Strog Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 I hate to be negative but these kind of signings rarely work for us. If this does happen I hope to be proved wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Chindie said: Doug Ellis would blush at that one. No, he would match their bid (although our wage offer would be less) and then Arsenal would outbid us both with £1! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, M_Afro said: I will literally explode if we sign him! Livestream on FB or auto-upload to Youtube after the explosion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshharris12 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 He’s 29 that’s not old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 29 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I know! I think it’s happening. 30 minutes ago, PaulC said: Looking likley to happen then 29 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I know! I think it’s happening. Prob hasn't a lot gone on him tbh, transfer talk on sky later could change all this by dropping his name into a conversation with another club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Signing someone with a Liverpool and Barca past must be your worst nightmare! Heaven forbid they've also played for the dredges of Europe that are Bayern Munich and Inter Milan... Edited January 5, 2022 by Steero113 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Seems like the club has completely flip flopped with their recruitment strategy. Very bad sign. This is the Everton trap and is the wrong way to go. I see your point, but it's a loan. If it doesn't work out then we just send him back to barca, if it does then we can decide if the fee is worth it in the summer, based on performances. A squad should have a mix of young talent and quality, experienced players... ours is missing the latter. He would add some much needed creativity and top level experience to the squad. To me this is a no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Signing someone with a Liverpool and Barca past must be your worst nightmare! Pepe Reina and Mascherano werent too bad or Luis Garcia Stevie please dont bring them in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Quick, we need some fish puns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, Teale's 'tache said: I mean it's a loan right? What's the worst that can happen? If he's not very good we don't have to play him and we lose a bit of cash, been there done that with Drinkwater and Barkley already. If we want to have next level players, to begin with at least, we are going to have to take some risks. This feels like a reasonably sensible risk to me. The worst that can happen? He flops and our talented youngsters see the route to the first team blocked and decide to not sign new deals and or move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Seems like the club has completely flip flopped with their recruitment strategy. Very bad sign. This is the Everton trap and is the wrong way to go. We still have a young squad, 70% of Everton’s first team is over 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, hippo said: How's chuks new contract looking ? What in Gods name does Chuk having not signed a contract yet, have to do with the potential signing of Coutinho ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Anyway, the move from Dean to Gerrard showed a bit of a shift from the 'project', or at least moving to a new stage where they are looking at higher profile names. I'm not sure I totally agree with it but it's the way it's going to go. I've simply not seen him play so don't know whether this would be good or not but I think to get the best out of Buendia we need a player on his wavelength alongside him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 13 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: People who are upset and thinks it " goes against everything we are trying to do, and is not along with our policy " realise that Coutinho ( for example ) coming here to help now, doesn't mean we sell all the other young players we've signed and relinquish the Academy right? These might just be experienced heads to help us in the now, while our own younger players get to develop, learn from some of the best and slowly get integrated into the team. I find the reaction to is from some fans really bizarre. Each to their own I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, John said: No, he would match their bid (although our wage offer would be less) and then Arsenal would outbid us both with £1! Exactly, & Ellis would let the deal collapse even if they we were the only bidders and all they wanted an extra fiver!! All fully in the knowledge he had gone in deliberately £5 under their absolute minimum asking price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stewiek2 Posted January 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2022 January 2018 - Tom Carroll January 2019 - Borja Baston January 2020 - Ally Samatta And people are moaning about Philippe Courtinho. 19 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Pepe Reina and Mascherano werent too bad or Luis Garcia Stevie please dont bring them in They are all in their late 30s / 40s. You’re just being silly now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassyNoel Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: What in Gods name does Chuk having not signed a contract yet, have to do with the potential signing of Coutinho ? Exactly. If anything it might encourage him to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Anyway, the move from Dean to Gerrard showed a bit of a shift from the 'project', or at least moving to a new stage where they are looking at higher profile names. I'm not sure I totally agree with it but it's the way it's going to go. I've simply not seen him play so don't know whether this would be good or not but I think to get the best out of Buendia we need a player on his wavelength alongside him. I’m not sure it does. We signed Ings under Smith and I think that’s a similar category of signing. Besides you can’t only sign young prospects. If an opportunity like this comes up, we should be taking it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honest_bertie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Its amazing how people become stuck with ideas, we have been buying younger players with potential and generally done well with it to date, but it does not mean we can’t buy established players as well. my feeling is like the smith/gerrard situation… dean had reached his ceiling and we needed to try the next thing, try for the next level. We don’t yet know if gerrard is that or not but we had to try. We now have to do the same thing with a few players. We have been buying 20-30 mil players, now we need a next level player or two. This would not be dismissing and stopping buying potential anymore, but be attempting to add the next level of player, if we want to progress its a balance of both. We are not going to beat man city etc to players so we have to think different, look at players like Courtinho, who may or may not work out. If they don’t the owners lost out on a few £, or they do work out we keep heading towards the higher regions of the league and Europe. to me Cortinho is a risk worth taking. It raises our profile to other players who might not look at villa as a possible place to go, he is a better player than we have currently, having him and Buendia behind the main striker will end the ings/watkins problem and force one of them onto bench, which is how it should be and he knows gerrard and the league already. why not? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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