DCJonah Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 7 hours ago, bobzy said: No argument - was just hoping your dislike of a player was based on something less pathetic than old "reports" with no quotes. I should have known better Why would you care? And for the third time it was based on reports about him leaving yesterday, not old reports. Again you seem to just pick something in your head to argue with. And most opinions shared on this board probably don't have quotes to prove either way, where is your issue with them? Guess you were just board with lack of football and had to be your usual self on here. I'd forgot how much fun that was. Pleasure interacting with you as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sexbelowsound Posted July 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2016 VillaTalk is the friendliest place on the Internet. Fact. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley the Bognor Villan Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 32 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: VillaTalk is the friendliest place on the Internet. Fact. Probably much the same as the dressing room last season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 41 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: VillaTalk is the friendliest place on the Internet. Fact. F##k you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Linked with Islam Slimani of Sporting Lisbon for 24mil according to newsnow. Pie in the sky but could you imagine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley the Bognor Villan Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 35 minutes ago, lexicon said: Linked with Islam Slimani of Sporting Lisbon for 24mil according to newsnow. Pie in the sky but could you imagine? A quick google of his name brings up a few reports saying this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 18, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2016 Bridcutt anyone? Some tenuous looking reports hither and thether but none worth posting - however he did well at Leeds last season 'pparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Struggled at Sunderland but did very well at Brighton, would be a very solid addition to the midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Very good for Brighton, not so much for Sunderland. I wanted us to sign him when he was at Brighton. Very good championship player imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 1 hour ago, lexicon said: Linked with Islam Slimani of Sporting Lisbon for 24mil according to newsnow. Pie in the sky but could you imagine? It would certainly tie in with Xia's tweet about "quality over quantity".. Seems Xia doesn't care what the cost is provided they are good which is certainly different to what we are used to as a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 1 hour ago, lexicon said: Linked with Islam Slimani of Sporting Lisbon for 24mil according to newsnow. Pie in the sky but could you imagine? Know nothing of the player at all - £24m though Looks like he's linked with Arsenal and Everton too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 12 hours ago, Daweii said: End of the day the club fundamentally is completely different to the one that got relegated.. Yes some of the players are still the same, but everything around them has changed and that could be all the difference. Often times I think as fans we let our bias cloud our judgement, yes we woefully under performed but I truly don't believe that everyone involved in that relegation is as bad as it made them look. I trust RDM and if he believes that we can get by with a few new signings and many of last seasons players then I have no reason to doubt him yet... Yes I will hold my hands up at the end of the season if my trust was misplaced, but I feel I have to trust RDM on this. I think pretty much all the players are the same, what have we changed 3 in and 3 out out of 30 odd ? Whilst on the one hand I agree it feels like the whole culture has/will changed, you could equally argue that most of what has happened since May also happened last year. Lerner backed off. A new Board ran the Club. A new Manager was brought in. But nothing changed. As I have said previously I fully accept the need for patience, and I fully accept the odd poor player may improve, but it would be fatal to think major surgery (6 players minimum to go) isn't needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 2 hours ago, lexicon said: Linked with Islam Slimani of Sporting Lisbon for 24mil according to newsnow. Pie in the sky but could you imagine? Pie in the sky I'm afraid. £24m pound players don't join Championship clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 They do if you pay them enough. Look at the Chinese League. That being said I can't see it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 1 hour ago, terrytini said: I think pretty much all the players are the same, what have we changed 3 in and 3 out out of 30 odd ? Whilst on the one hand I agree it feels like the whole culture has/will changed, you could equally argue that most of what has happened since May also happened last year. Lerner backed off. A new Board ran the Club. A new Manager was brought in. But nothing changed. As I have said previously I fully accept the need for patience, and I fully accept the odd poor player may improve, but it would be fatal to think major surgery (6 players minimum to go) isn't needed. I'm with you. With so little time left this summer we have a hell of a lot of work to do on the playing staff. The club may have changed but where it matters most the change has been minimal. All the noises from the club are that the squad size needs reducing. On that basis we should see far more out than in in the next few weeks and the ones we are left with will need to be at their best in a 46 game league season. For me we have not done anywhere near as much business as I had hoped and it is one more reason why I am writing off any idea of promotion next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Bin the words removed now and if we don't get the replacements we need put faith in the youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Richard said: On that basis we should see far more out than in in the next few weeks and the ones we are left with will need to be at their best in a 46 game league season. For me we have not done anywhere near as much business as I had hoped and it is one more reason why I am writing off any idea of promotion next season I assume the problem is that we can't get rid of our players (as expected). They are all on too much money given how terrible they are and nobody will take them off us. Until we trim the squad we can't bring in the new players that we need. It's a catch 22 and a hangover of the years of terrible management of the club. The chickens are coming home to roost. Edited July 18, 2016 by villa89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 10 minutes ago, Richard said: I'm with you. With so little time left this summer we have a hell of a lot of work to do on the playing staff. The club may have changed but where it matters most the change has been minimal. All the noises from the club are that the squad size needs reducing. On that basis we should see far more out than in in the next few weeks and the ones we are left with will need to be at their best in a 46 game league season. For me we have not done anywhere near as much business as I had hoped and it is one more reason why I am writing off any idea of promotion next season Unfortunately you can't make people buy the players we don't want. We've bought 3/4 of a new spine. If we were still in the PL I'd agree we'd be in for another season of trying to stay up but we aren't we are in a Championship that's 2/3 crap. It's a slog more than anything else. If we added in only a striker we'd be pushing for automatic. Look at Blues they're awful and were in with a chance of the playoffs until late on. Regardless of departures I can see 2 more coming in then I think it'll be one in one out just to keep a happy manageable squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted July 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2016 This is the squad currently unless I have forgot some players. Gollini, Guzan, Bunn, Steer Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Elphick, Baker, Clark, Okore, Amavi, Bennett, Cissokho Gardner, Westwood, Gana, Veretout, Sanchez, Bacuna, Tshibola, Gil, Grealish, Traore Gabby, Ayew, Gestede, Kozak, Sinclair That is not including any youngsters. The squad is way too big and needs trimming back by at least 4 or 5 players. If we are to bring in another 3 or 4 players then it needs 7 or 8 to go. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) I think you have made a good post there Mark but I find it interesting that you don't class Grealish as a youngster, I think people forget that he is still only 20 years old, it feels like he's been around for ages Edited July 18, 2016 by sir_gary_cahill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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