hippo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 31 minutes ago, beachboys1 said: think our buisness is done not going for cantwell I think our big signings our done. Loans and minor fees maybe over the remaining window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted August 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, LondonLax said: I like calling it the ‘quarter-back role’ and watching English fans get worked up at the Americanism Two different things though! Regista in South America and Italy doesn't exist anymore, the game has changed. Regista was the player that everything went through, they put their foot on top of the ball, slow things down, look around and find a way to get the ball up the pitch. It's never existed in the UK, no-one ever had time to put their foot on the ball without getting clarted after two seconds. Doesn't exist anymore in the other leagues either now as the game is too fast. Veron for Lazio was probably the last successful one over here in Italy. Quarterback role, deep lying playmaker, Pirlo role type of thing is still around though. Might be what Luiz could turn into... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 minute ago, hippo said: I think our big signings our done. Loans and minor fees maybe over the remaining window. Think theres one out of nowhere signing and we're done. Maybe a loan CB as well but one more cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, hippo said: I think our big signings our done. Loans and minor fees maybe over the remaining window. Do you think we were really planning on spending no money this summer? Our owners are meant to be ambitious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted August 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Laughable Chimp said: Because he's cheap and probably good enough for fourth choice. If things turn out like last season, he might not even get a chance to play at all. Its not like we're relying on this guy to be fit the entire season, just for a couple of games if even that. Its like the loan we did for Baston. Its just cheap, short-term, low risk cover in case of an emergency. He’s not going to be the 4th.choice CB, he’s there as competition for Konsa. Cant believe people are focussing on his injuries, rather than his ability. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, DCJonah said: We won't bring another attacking player in. CM and a CB and then we'll be done. One thing for sure nobody knows what we are doing. I’m just surprised that so many people are convinced what our incomings will be. I was told flatly by many that we definitely wouldn’t be spending good money on a striker this summer yet wham bam we signed Ings. We could easily sign another attacking player like a CAM, just as easily that we don’t sign anybody else. With money in our pocket it’ll be interesting what we will do. Edited August 7, 2021 by nick76 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Seems a lot of fans see our business as done, other than a loan or 2. Purslow suggested we signed the 3 forward players to replace Grealish. So we have fans who think we wouldn’t have done much if any business, if we hadn’t have sold Grealish? Will be disappointed if we don’t go all out for a proper DM, can’t keep watching Luiz get outmuscled every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rolta said: Do you think we were really planning on spending no money this summer? Our owners are meant to be ambitious. I agree I think we’ll be getting a couple more big ones, no reasoning but we have money now and it’s a great opportunity to progress faster than usual following covid, financial issues at other clubs and the extra coin in our pockets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Just now, Rolta said: Do you think we were really planning on spending no money this summer? Our owners are meant to be ambitious. Who knows. I think at the moment the squad looks decent on paper. We may wait a few games and see how the pieces fit together. Don't see us going for TC after what purslow said. JWP looks unmovable. Landing the bigger targets from overseas will be very difficult with lots of clubs in for them. We can now bide our time for the better players. If that means waiting a while I'm sure the club will do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 hours ago, jacketspuds said: Weren’t we linked to Clement Lenglet yesterday? It’s probably just Messi popping over to have a browse in the Bullring TK Maxx, but you never know. Heard he's keen to check out Europe's largest Primark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, QldVilla said: He’s not going to be the 4th.choice CB, he’s there as competition for Konsa. Cant believe people are focussing on his injuries, rather than his ability. Why can't you? It's quite simple logic. If a player is out injured what they could have offered on the pitch in that time is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garreth Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, WHY said: Seems a lot of fans see our business as done, other than a loan or 2. Purslow suggested we signed the 3 forward players to replace Grealish. So we have fans who think we wouldn’t have done much if any business, if we hadn’t have sold Grealish? Will be disappointed if we don’t go all out for a proper DM, can’t keep watching Luiz get outmuscled every week. Would you all stop i think luiz is a serious player for us! Edited August 7, 2021 by garreth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 We might sign someone, we might not - we're going into this season stronger than last, which is great. I imagine Lange is chasing down opportunities but there's no point panic buying or getting someone we aren't sure will improve us. I'd also like to see us nurture the young guns and not block off their path to the first team if we're not getting someone outstanding. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I understand what Purslow said about bringing in the 3 to replace Jack but Buendia was brought in well before Jack bid and it seems we were trying to buy Bailey before the bid by City for Grealish. So it seems we were bringing in them before we knew Jack was leaving so only really Ings post the bid. Can’t imagine him being the replacement of Jack and I always thought we’d bring in a top striker anyway. I would be thinking we still might bring in another attacking player, hopefully not Cantwell though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 7, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, QldVilla said: He’s not going to be the 4th.choice CB, he’s there as competition for Konsa. Cant believe people are focussing on his injuries, rather than his ability. Wouldn’t have signed Mings or Ings if the focus was on their injury record. Tuwanzebe is a very good 3rd-4th choice CB. Still expect Villa to sign another midfielder plus the above CB then your done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Just now, nick76 said: I understand what Purslow said about bringing in the 3 to replace Jack but Buendia was brought in well before Jack bid and it seems we were trying to buy Bailey before the bid by City for Grealish. So it seems we were bringing in them before we knew Jack was leaving so only really Ings post the bid. Can’t imagine him being the replacement of Jack and I always thought we’d bring in a top striker anyway. I would be thinking we still might bring in another attacking player, hopefully not Cantwell though. Buendia and Bailey I believe were brought in to take the burden of Jack, should he had stayed, but should he move on, as he did, we wouldn't then be scrambling around for overpriced replacements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, QldVilla said: He’s not going to be the 4th.choice CB, he’s there as competition for Konsa. Cant believe people are focussing on his injuries, rather than his ability. Both games Konsa missed, Hause was the one who replaced him in the starting line up and Engels was on the bench in one of those. I don't think Smith is as strict on the whole, only left footed CBs play on the left, and right footed CBs play on the right anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, nick76 said: I agree I think we’ll be getting a couple more big ones... Ah shit. If I've been following this forum correctly over the last few weeks, then, I think this means that in fact our spending is done for the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, garreth said: Would you all stop i think luiz is a serious player for us! Squad player imo, he isn’t strong or athletic enough to play as a DM. He also has a horrible habit of thinking he has all the time in the world on the ball. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Just now, stewiek2 said: Buendia and Bailey I believe were brought in to take the burden of Jack, should he had stayed, but should he move on, as he did, we wouldn't then be scrambling around for overpriced replacements. I agree but if we had targets in mind and brought 2 of say 5 of them targets, we now buy a 3rd because Jack has left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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