penguin Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Bit surprised about this one. We really need a settled scouting/recruitment network. Can't just be binning people off after half a season or so, never really had a chance to gel or settle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Edouard and Rashica would be the dream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Edouard Morelos instead? Potentially half the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, Xela said: Morelos instead? Potentially half the price? Is there a link to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Is there a link to him? Nothing new but there has been the odd whisper since January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 The staff are seeing far more than we do in training to make a judgement. I’d also think there’s an element of balancing the books somewhere in amongst it all. I thought he looked good initially, seemed to have a bit about him and got a couple of goals (far bigger names cannot claim to have scored a goal at Wembley in a major final) but after the restart he was a shadow that player, his all round game looked weak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Not on bench so must be off. A flop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Not on bench so must be off. A flop Started decent for him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Tom13 said: Is there a link to him? No, I don't think he is the type of striker we want or need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Goodbye sweet prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, wilko154 said: Goodbye sweet prince Fake news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 He was at the ground yesterday supporting the lads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I think Traore might be a back up striker, if we get Rashica too we'll have plenty of people that can fill in if Watkins is out, once Wesley is back with Davis too we'll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, skarroki said: I think Traore might be a back up striker, if we get Rashica too we'll have plenty of people that can fill in if Watkins is out, once Wesley is back with Davis too we'll be fine We tried that trick last season. On September 1st we had Kodj, Davis and Wesley. Even before the window closed Kodj picked up some facial injury which meant he was out until November. Davis got injured against Wolves in late October and didn't feature in a squad until the cup final on March 1st. Once we lost Wes we were playing midfielders upfront. We need three out and out strikers in the squad. If you look last night Watkins started to get more joy once he was given licence to drift out wide when Davis comes on so having another option to play centrally would make plenty of sense. Wes won't be back at all in 2020 judging from DS latest comments. I really don't get people who think we can get by with the bare minimum upfront or because we paid 20m + for a striker they have to play every single minute of every single game. Sheffield United have 5 strikers in their current squad and likes of Newcastle and Palace have 7-8 options for the 3 positions upfront so that is what you need for a mid table squad. Just thinking Cenk Tosun is available from Everton. Flopped there but he actually looked o.k when he went on loan to Palace in January, think he scored v Man. City before getting injured so that might be a decent short term move taking him on loan. Edited September 22, 2020 by VillaChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 21/09/2020 at 13:51, Awol said: It’s brutal, but when Dean & Co. sat down and asked whether he could take us where we wanted to go, if the answer was “no” then getting rid now makes sense. If we can get a loan fee and £5M for him in 12 months that’s a decent result. This. Staying up last season was a single ambition, as part of a long term plan. We achieved it, and Samatta was part of that (I'm not going to debate how much he helped, it's irrelevant now). He is highly paid (just over £1m a year apparently), and has a 4 1/2 year contract - so he'll earning more from that than most of us ever will in our lives. For him personally - he's had a chance to reach his goal, and didn't. Most of us never have that chance. Plus, he seems unhappy, so if he can find happiness elsewhere, good for him. No-one should begrudge him that. For the club - he clearly isn't good enough for where we want to be now, let along in 2 and 3 years time. We will honour his contract (so if he goes elsewhere and is paid less, we will be obliged to cover the difference), and try and recoup as much money as we can. We'll try and work with him on this. But we move on. That's football, and there a lot of players without the safety net of that sort of contract who are treated far worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 22, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thing is i do think Davis needs to go on loan to discover his scoring boots. If we sell/loan samatta i just dont see that happening. if wes is fit in Jan, we can sell samatta then, cause we'll have cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) He will be desperate to stay. Regardless of his position in the squad. At 28 he will know this is the only chance he will get to play at this level. The correct decision is going to Turkey and build up his confidence, but i get the feeling of him not wanting to do that. Edited September 22, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 7 hours ago, wilko154 said: Goodbye sweet prince I would take any Turkish transfer news with a large pinch of salt. They love to jump the gun a bit down on the banks of the Bosphorus. I'll wait until he's on the ferry to Kadıköy with a glass of tea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) This person has 300k followers on twitter and 2m on instagram, so presumably has some credibility... Edited September 22, 2020 by useless Apparently says that Fenerbahçe are set to announce him as their player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Panic signing that didn't come off. It would be silly to try and force it to work when we can bring in someone more suited to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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