Vive_La_Villa Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Just now, CVByrne said: I believe the order for no6 is Kamara > Luiz > Nakamba in Gerrards eyes. We fans can have our opinions but I'd be surprised if Tim or Chambers were thrown into no6 in place of Naka. Tim maybe later in season when he's had more game time, but right now he'd be behind Naka I thought Marv was first choice DM last season under Gerrard ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Just now, CVByrne said: I believe the order for no6 is Kamara > Luiz > Nakamba in Gerrards eyes. We fans can have our opinions but I'd be surprised if Tim or Chambers were thrown into no6 in place of Naka. Tim maybe later in season when he's had more game time, but right now he'd be behind Naka Very possible, are loads of things I've not agreed on with Gerrard and other managers we've had. Been both wrong and right about those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I thought Marv was first choice DM last season under Gerrard ? He was until he actually came back and started playing then we remembered he was crap. When he was out injured he was being talked about as if he was Makalele. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 29 minutes ago, CVByrne said: No mate, Carney news was yesterday. My post is today. So when I say one out I'm not in the dark about Carney leaving. I read the news. So what I said was pretty much bang on. One more out before we can consider another 8 coming in I agree, we've too many senior players at 8, I'd be surprised to see another incoming unless they were confident on an outgoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, duke313 said: He was until he actually came back and started playing then we remembered he was crap. When he was out injured he was being talked about as if he was Makalele. You’re right a lot of players find that the physio table is the best position for their short term career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I'm fed up of hearing about Chukwuemeka now, please let something else happen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 minute ago, useless said: I'm fed up of hearing about Chukwuemeka now, please let something else happen. I'm happy as long as I don't have to read about CC being an enormous success at Chelsea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, CVByrne said: I believe the order for no6 is Kamara > Luiz > Nakamba in Gerrards eyes. We fans can have our opinions but I'd be surprised if Tim or Chambers were thrown into no6 in place of Naka. Tim maybe later in season when he's had more game time, but right now he'd be behind Naka I'm not convinced, Nakamba was out for 6 months last season and then missed all of pre season, where Iroegbunam got a decent number of minutes. I think Tim will have leapfrogged him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 32 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I thought Marv was first choice DM last season under Gerrard ? He was for the first 5 games or so until his injury. When he came back from injury he never really unseated Luiz again. A few appearances here or there but Luiz was firmly ahead of him. May well be it was fitness related but there wasn't a lot of discussion about that IIRC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vive_La_Villa Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: He was for the first 5 games or so until his injury. When he came back from injury he never really unseated Luiz again. A few appearances here or there but Luiz was firmly ahead of him. May well be it was fitness related but there wasn't a lot of discussion about that IIRC I thought it was fitness related. I’m sure he played against Liverpool but had to be taken off as was shattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 If we do sign another player I just want it to be of the calibre of Carlos and Kamara. In terms of squad players we have plenty and just need to up the quality. Assuming we might sign 1 more player I’d be hoping for a centre midfielder. However not a clue who would be a good person to go for. I still like the idea of Gallagher as a mcginn / Ramsey replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, El-Reacho said: Nakamba under Gerrard was excellent until his injury. If we let him go and Kamara gets injured Luiz will end up back in that role again. He wasn’t expensive and wouldn’t be on big wages so I reckon it makes sense to keep him. Even if we keep him until the end of his contract and then release him on a free he’ll have cost us about £2.5m+wages per season which is good value for a PL squad player. The problem with Marv is he is a 6/10 one week and 8/10 another. To push on we need an 8/10 every week. Thats what separates the best teams and the average teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 40 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: I'm happy as long as I don't have to read about CC being an enormous success at Chelsea. Ffs Calum Chambers away to Chelsea? Never saw anything about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted August 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, MrBlack said: He didn't have much choice but to put faith in new signings. And knowing this, we bought them as early as was humanly possible once the transfer window opened. If we could have brought another more experienced midfielder then I would be happier , we were rumoured to be in for a couple that went elsewhere but I do wonder if there were any more available. Not to say I don't think he's a good player because he does appear to have the makings of one and maybe one of our youngsters can break through, so much of our season depends upon the midfield and its ball retention and defensive cover, in Gerrard's system, that it's a big gamble. I don't see Nakamba as being good enough, even as a squad player. Having such great forward players that can't all play is also going to be an issue for Gerrard especially if the midfield doesn't immediately hit the ground running and we have to play 4 in there. Can't wait for Saturday to see what we're going to look like , I have high hopes but some concerns. UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Surely we our net spend we have not finished buying in this window? We seem to be stacked in the centre of midfield but, for me, there is still room for someone who can play out wide. We have Coutinho, Buendia, Bailey and Traore who can do that but three of them seem to prefer to play narrower and one who is inconsistent and who seems to be not too fancied by Gerrard. I think the perfect fit would be Jonathan David, like a few others have mentioned. He can play wide or down the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, tinker said: If we could have brought another more experienced midfielder then I would be happier , we were rumoured to be in for a couple that went elsewhere but I do wonder if there were any more available. Not to say I don't think he's a good player because he does appear to have the makings of one and maybe one of our youngsters can break through, so much of our season depends upon the midfield and its ball retention and defensive cover, in Gerrard's system, that it's a big gamble. I don't see Nakamba as being good enough, even as a squad player. Having such great forward players that can't all play is also going to be an issue for Gerrard especially if the midfield doesn't immediately hit the ground running and we have to play 4 in there. Can't wait for Saturday to see what we're going to look like , I have high hopes but some concerns. UTV I think we look very good, when we have the ball......my concerns still exist, when we haven't got the ball. I would still like to see another midfielder come in.....Ndidi or Sangare, maybe...or Gallagher for his industry and pressing. Edited August 3, 2022 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Villarocker said: Surely we our net spend we have not finished buying in this window? We seem to be stacked in the centre of midfield but, for me, there is still room for someone who can play out wide. We have Coutinho, Buendia, Bailey and Traore who can do that but three of them seem to prefer to play narrower and one who is inconsistent and who seems to be not too fancied by Gerrard. I think the perfect fit would be Jonathan David, like a few others have mentioned. He can play wide or down the middle. I guess we would like to buy, but only if the new player is much better than current midfielders and if he would come to Villa rather than a top 6 or CL club. We’d also probably still need to sell one other midfielder to accommodate the new signing as well which might be proving tricky. It might be something that only happens right at the end of the window when options get narrowed for all clubs and players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 16 minutes ago, HeyAnty said: The problem with Marv is he is a 6/10 one week and 8/10 another. To push on we need an 8/10 every week. Thats what separates the best teams and the average teams Agreed but we're not going to get a solid 8/10 player to sit on the bench until Kamara gets injured. We don't even know if Kamara will be that good of a player at this stage. Players getting 8/10 week in week out are playing CL football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) So what players haven’t had their villa portraits posted yet? It’s looking like if their photo has been shared, they’re part of this seasons plans Edited August 3, 2022 by CarryOnVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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