Chindie Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: His head looks real sturdy to me. You could build walls out of clones of his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Got a good feeling about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: he's a striker so he's already better than what we've got whether or not he'll be any good I honestly haven't got a clue, he wont be worse than Hogan or McCormack but he's not haaland, anywhere in between I do think the same as Wesley, the team has goals in it, judging him purely on his scoring as he starts out is harsh, the attack as a unit has to be better and he's a big part of it obviously Like I say, I'm waiting to see what he does on the pitch for us. He has a pretty good record but at a lesser level, I'm personally not going to get excited, if others want to then that's perfectly fine. Edited January 21, 2020 by Dr_Pangloss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I’m not too optimistic because 1) I’m a villa fan and therefore not programmed that way and 2) we haven’t exactly had resounding success from the Belgian league. That being said, I do love the guy. I hope he does well as he will be a massive fan favourite and I’m enjoying having all of Tanzania supporting us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carewjust4u Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Spoony said: I’m not too optimistic because 1) I’m a villa fan and therefore not programmed that way and 2) we haven’t exactly had resounding success from the Belgian league. That being said, I do love the guy. I hope he does well as he will be a massive fan favourite and I’m enjoying having all of Tanzania supporting us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, carewjust4u said: As a personality. As a footballer I’ve no idea but past experience has me glass half empty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I have a feeling he will get guilt edge chance on his debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 And bury it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Spoony said: I’m not too optimistic because 1) I’m a villa fan and therefore not programmed that way and 2) we haven’t exactly had resounding success from the Belgian league. That being said, I do love the guy. I hope he does well as he will be a massive fan favourite and I’m enjoying having all of Tanzania supporting us. For me that's not the case on here for the majority. There seemed to be almost an overwhelming amount of excitement last summer and the same was the case in 2015. These experiences have made me a lot more cautious given the sheer number of players in those windows who have disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mazrim said: And bury it. No messing. Slammed in like Jack with that Brighton chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Like I say, I'm waiting to see what he does on the pitch for us. He has a pretty good record but at a lesser level, I'm personally not going to get excited, if others want to then that's perfectly fine. It's not really about 'excitement', but watching a player and trusting your eyes. As others have pointed out, plenty of raw footage of him about, he has over 190 games for a (relatively) big club. His record is outstanding no matter what the level too, it seems. Africa, Belgium, International, Europa, Champions League. 1 in 2 across the board. You're right, we need to see him in a Villa shirt before we know, but for me personally I'd rather go in positive than the opposite. I feel it will help the player settle as much as anything. Edited January 21, 2020 by dont_do_it_doug. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 You obviously can't tell much about a player from a youtube montage, but he seems like a pretty confident finisher. Quite a few of his goals appear to be first time instinctive strikes, without taking too many touches. Of course there might be another montage somewhere of him missing 80 opportunities between each strike, but I'm hoping he can come in and give everyone a lift with a few cheeky poaches on his debut! Incidentally I heard that he's not been registered in time to be able to play tonight. Can anybody confirm/deny pls? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 Never heard of him. But he's a striker. I'll judge him on his performances. Hopefully he can hit the ground running. We need him to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 My Tanzanian mate lol 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 59 minutes ago, HKP90 said: You obviously can't tell much about a player from a youtube montage, You can also learn a bit from the views of his former clubs fans. The quality of the league's are huge obviously but it if he does fail here it seems like it won't be through want of trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Spoony said: ) we haven’t exactly had resounding success from the Belgian league. There was that one bloke, Ben something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 A warm welcome to Ally Samatta. I've welcomed many players to Villa over a very long career as a Villa fan. I've been excited by a lot of incoming players, and I've been wrong about so many being "excellent" signings. In an era when so many signings are necessarily from abroad due to outrageous prices for home grown talent, we have to form our original opinions from hearsay and YouTube clips. Samatta's signing is no different except for the sheer number of examples of his goal scoring prowess and general team play. By contrast I watched Wesley's clips over and over again before he was confirmed as a Villa player, and I saw a big unit but no real evidence that what he did would convert to goals in the Premier League. Ally appears to be different. For example his heading ability is something that will finally make sense of the high crosses that we routinely lob into the box, something which Wesley totally lacks. His ability to hit the target regularly will hopefully maximise the return on the relatively small number of shooting opportunities we create. His work rate will complement Jack's game, and his pace will draw space for other players as CB's try to close him down. I may well be wrong as I've been countless times before, but this time I think we may have found a very round peg to fit a very round hole! I look forward to hearing "Samagoal" sung regularly by our brilliantly noisy fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 Our new number 20! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 19 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Not sure about commerical aspect but we should absolutely be making moves to get sister clubs out there for recruitment purposes, or even some sort of academy like Red Bull do. We've got two Egyptians, a Zimbabwean and the Tanzanian Lewnadowki right now. I'd imagine our name can carry some clout if we can stay up. Dont forget that village in Ghana that loves Villa as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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