Jas10

Been a while…

58 minutes ago, Adbo9 said:

would kalvin phillips on a season long loan be a good option if hes anywhere near fit - or we think hes a busted flush now ?

 

 

3 hours ago, villan-scott said:

I know he was talked about last summer and main man @Jas10 loves this idea… as do I! How about it Monchi?

As we all know, I’d love him here (dream/fantasy) and he’s world class but…

if we have a limited budget, it needs to be spent on a proper DM and fullback upgrades. Might need another CB too, a lot depends on sales of players we couldn’t rely on consistently. Be nice if they stay fit and injury free too..

Get that done and I would be relaxed about anything else, we have to sharpen up defensively most of all. We have the numbers in attack, if everyone’s fit and firing, but we concede too many cheap and sloppy goals. We must become harder to beat and avoid the occasional thrashing that we’ve seen. It’s been too easy to score against us.

There’s a lot of work to do on this squad imo for a CL campaign and a successful PL one at the same time.

Our limitations were exposed in ECL… we managed to drag ourselves over the line and did so well in the league overall but, cup competitions were kind of sacrificed.

Carlos Soler will play for Aston Villa

43 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said:

My issue with us signing Ndidi is that he's a **** midget

COUTINHO ARRIVES IN BRAZIL…At 31 years old, star Philippe Coutinho is already in Brazil. 

…However, it still depends on some issues that are well underway, in addition to having other missions in São Paulo in relation to the future of Vasco SAF.

TERMINATION WITH ASTON VILLA
In recent days, Coutinho's representatives have been working intensely to reach a termination agreement with Aston Villa, with whom he has a contract until 2026 and amounts to be received. However, the midfielder is willing to give up to return to Vasco, a desire demonstrated throughout the negotiation, and the end of his contract with the English team is closer.

One of the reasons for this is that Aston Villa would also have a great deal of leverage in financial fair play due to Coutinho's high contract with the English team.

This way the player would arrive free at Cruz-Maltino and would be available to Vasco from July 10th, when the transfer window opens...

1 hour ago, _AA_786 said:

Hopefully it doesn't end like this for us...

16 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

I’ve noticed. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is taller than Boubs. 

in most cases, I generally don’t think hight matters for a lot of modern day DMs. 

it’s the reading the game, mobility and winning the ball back is key now days. The giant destroyer taking chunks out of players era either is long gone or just a myth. 

Yeah, basically the same job Bouba does. Intercept, carry, lay it off or pass it forwards.

But if you can add height and strength to that, all the better. Some aerial presence and physicality helps but not at the cost of technical ability. 

Composure and ability under pressure is most important.

Personally, it’s always bothered me (in the past) how easily we’ve been dominated and overpowered in midfield battles… but we’ve largely overcome that with technique now rather than brute force. Never seen a Villa side pass and keep the ball as well as we do now under Unai.

Need a certain amount of aggression and tenacity though (McGinn usually brings it), the right mentality to battle and compete. Some technical players can be too relaxed and idle and lack that winning mentality or “fight”. Especially when it comes to the defensive side… cannot just attack all the time.

Need some height and aerial presence to stop conceding cheaply from set pieces, can’t afford to be so leaky next season.

5 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said:

In his last 1874 podcast. Basically more or less said it was going to happen. 

Should he really be sharing or revealing that information?

10 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Truth be told, I don’t know how either jokes started. 

According to some, Ndidi is a midget…

6 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Only 6’4? Who’s is he, Tommy Elphick?

7ft tall is VT’s minimum hight for a DM 

How about this guy?

3 minutes ago, nick76 said:

Yeah just amusing myself on a Friday morning.

I think you’re the only one who’s amused mate

na just kidding…

come on over to the Barkley thread and indulge in the lotr gifs  

2 minutes ago, _AA_786 said:

Also it's not like we're going to bin off the DM when Kamara is back. There may be some games where we go with 2.

Hopefully we're doing that in CL Semi finals against Real/Bayern.

Aaahh… much better

And yeah, you’re right mate

Just now, MaVilla said:

 

Yeah, if Emery wants him and gets him, i will suck it up.

Im just talking about my own opinion.

I just have a hope that we will be going for a higher level of DM, like Merino, or another player with all the right attributes, i guess we will see! (i doubt we will get a Merino type tbh - prob too expensive)

Same here… Merino or Ugarte (loan?) would be ideal…

I want better too.

1 minute ago, _AA_786 said:

I can see why some would go for little 4'11 Ndidi  .