VillaParkAvenue Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Maybe a straight swap with Fenerbahce? They get Coutinho, we get Enner Valencia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, useless said: Technically we can use Rachel Daly in the mens team. Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Assuming Raikhy, K Young and maybe B Young will get some bench-time if we sign no-one else... Raikhy got some minutes in the mid-season games so Emery has obviously seen something he likes in him. Light up front for sure, and if Nakamba goes Id be a bit worried about CM depth - just leaves Luiz, Kamara and Dendoncker as that type of CM. None of us want to see McGinn back there ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Were we not linked with this guy I think the end of last week or something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Rustibrooks said: Were we not linked with this guy I think the end of last week or something? Couple of days ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said: Were we not linked with this guy I think the end of last week or something? Yes there’s been a few links to him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jareth Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said: Were we not linked with this guy I think the end of last week or something? There's a midget pinching his chin 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Probably signing for Chelsea, they're short on centre backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 The only player we've let go that I'm surprised we haven't replaced is Ings, the rest of them were not adding much to the team anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post burchy Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said: Were we not linked with this guy I think the end of last week or something? It’s the Shermanator 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said: Assuming Raikhy, K Young and maybe B Young will get some bench-time if we sign no-one else... Raikhy got some minutes in the mid-season games so Emery has obviously seen something he likes in him. Light up front for sure, and if Nakamba goes Id be a bit worried about CM depth - just leaves Luiz, Kamara and Dendoncker as that type of CM. None of us want to see McGinn back there ever again. I’m looking forward to McGinn returning after his injury, but maybe that’s just me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Just now, burchy said: It’s the Shermanator as long as he brings Stifler's Mom.....sign him up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 It's weird, the narrative before Emery joined was the players/squad wasn't good enough and he would get considerable funds to overhaul it, pretty sure we were pretty billy big b*llocks about giving him a big war chest as part of his agreement to join. But then he turned this bunch of dead weights into a team capable of grinding out and occasionally nailing some impressive wins. The Stevenage loss (and a few times he's had to use fringe players) certainly would have shown Emery how poor our squad depth is, Moreno is a good signing, Duran is meant to be one for the future greenlit by - but not chosen by the manager (maybe he will start sooner than we think). I thought we wanted a 'big finish' insert Kenneth gif. If we let Nakamba and Chambers go aswell as Ings, Archer (loan), Ludwig, Guilbert and Sanson without anymore incomings, I can't see us really getting anywhere near European places unless we really do remain injury free till the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 11 hours ago, allani said: We also missed out on winning the title and competing in the early years of Sky / the Premier League because our owner wanted to haggle over £0.5 million rather than sign players that our managers / scouts / etc were convinced would help us compete. It's amazing how quickly people forget. What an utterly random quote? We are not challenging for the title, we are in a mid-season window and this is not Doug Ellis. Says something when you have to go back to the early 90’s for a reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villarocker Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, MachoFantastico said: Honestly, my only real concern is if Emery was promised funds and they haven't materialized. But I doubt that's the case. I just think the club is struggling to attract players. I'm not entirely comfortable with all the exits and so few arrivals, that's a recipe for disaster. But we should be confident in the club. The exits don't really bother me. Augustinsson = 3rd choice loanee - enough cover at LB. Bednarek = 4th choice loanee - enough cover at CB. Guilbert = about 5th choice RB - enough cover there and was loaned out for two seasons. Sanson = about 6th choice CM - enough cover there. Archer = loaned about because hardly got any game time so seemingly not thought of as good enough? Prove them wrong, Cammie! Ings = 2nd choice striker - most concerning exit but, at his age, with those wages and, for that fee, it absolutely made sense. Cover? Watkins and Bailey up front. If one gets injured we will maybe play 4-3-3? The lack of a third (first) striker in the squad is the main concern for me. Seems like they're waiting for a big target but, what if they don't want to come here? That's the worry. Just realised I forgot about Duran. Hopefully he can fill the void until summer? Edited January 30, 2023 by Villarocker 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Maybe a straight swap with Fenerbahce? They get Coutinho, we get Enner Valencia. Didn't Di Matteo want Valencia and Xia went to watch him play for West Ham and dismissed the idea. One of the few things he got right. Always interesting looking at Turkish clubs to see what long forgotten players have ended up there. Josh King plays for them now for example as does Michy Batshuyai so two who've been linked with us in the past but getting a decent last pay day. Diego Rossi fits our profile but not really scored a huge amount. They signed him from MLS and he has 4 caps for Uruguay so actually pretty similar to Duran. They got in Joao Pedro aswell, always liked watching him in Serie A so in terms of attacking stopgaps we could do worse although I can't see us letting Coutinho go until the summer as our attacking options are so thin currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I was hoping for 3 in, 3 out but perhaps villa just heard 3 out, 3 out. A glimmer of hope is what Newcastle ate/have done. They’re a shining light for what a decent coach can do with good players and I would put Emery’s statue as a coach above Howe personally. Perhaps we’ve missed out on a couple of our key targets and he’s just gone ‘let’s stick a pin in it until the summer and see what these lot have got for the next 18 games’. Not what I would have done personally but hey ho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Villarocker said: The exits don't really bother me. Augustinsson = 3rd choice loanee - enough cover at LB. Bednarek = 4th choice loanee - enough cover at CB. Guilbert = about 5th choice RB - enough cover there and was loaned out for two seasons. Sanson = about 6th choice CM - enough cover there. Archer = loaned about because hardly got any game time so seemingly not thought of as good enough? Prove them wrong, Cammie! Ings = 2nd choice striker - most concerning exit but, at his age, with those wages and, for that fee, it absolutely made sense. Cover? Watkins and Bailey up front. If one gets injured we will maybe play 4-3-3? The lack of a third (first) striker in the squad is the main concern for me. Seems like they're waiting for a big target but, what if they don't want to come here? That's the worry. I agree. If Olli doesn't perform or gets injured, that's our risk. I'd still like us to get rid of Coutinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: I’m looking forward to McGinn returning after his injury, but maybe that’s just me. Me too, but the more advanced role we've seen under Emery, not whatever Gerrard was trying to do with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thunderball Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 Wow, the hysteria and conspiracy theory contagion has arrived here too. FFP. The players we want are expensive and entrenched at their clubs. We haven’t the head room to pull in some stocking fillers - “looking to improve on what we’ve got” is the mantra. Save the big dollars for the players we do want in the summer, this season is already a compromise, why compromise our future further though impatience. We have lots of money and intent, Emery arriving proved that, NSWE are not playing at this. If we don’t sign anyone and the season is a complete failure Purslow and Lange in the owners sights, but I think we are sensibly keeping our powder dry rather than waste money on the Dendonker/Augustinson/Bednarak etc signings we always waste money on and make zero impact on the squad. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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