El Kami Ghazi

Grealish isn't going anywhere. We have the third richest owners in England. I think even if Spurs offered the 40m we wanted in the summer our owners would point blank refuse. He's recently signed a new contract and thats pocket change to our owners. Its clear for all to see how important he is to the team by the last 3 games.

I mean James Collins would be weird enough but the thought of Samba playing out from the back gives me the shivers Side note : Fair play to him its rare in this day and age for a professional to do this.

Agree with the last bit but I think Tammys movement is much better than Hogan and Kodija, I think we'd score goals but nowhere near as much as with Tammy up front. Kodija can create something out of nothing (for himself usually) and Hogan likes to get in behind the defence. But Tammy for me is much more of an all-rounder (despite him being raw at such a young age).

"We're Aston villa we'll buy who we want"

Quite a few sources mentioning this today, came out of the blue but they have all said its near to being completed so probs been in the pipeline for a while. I'm absolutely delighted as I think hes the type of signing who could do a job in the premier league too !

I really hope so, I've only watched him a few times but have heard good things. GET IT DONE JESUS

We could do with a better RB i agree but not immediately. We're well stocked in that department with Hutton,Elmo, Bree (Even Mitch Clark can play across the backline if needed). GK,LB,CB and maybe a CM/CDM before for that for me. I think we will be fine waiting until the summer for that position.

Story out this morning about Cardiff and Palace interested in Tammy.

Can you see him leaving us mid season to leave to go a team who could very well be battling relegation again though ? I mean it didn't work out at Swansea for him and the benefit there was that he still had Chelsea to go back too... wouldn't it be better for him to stick with us and see where hes at come the end of season ? As much as I think he'll suit Palace more than Benteke... he's a fine example of leaving us to go for 'better' things which hasn't worked out too.

I agree, in fact I think its kinda promising. If (When) we go up I want us to 'break the bank' for him... never mind Onomah.

I'd love to see Heaton, Mckenna, a LB (Rico Henry ?) and another CM/CDM if we have any spare change. Understand its a big ask given our circumstances plus we'd have to offload some players too which would probs be difficult given Jedi,Whelo and Lansbury all on a decent wedge. But a good point mentioned which i haven't thought about before above about Jesus being brought in. I cant see him going for pure British based players. May aswell have a british based Technical Director if we're going that route. Hell if he can cover those positions with some cheap worldie foreign players id be even more happier mind. But thats the type of calibre i'd be looking at anyway.

In hindsight this may have been the better option. But i was referring to the fact we were on a pretty strong run of results therefore assumed it would be wise to change the team/formation as little as possible. Thanks for the warm welcome btw

He is not THE team, no-one is. But as posted above he's a vital part of the team and Saturday proved that IMO. For e.g: We're used to seeing Tammy have multiple chances each game every game since Dean Smith & Co have came in yet Saturday was just wasnt the same. He is our creative outlet and this is why Hourihane and Mcginn suit him in a 3. Hourihane is a danger from set pieces (It is usually Grealish winning them) and Mcginn battles all game winning the ball to give to Jack (I think Grealish's defensive game has come on leap and bounds since the start of this year though too tbf). I honestly thought we'd cope fine without him as its not like the days before DS & co where we just used to give it Jack and hope for the best. I still think we do have enough to cover but that just wasn't it on Saturday. Dean Smith plays possession football and Jack doesnt give the ball away. This is why he is instrumental in us moving forward.

Its easy enough for us to say give him a chance/throw him in. But whenever i've seen him play hes a 10/RW and atm we need someone to cover Grealish's position (LCM).

I think so too considering its Whelans old club. He'll be raring to get his chance plus he hasn't done a bad job when hes come off the bench under Smith tbf. However as suggested previously I'd like to see El Ghazi try fill in Grealish's role (Or swap Mcginn to LCM and El Ghazi on RCM). I think El Ghazi's defensive work rate has improved dramatically since the Forest game and would be intrigued to see if he can do a job.

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