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Didn't say big signings i said the players they are going for and linked with. I understand they are on a level above but our owners gave us reason to believe we would be trying to lure a higher calibre of players to the club. Im not slating the owners but i am slightly disappointed but im hoping that can change. Yes we can bring in these one and two championship stars but that would make it around 7 signings because i still want the 5 higher name signings.

Wake up and smell the roses ?? I didnt say they should choose us over those clubs but it still sickens me to see this happening obviously realistically we are far behind them and wont get the quality of players they are getting, obviously i know that but im just simply stating it hurts knowing we are this far behind. And yes and some would say we deserve to be in the championship And lucky to be in the premier league . So how do we solve this by filling our squad with lower league players of course .

Mate i feel the same way, our owners make us believe we are trying to be the new Man City and then we are reportedly linked to all these guys its comical. Sky sports had breaking news on our bids so it must be true. Celtic want £40M for Edouard apparently so we can forget that deal as we should not pay no more than £30M after all he is playing in the SPL. As much as i dont want to pay £18M for Watkins I believe we will end up sealing the deal and paying more. Just sickens me watching teams like Everton going after all these top players when that really should be us not to mention Wolves.. My Aston Villa how have thee sunken this low

Totally agree.. i am somewhat extremely disappointed with our links and players we are closing in on currently and our owners speak a good game but its baffling how we are not trying to bring in higher quality calibre of players im not saying bid for Benzema but John Swift and Co .. its stressing me out not having any players linked where i can be optimistic and a little bit excited about. Lange hasnt filled me with much confidence so far.

Edouard Benrahma Sarr/Origi Grealish Mcginn Luiz Targett Mings New CB Cash Heaton Subs: Steer, Henry,Guilbert,Konsa, Swift,Trezeguet,Wesley Dont shoot me down though with this as i feel the energy and pace that Origi can bring is at a superb standard and we know Sarr can produce that also.. Benrahma has more burst and directness than Rashica after further analysis. Im gambling my trust in Edouard more than Watkins. I know nothing about Swift but it appears as though he may be part of the squad very soon so ill throw him in there. I would expect Rico Henry to challenge Targett enough to the point where he may end up as number one. The goalkeeper we start with will be different of course.

Couldn’t agree more and just when you think we finally might be taking the more ambitious approach we become heavily linked with players who are relatively unknown and from the divisions below. I hope we sign the 5 quality players i expect on top off the guys that are linked such as matty cash and john swift .. I've never heard of either of them if they were that good I definitely would have heard of their names regardless of whether i watch that league or not. Im disappointed and that’s building up from not bidding for Mckennie early enough while we had the opportunity and then Juventus come flying in and we were never going to win any negotiations after a club like that come into the frame

Id say with Wesley Its not so much about his goal return for me its the way in which he played, i.e touch, movement and ability to test the keeper and he didn’t impress in either department and even with improvement i cant see that changing him drastically enough where that turns him into a decent premier league forward, i would love him to be the striker we paid for but having a gifted eye for gauging talent and potential he wont reach that level we need him to be. I am happy for him to be the striker we throw on with 15 mins left.

Thats more like it . His deliveries into the box is special. Im sure coaching will develop his all round game also . We should take rico and benrahma but we cant take all three brentford players so maybe watkins wont be the one that makes the switch.. we will wait and see.

Pardon??? Sorry but No when Wesley returns he will have a chair reserved in the dugout. He will be used in rotation and not our main striker whether he is fit or not. He is not good enough you can tell just by watching his game.. but it could have been worse we could have bought Haller for £40M. Davis should be embarrassed to call himself a forward and honestly id rather have hourihane play up front at LEAST he knows where the net is. Samatta may have to move on. In terms of an exciting winger look no further. Jaden Philogene-Bidace (18) already in our set up and Reminds me of Raheem Sterling when he was that age . We have to bring him into contention this season he is a golden talent and very fearless.. United did it with Rashford and Man City did it with Foden at the same age as this guy so why cant we ? . We will certainly make our first signing by Thursday 3rd September 1000%

And i would like to add also that the championship has 46 fixtures as opposed to 38 in the Premier League so we should probably shave off a few goals off on a ratio basis when comparing what players score in the Premier League.

