Summer Transfers Window 2020

[Zatman]

11 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

I think Billing has played better than Mcginn this season, even before the injury.

Billing has been a handful for alot of teams, we would be wise to bring him here and have a back up or competition for SJM.

Having SJM or Billing on subs bench would be a brilliant option I think.

yet they play similar role and McGinn has outshone him in every stat and McGinn was poor for 15- 20 games or so

[Dave-R]

1 minute ago, Zatman said:

yet they play similar role and McGinn has outshone him in every stat and McGinn was poor for 15- 20 games or so

But you watch the Bournemouth games and Billing is always on the ball making the charge more than McGinn,driving his team in the final third, is involved more and is alot less quiet than McGinn.

To be fair I have not seen the stats of both players but I have seen a fair lot of Bournemouth and Villa games this season and Billing just looked more of a presence that McGinn.

Like I said there is no reason why we couldnt have both as it would be ace to have one or the other on bench and we do need to upgrade not just our first team but our bench as well.

[Zatman]

3 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

But you watch the Bournemouth games and Billing is always on the ball making the charge more than McGinn,driving his team in the final third, is involved more and is alot less quiet than McGinn.

To be fair I have not seen the stats of both players but I have seen a fair lot of Bournemouth and Villa games this season and Billing just looked more of a presence that McGinn.

Like I said there is no reason why we couldnt have both as it would be ace to have one or the other on bench and we do need to upgrade not just our first team but our bench as well.

well i posted them above that McGinn is better than everything except interceptions than Billing. Billing 1 goal 1 assist in 34 games, McGinn 3 goals 3 assists in 28 for a start

Billing is a poor player hyped because he bullied a naive Douglas Luiz in his 1st start at Villa, except for that is nothing

[Dave-R]

6 minutes ago, Zatman said:

well i posted them above that McGinn is better than everything except interceptions than Billing. Billing 1 goal 1 assist in 34 games, McGinn 3 goals 3 assists in 28 for a start

Billing is a poor player hyped because he bullied a naive Douglas Luiz in his 1st start at Villa, except for that is nothing

One thing you can say about Billing is hes very good at arieal duels, Ball interceptions, Tackling and Blocking of the ball, his game is different really to McGinn who likes to go towards goal and that's why he may gain more assists and goals, that doesnt mean SJM is better though, just means they play different and they do play different.

I think if we had of had Billing in midfield when the likes of Hourihane earlier in season wasnt doing much, we would of cut alot more balls out as he would of aided Luizin midfield cutting balls out.

It's all ok having an attacking side but if your attacking players are ineffective at cutting balls out, then you need to switch it up and someone like Billing may of helped to switch things around and gain foothold in games we really struggled to get the ball from teams.

I say bring him here even if it's to have alternative options other than attacking options, we need to be a multi tasking squad that is capable of handling different situations, a player like billing or Billing himself would give us more diversity on the field.

Edited July 31, 2020 by Dave-R

[thabucks]

Billing yes last summer no this summer as now somewhat damaged goods and better players available ... As I said earlier Karol Linetty should be a target from Sampdoria

IMO he would be an instant upgrade to our midfield and looks like he would compliment Luiz nicely ... Yes obligatory you tube videos are not to be trusted but from what I’ve read and highlights watched he will go for big €€€ if he continues his development - 25 coming into his peak and very gettable this summer at reasonable €€

[Zatman]

2 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

One thing you can say about Billing is hes very good at arieal duels, Ball interceptions, Tackling and Blocking of the ball, his game is different really to McGinn who likes to go towards goal and that's why he may gain more assists and goals, that doesnt mean SJM is better though, just means they play different and they do play different.

McGinn wins more tackles per game than Billing as well so not sure about that, he is about 20cm taller than McGinn so would expect him to be better in the air but he is still not very good. Billing is not a defensive midfielder either so needs more than aeriel duels

[MaVilla]

interesting stats here:

 

for our current wage bill (65m), we have the 4th most efficient point to wage bill average.

Our point per million pounds spent on wages is 0.54.

Interesting for sure.

Amazing to see that Palace have double our wage bill, Everton nearly triple, Southampton almost double.

