PeterSw Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Can see a max of 3 players coming in this summer. 1. DM. 2. RB - I don't think Gerrard is convinced by Cash and will look to replace him and if that is the case, hopefully Atletico are still interested in him and we can make a good profit on him. 3. CB - The way he has to urge Konsa and Mings to come out with the ball makes me think Gerrard wants more of a ball playing defender that is willing to carry ball out of defence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryBarrPet Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, PeterSw said: Can see a max of 3 players coming in this summer. 1. DM. 2. RB - I don't think Gerrard is convinced by Cash and will look to replace him and if that is the case, hopefully Atletico are still interested in him and we can make a good profit on him. 3. CB - The way he has to urge Konsa and Mings to come out with the ball makes me think Gerrard wants more of a ball playing defender that is willing to carry ball out of defence. See no need for midfield improvement then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSw Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, PerryBarrPet said: See no need for midfield improvement then? I think signing a DM will have a domino effect and improve the overall midfield personally. Midfield did well with Nakamba in there so no reason to think they cant get back to that level 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Agree. Don’t get why fans think it’s ripping it up and staring again whenever we buy more players. Nobody has said that but I have already seen suggestions of selling at least 5 starters which is definitely a rebuild and not building on what we have You really should not replace more than 3 starters per summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) People suggesting competition for LB while a good idea its unrealistic. No chance we are leaving a 150k player on the bench regardless pf performance so whoever comes in knows they will have very limited game time Edited February 22, 2022 by Zatman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryBarrPet Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: Nobody has said that but I have already seen suggestions of selling at least 5 starters which is definitely a rebuild and not building on what we have You really should not replace more than 3 starters per summer 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: Nobody has said that but I have already seen suggestions of selling at least 5 starters which is definitely a rebuild and not building on what we have You really should not replace more than 3 starters per summer I agree with being careful over the number of replacements being signed in one window. The only times I have seen suggestions of large numbers has been in the organs of idle speculation - both journalists and social media. I don’t think we should give automatic credibility to such sources because on many occasions they are far from accurate. Have you ever seen such suggestions coming from the club? I haven’t and I’d be very concerned if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 19 hours ago, Zatman said: If we do a rebuild then it is an absolute failure from the club That is kind of my view as well. No continuity from Smith and Gerrard in playing tactics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnock1984 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 41 minutes ago, PeterSw said: Can see a max of 3 players coming in this summer. 1. DM. 2. RB - I don't think Gerrard is convinced by Cash and will look to replace him and if that is the case, hopefully Atletico are still interested in him and we can make a good profit on him. 3. CB - The way he has to urge Konsa and Mings to come out with the ball makes me think Gerrard wants more of a ball playing defender that is willing to carry ball out of defence. I see this + a new striker. I can see Watkins and Luiz leaving as well as Cash/Targett. Shame, and let’s hope it works as all 4 were key players for DS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSw Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Just now, nnock1984 said: I see this + a new striker. Was tempted to say a striker but think it depends on the performance of Ings/Watkins from now until the end of the season. Think young Archer might even force his way into their plans if e keeps lighting the place up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 hours ago, PerryBarrPet said: Here we go again. Rebuilding anything that currently exists includes refurbishment, restructuring or betterment. Hence it includes ‘strengthening’. This should not be confused with building something completely new - i.e. did not exist before - eg. a new factory on a greenfield site. This is where you can only use the term ‘build’ because nothing pre-existed. So developing our squad taking it from where we are now to top 6 competitors is a form of rebuild. In fact our owners are rebuilding Aston Villa top to bottom - hence new additions to Bodymoor, youth development both at Bodymoor and the plans for local talent at Witton, plans to enlarge Villa Park and developing the Aston Villa image abroad starting with Las Vegas. Your analogy is wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryBarrPet Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: Your analogy is wrong. How so? You must explain why you believe this because then I will learn. Of course I may be correct and hence your position incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 So what Chelsea players will we be signing on a free in the summer after all of Abramovich's assets get frozen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 12 hours ago, PerryBarrPet said: Here we go again. Rebuilding anything that currently exists includes refurbishment, restructuring or betterment. Hence it includes ‘strengthening’. This should not be confused with building something completely new - i.e. did not exist before - eg. a new factory on a greenfield site. This is where you can only use the term ‘build’ because nothing pre-existed. So developing our squad taking it from where we are now to top 6 competitors is a form of rebuild. In fact our owners are rebuilding Aston Villa top to bottom - hence new additions to Bodymoor, youth development both at Bodymoor and the plans for local talent at Witton, plans to enlarge Villa Park and developing the Aston Villa image abroad starting with Las Vegas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Lets see how much love or hate I get for this.... When I watch Watkins I feel he is a specialist of nothing and does a whole bunch of things well. I repeatedly watch him not be the target man up front drifting wide all the time. Would you sell him for a good fee (the sort of fee you see in the papers with the odd link there has been) To bring back Abraham someone who spends his time in the box. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 20 hours ago, PeterSw said: Can see a max of 3 players coming in this summer. 1. DM. 2. RB - I don't think Gerrard is convinced by Cash and will look to replace him and if that is the case, hopefully Atletico are still interested in him and we can make a good profit on him. 3. CB - The way he has to urge Konsa and Mings to come out with the ball makes me think Gerrard wants more of a ball playing defender that is willing to carry ball out of defence. Yeah i agree. Cash did well in hos first year but this year he has been utterly poor. If athletico do want him at 40m thats a fantastic deal for us. Alot better options out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Yeah i agree. Cash did well in hos first year but this year he has been utterly poor. If athletico do want him at 40m thats a fantastic deal for us. Alot better options out there ‘Utterly poor’. He’s been one of our best players in a system that nobody seems to be excelling in. How’s about we sign a midfielder, a striker and a centre half before even discuss replacing one of our better players who has a fantastic attitude. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 hours ago, paul514 said: Lets see how much love or hate I get for this.... When I watch Watkins I feel he is a specialist of nothing and does a whole bunch of things well. I repeatedly watch him not be the target man up front drifting wide all the time. Would you sell him for a good fee (the sort of fee you see in the papers with the odd link there has been) To bring back Abraham someone who spends his time in the box. Everyone has a price, and at this point Ollie's is probably less than the figures that were being quoted for him. This season has shown that he's not good as we thought he was, maybe other clubs haven't caught on to this yet and we can dupe them. I'm not sure I would want go for Abraham though, he's pretty important for Roma and with the English tax and all, we would probably be forced to spend over value to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: Everyone has a price, and at this point Ollie's is probably less than the figures that were being quoted for him. This season has shown that he's not good as we thought he was, maybe other clubs haven't caught on to this yet and we can dupe them. I'm not sure I would want go for Abraham though, he's pretty important for Roma and with the English tax and all, we would probably be forced to spend over value to get him. Chelsea also have a buy back clause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Yeah i agree. Cash did well in hos first year but this year he has been utterly poor. If athletico do want him at 40m thats a fantastic deal for us. Alot better options out there So let me get this correct, he would be good enough for Atletico Madrid but not for Villa Some things you read on here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, Zatman said: So let me get this correct, he would be good enough for Atletico Madrid but not for Villa Some things you read on here Cash is an excellent right back when you primarily want your defender to defend but when playing our current system we basically need a winger who will occasionally wander into the right back area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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