Indigo Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, HKP90 said: To summarise, you'd be concerned about the lack of activity, if it were not for the activity? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, striker said: Too soft for the Premiership and will be moved on if a suitable offer comes in. Enjoy Harry Winks next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sparrow1988 Posted June 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, striker said: Too soft for the Premiership and will be moved on if a suitable offer comes in. Would rather have Souchek. Might be available and would give Villa a better presence in midfield. Only 27 and can score goals too. Offer Spam Ings and 10m? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Mazrim said: Right. How do you rate Brazil's and France's squads? Look, I'm not saying we don't have good players, but we also have several players in our starting 11 that fall short of the consistent quality we need to move rapidly up the table (Watkins and McGinn being two that spring to mind instantly, as well as Mings who makes too many mistakes). As it stands, we will probably improve a bit on last season (not too hard given how much we flopped), maybe by 3 or 4 places higher, but I don't think we'll be close to the top 7 and probably be at least 10 points behind the top 6. Football is a strange game though, West Ham went from finishing 16th to finishing 6th, Villa may surprise me and do really well with Bailey scoring 10+, Watkins and Ings getting 30 goals between them, Buendia and Coutinho getting 10+ assists each, and our new signings Kamara and Carlos being the signings of the season, but the stars would really have to align for all that to happen. The hope is that management realise where our weaknesses are and go and address them before our first game of the season - my concern is there are absolutely no links to any quality players from any decent sources which suggests we are trying to move players our the door before we commit to buying any more players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said: Football is a strange game though, West Ham went from finishing 16th to finishing 6th, Villa may surprise me and do really well with Bailey scoring 10+, Watkins and Ings getting 30 goals between them, Buendia and Coutinho getting 10+ assists each, and our new signings Kamara and Carlos being the signings of the season, but the stars would really have to align for all that to happen. Must admit I've been hoping for the same... It's certainly possibly as you mention Wet Spam did it. Hopefully Villa get a good preseason for once, some consistency and the time to align our new players with the current crop, work on tactics and implement a philosophy. Gerrard is noted from his time at Rangers to get his players fighting fit so I would expect Villa to improve there also. Wouldn't it be nice to have a little luck on our side and get a great start and be prepared for the email season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I'm happy with the business so far. Exactly what we need in terms of both position and quality. We all agreed we should sign Coutinho permanently, and we did. Needed a permanent no 2, we got one. Needed a quality specialist 6 that can actually defend, we got one. Needed a quality RCB to improve our central defense. We got one. We all agreed we needed a back up left back and a DM / defensive 8, which I believe we are working on. Striker and Winger would be icing on the cake signings. So far so good, just a couple more in. The base of the team looks solid. Martinez, Mings, Carlos, Kamara, plus Cash and Digne. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Seems Salah is available.... what we saying? lol 380k per week apparently he wants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted June 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2022 Valentin Castellanos? Add a little spark up front? He seems to be surrounded by mystery: Castellanos remains with NYCFC as the summer transfer windows open in Europe and South America. Just like over the winter, the wait for concrete news continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said: Look, I'm not saying we don't have good players, but we also have several players in our starting 11 that fall short of the consistent quality we need to move rapidly up the table (Watkins and McGinn being two that spring to mind instantly, as well as Mings who makes too many mistakes). As it stands, we will probably improve a bit on last season (not too hard given how much we flopped), maybe by 3 or 4 places higher, but I don't think we'll be close to the top 7 and probably be at least 10 points behind the top 6. Football is a strange game though, West Ham went from finishing 16th to finishing 6th, Villa may surprise me and do really well with Bailey scoring 10+, Watkins and Ings getting 30 goals between them, Buendia and Coutinho getting 10+ assists each, and our new signings Kamara and Carlos being the signings of the season, but the stars would really have to align for all that to happen. The hope is that management realise where our weaknesses are and go and address them before our first game of the season - my concern is there are absolutely no links to any quality players from any decent sources which suggests we are trying to move players our the door before we commit to buying any more players. There are often no solid links to players that we buy. It's how we do our business. Patience required. