HalfTimePost Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Don't think we have a shot at Zaha, he'll stay put unless a CL or atleast a team in Europe come for him. 29 in November, will want massive wages and will be a big ego. He's a very good player and it'd be a coup to get him... But doubt he's on our list of targets and doubt he'd want to come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7392craig Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: A very good player but I’ve never seen the bloke do anything other than moan and complain. Has he got an attitude problem? Great player, I don’t want him near us though. We’ve got a bunch of hard working, likeable players who seem to get along. Zaha would be counter productive to that imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, hippo said: Zaha ! ? Feasible ? I would say no. Reasons have already been stated why by a few posts before this one. I think there are better options to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Don't think we'd sign Zaha in a million years for a number of reasons but I think he's one of those players you love to have for you and hate to have against you (through a combination of him being a cracking player as well as a wind-up merchant), and that sometimes gets misconstrued as him being a bad apple/having a poor attitude. Haven't ever seen Palace fans have such criticisms of him and they'd be the best gauge, he's essentially their Grealish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, 7392craig said: Great player, I don’t want him near us though. We’ve got a bunch of hard working, likeable players who seem to get along. Zaha would be counter productive to that imo. Yeh, agreed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Yunus Musah looks a good player, watched him for the US, only eighteen so lots of potential to develop, plays in Spain for Valencia but was brought up in the UK. Starting to wonder that we may go for someone like that to rotate with Traore, rather than signing a player to completely replace him straight away. Edited May 20, 2021 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Can see Zaha going to Everton or West Ham, but not us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, sparrow1988 said: Well two of them, Kante and Drinkwater. I just looked it up, Mahrez did two seasons after (I thought that he went the summer after). That's still 2 out of the 5 outstanding players in the team within a year and IMO the most important. The other regulars such as Morgan/Huth were also being replaced or phased out slowly. Vardy and Schmeichel are the only two from that team who are still regualrs when fit. Drinkwater and Kante was not the same season, at least not according to google. So you reckon losing Kante and Drinkwater from their title winning first team over 2 years means their team was dismantled. Yeah, that's not the right word. That's how normal football clubs ideally are run. But it's just semantics at this point. I'll let the David Mitchell rage die off and get so lunch. Edited May 20, 2021 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 39 minutes ago, hippo said: Zaha ! ? Feasible ? 29yrs old at the front end of next season, would likely cost in excess of £45-50m. Ar5ehole of a player. Not for me, thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, Jareth said: Can see Zaha going to Everton or West Ham, but not us. Hope so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Benteke on a free, wouldn't be a bad backup at all! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Players on the way up, not players on the way down and ageing. Massive fees and massive wages is not what we are about, we want players with longevity, potential and the ability to grow and progress with this young team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 So that’s a definitive NO to Zaha, the mopey shithead. We have a great team spirit & togetherness with no huge egos and no prima donnas. Let’s keep it that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OxfordVillan Posted May 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2021 24 minutes ago, useless said: Yunus Musah looks a good player, watched him for the US, only eighteen so lots of potential to develop, plays in Spain for Valencia but was brought up in the UK. Starting to wonder that we may go for someone like that to rotate with Traore, rather than signing a player to completely replace him straight away. I’m not sure why so many Villa fans are keen to replace Traore? He’s just had his 1st season where he’s shown more than just a glimpse of outstanding talent. I’m excited to see him next season after a full pre-season and having had a year to get settled. With one or two upgrades behind him we could have a more consistent and exceptional talent in our team. Some of his forward play and finishing has been sublime. If we were watching him do what he’s done in a relegated Fulham team we’d be screaming to get him signed up! I’d say as a priority we need to sign a cracking left sided forward and CDM. I see Grealish wanting to play the No10 role next season, which is a huge upgrade on Barkley. So I think we need 2-3 expensive players that can go into the starting eleven, and if we have any budget left then we might get another one or two in with good potential but young enough to wait for their 1st team chances. This could be our last season of big recruitment, as we’ll have a starting eleven that is good enough and young enough to stay together for a few seasons, which should allow some of our currently outstanding youth players the time to filter through into our 1st team and save us an awful lot of money, whilst maintaining a position up amongst the best teams. We look to have an exciting few seasons ahead of us. UTV 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox1884 Posted May 20, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Drinkwater and Kante was not the same season, at least not according to google. So you reckon losing Kante and Drinkwater from their title winning first team over 2 years means their team was dismantled. Yeah, that's not the right word. That's how normal football clubs ideally are run. But it's just semantics at this point. I'll let the David Mitchell rage die off and get so lunch. Kante was sold in 2016 - initially replaced with Mendy (who got a long term injury) and then further replaced with Ndidi in Jan 2017 Drinkwater sold in 2017 - replaced with Silva (although we then had the whole 14 seconds too late crap) Mahrez sold in 2018 - replaced with Ghezzal, but we also changed system to implement Maddison as an AM to help make up for the loss of Mahrez goals and assists We only ever sold 3 of our title winning team; Drinkwater wasn't that much of a loss, we got a brilliant replacement for Kante with Ndidi, Mahrez we replaced by getting goals and assists from other areas of the pitch Edited May 20, 2021 by Fox1884 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Dale said: Benteke on a free, wouldn't be a bad backup at all! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, Fox1884 said: Kante was sold in 2016 - initially replaced with Mendy (who got a long term injury) and then further replaced with Ndidi in Jan 2017 Drinkwater sold in 2017 - replaced with Silva (although we then had the whole 14 seconds too late crap) Mahrez sold in 2018 - replaced with Ghezzal, but we also changed system to implement Maddison as an AM to help make up for the loss of Mahrez goals and assists We only ever sold 3 of our title winning team; Drinkwater wasn't that much of a loss, we got a brilliant replacement for Kante with Ndidi, Mahrez we replaced by getting goals and assists from other areas of the pitch Can you imagine the team you have now with Mahrez and Kante in it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, Fox1884 said: Kante was sold in 2016 - initially replaced with Mendy (who got a long term injury) and then further replaced with Ndidi in Jan 2017 Drinkwater sold in 2017 - replaced with Silva (although we then had the whole 14 seconds too late crap) Mahrez sold in 2018 - replaced with Ghezzal, but we also changed system to implement Maddison as an AM to help make up for the loss of Mahrez goals and assists We only ever sold 3 of our title winning team; Drinkwater wasn't that much of a loss, we got a brilliant replacement for Kante with Ndidi, Mahrez we replaced by getting goals and assists from other areas of the pitch Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Zaha 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, Fox1884 said: Drinkwater wasn't that much of a loss, I’m not having that...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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