Troglodyte Posted January 13, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2017 Sportiello has gone to Fiorentina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 On loan to Atalanta. The great goalkeeper experiment went well then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I watch Italian football for a living and he won't be playing at Atalanta unless Berisha gets injured - Berisha will also be staying at Atalanta beyond this season. What an idiot piece of business all round from Villa. He'll never play for us again but might go on to be a top level Serie A keeper. Short-termism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 He had half a season to try and hold down a place in the mid table of the second division and made a number of expensive errors and generally looked like a liability. Im pleased Bruce hasn't persevered with him too long, I'm guessing the offer from Atalanta was too good for us to refuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 19 minutes ago, Genie said: He had half a season to try and hold down a place in the mid table of the second division and made a number of expensive errors and generally looked like a liability. Im pleased Bruce hasn't persevered with him too long, I'm guessing the offer from Atalanta was too good for us to refuse. Do you remember how bad De Gea was when he first came to England? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) 32 minutes ago, TreeVillan said: Do you remember how bad De Gea was when he first came to England? Not as bad as Gollini, and his mistakes were at the business end of the Premier League, not pushing Villa into the relegation zone of the second tier. By that logic any goalkeeper who breaks into the first team and makes a load of howlers shouldn't be sold just incase they are the next DdG. Didn't PG's team get relegated last season with him between the sticks? Edited January 13, 2017 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 26 minutes ago, TreeVillan said: Do you remember how bad De Gea was when he first came to England? Its quite a poor comparison in my view. He had near 100 appearances for Atletico Madrid and had a Europa League, UEFA Super Cup and a Uefa underage winners medal on his CV and had numerous great performances 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Not De Gea again. If it means I never have to read that comparison again, I'd happily let this lad go for free. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 2 hours ago, TreeVillan said: Do you remember how bad De Gea was when he first came to England? This guy is no where near as good as De Gea was when he first came to England, no where near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Nobody has said he is as good as De Gea. They are pointing out another young keepercwho struggled. That is it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 8 hours ago, DK82 said: Nobody has said he is as good as De Gea. They are pointing out another young keepercwho struggled. That is it. Thank you, a young keeper will make mistakes, actually scratch that.. all keepers will make mistakes. You dont have to ship them out after a few games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 13 hours ago, gilbertoAVFC said: I watch Italian football for a living and he won't be playing at Atalanta unless Berisha gets injured - Berisha will also be staying at Atalanta beyond this season. What an idiot piece of business all round from Villa. He'll never play for us again but might go on to be a top level Serie A keeper. Short-termism. might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, TreeVillan said: Thank you, a young keeper will make mistakes, actually scratch that.. all keepers will make mistakes. You dont have to ship them out after a few games. It hasn't helped him playing in such as imbalanced side as ours....with questionable protection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 21 hours ago, villa4europe said: but we've signed johnstone...not only will he be learning on the job we'll then be sending him back once he's learnt it But he's better than Gollini (on first looks) and we can look again in the summer for a new keeper. Maybe Johnstone will join? He'll never be Man Utd's number 1 so this would be a great place to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 13 hours ago, gilbertoAVFC said: I watch Italian football for a living You get paid to watch football. How do I sign up for that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Just now, Xela said: But he's better than Gollini (on first looks) and we can look again in the summer for a new keeper. Maybe Johnstone will join? He'll never be Man Utd's number 1 so this would be a great place to play. Wouldn't say he will never be united number one - he's signed a long contract there and is very highly rated - de gea could go back to Spain at some stage in the future . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 He'll never be Uniteds number 1? Man this thread is killing me. Can you tell me next week's lottery numbers please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, Eastie said: Wouldn't say he will never be united number one - he's signed a long contract there and is very highly rated - de gea could go back to Spain at some stage in the future . 3 minutes ago, TreeVillan said: He'll never be Uniteds number 1? Man this thread is killing me. Can you tell me next week's lottery numbers please? Ok perhaps I should have said, I can' see a team like Man Utd under the current regime not buying a massively expensive keeper from the continent if De Gea does leave. Oh and 1, 7, 13, 19, 27 and 42 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 10 hours ago, DK82 said: Nobody has said he is as good as De Gea. They are pointing out another young keepercwho struggled. That is it. So what's the point of constantly bringing it up? It's not like anybody doesn't know this about De Gea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: So what's the point of constantly bringing it up? It's not like anybody doesn't know this about De Gea. It's a good example. Young keepers make mistakes, whatever their level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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