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, striker said: Too soft for the Premiership and will be moved on if a suitable offer comes in. Would rather have Souchek. Might be available and would give Villa a better presence in midfield. Only 27 and can score goals too. Offer Spam Ings and 10m? Quite possibly the craziest post I have ever read! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, VillaFaninLondon said: Look, I'm not saying we don't have good players, but we also have several players in our starting 11 that fall short of the consistent quality we need to move rapidly up the table (Watkins and McGinn being two that spring to mind instantly, as well as Mings who makes too many mistakes). As it stands, we will probably improve a bit on last season (not too hard given how much we flopped), maybe by 3 or 4 places higher, but I don't think we'll be close to the top 7 and probably be at least 10 points behind the top 6. Football is a strange game though, West Ham went from finishing 16th to finishing 6th, Villa may surprise me and do really well with Bailey scoring 10+, Watkins and Ings getting 30 goals between them, Buendia and Coutinho getting 10+ assists each, and our new signings Kamara and Carlos being the signings of the season, but the stars would really have to align for all that to happen. The hope is that management realise where our weaknesses are and go and address them before our first game of the season - my concern is there are absolutely no links to any quality players from any decent sources which suggests we are trying to move players our the door before we commit to buying any more players. I would argue the problem we have had is our decent players have to play virtually every game and that impacts on performance levels. The speed and demands of the game have changed, the top 6 can rotate players without significant drop in quality or performances, plus it gives others better recovery which enables them to deliver higher levels of performance when they are bought back into the team. If we improve the squad AND Gerrard is confident to use it I would suggest our consistency levels would likely improve across the team, but we are not there yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Seems Salah is available.... what we saying? lol 380k per week apparently he wants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thabucks Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 https://fbref.com/en/players/5d0e0a1f/scout/365_euro/Adrien-Truffert-Scouting-Report Adrien Truffert is a player worth keeping an eye on… Plays LB and can cover LB and only going to get better… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) Some VT posters second fav teams - Leeds (jokes) reportedly targeting Mohamed Camara… Can’t say I know much about him - Malian DM. Does sound an elite version of Nakamba https://totalfootballanalysis.com/article/scout-report-mohamed-camara-rb-salzburgs-young-defensive-midfielder Quote In the defensive phase Camara is extremely active and this fits the Red Bull characteristic of aggressive pressing and possession regains in the defensive phase. He perhaps profiles best as a ‘6’ or even an ‘8’-and-a-half with his ability to take up deep positions both in and out of possession and to provide a release for players in possession looking to regain possession and a safety net for players who look to move to a higher line that could be exploited by the opposition in transition. It is not uncommon, for example, for RB Salzburg to push their fullbacks, on both sides, high in the possession phase in order to provide width to the attack. If the opposition regains possession and then tries to transition with direct passes into the wide areas it tends to be Mohamed Camara who shuttles across to close down the danger for his side Edited June 26, 2022 by thabucks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Seems Salah is available.... what we saying? lol 380k per week apparently he wants. If it wasnt for FFP Sawaris would pay him a million a week. Its the equivalent of signing Messi for an Egyptian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 3 hours ago, The_Steve said: Sanson has had problems with his knees. Fitness has been an issue for him. Sitting in the bench weekly while McGinn kicks the ball at opponents eill damage your knees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Seems Salah is available.... what we saying? lol 380k per week apparently he wants. We dont play wide players 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 21 minutes ago, thabucks said: Some VT posters second fav teams - Leeds (jokes) reportedly targeting Mohamed Camara… Can’t say I know much about him - Malian DM. Does sound an elite version of Nakamba https://totalfootballanalysis.com/article/scout-report-mohamed-camara-rb-salzburgs-young-defensive-midfielder Are we linked with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 21 minutes ago, thabucks said: Some VT posters second fav teams - Leeds (jokes) reportedly targeting Mohamed Camara… Can’t say I know much about him - Malian DM. Does sound an elite version of Nakamba https://totalfootballanalysis.com/article/scout-report-mohamed-camara-rb-salzburgs-young-defensive-midfielder He is better than Bissouma who was the weakest of the Mali centre midfielders 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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