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1 hour ago, carlitobrigante said:

prime candidate to sell and help us with FFP in my opinion.

Decent, and an improvement from him recently, but nowhere near athletic or strong enough for a midfield spot in what is already a team somewhat lacking in the attributes he lacks, which means its even more of a negative overall.

Hopefully can turn a healthy profit on him

We didn’t sign him just to flip him over for profit in a year …

3 hours ago, Tom13 said:

It's painful when he tries to take someone on, he can't seem to get past anyone? Really not sure if beating players is in his locker?

He tried to go past someone yesterday and I just had zero faith in him, think it got blocked for a corner in the end.

Trickery and dribbling Bailey or Traore style isn’t his game, it’s more receiving the ball in tight spaces turning and playing a pass or shooting, pace and the ability to get in behind. His finishing and vision were key elements of his game and that ability to pop up out of nowhere with a goal there were times he went missing in games beginning of the season but he had that knack of finding space and scoring now the goals have dried unfortunately. People need to get their heads around the fact that he’s not a highlight reel dribbler of the ball and more of a player who attacks the space well.

34 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Has he ever played or been tried on the left in his career?

Has a decent cross on him as well so maybe worth a temporary shot?

Him on the left and Leon on right for some games?

People used to post this constantly about Leon. It won’t happen and it isn’t the answer it will all come together eventually. The workrate and application is there.

RIP Akira Toriyama 

1 minute ago, Chicken Field said:

Or by being coached daily by our world class manager

A combination of both

37 minutes ago, Osirus said:

Not concerned about him at all, he’s got all the raw physical assets needed to play the at the top level. 
 

Just needs to work on the tactical aspect and become more familiar with his role/the team. 

He can only become familiar by playing.

1 hour ago, lexicon said:

His touch was a little off but Ajax were defending very well all night, doubling and tripling up on our wide threats. It was not easy. 

True it wasn’t an easy night at all Ajax were good. His work rate was good and he showed for the ball didn’t lose possession, tracked back and defended well. 

5 hours ago, villa4europe said:

You can't do what he did though and worryingly he did it again about 10 minutes later 

He often does this he’s quite good at buying fouls but the ref was having none of it last night.

As expected from a young player gaining experience at a higher level keep up the good work .

Happy with the draw. The football wasn’t great but what a terrible ref.

refs lost the plot, I was commenting before the game how good european refs were …..

1 hour ago, Deano & Dalian's Umbrella said:

"Just like when City ran the Randy Lerner out of town"

 

I used to love the Randy Lerner.

He was the most electrifying owner in all of sports and entertainment.

I could definitely smell what the Randy Lerner was cooking.

The Jabroni didn’t know his role

1 minute ago, The_Rev said:

Last season the three promoted sides all stayed up so jumping to conclusions based on one season isn’t ideal.  

But the money involved has jumped up astronomically, remember when we came up and we thought £20m was a huge fee that’s the going rate now.  If you don’t keep moving forward in this league and show ambition in the transfer market you don’t stay up, easier said than done whilst trying to spend within the constraints of FFP.

1 minute ago, Rightdm00 said:

As the revenue gaps grows between the championship and the PL this might become a much more regular occurrence. 

100% we are lucky we got promoted when we did

I can see why we bought him he slotted in perfectly first half.  He’s been bought do develop that’s exactly what we are doing.

13 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Yep. Better of the two. Starts next week for me. 

Call me bonkers, but given the injury to Ramsey, I wonder if Emery would start Moreno on the left of midfield..

Nope not a chance 

Was excellent on the ball especially first half he’ll only learn and gain experience on the pitch. It’s funny how the reaction is always slightly moany when young players are given an opportunity it’s also the same when they aren’t given the opportunity

1 minute ago, rodders0223 said:

Diaby well and truly in the freezer.

More so bringing on a like for like replacement

Ollie Watkins vs Liverpool nothing spectacular about the goals but the occasion and circumstances makes memorable.

22 hours ago, KentVillan said:

Yeah he’s an all rounder, more in the Pirlo, Redondo, etc mould than the Makelele mould. Still very good at sitting in front of a defence. Just a great player.

There aren’t many who play that Makelele role anymore most elite Defensive midfielders are complete players otherwise Marvellous Nakamba would be classed as the best DCM in the prem.

24 minutes ago, calcifer said:

 

Its hypothetical IF we have to sell someone - for FFP he would be the most viable - or would you rather we sell Watkins/Luiz/Martinez?

We might not need to sell anyone - but he would be the obvious choice 

 

Constantly banging on about means something has triggered you…..

11 minutes ago, calcifer said:

Maybe, but we may have no choice but to sell Ramsey to make pure profit for FFP.  You think that's fair? 

Where has this come from exactly? Why are people posting with such conviction that we are selling Ramsey?

5 hours ago, Tom13 said:

There's talk of selling Kamara? What the hell...

FFP has gotten into the heads of plenty here , everyone is trying to sell our best players Kamara , Luiz , Ramsey ect….

12 hours ago, VillaChris said:

Thinking about it somewhere like Ajax would be a good loan for him to develop for a year. Could be an option if he makes an impact over the two legs.

He can't really be having another season of 0 league starts and a few cameos in cups. He won't be starting any CL matches if we make it so you're potentially looking at even less starts next season which would get him even more wound up.

And then what? Buy an experienced replacement on higher wages?