Villaphan04 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 36 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said: What makes you think Spurs will be worse? my 2 cents 1. Kane scored 30 goals this past season. Can he replicate this again (I know he's done it before), and what will the situation be with his contract? Will he sign a pre-contract in Jan or what 2. How long of a leash will the fans give Ange? I think, if given time, he could do a good job there. away to Brentford and home to man united is not the easiest start. I've read some fans saying that they are expecting to be back in the top 4 next year. I think there's a possibility that they are better next year, but the fan expectations are imo unrealistic. Even taking my villa tinted glasses off, I think we have a better squad then they do outside of them having one of the best #9's in the world 3. Outside of Kane & Bentancur (who's still out with an ACL until January I believe) the rest of the squad is pretty average. Son was terrible outside of a handful of games last year & Kulusevski is up and down. 4. They need to sign defenders. They signed Pedro Porro on loan with an obligation to buy in Jan so I figure he is starting, as is Romero. Don't have a quality partner for Romero (who is also inconsistent), and are they going down the young LB route? 5. They need a keeper. I assume they will sign one, but we just saw a Leicester team get relegated in part because they didn't have a PL-quality keeper. 6. Midfield is very meh, especially with no Bentancur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: As a couple of others may have noted. The type of wingers we are being linked with, very much makes it seem like raw pace is a priority for Unai on the flank. Or, as Neil on his podcast so so often states…. That LATENT PACE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villaphan04 Posted June 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2023 3 hours ago, useless said: Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Oxlaide, and Rodrigo next in? Rodrigo I would really understand that signing, is on massive wages at Leeds, their fans don't rate him all that much, did enough last season goals scoring wise to not go down as a disaster signing, but over the course of his spell there hasn't been great at all, would feel like undoing the good work we did in getting a fee for Ings. Oxlade I think is a good player when fit but is hardly ever fit, just have to see how it goes. Maitland-Niles could be a canny Ash Young replacement, can play both fullback positions, wing-back, and in central midfield, could probably also play the hybrid midfielder/winger role that Emery sometimes has McGinn or Ramsey playing. I wouldn't be over the moon with any of them but lets see how the linked trio do if they do sign . 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul514 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 hours ago, El-Reacho said: Crazy gamble that - if he’s that certain to be a 15+ goal a season premier league striker he’ll be going to City/PSG/RM. The chances of us signing someone who outperforms Watkins is very small IMHO. It’d be a massive gamble to offload a striker we know will get us goals. Every transfer is a gamble. IMO that would be one worth taking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: As a couple of others may have noted. The type of wingers we are being linked with, very much makes it seem like raw pace is a priority for Unai on the flank. Players we're linked with and who is a priority for Unai aren't necessarily the same thing. I mean I saw Maguire to Villa article again today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) . Edited June 19, 2023 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Gio Reyna is reportedly up for transfer. I know he's been mentioned but would be a nice addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Gio Reyna is reportedly up for transfer. I know he's been mentioned but would be a nice addition Wasn't familiar with so googled. Article I found included: BVB cutting losses, struggled for consistency, frequent injury problems Edited June 19, 2023 by Kiwivillan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 People want us to spend, but for me I only want to get it right. I actually had more faith on the board when they didn’t spend. I doubted the plan when we got Coutinho and Dinge. Something wasn’t right. Last January, I think I was one of the few who had some hope for Europe (wether that was here or around my Villa friends), but I admired the fact of not spending much, although I had hope, I wouldn’t have gambled in a short term actions, which we’re not likely achieving. That was the moment I knew we are still in a good hands. Emery showed that even though he came, he won’t just try and take it the easy way by only spending. It’s either to spend on the right targets or just continue the gradual improvement. We’re now facing some tough negotiations for the caliber of players we’re targeting. Until we go to the CL, we’ll fail more than success. Even then, there will still be some challenges. No need to panic. The much we improve with less bet spend the better, as we’ll come to a point were we won’t find players out there to upgrade ours, possibly what we pay in a window we’ll need to pay on one player. Something else, I don think many people wanted Jackson, so if we had him instead of Chelsea, won’t people say we’ve overpaid for him? I’m not saying he would fail, but for Chelsea to get this type of player means they’re failing to target the right caliber, or they are in a big financial mess, which could get bigger if they continue their way in buying. Especially if they fail this season, they’ll go mad. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 33 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Gio Reyna is reportedly up for transfer. I know he's been mentioned but would be a nice addition Like Pulisic, talent is there (significantly more imo) but made of glass, which has negatively affected his mentality (nevermind all the chaos with his folks and the USMNT). Emery loves a project but too much risk there, strong possibility we'd only get a handful of games out of him per season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVilla Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 43 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Gio Reyna is reportedly up for transfer. I know he's been mentioned but would be a nice addition As an American, I'd love it, but I'm not Reyna is worth the gamble to Villa. I'd love to see what Emery could do with Weah, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Why is David so highly rated here ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 35 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: Why is David so highly rated here ? That's IShowSpeed, an American Youtuber playing in SoccerAid 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 31 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: That's IShowSpeed, an American Youtuber playing in SoccerAid Nah it Jonathan David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 hours ago, OhioVilla said: As an American, I'd love it, but I'm not Reyna Hang on though… are you Reyna?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 10 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: What’s a real loss ? Spending over £90m on Coutinho and Digne. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted June 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2023 I think it’s interesting how Neves (only 26) is off to Saudi… previously we only really saw older players who had been exceptionally good in their hay day. Neves could’ve probably got a move to a CL team, not a PL one, but abroad I’m sure. But chose to take the money and essentially give up on the prime years of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 43 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Spending over £90m on Coutinho and Digne. So that doesn’t count under FFP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I think it’s interesting how Neves (only 26) is off to Saudi… previously we only really saw older players who had been exceptionally good in their hay day. Neves could’ve probably got a move to a CL team, not a PL one, but abroad I’m sure. But chose to take the money and essentially give up on the prime years of his career. Not when he’s at Newcastle next season. He’s given up a year or maybe 6 months. Edited June 19, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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