Pez1974
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Really? Everton raised £40m, and got rid of Rondon. We got about £12m for Ings, and the rest were loans, cutting short loans and a free transfer out. Emery out
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This is my take. If he is frustrated - its not with the club, but with the craziness of the January transfer window, and this one in particular. He's not here to make 12 months of progress and take the next step up. He wants to build something special, and to do that you need the right players for the next 3-5 year; not 3-5 months. I think some people believe managers just 'want a midfielder' rather than a specific players. Unai - "I want Guendozi" Purslow - "Marseilles won't sell. They quoted £80m. So I got you Lokonga from Arsenal on loan"
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Maybe. A couple of weeks ago, there was a report that he didn't want to come here as he was aiming higher. Now he's in a relegation battle. I have zero inside knowledge, but it suggests to me that it was all paper and agent talk, and therefore absolute bullshit. We as fans get drawn into this speculation which is why they do it about our club. We need to learn to ignore it.
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Thank you. Having read the last few pages, I was going to do a similar list. I've added a few in bold too. This is a list of wasted transfer fee's and wages, many of whom got people quite excited at the time. And this is why we're in the position we are now, and not challenging. There's gotta be £100m of fees there, plus more than that in salaries and paying up contracts. We now have a proper manager in place, who is at the peak of his powers. I trust him. Over recent years we've had Gerrard (useless), Smith (loved him but out of his depth), Bruce, Di Matteo, Garde, Sherwood (well), Lambert (we were broke, and broke him), McLeish (FFS); Houllier (past his prime but had a plan and too little time) and O'Neill (did well but was becoming a dinosaur before our eyes). That's since 2006. Maybe, just maybe, it's time to run the club properly for the first time in about 2 decades.
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Probably have a riot! But as you say, the FFP boost would be big, and it's nice to see the club do some housekeeping on our bloated squad. People moaning that we're down to the bare bones because we've moved on our 4th choice RB, our 5th choice CB and our 6th choice CM, and probably our 4th choice LB shortly. Of course, plus our 2nd choice (but very expensive and injury prone) CF. We've got some very good U23s, some of whom have returned to the squad, and Emery wants first team starters. No more Samatta's and Sanson's. This is all good.
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This guy gets it. Bednarak was an emergency loan for a 4th choice CB for 6 months. The fact we didn't need him doesn't make him the worst; it means we got lucky. Dawkins, Illori etc were all gambles which cost little. I would add Guatavo Bartelt (did he even play?) and Jermaine Jenas (3 appearances? But he does seem to have a soft spot for us in his punditry!) to the 'bad' list, as I suspect they cost us a fair bit.
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Coady; Tarkowski; McNeill; Gray; All players I've seen people on twitter say we should/should've signed this summer. I know the club is rotten; I know Lampard is rubbish - but perhaps Mings, Konsa, et al aren't that bad - no matter how hard Gerrard tried to make them look bad
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Next season he has to be involved. Not first choice necessarily, but as a rotation player; as a finisher, and become a starter in a couple of seasons. We need to keep the youth coming through or our finances become unsustainable.
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Absolutely. But... Tim is 20 in the summer In the year Foden turned 20, he got the equivalent of about 20 games worth of matches for City, including games in the CL. In the previous year, it was about 14 games worth for Foden. Tim got the equivalent of 4 (of which 3 was in the EFL cup) last season. Law of averages says the 30+ matches of game time he'll play for QPR this season will be better for him than a bit of time off the bench for us.
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I think he'll benefit more by getting 18 games in the Championship, perhaps fighting for a play off place - than a few subs appearances for us over the next few months. Bring him back ready for battle in the Summer, rather than half-cooked and us losing another year in his development.
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Don't agree. We lost Carlos - we needed cover. The fact we didn't need to use him is down to a combination of not getting more injuries, or picking up suspensions. We perhaps got lucky. If we'd done nothing and something went wrong, we'd have been playing Feeney and Revan. You can't judge something with hindsight - we took the best option available at the time.
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I agree. But we seem to not have the set-up and players to get the best out of him, so he becomes a financial burden who is underused. I don't know if his injuries have caught up with him, but 3 managers don't seem to want to start him. Re: his goals - he's got 4x penalties (3 in the PL), which I tend to discount in those stats (although, he scores them, so fair play). So about 1 in 3. Not bad. Not great.
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This 100% £15m-£20m, plus the wages off our books, with 18 months left of his contract. Too often when he plays we seem unable to get him in the game. I know he's our top scorer, but 3 of those are penalties, so his non-penalty output is the same as Ollie, but in fewer games and a lot less running. And we need to start bringing good money in, to but better players. But without him we have Watkins, and a kid who's barely stepped foot in the country. In Unai we Trust.
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I agree 100%. My point is that I'm worried it could backfire. Take a booking and add some time to stop the opposition building up a head of steam? Absolutely. Take a few extra seconds, and make sure we're in shape defensively for every stoppage in play? Absolutely. Take the piss, and give the opposition 6, 7, 8 minutes injury time whilst picking up 2 or 3 bookings a game? Not sure this won't hurt us more than it helps. I mean - Stevenage found a way to score twice in the last few minutes. We have form!
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This has become a concern for me. Emery is only 6 games in, and already we seem to have become labelled as a team who do this. Personally I hate to see it, but if we get a win, I'll not care. But, I think Leeds' last free kick on Friday took them longer to take than the one where Kamara got booked. It is becoming clear to me that we've now got a reputation, and the bookings and added minutes will start mounting very quickly. This will result in players missing games and us conceding at some point. I don't think we're being smart about it. Too blatant; too often and too long. Surely there's a sweet spot somewhere?
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Comparing and contrasting 2007-09 Villa versus 2023 Villa
Pez1974 replied to Marka Ragnos's topic in Villa Talk
One of those sayings which all Villa fans from the time know, and shudder about - and fans from other clubs have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I genuinely believe this was the sliding doors moment for Lerner at Villa, and we've not yet recovered. -
I suspect Unai knows more about Augustinsson than anyone on here. He was decent against Wolves, but in his other performances he hasn't looked the part. If ever a manager gets what he wants - its Emery right now
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If you could combine Watkins and Haaland, or Ings and Haaland, or Traore and Haaland - that would be grand
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Not necessarily the 'best' players, but my top 5: McGrath - just because. Plus got a photo with him when he was flogging his book. Yorke - loved this guy. And his song. Benteke - impact; he basically kept us up for 2 years and was a beast Cowans - amazing player, so talented - both feet and accuracy of pass. Plus, I met him in the pub a few years ago, and bought him a pint. Platt - he just became so good for club and country. Met him at Bromsgrove Rovers! They're a bit more stalker'y that I thought!
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Agreed. But we have a manager who has a massive reputation, much of it built on European success. Survival is barely the start of his target for this season I suspect, and he won't see a competition like the Europa Conference League as a ball-ache; he'll see it as an opportunity and drive the players to go up a level.
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This 100% Subs are there to be used tactically (even if there's an injury) - to alter the team to get the desired outcome. For the first time in a very long time - we seem to have a manager who understands this.
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Agree with this, although Guilbert is out of contract in June, so it'll be him gone and no fee potential. Does Emery trust the likes of Feeney enough (and how close is Carlos to being back) to cut short the deal for Bednarak and maybe sell Chambers (who has looked awful when he's played this season). Need to start getting fee's for players before they enter the wilderness, as we (hopefully) sign much better replacements.
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Jeez. Now he's booked. Nightmare
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Boo. Emery out ! (See previous post about me having Toney as first sub).
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Kamara looking knackered?
