Mazrim Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Phil McNulty is a fraud. He acts and claims to be this media genius but his articles are boring, sometimes petulant and smack of a lack of interest or knowledge in the subject matter. His glib and disinterested responses on twitter and lack of explanation are typical of the man. He's above it all. Too good for us. We're to be happy with our lot and dont question hom as its a nice day. Gobshite. When it comes to Villa he has a bit of an angle. Not frequent enough to be blatant but it's there alright. I think the BBC deserve better than this scuttering bollix as its chief sports writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Jareth said: Que? He is from Barthhelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2020 Just now, Phil Silvers said: He is from Barthhelona Man, well, that's great news 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Jareth said: Man, well, that's great news ps. its just the usual twitter stab in the dark bollocks, suggest enough names yu might get one in and forever be ITK, tw4ts Edited September 19, 2020 by Phil Silvers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Rique Puig then, Hello Ricky Pig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) If Suso was here I could see it but he isn't exactly what we need at present IMO... if we are going for La Liga midfield talent id be all over Uros Racic. **** it let’s be greedy and get both Edited September 19, 2020 by thabucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 so, for the 75m or so we have spent, how much of an improvement do we think it has actually made to the team? Martinez - seems a very good GK, but we had Heaton at the start of last season, if Emil is an improvement on Heaton, its not a huge huge margin? - but possibly still an improvement. Cash - potentially an improvement once he gets settled, do we think he will be an immediate improvement though? Traore - possibly a fairly sizable upgrade on the RW, or also possibly an inconsistent marginal upgrade? Watkins - appears to be an upgrade, if we can provide service, which we really struggled with last year, he could turn out to be a great signing....but if we arent creating the chances? Its an interesting one for me, i think the signings have the "potential" to improve us quite a bit, but i also dont look at the 75m spent and conclude that its a 100% guaranteed improvement, in fact if it goes badly it may just be more of the same? thoughts? PS: im not trying ot be negative, im very hopeful for the new season, but i am trying to honestly assess if the 75m has actually made an instant improvement?, a mid/long term improvement?, or more of the same? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, MaVilla said: so, for the 75m or so we have spent, how much of an improvement do we think it has actually made to the team? Martinez - seems a very good GK, but we had Heaton at the start of last season, if Emil is an improvement on Heaton, its not a huge huge margin? - but possibly still an improvement. Cash - potentially an improvement once he gets settled, do we think he will be an immediate improvement though? Traore - possibly a fairly sizable upgrade on the RW, or also possibly an inconsistent marginal upgrade? Watkins - appears to be an upgrade, if we can provide service, which we really struggled with last year, he could turn out to be a great signing....but if we arent creating the chances? Its an interesting one for me, i think the signings have the "potential" to improve us quite a bit, but i also dont look at the 75m spent and conclude that its a 100% guaranteed improvement, in fact if it goes badly it may just be more of the same? thoughts? PS: im not trying ot be negative, im very hopeful for the new season, but i am trying to honestly assess if the 75m has actually made an instant improvement?, a mid/long term improvement?, or more of the same? Money talks but it can’t sing and dance and it can’t walk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 18 minutes ago, MaVilla said: so, for the 75m or so we have spent, how much of an improvement do we think it has actually made to the team? Martinez - seems a very good GK, but we had Heaton at the start of last season, if Emil is an improvement on Heaton, its not a huge huge margin? - but possibly still an improvement. Cash - potentially an improvement once he gets settled, do we think he will be an immediate improvement though? Traore - possibly a fairly sizable upgrade on the RW, or also possibly an inconsistent marginal upgrade? Watkins - appears to be an upgrade, if we can provide service, which we really struggled with last year, he could turn out to be a great signing....but if we arent creating the chances? Its an interesting one for me, i think the signings have the "potential" to improve us quite a bit, but i also dont look at the 75m spent and conclude that its a 100% guaranteed improvement, in fact if it goes badly it may just be more of the same? thoughts? PS: im not trying ot be negative, im very hopeful for the new season, but i am trying to honestly assess if the 75m has actually made an instant improvement?, a mid/long term improvement?, or more of the same? The tools are there to be mid to lower table. How long is it since we have a villa team with the calibre of Mings - Grealish - Luiz - with the promise of Watkins.??? Over to the coaching staff now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 23 hours ago, nick76 said: I assume you are insinuating something which I’ll let others discuss. As you’ll see from the Wes thread, I’m a huge fan of Wes and think a trio of Watkins, Tammy and Wes would be a phenomenal choice of options through a long season for us especially as we won’t have Wes for months. You might want to scour the web for the likely or not likely return date of Wes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Liverpool have completed the signing of Portugal forward Diogo Jota from Wolves in a £41m deal that could rise to £45m with add-ons. The 23-year-old has signed a five-year contract with the Premier League champions. "It's just a really exciting moment for me and my family," said Jota. The move represents a net outlay of about £30m for Liverpool, with defender Ki-Jana Hoever moving the other way for £9m and a possible £4.5m in add-ons. Liverpool have also negotiated a 15% sell-on clause in the transfer taking Dutch player Hoever to Molineux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, hippo said: The tools are there to be mid to lower table How depressing that this is or short - midterm goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, hippo said: You might want to scour the web for the likely or not likely return date of Wes. Yep learnt more yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Mazrim said: Phil McNulty is a fraud. He acts and claims to be this media genius but his articles are boring, sometimes petulant and smack of a lack of interest or knowledge in the subject matter. His glib and disinterested responses on twitter and lack of explanation are typical of the man. He's above it all. Too good for us. We're to be happy with our lot and dont question hom as its a nice day. Gobshite. When it comes to Villa he has a bit of an angle. Not frequent enough to be blatant but it's there alright. I think the BBC deserve better than this scuttering bollix as its chief sports writer. I say old chap i did not know you knew how to speak dublinese 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted September 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: How depressing that this is or short - midterm goal Did you skip the bit where we nearly went to the wall in the Championship, nearly selling Jack to pay wages and a tax bill?!? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: How depressing that this is or short - midterm goal Football 2020 - like I say on paper best villa squad in many years ...£200m spent in 2 seasons ....yet anything above mid table is a bonus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachboys1 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 hope we have options for rashica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, beachboys1 said: hope we have options for rashica Say what now? @beachboys1 who do you support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 7 hours ago, thabucks said: Tosin Adarabioyo Or Joe Rodon are both better than the myth of Axel. Both attainable. I’m surprised with haven’t been linked to CB’s ... was about to mention there are players like Adarabiyo who have a similar pedigree to Axel without the injury record whom are likely going to be available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I think up until this point we've had a good window. Obviously with the one player we all want it can be a majical window. But if this is our lot we've improved on last season. A left back and Rashica would make this a perfect Window. Overall I give the window a 7/10 up until this point. Add Rashica it's a 9/10 add a left back on top of that 10/10. We are stronger defensively with the signings we have made. Watkins and Traore will defend from the front. Martinez is a good keeper. Cash will improve our attacking output. We defended poorly from the front last season. I'm an advocate of the press high and press relentless style from the front. Winning the ball higher has to be our mantra this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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