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Traore on the bench, hope he gets a run out.

Dropped from the match day squad. Hope he is in the stands watching.

1 hour ago, Stevo985 said:

If we signed Ronaldo and Messi in January, Woody would still find negatives with the signings.

People would only say we'd signed the wrong Ronaldo and that Messi was too small for the Premier League.

It's one thing a team captain telling the rest of the squad to buck up and work harder but it's a whole bigger issue doing it in the media. 

Keep comments like that inside the dressing room, as what is said in there should stay in there.

10 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Bringing in a player because he's facing Villa, that's a vote of confidence!

Ighalo has been in great form this season and is worth having, hopefully he has a bad game against Villa.

1 hour ago, Cliffy Biro said:

Thats where the game gets a bit ridiculous and easy for me, a 22 year old kid scoring 41 premier league goals and worth 57m. You just have to throw him on the pitch and you'll most likely win.

I know. It took Ronaldo an extra two years to do that kind of levels of performance and value.

4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

A few good games and a bit of money and it goes to his head. The classic example of young English players getting paid to much soon and begin acting like Chavs with a bit of cash. Ungrateful sod.  At least Hendrie gave us a few good season before going off the rails. This kid gives us a few games! 

I think this is a major problem in the English game. I remember quotes a few years back from an ex Man City player (think it was Ireland but might be wrong) saying he would turn up to training and see 17 year old kids wearing £20,000 watches, driving round in super cars thinking they were the big I am when they hadn't even made a match day squad yet.

6 hours ago, leighavfc said:

Yes fair comment mate about making his own arrangements but in my opinion a team should travel to and from games together as that contributes to a team mentality. I understand that it may come across as treating them like children but Jack obviously needs this kind of treatment as he cant be trusted to do otherwise. Same goes for any other player who totally disrespects the club in the same way. Obviously in certain circumstances the players shudnt have too do this but there cant be many reasons why the players should travel seperately. Jack has shown he cannot be trusted to do such thing after the weekends antics, i wonder what he told Villa he was doing not to travel back with the rest of the team? Because clearly he didnt tell them he was going for a piss up in manchester...

And i cant see them accepting any other reason ,(apart from something like family reasons or the like),why he wont be travelling by coach from now on as he must have lied to them this time round. 

 

I agree about traveling together to build morale, it's the same when I play rugby. 

If Jack did make his own way back, he might not have given any excuse and simply said "I'll sort myself out thanks" and they trusted him and left it at that. Also, how do people know he didn't travel with the team and then jump straight in a taxi to Manchester to meet his mates? Would be expensive and a lot of traveling time/money but he has cash to burn and I've known 19 year olds do crazier stuff for a night out.

2 hours ago, leighavfc said:

Well from what i have been told, Jacks mates made their way from brum and Jack and another friend made their own way there. So im guessing straight from Liverpool

He has shown a complete lack of respect and discipline to the club, remi garde, fellow players and staff. Why villa let him make his own way back is another question to be answered.Next time they need to make sure that this is not allowed. Rules are rules. And its shown if these arent implemented some (or even just Jack) can not be trusted to adhere to them.

As an adult Jack should be allowed to make his own travel arrangements after a game if he asks too (assuming he is done for the day), to force him to ride on a coach with the team is to treat him like a child. However, an adult should show that same level of respect to his manager, teammates and club and not do something inappropriate. Sadly it appears that Jack lacked the sense and maturity to do so.

53 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

So you think a top player from a club like Brighton who look like are coming up would rather exchange that for a team bottom of the league in the verge of relegation?

I think your being ridiculous and unrealistic if you really believe that

Money talks. 

1 hour ago, sexbelowsound said:

The only other striker i'd be willing to part with would be Firmino but i'd need more than Morrison for him.

Firmino is probably worth hanging on to, seems to be coming in to form. Got 38 points this weekend, and averages 16 points a week over the last three games. Liverpool have a decent run coming up too. Question marks as to how often Klopp will play him but I reckon he will get minutes going forwards.

10 hours ago, John said:

I think Austin will wait until the summer and maximise the money he will get for doing so. Trippier looks the more likely of the two but would he want to come and would Spurs really want to help us out in any case?

