Jas10 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 47 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said: Agree. I would sooner have two 40-50M players this window than six lower priced ones. We need more players of Jack's quality to push on. We dont need squad depth we already have that. We need high quality. Exactly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Mantis said: That's true - I'm gonna wait and see. Just a bit worried with the links so far, but then again we've long run quite a tight ship with regards to transfers. I suppose the links over there could be worrying to a degree, many have stated Villa had interest etc. but most of this came days after I had posted "Take it or leave it info" about any transfer in the thread regarding Rashica. We appear to be indeed running a tight ship and the media getting hold of nothing until the last minute which is good to see. Edited September 2, 2020 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Jas10 said: Exactly Like who? It's all well and good wanting these players but if they don't want to come, then what should we do? Answer: strengthen the best we can, have a better season and try again next summer. We're simply not attractive enough to players of that calibre yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Exactly And if 1 of those 40 - 50 mill players get injured, or both, we are back in the same boat. Facts are we still need to improve the squad as a whole, and we don't have unlimited money to spend. As I wrote in a post earlier in the thread. This is the phase where we solidify the squad and position. So we are not left bare bones when we have injuries or lack.of form. Have players just as good if not better ready to fill in AND provide higher competition to improve everyone. Next season is when I think we can start to see the level up signings to tweak. For all you know, we could very well still see a marquee player this window as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: And if 1 of those 40 - 50 mill players get injured, or both, we are back in the same boat. Facts are we still need to improve the squad as a whole, and we don't have unlimited money to spend. As I wrote in a post earlier in the thread. This is the phase where we solidify the squad and position. So we are not left bare bones when we have injuries or lack.of form. Have players just as good if not better ready to fill in AND provide higher competition to improve everyone. Next season is when I think we can start to see the level up signings to tweak. For all you know, we could very well still see a marquee player this window as well. Sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, lexicon said: Like who? It's all well and good wanting these players but if they don't want to come, then what should we do? Answer: strengthen the best we can, have a better season and try again next summer. We're simply not attractive enough to players of that calibre yet. Neither of us were going into specifics, just that we’d rather sign top quality players (whether they cost 10, 20 or 30 million) and youngsters with massive potential rather than squad filler or options (pointless spending big on aging players on high wages too). We need major improvement to push on and the fact that we barely stayed up shows just how lacking our squad is. Plus, we need to be less reliant on Jack and have other ways of creating and scoring goals. He will tire of carrying the team and the vast majority of attacking play unless we add genuine quality to help him out and convince him to stay and demonstrate that we are heading in the right direction. It’s up to the club and scouting department to find that kind of quality and bring it in. Of all the links, I would be happy with Benrahma & Buendia (each would likely cost 20-30m) and Edouard looks like he’d be a great signing too. We’re going to have to spend big because we are so lacking in quality. Edited September 2, 2020 by Jas10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Lol Does this make us the most pessimistic or Newcastle, what do these numbers even mean?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 minute ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: And if 1 of those 40 - 50 mill players get injured, or both, we are back in the same boat. Facts are we still need to improve the squad as a whole, and we don't have unlimited money to spend. As I wrote in a post earlier in the thread. This is the phase where we solidify the squad and position. So we are not left bare bones when we have injuries or lack.of form. Have players just as good if not better ready to fill in AND provide higher competition to improve everyone. Next season is when I think we can start to see the level up signings to tweak. For all you know, we could very well still see a marquee player this window as well. Yes, I’ve been stating repeatedly that we really have no idea (yet) as to what our transfer strategy is. Best not to pay too much attention to the speculation and online BS and wait until bids are accepted and players are bought in. As just mentioned, the fees aren’t so relevant but the quality of player is. What if Jack gets injured? We need options and an upgrade in quality as we relied too heavily on Jack and struggled to stay up. We need a substantial upgrade in attack at least & don’t just want to be scrapping for survival again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, weedman said: Does this make us the most pessimistic or Newcastle, what do these numbers even mean?! Stop being such a 7...or 3 maybe. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Lol Don’t understand. Are we 6.35 apples? Can’t be doing with a figure without a legend, lad Edited September 2, 2020 by GENTLEMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Big roomy on twit that Hause is to depart on loan to Trabzonspor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Come on Villa, all this complaining about not buying anyone is getting old now. We want to complain about exciting new things like buying the wrong players and paying too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mat Kendrick's Dentist Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, useless said: Big roomy on twit that Hause is to depart on loan to Trabzonspor. Probably take a while for anything to happen. Takes ages to get a loan for a Hause nowadays 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 minute ago, useless said: Big roomy on twit that Hause is to depart on loan to Trabzonspor. Links or it didn’t happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sam-AVFC Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, useless said: Big roomy on twit that Hause is to depart on loan to Trabzonspor. 3 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanVilla Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said: Don’t understand. Are we 6.35 apples? Can’t be doing with a figure without a legend, lad It's how far over the line the ball has to be for Hawk-Eye to work for each team, in inches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 2, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Mantis said: That's true - I'm gonna wait and see. Just a bit worried with the links so far, but then again we've long run quite a tight ship with regards to transfers. Very very tight these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I think it's clear we want to put a lot of our transfer focus in developing youth and uncovering emerging talent from home and abroad, but as things stand we have an extremely inexperienced side that barely stayed up last season, we need some players who can steady the ship and help solidify our Premier League status while we build. Players like Callum Wilson may not be the type of player we need for the future but they are what we need now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadridVilla Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Fear not VT, my sources at Kitbag are telling me we're about to make a triple swoop for Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar. Announcement must be imminent? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 People were desperate for Smith to keep his job and to have a bigger say in the transfer market, I think what we are now seeing is people having their wishes granted. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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