Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Axl Rose]

While we are at it, can this god-awful trend of referring to players as 'ballers' please stop?  it's up there with 'tekkers' as piss-boilingly annoying.


As you were.

Seconded. It's fucking beyond irritating.

[hilts_coolerking]

I've also noticed on twitter lots of Villa fans posting stuff along the lines of "SOME VILLA FANS DRIVE ME NUTS, SLAGGING OFF THE SIGNINGS SO FAR, BE PATIENT, GIVE DEAN THE TIME" yet pretty much no posts moaning about our signings or suggesting he shouldn't get the time.

I think that's called 'virtue signalling'

It certainly sets the "Superfan Alert" going.

[UK Redsox]

Ampadu has signed for Leipzig on loan, so cross him off the list of potential midfielders

[Steve67]

Cor blimey, there’s some proper grumpiness knocking around in here today! 😂😂

[john e]

wanting Maupay has taken on  a life of its own the same way Nzogbia did before we signed him
and that worked out well !!

what’s the difference between Maupay and Hogan ?

I’m only going on the limited bits I’ve seen of him
But like Hogan he’s-

the same size and looks
scored a load of goals for Brentford in the Championship
lots of tap ins and rebounds exactly the same as Hogan
runs around a lot
like Hogan a has a massive reputation based on goal stats over a short period in the championship
is hyped and overrated on a wave social media myth building

I know someone is going to stay he’s a ‘totally different player’ to Hogan because that’s what people always say when they really believe he’s the answer

well I hope your right because he looks a doppelgänger for Hogan to me

[Brend'Watkins]

Cor blimey, there’s some proper grumpiness knocking around in here today! 😂😂

"Cor Blimey?"  There's a lot of nostalga around at the moment for what happened in the space programme 50 years ago.  I'm sure it doesn't extend to 'Carry on' films of the same period.

[eamonn]

I've also noticed on twitter lots of Villa fans posting stuff along the lines of "SOME VILLA FANS DRIVE ME NUTS, SLAGGING OFF THE SIGNINGS SO FAR, BE PATIENT, GIVE DEAN THE TIME" yet pretty much no posts moaning about our signings or suggesting he shouldn't get the time.

I think that's called 'virtue signalling'

As long as no one is doing any "gaslighting" we should be OK.

[Duncan Shaw]

wanting Maupay has taken on  a life of its own the same way Nzogbia did before we signed him
and that worked out well !!

what’s the difference between Maupay and Hogan ?

I’m only going on the limited bits I’ve seen of him
But like Hogan he’s-

the same size and looks
scored a load of goals for Brentford in the Championship
lots of tap ins and rebounds exactly the same as Hogan
runs around a lot
like Hogan a has a massive reputation based on goal stats over a short period in the championship
is hyped and overrated on a wave social media myth building

I know someone is going to stay he’s a ‘totally different player’ to Hogan because that’s what people always say when they really believe he’s the answer

well I hope your right because he looks a doppelgänger for Hogan to me

I've been pretty much thinking exactly this myself!

[LeeB]

wanting Maupay has taken on  a life of its own the same way Nzogbia did before we signed him
and that worked out well !!

what’s the difference between Maupay and Hogan ?

I’m only going on the limited bits I’ve seen of him
But like Hogan he’s-

the same size and looks
scored a load of goals for Brentford in the Championship
lots of tap ins and rebounds exactly the same as Hogan
runs around a lot
like Hogan a has a massive reputation based on goal stats over a short period in the championship
is hyped and overrated on a wave social media myth building

I know someone is going to stay he’s a ‘totally different player’ to Hogan because that’s what people always say when they really believe he’s the answer

well I hope your right because he looks a doppelgänger for Hogan to me

I've been pretty much thinking exactly this myself!

Yep, me too.

[Three Spires Villa]

wanting Maupay has taken on  a life of its own the same way Nzogbia did before we signed him
and that worked out well !!

what’s the difference between Maupay and Hogan ?

I’m only going on the limited bits I’ve seen of him
But like Hogan he’s-

the same size and looks
scored a load of goals for Brentford in the Championship
lots of tap ins and rebounds exactly the same as Hogan
runs around a lot
like Hogan a has a massive reputation based on goal stats over a short period in the championship
is hyped and overrated on a wave social media myth building

I know someone is going to stay he’s a ‘totally different player’ to Hogan because that’s what people always say when they really believe he’s the answer

well I hope your right because he looks a doppelgänger for Hogan to me

I've been pretty much thinking exactly this myself!

Yep, me too.

Agree

[Risso]

Well, I don't. 

wanting Maupay has taken on  a life of its own the same way Nzogbia did before we signed him
and that worked out well !!

what’s the difference between Maupay and Hogan ?

I’m only going on the limited bits I’ve seen of him
But like Hogan he’s-

the same size and looks
scored a load of goals for Brentford in the Championship
lots of tap ins and rebounds exactly the same as Hogan
runs around a lot
like Hogan a has a massive reputation based on goal stats over a short period in the championship
is hyped and overrated on a wave social media myth building

I know someone is going to stay he’s a ‘totally different player’ to Hogan because that’s what people always say when they really believe he’s the answer

well I hope your right because he looks a doppelgänger for Hogan to me

I've been pretty much thinking exactly this myself!

I'm not sure that Maupay is what we need, but saying he's like Hogan is a bit like saying Mings is the same as Elphick because they both came from Bournemouth and are central defenders.

I've only seen him in when he's played us and in the obligatory Youtube videos, but he's clearly a much, much better player than Hogan.  On top of his goals he made 8 assists last year, which is not sot something Hogan would manage in 8 seasons, let alone 1.  He's also a lot younger, so will get better.

At the end of the day, if Smith brings him in, I'd trust that he'd know what he was doing over the likes of Bruce who bought Hogan with no thought whatsoever as to how to get the best out of him.  Smith is clearly trying to put all the pieces of a jigsaw together, Bruce went at it with all the finesse of Richard Madeley with a trolley in the wine aisle.

[Toronto Villa]

This #AnnounceMings, now Luiz, Trezeguet and today I say Maupay on Twitter is fucking cringeworthy.

It's only a bit of entertainment. The entire #announceyadayada thing is something all fans do.

Here's a three year old article about it:

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/4xz33j/the-announce-phenomenon-and-what-it-says-about-the-state-of-modern-football

So what are you saying? I'm getting old and miserable? If that's the case I've been rumbled.

[VILLA MOLE]

well this is terminology  all very scary and I am now not going out after dark

[Steve67]

Cor blimey, there’s some proper grumpiness knocking around in here today! 😂😂

"Cor Blimey?"  There's a lot of nostalga around at the moment for what happened in the space programme 50 years ago.  I'm sure it doesn't extend to 'Carry on' films of the same period.

It’s what comes of living down south with these false cocknees!

[villadelph]

For all the business we're doing, we can still find a way to complain.