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Triston Rowe’s DOB is 31/12/2005, so he’d be a first year scholar for this season and he’s not on the OS u18s squad 

1 minute ago, mikeyp102 said:

Do we think Shakpoke will play this year? Seems to have injured since he joined 

I remember seeing him once at Villa Park, he looked amazing 

47 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

Katsukunga and Onuchuckwu

We're taking the piss at this point 

I’m pretty sure it’s Katsukunya, I think you’re only joking though!

Ben Broggio is with the u19s for pre-season, he posted on his Instagram 

2 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

They were among the best players in their respective leagues. He bought Cancelo for 60m for example. Hardly diamonds in the rough.

I hadn’t heard of any of them before they popped up at Man City, look at them now

30 minutes ago, useless said:

List of the new scholars

Abube Onuchuckwu, Thierry Katsukunga, Nile Timson, Sam Lewis, Dylan Mitchell, Travis Patterson, Charlie Pavey, Kadan Young, Archie Durden, Omari Kellyman, I-Lani Edwards, Alex Hammond, Jack McDowell, Rory Wilson

There's also a brief description of each one on the official site

Wasn't expecting that many, I think Ewan Simpson probably still happening as well once he turns sixteen, and then considering the likes of Triston Rowe, Luka Lynch, and Broggio have already played for the U18s, we could see them play an age up on occassion as well, I think Broggio is with the U19s in Czech Republic at the moment.

I originally thought that Triston Rowe would be a scholar for this upcoming season. Is Ben Broggio an u16 for this upcoming season? Thanks for your analysis and posts on the young players, you educate me! I think it is Archie Duerden

3 minutes ago, Steero113 said:

Good shout, certainly breaks the mould though, wouldn't you say?

Most definitely, I don’t know where Pep finds these players like Zinchenko, Cancelo, Rodri to name but a few. Man City must have good scouts- sorry for going Off Topic mods

37 minutes ago, Steero113 said:

Aside from Viera, I cant think of a world class DM who was ever massive. 

Makalele, Kante, Keane, Gattuso, Deschamps, Dunga, Simeone all way under 6ft and not burly. 

Rodri is 6ft 3, I’d say he is world class

There’s an interesting article on the official site about our new scholars for the upcoming season

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

Link?

I’ve looked but I can’t see anything on the official site, it’s probably me being stupid 

23 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said:

Not wanting to come across negative but if/when we sell him he’s going to be a £40-50mill player. All profit!

Hopefully, we’ll be able to build a side around him not sell him. It looks like we’re looking at not just the present but also the long term future too

7 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said:

Needs clearance from aircraft control cause he is that tall. Looks the same height as Mings now. Imagine just turning 17 and on a tour of Oz with our team.he must be hugely thought of 

With good reason too

21 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said:

I think we need another central midfielder, Kamara for all of how promising he seems, he is still untested in the PL, and we are one injury away from having the same midfield as last season. Imo the midfield is our weak spot. 

I wouldn’t want to put too much pressure on Kamara, he’s just made his debut for France, so he must have something about him. Don’t forget about Iroegbunam and Aaron Ramsey too

15 minutes ago, useless said:

I think I only saw him once on a youtube stream, but remember thinking he looked like a decent player, reminded me a little of Doyle-Hayes, looked a very decent passer of the ball, albeit as I say that's based on having seen very little of him.

I can see that comparison definitely, both of them were good in our youth team and u23s. Just because a player doesn’t make it at Villa, it doesn’t mean they won’t have a very good career in the game

32 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

There you go Carney. They won't ho crazy over you and are as poor as ****, just trying to buy low and flip high. What an enticing prospect for you.

 

Here's a formula. FUcKo4F

He’s an excellent player, he has great natural ability. If he wants to move on, so be it, he will have a great career in the game, I have no doubt. 

2 hours ago, useless said:

Former Villa academy player Alex Prosser has just come on for Leamington.

I remember him fondly, he was good in our youth team, I was sad to see him move on

2 hours ago, useless said:

We will probably sign someone out of the blue that we haven't been linked with, or find ourselves linked with someone out of the blue and then sign them a couple of days later, was a cliche at one point, but seems to be how we genuinely operate at the moment.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that was it for us now, we have strengthened considerably. Any more signings now are a welcome bonus. Firstly, I think we need to move a few out of the door. I’ve been impressed by the way that Gerrard has gone about his business so far but saying that I know little about Kamara and Carlos but I am excited to see them play for us, I just don’t want to overhype them

24 minutes ago, El Segundo said:

I doubt Kamara or Carlos would have signed for us unless Gerrard, Purslow and Lange were able to "sell the project" with promises of some ambitious  incomings apart from them and Coutinho.  So I'd be surprised and disappointed if there aren't at least two more major signings before the window closes, especially as our net spend so far is only around £30m so FFP shouldn't be an issue..  I'd bet Kamara and Carlos wouldn't be too happy either if we're done.     

