would say a right back is more pressing unless we plan to place a CB at RB.

I thought he looked excellent on the ball. Like having an extra midfielder to bring the ball out. When he’s up and running it should allow Luiz to player slightly further up the field in possession as he won’t have to come deep the carry the ball for us. 

22 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

Who knows - they may turn out to be be the next McGrath/Ehiogu or Mellberg/Larsen. Let's be positive. 

It’s true, Torres-Carlos is ~£60m of combined centre backs. I’d hope they were at least half decent to be honest! Let’s just thank our luck stars that we bought Torres this summer so we are not as desperate as we would have been and, in theory, have the perfect cover for Mings.

Man Utd lost 7-0 to their bitter rivals last year on the way to a third place finish (lol). This is funny but the lesson is that a freak result doesn’t need to be anything more than that, and at least we can understand why it happened with the Mings injury blowing a hole in our plan. Emery will be working on a Mings-less system to make us a success for the next game and Monchi will be deep into his database if more cover is now needed

Crazy to think the team wore T-shirts in support of Emi yesterday and they will likely have to wear T-shirts in support of Mings next week . Just awful luck. The team suddenly looks unsettled and lacking leadership. Ashley Young now a big miss in hindsight.

A draw would be a fair result in this game if you take away Konsa’s freak mistake and our players could finish their dinner…

3 hours ago, MrBlack said:

Interesting that the new background for the presser includes the old badge, and the standalone old lion, but not the new badge or new lion. 

The new badge or lion won’t appear anywhere except the kit if the club have its way. 

Awful news. I had Buendía down for a breakthrough season this year where he became a real star in the league. At least he’ll be like a ‘brand new signing’ next season . I hope Ramsey comes back better than ever now .

Who starts on the left against Newcastle? Bailey or Coutinho?

Hmm Would Jacob Ramsey have been given a chance to crack the first team under Emery and Monchi do you think?

8 minutes ago, ferguson1 said:

No, it doesn’t work like that. Villa have six players who are fully expected to be included in their 25-man Premier League squad and also fit the homegrown quota. They are: Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Emi Martinez, Tyrone Mings, Ollie Watkins and Jacob Ramsey.

A homegrown player is a player who, irrespective of nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to The FA or the FA of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons before his 21st birthday.

But 4 of the 8 have to be from villas academy…if wiki is to be believed.

3 minutes ago, villan-scott said:

Not surprising we are looking at the same type of arrangement with Archer as we are doing with A.Ramsey. 

Well it is quite surprising given the lack of depth in striker position. New striker incoming?

24 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

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Looks like they need Maguire even more than I thought.