Junxs Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 08/03/2018 at 16:54, eddiemunster said: ..and only keep Hutton if we don't go up. It's funny how fans and managers have completely opposite views sometimes. Think most fans agree with what you say, but Bruce said in an interview that Hutton would not be offered a new contract unless we make the premier league in which case he will be offered one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted March 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2018 2 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: I think we'll all see the likes of Cairney and Sessegnon at Fulham, Neves, Jota, Costa and Cavaleiro and co at Wolves along with Grealish as people who really stand out in this division as players with plenty of ability that will be fine in the premier league if/when they get there whoever it's with and whenever that might be. Outside of those fairly obvious calls though, are there any other players that have caught anyone's eye at all in the championship at other clubs? Pontus Janssen at Leeds and Sol Bamba from Cardiff are a couple of centre backs I kind of look at through envious eyes for instance. James Maddison at Norwich has the knack of looking good on a highlights show at least. Some pearlers from him this season. Josh Brownhill at Bristol City is another one for me who looks like he has a bit about him. Cant say Ive seen either play a full 90 mins though tbh. Not that we're off buying everyone's better players in the summer or anything, just interested who, if anyone, has impressed us in the last couple of years? Ryan Woods - Brentford It's been a while since we last had a ginge - I think Collins was the last 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 44 minutes ago, Junxs said: It's funny how fans and managers have completely opposite views sometimes. Think most fans agree with what you say, but Bruce said in an interview that Hutton would not be offered a new contract unless we make the premier league in which case he will be offered one. Suspect that's less about ability and more about money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 18 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Whilst he will be essential for us this season, if we go up we need to aim much higher than players like Grabban. If Grabban and Kodjia are our premier league options we will be ****. I did say "if the worst happens." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 19 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Whilst he will be essential for us this season, if we go up we need to aim much higher than players like Grabban. If Grabban and Kodjia are our premier league options we will be ****. Not sure how much different those options are to Glen Murray and Tomer Hemed and they seem to be doing ok. But I agree we would need to sign a lot of players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 If we go up I'd look to sign Johnstone, Grabban and Snoddy. Jonny Evans from the baggies as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Xela said: If we go up I'd look to sign Johnstone, Grabban and Snoddy. Jonny Evans from the baggies as well. Yep, for sure. Anyone know if we have options to buy on any of them? I do also think Jannsen of Leeds and Maddison/Murphy at Norwich are players that can play in a higher league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: Yep, for sure. Anyone know if we have options to buy on any of them? I do also think Jannsen of Leeds and Maddison/Murphy at Norwich are players that can play in a higher league. I think we have with Snoddy, assuming promotion. Johnstone has signed a new deal with Man Utd recently. Grabban I'm sure would be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 If we go up would look abroad to mid table foreign teams. Someone like Iago Falque from Torino. Watch them quite a bit and he always impresses, plays wide right in their front three and usually averages 10 + a season in Seria A which is very good from a wide position. Spurs actually had him as a young player so he'd know the language also. Rincon is another one to look at, good defensive midfielder. Someone mentioned Leon Bailey earlier, think he's a little out of our reach given he's being linked with top 6 clubs. I would like to see us go for Alario who plays upfront for them, scored tonight and he's quite an exciting striker. Maybe Dolberg at Ajax although not sure how he's been impressing this year. Celta Vigo have some interesting players. Pinto Sisto who may know about and they also have a striker called Maxi Gomez who's scored 15 in his debut season in la Liga. He's strong and poweful in the air so think he's suited to English football. Few names to add to the mix anyway and none of them would cost 50m or cripple us on the wage bill front. Add some of them to our established core and I'm sure we could have a decent season back up. All three promoted teams are out of the bottom 3 as it stands and none of them really strengthened that much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted March 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2018 Wouldn’t mind a new defensive midfielder. It’s not the most beautiful of playing positions, but pretty crucial. Jedi and Whelan are fairly old now, probably too old for the PL. Thor can play there, but not sure it’s his preferred position (?), so not sure he’ll stay to play there. No idea who we could get but I think it’s an important position to sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I know we won't need a striker, but Morelos of Rangers looks a handful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Wout Weghorst has recently made the Dutch squad. Would like to see him looked at and a few other european players this summer Also raid Coventry (Talent for the future) for Jordan Shipley and Tom Bayliss who have both impressed me at the 4 Coventry games i have been to this season! Liam Roberts of Walsall is a quality young keeper that hopefully we monitor. He will go on to bigger things Edited March 11, 2018 by Villan4Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 17 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Wouldn’t mind a new defensive midfielder. It’s not the most beautiful of playing positions, but pretty crucial. Jedi and Whelan are fairly old now, probably too old for the PL. Thor can play there, but not sure it’s his preferred position (?), so not sure he’ll stay to play there. No idea who we could get but I think it’s an important position to sort. Would love to see if we could tempt Phillip Billing of Huddersfield. For his age he is a talent and room to improve! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted March 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2018 20 minutes ago, Villan4Life said: Would love to see if we could tempt Phillip Billing of Huddersfield. For his age he is a talent and room to improve! Good shout. Wonder if we could tempt Capoue from Watford, he’s not a world beater but deffo good enough for mid table-ish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Linked with Bristol City left back Joe Bryan in the Sun. Alan Nixon is reporting it! (no online links i can find) Edited March 11, 2018 by Villan4Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Playing in a 4231 ST LW - Grealish - Snodgrass CM - CM LB - CB - Chester - RB Johnstone I think that starting XI would be capable of staying up therefore I think we need heavy investment because 2 of the 4 aren't even our players. I would keep Elmo, Taylor, Hourihane, Lansbury, Adomah, Green, O'Hare, Davis and Kodjia of the players around the first team this season. Wouldn't mind bringing back Tuanzebe on a season-long loan to play CB. Onomah and Grabban not shown they're good enough for the prem so happy for them to go. Can't see Terry staying and everyone else with an expiring contract needs to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted March 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2018 18 hours ago, Xela said: I think we have with Snoddy, assuming promotion. Johnstone has signed a new deal with Man Utd recently. It was recently reported that Utd want 6.5 million for Johnstone which actually seems a fair price in todays market. I was on the fence about Snoddy as he will be 31 when the season starts next year. We've just overpaid for old players who have no sell on value so many times. But his performance in the last 10 games, his obvious enthusiasm and the team spirit he brings - now I think it's a no brainer. His video commentary with Lansbury convinced me we should keep him around 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 14 hours ago, alreadyexists said: Wouldn’t mind a new defensive midfielder. It’s not the most beautiful of playing positions, but pretty crucial. Jedi and Whelan are fairly old now, probably too old for the PL. Thor can play there, but not sure it’s his preferred position (?), so not sure he’ll stay to play there. No idea who we could get but I think it’s an important position to sort. Nzonzi is available if we want to fork out 25 million and were able to convince him. Surely we're going to make one statement signing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Not that I've seen a lot of him recently, but Bojan was a player I rated some years ago. Still ony 27 and would be a low fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Id bust the bank for Shaqiri from Stoke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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