Now with our second season in the Prem secured, should allow us to increase our wages a fair bit, i remember Purslow saying due to FFP etc, it really limited our available wages due to only being in the Prem for 1 season. (now 2)

[vreitti]

8 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

interesting stats here:

 

for our current wage bill (65m), we have the 4th most efficient point to wage bill average.

Our point per million pounds spent on wages is 0.54.

Interesting for sure.

Amazing to see that Palace have double our wage bill, Everton nearly triple, Southampton almost double.

Now with our second season in the Prem secured, should allow us to increase our wages a fair bit, i remember Purslow saying due to FFP etc, it really limited our available wages due to only being in the Prem for 1 season. (now 2)

 But what does that have to do with Billing? 

[Villastine]

Billing would be a fine addition.

We're probably all Belgian'd out, but all the same Jonathan David looks a good prospect.

 

[Tomaszk]

13 minutes ago, thabucks said:

Billing yes last summer no this summer as now somewhat damaged goods and better players available ... As I said earlier Karol Linetty should be a target from Sampdoria

IMO he would be an instant upgrade to our midfield and looks like he would compliment Luiz nicely ... Yes obligatory you tube videos are not to be trusted but from what I’ve read and highlights watched he will go for big €€€ if he continues his development - 25 coming into his peak and very gettable this summer at reasonable €€

Great shout.

Would be a great bastard to have alongside McGinn.

[Dave-R]

3 minutes ago, Zatman said:

McGinn wins more tackles per game than Billing as well so not sure about that, he is about 20cm taller than McGinn so would expect him to be better in the air but he is still not very good. Billing is not a defensive midfielder either so needs more than aeriel duels

What I'm mainly trying to say and (thabucks) seems to of made the point for me, that yes I like billing for what he can do on the pitch and I think in the team we currently have would only have helped us this season be it in our team or on bench. That being said like thabucks has just mentioned is there is much better out there that we can go for and we should. However we need to be looking at handling all types of situations, adding a diverse set of skills on the field so they can be deployed to fit the opposition we are playing.

I like Billing that's just me and think hed be good to have if we could buy him cheap as chips, that's it for that because I do also think that we should be aiming higher anyway in terms of quality, ability,skill, determination and courage and more. We need to be aiming better because if we dont we will of course just scrape by a relegation zone, I hope we start pulling in a few world class players now, time will tell and hope we get this window right.

Our first signing of the window on a complete new player will tell us alot of who were trying to go for, I just hope we start buying multi roles players who can fit across a variety of positions and can change it up instantly to play differently if needed,worst thing we can do is look for one dimensional players. Were now at a point we need to look to adding to the pallete, opening up the play book by bringing in players that are capable of the unthinkable on the pitch that can completely daze defences or opposition. 

[Made In Aston]

7 minutes ago, vreitti said:

 But what does that have to do with Billing? 

There are a lot of billings on that list

[VillaHatesMe]

1 hour ago, MaVilla said:

Callum Wilson anyone?

No thanks.

[VillaHatesMe]

20 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

interesting stats here:

 

for our current wage bill (65m), we have the 4th most efficient point to wage bill average.

Our point per million pounds spent on wages is 0.54.

Interesting for sure.

Amazing to see that Palace have double our wage bill, Everton nearly triple, Southampton almost double.

Now with our second season in the Prem secured, should allow us to increase our wages a fair bit, i remember Purslow saying due to FFP etc, it really limited our available wages due to only being in the Prem for 1 season. (now 2)

The wage bill in that graphic is from 2018-19 when we were still in the Championship. Our wage bill was higher this year. Or, at least, I hope it was.

[Zatman]

2 minutes ago, VillaHatesMe said:

The wage bill in that graphic is from 2018-19 when we were still in the Championship. Our wage bill was higher this year. Or, at least, I hope it was.

probably not by much, we lost Whelan, Jedinak, Elphick, McCormack, Adomah, Hutton and few others. I doubt the replacements actually got more. Luiz and Nakamba probably combined took Jedinak wages for example

[Dave-R]

Is this a good list or not, who would be your pick out of this list of strikers??

