Guest kristianity77 Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 Grealish is a great option if around the 20 million mark. Get him on board.
Ted Maul Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 12 minutes ago, alanf0x said: People saying they would rather have Maddison...he was the number 1 target but due to his current injury, it is not looking like an option. Hence now going for Grealish If those 2 are our top targets and that's the calibre we're looking to attract to replace Mahrez, then we'll be miles off Europe next season. Possibly even a relegation scrap. 4
Leicester_Loyal Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 32 minutes ago, Lovejoy said: People getting so triggered. Use your brains. There is no way we or anyone will pay £40m for Grealish even in today's market and Villa are in the brown stuff financially, meaning they can't call the shots. The state of this forum atm . This. Please, wake up people.
alanf0x Posted 31 May 2018 Author Posted 31 May 2018 5 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: If those 2 are our top targets and that's the calibre we're looking to attract to replace Mahrez, then we'll be miles off Europe next season. Possibly even a relegation scrap. Imagine the scenes when we finish 16th. People booing and leaving on 60 minutes when we were 9th... 2
STUHILL Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 6 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: If those 2 are our top targets and that's the calibre we're looking to attract to replace Mahrez, then we'll be miles off Europe next season. Possibly even a relegation scrap. Burnley
Ted Maul Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 Just now, STUHILL said: Burnley Southampton would be a more accurate example- sell their best players, replace with dross, and up f**ked. 1
STUHILL Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 Just now, Ted Maul said: Southampton would be a more accurate example- sell their best players, replace with dross, and up f**ked. Burnley was in reference to the 'miles of Europe' comment. They have achieved it with a championship team! I agree though, we should not become a selling club like Southampton and I don't think we will to that extent. I do think it is a near impossible task to replace Mahrez though and I actually don't think Grealish is a replacement for him. I believe there will be a number of players bought, to try fill a creative hole that Mahrez will leave. I am also hopeful that Gray and Diabate will be better next season too, which should help.
Al-aLondon-Foxile Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 Why are people getting so frustrated with replacing RM? We could hypothetically replace him for £400k with some unknown from the French Div2. We’ve just gotta wait and see people, there ain’t no use in us thinking we can buy his level of talent as an established player, so we’ve gotta look at potential gems.
Popular Post Babylon Posted 31 May 2018 Popular Post Posted 31 May 2018 20 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: If those 2 are our top targets and that's the calibre we're looking to attract to replace Mahrez, then we'll be miles off Europe next season. Possibly even a relegation scrap. Look at the Burnley team, look at what we did... it's about the unit performing well together and not individuals. We're hopefully going to have a vastly improved defence, plus a defence that brings an extra attacking threat. Whilst losing a great player is regrettable, if we actually manage to improve two or three other starting positions, then I don't see why there should be a huge drop off, as they can pick up the slack. 5
Babylon Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 13 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: Southampton would be a more accurate example- sell their best players, replace with dross, and up f**ked. Burnley sold two of their best player, replaced them with players from a lower level and ended up improving considerably. It's not always the end of the world. 1
lestajigs Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 15 minutes ago, alanf0x said: Imagine the scenes when we finish 16th. People booing and leaving on 60 minutes when we were 9th... I take it you wasn’t at the last 6 games BARR arsenal spurs??, every right to boo we were absolutely SHIT
Out Foxed Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 bad attitude and looks to not be very intelligent mates with Demarai who has a bad attitude 40 mill touted when Mahrez is supposedly 60 no ta
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 5 minutes ago, Al-aLondon-Foxile said: Why are people getting so frustrated with replacing RM? We could hypothetically replace him for £400k with some unknown from the French Div2. We’ve just gotta wait and see people, there ain’t no use in us thinking we can buy his level of talent as an established player, so we’ve gotta look at potential gems. We won the lottery when we found Mahrez. Chances of that happening again are somewhere between no hope and Bob Hope.
OhYesNdidi Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 17 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: Southampton would be a more accurate example- sell their best players, replace with dross, and up f**ked. Southampton still had two attacking full backs, lemina, Redmond & Tadic as creators. We could be left with Albrighton, Gray and Okazaki ffs
STUHILL Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 https://www.villatalk.com/topic/4026-jack-grealish/?page=717 Funny reading some of these posts. None of them seem to think £40m is as outrageous as we do! Many even saying they'd prefer to sell every other first team player and plays kids, just so they can keep him. I know he is "one of their own", but I always think the best indicator is from the fans and they all rate him extremely high! They still won't get anywhere near £40m though
Ted Maul Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 4 minutes ago, STUHILL said: Burnley was in reference to the 'miles of Europe' comment. They have achieved it with a championship team! I agree though, we should not become a selling club like Southampton and I don't think we will to that extent. I do think it is a near impossible task to replace Mahrez though and I actually don't think Grealish is a replacement for him. I believe there will be a number of players bought, to try fill a creative hole that Mahrez will leave. I am also hopeful that Gray and Diabate will be better next season too, which should help. Burnley are a massive anomaly and not the rule though- for every club that has a season like that, there are dozens who perform poorly. Whilst Mahrez will be impossible to replace, I'd like us to at least try! Hopefully we've got some target in place.
