sne Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: If they ever saw that money. I do wonder how much of the 5m Reading saw for Tshibola. Not that I am saying anything untoward was going on. Definitely not saying there were maybe some agents and managers taking funds out of these deals. Definitely not. They make perfect sense That one is as bad as when Manure payed £8m for Bébé Edited July 15, 2020 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 22 hours ago, sne said: That one is as bad as when Manure payed £8m for Bébé Or when people at Manure sanctioned the move to buy djemba djemba only for people at Aston Villa to then actually buy him with money too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidmon Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 On 15/07/2020 at 11:02, Zatman said: Didnt he cost us more tham Hourihane at the time We had Hutton, de Laet and Bacuna when he joined then Bruce signed Elmo and played Tuanzebe there. Its like we signed him because we could. Another of the failed Villa transfer policies Understanding was when we bought Hourihane despite him being out of contract soon was worth way more than we paid. Barnsley were keen to avoid losing money on his sell on clause to Plymouth Argyle so we agreed to load the money on the Bree deal in order to keep Barnsley sweet. To be fair Bree was a quite highly rated youngster at the time and I think his stats for Luton while he's been on load (especially given they've been struggling) have been very good. Fingers crossed we don't give up on him too soon only to see him become another Lowton. Kid could at the very least act as a good squad cover regardless of the league we're in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Continues to take free kicks and corners. Set up 2 own goals already. Luton are staying up as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 He's only 22, always thought he was older for some reason, reckon Smith should have I'm in the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteyp Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Apologies if someone posted this already but it sounds like he's improving...https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/luton-town/villa-defender-bree-admits-home-truths-luton-boss-were-something-he-needed-hear-2913863 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Seems to have been very impressive since the restart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 He is pretty much the forgotten man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted July 23, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2020 2 hours ago, paul514 said: He is pretty much the forgotten man Who is? 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 If we stay up, wouldn't be opposed to keeping him at Luton for next year as well. Very interesting to see him as the set piece specialist as said before. Don't see him replacing Elmo or Guilbert in the PL yet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 A few understandably seem to have written him off but I think he’s done himself the world of good on this loan - wouldn’t give up on him yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 15/07/2020 at 06:02, Zatman said: Didnt he cost us more tham Hourihane at the time We had Hutton, de Laet and Bacuna when he joined then Bruce signed Elmo and played Tuanzebe there. Its like we signed him because we could. Another of the failed Villa transfer policies That January was literally just a flex of the muscles from Bruce. Signed a bunch of players seemingly because he could. Really only Hourihane, and to some extent Taylor have been successes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 14 hours ago, Villaphan04 said: If we stay up, wouldn't be opposed to keeping him at Luton for next year as well. Very interesting to see him as the set piece specialist as said before. Don't see him replacing Elmo or Guilbert in the PL yet. Assuming we stay up I'd like to see him loaned to a better Championship team. Or at least one that didn't mean him having to live in a shit hole like Luton. Poor guy. Luton is **** rancid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Contract expires after next season. Either we sell him and get money for him now (or much less in January) or he leaves for free after that season. Guess we can try and extend his contract and loan him out, but has he shown enough to warrant that? Not seen him a Luton so no idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Hasn't played for villa for a couple of years, in line with the villa rule of "the longer we don't see them, the better we believe they are"...... He must be world class by now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, Vancvillan said: Assuming we stay up I'd like to see him loaned to a better Championship team. Or at least one that didn't mean him having to live in a shit hole like Luton. Poor guy. Luton is **** rancid. It obviously hasn't changed much since 2002 then? I used to go to night collage there at that time. Was a long walk from the Barnfield Tech Collage off the A6. Even longer at 21:30 at night walking the streets of Luton back to the train station on an hour walk in pitch black to ensure I caught the last train (22:30) back to Kettering. It was an experience that's for sure. As for James Bree... I agree that another loan out somewhere in the championship won't do him any harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I watched him in Luton's game against Hull, thought he looked pretty decent, althought Hull weren't offering much of an attacking threat so hard to judge him defensively, he looked good going forward though and was taking all their set-pieces and was putting in good deliveries, in fact looking at his stats he's provided eight assists this season which is pretty good going for a right-back. We've got Elmohamady and Guilbert already and Kane Kesler who's meant to be one our most promising academy products coming through, so not sure what kind of future he's going to have with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 On 23/07/2020 at 03:20, paul514 said: He is pretty much the forgotten man Walking up Wembley way for the final last year he was wandering through the villa fans back towards the Hilton. Not one person stopped him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Purslow seems to be blazing a scorched earth policy of our youth policy pre takeover so I doubt this lad has a future at Villa regardless of what division we end up being in next season. Clark, and O'Hare have also been let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 an interesting couple comments about Bruce for Bree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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