Popular Post TRO Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 One out the blue for me.....I think there are arguments for and against. I trust these villa people now.....so my glass is half full. I guess, his presence alone at BMH is inspriring, if he is still fit, he is a top talent on the flanks. I would like to see the Pape Sarr deal done though. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Philogene-Bidace in particular should be able to learn a lot from him as they're quite similar players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, tomav84 said: fine, but surely you must agree that we had to buy a backup LB this summer, but that we needed to use our FFP headroom on more pressing positions such as a CM and another forward player/striker? would you really have preferred us to drop 20/25m on a new LB? Upto 20 million I would be fine with. I feel that and a quality 6 or JWP (ideally both). This would see us have a first team capable of mixing it with any team in the league. A striker that can play wide and 10 would be the icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Italian football isn't the war of attrition it used to be back in the day (Sunday C4, ). The game whilst not as quick as premier League football is quicker than it used to do but physicality (strength, power, endurance) is on a par with the Premier League. We sign him good, we don't sign him good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Literally broke our transfer record a week ago. This post is **** gormless. Yes and I am very happy about the Buendia signing. He is perfect for us. This move smells of failures sign our preferred targets or simply don't have much more money to spend. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, TRO said: One out the blue for me.....I think there are arguments for and against. I trust these villa people now.....so my glass is half full. I guess, his presence alone at BMH is inspriring, if he is still fit, he is a top talent on the flanks. I would like to see the Pape Sarr deal done though. I have a feeling, this astute bit of business, has been done, to cover non priority areas, while freeing up more funds for a move, such as that. Edited June 17, 2021 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRO Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 I think the issue is a gap between the 18's and the first team 25's. Ashley will buy us some time, and raise the bar of winners around BMH, I think that is the essence of this deal.....The kids can learn from him. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Yes and I am very happy about the Buendia signing. He is perfect for us. This move smells of failures sign our preferred targets or simply don't have much more money to spend. You should probably change your user name. We literally just had a 25 million pound bid turned down for an incredible young prospect from Arsenal, WTF are you on about? This is after just breaking our transfer record, AGAIN. Having money, doesn't mean you have to be stupid with it. Edited June 17, 2021 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Yes and I am very happy about the Buendia signing. He is perfect for us. This move smells of failures sign our preferred targets or simply don't have much more money to spend. Your name is seeming pretty ironic right now. EDIT: Jamaican-Villain got there before me! Edited June 17, 2021 by Rolta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Sky now reporting the medical happening within 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, TRO said: I think the issue is a gap between the 18's and the first team 25's. Ashley will buy us some time, and raise the bar of winners around BMH, I think that is the essence of this deal.....The kids can learn from him. This makes more sense then left back cover. If he is just in addition to a proper left back option. And more about adding a leader and a winner I can get behind that. I guess time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Yes and I am very happy about the Buendia signing. He is perfect for us. This move smells of failures sign our preferred targets or simply don't have much more money to spend. This is a strategic move imo......not part of the overall plan. it could be quite prudent, I never seen this coming, shows that despite their general model, they can still deviate, when it makes sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Yes and I am very happy about the Buendia signing. He is perfect for us. This move smells of failures sign our preferred targets or simply don't have much more money to spend. By the looks of it we have 2 players in already, we are bringing people in while other teams are trying work out a plan ,would you rather a return to the good old days o signing players all on deadline day? Thats what I would call failure to get preferred targets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Lerner's Driver said: The whole idea of fan perceived 'player loyalty' is totally unrealistic, sentimental nonsense. Obviously, we invest our hopes and dreams in the players and to some degree, they play along with that narrative, but at the end of the day, they are just doing a job in a fairly short career... Just as we all do from time to time, sometimes they think... yeah, I like it here, but I want to get paid more, so it's time to leave. And if our employer rates us and doesn't want to lose us, they might try all sorts of things to keep us, but if we've made our minds up, we'll do whatever it takes, including being difficult, to make the exit happen more quickly. Equally, if after leaving, we've done well somewhere else, it's natural our old employer will think seriously about taking us back, irrespective of how we left. Real life. Yep. The whole notion of loyalty is bullshit, because fans are hypocrites with it. They only want good players to be loyal and they show no loyalty back. No one wanted Heskey or Mcleish to be loyal. No one demanded Lansbury remain loyal and fight for his place. I'm genuinely stunned there are people dead against this signing. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgl Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, TRO said: I think the issue is a gap between the 18's and the first team 25's. Ashley will buy us some time, and raise the bar of winners around BMH, I think that is the essence of this deal.....The kids can learn from him. This is exactly how I feel. Regardless of anything else, Ashley is clearly a pro, has played at the highest levels across a few teams and his attitude and professionalism alone will be something that the younger guys can learn from and be inspired by. He is a winner, pure and simple, you cant teach that but you can lead by example. He will also be a good squad player who we can rely on as the younger prospects gain experience and fill the gap until we can grow our own to bridge the gap between the prospects and the first team. He is not the same player he was when he left and thats the point - we would be recruiting him for a totally different reason this time around. I trust the recruitment team on this - whether he arrives or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Terry left us and came back, and that turned out to be a good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Upto 20 million I would be fine with. I feel that and a quality 6 or JWP (ideally both). This would see us have a first team capable of mixing it with any team in the league. A striker that can play wide and 10 would be the icing on the cake. I wouldn’t been as happy spending up to 20m on a left back this summer, I think we have more priority areas that need attention for the bulk of the money. If we had 200m to spend this summer, then yeah no worries but the rumours we are getting, is two main players and then others (obviously this maybe untrue). Buendia being one, so I would’ve been disappointed if a left back was the other, I think we have other pressing needs and Young gets us across the line for another season and we hope our main fullbacks stay fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post briny_ear Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, Philosopher said: Sorry but this move really disappoints me. I don’t rate Targett as anything more than a reliable 6-7 out of ten player. I was hoping for real competition here. For me this is a position where we need a viable quality alternative, with pace and energy. It all hints to the tactical approach we are likely to take, which doesn't excite me. Is this Matt Targett of which you speak? Players’ Player of the Season for 2020-1? Blimey, if he is only a reliable 6-7/10 player, I’m not surprised you are fearful for the rest of the summer because in your mind we must be needing a complete renewal of the squad in every position. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2021 So we're signing him as a good influence on the training ground? May as well have kept Micah Richards, he was well liked by all accounts. We have plenty of good coaches, what we need is good young players, not a 36 year old. Don't like this one at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: So we're signing him as a good influence on the training ground? May as well have kept Micah Richards, he was well liked by all accounts. We have plenty of good coaches, what we need is good young players, not a 36 year old. Don't like this one at all. Thing is we have clearly got really good young players in the youth team that probably aren't ready for this season. Young could be a bridge between now and when the likes of Chrisene or Revan can make the step up. If you bring in a young signing instead then their pathway gets blocked. Ultimately if Young is still able to bomb up and down the wing I'm OK with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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