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I thought Naitland-Miles(sp?) and Connor Coady got called up a few days ago to replace Maguire and Rashford? So why is everyone saying he got called up because Rashford pulled out?

Guess it all depends on if we will have room in our 25 man squad for 3 right backs when you consider Konsa can play there too. Might see him depart to the championship in the extended domestic window.

One of the Villa View presenters has been caught being naughty.. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/lloyds-bank-worker-sold-customer-18845382 She only used to do the odd show with Dan Bardell when Julian was away, guess she wont be back now - or at least I hope she wont if Dan has sense.

You forget even Konsa played at right back ahead of a fit Elmo whilst Guilbert was out

So anyone know the result? or has it not kicked off yet? I miss the days the Villa youtube channel used to show all the preseason friendlies

True, Plus when you consider that Elmo is 33, if Guilbert gets another injury then can we really rely on a 33 year old to be playing twice a week? lets not forget its going to be a very compact season. Konsa had to switch to right back even though Elmo was available because of this reason a couple of months ago as well. I think its a smart move getting a younger fitter right back to compliment Guilbert. We know we will be signing strikers and wingers as well, so nothing to worry about!

Its Bruces 2nd season, Elmo follows Bruce in the 2nd season for the last decade. Its an age old tradition.

To be fair, last season was like 2 seasons in one. Everyone in the squad is now a seasoned premier league pro, so I'm not that fussed about signing premier league experience for the hell of it. Our worst player last year was our most experienced (Drinkwater) and in the championship our worst player was also an experienced pro (McCorcack)

Anyone watch Forest regularly? What kind of player is he?

Agree, I was very impressed with him. I'd actually say in my eyes he was the best keeper during the project restart period in the Premier League

I came here to say the exact same thing, I'm a long time listener to this podcast and they don't rate Grealish as high as most Villa fans. So just to add to what you've already said - It was strange them saying staying up wasn't down to Grealish but the whole team, sorry but if we didn't have Grealish we would have finished 20th. Also they completely dismiss all of the stats, and refuse to even consider what most Villa fans are saying about Grealish playing in midfield by saying Grealish played most season left wing. Sorry but how many games did Winks start in CM? I bet Grealish started more in CM as thats where he was being selected first part of the season. Also they don't consider how key utility players are in competition squads, by having some person who can play 2 positions allows you to pick an extra player in another position.

Why would an ex Liverpool & Middlesbrough goalkeeper from Australia have transfer information on Aston Villa? Or am I missing a joke or something?

I don't understand why some of our fans are happy for us to let Targett go for 25m, and at the same time happy for us to sign championship players for the same price? Surely a good solid season in the premier league makes him a more valuable asset than someone who's had a decent season in the championship? Targett was one of our best players last season, will only be better this season and still relatively young. I've also heard a few pundits saying he should have been in the England squad. Why do we never rate our own players or always look for flaws in them?

But like I said, we dont create those kind of chances so he wouldn't have scored 26 for us, well not in last seasons team. Depends who else we bring in.. It would have been better if he had more strings to his bow, if some of the goals he scored were curlers from outside the area, or taking on the last defender then placing it in the far corener, or rounding the keeper etc.. Every goal was a tap in in that clip.. (apart from 2 I think)

But you're presuming Watkins scores every chance, he missed a lot of very easy chances on top of the ones he scored in the games I watched. He easily could have scored 30 plus last season, he missed similar chances to the ones you mentioned above

^ Nearly every goal in that clip is around the 6 yard box where it's been put on a plate for him. With some of those goal were shot straight at the keeper but he failed to save them. Thats not me saying he's not a good player, but we simply dont create those kind of chances. I feel a striker who can create some of their own chances would be better for us, or someone who can curl it into the top corner. Think thats the mistake we made when buying Hogan, his highlights clip was full of close range finishes and a few running through on goal latching onto a through ball. I guess what I'm trying to say is when a player scored 26 goals in a season and you see that they were all types of goals then you dont mind paying £25m, but when nearly every goal is a tap in you start to think if he's a one season wonder and worth that kind of money.

Yep, I was just about to post the same. I remember being frustrated watching the U21s when Grealish would rarely get any minutes under him

By relegating Middlesbrough and subsequently failing to bring them back up, got sacked from there and somehow everyone thought he was good enough to progress through the ranks of the national team management

I think its pretty telling when we didnt try to get Reina back that we are not interested in a new keeper. We have 4 on the books already, 1 outstanding, 1 good, and 2 average. But they can all do a job if Heaton isnt fit. Really not a priority.

No not at all, think it was more likely that if we didnt have him then we would have got relegated

I hope so The main summer speculation thread I see as more of a fantasy thread full of Kenneth Williams jokes and puns At least with individual threads you can have a quick look at the latest page or 2 to see if theres been any development

Remember him playing a few games a centre back as well, looked decent there but never got a run in the team. Might have been useful utility player had we got relegated, but he's not a premier league player so I'm fine with him leaving

2+2=5?

Yes but theyve been under a transfer ban for a while, FFP is calculated over 3 years so they can spend a lot more than most other clubs due to this

Simple catch is stretching it lol, but a more athletic younger keeper is definitely getting to it