MWARLEY2 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Our youth set up will have known him for many years and most likely believe he has a higher ceiling than he is showing currently. Might not be for ever getting near the first team. Might be that we think his future value might be say £1 million in the future so its just financial reasons. Its a punt by us i think with zero downside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I'm convinced we just want to have the team with the coolest sounding names ever, in the future. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 What a goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) Man of the Match vote on Newport forum 'Azaz. Plain and simply a level above everyone on the pitch.' weareexiles Edited December 11, 2021 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Goal reminds me of Dennis Bergkamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, useless said: Goal reminds me of Dennis Bergkamp. That's pure Le Tiss taking the piss. Great goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Alongside Kesler this is probably the one other loan you could say has been a success so far? It's a strange one with Azaz, bit of a random signing then straight out on loan so struggle to have any sort of connection towards him. Intrigued to see what the plan is with him next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted December 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 12, 2021 18 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I'm convinced we just want to have the team with the coolest sounding names ever, in the future. Except for Barry. Sounds like a plumber. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Farlz said: Alongside Kesler this is probably the one other loan you could say has been a success so far? It's a strange one with Azaz, bit of a random signing then straight out on loan so struggle to have any sort of connection towards him. Intrigued to see what the plan is with him next summer. Looks like Azaz has been success, but Azaz is 21 and doing well in League 2, not sure what that implies, but if he were actually that good wouldnt we be expecting a bit more from a talented 21 year old than League 2?? Not saying one way or the other, just saying it isnt like he is 17/18 etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Looks like Azaz has been success, but Azaz is 21 and doing well in League 2, not sure what that implies, but if he were actually that good wouldnt we be expecting a bit more from a talented 21 year old than League 2?? Not saying one way or the other, just saying it isnt like he is 17/18 etc. Strange one isn’t it? Signed from nowhere and immediately shipped on loan to get games. Perhaps our scouts thought he’s worth a punt and he’ll be a late bloomer into top level football? It happens doesn’t it still with Mings being a recent example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 35 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Looks like Azaz has been success, but Azaz is 21 and doing well in League 2, not sure what that implies, but if he were actually that good wouldnt we be expecting a bit more from a talented 21 year old than League 2?? Not saying one way or the other, just saying it isnt like he is 17/18 etc. Watkins was still playing in league 2 at that age. Not impossible to imagine him developing at a similar rate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 54 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: Strange one isn’t it? Signed from nowhere and immediately shipped on loan to get games. Perhaps our scouts thought he’s worth a punt and he’ll be a late bloomer into top level football? It happens doesn’t it still with Mings being a recent example. i wasnt surprised tbh. He may be 21 and possibly not in our first team plans unless he does really really well, however if we are trying to develop a conveyor belt of young talent to either get in to our squad or sell for profit, Azaz makes perfect sense. He was a fairly highly regarded young player at WBA, we managed to sign him for free, if he does well he might get in to our squad, if he proves not quite good enough maybe another PL, champ or other team might be willing to pay a tidy sum for him if he proves himself on loan. Fits perfectly with our youth development plan imo? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 If he does well on loan and we can eventually sell him for a figure in at least the hundreds of thousands then that means that that money could go back into the academy and potentially fund the signing of a couple of the best sixteen year olds in the country in the Feeney/Burchall mode. I think that was pretty much the thinking behind bringing him in, if he impresses so much that he works his way into our first team squad then so much the better, but either way I don't think we or him can lose, as It's a mutually beneficial deal, he gets to have a team like Aston Villa on his CV, will be being paid a decent wage, as well as having access to our rescources, and provided with a decent loan, and I'm sure he himself will be hoping that he can make it in our team, even if that doesn't happen it's something for him to aim for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Something else that I think might have played on our mind is that in the summer of 2020 we released all of Hepburn-Murphy, Green, Doyle-Hayes, O'Hare, and Sarkic, on free transfers. Probably talking about £3m plus worth of talent there, O'Hare maybe worth double that by himself now. They're a bunch of players who if we'd have handled better we should have been able to make some money from for the academy, kind of feels like the signing of Azaz is almost an attempt to rectify that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I think this signing was about generating income. I watched him a lot for Cheltenham last season, he was good, not one bit of me though thought he would get a run out for the baggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, MaVilla said: Looks like Azaz has been success, but Azaz is 21 and doing well in League 2, not sure what that implies, but if he were actually that good wouldnt we be expecting a bit more from a talented 21 year old than League 2?? Not saying one way or the other, just saying it isnt like he is 17/18 etc. Dewsbury-Hall has just got into the Leicester team, and he's 23. I guess some players develop later than others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Just scored an OG today in the FA cup apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 17 minutes ago, Villatillidie95 said: Just scored an OG today in the FA cup apparently It was a massive deflection. It's a league game btw, they are out of the FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 22 minutes ago, Steero113 said: It was a massive deflection. It's a league game btw, they are out of the FA Cup. yeah they showed the goal on sky sports news and oh i see fair enough. was like a pinball situation so just unfortunate really, not a reflection on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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