M_Afro Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 The one thing you can guarantee about Ross, no matter where he ends up, is that he will always save his one good performance of the season, to when he plays against us, culminating in at least 1 goal. Fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 On 23/05/2021 at 21:14, useless said: I remember when we first signed him being surprised by the degree of the postive reaction here, not because I thought he was a bad player or bad signing, but because I remember him getting lampooned on this site quite often. It felt to me that people were so desperate for a big name signing, a signing to show that we'd reached another level, that they were over inflating what a good signing Barkley was. I agree, I definitely noticed the same reaction back then. I feel like the reaction to Drinkwater was bizarrely positive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: I agree, I definitely noticed the same reaction back then. I feel like the reaction to Drinkwater was bizarrely positive too. The AMC coming in to play off Jack and offer him an out ball by playing in the space created by teams doubling up on jwck An experienced CM coming in and settling down Luiz, Nakamba and McGinn who were all playing in their first PL season and look jittery for large periods of it also made sense Unfortunately those 2 players were Barkley and Drinkwater... Filling the roles though 100% made a lot of sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) Would be surprised if a Premier league team took a chance on him unless it was for a very low fee. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in the Championship like Jack Wilshere. Edited May 31, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Can see him doing a loan spell at Trabzonspor or something and then slowly falling into retirement at 31 after failing in the MLS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 He's got one more PL loan in him I reckon, maybe a permanent move but then yep like Drinkwater aged 31 he's going to make the kind of move that requires a double take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Nobody is going to touch him in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Paper talk says Chelsea want £30m 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 On 31/05/2021 at 09:04, Vive_La_Villa said: Would be surprised if a Premier league team took a chance on him unless it was for a very low fee. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in the Championship like Jack Wilshere. Tbh I don't think he has the mobility even for the Championship. Quite sad really. Loan to a European club perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Dale said: Paper talk says Chelsea want £30m I bet they do. Ain’t gonna happen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Another premier league side will sign him, and he’ll have flashes of the player we know is in there. On the whole though he’ll be a disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Can see him at Palace with Eze's long term injury. Possibly a loan view to permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 We'll definitely be one of the games he's "up" for next season. Looking forward to McGinn sticking one on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2021 4 hours ago, sne said: To be fair have we thanked him for his services either? I've a feeling there is no love lost there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I don't think he's officially left us yet, contracts this year end at the end of June rather than the usual beginning of June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Good loan really. Gave us points and helped us understand whether he would be a good fit long term or not , as it turns out not. Villa have done well here imho. My bet is Ross stays where he is. I just dont see why he would accept a pay cut to move and who could afford him? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I dont see the problem, he was a dud signing and in the end we didnt end on good terms. I dont really want him back and if he didnt like his time here then thats it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Everyone saying he had covid yet he started all of Man. City, Newcastle, Burnley, Southampton, West Ham and Arsenal when he came back. That's 6 games in 17 days. The only one we seem to know had covid for sure was Trez and he wasn't involved v Man. City and then was a late sub for all those games above so that's more what you do to ease someone back into playing after having it. Seems bizarre if DS was basically just ignoring medical advice to start him every 3 days and I just don't believe that to be the case. I think it's more him losing rhythm and confidence in his hamstring after injuring it first minute v Brighton and being out for two months. Could see many times in games he was reluctant to run and really go full felt with dribbles just in case it went. He had some good games early on for us...but also thought he was pretty poor in the Leeds and Southampton games so was also element of that, struggling to cope v likes of West Ham and Brighton who can quickly press and close down when he was on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 31/05/2021 at 09:08, M_Afro said: The one thing you can guarantee about Ross, no matter where he ends up, is that he will always save his one good performance of the season, to when he plays against us, culminating in at least 1 goal. Fact! Unless he's injured which is always more likely than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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