sexbelowsound Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 pleasant surprise that. Things are, I may say tentatively, quite good at the moment, even if CB leaves, I think we're already looking much stronger than this time last year. If Benteke leaves, no matter who we've brought in, we'll always be weaker until we replace his goals IMO. That's what happens when you become a one dimensional team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Posted July 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2015 Quelle Surprise 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 pleasant surprise that. Things are, I may say tentatively, quite good at the moment, even if CB leaves, I think we're already looking much stronger than this time last year. If Benteke leaves, no matter who we've brought in, we'll always be weaker until we replace his goals IMO. That's what happens when you become a one dimensional team. We were a one dimensional team, I think the players we're bringing in will give us greater strength in depth - i.e. more goals coming from midfield and more support for who is upfront. Of course we'd need to buy at least one more striker if Benteke leaves, but I think it would also allow us to have options to overcome teams who have been used to going "mark the feck out of Benteke and we nullify Villa". Without CB we have Sinclair, Gabby and Kozak up front ( possibly Callum Robinson if he's deemed good enough to perform at this level ) So we'd need someone else in there like Austin / whoever and I have no doubts if we do sell CB we do buy AN Other anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Bon to the jour! Another one through the door, now lets sign some more and finish top four. ~ The post Laureate. Edited July 15, 2015 by useless 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Excellent stuff if this goes through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 pleasant surprise that. Things are, I may say tentatively, quite good at the moment, even if CB leaves, I think we're already looking much stronger than this time last year. If Benteke leaves, no matter who we've brought in, we'll always be weaker until we replace his goals IMO. That's what happens when you become a one dimensional team. We were a one dimensional team, I think the players we're bringing in will give us greater strength in depth - i.e. more goals coming from midfield and more support for who is upfront. Of course we'd need to buy at least one more striker if Benteke leaves, but I think it would also allow us to have options to overcome teams who have been used to going "mark the feck out of Benteke and we nullify Villa". Without CB we have Sinclair, Gabby and Kozak up front ( possibly Callum Robinson if he's deemed good enough to perform at this level ) So we'd need someone else in there like Austin / whoever and I have no doubts if we do sell CB we do buy AN Other anyway. I agree with us needing someone else in. Hopefully we'll have more options and be far less predictable next season, I just think that taking out our main goal threat will instantly weaken us, no matter who else we've brought in unless they've proven before hand that they've got goals in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 So Trent has confirmed this as an absolute certainty.? Get in ! Welcome Keitel ! You can go off people you know 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Hopefully he settles and enjoys his time in England. A 21 year old Frenchman who lives in Nice might get quite the culture shock when he comes to Brum and might want to get back home pretty quickly. Edited July 15, 2015 by villa89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 A left back for £9m. Wow. I don't know much about him other than he's highly rated on here and his stats are outstanding. *Feels* like quite a coup though, just as Gueye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I'm Sure Birmingham Is Nice Too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3ah Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Exciting signing. I don't expect him to instantly solve our longstanding LB problem but looks promising for the future. Do you seriously think this is one for the future!? You don't spend £10m on someone who won't go straight into the team. Amavi will be expected to solve the left back problem instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 pleasant surprise that. Things are, I may say tentatively, quite good at the moment, even if CB leaves, I think we're already looking much stronger than this time last year. If Benteke leaves, no matter who we've brought in, we'll always be weaker until we replace his goals IMO. That's what happens when you become a one dimensional team. We could conceed less too. Even without Benteke, we will have to be seriously shit to score as few as we did last season again. We'd finish bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted July 15, 2015 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2015 So Trent has confirmed this as an absolute certainty.? Get in ! Welcome Keitel ! You can go off people you know 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Exciting signing. I don't expect him to instantly solve our longstanding LB problem but looks promising for the future. Do you seriously think this is one for the future!? You don't spend £10m on someone who won't go straight into the team. Amavi will be expected to solve the left back problem instantly. What I meant was a 10M price tag will not mean he will instantly be a success. It could take a few months to settle. He is young after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 15, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 15, 2015 I think your first post messed up the timescales slightly. It reads as though he's one for subsequent seasons rather than a few months down the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Great stuff! Liking the way we're doing business so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 15, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 15, 2015 Great stuff! Liking the way we're doing business so far.Me too. In fact I'm liking that we're doing business at all ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Was trying to think of the last Villa signing I was this excited by, and I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Bet this will suddenly go quiet for another few days now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Without CB we have Sinclair, Gabby and Kozak up front ( possibly Callum Robinson if he's deemed good enough to perform at this level ) that nearly brought me to tears, got relegation certs written all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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