MWARLEY2 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 or 4 years off his peak still . He has the steel that Mellberg and Laursen had but with far better ability on the ball. And he never shuts up . Worth every penny if not more 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted February 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2021 Great, great game from Tyrone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said: 3 or 4 years off his peak still . He has the steel that Mellberg and Laursen had but with far better ability on the ball. And he never shuts up . Worth every penny if not more With the fans not there you realise that he’s constantly yapping, encouraging, driving the team on. There was a moment in the second half and a ball was heading towards Ramsey, and you could hear him telling Ramsey what to do and when to go and then congratulating him after he won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I think he showed how good he is and also how important to us he is today. He also seems to be cutting out the silly errors the last few games. Excellent defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loxstock92 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Loxstock92 said: Using the Maguire fee as a base their opening bid for Mings will probably be 9 figures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, Loxstock92 said: £111 million and they can have him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 They really painted themselves into a corner with the Maguire fee, didn't they? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 So after buying a centre half for £80m olè needs to fix his defence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, lexicon said: They really painted themselves into a corner with the Maguire fee, didn't they? They’ll say Maguire was a one off. In fairness, there aren’t many English centre backs with an impending court retrial. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 This summer is going to be epic, we’re really going to see the ambition of the club. We’re going to see the so-called big clubs come in for our players, we’re a threat again! Of course Utd will come calling for Mings et al, as will City. The last time we got close to the top 4 we shat ourselves and folded, Lerner let the Manchester clubs rape us and walk away with the family silver. We lost Yorke to Utd when we got close, then we allowed the Manchester clubs to relieve us of Barry, Milner, Young, and Delph. Then we got relegated. So we need to stand strong this summer, and I have absolute confidence in our owners to do just that. Where we finish this season can obviously make that easier or more difficult. I don’t see Mings going anywhere. Or anyone else for that matter. We’ll be adding to the squad, not taking away. The Manchester clubs can take their £s and shove it up their Arsenal, Villa have a pair of Vegas level poker players that’ll see them and raise the stakes. UTV 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, OxfordVillan said: So we need to stand strong this summer, and I have absolute confidence in our owners to do just that. Where we finish this season can obviously make that easier or more difficult. I don’t see Mings going anywhere. Or anyone else for that matter. We’ll be adding to the squad, not taking away. The Manchester clubs can take their £s and shove it up their Arsenal, Villa have a pair of Vegas level poker players that’ll see them and raise the stakes. UTV Agree, but i also feel the owners are savvy enough that if the right crazy bid comes in they will sell and re-invest the money into someone even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I know it's just 'paper talk' re: Mings to Manure but in all my hatred of them I'd hope we never do any business with them. We should not be looking for other teams to strengthen by selling our players whilst we have NSWE at the helm. Summer transfer window could be very interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono62 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 59 minutes ago, villa89 said: So after buying a centre half for £80m olè needs to fix his defence? How many did City buy before it clicked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jono62 said: How many did City buy before it clicked? This, really. For both teams, you'd have to call it poor recruitment/scouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, lexicon said: This, really. For both teams, you'd have to call it poor recruitment/scouting. Isn't that the same for every team - out of every 10 players you buy, how many will be a hit and how many a flop? At a guess, the average for all premier league teams and all players bought, it must be something like 50% hits, 50% flops? Villa have just bucked the trend recently but whether we can keep up that hit rate is debatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 minute ago, ender4 said: Isn't that the same for every team - out of every 10 players you buy, how many will be a hit and how many a flop? At a guess, the average for all premier league teams and all players bought, it must be something like 50% hits, 50% flops? Villa have just bucked the trend recently but whether we can keep up that hit rate is debatable. A figure inflated by poor scouting and reduced by the good systems - of course it isn't an exact science, but there's no denying that teams who invest in and work hard at it have much more hits than flops. I think it's worth mentioning that at the bigger clubs the chances of success are probably lower because of the smaller number of players who can deal with the pressure of being at the top. The mental side of the game is huge and some just can't hack it - we've seen that with some signings we've made even when we were in the championship, let alone a club in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, brommy said: They’ll say Maguire was a one off. Fair play. 79.99 million to open talks, taking that into consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) The disrespect from Man U fans on Twitter is something else. I'll admit he probably isn't at the level they are looking for to improve but you would think they are being linked with a centre back at Plymouth or Crewe the way they are going on. Here's to many more years of them under achieving and their incredibly entitled fans suffering a bit longer. Edited February 12, 2021 by AVFCDAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 39 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: The disrespect from Man U fans on Twitter is something else. I'll admit he probably isn't at the level they are looking for to improve but you would think they are being linked with a centre back at Plymouth or Crewe the way they are going on. Here's to many more years of them under achieving and their incredibly entitled fans suffering a bit longer. I think he walks into the United defence, Maguire is a bigger accident than Mings is and Lindelof isnt good enough Mings is probably in the best 25 defenders in Europe at this stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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