ramshackler Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 As long as we get Traore and Rashica then won't be too unhappy. He adds pace which is much needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, It's Your Round said: Because they’re too deer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: Why are you so unhappy with this signing? Because it’s absolutely obvious he is another Trez. And we are paying stupid money for him. Don't need to be a verified scout to see this is shocking business. At half the fee he'd be okey for the unimportant matches but that's it. We didn't need more rotational crap player. We got Trez and AEG for that. We needed first team PL quality. This isn't it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: As I've said multiple times on this thread - I'm also a Lyon fan. I've seen him play. He is not good. It's not just my opinion, but that of almost all Lyon fans and French football observers. Just because Dean Smith or Lange want him, doesn't mean it's the right decision. If this deal is off, in my opinion we averted a very poor signing. Of course. Mistakes will always happen. But surely you'd want our recruitment team to to able to get the players they've identified. If it goes wrong then judge it then but to openly hope we fail to land targets is crazy IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I'm sick of all this bloody " racism "! Do you think Bob's my uncle as well? You tell him @JAMAICAN-VILLAN. Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Love how so many are convinced. Mad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 man, I’m not feeling this signing at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 18 minutes ago, villan-scott said: If I was as bad at my job as this guy I’d be embarrassed and resign. 2 days ago said we wouldn’t sign Martinez until we got money in. Since then we look to have agreed deals for Rashica, Traore and Martinez. We must have 'structured' the deal so we can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazquez Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 my 12 year old son said that Traore is one legged and very limited player. So I watched few mandatory youtube highlight videos and yes the right leg is there only for running. At the same time seems also fast and strong. Still would rather we signed someone like Benjamin Henrichs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted September 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 We need to sign the person negotiating the deals at Lyon. They managed to get £55m for Ndombele last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 hopefully a change of scenery and a healthy run of games will rebuild his confidence. i read somewhere that he feels like he deserves more credit from lyon fans, so he shouldn't be lacking in motivation. i'm not going to write him off before he even kicks a ball for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) Out of interest - who are the left footed RW alternatives who are pacy, tricky and played at a high level who are available for under £20m and interested to move to Aston Villa? Lot of mention of Stengs but I’m pretty sure our recruitment team will know him and presumably not ticking one of the above options. Question is if this is profile of player we want who else out there is the better option. Edited September 13, 2020 by villaglint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, vazquez said: my 12 year old son said that Traore is one legged and very limited player. So I watched few mandatory youtube highlight videos and yes the right leg is there only for running. At the same time seems also fast and strong. Still would rather we signed someone like Benjamin Henrichs. Might just be me, but I'm vary about signing German right wingers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Just now, villaglint said: Out of interest - who are the left footed RW alternatives who are pacy, tricky and played at a high level who are available for under £20m and interested to move to Aston Villa? Lot of mention of Stengs but I’m pretty sure our recruitment team will know him and presumably not ticking one of the above options. Question is if this is profile ofnolayer we want who else out there is the better option. Probably not many. But don’t spend 20m on a player just because we can’t get a good one for under 20m. This is the same trap everyone falls into...’well, he was only 10m so what did we expect’. No, no, no. If he isn’t good enough, the transfer fee is regardless. He could be 1m and I still wouldn’t be interested. We have enough below par squad players due to our recruitment last summer. This summer is about adding 4-5 quality additions. Traore is not one of those players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jacketspuds Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Please don't let this be instead of Rashica. They do seem to be a different type of forward player so you would think that it isn't a case of one or the other, but we'll see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted September 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 Sounds like this one is a goer. Has to be an upgrade on AEG and Trez which is only a good thing, and will provide some much needed competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 i hope this is just a villatalk thing and doesn't reflect the majority of the fanbase. the guy's only 25 ffs, plenty of improving to do. adama was written off by us. we weren't in any way upset to see the back of him. sometimes things just click at a particular club. if we get rashica in then him, traore, and watkins is a front line 4/5 times better than ghaz/trez/samatta of last season. amazed people have doubts based on what a few french fans say... unless a player is a club legend, you tend to find most fans say goodbye to players with a "good riddance, he's shit anyway" like a scorned boyfriend. we've done it ourselves over the years. i don't read much into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ_1874 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Its clear the brief to the recruitment team for the two inside forwards was pace, can score and can beat a man. That is why we were after King and Rashica and why we are after this guy. We are planning on being a f***king nightmare to try to defend against on the break. Maybe that would suit Traore's game better than how Lyon play? I am not blown away by this signing but not writing him off either. He has had one bad season. Lots of good players have flopped first and gone on to be a big success elsewhere. To name a few, KDB, Salah, Depay, Odegaard, Lukaku, Payet, Pique, Sancho, Aspas, Forlan, Cuadrado, Di Maria, Pogba even Denis Bergkamp. Let's give the lad a chance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Probably not many. But don’t spend 20m on a player just because we can’t get a good one for under 20m. This is the same trap everyone falls into...’well, he was only 10m so what did we expect’. No, no, no. If he isn’t good enough, the transfer fee is regardless. He could be 1m and I still wouldn’t be interested. We have enough below par squad players due to our recruitment last summer. This summer is about adding 4-5 quality additions. Traore is not one of those players. Yeah I agree with that but it’s clear club wants pace in wide areas which is a good thing and it’s clear they want a left footer for RW which is also a good thing as it’s something we don’t have at the moment. the club obviously feels he is good enough. 2% of fans on here who’ve seen him play have pretty firm opinions he’s crap, but surely the rest of us will have to wait to form an opinion because to do anything else is mental. Your gut feel based on others fans views mean absolutely nothing. I think he looks decent on YT but agree that don’t mean much either. Edited September 13, 2020 by villaglint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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