paul514 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 17 minutes ago, maqroll said: First post in this thread in 10 hours That's because sod all has happened for about a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Great signing for Brentford, surprised at the price 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 That is a shame but I guess he would have never come here to be backup to Digne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hello there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarryOnVilla Posted July 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2022 Just now, IrishVilla10 said: Great signing for Brentford, surprised at the price Great signing for them and great signing for him. He’s crafting his career on playing games, rather than joining a big team and hoping he gets the chance 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Great signing for Brentford, surprised at the price Yep, would have been a good signing for us. People say he wants to play first team and not back up to Digne/Cash..... in response I always think the player must not back themselves that much to unseat the existing first choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hickey is so overrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Just now, paul514 said: Yep, would have been a good signing for us. People say he wants to play first team and not back up to Digne/Cash..... in response I always think the player must not back themselves that much to unseat the existing first choice Or they back themselves more than the team buying them… “we want you” “what for?” “back up” “” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, paul514 said: Yep, would have been a good signing for us. People say he wants to play first team and not back up to Digne/Cash..... in response I always think the player must not back themselves that much to unseat the existing first choice I can completely understand why a player would want as many games as possible at that age. There are plenty of examples of players development massively stalling by making a move a year or two earlier than they should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Or they back themselves more than the team buying them… “we want you” “what for?” “back up” “” Competition for the spot is how it should be looked at, if you back yourself you think that spot will be yours anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: I can completely understand why a player would want as many games as possible at that age. There are plenty of examples of players development massively stalling by making a move a year or two earlier than they should have. Lad turned 20 last month and has played 81 games he actually needs to take it a bit easy or he will ruin his body as many have before him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Hickey is so overrated. I didn't get any of the £22m links for him for the player he appeared to be. But I trust Brentford 100% and £15m feels fairer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, paul514 said: Yep, would have been a good signing for us. People say he wants to play first team and not back up to Digne/Cash..... in response I always think the player must not back themselves that much to unseat the existing first choice I think footballs changed, the aim for hickey now isn't to move to say us or to a CL team as the back up left back for £14m and spend 2 or 3 years trying to establish himself it's to move to Brentford for £14m play 38 games a year and then in 3 years time if he has established himself the same CL team or even us can buy him for £40m as the 1st choice LB without a care in the world LB is a specialist position too, it's not one where its often rotated or subbed off with 30 mins left, same as Targett, it's not a competition at villa, Digne plays if he's fit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, paul514 said: Competition for the spot is how it should be looked at, if you back yourself you think that spot will be yours anyway Tell that to Salah and Kevin De Bruyne. over looked at Chelsea… and never got their spot. So they went to “lesser teams” and now they’re world class Edited July 2, 2022 by CarryOnVilla 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, paul514 said: Competition for the spot is how it should be looked at, if you back yourself you think that spot will be yours anyway 13 minutes ago, paul514 said: Yep, would have been a good signing for us. People say he wants to play first team and not back up to Digne/Cash..... in response I always think the player must not back themselves that much to unseat the existing first choice Sensible from him if he wants to move league and play though. He's not going to be getting in ahead of Digne or Cash for the start of the season....then if they start well, he's probably not getting in for 3-6 months. Brentford played an out of position midfielder at wing back for most of the season. He's straight into their team. Great move for him IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Great signing for Brentford, surprised at the price Probably a load of clauses attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, paul514 said: Lad turned 20 last month and has played 81 games he actually needs to take it a bit easy or he will ruin his body as many have before him. Fair point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 23 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: That is a shame but I guess he would have never come here to be backup to Digne. Brentford will surely play him as RWB unless they're selling Rico Henry. He played there for Scotland v Ukraine but wasn't great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 When do we fly off to Aussie land? I know we have Walsall as first pre season match this time next week but I assume we fly out straight after? You'd assume we'll step things up and sign someone else in next 10 days especially given pre seasons are starting now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 28 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Hello there. I guess it’ll be Newcastle rather than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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