Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2017 MOTM today. Have him to thank for the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 6 hours ago, poitier said: He saved us today, distribution needs to be better though. I'm not really a fan of the quick boot upfield that just gives the ball back to the opposition. This exactly. Obviously he won us the point with a couple of good saves, and that's enough to call it a good game I guess, but his distribution was awful. Did he find a Villa shirt a single time when he kicked it? Most of them were sailing 20 yards over Davis' head to the last defender or the goalkeeper it seemed to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villianusa Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Seems to have done okay after a dodgy season last year. MOTM by a long way yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 According to a few papers we are looking into signing him on a permanent in January. Don't really see the sense in this as he's not someone I see as PL quality and would still probably cost a bit. At this point I think it's unnecessary to buy him as we have no idea of what division we will play in next season, and who our manager will be. Hopefully it's just speculation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Express stating west brom, west ham and palace interested in jonhstone and deal could end early in january. If i was sam i would stay until summer he will have a lot of options by then. Not sure why we allowed a recall option. As this could cause problems If Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 He's a good 'keeper but I doubt we can afford him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Express stating west brom, west ham and palace interested in jonhstone and deal could end early in january. If i was sam i would stay until summer he will have a lot of options by then. Not sure why we allowed a recall option. As this could cause problems If Yeah I read that too Here. Quote Aston Villa loanee attracting interest from three Premier League clubs ASTON VILLA loan star Sam Johnstone has emerged as a target for Premier League trio Crystal Palace, West Brom and West Ham. The Manchester United keeper is on a season-long loan with the Championship club and Steve Bruce hopes to land him on a full-time basis. But Johnstone’s deal at Villa Park could be torn up next month ahead of a permanent move away from Old Trafford. Johnstone has less than six months left on his contract but United will reportedly trigger an option to extend his contract until the summer of 2019 to avoid losing him for nothing. The Preston-born stopper has impressed between the sticks for Villa, conceding just 20 goals in 22 league appearances. Manager Steve Bruce has revealed the club “will do everything in our power” to land Johnstone permanently. The Manchester United keeper is on a season-long loan with the Championship club and Steve Bruce hopes to land him on a full-time basis. But Johnstone’s deal at Villa Park could be torn up next month ahead of a permanent move away from Old Trafford. Johnstone has less than six months left on his contract but United will reportedly trigger an option to extend his contract until the summer of 2019 to avoid losing him for nothing. The Preston-born stopper has impressed between the sticks for Villa, conceding just 20 goals in 22 league appearances. Manager Steve Bruce has revealed the club “will do everything in our power” to land Johnstone permanently. “He is going to find it difficult at United to break through because of what they have got so we are hopeful,” he added. But a string of Premier League clubs have been alerted to his development. According to the Mirror, Palace are considering Johnstone as a replacement for Wayne Hennessey. West Brom are looking to bring in genuine competition from first-choice stopper Ben Foster. While West Ham have begun the search for a new keeper ahead of Joe Hart’s return to Manchester City at the end of the season. Johnstone has never made a senior appearance for United and is behind David De Gea and Sergio Romero in the pecking order. Villa’s most famous fan Prince William has urged the club to get a permanent deal done for Johnstone “William is a big Villa fan and knew a lot,” Bruce said. “He was pleading with me to get Sam Johnstone tied up and make his deal permanent. “We're pretty fortunate to have him as one of our big supporters.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I doubt he would leave in Jan- if he plays regular until the end of the season that will improve his standing on either moving to us or going elsewhere. The papers got in wrong on Davis as well- they know sod all- its mostly click bait with a few half rumours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Would be perfect for us to blow what little funds we have in January on a player already at the club 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 54 minutes ago, sne said: Would be perfect for us to blow what little funds we have in January on a player already at the club True, could also make things very very interesting if he does bugger off in January too. (I always assumed that until a loan deal finnished 'player x' could not be sold) By rights if all the said clubs do want him then that is fine but they should not be allowed to sign him until then, or if they do sign him now that he cannot move until June 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: True, could also make things very very interesting if he does bugger off in January too. (I always assumed that until a loan deal finnished 'player x' could not be sold) By rights if all the said clubs do want him then that is fine but they should not be allowed to sign him until then, or if they do sign him now that he cannot move until June 2018. I guess it depends on how the loan deal is written, would be very us to get shafted by ourselves. From me playing Championship Manager as I remember it players can't be sold when they are already on loan, or rather they can't move to their new club until the loan deal ends. Can't imagine Championship Manager lied to me. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I think he will stick it out until summer, most are saying "competing with" here he is number one why risk being a bench warmer? who knows we might be swapping leagues with palace/albion. big if but could happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 6 hours ago, sne said: I guess it depends on how the loan deal is written, would be very us to get shafted by ourselves. From me playing Championship Manager as I remember it players can't be sold when they are already on loan, or rather they can't move to their new club until the loan deal ends. Can't imagine Championship Manager lied to me. The exact same philosophy encouraged me to write the above. What a valuble football crashcourse that game has turned out to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 He is a million miles better than last year - and saved us point against Millwall. Still not totally convinced about him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 To be fair he is an improvement on Bunn/Steer/Gollini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Genuinely don't care. He's an average keeper and I do not think Bunn would do worse than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Genuinely don't care. He's an average keeper and I do not think Bunn would do worse than him. No Bunn is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 The Loan and being able to Transfer Thing. When loaned out for a season the club loaning the player out often put a mid season recall option in the contract so they can either get back a player who is now better than they thought, or permanently sell a player to someone else. Makes sense as their are only two windows per year they might want to cash in in case the second half of the season sends his value down. He is settled here now and proved people including me wrong with consistent performances. Young so hopefully develop more. I say if we have a chance get him. Might not be a Bosnich level but a good Solid Goalkeeper is a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, NIVillan said: The Loan and being able to Transfer Thing. When loaned out for a season the club loaning the player out often put a mid season recall option in the contract so they can either get back a player who is now better than they thought, or permanently sell a player to someone else. Makes sense as their are only two windows per year they might want to cash in in case the second half of the season sends his value down. He is settled here now and proved people including me wrong with consistent performances. Young so hopefully develop more. I say if we have a chance get him. Might not be a Bosnich level but a good Solid Goalkeeper is a start. If we are to strike any deal with Manure it surely will be coming out of next seasons budget. Do we have a first refusal at £10m or thereabouts on him written in to the loan?, if so trigger it and give them the money in June once the loan ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I think we'll likely agree a deal to sign him at the end of the loan period - so that it comes out of next years budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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