I thought Dean Smith, Lange, and Purslow had it sussed. I was shocked to find Smith had been sacked but I now think that Gerrard is a bigger name in football and can therefore attract bigger names due to his playing exploits mainly

1 hour ago, Sulberto21 said:

Sangare is slow. The Premier League will be too quick for him.

Thuram’s son who plays for Nice is the ideal player to bring in (if he’d come here) to play in a midfield 3 from McGinn, Luiz , Ramsey, Sanson assuming that Kamara will be in the centre of the midfield 3. 

Obviously as I’ve been away for most of the transfer window I don’t know who Khepheren Thuram has been linked with. 

it’s a shame Morgan Sanson hasn’t clicked with us as he’s the perfect foil for Kamara and Ramsey. 

Edit: just seen Thuram linked with PSG and the barcodes. 

 

Sanson hasn’t had an opportunity, he obviously has talent but he hasn’t time on the pitch to show it. I wouldn’t write him off just yet but at the same time, don’t expect too much either

3 minutes ago, nick76 said:

 

I know myself, my family and some people I know have renewed out of loyalty, out of because that’s what we do every season and we don’t want to give up our season tickets.

It’s bizarrely one of the first times we’ve thought about not renewing due to footballing reasons and not personal reasons.  The rise of the season ticket price for my elderly mother was ridiculous, the transportation issues are the worst I can remember in my forty years and then many of us are unconvinced Gerrard was the right hire.  

We did renew but out of loyalty with a tinge of not being able to see the Villa re the waiting list.  I do wonder if there wasn’t a season ticket waiting list whether we would’ve given up our tickets and took it game by game, I guess we’ll never know.

The club has fantastic owners, great infrastructure, great young players and one of the best squads we’ve had but on the pitch for the last 18 months has generally been poor.  After Smith went, I was hopeful we would bring in the next level manager and was heavily disappointed we brought in a fairly inexperienced manager in Gerrard who essentially got the job off his playing name and relationship with Purslow.  I loved him as a player, I have no hatred for him as a player although some might for another teams player.

No way would we have hired somebody with his managerial experience without the name or relationship to the CEO.  We gave him a chance but so far he’s been unconvincing on the pitch but is great in interviews and recruiting players.  

I’ve renewed because of blind hope that Gerrard can at some point match the on the pitch with the quality he’s showing in other areas.  I can’t say I’m optimistic for the season at the moment but my loyalty to the Villa meant I renewed my season ticket and I will give 110% support at the games, I just hope they give something back this season.

I see where you’re coming from to a degree but I believe it is important to be optimistic not just in football but in life generally. For me, as long as the players give 100% on the pitch, any quality that they provide is an added bonus. The club will always have my support, football is all I’ve ever known. I believe in the project at this football club, it will take some time to come to fruition but we as fans just need to be patient

1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said:

I would say that the Premier League is even more of a bigger product than back in the MON years (2006-2010). That was when it was starting to become a true global product but it is massive now all around the world. Plus I would say that Birmingham itself has changed quite a bit since then with the city centre becoming more gentrified and may contain pockets of new Villa support. 

I think you are correct

39 minutes ago, CLARETANDBLUEFOXY said:

Now we’ve sold out, I wonder what the waiting list is. Can’t see myself getting anywhere near one because the people who have just signed up for one arnt going to give those up anytime soon. How are we selling out now when we are generally quite poor and yet when we were 5th/6th in the league most tickets would go to general sale! Still baffles me.

Because we have a bright up and coming manager who has been there and done it as a player and a young, vibrant squad of players, the best squad we’ve had for a decade or so. I am optimistic ahead of the new season, I hope others feel the same

I’d be gutted if he left, in my opinion, he’s a very talented young player with great potential. He’s someone I’ve seen develop over the past couple of years and Christian Purslow called him the best 16 year old in the country a couple of years ago. I think the club rate him highly too, even Jack Grealish didn’t make his debut at Villa until he was 18, Chukwuemeka was 17 I think. If the worst did happen and he wanted to leave, I think he will go on to have a great career, he has a lot of natural talent, 

Didn’t we sign Sam Proctor from Peterborough who is also a keeper about a year ago? It looks like we’re stocking up

11 minutes ago, useless said:

We signed a U13 goalkeeper from Kidderminster's academy, had trials at West Brom as well. I think he will be a U14 next season.

First year scholars for next season should be announced soon as usually it's early July, will be interesting to see if we've brought in any new players, last season half them were new signings, of those James Wright, Jayden Barber, Finley Munroe, Kyrie Piere, Ajani Burchall, and Feeney already on professional contracts now.

 

Thanks again useless, how did you find out about the u13 goalkeeper? I am not doubting you, I am just curious