KMitch Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I'm very surprised that we haven't gotten in a DM yet... I think a DM which fits Deano's system is more important this month than a LB to challenge Taylor. There were rumblings in Spain that we made inquiries into 2 different DMs around Christmas, and I saw an article that we're also looking into possibly doing a deal for James McCarthy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I agree but it’s very hard for the club the size of Villa to ‘pluck’ a player that can go straight in to the first team. Even the youth players have to be of a very high standard to get a chance. Can you imagine how the fans would react if we signed a player from Huddersfield that was previously loaned to Scunthorpe. Or a player that featured out on loan to lower league teams teams for the past 4 years. Wouldnt go down to well. edit: a few more years in this league and I think we’ll see a very different approach to signings. You make a good point, the profile of the club makes it hard to put unknowns straight into the firing line. I suppose the way to go in the future is to find these unknowns when they are still young and developed them, both in our youth teams and out on loan, before throwing them into the spot light. We just haven’t had any sort of meaningful infrastructure for years. Hopefully that is now changing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, KMitch said: I'm very surprised that we haven't gotten in a DM yet... I think a DM which fits Deano's system is more important this month than a LB to challenge Taylor. There were rumblings in Spain that we made inquiries into 2 different DMs around Christmas, and I saw an article that we're also looking into possibly doing a deal for James McCarthy. A good one would improve us so much. Veretout in that role would be incredible. If only we'd got Smith when we first came down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Rico Henry would be a good signing if he over his injury problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: A good one would improve us so much. Veretout in that role would be incredible. If only we'd got Smith when we first came down. I've seen several Fiorentina games this season and Veretout is playing the same role as McGinn is for us. He's much more of a "Box-To-Box" type player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, jacketspuds said: Given his injury record it's probably loads of people telling him that he'll never walk again. Would still have him over Hutton at LB though. You mean " He'll never walk alone"...if screwdriver is right. Edited January 10, 2019 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, av1 said: Here Season injury from until Days Games missed 17/18 Knee Injury Sep 30, 2017 Nov 23, 2018 419 days 57 16/17 Shoulder Injury Aug 15, 2016 Feb 20, 2017 189 days 60 Blimey that's quite an injury record considering he is only what.....21? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, KMitch said: I've seen several Fiorentina games this season and Veretout is playing the same role as McGinn is for us. He's much more of a "Box-To-Box" type player. Him or McGinn could sit from play to play and the midfield would dominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Danny_Villaman84 said: Hope Bruce come in for Elmo and Whelan, Jedinak, Richards Even Bruce isn't that stupid! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaVilla Posted January 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2019 44 minutes ago, KMitch said: I've seen several Fiorentina games this season and Veretout is playing the same role as McGinn is for us. He's much more of a "Box-To-Box" type player. Absolutely amazing isn't it that a player who couldn't even get in our relegation year team due to Sherwood etc not liking them, are now playing well for a team like Fiorentina, so much talent we have wasted due to incompetent management. Amazing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 minute ago, MaVilla said: Absolutely amazing isn't it that a player who couldn't even get in our relegation year team due to Sherwood etc not liking them, are now playing well for a team like Fiorentina, so much talent we have wasted due to incompetent management. Amazing. He has been playing well enough to be linked to even bigger clubs than Fiorentina this window. Honestly, I was surprised we even signed him in the first place. It's such a shame that we had a clown like Sherwood managing the club that season. Another manager would have kept us up and avoided signing garbage like Gestede and Lescott. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, KMitch said: He has been playing well enough to be linked to even bigger clubs than Fiorentina this window. Honestly, I was surprised we even signed him in the first place. It's such a shame that we had a clown like Sherwood managing the club that season. Another manager would have kept us up and avoided signing garbage like Gestede and Lescott. We'd still be in the Premier League now if we had Remi Garde from day 1 of pre-season that year. We wouldn't have signed Richards, Lescott or Gestede. We'd still have signed Veretout, Amavi and Gueye. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 10, 2019 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2019 On topic please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 38 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Absolutely amazing isn't it that a player who couldn't even get in our relegation year team due to Sherwood etc not liking them, are now playing well for a team like Fiorentina, so much talent we have wasted due to incompetent management. Amazing. 1 I still laugh when I see Sherwood complain he wasn't given free rein on transfers during that summer. Two of the players he wanted and signed were Lescott and Richards. Possibly two of the poorest players ever to wear the shirt, thank f**k we didn't sign anyone else he wanted. The players he didn't want? Veretout, Amavi, Gueye and Ayew have all gone on to play at a decent level. For me, Sherwood was the greatest scammer this club has ever seen and we are still paying the price of having him as manager. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Rico Henry would be a good signing if he over his injury problems. I don't know much about him by Smith obviously does so I'd be happy to see him come in. I'd be delighted to never see Hutton at LB again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Villaman84 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, TheStagMan said: Even Bruce isn't that stupid! Actually i'm joke about Richards but other not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 hours ago, jjaacckk91 said: I'm sure I've heard Rico Henry's name every window for the last few years. He's missed an awful lot of games due to injury the last couple years We have had more links with him than he has had games for Brentford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 59 minutes ago, Zatman said: We have had more links with him than he has had games for Brentford True, and I still don't get the obsession either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Herman22 said: For me, Sherwood was the greatest scammer this club has ever seen and we are still paying the price of having him as manager. Dr Tony says "Hi" Actually, that's a lie. He said... 4+23,G-= On topic, If we just sign a decent left back this window I will be happy, any more than that is a bonus. Be nice if we could shift a couple out as well. Edited January 10, 2019 by TheStagMan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 hours ago, MaVilla said: Absolutely amazing isn't it that a player who couldn't even get in our relegation year team due to Sherwood etc not liking them, are now playing well for a team like Fiorentina, so much talent we have wasted due to incompetent management. Amazing. He played lots under Garde, a manager who obviously could communicate with him much more easily. There were glimpses but other times he was far too lightweight and slow. Similar to Gil. Done well in Serie A but some players are better suited to other leagues and think he's one of them. Gana was much better fit for premier league as he's gone on to prove at Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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