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    Hepburn-Murphy made his debut so young because Sherwood wanted to take the Mickey, I wouldn't say it's particularly aided his development as it probably added more expectation on him than he would otherwise of got. Grealish, although slight, plays in a different position and and has the right mentality to deal with cloggers trying to kick him in the air, very few players have that mentality, even experienced ones. I think for a forward who will at times have his back to goal, and who old pro center backs would definitely want a piece of, needs to have the right mentality and/or physical attributes before you should throw them in. Like Rooney did for example. I don't know about young Barry's mentality but he doesn't look strong enough just yet from the pictures I've seen. I'd imagine we might see glimpses of him next season, but it's difficult to predict how quickly any player will develop at such a young age.
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    Can't say I'm surprised as they also need a bit of depth at fullback/wingback, especially the right hand side. Though Mourinho buying young English talent? Not usually his style...
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    I like Cantwell, though he does seem a bit lightweight, I'd take him if he bulked up a bit. I like Aarons and Lewis from them more, think they'd both be suited to our new system and would give us real strength in the wing back areas. As somebody mentioned Buendia is probably the jewel in the crown for them, think we'd face competition for any of these should we stay up and be interested.
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    Agree with most of this, the McCormack transfer made perfect sense at the time, he was one of if not the best forwards in the Championship and had been for a good few seasons, he should of been as safe a bet of a transfer we could of made, but it didn't work out that way for whatever reason, sometimes it doesn't. I remember when Wolves signed Roger Johnson last time they where in the Premier League (before this current stint), he seemed like the perfect signing for them, experienced strong central defender was what they lacked at the time, looked a perfect Mick McCarthy signing, but it didn't work out, barely played and again rumours of alcoholism. The only thing you can maybe do is research their character a bit more to see if you can spot any weaknesses, but then how far do you go?
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    We've not had much luck have we?! and despite all this only a point from safety. It's not as bad as some of the doom merchants would have us believe, we just need a slight change in fortune and to hit a bit of form at the right time. Having a striker would probably help mind...
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    It depends on your expectations of what a striker should do. El Ghazi as you point out is not going to hold the ball up, he's decent in the air but he's usually up against smaller fullbacks, he's not going to win much against a big center half. However, he's one of the best finishers we have, has good movement, decent mobility and a trick when he needs it. He won't pose the same threat as Wesley, he'll offer a different challenge to their defence. You're right about Brighton's game plan, however that would be their plan anyway. We've struggled against a high press because we insist on playing out from the back, the midfield balance is all out and there's not enough movement, so we often play ourselves in to trouble. When we have gone long even with Wesley in the team it's rarely been successful, and generally been as a last resort. Brighton would be pressing us anyway regardless of who we have up top. Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather have a recognised striker with either more pace or more strength than El Ghazi, but in truth he's not a terrible option. More concerning is what happens if he gets injured?...
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    I would imagine the Real Madrid version of 4-3-3 may work somewhat differently to our version, but I haven't seen them play this year to know that for sure. Although I take your point on La Liga being a lower level, I was more thinking of his integration to the league and culture, they spent big money on him and it would be in their interests that he learns to play in the league they have bought him to play in. 6 months in the Premier League would not be without value, but 6 months playing in La Liga, learning how to be effective in that league, continuing to learn the language/culture and use it in real life situations will be very valuable to them. I agree the Premier League overall is of better quality than La Liga, however there are still plenty of decent teams playing there, I was thinking teams like Valencia, Bilbao, Villarreal, Sociedad, that kind of level, where he can continue to progress playing with quality players. Also, he could potentially cause trouble to their immediate rivals in games against them. There is value in him playing in a relegation scrap, but how are often will Madrid find themselves in that situation?
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    You okay mate?
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    Just to counter your well made points, there's no reason why they wouldn't loan him to us in principle, however there are likely more preferable destinations where Madrid are concerned. I'm sure they'd like to see more of him in La Liga to aid his development and integration there, ideally they'd like to see him in a system/style similar to their own to get a better handle on his capabilities, and they'd like him to be playing at as high a level as possible. Now we can certainly offer first team football, but I'm not sure all the stars are likely to align on this one. I'd love to be wrong though!
