Dahnsouff Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 8 minutes ago, Babylon said: Villa? FFS. We finished 5th, the team and squad has proven itself capable of being good enough of a comfortable top half finish. If we don't, it's down to bad management and not the squad we have. Claude managed to mid table finishes with a worse set of players. Totally agree but haters got hate. Let them have their fun.
Strokes Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 1 hour ago, Foxin_Mad said: We are going to be screwed next season. Everyone is improving their squad except us. Pretty sure we will be below Villa, Newcastle, Everton, we could really be in for a relegation battle. We’ve actually already got a decent squad of you assume we are going for a 3-5-2 like formation. Left wingback Castagne Thomas Justin Fuchs. Right wingback Ricardo Castagne Justin Centre backs Caglar Evans Knight Benkovic Morgan Fuchs Justin Defensive midfield Mendy N’didi Hamza Centre Midfield Teilemans Maddison Hamza Praet Perez Forwards Vardy Nacho Barnes Perez Gray You can see why the next priority is likely to be a centre half, as that’s where we lack quality. The depth in centre midfield may also be the next one to look at. Upfront I think we might see Barnes become an understudy for Vardy, whilst Nacho and Perez fight it out for the deeper role. Gray is just making up the numbers. 4
Foxin_Mad Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 52 minutes ago, Strokes said: We’ve actually already got a decent squad of you assume we are going for a 3-5-2 like formation. Left wingback Castagne Thomas Justin Fuchs. Right wingback Ricardo Castagne Justin Centre backs Caglar Evans Knight Benkovic Morgan Fuchs Justin Defensive midfield Mendy N’didi Hamza Centre Midfield Teilemans Maddison Hamza Praet Perez Forwards Vardy Nacho Barnes Perez Gray You can see why the next priority is likely to be a centre half, as that’s where we lack quality. The depth in centre midfield may also be the next one to look at. Upfront I think we might see Barnes become an understudy for Vardy, whilst Nacho and Perez fight it out for the deeper role. Gray is just making up the numbers. First few games we are screwed, bad start could cause us to stick in a rut. In my view, Fuchs, Morgan, Hamza, Gray are not good enough now to be in the squad consistently. We dont have enough quality in the final third and struggle to break teams down, the same issue we have failed to address for about 3 windows. If Vardy us off form or injured we wont score many. Vardy is aging and a replacement is needed, our defence needs more depth we were poor after the restart defensively. We need 3-4 players to maintain of progress in my view. 1
Guest Mee-9 Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 Why we haven’t gone out to get this bloke I don’t know.
Popular Post goose2010 Posted 8 September 2020 Popular Post Posted 8 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Mee-9 said: Why we haven’t gone out to get this bloke I don’t know. Because the price is ridiculous maybe? 5
Richard Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 We can take Watkins/Lewis etc in a couple years off Newcastle and Villa once they’ve proved themselves at this level
Strokes Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 54 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said: First few games we are screwed, bad start could cause us to stick in a rut. In my view, Fuchs, Morgan, Hamza, Gray are not good enough now to be in the squad consistently. We dont have enough quality in the final third and struggle to break teams down, the same issue we have failed to address for about 3 windows. If Vardy us off form or injured we wont score many. Vardy is aging and a replacement is needed, our defence needs more depth we were poor after the restart defensively. We need 3-4 players to maintain of progress in my view. I think it’s more important to get quality over quantity, a dominant centre half like Tarkowski and a dynamic centre mid and I think we are good. I’d certainly not turn down the right forward player but other than Eduoard, I’ve yet to be really excited by any of the links.
sacreblueits442 Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 1 hour ago, Richard said: We can take Watkins/Lewis etc in a couple years off Newcastle and Villa once they’ve proved themselves at this level ...that's how the big boys think!!! If we bought them at their current price, they would have not achieved much but should they excel then they will be out of our price range. We do not have the finance to work in this fashion and I would rather see us take a chance on a promising individual than mug a rival team for their player. 2
Guest Mickyblueeyes Posted 8 September 2020 Posted 8 September 2020 2 hours ago, Mee-9 said: Why we haven’t gone out to get this bloke I don’t know. 1. He’s £33 million; 2. He probably doesn’t want to sit on the bench playing second fiddle to Vardy. We probably don’t want to spend that much on an unproven player to initially sit on the bench; 3. He knows the manager at Villa and knows he will walk into their team.