It would be nice to hear us being connected with players who might keep us up in the press but the silence suggests the club are prepared to go again with what we already have although we are not. 

I think a January move for Austin depends on if he wants to go to the Euros with England or not. If he stays in the Championship until July he will make more money on his next move but he will not get selected and will miss the tournament.

What I don't get about the points system is that it appears to keep jumping about, no players involved in today's game but two in yesterday's and points appear to have changed since lunchtime

I like the scoring system as it requires players to be fully involved in the game to rack up lots of points. An example being the Arsenal game this weekend, Giroud scored a goal but did very little in the game apart from that and only got 7 points. Whereas Alexis Sanchez didn't score or assist but worked his socks off to try and win the game and got 24 points. You have to think about the total performance and how much a player will try and get involved in the game.

We have to spend money in January on players who will have an instant impact, not prospects for the future with potential.

Westwood in for Sanchez, wonder if that will be a long term move?

2 hours ago, VillaChris said:

Here we go....Vardy apparently not going to be fit for Leicester at  Newcastle today. Lump on Newcastle. 

Appears Vardy is starting after all.

Are there any rules about minimum number of goalies you must have? Is it okay to just have one? What happens if they don't play? Not sure if it matters as there are no auto subs but would it be an illegal line up?

3 hours ago, tarjei said:

Bah, again he got the better of me

The striker got a 5.9 due to all the missed chances. Played him in the AM-position in 2nd half, but I think whatever I would have done would not have mattered. All the forward players missed their chances, and some misses were truly horrible. Should have won that game by 3/4 goals.

Love the 'Justin Credible' name your using; I remember the WWE guy who used that name years ago.

Unless that is actually your real name?!?!?

12 hours ago, Daniel said:

Ah, Big Chris, i have missed you. Got him for £4m even though i didn't need him. He even took a £20k pay cut. He's supposed to be back up to Thalles, but he cant stop scoring.

 

I snapped up the chance to buy Tekkers back for £6m on fm15, didn't need him but couldn't resist. Then swapped him for Lucas Ocampus the season after. Liverpool have a crazy amount of strikers.

19 hours ago, jackbauer24 said:

I didn't realise quite how good Hutton was!

http://talksport.com/football/gareth-bale-wayne-rooneyand-alan-hutton-included-lequipes-great-britain-xi-151117174593 (Talk Sport)

 

I've just seen this myself and had to do a double take. Do you think we could sell him to Real or set up a swap for Dani Caraval?

8 minutes ago, troon_villan said:

 

Didn't they want £15m? He's a big injury risk, or so I'm led to believe.

Their asking price has fallen as he has less time left on his contract, if it gets to zero he leaves for free. They're hoping he will help get them promoted first but this is looking unlikely. The injury risk rumours stem from a failed medical a few years ago, but he has since passed medicals since then so should hopefully be okay.

8 hours ago, PieFacE said:

Yeah you can do family sharing but as stated above, only one person can play at a time. Even if you go into Offline mode. 

I'm curious as to how they would know? If you're offline how can they tell if you are playing or not?

4 hours ago, tarjei said:

I'm in the 6th season now. Have won the league twice, Europa league once, Fa cup once and the Capital cup twice. Struggling against the better sides in the CL.

Got a £260m budget, but very little room for wages due to FFP. Every first team player I try to sign wants £200k pr week or more and a ton of big clauses and bonuses, so I can't really strengthen the first team immediately.

It's a bit hard taking that final step towards the top (without a super tactic). Got all the money I need but can't spend it, and I'm having to rely on bringing youngsters through.

I had this problem on FM15 in my fourth or fifth season, had a transfer budget of £50m but had overspent on my wage budget and fair play restrictions kicked in. I couldn't offer a contract of more than £100 per week to anybody, even in renewals for existing players. I had a 33 year old Cahill wanting a new contract and willing to drop his wages and couldn't even do that. I sold my star AM before realising and couldn't sign a replacement, the entire season was a write off that I just couldn't enjoy.

Amavi out for the season, a loan for a left back or recalling a loan must now be a priority.