wilko154 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: From what I've seen of Vassilev there's little to suggest that he's ready to start. Personally thought he changed the game on Saturday. He was the only player pressing other than Grealish all game. His press created panic and mistakes in the Brighton defence for the 20 minutes he was on the pitch. I didn't think he was ready either until I watched him on Saturday. I would start him up front alongside El Ghazi or Trezeguet tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Fairy In Boots said: Vassilev is too physically small to influence the game, positionallu he ties up a defender but Watford are a physically strong side. Messi has the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 If Vassilev was to start I'm not sure if he'd play as the main striker, El Ghazi has actually played more first team games as a striker than Vassilev has for our U23s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Goodness me it's frustrating. It's as though everything about this season is working against us (although no doubt fans of most clubs feel the same) VAR has been so anti-Villa it's embarrassing Injuries happening to our absolute best players (Grealish aside) & not just any old injuries, season ending ones. Delays in signings & injuries causing us to go "weak" just when we have a chance of wins. No wonder we're struggling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: Goodness me it's frustrating. It's as though everything about this season is working against us (although no doubt fans of most clubs feel the same) VAR has been so anti-Villa it's embarrassing Injuries happening to our absolute best players (Grealish aside) & not just any old injuries, season ending ones. Delays in signings & injuries causing us to go "weak" just when we have a chance of wins. No wonder we're struggling. We've not had much luck have we?! and despite all this only a point from safety. It's not as bad as some of the doom merchants would have us believe, we just need a slight change in fortune and to hit a bit of form at the right time. Having a striker would probably help mind... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheStagMan Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said: If it’s down to HMRC then I understand it taking so long but this should have been on HMRC’s desk first week of Jan. I know I’m repeating myself but this could cost us our PL status it’s beyond incompetent it’s pathetic. Yes, absolutely. We should have had all the details with HMRC to hammer out and get all the relevant paperwork sorted well before the club had agreed to let us talk to the player and the player had agreed to come to us. I'm sure they would have been happy to receive speculative paperwork. In fact we should have paperwork submitted for every player that might be on our radar, just in case. Just cannot understand why we didnt do this. Baffling. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) All this incompetence nonsense is ridiculous, does anyone really believe there is a single person at the club that wouldn't have preferred signings through the door on the 1st of January? 'But we knew we've needed astriker for months' - yes and spurs have known for 3yrs they needed back up for Kane. It's not that simple. Edited January 20, 2020 by av1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 4 hours ago, TheMelvillan said: Smith out. Brook in. Need that new manager bounce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Areola Get him in! Kelly's first signing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lexicon Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, av1 said: All this incompetence nonsense is ridiculous, does anyone really believe there is a single person at the club that wouldn't have preferred signings through the door on the 1st of January? 'But we knew we've needed astriker for months' - yes and spurs have known for 3yrs they needed back up for Kane. It's not that simple. With all the clubs desperate to sell their best players too, it really makes you wonder. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Not having a single striker in the whole squad for three of our most important games of the season, reflects very badly on the running of the club, there's no getting away from that, I doubt a single Premier league team has found themselves in this position, Tottenham not having a back up striker as good as Kane is a completely different situation, we haven't even got a specialist centre-forward in the reserves. We knew we needed a new striker even before Wesley got injured, it really should have been sorted much earlier, and no teams want to sell their best players at any time, but that doesn't stop transfers from happening, no one's expecting us to sign other teams' best players. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: From what I've seen of Vassilev there's little to suggest that he's ready to start. Ready or not it’s better than what we started the Brighton game with. 5-3-1-2 with Jack sat behind IV & AEG is our best chance of causing them some problems. Also puts Jack back in the middle of the pitch where he can influence the game - and provide some defence for our defensive midfielders... (I may be in the wrong thread). Edited January 20, 2020 by Awol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: I'm sure they would have been happy to receive speculative paperwork. In fact we should have paperwork submitted for every player that might be on our radar, just in case. Lol. You’ve not worked for the civil service have you? I imagine their response would be more along the lines of refusing to file copies of ‘speculative’ paperwork as there is no live case to put it against! I do take your point though and if Samatta has been on the radar since the summer (to come in alongside Wes as some suggested) it seems very odd to leave everything until the window actually opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 hours ago, troon_villan said: Announce Cavani Just sorting out the last few details.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: Lol. You’ve not worked for the civil service have you? I imagine their response would be more along the lines of refusing to file copies of ‘speculative’ paperwork as there is no live case to put it against! I do take your point though and if Samatta has been on the radar since the summer (to come in alongside Wes as some suggested) it seems very odd to leave everything until the window actually opens. Maybe they didn’t though, you are just assuming that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 hours ago, troon_villan said: Announce Cavani Doesn’t fit with our transfer policy of young and resale value so No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Just now, nick76 said: Maybe they didn’t though, you are just assuming that. Yes I am, hence ‘if...as some suggested’. I know the square root of **** all about what has gone on until someone from the club releases a statement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Awol said: Ready or not it’s better than what we started the Brighton game with. 5-3-1-2 with Jack sat behind IV & AEG is our best chance of causing them some problems. Also puts Jack back in the middle of the pitch where he can influence the game - and provide some defence for our defensive midfielders... (I may be in the wrong thread). As per your name if the keeper goes AWOL then maybe we can play with 11 outfield players. Rush goalie and all that? Edited January 20, 2020 by Sulberto21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2020 59 minutes ago, Awol said: Ready or not it’s better than what we started the Brighton game with. 5-3-1-2 with Jack sat behind IV & AEG So sneaking 12 players on the pitch? I like it 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Awol said: Ready or not it’s better than what we started the Brighton game with. 5-3-1-2 with Jack sat behind IV & AEG is our best chance of causing them some problems. Also puts Jack back in the middle of the pitch where he can influence the game - and provide some defence for our defensive midfielders... (I may be in the wrong thread). Definitely wrong thread but I'm coming in to agree because it's so clearly correct. Get Jack central. Of course you meant 3-4-1-2 though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, AVFCforever1991 said: Just sorting out the last few details.. Hey, look who's back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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