JamieZ Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Were Veretout, Amvai, Toure and Gueye all here at the same time? There were some fantastic players on that woeful team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, JamieZ said: Were Veretout, Amvai, Toure and Gueye all here at the same time? There were some fantastic players on that woeful team. Woeful manager who didn’t know how to nurture them. Probably didn’t help with them being young and new to the country/league and bought all at the same time. but yes, whoever scouted then was right about their potential. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Tom13 said: Could always see he was a good player not at Villa though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 3 hours ago, JamieZ said: Were Veretout, Amvai, Toure and Gueye all here at the same time? There were some fantastic players on that woeful team. yes but Traore was raw, Amavi was injured after about 10 games, Veretout looked out of his depth but Gueye was OK. Management was shit that season but except Gueye nobody actually turned up that season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 59 minutes ago, Zatman said: not at Villa though You could 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 20 minutes ago, Tom13 said: You could Others that season but Veretout was crap and looked out of his depth. Maybe he could have developed but from his time here he was awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just now, Zatman said: Others that season but Veretout was crap and looked out of his depth. Maybe he could have developed but from his time here he was awful I could tell he was a very talented player, playing in a poor side bereft of any confidence. I remember saying this several times at the time. If you couldn't see anything in him then that's you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 He definitely had flashes. I remember very well an assist (I think to Gabby?) in a game we actually won against Norwich which was a delightful pass. He clearly wasn't ready for a relegation battle though. The problem that season was not in identifying potential stars - Reilly actually did a good job of that - but that the side was unbalanced with too much 'potential' and too few experienced players in the core living up to anything close to their billing. We nearly fell into the trap of too little experience in the side last season as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 12 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: He definitely had flashes. I remember very well an assist (I think to Gabby?) in a game we actually won against Norwich which was a delightful pass. He clearly wasn't ready for a relegation battle though. The problem that season was not in identifying potential stars - Reilly actually did a good job of that - but that the side was unbalanced with too much 'potential' and too few experienced players in the core living up to anything close to their billing. We nearly fell into the trap of too little experience in the side last season as well. I dont think Riley was the issue or even Sherwood. Was a club in a mess and probably should have went down before. We signed really good players with no idea how to use them Gana, Veretout, Ayew, Traore, Amavi plus Grealish is a pretty decent team now on paper, keep Ron Vlaar and we are good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: I dont think Riley was the issue or even Sherwood. Was a club in a mess and probably should have went down before. We signed really good players with no idea how to use them Gana, Veretout, Ayew, Traore, Amavi plus Grealish is a pretty decent team now on paper, keep Ron Vlaar and we are good I think we were always going to struggle to cope with losing the whole spine of the team (Vlaar - Delph - Benteke). There were too many players new to the league, plus Richards learning a new position, and they came to join 'senior' players who had largely downed tools (Gabby, N'Zogbia, Guzan etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Tony Moon has just moved from Levante to Girona on a free. Stepping down to the 2nd division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, choffer said: Off to QPR so i hear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I liked Albert. Did his job for us and we moved him on when we got promoted. Always have good memories of him As for Veretout, I'll be honest and say I always thought he looked dogshit. Good career so far though. I guess thats why I'm not a football scout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Some people last season said we should keep Adomah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Dwight Yorke on SSN now. Playing the race card as to why he didn't get Villa and Sunderland job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I take it there's nothing stopping Dwight getting Trinidad and Tobago national team manager job when it next becomes available given his status there? Sol Campbell actually went there as number two 4 years ago and got two football league jobs on the back of it so was actually a decent stepping stone for him. When did he actually apply for Villa job? I assume Sunderland was when he was player coach there under Roy Keane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 30 minutes ago, VillaChris said: I take it there's nothing stopping Dwight getting Trinidad and Tobago national team manager job when it next becomes available given his status there? Sol Campbell actually went there as number two 4 years ago and got two football league jobs on the back of it so was actually a decent stepping stone for him. When did he actually apply for Villa job? I assume Sunderland was when he was player coach there under Roy Keane. He applied a few times because he is a Villa man that knows the club Nothing stopping Yorke taking a lower league job and building up a CV instead of being awarded a top job, he retired in 2009 and has shown no indication of wanting to try 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 30/09/2020 at 21:26, Brumstopdogs said: I laughed a lot at this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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