Popular Post MrBlack Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: It's different for both EU and non-EU players. I summarised the rules as briefly as I could in the first post of this thread: Re work permit...Based on this thread. I make it... 6 points for joining from the MLS (band 4 league) 10 points for playing in 34% of Colombia's games over the last 12 months. 1 extra point from joining from MLS and having played ~44% of minutes ( 1364/3060 minutes last season..May be higher if he missed minutes due to injury, not sure) 2 points from making a debut in a non-recognised league and being under 21 0 points from time in continental cups 0 points for league position of Chicago 0 points for continental progression of Chicago For a total of 19 points vs the 15 required On that basis, he's comfortably getting a permit, using just the league we signed him from and his appearances for Colombia. Edited January 16, 2023 by MrBlack 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Please, please don’t be shit and end up on loan to a Turkish club 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Villan 1974 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 28 minutes ago, YLN said: My word the MLS is such a poor standard. It looks like women's amateur football. Do teams play 2-5-3 in the MLS? Could you be any more ignorant ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 50 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Wow and you’re still alive. That’s impressive. I daren’t ask the nature of the work. Haha, probably the least dangerous work going. I was working for a UK university. I do think Falcao and James Rodriguez were the first of, what will become, a long list of Colombian international superstars moving forwards though. Hopefully Durán is part of that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 2 hours ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: I visited Colombia for work a few years ago, namely Bogotá and Medellin. I am enjoying how some people interpret it a huge coincidence JPA is from the same place. Medellin has a population twice the size of the greater Birmingham area combined. That said, I want to take it as a good omen. He definitely looks a great prospect at 19. The world outside of Latin America is generally pretty ignorant about Latin America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podster Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 10 hours ago, nick76 said: Guy on Sky whose watched him thinks he might go out on loan straight away, one for the future apparently but thinks he’s a talent Sky reporters can hardly tell the difference between a football and a watermelon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoVillan1983 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 No idea who this guy is as the only time I’ve watched Fire is when Villa had a pre season friendly… But buzzing given the connection. He’s doing the reverse trade to me - moving Chitown to Brum… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Listen to Emery. Do what he says. Success will follow. Having an alternative to Watkins is massive. Ollie gets a raw deal with Villa fans I think, does great work with the scraps he's often given. If this lad is better than him in a year or two, we have a quite brilliant player on our hands. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Chicago Villan 1974 said: Could you be any more ignorant ? Probably. A little. Does that look like a decent standard of football in that clip then? My ignorance makes me think that looks like football being played by men who have just had major surgery and are just glad to be out of their hospital beds so they're not really doing formations or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Sort of feeling a bit embarrassed at my own ignorance. At first I assumed “Jhon” was actually a typo and was going to make a wisecrack about it in this thread. However, I now find that it is an incredibly common boy’s name in Colombia. I genuinely didn’t know that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaHatesMe Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, YLN said: Probably. A little. Does that look like a decent standard of football in that clip then? My ignorance makes me think that looks like football being played by men who have just had major surgery and are just glad to be out of their hospital beds so they're not really doing formations or anything For what it's worth, the highlights when Duran is wearing orange are from his time in Colombia. As for MLS, while it's not the Premier League, the top teams in MLS would be expected to compete for promotion in the Championship. The league has come a long way in recent years. It's no accident you're seeing European teams shopping in the league now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Spoony said: Please, please don’t be shit and end up on loan to a Turkish club Come to Besiktas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: Listen to Emery. Do what he says. Success will follow. Having an alternative to Watkins is massive. Ollie gets a raw deal with Villa fans I think, does great work with the scraps he's often given. If this lad is better than him in a year or two, we have a quite brilliant player on our hands. I'm not so sure that Ollie gets a raw deal from fans. By and large the fans adore Ollie and have been really patient with him when he slips into his cold snaps. His work rate and hold up play have never been in doubt. Just his finishing. I love the guy and want him to stay and thrive, even if it means mostly coming off the bench. Edited January 17, 2023 by maqroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 5 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Hails from Columbia's second city, Medelin. Like JPA. Got a good feeling about this one. If the club is smart, they'll pay JPA to come over, show him around, and make him feel at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) 49 minutes ago, TomC said: If the club is smart, they'll pay JPA to come over, show him around, and make him feel at home. Our South American boys will help him acclimate smoothly. Edited January 17, 2023 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) We must surely be the most South American side in Premier League? Edited January 17, 2023 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton8321 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 12 hours ago, Jonesy7211 said: 19 years old, already capped 3 times for Colombia. He's hardly likely to be a donkey considering some of their forwards like Muriel and Diaz. Don't know anything about him, but I'm optimistic. I don't think Unai would accept a dud. Coincedently, he's more like Muriel's Colombia teammate at Atalanta.. Duvan Zapata who is also 6'2''. He was actually the first person I thought of when I saw him play for the Fire and Colombia. Very powerful and explosive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 6 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Smith said he made suggestions about transfers but wasn't responsible. We moved to DOF model with NWSE. Why do people keep saying manager responsible for transfers I imagine (and hope!) that the manager continues to be one influential voice in a group that decides transfers, because in the modern game that’s a better approach, but I think Tom Collomosse (who usually seems on the money with Villa since the new owners came in) did a big piece last week about how Emery has been given more control than Smith or Gerrard. Like I say I still expect that to be one voice in a group, but possibly a louder one. Interestingly Neil Cutler was saying in an interview pre World Cup that he was the one who made goalkeeper recommendations to Lange etc and pushed really hard for Emi. And yet he wouldn’t even be in a conversation about outfield players. If it’s all done right it should be a healthy balance between managerial influence and longer-term club thinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton8321 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, maqroll said: We must surely be the most South American side in Premier League? Don't tell M'bappe that as he'll think we play in the Bahamian third division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, TomC said: If the club is smart, they'll pay JPA to come over, show him around, and make him feel at home. Or we could just sign JPA’s son who is another top Colombian U20 talent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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