dont_do_it_doug.

6 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

Which is why noises of a new striker have me wondering...

We have enough fire power in the side if they're on it.

What we don't have is a fluid playing style or any strong indication the manager knows how to set up an attacking PL side.

I think we do, but it boils down to consistency. For all of the above. 

I don’t put any stock in rumours tbh. Been there, done that. 

I mean Christ, Bertie T was getting minutes up front towards the back end of last season. There’s minutes for Archer. 

2 minutes ago, messi11 said:

Chelsea do it all the time! you know what the future at villa looks like that only the crème de la crème of talent rises to our first team. 

How do you expect them to do that if you send them out of loan indefinitely?

Just now, MrBlack said:

Arsenal don't have a decent forward at the moment. Nketiah is i think their only current option... I think they'd take them both, but they'd hope to find better in the market before going there. 

Sure, I’m not saying they *would* sign them because they’re not fancy enough names. And they’re not available, as far as I know. But they are absolutely better than what they have now, in Arsenals case by a lot. 

8 minutes ago, Made In Aston said:

Is this really true?! Arsenal who attracted Aubameyang and Lacazette and Chelsea with Lukaku and Havertz would prefer Watkins and Ings. I think you are on your own there mate! 

How are those players working out for them, mate? 

Edit: I’ve since noticed you’ve slipped a player who isn’t even a striker in there. Bizarre.

5 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said:

Agree. Our third striker can be Archer or even Davis. Strikers are the most expensive position to buy. We have two good premier league forwards. We have other areas that are more important to strengthen.

Not only that but I think it’s probably a bit fanciful to expect the board to be willing to go out and burn another £50m on a striker when the current pair cost the best part of £60m plus a **** of wages between them and are both proven Premier League goal scorers.

3 minutes ago, messi11 said:

Because you cant score goals and improve when you sat on the bench

I’ve answered that already in the second half of the post you quoted. If we sign another striker and don’t move one of the existing two on then sure. Otherwise we need him, and there will be game time I’m sure. We can then reassess in January.

3 hours ago, messi11 said:

Would send him back to Preston. See if he can score 15-20 Championship goals

He has already shown that he’s perfectly capable of doing so, why does he need to show it again? 

If we think it’s better for his development because game time will be limited, fair enough, but he has nothing to prove to us at that level. 

We often play with 2 strikers. So we need at least 3.

I suspect that unless the right player becomes available who is clearly an improvement on what we have, which will be hella difficult to find given our relative position, Archer is about to hit the jackpot.

 Why are you trying to sell me West Ham cast offs? 

17 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Or football fans are idiots?

Just people, no need to single out football fans.

2 hours ago, Zatman said:

Well we are in the exact same situation, we still only have one left back especially with Digne returning late for pre season training

Precisely as you predicted then when you said we would be left with a player returning to us and no benefit from the initial loan deal. 

It's ok to say fair play, I got that one wrong guys. People respect it, I find. 

On 07/06/2022 at 09:35, Zatman said:

That wasn't the issue but believe it if you want

The issue was giving away a capable left back for practically nothing and assisting a rival who then finished above us. Left back is now returning to us and we got no benefit from the deal. Especially when Digne was missing a few games

How has this worked out for you? 

Leaving side the mind numbing waffle about the financial package that literally not a single person in here has any knowledge of whatsoever, the reason he’s leaving is that he’s not as good as Digne at football. 

There may have been a clause included with the loan deal. 

The club probably didn’t want to spend a couple of months haggling over a couple of million when our entire MO this summer has been to move forward as quickly as possible, even if that means it cost a few quid here and there. 

We can argue the merits of that, but the strategy is clear. 

On 04/06/2022 at 21:38, ender4 said:

If Villa do well then Critchley is the second messiah, if Villa do badly then it’s obviously all Gerrards fault.  

People will laugh at this but this is exactly what happened with Beale. He has somehow managed to walk away with his reputation completely untouched, perhaps even enhanced. 

Critchley is in a win-win situation here.