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    It's a different situation to Traore. Who has 2 years left, is clearly talented and was a success in his first season with us and injury plagued him. Loaning Traore out doesn't make as much sense as it does Sanson.
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    Seems he has played in a 3 4 3, 3 4 1 2 and 3 5 2 system. When in a 3 4 3 he's marked down as CM on transfermarkt. When central in a 3 5 2 or as part of the double pivot in the 3 4 1 2 he's marked as a CDM. Anyway, doesn't matter what labels the sites give him. Kamara is better than Doucoure and they are very similar defensive minded players of same age from France. I'm sure we've signed the better one.
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    Assume it's near certain we'll loan him back to France. He's got 3 years left on his contract and a good loan spell is what's needed. We get a loan fee + his wages covered. He'll do great back in France if he stays fit
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    Yes 10 times. While he played 24 times in CDM. Cheick Doucouré - Detailed stats | Transfermarkt Kamara is the better signing and we got him.
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    Also we have an old aesthetic to Villa Park which other clubs don't have with their boring modern looking stadiums.
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    Has to keey in style with the rest of the ground. So can't have just one random ultra modern stand
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    You can be pleased. We already have and his name is Kamara
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    I didn't read the OP so assumed it was any former player only playing right now and at their current level. Grealish is only former player I'd take back. Maybe Idrissa Guye too actually. While Milner would be good to have around the squad and team. If we can go back in time to pick players at their peak. I would still only look for players who could play the modern game. So like McGrath wouldn't be able to thrive in modern football if we took him at his peak to Villa right now. Shortlist is really Milner, Barry, Benteke, Grealish, Gueye and Pires, assuming Young is excluded. I think Laursen, Mellberg probably not as good as Mings / Carlos if they had to be dropped into the modern game. I'd probably go with Milner and Grealish for sure. I don't know how peak Pires would get on in modern game. So it'd be between Gueye and Barry and I'd probably side with Barry.
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    Douglas Luiz

    CVByrne replied to LondonLax's topic in Villa Talk

    If Luiz stays I can see him getting games at 6 and 8 next season. I think in the 4 3 2 1 formation the compactness of the midfield means the midfield 3 are more flat vs the 4 3 1 2 which is more of a midfield diamond with a CDM, two 8s and a 10. Away at City we played JJ Luiz McGinn and we played very well.
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    Isn't that a newspaper that has 500k followers not a person?
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    In a World Cup year he needs to be starting
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    IF you are using FBref then it's from only European games as Portugal isn't one of top 5 leagues. Hence tiny sample and toughest games
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    Otavio would be signed for one of the 8 positions. He could play as one of the 10s too if needed. Same way McGinn could for example.
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    He is a versatile midfielder and played last season mostly as a RM in a 4 4 2 system. He has very high defensive stats, with pressures etc. He's played lots of games centrally and also interestingly lots of games at LM so would likely slot into one of the 8 roles and would be happy playing either side I assume.
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    He has played all over midfield, so seems a very versatile player. Recently he's played most as right midfielder in a 4 4 2. He has played LM and CM / AM lots too. Can see him operating as RM or LM of the midfield 3. I still have seen no real links to him though from us
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    Douglas Luiz

    CVByrne replied to LondonLax's topic in Villa Talk

    He's probably gonna run down his contract and stay next season
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    Poor lad if they're the only ones interested
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    Only Grealish
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    U.S. Politics

    CVByrne replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

    There was no reason they should not have enshrined the Supreme Court judgment in law in the 70s if that was the political will of the people. It was never legislated despite a supreme court judgment. Why? The issue with America is, in 1973 it wasn't the majority of the population who believed a woman should have a right to an abortion via choice and now it's the same but opposite. The majority don't believe a woman should be denied access to abortion by choice. The common denominator is the fact is a handful of judges don't agree. They don't legislate because it's a non functional democracy.
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    U.S. Politics

    CVByrne replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

    Excellent post. I agree with every word you have written above. Sadly in Ireland we amended our Constitution to make abortion illegal in our Constitution at the beginning of the 1980s because of the vile influence the Catholic Church had over Ireland at the time. But unperturbed, a simple referendum with a significant majority on favour removed that from the constitution and allowed the elected government to legislate. That's a functional democracy with a written constitution. The issue America faces is that it's no longer a single country and needs to accept that. States need to be allowed to do what they want
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    U.S. Politics

    CVByrne replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

    Yes it should require laws passed by an elected government. Laws people thought right and just 100 years ago will be different to what we believe right and just now and they will be different in 100 years from now. Societies change and the flexibility of law should be there to change with it. We have that in Europe because we have functioning democracies. People want to vilify the anti abortion groups in America. We don't agree with their views but to them they feel incredibly strongly about them. A functional democracy should pass laws the majority of the electorate are in favour of. In America 66% of people believe there should be access to abortion for women by choice. The failure of that country as a Democracy is the fact they could never pass a law that enacts the majority view of the country. The views of the 34% who don't want the right of women to abortion by choice are not evil or to be vilified. They hold a view the majority of their country doesn't hold. That should be accommodated in a functional democracy.
  22. CVByrne
    I struggle to see what additional Midfielder we can get in this market that will be an improvement on Luiz. Bissouma or Phillips would have improved us.
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    As I said, I bet nothing we've offered has changed since our offer in Oct last year. I expect it was let's sit down and reassess in summer during pre season. So we will probably offer him revised terms this summer and Gerrard talking about next season and where he'll fit in with mins on pitch. He can decide himself then. If he turns down the offer we should listen to offers for him. If he doesn't want to leave and wants to run down his contract he can but obviously he'd have to play with u21 or we loan him out somewhere for a fee
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    I was talking about South American countries only as in Central America and Caribbean there's lots of English spoken. Like Belize for example. Interestingly in Argentina they also speak German in a town South of Cordoba and they have an awesome Octoberfest there I was at back in 2011
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    U.S. Politics

    CVByrne replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

    Surely the recent Roe Vs Wade and right to bear arms on the person rulings from the Supreme Court will galvanize the left to get out and vote otherwise more rights will be eroded. It depends who is the Democratic candidate and how bad the coming recession is
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