sne Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, KentVillan said: I'm amazed people are talking about selling players. We probably need to keep all of the current squad, and add to it. Only sell if we get very good offers for players, and are in a position to reinvest that money in quality in time for the start of 2020/21. Have they changed the max squad size to more than 25? I know there's been talk about it, from fans at least but not seen anything yet. If not then it will be difficult to sign players as we are already close to that 25 man limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, sne said: Have they changed the max squad size to more than 25? I know there's been talk about it, from fans at least but not seen anything yet. If not then it will be difficult to sign players as we are already close to that 25 man limit. No, but we can loan out players if necessary, which gives us more flexibility if we're hit by an injury crisis. I should have been a bit clearer - there are players like Sarkic and Lansbury who are unlikely to ever feature regularly, and can be offloaded. The ones I think we should be warier about selling are the Trez, AEG, Nakamba type players who have started quite a few games, and where our backup options for that position are thin. Fine if we line up a clear like-for-like replacement, but just selling them because they didn't make the grade last season, seems crazy to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, KentVillan said: No, but we can loan out players if necessary, which gives us more flexibility if we're hit by an injury crisis. I should have been a bit clearer - there are players like Sarkic and Lansbury who are unlikely to ever feature regularly, and can be offloaded. The ones I think we should be warier about selling are the Trez, AEG, Nakamba type players who have started quite a few games, and where our backup options for that position are thin. Fine if we line up a clear like-for-like replacement, but just selling them because they didn't make the grade last season, seems crazy to me. Sarkic has gone FYI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I’d sell him now as I doubt his stock will be this high again. He’s played a significant part in keeping us up but he’ll never be Premier league quality and if we want to progress then he shouldn’t be part of the squad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 56 minutes ago, Robbie09 said: I’d sell him now as I doubt his stock will be this high again. He’s played a significant part in keeping us up but he’ll never be Premier league quality and if we want to progress then he shouldn’t be part of the squad. Exactly this, everyone was slating him most of the season apart from 2 games in this re-start, played well against palace Next game was awful against Everton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Robbie09 said: I’d sell him now as I doubt his stock will be this high again. He’s played a significant part in keeping us up but he’ll never be Premier league quality and if we want to progress then he shouldn’t be part of the squad. Is his stock high? He's a useful squad player, and we should only sell him if we are in a position to stack the wings with depth (which would mean signing 3 or 4 new wingers). I completely agree we don't want him starting games regularly, but you need a squad for a season. I'm not sure offloading him in the shortest transfer window ever is a very clever idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Express and Star sayng we're going to turn down any bids for him, but will listen to offers for El Ghazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Apparently the 3 Turkish clubs interested in him (Gala, Fener & FC Erdogan) are only interested in loan deals. Can see why we would turn that down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 21:25, useless said: Express and Star sayng we're going to turn down any bids for him, but will listen to offers for El Ghazi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Express and Star and the guy who wrote the articl,e Matt Maher, is actually one of the more reliable sources for Villa news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 If one were to leave I'd prefer it was El Ghazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Trezeguet suffered with the physical transition to the Premier League, as did our other foreign imports. The "lockdown" did Villa a big favour in allowing players like Trez and Luiz to get fully up to PL pace and strength. A recent SKY "opta stats" based article at the end of the season credited Trezeguet with equal third place (level with Mason Greenwood) behind Kyle Walker and Adama Traore for fastest timed PL run. His pace in the first three quarters of the season was totally lacking, which emphasises the "physical and mental conditioning" time that players from foreign leagues may need to adjust to the PL. He contributed greatly to the eight points that we gained from our last four games which was key to our survival. Now that Trez is fully ready for the demands of English football it doesn't make sense to consider allowing him to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Fair play to Trez, he might not be the most gifted player but seems a top professional he's keeping in shape during his break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Rob’s Balding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: Flip me?!! For a second there I thought he'd gone back in time and was getting karate chopped by Bergkamp. Or Bergkamp had made a comeback. Either way I'm getting old ffs! Nothings changed though looking at that pic. We need 2 wingers pronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Good old Trez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, avfc1982am said: Nothings changed though looking at that pic. We need 2 wingers pronto. That photo shows nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 1 minute ago, mikeyp102 said: That photo shows nothing It wasn't a serious post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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