Zatman Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Clubs probably don't base their transfer policies around single games. Its how Steve Bruce signed a lot of players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tezzaleed Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: Its how Steve Bruce signed a lot of players come now. he also watched the you tube clips. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted March 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2022 27 minutes ago, tezzaleed said: come now. he also watched the you tube clips. Nah, he never had Youtube and or social media, he relied on reports from Alex for that type of stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 15:51, VillaParkAvenue said: Maybe he won’t, but he has to play pretty damn good to make some other club pay up. One problem with Coutinho is that Gerrard would rather commit harakiri than bench him. Gerrard has bet his whole credibilty on bringing Coutinho back to the top. Why would we bench him? He was already the difference v Southampton and great v Leeds. More on he fringes last two but have to remember his career has stalled last 3 years so not like he's going to be 9/10 every week. We need to be signing him full time. Buendia had a nice run of games around the new year but has dipped recently himself. Hopefully he'll improve further next season but he's never going to reach Coutinho's level imo. Considering he's not even played 10 full games yet his output has been good and would be excellent over a full season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaChris Posted March 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 22:18, AndyM3000 said: I don't think he was ever going to. People here claiming he's better than Grealish who has left for 100m to go and win things, if Coutinho still has any desire to win things he won't be joining us. We are also back to as we were, one man team. If we want Coutinho to play well he needs more options, get Bailey and Traore out wide and give Coutinho some space, he might be able to operate in narrow spaces playing quick one touch football but unfortunately he's passing the ball to the likes of McGinn and Watkins who can't do that. He's already been at Bayern Munich and Barca winning stuff....without getting on the pitch a huge amount. Next season he'll want to be at a club where he can play every week and be main man as that will keep him nicely in Brazil 11 for start of world cup. I'm far more confident than most it seems he'll sign full time shortly after the season ends. He likes playing for Gerrard and in prem and we've got a nice South American contingent to help him settle in which is also important. Why do we constantly demand the club signs big name players.....and then get all annoyed when they don't play well for a week and don't want them anymore? It's a vibe I've never really got on this site tbh. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Are we ever questioning if we want to sign a 30 year old on ridiculous wages? Who has a few consistency issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Just reading the article on The Athletic about free Kicks. Coutinho has taken 30 free kicks since 2016-17 season and scored 5, which is a conversion rate of 17%. James Ward Prowse has taken 81 free kicks in that time scoring 11, a conversion rate of 14% But we of course have Luiz on free kick duty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Tom13 said: Are we ever questioning if we want to sign a 30 year old on ridiculous wages? Who has a few consistency issues? Signing 30 year olds on ridiculous wages could be the new Villa way. Ings, Digne, Coutinho followed by Wijnaldum, Suarez and Arturo Vidal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 hours ago, CVByrne said: Just reading the article on The Athletic about free Kicks. Coutinho has taken 30 free kicks since 2016-17 season and scored 5, which is a conversion rate of 17%. James Ward Prowse has taken 81 free kicks in that time scoring 11, a conversion rate of 14% But we of course have Luiz on free kick duty Luiz takes them from further out. I think if they're 18-23 yards it's Coutinho, beyond that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Signing 30 year olds on ridiculous wages could be the new Villa way. Ings, Digne, Coutinho followed by Wijnaldum, Suarez and Arturo Vidal. I hope not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 51 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Signing 30 year olds on ridiculous wages could be the new Villa way. Ings, Digne, Coutinho followed by Wijnaldum, Suarez and Arturo Vidal. To be fair, other than Ashley Young who was free, I dont think weve signed any player who was 30 or over in recent years. Possibly Heaton a few years ago if that was for a fee but a keeper also? Maybe we do need more players who have been there and done it. Or atleast we need a combination of youth and experience in transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Signing 30 year olds on ridiculous wages could be the new Villa way. Ings, Digne, Coutinho followed by Wijnaldum, Suarez and Arturo Vidal. Ridiculous wages? Is £120k really considered ridiculous? It’s not like we gave them £200k. Also, none of our players you listed are actually 30. Edited March 23, 2022 by Aston_Villan4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The good thing about older players, as well as the experience and maturity they bring, is that they do not block pathways for younger players and can be great mentors. Can you imagine Chukie, Aaron Ramsey, JPB, Fin Azaz and Tommy O'Reilly (I can't claim to have seen enough of these to know which are the better) pitching up and learning from Coutinho whilst knowing that his powers will wane over the new two to three years just as they are looking to start regular first team football. The ideal scenario, for me, is to have a blend of older players (still have to be good! with good experience and ability to mentor the youngsters) and younger developing players with even younger (17-20 year olds) looking to come through. I think we were a bit too far in the young camp to be a really successful team but we are now starting to get a blend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hippo Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 7 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: That clears everything up then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 14 hours ago, barry'sboots said: The good thing about older players, as well as the experience and maturity they bring, is that they do not block pathways for younger players and can be great mentors. Can you imagine Chukie, Aaron Ramsey, JPB, Fin Azaz and Tommy O'Reilly (I can't claim to have seen enough of these to know which are the better) pitching up and learning from Coutinho whilst knowing that his powers will wane over the new two to three years just as they are looking to start regular first team football. The ideal scenario, for me, is to have a blend of older players (still have to be good! with good experience and ability to mentor the youngsters) and younger developing players with even younger (17-20 year olds) looking to come through. I think we were a bit too far in the young camp to be a really successful team but we are now starting to get a blend. I think you might be over egging the influence to be honest. You can train alongside countinho ...even copy him - it doesn't mean you reach those levels The two best players I've seen at VP - Grealish and Brian little had relatively poor players around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 The media are desperate to push the Arsenal angle but we still have first option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: “Starting to write a story”. That sounds like it’s just the beginning of his Villa story. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted March 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2022 this is the Philippe Coutinho thread, not the one for that last bloke, or for what people think other posters are obsessed by. Thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Starts for Brazil tonight, come on Phillipe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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