sir_gary_cahill

15 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

I quite like that side - seems a reasonable balance between youth and experience - still seems odd to me that in a season where we've used about a million players we're still nowhere near filling a bench in any given week.

 

I think it’s worth remembering that we have a lot of young players out on loan. Our current crop of young players is great I think 

Edit- or in other words, we’ve just bought them all, it’s what all of the top clubs do

5 minutes ago, sne said:

Once again linked to Fenerbahce CB Attila Szalai. Think it's 3 or 4 years in a row now, maybe this time eh?

Thanks, where?

26 minutes ago, catanzaro said:

Interesting comments regarding the captaincy from Gerrard.. suggesting he might bring in someone he knows to lead the team..

Thanks, where did he say that?

19 minutes ago, turvontour said:

Do players not quickly improve at that age, like Jacob Ramsey. I'd never have the Ramsey of last season banging in goals left right and centre like he is this season.

I think you could be right, some players just seize the moment, others don’t for whatever reason

2 minutes ago, og1874 said:

Perhaps the experience at Solihull made him focus more on what he needed to improve, so he put everything into it having had the realisation that he wouldn't make it otherwise?

I think this could be the case but if I had an ounce of Archer’s footballing ability, I’d give it 100% in every match, whatever the level 

Without looking at his stats on Wikipedia, can anyone explain why he only scored 5 in 20 matches for Solihull Moors in the National League to scoring regularly in The Championship for Preston? To me, it doesn’t make any sense, does it suggest that the step up in quality isn’t that big? I don’t know, maybe someone can explain edit- I just checked, he scored 4 in 26 matches for Solihull Moors in the National League to scoring 5 goals in 10 matches for PNE in The Championship

3 hours ago, HalfTimePost said:

We paid £31m for Wesley and Samatta

Neither have them have failed at Villa, I liked both of them, I have good memories of both, Samatta’s diving header against Man City in the Carabao Cup final in 2020 and his header against Bournemouth away in the league in the 19/20 season, he showed great bravery in both cases. I also think that Wesley has a lot of potential, he has shown it in short spurts in a Villa shirt, I fondly remember him terrorising Ben Mee and James Tarkowski against Burnley at Turfmoor in 19/20. No striker in world football is going to perform at a 10/10 level every week, it is impossible but it seems that every football fan wants this

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

Why is it a downside then?

It’s the way the media construe it, I’m just copying them. I can’t think of another way to explain it

If Leeds want £60m for him, if we have that kind of money to spend, then I’m all for it. He’s an excellent player, he dictates the game from the middle of the park. It’s something that we have lacked for a number of years, a physical presence in the engine room. The only downside to this is that I think he is quite nasty on the pitch I think but I think that is needed to be a success in the division 

2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said:

Define excellent. 

Better than good? Will that do? It’s a difficult word to describe

17 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

You say this about every player. 

Because we have an excellent squad of players now, the best we’ve had for about a decade

I think and I stress think that his name is Kadan Young. I’ve seen him a few ones and he’s very talented, they all are as you all told me! 

3 minutes ago, A'Villan said:

Depends on what kind of form we are in and any given result. I feel like criticism levelled at both Dougie and McGinn addresses and reflects times where the team dynamic and plan is lacking, as much if not more than it is individual player performance analysis. 

You phrased that well, I think you could be on to something here

12 minutes ago, NoelVilla said:

What is this positivity? Remember we are Villa fans. We will bid for a lot of great players and they will sign for other teams. Remember to follow me and VillaReport for all the latest ITK stuff.

We have Steven Gerrard at the helm now, his name alone will attract players that we couldn’t have dreamt of signing when we had Dean Smith as manager. No disrespect to Dean Smith, he’s still an excellent manager and a Villa fan to boot

1 minute ago, Kingman said:

With the latest TV deal the merit share is now circa £2m a place 

Thanks for correcting me, our race is far from ran as Kingman put it

4 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

He wants too much of the ball, wants to do too much

Kane is a striker, a damn good one, I get that for spurs he's dropping deeper and having son run past him and they link up brilliantly but for England this is causing a problem because I've no doubt that sterling could do it very well or foden or maybe even mount but Southgate seemingly doesn't anyone to do it so kane drops deeper and we become a bit blunt

But then also Kane takes it too far for England, he comes too deep, there were games last year where he popped up at RB and LB

FWIW I thought it was Rooneys biggest issue for England too, he wanted to be a number 9 that collected the ball off the CBs on the half way line, it doesn't work 

When the strikers stay up the pitch, they are accused of a lack of work rate, they can’t win. 
 

Kane wants to be the main man for England like he is at Spurs. He has to understand that are many great players that play for England and they can share the limelight and work load

Rooney had to be the main man too like Kane, he was more of a hothead than Kane. He had so much natural ability

On 26/03/2022 at 00:59, flashingqwerty said:

Andy Cole used to score bags of goals let's sign him...

Yeah, I don't care what his stats were at Norwich, in his current season at Villa his pressing has been poor and his tackling success even worse.

We can afford 1 passenger in some games, but never 2.  And both were passengers against Arsenal for large portions of the game.

We can’t afford any passengers, we need 11 players to be 100% at it for 90 minutes. We also now have a strong bench which can change a game in need be. It’s a squad game these days, I trust Gerrard to get that blend, it won’t happen straight away, it will need time. He has made a great start

20 hours ago, rooster85 said:

99% of us absolutely love him

Why do the 1% not love him? His enthusiasm is infectious, I love him, one of my favourite players

Anyone can tell that the lad has talent, he has been unlucky with injuries since we signed him. He looks spectacular on YouTube too, he’s our second most expensive player ever. I don’t want to put too much pressure on him, just give him time, ease him in *goes to watch him on YouTube* I watched it, he has such quick feet, he’s explosive and great end product. I can’t wait to see more of him in a Villa shirt 

13 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

Got no problem with kane as full time captain, he's spurs vice captain and really the talisman of the team regardless of his Roy of the Rovers bullshit at times

But after that you have mings as villa captain, rice as west ham, captain, maguire is utds captain, he then didn't play but I'm sure Henderson has captained Liverpool, phillips captains Leeds, coady captain wolves - sterling would be way down the list 

Personally I'd go for Rice as vice captain to Kane 

I think I'm more irked by the commentator stating sterling was captain because he had the most caps, that for me is bollocks 

What do you mean by Roy Of The Rovers ******** regarding Harry Kane? 
Sterling is an established international winger, I wouldn’t mind him being captain. Personally, I like captains to be centre backs as they can see the whole of the game and inspire the rest of the team and lead from the back. Sterling is an experienced professional now, he can be captain

2 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

He made sterling captain because he had the most caps, says it all

His take on experience is way off

Who do you think should be England captain villa4europe?

31 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Wolves have a lot to play for - whereas our season is run. Expecting a loss, but perhaps we relax and play well.

Every match is important, £500,000 extra for finishing a place higher up the table and the added incentive of beating our local rivals

2 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Scored tonight.

Played the full 90

Did you watch the game JAMAICAN-VILLAN? If so, did he play well?

1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said:

 

I wonder where that leaves Nakamba too, it seems that they mean business. I will be sad to see either of them leave but the cream rises to the top