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Not a big fan of Bailey, but these are the matches he should be starting. Arsenal will have the ball. His pace and ability to beat defenders 1 v 1 will come in handy on counters tonight. Hope he makes the most of it.

1 minute ago, nick76 said:

True! sorry mate!

All good, my friend. 

3 minutes ago, nick76 said:

Really? So just because VTers aren’t happy signing poor/average players we’d reject prime Zidane? Nonsense, we just don’t want to sign extra bodies for the sake of it but impactful players to the team.  It’s not a big ask of the club.

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying everybody is pissed off. I didn't say they didn't have a right to be. Your defensive response only further confirms my point.

I love the mental state of this board right now. We could be linked to prime Zinedine Zidane and at least 10 people would be on here calling him shit within minutes.

32 minutes ago, trillvillan said:

I do - Liverpool have been pursuing a midfielder for awhile now. They have a handful of Brazilians and Portugese speaking players as well. 

 

Milner - old

Henderson- getting on/older

Keita - injured

Ox- injured

No other senior midfielders really for them? They're kinda f*cked if Fabinho gets injured. 

I get all that, but Dougie doesn't make sense to me for how they play. I would think Tielemans makes a lot more sense as a Milner replacement.

1 hour ago, birdistheword said:

 

Atletico Madrid I can see. Liverpool I don't buy for a second.

2 minutes ago, calcifer said:

Each manager has a preference, look at Gerrard, he doesn't play with wingers, so gets rid if most of them. Smith bought Emi and Bailey, yet Gerrard would rather play Coutinho ings and Watkins in the 3 forward places. 

New manager might want to play 5 at the back, or 3 up front.  So Gerrard could spend another 80M only for another manager to come in and they don't fit his style of play. 

We then go again....

Gerrard wants to control possession and dominate matches with his formation, yet he's built a squad much more suited to a 3-5-2 counterattacking style.

6 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said:

Chelsea struggling against Southampton. Tuchel is the big 6 manager most likely to get into trouble before the WC. If he looks like being in danger Pochettino will probably set his sights on the Chelsea job.

Tuchel is Gerrard with a much larger budget. Refuses to change his approach no matter how evident it is that he should, and hopes throwing money at the problems will solve them.

Fire Gerrard and then sell Bailey. We'll be better off, as the Eredivisie is Leon's level, plus we can be rid of the headache that his father will be. Who was the last player represented by a parent that wasn't a headache? 

2 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Maybe check what i said

If not Whats the point if debating

You responded to me giving you information about how often Leon Bailey loses possession with this

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Maybe if we had an actual football manager who could coach he would thrive like he did in Germany

Now that Haaland has proved its not some farmer league

 

If you're up for explaining exactly what point you were hoping to make with these statements if you weren't directly comparing them, I'd appreciate it. Because it reads as if you're saying Bailey's struggles are all Gerrard's fault because now that Haaland is playing well, it's been proven everybody from Germany should play well unless Gerrard destroys them.

Just now, Zatman said:

Who said that

You just did when you used Haaland as an example to prove some kind of odd point that Leon Bailey is great, it's Gerrard's fault he's struggled because Haaland is good. I'm responding directly to your gibberish.

2 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Maybe if we had an actual football manager who could coach he would thrive like he did in Germany

Now that Haaland has proved its not some farmer league

Leon Bailey is not, nor will he ever be, Erling Haaland. If you think they're one and the same there probably isn't any reason to further this discussion.

7 minutes ago, Zatman said:

maybe if we played wingers he would look good, he has played less than 200 minutes in our 5 games this season out of position

In 180 Premier League minutes this season the majority of his work has been done on the right even if he hasn't been playing "right wing." He's had 105 touches. He's lost possession 42 times. Only Coutinho, Kamara, McGinn, Cash and Digne have lost possession more, and they've all had far more touches. He hurts more often than he helps.

I know I'll be in the minority here, but I'd happily cash in on Leon Bailey before his value sinks. He's incapable of doing anything when we're in possession. His strength is using his speed on counter attacks. Any time he's asked to break down a defense that's in position he just dribbles into two defenders and loses the ball or hoofs a cross to nowhere. Unless he's in full sprint, or facing a League One defender, he's not much different than Traore.

53 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said:

Yeah, in January. Has he been that shit? It was seen as a great signing then as he came on a free.

He's not a star, but he would be nice to have here as a reliable alternative to Ramsey who just isn't consistent from week to week. As for his time at Juve, he does not fit with what Allegri seems to be trying to do. Keep in mind, I have no idea what Allegri is trying to do. It seems nobody does, including his players.

4 hours ago, NoelVilla said:

West Ham got to the Europa League semifinal during that period. It's one of the reason that imaginary table used here before was so silly.

It's also one of the reasons they've played so poorly. Had to play a lot more matches without the depth required to do so. They got tired.

28 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

Who’s worse?

Define worse? I think both can be incredibly annoying, but I think you're far more likely to wind Zaha up than Bruno. That's why he's never been red carded but Wilf has.

9 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

I've been following Tanganga since he came through at Spurs and he's really good. He played all across the back 5 out of necessity and crushed it in each position, once famously making Danny Rose exclaim to Jose Mourinho "you're playing right footed CBs in my position!"...or something to that effect. Yes Danny, and he was way better than you.

Only reservation I'd have is that I'm not keen on developing other clubs' talents. Option to buy, then yes please.

My only concern is his height, but I'm with you. There's a lot to like.

I like Tanganga. I'd be happy for him to join the competition at CB as well as a possible backup for Matty at RB. Good with the ball both carrying and passing. Something we're missing there.

If that Owen guy reporting the Crystal Palace interest in Sarr and Soumare were saying something about Villa this board would dismiss him as a nobody, so I'm not sure why anybody is putting stock into what he's saying about Palace.

Thing to be positive about: I don't have to watch Aston Villa today.

Ismaila finally got around to watching yesterday's match.

I don't have any specific replacement in mind if/when it happens, but I won't feel any differently than I did when Smith was sacked. If you're talking a big game about competing for European spots, hire a manager who has proven he can get there, or at the very least has proven he can get the most out of a team. The system isn't important to me. Hiring somebody with the experience and ability to manage a club, both in the locker room, in training, and on the pitch are what matters to me. That was always my problem with the Gerrard hire, and why I was skeptical when it was the direction we chose. He had success at Rangers, but he never had to prove himself as a manager of a club that wasn't guaranteed to finish in the top two of its league.

4 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

Fab said Carney was likely off to Germany in May and when another account speculated Carney was off to Dortmund he replied with the emoji.

So because he reported there was a chance Carney would leave three months before it happened, but got the team wrong, you don't trust him? I hope you don't hold the prognosticators of this board to the same standard.