PieFacE Posted September 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Rumour on Twitter yesterday we are looking to improve his contract; how does that work in relation to Man Citeh? He's our player. So, his contract would be extended. The buy back clause would still exist until whatever time period was agreed upon with Citeh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: The most fun thing about Douglas Luiz, for me, is that the rest of the world (and maybe some Villa fans) haven't seemed to clock just how good he is, yet. It's no wonder Burton crumbled. As he plunked one out of the air and ghosted past the first Albion player he saw, as if he had never existed, you could sense a collective sigh of "so you've got two of them ffs" I think it's part of the thinking (amongst others) around potentially bringing Jack back into the 8 role in the centre of the pitch. Good players tend to be on the same wavelength. Jack and Dougie are both good players. You can see them looking out for each other all the time. Edited September 16, 2020 by villaglint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Here's to hoping they won't need him as we now know he will be integral to getting us to where we are going. This will sound harsh but he and Jack the the standard, everyone else needs to up it another gear or we need to show no mercy in upgrading as soon as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 It’s clear that Douglas Luiz is going to be instrumental to any success that we have this season - him, Mings and Grealish are the core of the squad that we should be building around. I would normally add a keeper in there to complete the spine, but that’s an unknown entity at the moment. Im concerned about how we will play if one of these should pick up a knock and miss a few weeks of games. We need to prepare better for this... McGinn is right on the brink of being included in that list, but I want to see a bit more, he didn’t come back the same player after his spell on the sidelines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted September 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2020 I don't know if anyone noticed but he had a swag about him yesterday. It's like he knew he's good, was playing with his co** hanging out and he was waving it about telling everyone I'm the man. Class. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, weedman said: Seems to be an obsession with moving players positions as soon as they start performing well in one. He's excelled as a DM, why move him? Just buy another box to box player if we need one I understand that. But people keep saying Hourihane isn't good enough to start. Nakamba who played well yesterday could be moved into the dm role and by moving Luiz alongside McGinn he'd be closer to Jack who he seem to have a great understanding with. Luiz also has an eye for a pass. As a pure dm he is limited to what he can do and we won't see his full kit of attributes. Edited September 16, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said: Anyone know the details of the Citeh buy back clause, does it have an expiry date? They have 2 seasons to buy back, 25m after one season then 35m. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, weedman said: Seems to be an obsession with moving players positions as soon as they start performing well in one. He's excelled as a DM, why move him? Just buy another box to box player if we need one This has always been an issue on VT. Centre Back who's good on the ball? Move him to midfield Right back who can attack? Make him a winger Winger who can score goals? Make him a striker I know players can occasionally move positions. But usually if a player is playing well in a position, there's a reason for it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted September 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2020 In his first interview he said he sees himself as a player who sits in front of the defence and brings the ball out. As soon as he came on jack didn't drop deep. You have destroyers, carriers and distributors. He's all 3. DM role is his. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kingman said: They have 2 seasons to buy back, 25m after one season then 35m. Thats actually decent business for the unknown he was coming in. 1 more year then he worth 100m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarium Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 3 hours ago, weedman said: Seems to be an obsession with moving players positions as soon as they start performing well in one. He's excelled as a DM, why move him? Just buy another box to box player if we need one Exactly, he doing the job and making the position his own. Why move him? It doesn't prevent us from bringing in another dm to give us more options when we need to play more defensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2020 15 hours ago, villalad21 said: He is. Form is temporary. Class is permanent. Unless your name is Bertrand obvs 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Still only 22. I know we (rightly) rave about Grealish and due to the position he plays in he'll always grab more headlines, but I honestly believe Luiz is just as talented. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Just now, Mantis said: Still only 22. I know we (rightly) rave about Grealish and due to the position he plays in he'll always grab more headlines, but I honestly believe Luiz is just as talented. Apples and oranges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 4 hours ago, weedman said: Seems to be an obsession with moving players positions as soon as they start performing well in one. He's excelled as a DM, why move him? Just buy another box to box player if we need one Agree. The new DM would have to be good enough to replace Luiz at that position. The Box to Box only has to be better than Hourihane. I'm not even sure we can afford a DM better than Douglas at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 This guy will be captain of Brazil one day. It's weird to think he plays for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Lord Willard said: This guy will be captain of Brazil one day. It's weird to think he plays for us. Their WCQ are due to start next month so think Brazil will be calling him up. He's very highly rated there. Having players in Brazil and Argentina squads shows we're moving in right direction as a club now. Edited September 16, 2020 by VillaChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Looked like a Rolls Royce when he came on yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Their WCQ are due to start next month so think Brazil will be calling him up. He's very highly rated there. Having players in Brazil and Argentina squads shows we're moving in right direction as a club now. Also makes it more difficult to keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 6 hours ago, weedman said: Seems to be an obsession with moving players positions as soon as they start performing well in one. He's excelled as a DM, why move him? Just buy another box to box player if we need one That is what I think, same with Grealish, both Luiz and Grealish are doing amazing where they are, why unsettle that or take them away from what the magic that they are making, makes no sense. As you say weedman, just buy another Midfielder. That way you do not move Luiz into Grealish position and upsetting Luiz gameplay or your not moving Jack back from the left to attacking midfield and upsetting his magic on the left. Best to just buy an attacking midfielder and not disturb players if they are playing better and are used to playing that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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