Ohhhhh thank you!! .. ive been saying this all month since i watched him in action and I completely agree ! You need to be able to showcase different ways of scoring and his movement is excellent i cant fault that. Teemu Pukki, Glenn Murray and a few others scored the same amount of goals in the championship and they just about get 10 goals in the Premier League its not easy and its not about how many goals you score in that league its how you play and how you can score what we need to analyse the most. Ross mccormack scored 29 goals and we signed him and look how that turned out, we have to look beyond just the amount of goals scored Now Odsonne Edouard i just think his feet are not as sharp or quick when he touches the ball.. seems like he doesn’t have that quick elastic touch like for example a prime sturridge would have then again he was an exception tbh but on the flip side he is quite skillful and has great ball control and knows where the goal is .of course just my opinion but if i was to take a gamble it would be Eduoard.

Spot on ! Ideally we need to replace 7 outfield players but that might be too much at once. But certainly 4 new faces will need to be in our starting line up and at least 3 new players by the opening fixture. We need a strong CB who can play RB or LB as im torn between whether we need to keep faith in Targett or Guilbert. AEG or Trez we should keep one as a bench player as we dont have the time or energy to look for squad players on top of finding key starting players. But some of the comments on here are comical. You are deluded if you think that we do not need to touch our defence .. seriously guys are you that naive or just not ambitious. 2 wingers and a striker and most believe thats all we need. I said 5 players but it’s beginning to look like 6 when you look around the board. People are saying 3-4 quality players listen its not 3-4 or even 4-5 its gonna be 5-6 and listen thats not saying get a new team or doing a last year but look at that list and that’s exactly what we need and we struggle without that, we dont have to throw them all in at the same time but 4 will need to be in there straight away and even then i would like to add a RB or LB to that list but i will not anger the fans that want to sign 3 players max 1x CB 1x LW 1x RW 1x CM 1x ST 1x GK

Based on your analysis i trust your ideas and philosophy. Moving forward as a club starts a lot like this and just to add to that im desperate to know who we would all prefer ( if theres the option of course). Guys please answer this one and reasons as to why would be appreciated Benrahma or Rashica ??? Edouard looks like his feet dont move quick enough with the ball thats my only concern other than that he looks like a good striker, also even though he gets goals it also doesnt look like he strikes the ball clean enough. Again he has talent but just what i noticed. Is it just me or do you guys get put off players that are linked with the brightons and the crystal palaces as i just dont feel like those clubs shouldnt be attracting the same players we are and if they went there they probably wont be that great. I prefer when we are linked with the same players that maybe an arsenal or chelsea, spurs had interest in.

Yes i agree a CB is required but i guess i swayed with many guys on here screaming for a RB so i said that position instead.. but yeah a CB is more essential . Weston Mckennie is probably the one to add to the list of “ remember when we almost signed him” and hes ranked one of the best players. There are so many of them players that villa almost get. And if we do get any household names they are washed up in their 30’s and i hate that its us that end up the laughing stock. The same club that conquered europe in 82 and went toe to toe at the top with the best in the early nineties . I look at some clubs like chelsea and see the players there signing and i just feel like giving up . Feels like no point in playing because the quality looks far superior and then we are linked with players that should never wear the villa shirt. I know thats chelsea who are a country mile ahead of us in terms of stature at the current moment but thats how i feel its sad that we slipped away so far behind. I feel like DS cant take us into that top 8 but would only probably get us a top 12 finish. I like DS and i would hate to see him leave honestly but i feel like we need a sharp tactical modern european coach to push us up to that new level ( I HOPE IM WRONG)

Agreed in addition to one defender (ideally a RB that can play CB also) and maybe a goalkeeper but thats a tough one to call. My worst nightmare is starting the season with samatta or davis. A prime Yaya Toure would be a dream as that is what we desperately need in the centre of the pitch. And a 2009 Ashley Young flying down the wing

1000% expect us to hit and exceed that £100M figure. 3-4 players is out the equation. We need 5 players minimum cannot stress that more. Our real targets are off the radar well the majority of them anyway as i feel watkins is a genuine target for us. Im devastated that Weston Mckennie has pretty much just signed for Juventus . We need at least one signing by next Thursday. Interestingly i had a chat with couple family members who prefer Iheanacho over Tammy.. i was outraged and it wasnt worth my time but they havent got a clue. Haven't seen MaVilla post in a while good to see you live and well .