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    Another reason we wont be signing 6-7 players is we simply don't have the squad space for that many arrivals, key signings in key areas that can see us to the next window, still in the Premier League, that's the task ahead of the recruitment team. I don't see another left back coming in, Smith will have to do what he can with what we have in some positions. I think Targett will be much better as a wing back, seems to suit his game better, just need him to stay fit, we have Hause as an option and even Guilbert has looked decent there when he's had to fill in, he has options for that position. Smith has said we aren't looking at midfielders, though he could just be blowing smoke there. The main issue with our midfield is we simply haven't had the right balance, whether we have the right players with the right attributes to find that balance is up for debate, but Smith seems to think we do, so unless a really good deal drops in our lap (unlikely but not unknown in January) then I don't think we'll be adding a midfielder either. Smith has said numerous times that he wants another winger so I can certainly see us looking in that area, though it might be someone that can also play up top killing two birds with one stone, as we obviously need another forward even if Samatta goes through as planned. So I'd say another forward and another winger, or a player that can play both roles is most likely, any other positions would depend on outgoings of which I don't expect too many.
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    From reading that I think it's fair to say he's frustrated, I'm sure everybody is. I think the toys are very much staying in the pram though.
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    His finishing improves dramatically as the video goes on, looks quick, handy in the air and switched on. A bit of Gabby about him, though I'm not sure that's necessarily a good thing... For the money rumoured looks a decent deal for us.
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    It could be Cutrone related, he's recently moved to Fiorentina on loan and would likely be using BHX to go back and forth. I'm just guessing of course.
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    *sigh* You must be a lot of fun at parties. I'll edit the original post for the sake of your sanity, and be sure to have my Shakespeare coursework to you by the end of the week...
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    I feel violated, they could have been my internet points...
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    Very true. Actually, thinking about it, maybe we should bring the Easy Crew on board? After all they are always there to make a bad t'ing good! Irie Man!
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    Most of the preparation for the game is done well in advance, the game plan will be in place days before, the coaches and players may work on that plan the day before a game, but obviously not so intensely they'd be knackered for the next day. Also, depends on when they travel down to Bournemouth. Smith has assistants for a reason and they should be well capable of running any sessions needed while he deals with any transfer stuff, he also has Suso dealing with the finer points of the transfers, so I don't think there will be that much disruption to him or the players really
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    If we had no numbers we couldn't put out a team, if we don't bother with potential then there's no planning for the future. We needed more experience and another striker, we came up short, but lets not pretend every signing we made was a waste of time. We're three points of safety, it's not like we've done a Fulham. Grealish, Mings and Heaton have all made errors that have lead to us conceding, are they not good enough?
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    We added plenty of potential, numbers and value to the squad in the summer (not appalling). That potential hasn't fully bore fruit yet, there have been plenty of encouraging performances undermined by too many individual and tactical errors, which are taking longer than we would like to sort out (should be expecting more).
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    The window didn't close early, but the summer window is much shorter than it used to be, and we had a lot of players to bring in, we were much busier than every other club in the League, we were trying to sign another forward, it went to the end of the window and fell through and Brighton had stolen our plan B, so what are you going to do? Hindsight is a wonderful thing, it's easy to say we should of just got the plan B in and played it safe now. I disagree, it wasn't an 'awful' window in my opinion, it could of been better of course, but we've added plenty who's values have already increased, and some who's value could still yet increase. We'd of liked/expected them to of done better of course, but that is not down to the players alone. I think we should of bought a little more experience in the middle of the pitch but by all accounts Smith got what he wanted and was happy enough at the start of the season. Smith strikes me as the kind of person who likes to takes risks, I don't think the recruitment has been appalling (see above), but I think we should expect more from the players we have bought, 5 months is quite early to write off so many players careers at Villa.
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    From what I recall the main reason we didn't sign another striker in the summer was time, we simply ran out of it. Money wasn't an issue as such, with Maupay we didn't value him as much as Brentford did and so did not pay the price they were asking (rightly or wrongly). Also, it was believed at the time we were in for a bigger name, although it never came out who that might of been, and we were waiting on what was going to happen there when Brighton jumped in for Maupay and agreed a fee. I don't think the signings of Jota or Konsa had any bearing on why we didn't get another striker. We took a risk and it didn't pay off and that's part of the reason we find ourselves in the situation we are in.
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    That's only funny if you can convince yourself it's not true...
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