Zatman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, paul514 said: Nothing impressive in his data unlike that Sergio Gomez Ligue Un a higher quality league though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 minute ago, paul514 said: I didn't see transfer fees mentioned for him Me neither but I suspect Gomez is more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 On 04/06/2022 at 14:25, Blue Scouse said: Mate don't put Newcastle anywhere mine or your club in terms of size and stature they are a nothing club not even close to Everton or Villa. The last time they won the FA cup was 1955 and the last time they won the league 1927. (95 years ago haha) I laugh when geordies try to create a rivalry with us. I get your sentiment...but I have a suspicion, they will be punching high, with the resources they have.....and sadly we have to compete with that. So far, we have managed to do well in the T/market.....but of course that has to manifest itself in to results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, sne said: Me neither but I suspect Gomez is more expensive. I would think so but it would seem a no brainer at sub 15m for example Edited June 5, 2022 by paul514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I love the signings we have made so far..Im sure we will create even more chances than we did last season with a shored up defence and a proper DM in midfield ,but unless something is drastically done with our forwards i think we will struggle for goals again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 25 minutes ago, paul514 said: Nothing impressive in his data unlike that Sergio Gomez Suppose the difference is Gomez came through at Barca and Dortmund as an attacking midfielder and has shone so much in Anderlecht as a left back in a poor league. Technically he will be superior, for sure. But doing it in a poor league it may well be his defending is very poor and he wouldn't translate to a PL fullback. He may be fantastic and he certainly sounds the most exciting of the two. But he could just as easily be a Kamikaze fullback who can't defend, able to smash the Belgian league in offense just as Samatta and Wesley have before as strikers. Merlin however plays in a Top 5 league (albeit the worst of the 5) and has had decent stats out of it and OK attacking output. It's more obvious that you can compare his experience to Villa (Guilbert etc). I've never seen either play, as a backup to someone like Digne, we can take a bit of a risk. I'd be more confident in Merlin stepping in but more excited for the potential of Gomez. As a luxury backup, I'd not be much bothered either way and nice to see us looking at progressive, young options 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Suppose the difference is Gomez came through at Barca and Dortmund as an attacking midfielder and has shone so much in Anderlecht as a left back in a poor league. Technically he will be superior, for sure. But doing it in a poor league it may well be his defending is very poor and he wouldn't translate to a PL fullback. He may be fantastic and he certainly sounds the most exciting of the two. But he could just as easily be a Kamikaze fullback who can't defend, able to smash the Belgian league in offense just as Samatta and Wesley have before as strikers. Merlin however plays in a Top 5 league (albeit the worst of the 5) and has had decent stats out of it and OK attacking output. It's more obvious that you can compare his experience to Villa (Guilbert etc). I've never seen either play, as a backup to someone like Digne, we can take a bit of a risk. I'd be more confident in Merlin stepping in but more excited for the potential of Gomez. As a luxury backup, I'd not be much bothered either way and nice to see us looking at progressive, young options One Belgian team was in Europe after Christmas and were knocked out by the first opponents they played Belgian League is currently the 13th ranked league in Europe so would need more evidence if Gomez would be able to step up, obviously same with Merlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 25 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said: I love the signings we have made so far..Im sure we will create even more chances than we did last season with a shored up defence and a proper DM in midfield ,but unless something is drastically done with our forwards i think we will struggle for goals again. I dunno about that. They both missed a few sitters last season, but have both proved they can score more in the past. Being less isolated, with a more solid spine the creative players should provide more. We weren't far off in goals for, it was more goals against that did for us. I'd be OK relying on them and investing elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaHatesMe Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 6 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: What's happened to Ampadu? Has he left Chelsea permanently yet? I remember at one point he was extremely highly rated as a CDM/CB hybrid. Has he gone to shite since he shaved off his Mane? He's proving to be an old school CB. Useful defensively, but hasn't shown much ability with the ball at his feet, so he's never going to play at Chelsea. He'd be a good fit for a team like Burnley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaHatesMe Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 2 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: Left field enough I kind of believe it. Even if it's from The Mirror Exactly the kind of player we should be looking at to backup Digne. A lot of the same qualities. Probably not somebody we want to depend on to play major minutes right away, but somebody who could learn from Digne and eventually push him for the starting job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I suspect its all in the game We are currently negotiating for 1 left back and then using the media to link us to several other left backs to aid our stance Same as the links with tarkowski and Botman while signing Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) How the hell have we become a club that has done most of our summer businesses before the official transfer window opens? it feels pretty good being this efficient Edited June 5, 2022 by CarryOnVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said: I love the signings we have made so far..Im sure we will create even more chances than we did last season with a shored up defence and a proper DM in midfield ,but unless something is drastically done with our forwards i think we will struggle for goals again. Yep, for me we need a CF and another midfielder. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, nick76 said: Yep, for me we need a CF and another midfielder. If agree and I doubt that we’re not going to be working hard to get that done. Then the clear out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: How the hell have we become a club that has done most of our summer businesses before the official transfer window opens? it feels pretty good being this efficient Without bursting your bubble but in 2013 we got all our business done but one before the window opened and we had similar giddyness Obviously this is a better quality of signing than Bacuna and Tonev etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 We have I think 31 overage players when we can only register 25 Outgoings need to be a priority before we bring more in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarryOnVilla Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Without bursting your bubble but in 2013 we got all our business done but one before the window opened and we had similar giddyness Obviously this is a better quality of signing than Bacuna and Tonev etc 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I suspect its all in the game We are currently negotiating for 1 left back and then using the media to link us to several other left backs to aid our stance Same as the links with tarkowski and Botman while signing Carlos EA SPORTS… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I suppose it would make a lot of sense buying a young French back given who our current left back is and the bloke we just brought in on a free. Not sure how much truth is in it, but seems to fit the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 18 minutes ago, Zatman said: bursting your bubble but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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