Popular Post osmark86 Posted April 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2022 I still think he's clearly our best player and we should try to make him a permanent signing in the summer. If we can fix some solidity in our midfield Coutinho could really thrive imo. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 21 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: 2 year contract, option to extend to 3 years. 150k a week. Getting into Europe bonus. Job done. No way he’d accept that. I don’t even know why we are quibbling he’s arguably the most talented player at the club and getting judged because the whole squad has been playing poorly but his stats are still good. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 1 hour ago, nick76 said: No way he’d accept that. I don’t even know why we are quibbling he’s arguably the most talented player at the club and getting judged because the whole squad has been playing poorly but his stats are still good. Your stats can be good but if you watch the game its the overall impact you see. He is mainly a passenger and while I 100% agree he needs better players around him to be his best (allow him to be a passenger) as our most well paid player you would want him to impact (not saying win) games on his own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Well, according to a few people many pages back who answered my question on what "option to buy" meant, all contracts have already been agreed. We literally just have to pay the money in the initial agreement with Barca. (I completely disagree with this, but they were adamant). I would rather we focus on developing Buendia and let Coutinho go elsewhere, I think we'll sign him though as a Gerrard vanity project. (Vanity project is probably the wrong phrase, but I can't think of the right one). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Us thumbing our noses at a world class player is more like VT vanity 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, osmark86 said: Us thumbing our noses at a world class player is more like VT vanity its classic VT...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, osmark86 said: Us thumbing our noses at a world class player is more like VT vanity I absolutely want to sign him but I do think if we do we need to build around him, which is a slippery slope. Watch Liverpool and city and every player in every position is working from 0-90 minutes. Coutinho doesn’t have the legs for it from what I’ve seen. So if we’re going to give him the left forward role we need to overcompensate for him. I do think if Digne was able to get a run of games together with him they could gel quite well down the left. When young plays there’s not really any overlap on the left side and I think thats having an impact on our creativity. Edited April 29, 2022 by IrishVilla10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, osmark86 said: Us thumbing our noses at a world class player is more like VT vanity World class player who is 30 before the start of next season that will cost upwards of 30 mill in transfer fee and 150k a week over a 4 - 5 year contract. I'm not thumbing my nose at him just questioning whether it's value for money considering the state of the squad as a whole. Edited April 29, 2022 by AshVilla 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, AshVilla said: World class player who is 30 before the start of next season that will cost upwards of 30 mill in transfer fee and 150k a week over a 4 - 5 year contract. I'm not thumbing my nose at him just questioning whether it's value for money considering the state of the squad as a whole. Is he asking for a 4-5 year contract? I think a 3 year contract is fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 1 hour ago, IrishVilla10 said: I absolutely want to sign him but I do think if we do we need to build around him, which is a slippery slope. Watch Liverpool and city and every player in every position is working from 0-90 minutes. Coutinho doesn’t have the legs for it from what I’ve seen. So if we’re going to give him the left forward role we need to overcompensate for him. This is absolutely spot on for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 1 hour ago, AshVilla said: World class player who is 30 before the start of next season that will cost upwards of 30 mill in transfer fee and 150k a week over a 4 - 5 year contract. I'm not thumbing my nose at him just questioning whether it's value for money considering the state of the squad as a whole. Fair enough tbh and I was being a bit sarcastic in my original comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 2 hours ago, IrishVilla10 said: I absolutely want to sign him but I do think if we do we need to build around him, which is a slippery slope. Watch Liverpool and city and every player in every position is working from 0-90 minutes. Coutinho doesn’t have the legs for it from what I’ve seen. So if we’re going to give him the left forward role we need to overcompensate for him. I do think if Digne was able to get a run of games together with him they could gel quite well down the left. When young plays there’s not really any overlap on the left side and I think thats having an impact on our creativity. I think with improvements to our midfield we wouldn't have to build around him. Imo he would be a threat on the pitch for us without us having to utilize him constantly. I think we could get him working well with Buendia for example giving us options. He is a potential game-changer and those are both hard to come by and necessary to edge some games. It's a luxury we had with Grealish and now with Coutinho. We should absolutely look to have these sorts of players in our team if we want to progress imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Oh he can't track back - etc - don't want him to. Sign him up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 31 minutes ago, nick76 said: Preece who knows nothing? He's like the football writer's version of Jon Snow. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Just now, MaVilla said: Preece who knows nothing? He's like the football writer's version of Jon Snow. Presented Channel 4 news for 30 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Just now, Jareth said: Presented Channel 4 news for 30 years? Who, Jon Snow??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Hope the deal goes through and the move is permanent. There was talk when he signed on loan that agreements had already been made to make the move permanent anyway so it would make sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, MachoFantastico said: Hope the deal goes through and the move is permanent. There was talk when he signed on loan that agreements had already been made to make the move permanent anyway so it would make sense. He came to Villa - not a move based on moolah - that he would now go somewhere else purely for coin is just ignoring facts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 We are probably not going to be challenging for major honors any time soon so we might as well have some entertainment to watch for players like Coutinho do their stuff. As football is supposed to be enjoyable. I know that is difficult to compute sometimes with Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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