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Thor will probably play LM. If there is any substance to the signing of Taylor then he will, in Bruce's eyes be a more solid alternative to Amavi who will probably be cover for the LB and LM positions until the summer.

No problem in cleaning his arse then.

Injury prone and would undo a very good window for Villa. Villa have signed better already.

With most young gifted players you get a period of adjustment. Much like the teenager at home beginning to push the barriers of house rules and when disciplined for that then doing something stupid in retaliation. Reading this forum and indeed several media reports Grealish has been in the process of growing up, enjoying, or suffering the process we all go through but doing it in the public eye. The club like any parent have endured that process but under Bruce we've seen Grealish starting to mature and flourish on and off the pitch with Villa beginning to reap the benefit of that. Why when you have taken the time to nurture that undoubted talent then sell him to a club that you're going to bypass positional wise in the Premiership in a matter of months?

Reminds me of Isaiah Osborne that used to play for the Villa. Slightly awkward running style but potentially much better than Osborne.

Thanks mate. Will do.

Can't seem to change it mate. Maybe it's something the mods can only do?

Yes mate followed both but have plumped for Villa as my number one team. Luv it on here.

Hope he's still with the Villa by next Christmas so we can call him our Christmas Bree.

I'd say it would be fairly cheap, if we're shopping in Iceland.

Looks like he needs to cheddar a few pounds.

Late try to get Boro to lower their expectations on Rhodes??

Great post. Bringing his signings in will strengthen his hand further in the dressing room allowing Bruce to tell those free riders on the back of AVFC to do one. But he will need more than one window to do this. Giving Bruce to this time next year the Villa squad will be unrecognisable and much the better for it probably finishing first in the Championship if Villa don't gain promotion this season.

I have posted previously that it may not do any harm at all for Villa to spend one more season in the Championship to allow Xia and Bruce to rebuilt the club. After yesterday's revelations from Bruce concerning McCormack and the indiscipline he has found at the club during the short time he has been at the Villa it should be obvious to every Villa fan that it's going to take more than one transfer window and a few months of new manager bounce to stabilise the club. As we've seen last season trying that while in the Premiership has severe consequences. It is therefore unfair in the extreme to ask for the manager's head at a time when he has inherited the very same problems suffered or caused by previous managers while improving on past results with basically the same players. Yes to Villa fans Bruce has made some curious decisions concerning team selection. No-one could understand why Gabby was selected ahead of McCormack. Now we know. No-one could understand why Gestede was sold when both Ayew and Kodjia were off to the AN yet I've seen time and again on here posters crucifying Gestede for how poor he was and indeed some calling him a bean pole. Villa were offered their money back on a rubbish player and Bruce rightly bit their arm off, not only due to the player's ability (or lack of) but to start the rebuilding process. Bruce has shown not once but four times that he is more than capable of getting promotion out of the Championship. The football hasn't been pretty so far because he has had to set up the team to compensate for a massive hole in the engine room and an unbalanced squad. To rectify that and inherited indiscipline within the club it will take time. Give him that time ffs.

At least he has been turning up for training.

To me this is the way forward introducing players from the youth setup who haven't been corrupted by past seasons at Villa.

Spot on.

Not good enough.

Ayew has been doing that and so has McCormack. Villa need better midfielders around them.

Agree 100% with this and anyway Kodjia has pace in abundance when he comes back again.

I agree buying another striker on its own won't improve things. However Bruce has already confirmed one link to a midfielder (Lansbury) and Villa have also been linked to another. With both those midfielders signed and a mooted RB on the way service to the forwards should dramatically improve. Bruce also stated that if he can improve the forward line he will do it. So I guess listening to the manager there is a plan in place to bring both in. If you consider the Gestede money 4m on top of that doesn't sound a lot in today's market for Rhodes who has previously been clinical in front of goal in the Championship.

Fixed that for you.

A second striker who can score goals.

Bruce won't do that. Think we'll see at least another three new signings ( two CMs and a RB) before the window shuts and all of those will go straight into the first team and improve it. I also feel Villa need another striker and a central defender (to cover for Baker as Elphick is a mistake waiting to happen) but that may be asking too much for a January window?

He needs to be replaced this window if the Villa are to progress. Awful player.