Tony

Fans in horror shock that high press, control based football can’t be played with 30+ non tenchincally gifted players in the last years of their contracts. Grow up. Will take time, not the manager that needs changing at this point. 

He’s good enough just needs to start games consistently now to develop. Pace, skill and desire to track back, something I noticed kodjia wasn’t doing leaving Taylor constantly isolated. Took his goal well, needs to work on his crossing, over hit all of them. 

10 hours ago, nnock1984 said:

How much is the option to buy? 

50/50 on this guy at the moment 

Think I remember it being around 7m. At 4/5m I’d probably take it up. But 7 would over paying I think. 

Still young however and hopefully the inconsistency gets ironed out as at the moment he’s are only creative winger. 

I bbet she does a cracking job 

On 23/01/2019 at 19:00, Junxs said:

I saw that interview as well,  but I understood it differently.

My immediate thought went to the value of assets, and how that may have a positive effect on ffp.. 

I think we've shown our stance on Grealish that we aren't going to let clubs cherry pick our best players.

The higher the clubs overall value, the higher the tier of sponsorship etc

Wouldn’t have no effect on FFP unless he was to be sold. Value of the asset recognised, from my understanding, is the purchase price of the player. No purchase, nothing recognised in assets, and when purchased can’t be revalued based on how good he is. 

Even if you could do that, it would seem counter productive. FFP concerned with the profit and loss,  assets concerned with balance sheet. When player is sold profit / loss on disposal recognised within the P&L based on difference between players current value within the assets, and the proceeds received from buyer. Hence if you increase value of asset from 5 to 10mil and sell for 7.5m, keeping the asset at 5mil value would have created a profit of 2.5, whilst increasing value to 10mil would instead create a loss of 2.5m. 

Believe that is accurate.

7 minutes ago, Junxs said:

Well exactly, that link states straight out loan.

Out of contract in the summer  

4 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

I agree with that although the way DS sets up his defense, especially the full backs bombing forward you're always gonna be vulnerable in defense.

Most of the best teams in the world right now have full backs, who as you would mention, bomb forward. Problem being ares just can’t get back. Personnel rather than system. 

as long as there is a long to medium term clear idea of what we want to do, how we are going to do it, and a show of inplementing it I’ll be happy to ride the tricky spells through for a sufficient period of time. 

This team has been left unbalanced and aging due to short term suicide planning over the last 3 years. Littered with players likely to be fazed out and because of this lacking motivation. 

Ds might or might not be the answer, but I prey that the plans, style, recruitment and overall ethos are implemented at a higher level and any replacement (if necessary) would be following on the work rather than changing it drastically. 

39 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Smith clearly don't rate jedinak but I would rather see him than whelan.

Yesterday he looked out if his depth with his dreadful subs. Your chasing a goal and you bring a cb and dm on???

I mean seriously thats Sunday league management.

The cb sub I get. As smith said they were pushing Chester on to his weak foot and he brought someone on to add balance who is naturally left footed, additionally to try break the first line of their press. I get the idea, it just didn’t work. 

12 hours ago, Random Observer said:

Fosu-Mensah is a much better RB than he is a CB; he has the same problem with aerial balls that Tuanzebe has, but he's absolutely rapid which allows him to recover from some position errors he still makes as he is still learning.  I think those skills make him better suited for RB, and he uses the ball pretty well too, although he isn't a great crosser from what I've seen so far.  If Villa can land him (loan or otherwise) it would be a very good pickup.

I was always under the impression  that fosu Mensah was a DM ?

It’s worth noting that since smith came in Tammy has 13 goals in 14 games. Previous to this he had 3 in 6 under Bruce. 

In comparison neal maupay had scored 10 goals in 11 games with smith in charge, and since leaving he now has 5 goals in 13 games. 

Whilst Tammy is an all round good striker and I believe premier league level, smiths system is very much set up to benefit a half decent striker. And while he’d be a loss I’d expect an adequate replacement would still score a good amount of goals, be that kodjia, hogan or someone brought in. Lets not forget hogan scored circa 14 goals in half season under smith and kodjia I believe got 19 for us in his first season. We’ll be just fine. 

Just let the guy get on with his career however he sees fit, let’s not be petty about it. 

As for would he fit into this side, he currently has a pass accuracy of 65%, which is frankly horrendous, and suits blues style more where the ball is likely to bypass him, so no. 

5 hours ago, MaVilla said:

This browning from Everton, a DC who is only 5ft 11?, really?, another one?

From what I could gather doing abit of research, is an LB for Everton who is doing well for u23’s but not good enough for first team. Went on loan at Sunderland and played CB, fans didn’t seem overly impressed with him, although some said he was a good defender. Had issues with injuries, contract up at end of this season would be free to move. Is quick and athletic, differing opinions on whether he was good on the ball in the air etc. Overall doesn’t look an inspired signing to say the least. 24 and hopefully with abit of coaching becomes an adequate signing, not holding my breath. 

Edit: having looked a little further it says he’s also played rb so take your pick. 

22 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Why is he positioning himself as a cb when he defends?

Have thought this before when he has had to make a last ditch lunge to block a shot on goal from the winger. Unfortunately many people see the last ditch challenge and laud him for that rather than see that his positing was s**t in the first place, and had it been right he wouldn't even need to make one. 

3 hours ago, WakefieldVillan said:

From what I have seen and heard he's been playing pretty well at Hull and though his time at Villa he has been poor, hopefully he will be coming back to us more positively and can push on and cut out the mistakes.

I would definitely start him next game (that he's available) and line up;

Bree      Elphick     Chester   Hutton/Taylor

However typing our defence out makes me wince

The lack of pace in that centre half pairing scares me with the high press we usually play. 

On 23/12/2018 at 16:40, Delphinho123 said:

You think we need a CAM over another Centre back and a decent right back? 

Yes ... you honestly think we don’t ? 

8 minutes ago, Villan4Life said:

True mate!

Out of interest, as a scout when looking at a player do you ever check fan forums for general opinions and easy highlights of strengths / weaknesses? I know a lot will be reactionary comments to possible one off performances, but always thought it gives a half decent indication to how they will be. 

Only criticism would be he seems to get needless yellow cards. On 8 now. Is it a 2 game ban when he reaches 10? 

10 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

You think we need a CAM over another Centre back and a decent right back? 

Yes, we have 3 rb’s at the club and de laet if you want to recall him. Can’t see us buying another unless we get rid some. 

1. CB

2. LB

3. CAM

4. DM

In order of priority for me. Jack missing has shown we don’t have anyone else is the centre who can control and dictate a game. Defence doesn’t need explaining it’s a shambles. RB would be on that list an all but considering we have about 50 of them it can wait till the summer. 

2 minutes ago, Made In Aston said:

No

Nicely elaborated 

Completely hypothetical and I have no idea at all on the subject of law etc. However if we were to loose out on autos / prem over two points and because of that we had to sell players / face a fine over not meeting FFP, would villa have a case to say that there decisions (officiating) not being of a required standard has lead to this position, and I wouldn’t say be able to sue, however argue against said fine ? Because if I was villa and this imaginary scenario did happen, I’d deffo want to ask the question. 

Both goals from both sides he was defending... 

Hutton is s**t. At fault time after time. Should of put muscled Barnes, should of played it back, should of done better. Fell on his arse and cost us another goal.