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Has it been reported anywhere how long his contract is?

I don't know if I've missed a longer video, but I think it was very telling that there was no mention of Gerrard by the interviewer. 

Especially as Dendoncker is a midfielder, you always get the cliche "And how excited are you to play for Steven Gerrard, who played in a similar position to you?". 

Also Dendoncker mentioned 'the manager' very briefly in the interview but that was excluded in the little write up. 

Basically I just want Gerrard out. 

18 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

Very hard to get you play going away to such an good, confident in form team as Arsenal

Maybe he should have got our 'play going' against the newly promoted team who lost 9-0 last week and got their only win against us. 

Maybe he should have got our 'play going' against a side we are expecting to be competing with, yet didn't get near them in our game. 

Maybe he should have got 'our 'play going' against the side who hadn't scored, yet alone won until they played us, again their only win this season. 

We look utterly aimless on the pitch, sadly we are starting to look aimless off it too. 

Gerrard Out. 

2 minutes ago, messi11 said:

This is an exciting stat
 

 

Don't know why you're so excited when you've just said it isn't happening...

34 minutes ago, briny_ear said:

The reaction to this signing suggests to me that Villatalk has collectively lost its marbles.

Sarr is an excellent player by anyone’s standards and I am glad to see him join the squad.

It just seems like petulance to criticise the signing because you don’t like the manager.

I agree that Sarr is a good player, however my major reservations are that we already have good players that Gerrard can't fit into his 'formation' and are being wasted. 

11 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Wonder why Luiz wasn’t involved.

According the the Birmingham Mail (I know, I know), Luiz did play and set up Mings' Header. 

Some of the reactions on here are almost as bad as the performance, it's like people are desperate to be negative. Anyway, some thoughts on the game. 

1st half we were very poor, I think what's most disappointing is the players that were consistent last season were dreadful. Targett is the obviously one but I though Cash ran him pretty close. Konsa was also well below par with Dennis running him ragged. It's obviously we need time to get the new players to gel, we know Buendia is a fabulous player but he looked very ineffective, much improved second half out wide. Ings didn't get a sniff and we really did create very little for him, I think a big part of how well we do this season is how he links up with Watkins. 

We were better second half (not saying much) and the changes all made a difference, especially Bailey who will hopefully help with that lack of chance creation. I still think we are lacking a number 10 if we go 4-2-1-3 and that showed, Norwich fans were very unanimous about his best position not being central. I also really hope we never line up with McGinn and Nakamba line up together again. I know we have both Luiz and Sanson to come back but if this results means we go all out for Ward-Prowse, I think we'll be a far better side. 

22 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

3 different leg related injuries that made him unavailable for 47 games in 2 seasons but fond memories so average Joe Villa fan wants him back and people complain about signings to get us into Europe spot. Nostalgia over common sense

How dare you.

Has Sarr liked the announcement yet?

Very disappointing result but I don't feel I can be too disappointed with the majority of that performance. 

Burnley were peak Burnley, scored a bit of a fluke and an incredible header but we are so far ahead of them in footballing ability I'm glad I wasn't supporting the team in Claret & Blue for once. 

Some of the best football I have ever seen us play first half, we should have been 3-0 up and Pope had a great game. We also showed plenty are heart and battling spirit, didn't shirk the physical side and kept trying to play. 

Grealish was exceptional, Watkins got his goal and on another day (similar to at home) we would have been out of sight. 

It's remarkable that even when we lose to a side on paper we should beat, I just love watching us right now. 

His cross second half when Watkins hit the bar was superb but his assist for the really important 4th goal was also underrated, not easy to do on your weaker foot. 

I'm happy for him, has his limitations but works incredibly hard, happy to give better players the ball and can pop up with a key goal or two.  

Players we already know aren't good enough weren't good enough.

A lot of those were borderline starters last year and won't be this year, that is a good thing.  

6 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

He's not following Villa, just them two.

It's an interesting thing to do out the blue if it isn't happening.

He is definitely following all 3, I have just checked. 

I still feel/hope this one will go through today. Brentford seem to have their replacements lined up and if Said does want to leave, they will want to cash in on him now while his stock is so high.  

People saying that we have announced McGinn's new contract to soften any disappointment but I would also argue that if we didn't have anyone lined up today, we may have saved Douglas' confirmation. 

There was a behind closed doors friendly today that Marvelous played in. 

Until we know the actual terms of the buyback clause (which we may never find out) I don't think it is something particularity worth fretting about.  

Very exciting player to be linked with. 

17 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said:

It's getting a bit weird that we haven't announced the lengths of any contracts. Could almost understand when it's new players but it's weird to announce he's signed a new contract with a mystery length

Edit: I'm very happy he's signed a longer deal, I'm surprised people think he won't make it in the Prem. He'll make 20-25 appearances this year and be a decent player for us for two or so seasons

This really bugs me, I think they have only officially announced Jota's and Steer's contract lengths. 

Don't know if anyone more knowledgeable would have an insight why as for the majority of other clubs, this isn't the case?

3 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said:

No contract length given again.

Don't recollect seeing him play, but people have said he can pass well and has a good cross. Got to be better than taylor so happy with the appointment 

Strange that the contract length hasn't been announced, don't recall they ever confirmed for Hause either.