Leeroy Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 28 minutes ago, Zatman said: Brazil play with a physical midfield now and trying to be more European style than Brazilian so prefer more athletes than ball playing midfielders They even dropped Paqueta who was a regular but is not in this European mould Maybe will change if they do hire Ancelotti Paqueta was dropped because of those betting allegations. He's made most of their squads in recent times including their World Cup squad. And rightly so as he's a very good player. As is Bruno Guimaeres who is probably one of the few in that squad in central midfield better than Dougie (despite some Villa fans saying the opposite) and so is Casemiro although he is getting on a bit. But when Fred was picked over him for the World Cup (not really physical and a very average player), then players like Danilo at Forest, Gomes at Wolves and Andrey Santos at Chelsea being picked over him in recent months as they're the latest young flavour of the month despite playing rarely for teams who finished bottom half of the league. And now Andre seems to be the latest flavour of the month picked over him. We'll see if the appointment of Ancelotti changes anything, but I'm sceptical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Villaphan04 said: That seems like a mental stat… but it’s true as far as I can tell! If he plays all this season he’ll be pushing for top 12, close to Dublin and Bosnich numbers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: That seems like a mental stat… but it’s true as far as I can tell! If he plays all this season he’ll be pushing for top 12, close to Dublin and Bosnich numbers! Doesn't seem right does it? Blew my mind when I read it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: Doesn't seem right does it? Blew my mind when I read it I guess it’s because I’m older now, but he seems to have been here for about five mins, whereas Bosnich was my entire childhood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Will be big questions at end of the season if we can tie him down to new contract. He'll have 2 years remaining next summer. If he wants to join a top team like back to City or similar we can get a huge fee for him. Surely he's 80-100m region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Will be big questions at end of the season if we can tie him down to new contract. He'll have 2 years remaining next summer. If he wants to join a top team like back to City or similar we can get a huge fee for him. Surely he's 80-100m region I thought he signed a new contract last December? How many years was that for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 minute ago, ender4 said: I thought he signed a new contract last December? How many years was that for? 3 years, expires June 2026 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Field Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Douglas Luiz, with McGinn, Mings and Young must be the closest we have gotten to "club icons" for the past I don't know how many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 McGinn, Mings, Luiz are club icons and if we win something soon will be legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said: McGinn, Mings, Luiz are club icons and if we win something soon will be legends. If you include Luiz then I guess Konsa should be included as he played a big part in our survival season (such as Luiz), even last season with our revival. It’s really great that those players matured with us and went to next level with us. McGinn and Mings began the journey with us by promotion as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 You know it's a good pen when the keeper goes the right away and he can't reach it. Precision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 If he plays… wonder if he tries this tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 As mentioned in transfer thread. If the online wages he are allegedley on, are accurate, he needs a new deal. He's on like 50 percent of what Kamara is reportedly on, and this no longer reflects his importance to the team. Aside from this, you obviously want to keep him happy and less likely to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: As mentioned in transfer thread. If the online wages he are allegedley on, are accurate, he needs a new deal. He's on like 50 percent of what Kamara is reportedly on, and this no longer reflects his importance to the team. Aside from this, you obviously want to keep him happy and less likely to go. He's not. The new deal he signed sorted that out. We could probably do with sorting a new, longer one regardless. I'd happily be paying him Digne money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: He's not. The new deal he signed sorted that out. We could probably do with sorting a new, longer one regardless. I'd happily be paying him Digne money. Is he not on 75k any more? That's all i can find online, if he's gottten a healthy increase since then, that's good. I was thinking Digne move would allow him an increase lol Edited August 23, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Disappointed he didn't go for a panenka. Get him off penalties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 The Governor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 A Rolls-Royce of a player (I know, cliche!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Lion Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Our best player! So cool and collected £15m was a steal, surely Brazil must play him. He oozes class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 32 minutes ago, Galway Lion said: Our best player! So cool and collected £15m was a steal, surely Brazil must play him. He oozes class. I know he fully deserves it but from a very selfish Villa point of view it will be good to keep him fresh during the international breaks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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