Adam2003
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Probably been said, but my concern is he’s a confidence player and can be a little fragile (an absurd thing to say about someone at his level - obviously he’s very mentally strong - but you know what I mean). I hope what we don’t get is Toney coming in and scoring tonight, and Watkins’ mindset being “I had a big chance, I didn’t deliver, now I’ll miss the Euros” and coming back to Villa on a downer. Ideal obviously is he comes off the bench and gets a goal!
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I’ve followed football for 35 years and I lived in London for 12 years and I’ve never met a QPR fan. You may have been the victim of a hoax
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To be fair that other guy is probably Polish which might work in his favour (the manager who persuaded Cash to declare and was chasing similar second-generation connections has left, right?)
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Forest paid up to £42m for MGW*, can’t see them selling for £3m profit… *£25m plus £17m add-ons says the internet and a bunch of those will have been hit already.
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Yeah and also selling Douglas Luiz to Man United for £5m plus Harry Maguire and Villa Park burning down because Austin McPhee left his hair straighteners plugged in
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I’m reporting it because I remember having the conversations on the day when we signed Dendoncker and Arsenal were upping their bid for Dougie at £5m a pop and he was expected to move. It was all happening on the same deadline day and hanging on to DL was the best business we did that window.
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Poor Dendoncker. Signed on deadline day in a panic to replace Douglas Luiz and then that deal didn’t get done. Which is also why sometimes when we say “get our business done before we sell players and leave ourselves short” it doesn’t quite work!
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Agreed, Southgate sounded like he was pleased with him as well. Suppose a lot will depend on fitness of TAA, Trippier, Walker etc as to how much the right back cover matters at the time but he did what he could. Must have a shot of starting against Belgium as well if Walker is anything more than sore?
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Just so calm on the ball, casually stepping around two England players in his own area
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Been ok, poor service tbh, run the channels well, had one great chance that the defender got a nick to. Solid enough but nothing to cement a spot ahead of Toney if that’s his competition. Has played full 90 so wonder if Toney will get the Belgium game.
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Our 77th England player?
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I have a great character - one of the best! - and couldn’t care less about my national team. Not sure those two things are connected
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Let’s be honest if we look at this dispassionately it’s a bit of a spoiled baby (most footballers) and a bit of a joke organisation (most FAs) having a spat. And as you say it isn’t just Bailey - Antonio is also skipping squads isn’t he, but without speaking about it? Can only be good for Villa though. Last thing we need is Bailey needing to take a flight with three changes from the UK to Jamaica (his big complaint) then the same again home, and expect him to perform in the PL. I’m all for players playing for their countries but if you’re Emi Martinez this week you took a private jet to Philadelphia for the Argentina game and you’re staying in the Ritz there - coming back and performing after that is a bit different. And yet what can the Jamaican FA do if they’ve got no money?
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Not sure tbh, haven’t really followed the Colombian media perspective on him! Have you seen them presenting him as the next big star?
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I think the Davis comparison falls down slightly when you consider Duran has already scored twice as many PL goals as him and should overtake him for goals in all competitions in the next 6 weeks or so
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He’s played about 1.25 games since being injured for months and months…
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I don’t mind him being judged, or think he needs a hiding place, it’s just frustrating that many of the people judging him (and all footballers) are very stupid
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Speaks the language apparently
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Think as much as anything this may be because we didn’t have £30m available without breaching FFP. I agree with you it was sensible but not sure we would have had another option at the time.
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Yeah agreed, that’s why I said “not every selection gamble pays off” in the post you responded to.
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For sure, but comparing him age 20 with a bunch of sub appearances under his belt to a 28-year-old who is probably the best off the ball striker in the league is a tough comparison. I didn’t watch Watkins for Exeter when he was Duran’s age but I’m sure he also had a long way to go to match where he is today.
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Think this is the thing - lots of crying “what was Unai thinking?” and I even saw someone say “what would Diaby think with Duran starting ahead of him?” but if he hadn’t started Duran, after coming off the bench and scoring a screamer vs Ajax, we would be thinking “well what does he have to do.” We have more than 11 players now and not every selection gamble will pay off but all these lads are learning the PL as they go so the minutes are valuable for our future whatever.
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I think we will win the Europa Conference and I think we will get CL. And I can easily see a world where John McGinn plays a couple more seasons for us then goes to win a title or two with Celtic. And that means I can quite easily see a world where McGinn’s career has him winning the Scottish League Cup with St Mirren, the Scottish Cup with Hibs, joining Aston Villa in the Championship, winning promotion in his first season from his goal in the play-off final, captaining the club in the Premier League and Champions League, winning a European trophy, then going back to Scotland to win the league. And along the way probably getting very close to being his country’s all-time top scorer while playing in multiple international tournaments. Feel like in 2030 people will look at his career and say “wow I didn’t expect that in 2015.”
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Of any player regularly used in a two in the middle this season, Douglas Luiz has probably been the best in the league.
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It’s funny because you look at them and they have more players than most teams who I would love to have in our squad - Kudus, Bowen, Paqueta, I’m personally a fan of Soucek and Coufal - and then a few who are nowhere near our level. Means you can get a completely mixed bag depending on who shows up for them on the day