J.Lisemore Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 It'll be interesting to see how he adapts to the Prem and Villa's way of playing. Won't be handed chances on a plate like he had at Brentford.
TrentFox Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 They’ve overpaid by 8-10million. But getting players to go there may not be straightforward. If he scores enough goals to keep them up, it’s a sound purchase.
AKCJ Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 I can't be the only one to think they've spent just about exactly what he's worth? Young striker with 25 goals (none being penalties). I think he's going to do very well for Villa and I think he's good for 10-14 goals. 2
Silebyfox_89 Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 Looks like there spending the Grealish money before he's left, they've overpaid no doubt 28M is a big gamble let's hope he gets the service to recoup his fee.
Lineker's Left Foot Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 2 minutes ago, Silebyfox_89 said: Looks like there spending the Grealish money before he's left, they've overpaid no doubt 28M is a big gamble let's hope he gets the service to recoup his fee. Then again let’s hope he doesn’t 😂 3 1
CloudFox Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 7 hours ago, AKCJ said: I can't be the only one to think they've spent just about exactly what he's worth? Young striker with 25 goals (none being penalties). I think he's going to do very well for Villa and I think he's good for 10-14 goals. I think about £25m seems a fairer price, but I agree with everything else you've said. Think he'll shine.
dayday Posted 9 September 2020 Posted 9 September 2020 Villa always seem to buying players, and selling nobody of note, doesn’t ffp apply to these, because that’s what it seems like.
murphy Posted 10 September 2020 Posted 10 September 2020 The second biggest disappointment of the post-lockdown season was Villa staying up. 2
coolhandfox Posted 10 September 2020 Posted 10 September 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, AKCJ said: I can't be the only one to think they've spent just about exactly what he's worth? Young striker with 25 goals (none being penalties). I think he's going to do very well for Villa and I think he's good for 10-14 goals. Chelsea only paid £47.5m for Tino Werner a guy who has scored 78 goals in 128 games a top league , 11 goals in 22 games in European football and 12 goals in 20 odd games for Germany. If Watkins is worth £33m, it make Werner look a steal. Edited 10 September 2020 by coolhandfox 1
waylander Posted 10 September 2020 Posted 10 September 2020 13 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Chelsea only paid £47.5m for Tino Werner a guy who has scored 78 goals in 128 games a top league , 11 goals in 22 games in European football and 12 goals in 20 odd games for Germany. If Watkins is worth £33m, it make Werner look a steal. Definitely this there is value out there with patience.
CloudFox Posted 10 September 2020 Posted 10 September 2020 16 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Chelsea only paid £47.5m for Tino Werner a guy who has scored 78 goals in 128 games a top league , 11 goals in 22 games in European football and 12 goals in 20 odd games for Germany. If Watkins is worth £33m, it make Werner look a steal. That's a pretty good comparison actually. Werner should be worth double what Watkins is, realistically. 1
1972 Fox Posted 10 September 2020 Posted 10 September 2020 14 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Chelsea only paid £47.5m for Tino Werner a guy who has scored 78 goals in 128 games a top league , 11 goals in 22 games in European football and 12 goals in 20 odd games for Germany. If Watkins is worth £33m, it make Werner look a steal. I agree, Werner does look a steal in comparison. Although I imagine the wages are many pound notes higher for Werner. Maybe Timo Asprilla could be available for a knock down price? 1
nnfox Posted 10 September 2020 Posted 10 September 2020 £28m for Villa is a good price. He'll play every game and be their top scorer. I would think he'd be an expensive squad player for us.
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