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Still nothing official, wonder if it's finished on the quiet or whether some reporters jumped the gun?

always wondered, why does he wear that cast on his wrist?!?!?!

Just now, Vive_La_Villa said:

This still isn’t official is it?

Haven't seen anything "official" as yet.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/dean-smith-aston-villa-transfers-15579434

Interesting article, especially this for me:

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But Smith wants to start building his own team and had this uplifting message when asked about transfers.

“We’ve got good loan players here at the moment but I would prefer to develop our own players rather than bringing in loans and improving them for other clubs,” he said.

“That’s just my opinion.

 

all i gotta say is HALLELUJAH!, developing our own players rather than other teams players, anyone would have thought it rocket science?!?!?!

Any news on how close this deal is to being completed?

I really hope this happens now, or this is gonna be one hell of a multi paged wasted thread

also, word of caution on the Kalinic vids......i just re-watched a few vids of Nyland, they make him look like De Gea!!

Just now, Villan4Life said:

We paid £1mil for Nyland mate

i thought it was 3m....well....2.7m to be exact?

Substantial purchase is it's 7m, I hope he is as good as I hope he is :), would be terrible if he did a nyland, then it would be 10m wasted on GKs

9 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Money surely - with the same resources as Citeh or Chelsea we've got the necessary financial pull - and then Purslow uses his Jedi FFP powers to hypnotise the FA into ignoring the spend. 

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Just now, sir_gary_cahill said:

For Croatia against England, he looked outstanding, a commanding goalkeeper that we haven’t had for years. Not only that but he looked good with his feet, looked the complete goalkeeper. Based on that performance v England and that’s all I’ve seen of him, I’m surprised a top club hasn’t come in for him. ( I know it’s only one game but he just looked brilliant)

great if true, but if true why is he coming to Villa and not a Prem team or another top flight team abroad?, not trying to be negative, just realistic.

3 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Honestly these days I just assume that a keeper being signed at this level is a good shot stopper. Shot stoppers are ten a penny.

The other parts of their game is much more important. I'm far more interested in how good Kalinic is at commanding his box, communicating and coordinating with his defence, distributing, dealing with high balls; than I am with whether he can make spectacular saves.

Totally agreed.

5 minutes ago, Merson08 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271f64qb0WU&feature=onebox

This is the game of the world cup where he was the keeper.

yeah, some good stops, but the flap at 1min 35 is a little....Nylandish?!?

Not trying to be negative, i really hope this deal comes off, but lets not delude ourselves if any player may have a flaw or two?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTGqtW0Sqs

1) flaps a bit at 1 minute in this vid

2) a few good saves and takes though

I think we need to be careful with "he is a good shot stopper" :P, we need that as well as someone commanding with crosses, and commands their area well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwwcNfLInH0&t=37s

1) decent shot stopper

regardless, the guy is a BIG UNIT (6ft 7in?), just his presence is prob pretty spooky :), from the vids i have looked at he is agile for a big man and a good shot stopper, havent really managed to find anything related to gathering crosses and commanding the area etc.

Just now, Shropshire Lad said:

I believe he works at the hospital or whatever where they do our medicals, he doesn’t work for the club as such (I think). But he’s made aware of names that are booked in.

right ok, good stuff then.

really pleased if its true.

8 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Imagine not having to worry about every single set piece against us?

I would still be worried by our 5ft 10 centre back monsieur Chester.......

17 minutes ago, Rob182 said:

Yep, easily an 8/10, the guy tweeting works for the place that does our medicals. He's very reliable when it comes to transfers. I've never seen him tweet rumours or guesses either.

Isn't that a bit naughty that a guy working in our medical dept giving away our possible signings before they are concluded?????

whats the certainty level on this?

Certainty level is rated from:

1/10 - we are signing messi, i saw him walking around somewhere in europe possibly wearing a shirt with some purple on it and the purple was defo Villa purple not Barcelona purple.

to

10 /10 - i had a drink with him last night and he showed me a copy of a signed contract.

Lastly, i assume the fact hes now an international regular means the work permit is no longer an issue?

Really happy if its tru tho.

17 minutes ago, wilko154 said:

I've said it before Hourihane is a lot better when he plays the deeper role and dictates the play. He has a great passing range and helps to break up the play, but box to box he goes missing.

Whelan and Hourihane together doesn't work, but yesterday Whelan was the better of the two.

Granted he can pass a bit, but playing in that deeper role in theory is ok, apart from the fact he doesn't tackle, goes missing and rather than chase people down when someone goes past him or takes the ball off him he just stands there looking at the ref with his arms in the air.

He really is a liability when we don't have the ball, and saying that about our supposed ball playing DM is scary.

am i correct in believing that we are 5th in the form table? (for the last 10 games - aka DS in role)

5 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, and in that run we have played Swansea, Derby, Boro, WBA, Stoke, Blose & Forest, basically 70% of our games under DS were versus promotion contenders or teams around us.

Not too bad overall

FYI the teams above us in the form table (last 10 games) are Norwich, Leeds, Derby & PNE, but i bet none of those have had played the teams we have in that run.

P.S - in the last 7 games we are third in the form table (4 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses), with only Norwich and Leeds above us. (and 6 of those 7 games were versus promotion contenders/teams immediately around us)

Last 7 games our goal difference is 10, which is second only to Norwich with +11, the next best team is only +5 (WBA).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-receive-warning-stoke-15544674.amp

Anyone got any idea whontjese two Australian players are who are being linked with us? (RB and CB).

Personally never heard of them.

4 hours ago, AVTuco said:

Must be taller than 6ft 3"

Thought he was 6ft 4"?

12 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

There is talk coming out of a possible Benteke return, to not only help both clubs profit from his future sales but tò see if he can fire in goals for us again.

Christian played well for us banging in a ton of goals in three seasons. I think it could be what we need to partner Tammy if we don't get Odoi that is.

I bet Dean Smith could get Benteke firing again and Christian knows himself he had a brilliant spell with our club.

What do you all think of a Christian Benteke return??

Wages probably too high, but more than that he probably wouldn't suit our style of play?

3 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

He's perfect for us. We're too good for The Championship too.

To be fair the proof is in the pudding, for the last 2.5 seasons we haven't been too good for the championship, hence the reason we are still here.

But here's to the future and the hope we can be too good for the championship in the near future.