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He only fits in our system if we have decent wingers to supply him in the box

Nobody should be disagreeing with you imo... there doesn’t seem to be any eagerness to get the right players especially with the links ... so we could be in for another rollercoaster if we dont play our cards right.. i haven’t given up but such is life

Academy and so called vision for the future yes it looks to be executed well .. as it stands with the transfer window not so well run . We have been scrappy and seemingly not as prepared as we would have liked .. there are 4 or 5 men out there trying to get it right and unlike last season our signings we seem to know about before it happens whereas last season there were no indications . Now everyone can have at go at me but im trying to be ambitious i just want to see us try for certain players for example a champions league winner in Origi is actually available if we put in a bid and may come to us hes scored goals in huge games for them and can actually play football unlike many that turn up at VP.. look abroad but not in the same vein as we did last year and see what we can find.

It is when you are not done buying players in the transfer window .. it is still open and we need players ... if our ambition is to keep saying it will be a great window if we get Cash, Watkins and buendia (like i keep seeing on here) then blimey we are really destined for trouble and need to understand we need a lot more just to push further up but im still keeping the faith(the little bit i have left) for us to do something more before it ends

Not at all your not getting old and that is close to the top player bracket Bruno Fernandes was not that far off its an insane amount of money and its a concern because it reduces our spending capacity in other areas thats why im more annoyed.

Also consider tammy will have played less amount of games as watkins likely will so we will keep it at 15!

Apologies... yes he would be around the same amount and i would have questions regarding that too but id feel more comfortable had it been Benrahma

Our opinions differ ...it will be harder to get the kind of goals he was scoring all day long last season in the championship but i still feel benrahma will still be able to rip up the flanks and deliver he will face a tough time every now and then but i have faith in him to do so. Watkins movement and positioning is great and im not saying hes not a good player but for that price and not played at this level is outrageous! However he is better than wesley imo if that makes you feel like im targeting the kid a bit too much. Scoring in this league is much harder and the money shouldn’t be splashed in that manner thats the point im making

Well if watkins scores 15 in the league next season for us then ill agree with you

Definitely not me mate.. ive rated Benrahma since day one..he would be a great signing very similar to Mahrez

Very optimistic you

Not just him im concerned about and i agree with you about hourihane.. that line up doesnt scream we are moving forward it just looks like we are standing still to be honest.. We need a winger and another forward player but its just going to be a player im totally against signing that they bring in as usual so nothing to look forward to

Yeah mate couldn’t be better

No i would pay more for Abraham and Abraham is much better than Watkins lets get that out the way from the start.

Its not so much where hes coming from but its the type of goals scored .. no variety just benrahma putting the ball on a plate in the box and im not knocking the kid honestly but this whole thing is insane of course the price tag is the reason why im outraged. Can he find the top corner outside the area and perform magic well i didnt see it at brentford so at the moment no he cant. We need a premier league signing JUST GO AND GET ORIGI !!!

28 MILLLLLLLLION JESUS CHRIST VILLA!!! what is going on .. im having a hard time processing this... i know many of our fans are bloody in love with never played in the premier league ‘Watkins’ but come on surely some of you must agree this is beyond ridiculous. And its rising to £33 million I think i need to lay down. Brentford are crooks and villa are fools ... drops the mic . Benrahma is the man we need to spend this money on not watkins...ahh for the love of god ive had enough

We are looking increasingly desperate.. they want £20M for Josh King i am praying we do not pay that amount .. we may aswell get Divock Origi if we are going to pay £20M and just bloody get Benrahma if hes price tag is £25M what are we waiting for .. we seem to be running out of options now we need to just go get these guys as we are running out of time and please do not pay that amount for Harry Wilson either hes not worth it. Its pretty clear we are now going through our list of 3rd choice signings which scares the life out of me and now every link is frightening me by the day. I said before DS is not the right guy to attract a certain calibre of players and our current position doesn't help .. i like DS before you jump on my back but this is football and thats partially the truth. THE BELOW POSITIONS ARE MANDATORY CRITICAL LW - RW CF GK

Yeah watkins gives me that dwight gayle feel .. i see him in that bracket a 10 goal striker in the top flight.. having said that if he came to us and scored 12 I wouldn’t complain.

This made me chuckle and its so bloody true .. its starting to get embarrassing im not sure on everyone elses views but you summed it up. IF this is true its becoming at circus at VP

Yeah it was done pretty quickly .. we are playing bat and ball... but isnt Lange there to work day and night and draw up the best players from the market that we could go in for.. Why bring him in if we are hanging onto to dear life to sign a player like Wilson Shouldn’t he have players off the radar that would be more viable... i could be wrong but I thought thats what he was brought in for.. we need at least 3 players before our next match so thats 2 signings by at least next week .. because i dont have much confidence in us starting the first match with only one change to our squad from last season. But as it stands we have a £20-25 Million valued player in our academy right now Jaden Philogene-Bidace

I value your opinion highly however i only disagree with batshuayi as i wouldn’t want him as our main forward he’s inconsistency would be a problem .. im worried, concerned and disappointed as we need to bring in FIVE new signings minimum and we only have ONE and its not in a position which is a priority such as striker and winger. I just dont know why we have limited ourselves to links in the UK .. other than Rashica there really hasnt been any players we have been closely linked with. I feel Watkins will be signed by Thursday if he isnt well i wont be that disappointed because quite frankly i dont know what im gonna get with him in the Premier League however i would like to see him given the chance and im not writing him off .. just that i didnt see any long range strikes and a couple turns out the box and a few curl strikes hit the back of the net .. i didnt see many varieties just seen benrahma put it in the box and him getting on the end of it

I wish you was in control of our club id be able to sleep better at night.. i have little faith and this new week will be the last chance for to prove me wrong. Yeah im not against Watkins but we are rating him higher than he probably is many of us are obsessed with signing him. Im not even too comfortable with Edouard but i feel he may be the one to go for out the two but why limit ourselves to just those two.. aren’t there any firing strikers in Europe bundesliga or serie A etc. We need a winger on at least one of the flanks too that is a top priority also

Plus a LW and move Grealish central then we can aim for 10th-13th if the quality brought in is respectable

Same not that optimistic as it stands .. and its getting close to crunch time which worries me more ... we need 5 players and we only have one in and it didn't really get me off my seat . We need at least 2 to join next week .. Lange, Purslow and DS better be working around the clock to try and push deals through (the right deals of course) that 20M we are throwing on Wilson we need to throw that at Benrahma. Thats me saying that and i know Callum personally but my club is my club and its business and that move would suit us best.

Agreed ! We need more inspiring links right now