NOOOOOO!!
That's bs.
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That's bs.
"Sessegnon, Mitrovic, Cairney, Seri, Babel" ... I stopped reading there.
If there are a couple of good prospects from the championship with some championship games under their belt who are better than from our own academy no reason not to buy say 2 if we are buying say 4 established players as well.
Someone like say Daniel James could really make an impact as s speedy winger ,- we need say 6 AMs and have 5 ( Erikssen Son Dele Moira Lamela) now so what is not to like ? if Erikssen goes we need to replace him as well. James might be £ 15m so helps spread budget if we are to buy say 6 players this TW
Someone like say Daniel James could really make an impact as s speedy winger ,- we need say 6 AMs and have 5 ( Erikssen Son Dele Moira Lamela) now so what is not to like ? if Erikssen goes we need to replace him as well. James might be £ 15m so helps spread budget if we are to buy say 6 players this TW
You highlight Sessegnon but ignore Maddison and Brooks
Harry played on loan in the championship, didn't pull up any trees but look at what he became. Dele was a championship/league 1 player
Then talent is there is just a matter of picking the right ones with ability and the correct mentality. Just like from any league tbh.
The only issue is that these players usually need a bit longer to adapt to the PL. Our issue right now is do we have that time because the pressure to win silverware is growing and growing. For us to succeed now we need players ready to deliver now. Top players have the experience but will cost a fortune to acquire. Over to you Poch and Levy
And who would you have him starting in front of?
Eriksen, Dele, Son? Who?
Also had your Aunt had balls.....you know how ifs and buts work
It's not that he should start in front of anybody. He should have increased the competition and made sure the other guys stayed on top of their game. And once in a while he would get opportunities, like in january (where we were down to our bare bones), and if he made the most of it, he would be starter.
We can't ignore the fact, that once in a while we need some homegrown talent. Preferable from our own ranks, but we aren't Benfica so sometimes we need to invest. I don't see why it have to be the Championship. Of course it's more expensive, but the talent in the Premiership might be more exciting. I'd love a player like Morgan Gibbs-White.
Are you frustrated with Levy/Poch/the club for not identifying and investing in the players you think will make us trophy winners?
You know why some fans get erections whenever a player like Grealish does something decent. It's because our expectations on the type of player we can bring in have been lowered. We are a club that doesn't pay big wages or transfer fees. We are not going to pay 180k a week and 70 mill for a Van Dijk. De Jong would rather take the glory as well as the money on offer at Barca. Most likely the same with Deligt. Elite players will go where they are offered the most money and have the best chance of winning things
Where does that leave us then? Sifting through the scraps that the bigger richer clubs don't want. Until the club goes out and brings in one or two world class players to show everyone we really mean business you are going to get some fans creaming themselves over the likes of Grealish
Last para is pure nonsense.... A pointless falsehood. Some fancied him, some didn't. Little has changed on that front.
In a parralell universe, a 5 year old sulks about their xmas presents before Santa's even been to visit.
Van Dijk was playing for Celtic when he was 23/24 though & look at what he's become since. Some players mature at different stages of their careers, some need the right environment, manager or responsibility to take their game onto a new level. You mention Grealish vs De Jong as to who is better. De Jong clearly is otherwise Barcelona wouldn't have forked out £65m for him. Just because Grealish isn't as good as De Jong it doesn't mean he's a bad player. Either way I'm sure Grealish will be a Premier League footballer next season and we'll see how he fares.
Would anyone be confident that we would even get a so called bargain player?
The perversity is that we seem to have got less attractive as we have become mildly successful.
Honestly work that out.
The perversity is that we seem to have got less attractive as we have become mildly successful.
Honestly work that out.
Grealish may not have gotten a mention in the press, but that should never be taken as the player not having been good. The footballing media are spectacularly bad at that part of the game. As horrible as it sounds, the footballing hipster sites on social media have often been good at drawing attention to kids who are also getting noticed by clubs, well before the press ever hear their names. And Grealish has been standing out as a guy who should be getting a move up to something more challenging than the Championship for about 18 months now.
The more we are linked with a player the less I believe it. When we do get a player it is normally one where there has been no discussion before the signing. The club are right on top of leaks by the look of it.
So it basically boils down to the devil you know.
Grealish would be a random too if he played in any other country.
But I’d rather someone I’ve seen than get excited about someone I haven’t heard of on the basis that:
1) They are new
2) They play abroad
Shall we talk about our record this year with and without Harry?
You can if you want, it bears zero relevance to our potential signings since he's actually our player.
Grealish is getting big licks because apparently he is single handedly driving Villa to the EPL. Except he's not.
It just makes your point about Villa winning without him look rather stupid that’s all
The "Random" you referred to it the quoted post plays for the team top of the Dutch league and guess what, he's just scored in the CL quarter final.
Fucking Randoms, get them in Line of Duty