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2 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said:

Creating chances yes. But he scored only 1 goal the last time he was in the PL. I can't overlook that and give him a 10 for that year because of it.

But you can’t knock him down to six either. Settle on eight?

11 minutes ago, turvontour said:

Our odds on signing him have drifted a fair bit in the last few days. Gone from odds on to odds against.

I don’t trust odds. We can all remember when the odds suggested Grealish would stay!

20 minutes ago, Lerner's Driver said:

Do you all play dress up?

What's your safeword, Delphino?

The atmosphere must be electric when you three get together!

Bet you love teasing each other about previous insider reveals.

Guessing you meet on Wednesdays, yeah?

With trouser leg rolled up?

5 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said:

Didn't we just sign Leon Bailey? 

Leon Bailey played in Germany but is aJamaican National. So when I read “German” player I think more of nationality than where he/she plays.

2 minutes ago, QldVilla said:

Of course, because that would mean you were wrong and you don't seem the type to admit that, more interested to being a smart @*$# than contributing something credible to a discussion.

Excuse me guys but if you two want a tiff please do it somewhere else. I’m on here to find out about possible new players we may sign.

2 minutes ago, Sid4ever said:

What a wasted childhood I had, I always thought that was Daffy.

I went for Donald because I always thought Daffy is left-handed.

13 minutes ago, Awol said:

That’s the mic drop graphic for this guy: 

 

Let’s hope we get this deal over the line quickly. If we don’t Donald’s arm will drop off!

7 minutes ago, HKP90 said:

6 and 6…..double pivot

6 on it’s own….single pivot.

88….an unbalanced midfield

 

BINGO!

And I thought 88 was two fat ladies! No good for any midfield.

4 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

How do people feel about  Boubacar Kamara As a DM option? 

Yes please. Is this just a wish or do you know something?

2 minutes ago, Villaphil said:

I’ve seen the rumour about us trying to put a cash plus player deal together with Real Madrid for Grealish.  Anybody hear anything about which Madrid player?  Thinking it might give clues as to the position we’re looking to fill and the amount we are prepared to pay for it….

Grealish ?

5 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

No Buendia or is it a 4-2-4?

 

4-2-4 is just looking for trouble.

13 minutes ago, Lord Willard said:

I personally think we're done with attackers and defenders now. I just hope we aren't going to shoe horn Watkins and Ings into the starting line up. 

I'm just hoping for a brilliant 6 (Or JWP) which are hard to come by. 

4231 or 433 are our best formations. Really didn't enjoy 442 today. 

442 is not the right way to go. Our midfield would be overrun. 

Just now, useless said:

A false 9 or how Firmino plays for Liverpool is a completey different role to a No.10, even if they operate in similar areas of the pitch.

Yes I agree and this why I don’t think Ings will play as No. 10 in the way people think about Barclay etc.. We could easily line up: Watkins, Ings, Bailey (front three as Liverpool) with three midfielders behind - say Buendia, McGinn, Nakamba/Luiz - but I would prefer a top DM in place of N/L. End result a very fluid 4-3-3 with no fixed No.10 but we will have to wait to see what Dean decides to do.

16 minutes ago, useless said:

Playing as a second striker is completely different role to playing as a No.10 or attacking midfielder. We haven't signed Ings to play as a No.10, if we wanted to buy a No.10 you can be sure we would not have bought Ings for the role, we would have bought someone who actually specializes in that position.

Ings, in a recent interview, has talked about playing in a “false nine” position. This is really how Firmino plays for Liverpool. They start as a nominal 4-3-3 but Firmino gets the ball in a withdrawn position and tries to play in either Salah or Mane. Modern football requires fluid play so I think it can be misleading to think only in terms of rigid formations. 

1 minute ago, useless said:

 

Rather be linked to a top class DM, a CB to cover/challenge Konsa and 2nd string GK.

Just now, GENTLEMAN said:

Yeah, surely not.

No idea. Have you seen proof? I can’t believe this could happen but given the damage COVID-19 has done to most economies who is in a position to help?

2 minutes ago, thabucks said:

Clubs that are mismanaged so spectacularly deserve no sympathy and deserve whatever consequences… 

Spot on.

3 minutes ago, HKP90 said:

Capitalism for you.

No, just incompetent management.

1 minute ago, GENTLEMAN said:

This is not true

What isn’t - Inter Milan story?

Just now, M_Afro said:

What about a cheeky bid for Grealish. You could probably pick him up for £40m now!

But Pep said he only paid £40m to begin with!

1 minute ago, hippo said:

I think we are waiting for big target to become available. I don't think we will get a gimmick signing for the sake of it.

I would like Pepe Sarr - but not at £50m

Cheeky bid for Casemiro ?

41 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said:

I think Sanson could well be the DM people think we are going to buy if he can adapt to the league quickly enough. Wasn't that the point of buying him in January?

The Villa website show Sanson as “attacking midfield” so doubtful he will be used as DM.

2 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

 

 

Liverpool play 4-3-3 though.

With 2 box to box midfielders and 1 dm.

It's the best formation imo and something I'd like us to play.

It’s a nominal 4-3-3 but Liverpool do not stick rigidly to it. Firmino drops deep regularly to play in Mane or Salah. What happens behind depends upon how you want to set-up. The combination of attacking/box-to-box/defensive midfielders depends on who you are playing but in any case needs to be fluid.

Interesting to think about the attacking options we have now. In a recent interview - at Villa - Ings talked about the possibility of playing as a false nine. This made me think of the Liverpool team that won the Premier league and Champions league. Firmino is nominal “centre forward” but comes deep to play in Mane or Salah - both of whom start wide but end up in front of goal and scoring! Just imagine having a front three of Watkins, Ings and Bailey with Buendia prompting. Whatever system(s) Dean chooses we will be causing problems for most teams this season.