Popular Post birdman Posted April 22 Popular Post Share Posted April 22 Made me laugh that sour faced helmet Danny Murphy accrediting Morgan Rogers (and other players) ability to Man City on MOTD2 last night. Didn't even mention the Unai Emery affect which is clearly the biggest factor at play here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroesAndVillans Posted April 22 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22 Fantastic player, what a bargain. Recruitment team has done fantastically well there, he's shining under Emery and looking like a top talent. Just goes to show that a player doesn't need to cost 50 million to be good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 21 minutes ago, birdman said: Made me laugh that sour faced helmet Danny Murphy accrediting Morgan Rogers (and other players) ability to Man City on MOTD2 last night. Didn't even mention the Unai Emery affect which is clearly the biggest factor at play here. Think he was just saying that those youngsters who have been at the city academy all seem to have a great awareness of space, and to be honest I don't see a lot wrong with that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I know i am being a bit greedy here, but to me we need two good players in every position with champions league football on the horizon to be able to use both players in a game for a 45 minute minutes just like we can use bailey and Diaby and then have a Rodgers and Ramsey combo for a half apiece. We need to focus on minutes for players to cut the injury and fitness risks, where by we lose players for a long period of time through and have poor replacements or using Konsa to play in every position. Unai has us on the conveyor belt type of football where having a squad will be all important and we know the man see's the future, what a time to be a Villa fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 9 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Think he was just saying that those youngsters who have been at the city academy all seem to have a great awareness of space, and to be honest I don't see a lot wrong with that. That's fair. I applaud you for giving him some credit something I struggle with 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Just now, birdman said: That's fair. I applaud you for giving him some credit something I struggle with I do too usually! The goblin face shite hawk Even a stopped clock is right 20 or 30 times a day or summat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 13 hours ago, Shay said: What a player he’s turning out to be! So strong, so skilful. He could be our very own Dele Alli. Except with much better dribbling ability. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I do too usually! The goblin face shite hawk Even a stopped clock is right 20 or 30 times a day or summat Quality He does hate us doing well though. They were talking about Liverpools remains big games and he didn't mention the biggest one which by logic is obviously Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Just now, birdman said: Quality He does hate us doing well though. They were talking about Liverpools remains big games and he didn't mention the biggest one which by logic is obviously Villa. I have a dirty feeling we'll beat them too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 18 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Think he was just saying that those youngsters who have been at the city academy all seem to have a great awareness of space, and to be honest I don't see a lot wrong with that. Think it is a bit unfair on (our) West Brom Academy who had him for 9 years that they don't get the credit when he only spent 18 months at City where he did not explode onto any scenes. Even when he was at Lincoln he was outshone by Brennan Johnson. Only this season has he started to fulfil his potential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 49 minutes ago, onmeedson said: I know i am being a bit greedy here, but to me we need two good players in every position with champions league football on the horizon to be able to use both players in a game for a 45 minute minutes just like we can use bailey and Diaby and then have a Rodgers and Ramsey combo for a half apiece. We need to focus on minutes for players to cut the injury and fitness risks, where by we lose players for a long period of time through and have poor replacements or using Konsa to play in every position. Unai has us on the conveyor belt type of football where having a squad will be all important and we know the man see's the future, what a time to be a Villa fan. It's not so much greedy as unrealistic. There are so few clubs, if any, that can really do that and it's nigh on impossible to have 2 players of comparable quality in every position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 It's more about the direction i think we will be heading to maintain the progress that Unai demands . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 3 minutes ago, onmeedson said: It's more about the direction i think we will be heading to maintain the progress that Unai demands . We still won't be subbing players at half time on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSw Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, onmeedson said: I know i am being a bit greedy here, but to me we need two good players in every position with champions league football on the horizon to be able to use both players in a game for a 45 minute minutes just like we can use bailey and Diaby and then have a Rodgers and Ramsey combo for a half apiece. We need to focus on minutes for players to cut the injury and fitness risks, where by we lose players for a long period of time through and have poor replacements or using Konsa to play in every position. Unai has us on the conveyor belt type of football where having a squad will be all important and we know the man see's the future, what a time to be a Villa fan. We'll have an embarrassment of riches when everyone if fit for those two attacking roles.. Ramsey, Rogers, McGinn, Bailey, Diaby, Buendia and possibly Zaniolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post imavillan Posted April 22 Popular Post Share Posted April 22 well this has aged well and in such a short time too @RyanDilks1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 6 minutes ago, imavillan said: well this has aged well and in such a short time too @RyanDilks1 At the time, I would have agreed with these. Rogers was good, yet he wasn’t particularly remarkable at Boro. Having a good stint, but not a “wow this kid is a must for a premier league team” stint. Someone at Villa saw something the rest of the world didn’t. This someone sold it enough to convince Villa to pursue this kid for weeks. We were convinced we needed him. And now, of course we were right, he’s been wonderful. Now I’d love to know, what the scouts/monchi/Emery saw in this kid to be that convinced we needed him. Particularly when the rest of the world missed it. Even us “footballing geniuses” wasn’t entirely sure why we were perusing him. just brilliant work from the scouting and the training. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: Think he was just saying that those youngsters who have been at the city academy all seem to have a great awareness of space, and to be honest I don't see a lot wrong with that. Except they regularly played Raheem Stirling who ran up every blind alley known to man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 minute ago, colhint said: Except they regularly played Raheem Stirling who ran up every blind alley known to man. Hence selling him to Chelsea for 360 trillion pounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: We still won't be subbing players at half time on a regular basis. Nobody said he had to just nice to have that option and capability. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 3 hours ago, birdman said: Made me laugh that sour faced helmet Danny Murphy accrediting Morgan Rogers (and other players) ability to Man City on MOTD2 last night. Didn't even mention the Unai Emery affect which is clearly the biggest factor at play here. Exactly. No one was showing any interest in Rogers prior to our bid. Even Boro fans were commenting that they pulled our pants down with a £15m offer. Its only since he came to villa that he is showing what he can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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