Dave-R Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Jbvilla909 said: Nothings happening until we hit page 602 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, sidcow said: Who? No idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, sidcow said: WILL PEOPLE STOP RESPONDING. YOU ARE SPOILING MY IGNORE POSTER FUNCTION! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Rob182 said: I just think that the level of player that we’ll be going for will be players who cost upwards of £20m but still aren’t completely proven at the level that we want to be at, despite being ‘better’ signings than what we got last year. Therefore I don’t think it’ll hurt to have rotation in there. As an example, Rashica or someone like Dwight McNeil (Burnley) would both cost £30m+ each (probably £35-40m for McNeil), but you still wouldn’t be getting players that guarantee you 7/10 performances every week, so having rotation options that also allow Grealish to move centrally to alter our shape seems like a good idea to me. Its feasible, sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted August 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, sidcow said: Who? Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, Dave-R said: 1000 at 666 we will sign someone, with a bit of devilment in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21, 2020 23 minutes ago, Dave-R said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: Leeds crack me up. They’ve been humbled by Brighton over this Ben White deal. I truly believe they came up thinking, ‘this will be easy, everyone wants to play for Leeds’. By all accounts they’ve got a transfer budget in the region of 50m and I read somewhere they have to pay a team a shed load of money for Augustin on the basis they got promoted. They probably need 5/6 players and the reality of how much players cost at this level is finally hitting home. They’ll need to be extremely shrewd with the players they sign if they want to stay up next season. As things stand, they have 2/3 good players and a decent team spirit. Without home fans, it will be tough for them. The Leeds hyperbole is very confusing. Having better title odds with some betting companies than much better teams than them like Wolves and Leicester is plain lunacy (though, we all know Leeds fans have placed stupid bets on themselves). They are deservedly considered a big club given their great support and fantastic team that dominated in the 70s, but so are we and as we found out being a traditional big club isn’t enough to do well in this league. And with crowds still barred Leeds won’t get that extra lift from their passionate supporters. The Premier League is better for having teams like Leeds in it but unless they make some major signings they’ll almost certainly struggle for me. And I don’t think they’ve got the financial power to do that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 If West Ham can get Tevez and Mascherano I'm pretty sure we can get Watkins and Benrahma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: If West Ham can get Tevez and Mascherano I'm pretty sure we can get Watkins and Benrahma At the same time, we don’t want to get above our station, there will be lots of competition for Watkins and Benrahma. Hopefully, the Smith factor will sway them both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Goal.com article (from Neil Jones so a bit more respectable than usual from that site for Liverpool according to them) states we, amongst a number of other clubs, have discussed a potential deal with Liverpool for Marko Grujic. However the same article states that we are more likely to go after Phillip Billing in the same position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_1989 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Wes said: Goal.com article (from Neil Jones so a bit more respectable than usual from that site for Liverpool according to them) states we, amongst a number of other clubs, have discussed a potential deal with Liverpool for Marko Grujic. However the same article states that we are more likely to go after Phillip Billing in the same position. Not sure why people get caught up with these so called ITKs..guess it’s just something to fill people’s time and optimism but none of them have any sense of inside knowledge. Throw enough s*** at the wall and hope it sticks comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 23 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: If West Ham can get Tevez and Mascherano I'm pretty sure we can get Watkins and Benrahma Maybe if we ask nicely Kia Joorabchian can force Sergio Regulion or Coutinho to move here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 7 hours ago, mallett said: Lots of people on here seem very keen on Weston McKennie. I have never seen him play but his whoscored stats mean his concentration is rated at “very weak” which means that he makes a lot of errors. From the brief highlights on YouTube he also needs to work on passing the ball to where the players receiving it want it. So while I can see he has got some good qualities, like most of our current players he will need to develop as a player to become a good premier league player. It’s another gamble. He's not Pirlo, but I think some of the "concentration" issues come as a consequence of the way he was utilized at Schalke—playing a new position every week and slotting in wherever there was a need, not to mention the fact that he often felt compelled to take on more responsibility than his position entailed and chase a ball down thirty yards. A stable team with a structured system will give him the opportunity to refine those attributes that are lacking while preserving his workrate and tenacity. He's not the finished article, but we won't be able to afford him when he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) There was a manager (didn’t catch who it was) on TalkSport earlier saying how tricky the market is. If you sell before you buy the other clubs know you’ve got money so prices go up. If you buy before you sell you could end up doubled up on players which becomes financially crippling. It made me think about Grealish. If a big money deal was done for him to leave Villa would be trying their hardest to keep it under wraps until they’ve got replacements agreed for those reasons. Edited August 21, 2020 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maqroll Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Genie said: There was a manager (didn’t catch who it was) on TalkSport earlier saying how tricky the market is. If you sell before you buy the other clubs know you’ve got money so prices go up. If you buy before you sell you could end up doubled up on players which becomes financially crippling. Martin O'Neill? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, maqroll said: Martin O'Neill? I only caught about 5 minutes in the car, wasn’t Deano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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