M_Afro
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I really hope we don’t buy this guy. He is miles off it. I know it’s fairly early days but he just wants too much time. He dawdles on the ball longer than McGinn but without the ability to keep the players at arms length. It’s a no from me.
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It’s not a must win but it’s certainly a must play much better. We have been off it since the City game. Our intensity in that match was amazing but since then we have been flat as a pancake. I thought that was going to be a springboard for us but it’s actually been quite the opposite. Very strange and we must change it soon.
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You could tell that was going to happen from the first minute. Their intensity and pressing was amazing, whilst we just looked half asleep. Really poor from our team. When we actually raised the intensity, they fell apart but we didn’t maintain it. The amount of stupid fouls we gave away which allowed them to take the sting out of the game was so frustrating. We have very little football intelligence and when things go wrong we revert to stupidity. Not much else to say really. Bailey was great but i guarantee that he will start in the next match and he will be rubbish. It’s so frustrating. Please pray for Pau! If ever we needed a player back it’s him. We also really miss Digne. He has been miles better than Moreno this season. Let’s hope they both return soon.
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That was awful. No intensity at all. We never got close to Newcastle and they look like scoring every time they attack. What is going on? Really worrying. This will be 4 or 5. Thank goodness Isak has gone off.
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Didn’t realise he was a Villa fan. That’s an added bonus. He reminds me a little bit of another big money Villa fan signing, Mr Stanley Victor. That didn’t work out great but I have high hopes for this one. He looks like a proper talent to me. Big, fast, strong, two footed lad who plays with his head up. Unai could turn him into a star.
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Gosh mate. We’re definitely not playing as well but we are still solid and in all of the games. Poor is a fairly drastic assessment. Just think back a few years and re-set the poor barometer. We are a million times better than we were even a few years ago.
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I’m sorry but we just can’t operate like that with ffp. How much money did we blow on Danny Ings? How much damage to it cause? Duran has much more to offer and is significantly cheaper. He also has a much higher ceiling. This is how we must operate
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I don’t understand the clamour from some people for us to get rid of Duran. He has the potential to be a world class striker. He is fulfilling a key role as understudy to Ollie (a role that is always going to be difficult to fill). There’s no real evidence of him having a poor attitude other than unfounded speculation. Leave the kid alone and get behind him. As some are making a comparison to Archer, I will comment too. I think Archer is already very close to his ceiling. He is what he is, which is a very good Championship striker. There’s nothing wrong with that but I honestly believe that Duran is levels above him already with much room to grow.
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Totally agree. The only way he leaves is if they offer us a stupid amount of money for a permanent transfer and we can get a suitable replacement (and if he has been acting up). Without those three things aligning, he stays. Absolutely certain of that.
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I thought we were only allowed to loan 2 players from abroad? If that’s true, then links to loaning Neuhaus must be bs.
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Not an obligatory option to buy. I doubt we will make a permanent replacement now whilst we have a risk that Donk may return. It will likely be a temporary replacement or go with what we have.
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I can’t believe we will loan him without a buy option. The gain is not worth the risk of losing his cover. We are light in centre midfield.
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We did pay a fee mate. That’s very normal. There will likely be a pre agreed compensation sum due back to Villa should Barcelona trigger any early release. Again, that’s common practice for loan contracts.
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I suspect the key factor here is Lenglet. If he wants to stay at Villa then he will. If he wants to go to Milan (or anywhere) then he will. He’s been getting more starts recently. That might be enough to convince him to stay. I hope he stays. I think he’s been getting better every week.
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As I said before, almost all loan contracts enable the parent club to call the player back. Plymouth agreed season long loans with Villa for both Azaz and Hayden but we decided to recall them against the wishes of Plymouth, who unfortunately for them, could do nothing about it. It did not require the ok from Plymouth. All the power was with Villa. I believe that’s exactly the same for Lenglet. I obviously haven’t seen his contract but if it is any different, then that would be unusual. Two parties can agree whatever they want in a contract so long as it is within the confines of the law but usually there is a unilateral clause in the favour of the parent club that enables a recall.
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Loans almost always have a unilateral break clause in favour of the loaning team. That’s why we were able to recall Azaz and Hayden without Plymouth being able to stop us. If Villa are due compensation due to an early callback then it will be Barcelona who have to pay it to Villa. Villa don’t have a contract with Milan. Milan would then have to agree a payment with Barcelona to compensate Barcelona for their loss to Villa. That’s why it’s incredibly unlikely to happen and most likely bs.
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He won’t have much to be fair. Milan will negotiate with Barcelona and Lenglet’s management team. If all parties want the deal to happen, Barcelona will recall him and then loan him/sell him to Milan. The only involvement Monchi will have is to try and convince Lenglet to stay.
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I saw that. The tweet I saw said that Milan were negotiating with Monchi. Lenglet plays for Barcelona so I’m pretty sure that Monchi would have zero involvement. Sounds like bs to me. Hopefully he will stay until the summer. He’s just starting to show signs of real quality.
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We desperately need a signing. This thread has taken a very unusual turn. It’s all gone a bit Judith Chalmers (one for the kids). For what it’s worth I absolutely love London and Dublin. Both absolutely fantastic cities. I’d give Glasgow a 7/10 too. None too shabby at all………Having said that, I live in Leicester which sets a very low bar!
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We’re obviously feeling each other out, us with low bids and them with a high valuation. I suspect that this will get done at about £9m or we will walk away from it. We’re about to see what Monchi is made of. It’s also a very interesting ploy from us to agree to loan the players back for the remainder of the season. We know that clubs hate to lose players in January and you are often held to a January tax. This is a way to avoid that but also avoid more aggressive competition in the summer when other clubs are more active in the market. It’s a good strategy and allows these young players a further few months development at the level they’re already at.
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I’ve been on their forum. A lot of their posters are gutted. I do believe that he’s better than the three I listed. Time will tell I guess but he looks to have a much higher ceiling and will suit an Unai team. Unai is boss. He gets my full support. It Unai wants him. I want him.
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Surely Unai has earned our trust? For what it’s worth I think this kid is much better than A Ramsey, Archer or Bidace. Time will tell of course but this kid is a proper heads up football player. He could become top drawer.
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I wonder if this means that Rambo is badly injured. Maybe that’s made us move earlier than planned for this lad.
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Local lad with bags of talent. If we can get him for £10m then it looks like a good deal for us. Maybe we will send them Tim on loan for the rest of the season as part of the deal. I’m excited by this. He could become a top player under the Sultan.
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New England rugby captain Jamie George a Villa fan. Who knew? Seems like a top man too.