I think I'd go for either Dzyuba or Tammy but Silva still would be crazy if anyone on that list we could lure, I'm sure wed all be loving it right??

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfers-abraham-belotti-18698686

[mallett]

What about:

Marcus Edwards (20) for the RW spot - perhaps has a release clause for £13.6m but could be available for less. Brings pace, ability to beat a player, lots of through balls, dead ball specialist, and gets some goals. Needs to work on physicality, aerial threat, crossing. Has improved his attitude since leaving Tottenham and looks to have matured, making a success of both his time in the Dutch league and the Portuguese league. This has been shown by the improvement he has made in closing down and defensive side of his game. Value should go up.

Emi Buendia (23) for a RM spot - Perhaps available for £25m. He played on the right side of the 3 in Norwich's 4 2 3 1 formation most of the season just gone. However looking at his stats over the season I wonder if he would be better suited to moving to SJM's position on the right. I would then move SJM to the left. Has some of the best defensive stats in the league for midfield before the restart. Didn't score a lot of goals but produced a lot of through balls and created a lot of chances for Pukki. Also has dribbling skills and covers a lot of ground. Needs to improve his decision making - often tried to do too much with the ball last season and lost the ball too often however this might improve in a better team. Needs a striker / front players in front of him who have good movement for his qualities to pay off. His lack of goals last season makes him a poor fit for the RW position in the formation Villa play.

Said Benrahma (24) LW/RW - Perhaps available for £25m depending on the outcome of the playoff final. Brings possibility of beating opponents, creating and scoring chances. Exciting footballer with the flair and tricks to go past players for fun and an eye for goals and assists. Unproven in the premier league and comes at a high price considering. Is he the new Dale Stephens / Benny McCarthy et al in terms of being linked to Villa but never arriving? Weaknesses: Doesn't put in a great deal of work defensively and doesn't have the real pace which we need in our attack somewhere. Has normally played in LW position for Brentford so could be an ideal replacement for Grealish if he leaves.

Tammy Abraham (22) striker - Very unlikely but perhaps available for £40m+ depending on whether he is to be frozen out at Chelsea. Now a proven premier league striker he is a Chelsea boy through and through but has maintained a good relationship with Villa. It is difficult to see him being anything more than a substitute with all of the players Chelsea are signing this summer but he may not see it like that. Poor form in the second half of the season has also contributed to this feeling. Misses a lot but has the great movement and work rate of a natural goal scorer. Has already proven that he fits into Villa's system. Has recently signed a one year extension to his current contract but speculation continues as there are suggestions that talks with Chelsea have stalled re an improved contract to match his current status as their leading scorer. 

[srsmithusa]

35 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

interesting stats here:

 

for our current wage bill (65m), we have the 4th most efficient point to wage bill average.

Our point per million pounds spent on wages is 0.54.

Interesting for sure.

Amazing to see that Palace have double our wage bill, Everton nearly triple, Southampton almost double.

Now with our second season in the Prem secured, should allow us to increase our wages a fair bit, i remember Purslow saying due to FFP etc, it really limited our available wages due to only being in the Prem for 1 season. (now 2)

What that table really shows is that the more you pay in wages, the more likely you are to be high in the table.   

[thabucks]

Weston McKennie is another One I’d like us to be looking at as well as Linetty as he is an extremely talented CM and again an upgrade on our 1st team and heavily linked to the prem this summer. Obligatory YouTube video 

He could be the next Essien. The USA have some seriously good young talent we should be looking to exploit. Josh Sargent @ Bremen is another name to keep an eye on. 

 

 

 

[VillaHatesMe]

6 minutes ago, thabucks said:

Weston McKennie is another One I’d like us to be looking at as well as Linetty as he is an extremely talented CM and again an upgrade on our 1st team and heavily linked to the prem this summer. Obligatory YouTube video 

He could be the next Essien. The USA have some seriously good young talent we should be looking to exploit. Josh Sargent @ Bremen is another name to keep an eye on. 

 

 

 

McKennie is ready for the Premier League. I don't think Sargent is. If we were to sign Sargent I would hope it would be with the plan to loan him for 2020-21.