Tricky_Vale

We need both;
50+ games potentially in the coming season
Watkins could get injured, may well need a rest or may simply hit a bad patch of form.. we need 2 quality strikers

4 hours ago, paul514 said:

You put Mings in with that lot

I got no issue with Mings being in there... but no Mellberg or Laursen?

2 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

Said it before, but I would really love for us to have a technical striker, a “cultured finisher” with a variety of goals in his arsenal.

Someone who has more approaches than blasting it hard and low. Can take on the keeper, excellent in one on ones, chips, lobs, volleys, headers, curlers, pile drivers… the lot basically

Who was the last player we had like this? This seem to be a dying art form imo, it’s supposed to be the beautiful game!

I'd say the last technical striker we had was Angel.. would love to have a player just like him in his prime right now.

5 hours ago, messi11 said:

Depends on the weather

This is a kink I didn't even know existed... I guess you can find anything on the internet

Hearing this now, and seeing how we played against Brentford makes you wonder how long it is has been in the pipeline.

The formation, playing style and personal used against Brentford is exactly how I would expect Emery to set up the team..

4-2-3-1 with a double pivot is pretty much his trademark

Is it just me that is slightly excited at the prospect of Caleta-Car.. simply because he has a beard?

Remember when Mellberg got better and better the longer his beard got... I think its a good omen

Id like to see another midfielder to come in and replace McGinn.. but having being given the armband it looks like he is considered an automatic start

I've never felt Ings was good enough and Watkins now struggles for service since we stopped playing with out and out wingers.. as a La Liga fan, the De Tomas rumours are exciting, he is a great finisher, good ball control and best of all he can win a tackle better than anyone in our midfield, he can score goals by himself and would do well in our current team with a lot of play going through the middle

Does anyone still think we should have kept Adama?

I'm very pleased with this.. looks a decent player

Am I right in thinking the last player we signed from a dutch team was Wilfred Bouma.. good omen for Holman and El Ahmadi there

Would love it if Ireland came good.. if he plays like he did during that season at Citeh then we have a star on our hands.

But we've been here before with numerous players, Curcic, Collymore, Milosevic even Angel to an extent, players who were better on paper than they were on the pitch

If McLeish pulls this off today it will leave me smiling.. N'Zogbia is a better player than Downing, hands down, excellent business if we sign him for even a penny less than we get for that dishonourable word removed Downing

If this really does happen and AM is given the job.. then can we at least hope we put him on a 6 month rolling contract so we can get rid of the fool at Christmas without another pay out

General

I'm 31 and have loved Aston Villa since attending my first game at 5 year old. There have been ups and downs in that time and through everything I still loved my club and most of all I was proud of my club.

Even through the horrible O'Leary years, when I would wince at every mention of the "honest bunch of lads" I was still proud of Aston Villa. Even when we were knocked out of the league cup after a hammering by Doncaster I was proud of my club. More recently we were destroyed 6-0 by a recently promoted Newcastle and STILL I was proud of my club.

General.. after the news regarding McLeish I am no longer proud, for the first time I am ashamed of my club.

Perhaps pride isn't important from a business point of view but I tell you this, the fans are. You see that Lion on our crest, to me it stands for pride. If the board appoint McLeish, not only would you have tainted our "Proud History" but you can also wave goodbye to our "Bright Future"

Mark C

Carlos beginning to look more like the defensive rock we need, must be the beard

Sure is quiet in here today.

i reckon some people cant find the match threads any more, were definitely more popular when in the main forum

So Nicky Shorey isn't completely shit.

I think he's a decent player, but he's not a good enough defender when your up against it.. and unfortunately the way we've played the last 6 months we've up against it more often than not

When we are comfortable he's a good option because he offers a lot going forward

Clark looked gutted with that header, been impressed with the lad so far though.