SeanVilla

5 hours ago, Leeroy said:

I actually have no idea how we will line up defensively after Saturday's horror show, but this would probably be my team:

.....................Martinez.....................

........Konsa.....Carlos.....Torres.......

McGinn.....Luiz.....Kamara.....Digne

Diaby...........Watkins............Zaniolo

 

Choosing between Konsa and Cash was hard as they were our two worst defenders against Newcastle, but I think Konsa's consistency last season keeps him in and hopefully it was only a one off. Gone to a back three because I think we need to change something at the back without Mings, even if I'm not really a fan of a back three. When Ramsey and Moreno come back or we sign another player in defence maybe we change it back. 

 

I'm throwing Zaniolo right in because Bailey was the worst player on the pitch against Newcastle and I don't want to see him start.

Would like to see this. 442 out of possession this in possession. Think it’ll be too early to throw Zaniolo in so maybe Phil in his place. Quite a few unusually bad performances in the weekend but Cash and Bailey have proved over a long period they’re not good enough 

22 minutes ago, omariqy said:

So trying to get my head round where we are at with FFP.

2021/22 - we booked a £0.4m profit

2020/21 - we lost £37m 

2019/20 - we lost £99m but £36m of this was COVID losses

Allowable losses are £105m over a 3 year rolling period. Next year the 2019/20 rolls away. So for 2022/23 we should have allowable losses of c£70m to stay within FFP? Or am I missing something. 

Yes this is correct. Worth noting the Athletic article regarding what Chelsea are doing. Buying players spreads the fee over the contract, so for us this season, £45mill for Diaby over 5 years is £9mill this year, Torres £6mill this year which is offset by the £14mill we are getting for AJ (sales can be offset straight away for that year - any transfer fee still to be paid). So in theory we can still spend but it gets tricky because you have to consider the transfer fees we are still paying off for the whole squad. This also doesn’t include the added losses of wages also. 

Selling Bailey this window would be the right thing to do. There’s no way of being sustainable and not having FFP worries without selling players who aren’t good enough for sizeable money. All the top clubs do this. 2 years left on his deal and still only 25 and he’s not had a bad return (4g 4a in the premier league). Genuinely think sell to a lower mid table team like a Fulham and could easily get £20-£25mill.   Reinvest the money. 

2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Seen a report saying it’s between us and Everton for Gnonto (jump on it, jump on it).

Seems very much like he’s in talks with Everton and agents want to speed things up. We’re now in a position where we’re not competing with the likes of Everton 

This happened to Cash being linked with Athletico before signing his deal, Martinez also. If anything this is good news as it suggests a new deal is close to completion 

2 hours ago, KMitch said:

 

No idea about the source but it's so far out of left field that it might be legit.  Benfica's starting keeper to replace Olsen?

Seen a lot of this on twitter this transfer window, and it’s really frustrating. Anyone with 100 followers writes something and then puts a journalist as a source and everybody believes them. Not seen this qql guy mention this keeper or us but people will believe whatever they want 

Only the Spanish press have said we’re “close to signing him”. Hope I’m wrong but it stinks of an agent trying to get PSG to hurry up and make an offer. We’re a much more attractive club now and more attractive than say Spurs and other teams around us, but we can’t compete with PSG and guaranteed champions league football. He’ll fully back himself to break into that team as well.

It is so refreshing to finally have a manager who is incredibly tactical and will give us a clear style and identity. We can have full confidence going into each we’re as prepared as we possibly can. It gets negative quickly when you’re questioning the managers decisions every time he puts the team out.

2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Is there really? 

https://talksport.com/football/1160663/unai-emery-middle-finger-arsenal-villarreal-aston-villa-southampton/
 

Yes. Because an Arsenal fan asked him to say good evening 

23 minutes ago, Xela said:

Doesn't work like that though. Its like saying if you have never played professional football, you have no leg to stand on when talking about our players.

I think his English is fine, I had to concentrate a little bit but he's probably a bit rusty with his English. 

 

To some extent you’re correct. But we’re fans of football not language experts. It’s moronic to take the mick out of someone’s 2nd or even 3rd language when they can’t even string two sentences in a 2nd language. especially when they’re our manager who clearly does not like it (video of him swearing at Arsenal fans)

15 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

Emery will love his work ethic, and Ollie with his confidence back is a more than decent striker, yes he will miss loads but he's capable of a 15-20 season regardless. 

Stevie G ball crucified a man who was already struggling for form, and when he did get chances he blew them. 

There is a part of it that is still on him, but he's a hard worker, a larger part of his problem was out of his control.

I think he can thrive under the new manager.

 

This 15-20 goals gets mentioned a fair bit almost as baseline for a decent prem striker. Which is a bit harsh considering only Mane, Ronaldo, Salah, Kane and Son got more than 15 goals last year. 

As he told Villareal his decision on Friday, I do wonder if he had any influence on the team setup against Brentford. We did play his counter attacking direct 4231. Maybe not but it did seem quite bold to change the system completely from Danks.

2 minutes ago, rbcuk said:

Problem if we did let him leave would be a full season of ramsey and McGinn playing everygame, I’m just hoping he’s been told we are getting a new manager in and he’ll sign the new deal with him starting over McGinn 

Probably won’t happen but I’d go Kamara and Dendoncker sitting in a 4231, then neither McGinn or Ramsey get in, or Luiz. 

27 minutes ago, Ingram85 said:

Bollocks. Konsa over Chambers? McGinn over Luiz? Ramsey again? It’s pathetic. 

Chambers is our best CB available to I agree with that. Ever thought Luiz may not be starting because he won’t sign a new deal and could even be off tomorrow? 

It may be pure coincidence but wasn’t a certain Matty Cash linked with Athletico just before signing a new deal. Agent pushing for more maybe?

29 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

What’s an out and out winger? I always think of Tony Daley or Aaron Lennon when I heard this. 

If you mean another wide forward then we probably do need another one as ideally we’d have 2 for each position.   

Yeah winger/inside forward whichever way you call it. 3 people for 2 positions is not enough imo 

16 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

We've got 6 legit senior central midfielders on the books. 7 if you could Tim. 8 at a push with Chambers.

This is what I don’t get. And how many wingers do we have if you ignore Traore who’s likely going to Turkey. Bailey Buendia and Coutinho. Surely getting an out and out winger is more critical 

33 minutes ago, Zatman said:

He is though

Harvey Elliot is now 19 but only 6 months difference in age. Elliot is miles ahead of him. Not even close 

1 hour ago, Mazrim said:

You'll have to tell Man City's own website then who describe him as a left sided attacking midfielder on his bio who was converted to left wing back.
https://www.mancity.com/players/oleksandr-zinchenko
He's not the CM we need, or even linked, and that's that as far as I'm concerned. If we could get him as a utility player, happy days, but that wont happen as he'll want to start.

I don’t think we’ll get him but in our system the CM’s play like lb/rb’s. In addition he’s a fantastic passer. He’s exactly the CM we need. Perfect system fit.

47 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said:

Villa, please do something, anything. Some bullsh1tting ITK tweet something please. We've resorted to discussing what was our potentially best midfield combination from the 2015/16 season. 

 

I don’t know what more you want

1 minute ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Has the mirror ever got anything right about Villa transfers?

non the less, would be a decent buy. One for the future 

No chance we go for another CB unless we sold one of Mings or Konsa, which ain’t happening either. I think we’re done in the CB area