Tom13 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 33 minutes ago, Keyblade said: 101 out of 106 passes completed. Jesus, that's Xavi-esque. Who knew he had that in his locker? Gutted as he would have been invaluable to us if we came back up. It was pretty obvious to me last season that he was a good passer, and intelligent with his passes too. Really pleased for him tbh. Shuts up people who assumed all of our players were terrible last season as well. It was not necessarily a lack of ability with a few players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) On 8/24/2016 at 10:51, Demitri_C said: We thought he was good after 3-4 games as well, he is average player. 7m is a good deal for both parties. 25m 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Shows what happens when you put him next to a decent cm. I honestly still cannot believe that bumbling moron fox agreed to not only that clause but no sell on fee if we sold him 1 page different lol Good deal that clause was though... Edited September 13, 2016 by gharperr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 40 minutes ago, gharperr said: 1 page different lol Good deal that clause was though... well is he worth 25m then? Based on 5 games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted September 13, 2016 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: Shuts up people who assumed all of our players were terrible last season as well. It was not necessarily a lack of ability with a few players. More a succession of poor managers maybe? In Di Mateo and Clarke the Villa have the best set up managerial wise since O'Neil and if given time I would expect that partnership with the owner's wealth and exuberance to see Villa back in the top half of the Premiership next season or certainly the season beyond that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 20 minutes ago, striker said: More a succession of poor managers maybe? In Di Mateo and Clarke the Villa have the best set up managerial wise since O'Neil and if given time I would expect that partnership with the owner's wealth and exuberance to see Villa back in the top half of the Premiership next season or certainly the season beyond that. Poor managers whose hands were tied by the owner (Sherwood aside, he actually got to spend a fair bit). I'm sure if Lambert or Garde managed under Dr. Xia, things wouldn't have been as bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted September 13, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2016 He's playing better because he's in a better side, with a better manager, on the back of a sequence of good results, and with a year's more experience of the Premier League. He's also got a bit of a different role. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Tom13 said: It was not necessarily a lack of ability with a few players. Not just that no, there was Tim Sherwood as well, but this was a huge part of the carnage for me. Micah Richards & Ciaran Clarke as CBs and I think a any side would be in a relegation battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 He didn't play this well for us and he didn't want to be here. Both things make him someone who should be quickly forgotten by us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 37 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Not just that no, there was Tim Sherwood as well, but this was a huge part of the carnage for me. Micah Richards & Ciaran Clarke as CBs and I think a any side would be in a relegation battle. I did say 'a few players'. Some fans wrote off pretty much our whole squad as bad players last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted September 13, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2016 56 minutes ago, DCJonah said: He didn't play this well for us and he didn't want to be here. Both things make him someone who should be quickly forgotten by us. On the contrary, from the report on the first page of this thread, he turned down Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham to join us, so he certainly wanted to be here. I can't blame him if he didn't want to stay at the time he left. Didn't play well for us? He was certainly my player of the season (with the possible exception of Ayew). So when it comes to players that should be quickly forgotten, the names N'Zogbia, Richardson and Tonev spring to mind. Lumping Gana in with them seems harsh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I'm not in any particular rush to forget him, but it seems pointless bumping this thread every time he plays well. Whether right or wrong, he doesn't play for us now, and will never play for us again, so might as well let it go really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Right player, wrong time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 18 hours ago, striker said: Under Di Mateo probably would have been a much better player for the Villa. He might have him playing the 1 man midfield position instead of Westwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 in fairness Everton really havent played anybody yet to justify whether he has improved yet except a below par Spurs and a dreadful Stoke, Sunderland and West Brom team makes him still a doubt though probably helps playing next to Barry instead of other clowns in that Villa midfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael118 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 11 hours ago, sexbelowsound said: Right player, wrong time. Right player, wrong managers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Having another really good game in that Everton midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 He was incredible today. In Danger of being another kante this year! Maybe our scouts wernt that bad after all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 1 hour ago, sonic_bouma said: He was incredible today. In Danger of being another kante this year! Maybe our scouts wernt that bad after all To be fair, he went toe-to-toe with Kante's stats last season. Just a shame he was surrounded by utter shite. Actually think he would have been the ideal replacement for Kante at Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 For the love of God lock this thread 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Killing it. I'm choosing to see this as a sign that we do have some talent in the squad, it just needs to be confident and playing a good style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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