Popular Post rubberman Posted August 3, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Any news on why he hasn't featured in pre season games? From what I've read he's seems to be too old, slow and too fat. And too expensive. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) I think it's just because he made it clear that he wanted a move. So they decided that there was no point in including him in their preparations for the coming season. Edited August 3, 2016 by useless Hi hooooooo silveeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) 19 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Any news on why he hasn't featured in pre season games? Roberto Signs-No-Playerso is still trying to figure out if Gestede can play with two inside forwards that don't cross. edit: oh you mean for Fulham, not for us... Edited August 3, 2016 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 He would still have been training and working on his fitness though, despite not playing the games. Preseason isn't exactly high intensity where the matches are concerned. I'd have no hesitation in bringing him in. Sub him if he's tired by all means. At least he'll get some time to adjust to our playing style. Whatever that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 3, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 3, 2016 44 minutes ago, rubberman said: From what I've read he's seems to be too old, slow and too fat. And too expensive. Bit Scottish for my liking as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Still can't shake the feeling that this deal should've been done at least a month ago, if not longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 4 minutes ago, Woody1000 said: Still can't shake the feeling that this deal should've been done at least a month ago, if not longer. We hadn't sold Clark and Gueye to pay for him a month ago 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Didnt he have an injury in pre season? i am sure i read it somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 22 hours ago, KSV said: You know what your probably right... as sad as that is. Cant wait to see him. Heres another clip to wet your appetite. All we need is one season of this. Get us up RMac. That chip at about 1:25-1:30 is perfection. If he does that for us I will lose my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shomin Geki Posted August 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2016 Oh boy. Yes, a little part of me, still smarting from wounded pride, wonders how the mighty Villa have fallen. Really, we're signing Ross McCormack, Ross 'Unassuming Prince of the Lower Levels' McCormack, in what feels like mere moments away from being linked with the Embolos and Batshuayis of the world? For around double the Benteke fee! But then I get real, glance at that Rotherham fixture, and begin to feel a little bit excited. I don't know the player, but going by what I've glimpsed, two things stand out. 1. So often he seems to be on the front foot, thinking dynamically amidst the attacking flow. The guy seems to have initiative. Initiative. How lacking in that have we been for so long? He makes things happen. One of the best, and most satisfying, qualities of an effective striker is that ability to create an opportunity for yourself you know you can finish. He puts himself about because he has the confidence of getting things from those positions. The attacking stats would appear to back this up. So many Villatalk in-game posts have this almost bemused shrug: What is it that we're actually doing? What are we threatening to do? Are we actually doing anything? Well, this McCormack lad at least affords himself the luxury of thinking two, three steps ahead of the game. Maybe one of our 'sleeping gems' will notice that... 2. He's a bugger, a pest. In an era when I've become used to players not bottling tackles or chances, but goddamn bottling runs, positional discipline, game management, effort, having a guy buzzing around the box with more than a few tricks in his arsenal, feels nicely restorative. I hope his energy is contagious. So, yeah, a tentative but heartfelt welcome. Or maybe I'm crossing my fingers to stop the quivering... 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 From being a little pessimistic I'm hoping after McCormack signing and a couple of others, this may be a really interesting season. Premier League was a little boring as we werent competing with the big boys (or even the mid tier) but this season could be a real interesting to watch season and more so than we have had in almost 10 years 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 It's a funny old game Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 9 hours ago, DCJonah said: Any news on why he hasn't featured in pre season games? He wasn't involved in Fulham's preseason training camp in Austria either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, Nicho said: My mate who has a season ticket at Fulham and has done for the last 8 years or has said this: "Ahaha. We've absolutely mugged you off here. I mean he's good but you should've spent the money in far better ways, we basically lumped ourselves with him and hoped he'd do it all by himself. You've got a proven 20 goal man, and a useless defence. You won't be getting promoted (neither will we)." Edited August 4, 2016 by Hoof hearted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Potentially a great bit of business. Scored a load of goals for a very average team, and we have just bagged ourselves a guy who should score 15-20 goals this season even in our team. If you even watch his goals - not many of them involve loads of great build up play, a lot of them are out of nothing or a simply pass, and he seems to score all kinds of goals. If we actually manage to get a system that works for us, he might score more. A player like this can make a massive difference. When is the last time we signed someone you could describe as a proven goalscorer (albeit he is proven at championship level)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 4, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 4, 2016 Darren Bent, let's hope it turns out a little better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Spoke to a guy I work with who is a Leeds fan. He said he is brilliant and that when Fulham first signed him they played him in midfield as he had a clause that if he got a certain number of goals he got a massive pay rise. Not sure how true that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 25 minutes ago, Hoof hearted said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 14 hours ago, Nicho said: My mate who has a season ticket at Fulham and has done for the last 8 years or has said this: "Ahaha. We've absolutely mugged you off here. I mean he's good but you should've spent the money in far better ways, we basically lumped ourselves with him and hoped he'd do it all by himself. You've got a proven 20 goal man, and a useless defence. You won't be getting promoted (neither will we)." He is not wrong there. £12m is a lot for a 30-year-old and Villa's problems, as they proved again on Saturday, are in the defence. For most of last season the whole risk-averse set-up was dictated by the need to keep men behind the ball to shore up a piss-poor defence. Villa definitely need defenders and defenders usually need time to settle into a system. Conceding 76 goals this season, like last, would put Villa in the bottom third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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