Laughable Chimp Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Dembele’s stats look good last season. Been utter shit this season though. Has barely played too. Anyone know what’s up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Laughable Chimp said: Dembele’s stats look good last season. Been utter shit this season though. Has barely played too. Anyone know what’s up with that? Not sure his fitness has been great as he had an injury at the start of the season. I agree though his 21/22 stats were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Another thing is that Emery has a habit of giving players a chance to reinvent their careers with him. So even though statistically he hasn’t been that great this season for Lyon, hopefully Emery can give him the confidence to be a success for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, MrBlack said: But will he cost less than Ings in wages? I guess we'd have some financial recompense coming from him as he's only 26. If he finds his form could be an ideal placeholder. Option to buy not necessary. He'd be out of contract. Ah yes, sorry. Loan probably out of the question then. Parent club would be admitting they were going to get nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Laughable Chimp said: Dembele’s stats look good last season. Been utter shit this season though. Has barely played too. Anyone know what’s up with that? They bought Lacazette, Dembele got injured, and he's struggles to find form competing with Lacazette for time. It is slightly concerning, but as a placeholder that shouldn't cost much its probably the best we can get. If he rediscovers his best form it could work out brilliantly. A low cost gamble really, which is why West ham are less inclined to go this route and wanted a more proven option, but Everton have been linked as they're skint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I've lost track of Dembele's. Is he the one that was at Spurs? Glad it's not just me. I think that one is at Barca. Edit- This one was the one from Celtic and Fulham. Edited January 19, 2023 by HKP90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Some highlight vids for anyone who hasn’t really seen him play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Just now, Rustibrooks said: Another thing is that Emery has a habit of giving players a chance to reinvent their careers with him. So even though statistically he hasn’t been that great this season for Lyon, hopefully Emery can give him the confidence to be a success for us. That's true, but Villarreal being a small club without much money probably played a part in that. Would he turn down highly rated players and prefer to go with those who failed elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 We should go all out to get Terem Moffi in. Watkins, Bailey, Dhuran and him would give us a decent choice. Use the Ings money and i reckon that sets us up nicely for the future, whilst archer hopefully scores more goals and gains in confidence ready for a part to play next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Glad it's not just me. I think that one is at Barca. Edit- This one was the one from Celtic and Fulham. There's Mousa Dembele born -86 who was at Spurs. Ousmane Dembele who was at Dortmund and now at Barcelona (star player) And Moussa Dembele (this one, currently Lyon). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Emery said that he would only be looking to add new players who offered something different to what we already had. I liked Ings as a fairly clinical striker but I've been concerned about how slow he has become, which the match against Leeds highlighted. I noticed recently while scrolling possible incomers stats that Deulofeu has been playing as a striker for Udinese for a while now, and wondered whether he would offer that "difference" that Unai mentions playing alongside Watkins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said: Some highlight vids for anyone who hasn’t really seen him play No thanks. He's been absolute garbage this season. No better than Bertrand Traore the last guy we signed from Lyon and spent 18 million on remember him? Edited January 19, 2023 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, MrBlack said: They bought Lacazette, Dembele got injured, and he's struggles to find form competing with Lacazette for time. It is slightly concerning, but as a placeholder that shouldn't cost much its probably the best we can get. If he rediscovers his best form it could work out brilliantly. A low cost gamble really, which is why West ham are less inclined to go this route and wanted a more proven option, but Everton have been linked as they're skint. How low cost are we talking here? Because if we’re buying him with practically the money we got for Ings, that sounds like a good trade off to me. I’d take that gamble. Edited January 19, 2023 by Laughable Chimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said: Some highlight vids for anyone who hasn’t really seen him play Looks good. Shades of Tekkers in the hold up play and strength. Seems to drop very deep to collect the ball, but perhaps that was the system at Lyon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 minute ago, VillaParkAvenue said: There's Mousa Dembele born -86 who was at Spurs. Ousmane Dembele who was at Dortmund and now at Barcelona (star player) And Moussa Dembele (this one, currently Lyon). Mousa and Moussa. FFS. They need to add middle names or something, that's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Mousa and Moussa. FFS. They need to add middle names or something, that's ridiculous. What happened to "Frank" and "Garry" ffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 Just now, Steero113 said: What happened to "Frank" and "Garry" ffs. Jeff Dembele. There would probably be a Jeffs Dembele that comes to prominence shortly afterward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Jeff Dembele. There would probably be a Jeffs Dembele that comes to prominence shortly afterward. Do you mean Geoff Dembele or is there another one? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: How low cost are we talking here? Because if we’re buying him with practically the money we got for Ings, that sounds like a good trade off to me. I’d take that gamble. I'd think so. They only bought him for 18m, admittedly a while back now, and he's only got 6 months left in his contract. I'd think he'd take a lower wage than Ings and cost less than him up front. Plus we could probably recoup some of what we pay for him in 3 years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Steero113 said: What happened to "Frank" and "Garry" ffs. I believe Frank Dembele is currently at Borussia Dortmund but, sadly, Garry Dembele’s career hasn’t gone quite as well. He’s at Darlington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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