Delphinho123 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I find the constant referencing of Lansbury and how Drinkwater is coming in as a better option, slightly odd. Lansbury is a dreadfully average footballer who has no place in the Premier League and I'm sure the club isn't signing Drinkwater to replace our 5th choice central midfielder. What would be the point? Drinkwater needs to come in and displace either Luiz or Nakamba for us as a club to move forward. I'm sure he has been brought in with the intention of doing this. Signing a midfielder to replace a midfielder that doesn't play for us isn't a thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Our midfield does need someone who can pass well, so on paper Drinkwater makes sense. I just hope his mind is in the right place and he is willing to work, otherwise it’s a complete waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 35 minutes ago, KentVillan said: My only concern would be whether his boozing is under control. Premier League level signing problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanmac Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) At the end of the day we are getting a player who 2 years was signed for £35 million. Whether you think that fee was OTT or not there is no doubt that if he puts the effort in he can improve our midfield. It sounds like he's done his f**king around and wants to get his career on track so it could just be perfect timing for us. Edited January 7, 2020 by villanmac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 confirmed. good luck, however many reservations I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 19 minutes ago, romavillan said: Technically probably not, is he the sort of midfielder that we need? Probably yes, if we are going to play 3-4-3, one of the four to just do the dirty work, win the ball back and give it to the more creative midfielders/attacking midfielders will be just what the doctor ordered. He's not a spectacular signing but I think he'll help us find some attack/defense balance. Is he a ball winner though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 It's now a confirmed deal, Can he play tomorrow?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Is he a ball winner though? He wasn't at Leicester or Chelsea. He has been resting a lot over the last couple of seasons thou so might be full of energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Seems he's made the Villa website crash, can't get on as "service unavailable" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Junxs said: Seems he's made the Villa website crash, can't get on as "service unavailable" It's a wankfest! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sometimes when i'm bored at work I tend to write down my fav starting line up, with potential summer/Jan signings... Did one today and adding Drinkwater in the middle just felt weird. Let's hope we get the Leicester Drinkwater and he helps us in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Is he a ball winner though? I'm happy with someone who doesn't lose it too... Far too many 2nd touch a tackle midfielders at the club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted January 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) Welcome Danny. It’s in all our interests for him to give it his all. If not then I doubt he would get a nice big contract for the last big one (29y.o now right?). Danny; give it your all and it’ll be good for all concerned! Edited January 7, 2020 by alreadyexists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 He's got experience and is an upgrade on what we have. I'm thinking he wants to make an impact and resurrect his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 It’s a gamble (aren’t all transfers) but he’s only on loan so fingers crossed he makes a positive impact at the club. certainly an improvement on our second string and could turn out to be a real benefit to the first team if he applies himself.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Welcome to the club Danny! If you can follow in the footsteps of Cleverley and Snodgrass and give us a bit of experience in midfield and help steady the ship... That would be greatly appreciated! UTV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted January 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2020 20 minutes ago, Farlz said: Don’t remember him looking like that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwdriver Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 This is the market Villa are in. If we want prem experience don't want to pay mega money we have to look at waifs and strays, footballers with baggage. Historically we've done alright with the likes of Merson and McGrath and ronny johnson....but we've also been bummed by Micah Richards, Joe Cole etc. The one thing that has annoyed me about this deal is a) we need a striker and 2) we can no longer take another chelsea player so Giroud is now out of the question. Then there's the fact he couldn't get in a Burnley team featuring Ashley WEstwood. However if he had done we could of been celebrating Ashley Westwoods return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 18 minutes ago, Junxs said: Seems he's made the Villa website crash, can't get on as "service unavailable" Probably got pissed up on his way down to sign for us and smashed his Range Rover into the building containing the main server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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