Cosmik Debris

3 hours ago, ChinlessWonder said:

I'm in the 'no' camp too.

If for no other reason than he'd play in the position i want to see Grealish in, attacking midfield. We need to sign a left winger and play Grealish attacking mid, not an attacking mid and play Grealish left wing. I also don't like loaning players, so apart from this i'd also sooner see Jacob Ramsey get game time than Loftus Cheek on loan only to go back there with a bit more experience.

Frankly, I hope these Chelsea loan rumours are all a load of bollocks.

Purely because I cant be bothered to look myself but is there anything to back up Jack playing as a CM. I know he is not your standard winger but why is everyone so keen to move him there when he does so much good work on the left? 

If Barkley came into the middle he would compliment Jack not jeopardise a move to the middle, and if Deano wanted Jack staying central then why has never done so before ( from what I can recall) 

9 minutes ago, icouldtelltheworld said:

Did really well last night and unlucky not to score from close range early on. Great play for El Ghazi's goal and I loved seeing him take a shot from distance too.

I had wanted him to go on loan, but at the moment I'd veer towards keeping him around the squad as another option up front. It's a tricky one, but a nice problem to have!

Love the line of him being a nice problem to have.. This is exactly how I see him as he most definitely has all the attributes to be a good player..

Pace , dribbling, passing , strength, work ethic ..... and although his stats don’t weigh up he has a good shot on him. If he keeps on working on positioning, coupled with practicing his shot choice in regards to the open areas of the goal, then he could go on to do well.. Maybe just needs to get a break of a few goals to build his confidence.. 
 

8 hours ago, Kiwivillan said:

7 LB appearances in 176 career games. I'd rather not

Still be better option than Taylor 

I said before I had worries about his off field antics but that and his wages aside he would be a great addition.

The lad ticks all the right boxes for his skills and is a proven PL English player so would be right at home.. If we get this done then it would be fantastic

6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I think Barkley would be fantastic for us. Like Grealish he would excel with the extra responsibility. At Chelsea he is just another good player. With us he’d look like a star.

I was worried about Barkleys off field antics but to be fair he would be a great addition who would improve us massively..

RLC is too much of an injury concern,  Barkley would be a statement of intent 

Commentator: A very satisfactory start 

WTF,  this was a piss poor , boring and extremely lucky start, there was nothing satisfactory about it.. Would rather we played our hearts out , created chances and excitement but lost than have to watch that shite all season.. 

There are glimmers of a team and thankfully a lot of positives, Konsa and Martinez for sure, Watkins played well but we don’t have the players to utilise him and not even Jack as he has forgotten how to pass the feckin ball..

Cash looks decent, some lovely crosses. Everyone else either are not good enough or we’re off there games, it’s the first game so they get some leeway but at the moment we are looking like it’s gonna be another relegation battle.. room for improvement for sure

but yay 3 points 

Ooooohhhhhhh...   so close 

1 minute ago, thunderball said:

Why I want Barkley

On this performance Barkley would be a huge upgrade 

Time for Davis to score

GGGGGGGOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLL 

1 hour ago, CarryOnVilla said:

It’s not the fee that’s the issue. 
 

it’s the payment structure. 
 

WB wants all/most of the money up front. Because they’re skint right now, in this very moment. 
 

AV wants to pay it in instalments, to help keep costs under the FFP limit. 
 

So they have to sort it out one way or another

its called negotiations, it takes time. 
 

How do you know this?

6 hours ago, paul514 said:

We currently have 5 players who can play as a striker and reportedly want to sign another (Rashica) who can play as a striker...... We don't need one.

 

Spot on, there are other areas that are far more pressing than another fricken striker. There are some folks who need to get a grip on things and stop playing Fifa... 

If Targett, Mings or Konsa get injured then we are in the shit cus there ain’t no one to cover. This is where we need to be strengthening first before anything else 

8 hours ago, thunderball said:

The three biggest signings for me this window would be Martinez, Watkins and Barkley.

Traore and Rashica will help, but those three build on a solid platform.

I agree with Martinez and Watkins but I worry that Barkley could be a bad influence on people like Jack. He has had a few drinking incidents so I would stick clear of him

5 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

Don't jump to conclusions.

That’s all we ever do on VT... loads think it’s sorted and are trying to add him to their dream team, and loads of us are sceptical that there is anything in this.. Either way we are gonna jump to conclusions until anything that feels real is actually reported,  for now we all keep hopeful that this one comes off

4 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said:

Interesting, that. Another one who can play a number of positions. This is a trend this window. (Apart from Martinez )

WTF Martinez out

30 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

El Ghazi 4 goals 4 assist 19/20 season playing for a bottom 5 club.

Bertrand Traore 1 goal and 3 assist 19/20 season playing for a top half team.

Yawn

39 minutes ago, TheStagMan said:

Ray? Is that you?

Comedy gold

17 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Yet the WB’s director of sport has been quoted to say they are in discussions with Aston Villa 

 

Yup seen all that, read the sound bites but I still ain’t convinced there is any legs in this...

Honestly not looking to piss on anyone’s chips but our business has followed a certain path yet this is completely different,  so if somethings looks like it ain’t happening then usually that’s your outcome.. This being football can mean less predictability and I genuinely hope this does happen even if it’s on deadline day, but right now it just don’t feel right for one reason or another..

1 minute ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Could be ironic that you chose mr fake news himself

53 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

So are Bremen holding out for a larger fee or is Rashica holding out for a CL team?

Or is it just a load of old bollox......... 

3 minutes ago, Awol said:

I've seen lots of Liverpool and Utd fans on social media saying they should be after him, so I guess if Rashica signs for us and the general feeling of other fans is 'WTF?!' then he will be a shock signing. All about the context of the league in general and where we sit in it at the present moment.  

After all this he will defo be a shock signing 

5 minutes ago, Lord Willard said:

I'd love this to happen but now we have Ollie and Traore and Rashica inbound, I'd rather get another CB in. 

On the other hand the games are close together this year and would allow them alot more rotation than just relying on ollie all season 

Rachica inbound ...... 

9 hours ago, Phil Silvers said:

We winning this this year, Jacks 1st major.

 Major ? Hmmmm

14 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said:

If Watkins picks up an injury and knowing our luck he will we are left with Wesley as our other main striker and Davis/Traore as alternative to “fill the gap”.. doesn’t exactly fill you with confidence. Davis scoring record is pretty woeful to be honest and Traore well who knows I’m personally not expecting much. Wesley has been out a long time aswell. Edouard probably isn’t the answer as fee and probably wages would be high for someone not starting games.. still feel we need another striker though. 

This ain’t a dig as I am guilty of this too be we are all getting carried away with things. To be a real force again we need to build a team over time so another striker shouldn’t be on our shopping list till we strengthen other areas.  

Our realistic goal is mid table stability so a CB , LB I feel are the the potential pitfalls facing us. Hause struggles and Taylor is a liability, we have got in Martinez who should help but a striker is defo on the nice to have and not a priority in any way.

15 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said:

I think it’s a risk personally. Certainly need another striker in my opinion. I still don’t particularly rate Davis either. Ok as a sub I suppose but starting games in the PL? Not for me. 

Watkins will start all games with Davis as sub and Traore as cover... Then there is Wesley to hopefully come back at some point and cost 22m.. 

 Are we really gonna pay all that money for Edouard to sit on the bench, or move Watkins to the wing when it all points to him being purchased as a striker?  
 

it’s unlikely we will play 2 up front and is unlikely we are buying this dude even though he does look a player for sure