Spoony Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, mykeyb said: Wow........really? Yes really. Well over half of what I read here is just fans laying into players and the managers, sometimes before a player is signed or s ball is kicked. Can you blame some player last for giving up the season we went down with just how poisonous the atmosphere was. People sarcastically cheered corners FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratvillan Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: poor player and not what we need. I remember the game at KC under Lambert and he must have hit Luna about 20 times with his crosses Putting 20 crosses in, in one game. Well worth £1m. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Nigel said: I find the best time to judge a transfer window is at the end of the season! ha ha too true. no team ever won anything on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Spoony said: Yes really. Well over half of what I read here is just fans laying into players and the managers, sometimes before a player is signed or s ball is kicked. So people thinking this is a poor signing makes them, "the worst fans in the country"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Just now, One For The Road said: So people thinking this is a poor signing makes them, "the worst fans in the country"? I'm quite clearly not just talking about the reaction to this signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Spoony said: Yes really. Well over half of what I read here is just fans laying into players and the managers, sometimes before a player is signed or s ball is kicked. Can you blame some player last for giving up the season we went down with just how poisonous the atmosphere was. People sarcastically cheered corners FFS. Chicken or the egg. For me it's more a case fans booing the team performing badly than the team performing badly because the fans are booing. Neither help I guess but but I think the bad performances went on for quite a time before fans started to lose patience and started booing. Think any team with this many seasons of utter tripe and failure will have an equally large portion of disgruntled fans. Villa are no better or worse than any other club in this regard. I think fans have been very patient. But on to Ahmed, meh... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 6 minutes ago, TRO said: ha ha too true. no team ever won anything on paper. The world noughts and crosses tag team champions beg to differ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Spoony said: I'm quite clearly not just talking about the reaction to this signing. So why say it on this thread? It seems like a very strong thing to say on a thread concerning a new signing. I don't think this is good signing at all but it won't stop me travelling the length and breadth of the country to get behind the team. Hardly makes me a bad fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) According to my unscientific research from the BBC reports from last season it seems as if he started the season as a RB and then towards the end played RM, also playing as a RWB during the season. Hull City Tigers has him as a defender, Hull Daily Mail as a full back, Sky Sports and BBC as a midfielder, Transfermarkt main position RW, other position RB etc etc, (if I'm supposed to add links here I'm sorry mods!). Whoscored.com has him as a RB in 17 apps, RM 3 apps, RWB 8 apps (https://www.whoscored.com/Players/34876/Show/Ahmed-Elmohamady). I guess this makes him a ...ehm... RM/RWB/RB (just tell me if you want statistics about other players positions) Edited July 17, 2017 by Keener window-cleaner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villan-scott Posted July 17, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2017 I have had the opinion of a Hull City supporting mate of mine. He and his Dad are regulars at the KC. They predicted this deal as soon as Bruce took the reins at Villa. His opinion is it's a cracking signing for us, and a bargain for £1m. He is class at this level apparently. They're also seething that the squad is on its arse and down to the bare bones again like last summer. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 hour ago, One For The Road said: This is quickly becoming our worst ever transfer window. Considering how much quality is required in order to push for the top 6, we need better far players than this guy. Not impressed one bit and now started to get very worried we won't even make the top half. I think Terry is a great signing! Johnstone I'm undecided on and I literally know nothing of elmohamady except the name. Tho surely we have had worse transfer windows, what was the yacouba Sylla window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, villan-scott said: I have had the opinion of a Hull City supporting mate of mine. He and his Dad are regulars at the KC. They predicted this deal as soon as Bruce took the reins at Villa. His opinion is it's a cracking signing for us, and a bargain for £1m. He is class at this level apparently. They're also seething that the squad is on its arse and down to the bare bones again like last summer. Tell them they can have 20 of our squad players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 For me he is no worse at defending than Hutton but so much better going forwards which is surely a plus isn't it? He can cross the ball too from what i remember and scores a few? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 41 minutes ago, striker said: Another to add to the outs once Bruce is sacked. I guess Whelan will be next. thats my biggest problem with the transfer, you can add that hes not very good and that he's not really needed (IMO hes not and we dont...) but more than anything it shows to me that we havent learnt anything from the previous owner if we get promoted he wont be good enough to be of any use, if we dont get promoted bruce should be sacked and you can pretty much guarantee the next manager wont want him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2017 Cant believe he is 29 years old! thought he was a lot older! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 This signing signifies to me that Bruce is going 3-5-2 this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 What a disaster that would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 40 minutes ago, Zatman said: poor player and not what we need. I remember the game at KC under Lambert and he must have hit Luna about 20 times with his crosses 20 crosses? Thats more than we've put in in four years I'll take that. And the fact that he couldn't penetrate the iron wall of Luna is to Lunas eternal credit !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Nigel said: Cant believe he is 29 years old! thought he was a lot older! And I reckon he's not 50 times less good than Kyle walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) Just read an article about him, as I have known nothing about him but the extreme expressions of dissappoinment on here when he is mentioned. lol. Based on my little analysis, seems like a good player who has gone stale at Hull. I read where they said his performances over the last two years have overshadowed how brilliant he was in his first 3 years. As everyone has said Bruce knows him, and seems he is more of a Wingback/Right Midfielder than right back. Would suggest Bruce really wants to build the 5-3-2/3-5-2 Sometimes players just need a change of scenery guys, some of our very own "flops" have proven that. At least give him a chance. Edited July 17, 2017 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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