striker Posted July 13 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 13 16 minutes ago, villarule123 said: You must rate him higher than Luiz though? Right?! As a DM yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oishiiniku_uk Posted July 13 Popular Post Share Posted July 13 Needs a bit of polishing, but: Aaa Maa dou-dou-dou Loves a tackle, breaks at speed Amadou-dou-dou He's a giant in midfield To the left, to the right jumps up and down and heads with ease See him win every time under Unai Emery! 7 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted July 13 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13 59 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Bit of a surprise (hoping it’s a lower initial fee and goes up to 50 after add ons) but he solves a lot of problems/deficiencies for us. He’s still so young and gets to learn from the master, Unai will be sure he can turn him into a top, top player. Whatever Unai wants, Unai gets! I’m guessing we solidify midfield, have a strong annd physical base, that gives the wingers and CAMs more licence to create and attack. The curse of Elphick, already lost an inch in height Just by being linked to us. He will be 5’ seven by the time he signs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 5 minutes ago, Jas10 said: We’ve probably allowed Everton to keep Branthwaite… maybe they should focus on the positives? Great, more United fans crying they got priced out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Great, more United fans crying they got priced out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 30 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: Everton fans: Everton to Villa is a lateral move? In geographical terms, if viewed from no closer than the moon, sure! otherwise? Noooooo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 I think we were seduced by how well he played with Tielemans v England in March. Baffles me their manager barely started Youri in the Euros as they looked fantastic together in that game. Interesting signing and straight away gives us much more of a physical presence centrally. However he is still very raw and wasn't even starting when Everton had that good winning run in final 5 games. He also isn't a DM although perhaps that's the long term goal. We're signing so many 8s currently it will be fascinating how we line up v West Ham/Arsenal as that will quickly tell whether the reshaped midfield will cut it v higher tier teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) Shit… only just realised he’s probably going to be our record signing. But, I wouldn’t be surprised to see us smash that again in this window… Edited July 13 by Jas10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Good competition for Martinez. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarryOnVilla Posted July 13 Popular Post Share Posted July 13 Everton FC have agreed a deal to become Aston Villa’s latest Youth academy. Everton are the second club to join the Aston Villa franchise after West Bromwich Albion Joined in 2021. Like WBA, Everton will coach, train and develop promising young players for their parent club Aston Villa. 1 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted July 13 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 13 29 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Who gives a shit? Wrong……again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MarkLillis Posted July 13 Popular Post Share Posted July 13 This guy passes the eye test for me. Villa fans will love him. For anyone worried about the fee please let the money men do that and enjoy this signing because it’s exactly what we need. UTV 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted July 13 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13 Give Donks away for free the other way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 I got a few questions about this signing, but I do think it is a good signing overall and fixes a lot of weaknesses. The first question has to be can he maintain the level of passing he shows for Belgium. The next is can he improve his ball progression. Whether it be carrying + beating his man or through passing And finally can he add more goal scoring + creation to his game. Ideally you want 5 goals and 5 assists from him. It would be difficult to play him with Kamara or Enzo if none of time are offering a goal creation threat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Another Twitter tactics fella, been speaking about wanting onana at United all season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Just now, MotoMkali said: I got a few questions about this signing, but I do think it is a good signing overall and fixes a lot of weaknesses. The first question has to be can he maintain the level of passing he shows for Belgium. The next is can he improve his ball progression. Whether it be carrying + beating his man or through passing And finally can he add more goal scoring + creation to his game. Ideally you want 5 goals and 5 assists from him. It would be difficult to play him with Kamara or Enzo if none of time are offering a goal creation threat. Tielemans and McGinn will be required for that, possibly even more as one of them will be on the penalties now. Onana with his size should be a decent threat from set plays so that's where he chips in with goals. Bulldozed in at the back post to score v Palace last season so McPhee will be taking notes on that. His signing means we've got enough now to go back to the box midfields that worked so well v Arsenal and Man. City last December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Martinez Cash/Kosta Carlos/Konsa Pau Maatsen Onana Kamara Bailey/Phil/Diaby New no 10 Ramsay/Morgan Ollie Thats a much better, more powerful midfield than last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 We should offee them dendonker as part of the deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: Tielemans and McGinn will be required for that, possibly even more as one of them will be on the penalties now. Onana with his size should be a decent threat from set plays so that's where he chips in with goals. Bulldozed in at the back post to score v Palace last season so McPhee will be taking notes on that. His signing means we've got enough now to go back to the box midfields that worked so well v Arsenal and Man. City last December. You need goals and creation from the squad. If we are playing a 2 man midfield you really need at least 10 GCs between them to be a top 4 team. It seems unlikely Kamara or Enzo will be offering that which means Onana will likely be a 6 most of the time unless he can add that to his game. Obviously we got Barkley and Tielemans who can provide that when Onana/Enzo/Kamara are CDM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 13 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13 Interesting! That seems to have come from nowhere. Definitely a different profile to what we have already and I think Unai could work wonders with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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