CVByrne Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 6 minutes ago, jimmygreaves said: So Palace are flush and need a centre half now? They will only sign younger players as that's their model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 4 minutes ago, Dillon66 said: They'll need 2 CB's when the Geordies cave in and stump up the dough for Guehi...... Think Newcastle have moved on now from Guehi. Palace not budging on £70m. Newcastle offered £60 + 5 in add-ons. Palace will get £50m+ next summer for sure even though he'll have a year left on contract. With the Anderson deal they are probably happy to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, CVByrne said: Think Newcastle have moved on now from Guehi. Palace not budging on £70m. Newcastle offered £60 + 5 in add-ons. Palace will get £50m+ next summer for sure even though he'll have a year left on contract. With the Anderson deal they are probably happy to do that Newcastle wanted Carlos before he came to us, I wonder if that could be an option for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Dodgyknees said: Newcastle wanted Carlos before he came to us, I wonder if that could be an option for them. I think that ship has very much sailed. With Emery's comments about Carlos and being part of the group I'm going to presume they've had a chat, he's not happy with the lack of football and we've basically told him apart from Fulham's tentative interest - the phone ain't exactly ringing off the hook for his services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Telling that Unai chose to bring on Costa rather than Carlos and move Konsa to RB 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) A lot of fans only watch their team and it was interesting how an Arsenal fan I know thinks Carlos is a great defender and was relieved he wasn't playing on Sunday. Personally would have been good to improve on him but there's worse 3rd/4th choice defenders out there. Edited August 30 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 39 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: A lot of fans only watch their team and it was interesting how an Arsenal fan I know thinks Carlos is a great defender and was relieved he wasn't playing on Sunday. Doesn't that back up the point that you can't place too much value on that opinion if he's only watched him against Arsenal though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Doesn't that back up the point that you can't place too much value on that opinion if he's only watched him against Arsenal though? Of course it does. It was more a general point about how a lot of fans form opinions on players. But also that it's proof he can do a job against the best at times. I don't really care about an Arsenal fans opinion. I just don't think he is as bad as some make out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CVByrne Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 This injury probably put paid to any chance of him leaving at the end of the window 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 How convenient for him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasetown Villa Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Honestly sick of him. Constantly injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarnikjak Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) Not great. Week 3 of the season and we are down to 2 fit senior CBs and one 18 year old kid at RB. Last season at this point we had 5 fit senior CBs...we are desperately short at the back. It's gonna come back to bite us. Edited August 30 by Czarnikjak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 28 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said: Not great. Week 3 of the season and we are down to 2 fit senior CBs and one 18 year old kid at RB. Last season at this point we had 5 fit senior CBs...we are desperately short at the back. It's gonna come back to bite us. Yeah it worries me a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 This isn't good news, Carlos is not reliable enough to play a significant part this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 It's a small injury. That's why we have a squad. Every now and again people will get injured. No one expects to have a fully fit squad all the time. Seriously, how many teams have a back up centre back of his quality? Mings and Carlos as our second best pairing? Only Man City in this country have arguably better depth in their centre backs. Arsenal have two excellent defenders and some others who looked good overseas but haven't been tested in the Premier League yet (Calafiori and Timber), Man Utd have Maguire and Lindelof and Liverpool have Gomez. Spurs have Davies and Dragusin. Chelsea have 6 central defenders, none of whom do I rate higher than Mings and Carlos. We are lucky to have him in the squad and if we upgrade or replace him in the future, even better for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 12 minutes ago, beasley14 said: This isn't good news, Carlos is not reliable enough to play a significant part this season! Believe he won't play much this season if Konsa is fit all season, think Emery wants him as a centre back & is happy with Cash & Ned at rightback ... Carlos is fine as a back up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 minutes ago, Monkeypuzzle said: It's a small injury. That's why we have a squad. Every now and again people will get injured. No one expects to have a fully fit squad all the time. Seriously, how many teams have a back up centre back of his quality? Mings and Carlos as our second best pairing? Only Man City in this country have arguably better depth in their centre backs. Arsenal have two excellent defenders and some others who looked good overseas but haven't been tested in the Premier League yet (Calafiori and Timber), Man Utd have Maguire and Lindelof and Liverpool have Gomez. Spurs have Davies and Dragusin. Chelsea have 6 central defenders, none of whom do I rate higher than Mings and Carlos. We are lucky to have him in the squad and if we upgrade or replace him in the future, even better for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaTO Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 7 minutes ago, Monkeypuzzle said: It's a small injury. That's why we have a squad. Every now and again people will get injured. No one expects to have a fully fit squad all the time. Seriously, how many teams have a back up centre back of his quality? Mings and Carlos as our second best pairing? Only Man City in this country have arguably better depth in their centre backs. Arsenal have two excellent defenders and some others who looked good overseas but haven't been tested in the Premier League yet (Calafiori and Timber), Man Utd have Maguire and Lindelof and Liverpool have Gomez. Spurs have Davies and Dragusin. Chelsea have 6 central defenders, none of whom do I rate higher than Mings and Carlos. We are lucky to have him in the squad and if we upgrade or replace him in the future, even better for us. Well said. Last season he played in 38 matches for us. He is clearly a very good player, he showed that in some of the biggest games. I think issue is a lack of consistency. He also tends to have some poor games. But that is to be expected with a back up CB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, Czarnikjak said: Not great. Week 3 of the season and we are down to 2 fit senior CBs and one 18 year old kid at RB. Last season at this point we had 5 fit senior CBs...we are desperately short at the back. It's gonna come back to bite us. Well I agree. Has been coming though, People have been praising our squad depth all summer, which is fair if you look on the attacking side. Our defence is very thin indeed, Even If this Geertruida bloke had signed, we’d have been thin at the back: And now — he didn’t: Edited August 30 by VillaParkAvenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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