Delphinho123 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, Steero113 said: God I hope Newcastle get relegated. Doubt they will now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 11/04/2021 at 03:11, lexicon said: [Daryl Dike] doesn't look anywhere near good enough, for me. Bigger clubs than we will be in for him—that's for sure. He was made for the Premier League. I, for one, would love to have him here. The Keinan Davis comparisons may have seemed apt two months ago when people were trying to get their head round what kind of player he is, but anymore there's just no comparison. One literally does not score and the other finds a way to put the ball into the back of the net. The focus on Dike's physical attributes also diminishes his skill. The boy can play. He had his worst game for Barnsley this weekend against 'Boro and still managed to score. He went from nowhere (college soccer) to MLS without a long bedding-in period and made the transition to the Championship in roughly 45 minutes. He might take a little longer to adjust to the Premier League, but he will adjust and prove his value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 39 minutes ago, JamieZ said: Bigger clubs than we will be in for him—that's for sure. He was made for the Premier League. I, for one, would love to have him here. The Keinan Davis comparisons may have seemed apt two months ago when people were trying to get their head round what kind of player he is, but anymore there's just no comparison. One literally does not score and the other finds a way to put the ball into the back of the net. The focus on Dike's physical attributes also diminishes his skill. The boy can play. He had his worst game for Barnsley this weekend against 'Boro and still managed to score. He went from nowhere (college soccer) to MLS without a long bedding-in period and made the transition to the Championship in roughly 45 minutes. He might take a little longer to adjust to the Premier League, but he will adjust and prove his value. I genuinely don't see it - his technical ability is well under what I think it needs to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 The three or four times I've seen Dike he's looked good, I think he's more direct and agressive than Davis, and obviously has shown a better knack for scoring goals, and he's doing it in a Barnsley team who if you watch them play don't actually look that good, it's pretty much Dike's goals that has elevated them to their current heights. Also worth remembering that he's still only 20 years old. Presuming that we're not going to be looking to replace Watkins as the starting centre-forward, and are therefore unlikely to be looking to spend £40m plus on a player to come straight into the first team then I think it will be someone with a similar profile to Dike that we go for. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, OxfordVillan said: Ikone from Lille or Neres at Ajax to play on Villa’s RW next season. Saint-Maximin to play on the left. Merino into CM. Grealish to play at No.10. Circa £100m outlay, walk into the European places! I might have been bleating about him all season. Get his boy Bamba in too and we'll have gone from weak wingers to absolute ballers. Still need a couple of solid CM/DM types with high energy, pressing and passing ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Think the top clubs in France who make the CL, PSG (obviously), Lille, Monaco or Lyon will have money enough to keep their players. And those players might rather stay where they are or move to other clubs in the CL. Some quality players at those clubs thou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I wonder if Madueke is someone we're looking at, nine goals and eight assists for PSV, England U21 international so would fit in with the profile of a young player that's looking to get into the national team, can also play in all of the attacking positions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, OxfordVillan said: Ikone from Lille or Neres at Ajax to play on Villa’s RW next season. Saint-Maximin to play on the left. Merino into CM. Grealish to play at No.10. Circa £100m outlay, walk into the European places! Neres - 3 goals 3 assists this season Ikone- 4 goals 3 assists Not really upgrades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, messi11 said: Neres - 3 goals 3 assists this season Ikone- 4 goals 3 assists Not really upgrades If we are going by goals and assists then we could skip straight to the very top draw and get Mikel Oyarzabal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, paul514 said: If we are going by goals and assists then we could skip straight to the very top draw and get Mikel Oyarzabal But 3 goals and 3 assists in the dutch league. i could get that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 If we’re going by goal contributions what about Jesper Karlsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Or Donyell Malen. N.b. Random Googles. I know nothing of these players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Kamal Deen Sulemana would be my top targett in the summer. 19 years old, Danish league. The new Mane. makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 People say James Ward Prowse is a must buy for 40 million, for me he is just a better version of Hourihane on set-pieces. Does little in the game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 25 years ago this thread would’ve been exciting for me as I’d have known most of the players we were suggesting, now I literally do not know 95% of the players that get suggested. Maybe I need to get back into Football Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, useless said: The three or four times I've seen Dike he's looked good, I think he's more direct and agressive than Davis, and obviously has shown a better knack for scoring goals, and he's doing it in a Barnsley team who if you watch them play don't actually look that good, it's pretty much Dike's goals that has elevated them to their current heights. Also worth remembering that he's still only 20 years old. Presuming that we're not going to be looking to replace Watkins as the starting centre-forward, and are therefore unlikely to be looking to spend £40m plus on a player to come straight into the first team then I think it will be someone with a similar profile to Dike that we go for. Guy Whittingham & Rudy Gestede says Hi. I haven't seen him play to be fair, but goals "for" are just a start, its HOW they score them, thats key and when they score them, e.g scoring a goal a game is an impressive sequence, scoring many in a game and then going on a drought is not so good, scoring loads of penaties is equally misleading......scouting a striker, Holds no equal IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 16 minutes ago, TRO said: Guy Whittingham & Rudy Gestede says Hi. I haven't seen him play to be fair, but goals "for" are just a start, its HOW they score them, thats key and when they score them, e.g scoring a goal a game is an impressive sequence, scoring many in a game and then going on a drought is not so good, scoring loads of penaties is equally misleading......scouting a striker, Holds no equal IMO. Here's a goal to start with. And how! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I remember when we were being linked to Watkins some were against it because of other championship strikers that haven't done well in the premier league. But if you'd have seen Watkins play it was obvious that he had a very good chance of succeeding in the promised land because his all round game was so cold, and I feel similarly about Dike, albeit I haven't as much as him as I'd seen of Watkins. He's still raw, but has age on his side, such is his potential and reputation that if we don't sign him then he will probably end up at another big club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Every one of Dike goals seem to be important as well as in not the 4th in a 4-0 win 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Or Donyell Malen. N.b. Random Googles. I know nothing of these players. He is a striker who can play on the left wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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