SeanVilla

Why not go in for Sancho? £100mill is a lot of money but would hold his value at 20 years old and can play on either wing, would be a real asset going forward. I think he'd make the step up to the prem easily so low risk

Same price maybe but if Watkins is £25mill and Wilson is £10mill + Hogan or just £15mill I'd go Wilson everyday of the week. Could enable us to sign someone else and guarantees goals in this league

I agree with most of that. I do think he plays better in our team out wide. Although I think he has the work rate & tackling ability to play in that Hourihane role and could be just as good there. Preferably though I'd be getting a CM to replace Hourihane, but has to be a set piece specialist as Hourihane is realistically the only set piece taker we have. I would also want Villa to get away from relying on Grealish, as we are currently 1 injury/him leaving away from relegation.

Sorry I meant play him where we have payed him in that 3 man midfield all of last championship year and all of last year up until realising our wingers are hopeless. I'm inclined to agree with you and think he does play better out wide. Cannot be going in for a left winger then, Benrahma is not a RW and we need to stop signing players to move them onto their less natural side. Buendia seems to make much more sense in that case

Never understand this opinion when he plays in the same position as Benrahma. I'd assume the idea, exactly the same as if we got Benrahma, would be to play Grealish at behind the strikers.

Was from actual news sources in Spain so I imagine pretty legit (not Agent Villa or the other "ex journalists with fingers in all the pies"). Not to buy though, was a loan. Real Madrid want to send him out on loan in Spain unfortunately. Looks a quality player, unfortunately.

We could say the same about Jota though I'd certainly hope he wouldn't take as long as Konsa to settle in, else we'd be in big trouble next season.

He has 6G 5A in 11 games exclusively in Europe last season (Qualifying and Group Stages). So a goal or an assist per game. Watkins has 26G 3A in 46 games in the championship. It's hard to blame Edouard's huge goal/assist output on being in the SPL as he's doing it in Europe also, which is a better standard than Championship.

Would be very disappointed if he signs. I get he'd be good backup but no way he'd be signing for 18m as a back up (he'll be back up to Wes within a few months). I like his work rate but the key for me is look at his goals and where he puts his shots. 80% of them would get saved in the Prem, the standard of keeping is much better. I'd be snapping Celtics hand off for Edouard. Yes it's a worse league but you can tell from watching him he's a much more natural finisher, 2 years younger and think he's got what it takes to be successful in the Prem. Only would be happy if Watkins was brought in to play off the wing, Dean made that clear last night he see's him as a striker so this wouldn't happen. And I'm not just saying this because he had a bad game yesterday, would happily take Benrahma.

I'm fairly new to VillaTalk but is this like an on going joke? Villareport are not a "source", they just post what other Journo's have said and quote them in the tweet. They are 100% reliable in reporting what other news sources have said.

Hope it'll be Ings. Would have to be on loan I imagine.

Does anyone know if the Friendly in Austria tomorrow will be live on AVTV ?

The groundsmen won groundsmen of the year...

Did he say anything other than that it's close ?

Apparently selling his private Jet. Is it happening ?

Lets try and get as many fans down to support the U21's tonight. Only £2 and a decent crowd expected. Good chance to see some of our best youth players (Grealish, Adama, Green etc) and will without a doubt be better than watching the first team at the moment http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villas-future-you-part-11142177?utm_content=bufferefe5a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

I think the reason Ayew and Veretout are not playing is because they are shoe ins to start on a normal day. Better to give a chance to the players he's unsure on rather than the players first on the team sheet.

I give up on Sinclair what a waste of a player.

**** off richardson

Guzan Hutton - Richards - Clark - Amavi Sanchez Gil - Gana - Veretout - Ayew Gestede I think i'd go with this. Ayew was unplayable at times cutting inside against tottenham and I think he is surprisingly effective at winning the ball as well as his superb work-rate. Also I think Gestede could possibly cause Stones and Mori real problems in the air where they are both not very strong in that department. However for the first time in a long time I feel confident that whoever the manager picks will be the best team to go there and hopefully (with a bit of luck) get a good result.

i hope grade can get the best out of him, all he needs is a lot of instruction which i think remi can give him. With proper coaching he could be devastating for other teams.

I think he could go with this although I think he'll probably stick with Hutton at RB,

Would there be a chance Cissokho could be recalled before the end of the season or not ?

The only thing I can ask for for Sunday's game is Remi to put out a strong line-up including Gil, Ayew, Amavi and Gueye. At least it would show he's identified our strongest players which is clearly something Sherwood struggled with.

Will he get a Match Ban now ?