Jas10 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Bit of a random one but I was thinking about our keepers. Romero from Man U? To compete with and cover for Heaton. Never gonna be first choice there, even with De Gea’s clangers, and they may retain Henderson this time. Or maybe Foster from Watford? Obviously, and again, we need to strengthen in attack as a priority and there will be a limit to how much we can spend (although I still expect us to spend quite heavily) so picking up someone experienced & reliable for a modest fee would probably be the best approach... Unfortunately, it’s a position we need to look at (yet again!) as our best 2 keepers are injury prone: 1. Heaton - will he be fit for the start of the season? And can he stay fit? Seemed to pick up plenty of injuries at Burnley too... 2. Steer - would like him to get games but if he can’t overcome his injuries we will have to consider letting him go, deserves a chance after his heroics in helping get us promoted though. Feel for him tbh, never seems to get a break or his luck runs out fast. Crap - Nyland is a nervous wreck and a walking calamity, I’ve personally lost patience in him and think it’s just a waste of time retaining him and devoting further coaching resources/time to him. Sheff Utd was bad enough but what the hell was he playing at against Wolves? Simply not good enough at this level and can’t “hack it”. 1 or 2 good performances or smart saves doesn’t excuse his overall lack of reliability. Kalinic is out of favour or just crap so we need to offload him too. I think we may regret letting Sarkic go and not giving him any opportunities. Didn’t treat him too well and disrupted his progress by recalling him from loan (Livingston?) for no real reason... Overall, its a position that is in a bit of disarray imo. Its so important to have a nailed on, reliable, confident and even inspirational first choice keeper. Heaton is great and possesses those qualities but if he keeps getting injured then we’re in trouble. Edited August 4, 2020 by Jas10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian_Angel_M Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 After a very good season at Porto, I'd love to see Luis Diaz sign for Villa. Very tricky fast left winger/forward full international for Colombia. Would cost around £30 m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFEHLhecjY 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 31 minutes ago, Guardian_Angel_M said: After a very good season at Porto, I'd love to see Luis Diaz sign for Villa. Very tricky fast left winger/forward full international for Colombia. Would cost around £30 m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFEHLhecjY First time I’ve heard of him, he looks amazing, thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, skarroki said: Fraser - Belotti - Deulofeu Grealish - McGinn Douglas Luis Targett - Mings - Stones - Guilbert Heaton If some of the speculation that I like were to materialise Edit your post quickly before Zatman sees it, he hates Fraser because according to him, Fraser downed tools at Bournemouth, personally I’d take him here as a squad option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abdulaziz1 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I don't think we should invest that much in a keeper, unless it was with a long term look. We'll need a keeper that can be happy as a second choice without spending much. I might get back to Butland, if he was around 5m. I won't spend more in a keeper. I think our most important part is to get the winger right, then the striker. Because most of strikers don't get the success needed anyway. Not a lot of them out there that can success at this level. For me, we'll need to get a very good skillful winger, and Eze or Buendia (they could back a backup to Jack, possibly if he moves they can replace him imedietly). If we can get: Benrahma/Brooks/Rasicha, Eze/Buendia, Doucoure/Billing, Smalling/experienced free CB. Similar players to those, and then young gems such as Hickey....etc Finally, try and get a good striker and hope it works for him. If we somehow managed to get Abraham or Belotti then that would be a huge bonus and we'll know that they successed at high levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I wouldn’t mind if we took a punt on Joe Lolley... An improvement on Lansbury and Nakamba... Villa fan... Pretty nifty little player... Still got some years in him... How much do you reckon it would cost to convince Forest to sell him and what would your opinions be about signing him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaluke Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 would anyone take a punt on carlos vela? i dont watch that much mls but he got 33 goals last season and wouldnt cost that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted August 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Guardian_Angel_M said: After a very good season at Porto, I'd love to see Luis Diaz sign for Villa. Very tricky fast left winger/forward full international for Colombia. Would cost around £30 m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFEHLhecjY I've seen plenty of youtube videos that make ordinary players look good..... ... but, damn, this kid looks amazing for both club and country! Dribble, pass, shoot, deep in defence, busting a gut to get into good positions. There's a lot to like. Thanks for the link. Sadly, I think he's out of our league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, villaluke said: would anyone take a punt on carlos vela? i dont watch that much mls but he got 33 goals last season and wouldnt cost that much. My hypothetical covid-19 infected great grandmother could have scored on some of those defenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hong0311 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, villaluke said: would anyone take a punt on carlos vela? i dont watch that much mls but he got 33 goals last season and wouldnt cost that much. He's good! But if we want a starter we might need to go for younger and possibly even stronger options. There's no need for him to join as a squad player unless Samatta and Keinan Davis leaves. Edited August 4, 2020 by hong0311 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian_Angel_M Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 57 minutes ago, ozvillafan said: I've seen plenty of youtube videos that make ordinary players look good..... ... but, damn, this kid looks amazing for both club and country! Dribble, pass, shoot, deep in defence, busting a gut to get into good positions. There's a lot to like. Thanks for the link. Sadly, I think he's out of our league. Cheers! I think so too, but only because he'll be playing Champions League next season with Porto. If Villa could sell the project of challenging himself in the Premier League, and pay him well, and from what what I understand the club is in the financial position to do so. Imagine Grealish playing with Diaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 6 hours ago, hippo said: Yeah those were the days.......veretout usually goes out on loan somewhere ..so that would be the least worse option... He has had 2 loans and the Roma loan was only a loan for FFP reasons and cost 18 million Must be shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Edit your post quickly before Zatman sees it, he hates Fraser because according to him, Fraser downed tools at Bournemouth, personally I’d take him here as a squad option He did. Bournemouth fans hate him for it. Scumbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, villaluke said: would anyone take a punt on carlos vela? i dont watch that much mls but he got 33 goals last season and wouldnt cost that much. Absolutely not... I'm an American and that's almost akin to Villa signing Robbie Savage for me. Only signing worse would be Shitarito... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, Zatman said: He did. Bournemouth fans hate him for it. Scumbag I’m not doubting you, I trust your opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharkyvilla Posted August 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, villaluke said: would anyone take a punt on carlos vela? i dont watch that much mls but he got 33 goals last season and wouldnt cost that much. If he changed his first name to Gaston then maybe. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, KMitch said: Absolutely not... I'm an American and that's almost akin to Villa signing Robbie Savage for me. Only signing worse would be Shitarito... But the MLS pundits said he was better tham Zlatan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted August 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2020 How about Marc Albrighton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Found a pretty good experienced CB Villa should look at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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