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Condimentalist

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  1. Yes! Another excellent signing from the Smith era that really set us up well for life in the Prem. I like the way that he came back from a poor season a couple of years back too, shows character. Great news on the contract, clearly deserved and should get an England call up too although I won't hold my breath.
  2. 5 games and we're already selling him to City and Liverpool We need to get used to the fact that we now have several players good enough for the very top teams. That doesn't necessirly mean they are leaving anymore, because they are no longer standout talismen due to the overall quality of the squad being so much better. It is also obvious the club has real ambition and a world class manager - again not something we could say in the past. The guy looks quality but he is nowhere near as elite in his position globally as Emi Martinez, for instance. I am not saying he's ours for life, but let's just enjoy it, I would imagine we'll have him for 2-3 years at least and who knows where Villa will be at that point.
  3. Maybe from a very small minority. I think even the more boneheaded elements of the support can see we have a good thing going on here.
  4. Can you seriously envisage a scenario where Unai Emery is hounded out by the fans?
  5. How is his chant not: "The world number one, the world number one, Emi Martinez, the world number one" Make it happen Holte Enders.
  6. Was decent away today (albeit poor opposition)
  7. Was going to post the same, probably £30m + for the latter two and £15-20m for Iheanacho. I actually agree that Nacho would be a solid option but probably wouldn't be a massive bargain.
  8. Solid price for him. If he's third choice and we have a buyback it's a good deal. Wish him all the best and, again, perhaps he'll be back one day.
  9. I don't think I've ever seen him play. I know he was more highly rated than Jacob as a kid but Jacob has come on leaps and bounds and is also very physically imposing (though he wasn't initially). Will be very interested to watch his progress and perhaps he'll be a villan again in a couple of years.
  10. I liked the look of him in preseason. Two footed, hard working, good decision-making, and has a trick or two in his locker. He looked like he could be ready to have a bit of a breakout season and I'm disappointed he's not getting an opportunity in games like tomorrow. We have Buendia, Coutinho and J Ramsey all out and seem to be selling A Ramsey too. Do we really need to sell another promising youth player, especially for such a low fee?
  11. That goal really reminded me of Benteke's debut pounce v Swansea
  12. Rubbish is pretty strong. We could upgrade there but he's not a bad player.
  13. Yes. And given we were looking at him before Buendia's injury perhaps he is viewed as an alternative to Bailey rather than a replacement for Emi. Coutinho is the only guy who can play how Emi does from his position. I hope he can contribute this season. I actually thought JPB deserved the start past week though. Will be interesting to see how we line up today.
  14. I think Carlos is that guy. Cost £30m himself. We'll need to give him a few games to get up to speed and not get on his back as he's rusty, and effectively still getting used a new league, new manager and new defensive partner. However, from what I've seen of him he looks fit, fast, strong and aggressive so we need him to step up. Clean sheet tomorrow would be lovely - I doubt we'll have many over the next few weeks.
  15. From looking like our 4th most important CB he may be our most important now. Him and Torres is a good partnership on paper.
  16. The guy is a physical specimen and he came to the game late. He'll be playing at a good standard til 35/36 IMO. Gutted if this season is a write off but he'll be back next year.
  17. Yep. He starts Saturday IMO. What a moment for him.
  18. It's definitely an interesting test of what management think of him.
  19. Gutted - love the guy and he had a big role to play this year. But he's young and he's a fighter and he will be back.
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