MC Prussian Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 6 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: We won the lottery when we found Mahrez. Chances of that happening again are somewhere between no hope and Bob Hope. We acquired Mahrez in the Championship days. He was a gamble, an unknown, a player on the verge of giving up football altogether, not always regarded highly due to motivational issues back in France (not just at Le Havre). We got him when our goalposts were different. We were trying to get out of the second division, back to the Promised Land. He could've also turned out a flop, but the club managed him well, he started to believe in himself again, we got the right players and right mentality in and the rest is history. Now that we are here, won the title and played in the Champions League it's about progress and planning for the time without the (star) players. Losing Mahrez has always been on the cards. There's still a chance of us being able to unearth gems in the future, but it'll be harder - and naturally, we'll have to pay more. We're now a Premier League team, a former title-winning club, and other clubs and agents will know they can squeeze more money out of us now, with all the financial backing that we have.
Tuna Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 Can't believe how deluded some of these Villa fans are on their forum, one idiot thinks 40 million and a 40% sell on 20 - 25 million will get him if we are serious and they'll take it, they're skint and are going to have to take what they can due to FFP.
MC Prussian Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 39 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: If those 2 are our top targets and that's the calibre we're looking to attract to replace Mahrez, then we'll be miles off Europe next season. Possibly even a relegation scrap. How about you pop a positivity pill once in a while? Neither Maddison nor Grealish are right midfielders, FFS! This constant whinging is doing my head in. Mahrez had to leave at some stage, and better now than on a free transfer! Better get used to it.
ARTY_FOX Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 1 minute ago, Tuna said: Can't believe how deluded some of these Villa fans are on their forum, one idiot thinks 40 million and a 40% sell on 20 - 25 million will get him if we are serious and they'll take it, they're skint and are going to have to take what they can due to FFP. They should count themselves lucky anyone is stupid enough to pay £20 million...
Ted Maul Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 19 minutes ago, Babylon said: Look at the Burnley team, look at what we did... it's about the unit performing well together and not individuals. We're hopefully going to have a vastly improved defence, plus a defence that brings an extra attacking threat. Whilst losing a great player is regrettable, if we actually manage to improve two or three other starting positions, then I don't see why there should be a huge drop off, as they can pick up the slack. Let's hope so- massive window ahead.
Ted Maul Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 2 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: How about you pop a positivity pill once in a while? Neither Maddison nor Grealish are right midfielders, FFS! This constant whinging is doing my head in. Mahrez had to leave at some stage, and better now than on a free transfer! Better get used to it. Mahrez leaving is fine- it was inevitable. It's the replacements I'm worried about. 1
MC Prussian Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: Southampton would be a more accurate example- sell their best players, replace with dross, and up f**ked. Well, Southampton lost their best player in Van Dijk under similar circumstances. Player threw a tantrum. Got his dream move in the end. Their Swiss owners were also in parts keen on selling the remaining top performers (Rodriguez, plus Wanyama, Mané and Pellè the season before), trying to find a new investor. The majority of their shares were subsequently and finally sold to a Chinese businessman - makes the numbers and ROI look much more impressive when you have roughly £170m more in the bank. The Srivaddhanaprabhas are nowhere near a point where they want to sell the club. They are ambitious and will have learnt from previous mistakes and mistakes made by Southampton. The similarities end with Van Dijk. Period. In the end, football is life. No matter how well you plan ahead and how well-prepared you are, it can always go tits up at any stage. Edited 31 May 2018 by MC Prussian 2
MC Prussian Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: Mahrez leaving is fine- it was inevitable. It's the replacements I'm worried about. I think we need to reach for a state of mind where "Riyad Mahrez" is no longer an element. When you worry about who's coming in, playing on his side, do you think it'll help the new guy settle in if he's constantly compared to whom played there before him? Criticized, questioned, belittled before he's even made his first move on the pitch? There are great right midfielders out there who'll do just fine. Trust our club to make the right decision(s), support the new guy. Get behind the team most of all, not (just) single players. Let go, man. Let go. It's hard, but you've got to do it. Better now than never. Edited 31 May 2018 by MC Prussian
STUHILL Posted 31 May 2018 Posted 31 May 2018 14 minutes ago, Ted Maul said: Mahrez leaving is fine- it was inevitable. It's the replacements I'm worried about. Worry about them when we have actually signed any. So far, they are all just rumours!
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