Made In Aston Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 This older article is good and bad news if the belotti rumours are to be believed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5544397/Chelsea-target-Andrea-Belotti-not-interested-bench-role-big-club.html For the record, I don't read the daily mail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) If Green is going out then I expect another winger and a striker to come in. Would be the perfect window them. Edited August 1, 2019 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Okonokos said: He's definitely not one of the best finishers in Europe at all. His game is based on power, pace and strength. Even back during the best spell of his career he used to miss bucket loads of chances. He’s been around for 10 years is only 26 years old, I remember him breaking through at Anderlecht when he was 16 years old and thinking ‘wow, who is this guy?’. He scored 25 league goals for Everton in 2016/17 and that prompted Manchester United to sign him. I think he is a fantastic striker, I’d take him here, Smith would get the best out of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mazrim Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He’s been around for 10 years is only 26 years old, I remember him breaking through at Anderlecht when he was 16 years old and thinking ‘wow, who is this guy?’. He scored 25 league goals for Everton in 2016/17 and that prompted Manchester United to sign him. I think he is a fantastic striker, I’d take him here, Smith would get the best out of him He's not coming here. He's going to move between the biggest clubs in Europe before everybody realises he's a lazy oaf. Then he'll disappear into obscurity and retire 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Mazrim said: Some do. Some are worth listening to when they do say something. But I was referring to finding out who somebody is in about the same time it takes to type the question into Google. Oh I didn’t realise your post was a reply to me. i did actually Google “Dan Bardell” before asking the question... google didn’t make it any clearer whether Dan would be in the ITK or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 2 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Lukaku is only 26 years old, it just feels like he has been around for longer, I’d take him here. He’s an excellent striker in my opinion, one of the best finishers in Europe, he’s just going through a bad spell currently i wouldnt. 1) He advised Bolasie not to join Villa prior to his loan, granted i didnt like Bolasie, but any player who talks like that about Villa, STFU. 2) hes fat, he's not in half the shape he was a couple of years ago, he literally looks like he could be in a McDonalds advert. Other reasons too, but cba, dont like him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Never rated Lukaku as a World class striker. Said at the time when Man U signed him it was a mistake. Everton was his level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Not convinced by Belotti for the money it would take. Be very exciting though. Edited August 1, 2019 by Tomaszk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Striker and a winger and we're done until 2020 and possibly beyond depending on how we gel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Striker and a winger and we're done until 2020 and possibly beyond depending on how we gel. Unless many of them turn out to be shit. Not that I think that will happen. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 17 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He’s been around for 10 years is only 26 years old, I remember him breaking through at Anderlecht when he was 16 years old and thinking ‘wow, who is this guy?’. He scored 25 league goals for Everton in 2016/17 and that prompted Manchester United to sign him. I think he is a fantastic striker, I’d take him here, Smith would get the best out of him He started out quite promising and for a while looked like he may live up to the hype but I think he's finished now. But my main point in my original post was that he has never been one of Europe's top finishers. Even at the peak of his game, he was a crap finisher. It's always been his biggest weakness. Also, I don't think Smith could get the best out of him. Smith's type of player is someone who is quick, agile and good on the ball. Lukaku is not a "footballer". His technique is woeful and that is something that can't be taught. Honestly, when he has the ball he looks like he's stumbling all over the place. Anyway, he's never ever coming here, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 3 hours ago, villalad21 said: Club Brugge got any decent strikers? We were linked to Mbwana Samatta from Genk earlier this window. Outscored Wesley last year. Got 23 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savo'sleftpeg Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Lukaku = poor man's benteke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 31 minutes ago, tyklip said: He was the hardest working striker that Villa has had in my decade or so of following Villa. Name someone who came close. Dion Dublin, a legend at both ends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, Savo'sleftpeg said: Lukaku = poor man's benteke sadly Benteke is now a poor man's Benteke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I reckon we’re done. ...for today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 minute ago, VillanousOne said: Dion Dublin, a legend at both ends Weimann worked his socks off to be fair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, KenjiOgiwara said: Weimann worked his socks off to be fair he could only run at acute angles though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Lukaku is still a very good player, there's a reason that clubs like Juventus and Inter Milan are interested in him, fourteen goals last season in 29 games worth of football, so nearly an average of a goal every two games. Yet another player who gets a lot of unfair criticism for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) The transfer fee situation at the moment is crazy. Yes we have spent a shed load, but we have bought lots of players for the outlay. We haven’t really gone way beyond our record transfer fee paid out for one player. Couple of mill probs, overall? It makes you wonder whether the board want to pay the prices that we are seeing for an individual player to show whether we are REALLY serious or not. My personal feeling is that we should look at a loan with an option to buy - for, 40/50m, if we can. We need to have one eye on the drop zone, so we should be prepared for that. Signing 40m players right now isn’t really going to help us if we do drop. Its quite interesting what is going on right now. Would love to be a fly on the wall in board room meetings with this lot. Edited August 1, 2019 by Tayls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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