Philosopher Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: the athletic's Norwich correspondent's article mentioned that he was signed by us to play as a #10 (don't know how reliable that should be taken but he seems to be more plugged in at that club than gregg evans is with us so I am paying attention to it). Will be interested to see when official quotes from Dean / CS come out. I agree that we needed another winger but I would find it curious that we signed Traore last summer and already splashed the money to replace him in the XI. Who knows at this point though So how would a Norwich correspondent know how Villa want to play Buendia? They're just speculating, like I am to be fair. Traore is a good player, but for me it's clear he isn't top quality. If we have ambition to be in Europe, if we want to play entertaining attacking football, a better than Traore is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 It's probably worth pointing out that more often than not 'No.10' style players play out wide, for some reason it's our fans that seem to have an obssession with playing a no.10 in central midfield. Grealish pretty much operates as No.10 for us from the left hand side, and Buendia did the same for Norwich from the right hand side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 38 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: wonder if we are looking at CB depth that he would be worth a look Wouldn't be against it. He was a bit error prone last season but he was playing in a shit team that was constantly under pressure. He's come on leaps and bounds since leaving City. Wouldn't hurt to have him as 4th choice for 10m. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I hope its a no for Josh King. Would be kind of against our young buy policy. He is on a free but surely we could do better? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I hope its a no for Josh King. Would be kind of against our young buy policy. He is on a free but surely we could do better? For free, and if it avoids having to spend millions on an alternative reliable backup, I can see it making sense. Only if they have major doubts about Wesley though. Short term 1-2 year contract if they're waiting to see how Wesley progresses may make sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tez500 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, allani said: With Jack and Buendia maybe we'll play them more as wide attacking midfielders rather than wingers? Potential that we may lose some width that way - but I see both of them as cutting in to try and create chances rather than trying to beat their man on the outside and trying to whip in a cross for the centre forward. I can see Traore being the one down the middle. He has played as a central striker previously and could make the runs in behind. Both Jack and Emi will start wide and drift in so makes sense to me to keep them apart and they can learn to stay out of each others way. We bought Emi off the back of excellent seasons on the right wing, don't fix what isn't broke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 It's not like 29 is geriatric. Don't think we're against signing 1 or 2 experienced players. Also Chris Wood is an excellent player and can provide us something different. It's not like we have 2 mini Watkins waiting on the bench. It's literally just Davis and Wesley who are both inferior versions of Wood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, MrBlack said: For free, and if it avoids having to spend millions on an alternative reliable backup, I can see it making sense. Only if they have major doubts about Wesley though. Short term 1-2 year contract if they're waiting to see how Wesley progresses may make sense. But he's not a reliable back up Because he's shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 We won't be signing either of Wood or King, I doubt those two would be keen on joining us given their ages both would want first team football, never mind whether we'd want to sign them or not. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, allani said: With Jack and Buendia maybe we'll play them more as wide attacking midfielders rather than wingers? Potential that we may lose some width that way - but I see both of them as cutting in to try and create chances rather than trying to beat their man on the outside and trying to whip in a cross for the centre forward. Yup. That's modern wing play. Wingers move inside, fullbacks overlap and provide the width. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, allani said: With Jack and Buendia maybe we'll play them more as wide attacking midfielders rather than wingers? Potential that we may lose some width that way - but I see both of them as cutting in to try and create chances rather than trying to beat their man on the outside and trying to whip in a cross for the centre forward. We play attacking mids not orthodox wingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 King has had a constant trickle of minor injuries during the last 2 seasons. Nothing major but still a red flag for me for a guy his age. Once the injuries start coming... I imagine it's not been many weeks where he's been able to train or perform at a 100% in the last 2 years. 20/21 Back Injury Nov 11, 2020 Dec 13, 2020 32 days 7 20/21 Thigh Problems Oct 20, 2020 Oct 23, 2020 3 days 1 20/21 Thigh Problems Oct 1, 2020 Oct 12, 2020 11 days 1 20/21 Thigh Problems Sep 10, 2020 Sep 25, 2020 15 days 4 19/20 Hamstring Injury Jul 10, 2020 Jul 14, 2020 4 days 1 19/20 Ankle Injury Jun 21, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 9 days 1 19/20 Hamstring Injury Mar 1, 2020 May 31, 2020 91 days 1 19/20 Muscle fiber tear Dec 28, 2019 Feb 8, 2020 42 days 8 19/20 Ankle Injury Dec 15, 2019 Dec 20, 2019 5 days - 19/20 Hamstring Injury Nov 20, 2019 Dec 13, 2019 23 days 4 He only got the odd minutes for Everton and half the time he wasn't even in the match day squad and I'd wager if he was forced to play more often and more minutes he'd soon get injured. Hope there is nothing in this link. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 For me the alarm bell rings for players like King when 1- they have had 2 consecutive bad seasons in a row, and 2- the last club he has been at has let him go because he is not good enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) The King rumours as got to be media BS, at least I seriously hope so. Appreciate that we don't know how well Wesley will cope since his injury but we could do so much better as a backup. Edited June 9, 2021 by MachoFantastico 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, MachoFantastico said: The King rumours as got to be media BS, at least I seriously hope so. Appreciate that we don't know how well Wesley will cope since is injury but we could do so much better as a backup. Peak lazy sports journalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachboys1 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 alot of reports of king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) Wasn't aware he'd been injured/shit most of last season. Retract my comments about him making sense on a free. Media rubbish (edit: he being King) Edited June 9, 2021 by MrBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 King would be an odd signing but I can see why we would want him and for free, we could certainly do a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Philosopher said: So how would a Norwich correspondent know how Villa want to play Buendia? They're just speculating, like I am to be fair. Traore is a good player, but for me it's clear he isn't top quality. If we have ambition to be in Europe, if we want to play entertaining attacking football, a better than Traore is needed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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