Wezbid Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 The Belotti to Villa rumour has bean stewing for a while now. Time to serve him up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, romavillan said: Can't find anything over here in Italy about it, I'll have another look tomorrow. He's a very good player though but if we've got Buendia to play right sided and we have Troare not sure abotu it to be honest. How many wingers do we need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, skarroki said: Fernandinho? If we're willing to break the wage structure and throw money at him to help us get higher up the table How is Fernandinho a Carew type in the final 3rd? Anyway, the club philosophy is quite clear. We are not signing a 36 year old that played about 1000 minutes last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted June 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 minute ago, TRO said: How many wingers do we need? If we were after one I'd say he should be left sided anyway, Berardi is a classic right winger. He can cut in and use his left foot but he's a right winger. With Buendia and Troare we have the right side more than nicely covered I'd say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 24 minutes ago, romavillan said: Can't find anything over here in Italy about it, I'll have another look tomorrow. He's a very good player though but if we've got Buendia to play right sided and we have Troare not sure abotu it to be honest. But faceless agent villa said so though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: How is Fernandinho a Carew type in the final 3rd? Anyway, the club philosophy is quite clear. We are not signing a 36 year old that played about 1000 minutes last season Missed the part about final third and was trying to think of a recent champions League finalist that we would have any chance of signing. If it has to be someone in the final third then I'm drawing a blank but will keep thinking. Can you think of anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Just now, skarroki said: Missed the part about final third and was trying to think of a recent champions League finalist that we would have any chance of signing. If it has to be someone in the final third then I'm drawing a blank but will keep thinking. Can you think of anyone? I don't think we'll sign someone like Carew as not going 2 up top and not getting players over certain age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Kiwivillan said: I don't think we'll sign someone like Carew as not going 2 up top and not getting players over certain age The question was more general surely? I don't think he's asking who is a 27 year old tall striker who's played in Spain, Italy, France and a champo league final that we could get and is better than Watkins. Anywhere across the front line or attacking midfield would be classed as final 3rd wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 48 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Would still love us to get in a Carew type for the final third. When we signed him in Jan 2007 he was 27 and had already started a CL final and started for top clubs in Spain, Italy and France. Sort of signing you knew would instantly improve us and he did and we moved from bottom half to top 6 three years running. Any gettable similar type in europe currently? erling haaland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphil Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Would still love us to get in a Carew type for the final third. When we signed him in Jan 2007 he was 27 and had already started a CL final and started for top clubs in Spain, Italy and France. Sort of signing you knew would instantly improve us and he did and we moved from bottom half to top 6 three years running. Any gettable similar type in europe currently? It’s Kane. He’s 27 and has played in a Champs League final. Admits to loving playing with Grealish. Lets drop a £120m bid in and see what happens. Edited June 6, 2021 by Villaphil Inability to spell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I think Lukas Nmecha would be a very good addition to our squad. 1 year left on his contract, Man City want to sell. Just got the top scorer award in the u21 euros scoring the winning goal in the final . Got potential and could easily be a 50+ mil striker with a bit of hardwork and patience 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 hour ago, TRO said: How many wingers do we need? I'd rather we stockpile wingers as opposed to goalkeepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Phillips was their Grealish and not for sale. Nakamba cost less than a 3rd what Leeds wanted. Also as I've posted often recently Nakamba does good job when called upon. We had a bid accepted and Phillips was ready to join. But in the end Leeds decided against it. Personally I think he is crap and we saved 20 mil and got a player who I think is better in Luiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: We had a bid accepted and Phillips was ready to join. But in the end Leeds decided against it. Personally I think he is crap and we saved 20 mil and got a player who I think is better in Luiz. I do think he's a bit overhyped and I looked up Leeds results without him in Championship and don't think results suffered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Kiwivillan said: That implies they would start. We're not replacing Watkins as striker and not playing 2 forwards. Maybe not now but if we ever want to win something or play in CL in next 5 years we'll need more than 1 good striker in the squad. And a world class wide player in addition to Jack. That's the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Maybe not now but if we ever want to win something or play in CL in next 5 years we'll need more than 1 good striker in the squad. And a world class wide player in addition to Jack. That's the challenge. I really liked Carew a lot, hell he scored hat trick vs Newcastle in my first visit to VP ( first league hat trick at VP by Villa player since Milosevic vs Coventry) but he wasn't prolific and league positions had lot to do with Barry Milner Laursen Young etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 9 hours ago, maqroll said: Luiz Sanson McGinn Ward-Prowse Nakamba Rotate these guys in and out to keep fresh legs. Still maybe a bit lightweight however. Add in Bissouma and now you are talking!! Starting in a 4-3-3: ------------------ Bissouma ------------------- ------------------------------- JWP -------------- ------------ SJM --------------------------------- Emi -------------------------------------- Jack --------------------- Ollie ------------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: I really liked Carew a lot, hell he scored hat trick vs Newcastle in my first visit to VP ( first league hat trick at VP by Villa player since Milosevic vs Coventry) but he wasn't prolific and league positions had lot to do with Barry Milner Laursen Young etc 09/10 was his one poor season for us (MON lost confidence in him after refusing to play in Moscow allegedly and his back injuries) but even in that season he scored 10 league goals in 33 prem games (and many of those were sub cameos at that stage). Also scored v Vienna and a fair few goals in the FA cup run. 2008/09 was 11 in 27 and 07/08 was 13 in 32 games. Gabby also hit double figures in those seasons so would be good again to have two forwards capable of double figures which we're miles off currently when you see who the two current back ups are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Gabby also hit double figures in those seasons so would be good again to have two forwards capable of double figures which we're miles off currently when you see who the two current back ups are MON/Robertson played Forest funnel with 2 up top. Barely any team in PL plays 2 forwards up top now and Smith has never favoured it in his career. Watkins cover signing is fine if Wesley isn't up to scratch after injury but that won't mean changing formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaChris Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 Just now, Kiwivillan said: MON/Robertson played Forest funnel with 2 up top. Barely any team in PL plays 2 forwards up top now and Smith has never favoured it in his career. Watkins cover signing is fine if Wesley isn't up to scratch after injury but that won't mean changing formation Aren't we allowed a striker who can come on after 60 minutes and win us a game we're losing 1-0 in this brave new vision of ours? Weren't Chelsea losing 1-0 to usin 19/20, they put on Giroud and Pulisic on the hour and within about 10 minutes were 2-1 up with both scoring and won the game. We gained the grand total of 5 points from losing positions all last season (Chelsea away, West Brom 2-2 and the fulham game, that's it I think) so going to have to massively improve on that to have serious shot at top 6 in next few years as no team scores first in every single league game they play. At least now likes of Traore and AEG have shown they can impact at various parts of the season so they can be impact options after an hour so with a CF and perhaps even McGinn being rested from time to time and giving us fresh legs after an hour to impact on games (rather than fading from 70 minutes as tends to happen many times) there should be no excuse for having little on the bench that can seriously impact a result from next season. Hoping that's the main reason DS is so reluctant to change until very late in second halves most times. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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