Scary how a majority of our fan base have quoted we’ll be okay with less than 5 signings. Anyone with a footballing brain will know that we need a minimum of 5 and i cannot stress that any more!. And just by looking at that shortlist below you could argue more is required ( No in fact more is required). However lets focus on quality where we can. Watkins ill take as long as we have another striker who would be regarded as a statement of intent alongside with him , we do need two wingers but we might not be able to throw the substantial funds needed and we certainly need a box to box midfielder.. And lets not get carried away in thinking our defence is lovely jubbly because its far from it. We need at least one signing there and i dont know whether thats LB,RB or CB but some addition is needed. I dont mind waiting aslong as 3/5 signings are done a week or so before the first game. Another concern and i do like DS especially as hes one of us but i dont know if he can step it up and turn us into a big force if we can make the signings capable of bringing us to that next level would love a young versatile coach like Nagelsmann GK 2 Midfielders 1 Defender 1 Striker

Im in full agreeance with you and second every single line you have stated... but we do need a minimum of 5 ! Players are needed to be signed and yes at least 4 will need to be ambitious signings that are a huge upgrade in those positions.

Believe me when i say this but i can assure you he is not that great and would not be good enough for the Premier League(not that you mentioned him being great or anything)... Lille paying quite a bit of money for the lad, i mean time will tell ... so assuming we land ollie watkins i pray that we are in for another striker because we cannot be relying on this guy to bring us to more dizzying heights in the league surely not ... still going to need a Edouard or a Tammy Abraham type but then this uses more funds which we need to allocate elsewhere.

I like your line of thinking, it’s refreshing and involves the right strategy a club of our magnitude should be making, 5 signings made correctly can push us into top ten territory and we should look at those top clubs in those leagues to see what we could get. Too many championship players linked for my liking ... thats not to say you cant get a good player out that league but its risky and makes us look slightly non ambitious and scared to compete with the clubs above . Try and get a Odsonne Edouard or Tammy Abraham as the main striker then maybe look abroad in a top league and grab a winger followed by a firm, athletic central midfielder and a couple defenders of high quality and with the right coaching we can look to a better future.

Yes there was too much talk of wanting to not make any changes as replacing 4 players would affect the squad to gel , well any less than that is pretty much not changing it. We have a championship side in my eyes.

And then we have non ambitious types on here screaming not to change our squad . it is mandatory that we start the season with 4! New faces in the starting XI . 5 Minimum Signings LB CB RW CM CF Yes I understand RB is not at its finest but we have konsa/guilbert as options which is better than targett/taylor IMO.

I agree, those individuals were better after lockdown and the bench will need to be filled with the players that were starting and not performed and replaced by better footballers( Remember we pretty much have a championship team, we were just very lucky). My £100 million would be spent like this ideally. 105 million give or take Tammy Abraham - £35M OR Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) - £35M Oleksandar Zinchenko - £20M Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen - £30M OR Everton Soares (Gremio) - £25M Baptiste Santamaria - £20M Jan Vertonghen - Free Transfer

I agree extremely way too much, i don’t believe we should be paying that much id be disappointed if we were.

Precisely.. it would be relegation zone football if we started the season with Wesley, well what i meant was i hope we are not banking on wesley to return for him to then be our main target up front.. thats a BIG no .. Tammy Abraham with Milot Rashica, Everton Soares, Said Benrahma or those types of players around him is what i would be itching to see. I think we need two wingers RW and LW but will end up with one winger , a CB,LB,CM,CF. But we will see ayee UTV