useless Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Why don't we make a move for Denis Zakaria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 17/08/2021 at 19:08, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: It's not even a classic Dean 'yeh, no', it's just a 'no'. Now, there might be some opportunity that becomes available between now and the end of the window. But I'd assume all the irons we had in the fire have either signed or gone cold (JWP?). It actually WAS a " Yeah, no " when I listened to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, useless said: Why don't we make a move for Denis Zakaria. Would be a fantastic signing, and add a little something to our midfield that we don't already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspiration Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, useless said: Would be a fantastic signing, and add a little something to our midfield that we don't already have. Glass knees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 I think if anything does happen it will be at Chicken O clock on St Jim Whites day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 I think after the Grealish sale we are forced into a mini rebuild phase and to use US-sport terms I don't think we need or should make "win now" signings. IF we have and extra £50m to burn I much rather we spent it on say Doucoure + Damsgaard than on JWP. Would not get us into Europe next season but would hopefully leave us in a great position going forward. I can wait a season or 2 if I feel the club has a clear strategy and I don't feel JWP would offer that much difference to out midfield or make us that much better that we would be top-7 candidates this season. Fine player, great set pieces, too pricey for me. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, sne said: I think after the Grealish sale we are forced into a mini rebuild phase and to use US-sport terms I don't think we need or should make "win now" signings. IF we have and extra £50m to burn I much rather we spent it on say Doucoure + Damsgaard than on JWP. Would not get us into Europe next season but would hopefully leave us in a great position going forward. I can wait a season or 2 if I feel the club has a clear strategy and I don't feel JWP would offer that much difference to out midfield or make us that much better that we would be top-7 candidates this season. Fine player, great set pieces, too pricey for me. Agreed. It seems a common school of thought that it must be JWP or no one. If (and its a big if imo) we are going to make further moves in the TM there are other options available. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, sne said: I think after the Grealish sale we are forced into a mini rebuild phase and to use US-sport terms I don't think we need or should make "win now" signings. IF we have and extra £50m to burn I much rather we spent it on say Doucoure + Damsgaard than on JWP. Would not get us into Europe next season but would hopefully leave us in a great position going forward. I can wait a season or 2 if I feel the club has a clear strategy and I don't feel JWP would offer that much difference to out midfield or make us that much better that we would be top-7 candidates this season. Fine player, great set pieces, too pricey for me. In large it’s where I’m at with Villa.. I’m not fussed about getting in to European football this season. I’m happy with steady progression without spending silly money on players barely better than players we already have. the problem with our midfield isn’t the players we already got, but how we play. We try be an attacking team with our midfield pushed up. It just catches us out far too much Edited August 18, 2021 by CarryOnVilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, sne said: I think after the Grealish sale we are forced into a mini rebuild phase and to use US-sport terms I don't think we need or should make "win now" signings. IF we have and extra £50m to burn I much rather we spent it on say Doucoure + Damsgaard than on JWP. Would not get us into Europe next season but would hopefully leave us in a great position going forward. I can wait a season or 2 if I feel the club has a clear strategy and I don't feel JWP would offer that much difference to out midfield or make us that much better that we would be top-7 candidates this season. Fine player, great set pieces, too pricey for me. Waiting a season or 2 in the PL doesn’t really work. What happens if Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, West Ham, Leeds get stronger. We are on these coat tails atm and often in life time waits for no man. We have to strike whilst the iron is hot imo. I’m not saying break the bank for JWP either, as I agree, he’s too pricey. Just think we need to strengthen in midfield or we could easily lose the momentum we’ve built over the last few seasons. We might not be so attractive to incoming players in 2 years time and our better players might start getting their heads turned! Edited August 18, 2021 by WHY 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Signing JWP would be great but I’m still waiting for the club to unearth that gem for 5-10m. I’m not saying that it’s in any way easy to do that, but I was under the impression when hiring McKenzie that we’d spend big but then throw in a couple of gems from abroad that would turn into the next Kante/Mahrez. I really hope we can shift Nakamba, El Ghazi, Wesley and Hourihane before the window shuts and bring in a couple of central midfielders. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, WHY said: Waiting a season or 2 in the PL doesn’t really work. What happens if Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, West Ham, Leeds get stronger. We are on these coat tails atm and often in life time waits for no man. We have to strike whilst the iron is hot imo. I’m not saying break the bank for JWP either, as I agree, he’s too pricey. Just think we need to strengthen in midfield or we could easily lose the momentum we’ve built over the last few seasons. We might not be so attractive to incoming players in 2 years time and our better players might start getting their heads turned! I'm not suggesting we do nothing, I'm suggesting we spend money on other players as I don't think JWP would make that much difference that he would propel us into European places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Loxstock92 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Yes yes yeessssssssssssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jas10 said: They are on their way to be knocked out of the CL qualification by Benfica. The return game is on the 24th so after that they might be up for selling him. Not before thou I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 A lot of very reasonable posts on this thread this evening. Pleasure to read! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post a m ole Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: A lot of very reasonable posts on this thread this evening. Pleasure to read! Weird Wednesdays - exactly halfway between matches where meltdown and hope are in perfect balance 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: It actually WAS a " Yeah, no " when I listened to be fair. If they ever do another Vicar of Dibsey special, Dean would be a shoe in for Jim Trott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 16 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: A lot of very reasonable posts on this thread this evening. Pleasure to read! Martinez needs to play further forward to give the defence some protection or we’re nailed on to go down by the end of January. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmix Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Mazrim said: I think if anything does happen it will be at Chicken O clock on St Jim Whites day. Gonna bring back Borja Baston (on loan). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Beastmix said: Gonna bring back Borja Baston (on loan). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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