El-Reacho
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The problem with that approach is we'd be selling those players to the teams we're trying to compete with (or jump above), and would have to spend the same amount of money we'd get by selling Martinez/McGinn/Luiz to get players to replace them like for like. We weren't able to replace Grealish when we sold him, Spurs couldn't replace Bale, and West Ham won't be able to replace Rice. If we're trying to jump above the teams above us we have to keep hold of our best players - not sell them to those clubs.
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I’m a couple of years older - but peak villa for me was the ‘96 league final with Savo and Yorke up front. Can’t really remember the title challenge of the early 90s that well.
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Think a lot of the guys mentioned were probably just over-hyped to begin with. They ultimately just found their level and it was below AVFC's. I'm thinking Gardner brothers etc.
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Jordan graham was still at Wolves until a couple so years ago strangely enough.
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Edit - trying and failing to embed that Webb and Mitchell Nazi sketch....
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Odd that no one has ever taken a punt on him. I've seen him linked with ManUre and Arsenal, and I was pretty sure that Newcastle had all but signed him last summer. Wonder why he's still at Norwich - just noticed he's 23 now.
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Seems like the type of player that would quietly have moved on to Sevilla before delivering on his initial potential.
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Not sure if I’m missing humour/sarcasm here but are you suggesting that he has no right to square up to another player because he’s not as good as them?
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Also one of the stupidest decisions of all time - if they’d bid something remotely sensible, even £15m they’d have a generational talent up front with son and Kane. Crazy opportunity missed because Levy thought he was too clever.
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It’s depressing when you see good players sign obscene long term contracts that are way above what their level of performance deserves. Sure it sets them up financially (unless it’s Barcelona paying the salary) but will pretty much destroy their careers. It leaves them stuck at clubs they’re not good enough to play for and not able to go anywhere else without taking a pay it which they won’t do.
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The lack of any action is because we’re going big for the forward positions. Ferran Torres, Harvey Barnes, Gnonto etc all there for the taking and it seems we’re not interested….
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The chances of Archer or Duran being a top 6 PL level striker really aren’t that high. If we lose Mings we’ve still got Torres, Konsa, and Carlos, if we lose Douglas Luiz we’ve got Tielemans, Kamara etc. Don’t understand why we wouldn’t want that same depth up front.
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Surely we’ll want someone to strike fear into the opposition when he’s coming on after 60mins. Archer and Duran aren’t there yet - so it’ll likely be a £40m+ forward I reckon. Or maybe someone in their 30s that would have a cheap transfer fee but hefty wages and will be happy to come off the bench for the majority of games.
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Think Archer’s still a season away from being Watkins’ deputy I reckon. If he did have to step up and lead the line for 8-10 weeks in the PL it would be a huge gamble. I think we’ll spend big on a player to take the burden off Watkins with Archer playing cups and Euro Conf. If we get to the business end of the Europa Conference or the cups then Emery will be using Watkins in those games too so he’ll will want a proven deputy to take the pressure off him.
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No recollection of Konsa starting a game at RB for Villa mate. Think bringing in a new RB is pretty much certain this summer otherwise we’d have kept Young for another season.
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And why would they offer a penny more than the release clause?
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Sam allardyce was their manager in fairness so I wouldn’t read too much into that.
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Young was absolutely destroyed after that game. He definitely didn’t ‘school’ him. They scored the one time Gnonto got past him right?
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I guess it’s because there’s less risk with players that have performed in the premier league. There’s a very good chance the big money signings from abroad will be flops. Just look at Chelsea/Manure/Spurs and the money they’ve wasted on players from other leagues. They know what Barnes and Gnonto can do in the PL - they don’t with continental players.
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Didn’t Gnonto beat Young to set up their goal? The battle between the two of them was superb that night - Young had him beaten every time except for the goal IIRC?
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Villa players and managers who don't seem so bad now ...
El-Reacho replied to Marka Ragnos's topic in Villa Talk
It’s mad looking back - despite ruining his reputation with Small Heath, Villa fans protesting against his appointment, our best player leaving and minimal funds available to replace him, and ownership of the club almost invisible he still took the Villa job when he should’ve run a mile. Just shows you what a draw AVFC is. -
Villa players and managers who don't seem so bad now ...
El-Reacho replied to Marka Ragnos's topic in Villa Talk
Lerner ended up out of his depth financially because the PL league expanded in terms of value massively in the 10 years he owned the club whereas his wealth seemed to contract. When he bought the club we were one the top spenders in the league for the first 3/4 years. By the back end of the Lambert years we were being outspent by championship clubs and he clearly hadn’t the money to put in. Ellis never had any such excuse - he hamstrung us with petty penny pinching at every occasion when the opportunities were there to kick on to be one of the top clubs in England. -
Yeah if we spend €60m on 2 centre halves it would indicate we’re going to spend a huge amount of money this summer otherwise our squad is going to be crazy lopsided.
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Villa players and managers who don't seem so bad now ...
El-Reacho replied to Marka Ragnos's topic in Villa Talk
When you hear Agbonlahor talk about that period at Villa it’s clear that him, Lescott, Richards etc. we’re never going to let Remi Garde succeed as they’d have had to actually do some work. If the club had brought Garde in the summer after Sherwood kept us up he’d probably have worked well with Paddy Riley. Sherwood seemed to have created an utterly toxic bunch of players and sidelined all of the players that Riley brought in that ultimately became good players. Houliier also identified Gabby as trouble and would’ve gotten rid of him that summer he’d stayed on. -
If they gave up at £30m it’s not like we’re going to get him for £32m either. They’ll want £40-50m+ and rightly so. If we did sign him it’d be a bit like O’Neill signing Young from Watford early in his tenure.
