Delphinho123 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Just now, dont_do_it_doug. said: As it is with every transfer window, it will be judged by results on the pitch rather than in the yellow ticker. No way, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, thunderball said: Here you go: This ones got MacKenzie all over it. Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Abdou Harroui went to Sassuolo for £500,000 … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, thabucks said: Abdou Harroui went to Sassuolo for £500,000 … Sassuolo have a good scouting network, he was already wrote off by people on here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said: I mentioned Greasy as a way of pointing out this hasn't been a 'smashing' window like you said because we've lost our best player. The hole he leaves is pretty much irreplaceable because of what he gave us, Ings, Buendia and Bailey will all contribute in their own way but won't bring what he did. But whether we'd sold him or not CM/DM was the area I and many others identified as a weakness last season and it hasn't been fixed. That hole would have been there had he stayed too (even though I don't subscribe to the idea that not having another DM for 1 season is a fatal flaw). We've managed to replace him (which itself is a huge ask) and still improved the squad in other areas. All things considered, I believe that constitutes a good window. Would I have liked another midfielder, particularly one that's more defensively focused? Absolutely. But not getting one doesn't negate all the good work we've done in the market this summer. If we signed a DM that was as good as our other signings, it would probably be a 10/10 window or as close as you could get to one. Not signing one, doesn't suddenly put us down to 6/10 like you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said: Disagree but ok buddy. You crack on with your nonsense Which part do you disagree with? You don't think creating chances without Mike Lubb was our biggest hurdle last season? I take it from that you don't think that if he hadn't been missing for 12 matches we would have pushed for a European place? Even with our atrocious-midfield™ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted August 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Whatever you think about the hunt for a central midfielder to take us to the next level, which appears as if it will be on hold for now, this is complete nonsense. Our biggest problem last season was creating chances without Jack Grealish in the team. We have sought to resolve that. Obviously, Jack Grealish leaving hasn't helped matters, but it is ludicrous to dismiss the work they have done in this area. I sometimes wonder what people watched last season. The final 3rd was always the priority, and then when Jack went it would have been ridiculous to not bring those types of players in. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Which part do you disagree with? You don't think creating chances without Mike Lubb was our biggest hurdle last season? I take it from that you don't think that if he hadn't been missing for 12 matches we would have pushed for a European place? Even with our atrocious-midfield™ Check and mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: No way, really? Yes. So scoring it 'out of 10' at this stage is a pointless endeavour. I know it's en vogue, but it makes very little sense to me. I don't even know how the manager is intending to line up once he has less than 7 first team players missing. I wanted a DM too, to upgrade on Nakamba essentially, and I think the club did too. But they obviously wanted the right player, rather than one of these dozen DM's "we can all name" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, thunderball said: Here you go: This ones got MacKenzie all over it. Maya Jama? £2.3m seems like good value for those norks. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 minute ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Which part do you disagree with? You don't think creating chances without Mike Lubb was our biggest hurdle last season? I take it from that you don't think that if he hadn't been missing for 12 matches we would have pushed for a European place? Even with our atrocious-midfield™ We have always found it hard to break teams down like Burnley, Brentford etc, reason being, the midfield. It'll be the same this season. Upfront is amazing and will cause teams all sorts of problems, if we can get them the ball, without resorting to hoofing it. It needed sorting, but I guess we will see when all the players come back in if we still have the same problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said: Who? Googled it and no one even comes up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Already 5 points behind last season 3 games into the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: We have always found it hard to break teams down like Burnley, Brentford etc, reason being, the midfield. It'll be the same this season. Upfront is amazing and will cause teams all sorts of problems, if we can get them the ball, without resorting to hoofing it. It needed sorting, but I guess we will see when all the players come back in if we still have the same problems. The usual argument on here is that our midfield was too weak and got exposed too easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Which part do you disagree with? You don't think creating chances without Mike Lubb was our biggest hurdle last season? I take it from that you don't think that if he hadn't been missing for 12 matches we would have pushed for a European place? Even with our atrocious-midfield™ Right, because I don't remember DM being a particularly huge concern when we were playing the best football in the league before Grealish got injured. I do seem to remember us reverting back to 19/20 levels after he got injured though. We seemed to play a level above that on Saturday and that was despite missing half the first team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) Has some journalist really just trolled us with a shit ya mama joke on Twitter? Edited August 31, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 17 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Disagree but ok buddy. You crack on with your nonsense But @dont_do_it_doug.was absolutely right. Our biggest problem last season by an absolute country mile was creating chances when Grealish wasn't in the team. Not sure how you can say that's nonsense but I'm sure you'll come up with something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: We have always found it hard to break teams down like Burnley, Brentford etc, reason being, the midfield. It'll be the same this season. Upfront is amazing and will cause teams all sorts of problems, if we can get them the ball, without resorting to hoofing it. It needed sorting, but I guess we will see when all the players come back in if we still have the same problems. Buendia is a player who like to drop deep and affect play. We have already seen this, even if the effect hasn't quite been what we would like as yet. Bailey is another transition player, a dribbler with extreme pace who likes to run at people, past people, onto those more direct balls into the channel. This could be another game changer. It looks as though they will want Ings playing off Watkins, in some capacity. Watkins is an excellent receiver of the ball, so having somebody playing closer to him should provide another avenue of attack. From the outside looking in, it seems as if we have sought to address these issues, even if it's not in a way you would have done so. The magic happens in the implementation. I would have liked another midfielder. The club clearly wanted a high quality (in their opinion) midfielder. But they're not desperate, so as usual until proven otherwise I will defer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Right, because I don't remember DM being a particularly huge concern when we were playing the best football in the league before Grealish got injured. I do seem to remember us reverting back to 19/20 levels after he got injured though. We seemed to play a level above that on Saturday and that was despite missing half the first team. With Jack out, Traore was our only creative option and we had Davis and Wesley as the only other option upfront. But yeah, us not having a massive CM was the obvious concern. People just rewrite history to suit their agenda. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 "Journos on the phone Dean! They want to know if you really meant it when you said there would be no more signings?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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