Demitri_C Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Is he worth 150k a week? Im not so sure to be honest. Im having some doubts tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Is he worth 150k a week? Im not so sure to be honest. Im having some doubts tbh Would rather stick with Buendia . Let him be a mercenary and sign up with Newcastle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 You can see him and Ings are intelligent footballers, but without others like that around him, he doesn’t offer as much as I thought he would. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Is he worth 150k a week? Im not so sure to be honest. Im having some doubts tbh We need to put him in a team with others that can pass, can find space, can read the game intelligently, we are 4 players away from that. I'm dropping Ollie if anything next game, out goes Leon, I'd start with Coutihno Ings and Buendia and I'd try JJ Marv and Dougie behind them. Back 5 as is. Edited April 30, 2022 by Phil Silvers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Thought he looked bright in the first half but less so after the break. He needs intelligent players around him........like Buendia and JJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Totally agree with what people are saying here, defo just needs more intelligent players around him. The likes of Watkin's is rarely ready for one of his sublime passes into space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ROTTERDAM1982 Posted April 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2022 When we moan about not being in the top 4, competing against the top 4 , we need to remember that this is the kind of player we need. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 He wants the ball and when he’s got the ball, he usually does something decent with it. Get Buendia in the team with him and build around Coutinho, Ramsey and Buendia. We’d be a lot better if Watkins didn’t just shoot at people rather than the goal every now and again. We should go all out to sign him, within reason. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Doesn't look fit to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: He wants the ball and when he’s got the ball, he usually does something decent with it. Get Buendia in the team with him and build around Coutinho, Ramsey and Buendia. We’d be a lot better if Watkins didn’t just shoot at people rather than the goal every now and again. We should go all out to sign him, within reason. Ye. I agree Coutinho, Buendia & Ramsey are probably the only 3 of the midfield/forward 6 i would build around, so we basically need a DM, CM & Striker to be able to play as close as possible to their level. Imo we need to go BIG on these 3 new players, it would very much transform us, along with a new CB, so 4 top level players please..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Just now, hippo said: Doesn't look fit to me. Put Bernado Silva on this team of cloggers and he won't look fit either. It's not worth grafting with all that skill to look up and the likes of Watkin's is not in space. It gets boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 56 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Is he worth 150k a week? Im not so sure to be honest. Im having some doubts tbh Absolutely. If we want to have any notion of becoming a big team again and moving up the league then you need players of his quality. 50 minutes ago, calcifer said: Would rather stick with Buendia . Let him be a mercenary and sign up with Newcastle. I like Emi but hasn't Coutinho scored and assisted more in fewer games? I'd like both in the team, hopefully next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Can't believe some fans are saying he's not good enough or we shouldn't sign him. A genuine world class player. He's probably not 100% fit yet but we've seen glimpses of magic in his time here already. Brazil's number 10 isn't good enough for Villa apparently! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 People keep on this 'we just need to buy more intelligent players to play around him' stuff. So presumably we're saying we're just going to sack off the roughly, what, £100m we spent on Buendia, Ings, Bailey and Traore, sell them for a huge loss, bring in a guy on an enormous wage, *and* then buy much more expensive 'more intelligent' players as well? Seems to me more like if Coutinho can't play effectively with the players we actually have on the books then rather than throwing everything up in the air again, we could just play those players, make them work, and supplement them with one or two slightly more ambitious signings. It's not like our form is radically better since Coutinho joined the club, we did find it *possible* to win games without him in the starting XI. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I bet you offered him to the Liverpool fans today they would want him back even though they dont need him anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Why are we looking to buy Coutinho when we have Buendia? Coutinho has gone stale and is far too expensive when we have the perfect replacement sat on the bench. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 We aren’t good enough to have a player like him in our 11. Given his wages, I think we shouldn’t go near. He isn’t the player of 4 years ago unfortunately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Right now I think Buendia looks like he has more about him then Coutinho. I felt he did more in 20 minutes than Phil did in 70 today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, HeyAnty said: We aren’t good enough to have a player like him in our 11. Given his wages, I think we shouldn’t go near. He isn’t the player of 4 years ago unfortunately We never will be if that is our attitude to players like Coutinho. If we want to progress as a team then we need players like him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2022 I really wouldn't sign him personally. He looked good in his first few games but has been at best average for the last several games. Buendia looks twice the player to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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