VillaHatesMe

19 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said:

Has anybody heard of Jean-Philippe Mateta? Plays for Mainz 05 in Bundesliga. 14 goals in 34 this season and he's only 21 years old, 6'4 and looks a bit of an animal. This is the type of player I would like us to go for.

Reminds me of a young Benteke. 

 

Can certainly see the talent and potential, but my word, are all CBs in the Bundesliga that bad? 

As for whether we'd get him, I doubt he's available. Mainz just signed him last summer and he was the most expensive signing in club history. Doubt they're willing to sell after a season.

1 hour ago, abdomlahor said:

I follow Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga and Milot Rashica has been unbelievable this season. He'd light it up here. Him and El Ghazi swapping wings would be tasty.

 

Certainly a speedy little bugger.

4 hours ago, VillaFaninLondon said:

A player I would absolutely love is Steven Bergwijn from PSV as well. Huge talent and him and El Ghazi on either flank would be frightening, even in the PL. That would be a statement signing for sure. 

I'd imagine he'll be a bit too expensive for us considering all the other needs we have, but I'd love him as well. We'd be a real threat offensively.

1 minute ago, jasoncb said:

Says Sampdoria own him but Atalanta has an option to buy. Wonder how much that is.

Yes, he went to Atalanta on a two-year loan with an option to buy last summer. Not sure how it works. Would Sampdoria be allowed to sell him out from under the loan? 

3 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

Perhaps his stock as risen too much but Duvan Zapata would be perfect for us IMO

Yeah, not sure Atalanta will want to let him go at this point. 

6 hours ago, JordyTheHague said:

Belotti signed a new contract for Torino, don't think it's very realistic for him to come to the Villa. Any other strikes you guys like to see?

A quick list of players I like. Not sure of availability or cost, but I think they'd be in the same price range as Tammy Abraham, if not much cheaper.

Vincent Aboubakar
Patrick Cutrone
Kevin Lasagna
Sebastian Haller

As a Napoli supporter, I watch a lot of Serie A as well. I really like Cutrone. He's only 21 and fits the mold of young and talented.

31 minutes ago, thunderball said:

Help me out here, from someone brought up at a time we played chuckle egg on Sinclair Spectrums, is ‘75 on FIFA’ good or bad please?

It's pretty average. In comparison to our current roster, the only players on Villa rated 75 or higher are Grealish, Tammy and Kalinic.

50 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

any idea who this Ruben Alcarez from Real Valladolid is?, is he any good?, a DMC?

He's rated as a 75 on FIFA, and that's the extent of my La Liga scouting.

Don't know if Napoli would be looking to part ways with him, but I'm a big fan of Amadou Diawara. I think he'd be an excellent CDM here.

47 minutes ago, Kingman said:

James Milner's available on a free, Any takers?..

*raises hand*

Seeing the title of this thread brought a tear to my eye.

I actually think Moses could be useful in the counterattacking scheme that Lambert seems to prefer here. To compare what he was asked to do at Liverpool to what he'll be asked to do here isn't really fair.

 

Obviously it's bullshit, but let's have fun anyway..Anyone know anything about him?

He was born in Utrecht in 1939. He has 3 children and is a boyhood Aston Villa who thinks we will get relegated without investment. Cast iron info there for you.

 

I think he's just what we need: a 75 year old billionaire with three children to fight over what to do with the club after he dies in a few years.

 

 

I think Omariqy's picture from above pretty much confirms it's not Arison.

As opposed to the common sense that if Lerner were negotiating with Arison about buying the club the two of them wouldn't be hanging out together in a parking lot in full view of cameras in the first place confirming it hours ago.

 

 

Wait a minute I've been saying that it isn't him all the time just looked him but I don't think they would care less, there could be any number of reasons for them to be seen out together in public, maybe they weren't expecting to be photographed at that time whoever they were.

 

As I said Arison's company have just done a deal with Dallas Cowboys. So even if were him it would most likely have something to do with that.

 

Sorry, didn't mean you specifically. I meant this thread in general.

I think Omariqy's picture from above pretty much confirms it's not Arison.

As opposed to the common sense that if Lerner were negotiating with Arison about buying the club the two of them wouldn't be hanging out together in a parking lot in full view of cameras in the first place confirming it hours ago.

Dan Bailey (Dallas Cowboys) is a Villa fan.

So am I, as are you. Not sure what that has to do with somebody buying the club.

Wasn't there word a while ago that one of the owners of the two Texas baseball teams was interested in the club, and that was why the team was touring Texas?

 

What about this guy-DeAndre YEDLIN had a good World cup. Can't be expensive.

I think he signed with Roma

 

He did not. Last I heard Napoli was the likely landing spot for him.

Just for the sake of my sanity I'm going to pretend this actually has a chance of happening.

Cant see takeover happening this season new owners wont want players like richardson cole and senderos around especially when they just signed.

When actually buying a soccer team you don't quite take the same approach as you do when deciding on a job offer in FIFA.

Bertrand - 4m

Ashley Young - 4m

Amalfitano - Bosman

Nilton (Brazilian DM) - 2-3m

 

Should be enough, maybe add 1 or 2 loans too and we would have a good team, plus a decent bench.

 

I'd want to see the likes of Senderos, Clarke, Delph (or Westwood), Gabby, Weiman, Grealish on the bench

If you double your offer for Bertrand Chelsea might accept it. 

 

 

 

Bowery or Bendtner?

 

Factor in wages and Bowery every time.

 

Yeah, technically you could argue that Bowery was paid £0 per goal.

 

 

You could also argue that his performance against Hull kept us up and was worth about £50m.

 

Or you could argue that Villa actually secured survival when it beat Chelsea in March, as that gave it 34 points on the season, which is one more than Norwich finished with. The Hull match just made everybody feel better.