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Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #690 on: June 01, 2019, 01:00:54 AM »
Benteke would jump at a chance to come back provided we paid him £££. Wouldn't want him either way tbh.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #691 on: June 01, 2019, 01:21:46 AM »
Benteke doesn't strike me as a Dean Smith player. Part of me would like him back, but the rest is saying 'fuck him and his tiny ears'.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #692 on: June 01, 2019, 01:47:27 AM »
Benteke doesn't strike me as a Dean Smith player. Part of me would like him back, but the rest is saying 'fuck him and his tiny ears'.


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Offline TheMalandro

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #693 on: June 01, 2019, 06:30:35 AM »
The Benteke thread on the Palace message board reads much like our Micah Richards one.
One guy is even joking the club should pay somebody to knock him off.

130k p/w...I’d remember the good times and forget about a transfer.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #694 on: June 01, 2019, 07:50:31 AM »
I find the Jota signing a bit strange. If he could not cut it in championship not sure why we think he can in the premiership.
Hopefully it is that he is the next David Silva waiting to happen and it's just that the dog  shit ruined him.

In Dean we trust I suppose

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #695 on: June 01, 2019, 08:04:49 AM »
I find the Jota signing a bit strange. If he could not cut it in championship not sure why we think he can in the premiership.
Hopefully it is that he is the next David Silva waiting to happen and it's just that the dog  shit ruined him.

In Dean we trust I suppose

He may be the example of what we'll get this summer: players whom Smith knows and believes can be shaped into the style of play he wants to develop for the team. I know very little about Jota and so cannot comment on his capablity: I'm just enjoying the positivity and anticipatory tingle of a new season in Big League.
Leftback, striker and CMF are the critical positions to fill, after having got our loanees signed up.

Offline Villafirst

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #696 on: June 01, 2019, 08:06:14 AM »
Deano has worked with Jota before - he signed him. I remember Jota giving our defence the runaround in the 3-0 loss at Brentford on the last day of the window in January 2017. The night we signed Scott Hogan!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #697 on: June 01, 2019, 08:11:08 AM »
Would Benteke be a decent shout? Season long loan with option to buy?
Why? Just, why?
Because he was the best centre forward many of us had seen in a Villa shirt?
Perhaps I should explain my slightly-dismissive questioning post.
Benteke was fantastic when he was with us - a young, inexperienced but enthusiastic striker with great physical attributes and an eye for goal. The 6-1 vs sunderland was a game that still lives with me as a 'great'.
Fast-forward to now: he looks burned out; a shell of his former understated dominance; his on-the-ball skills have become stumbles; his eye for goal seems blinded.
Also, was he a good influence  in the dressing room? - I seem to remember lots of player-issues during his time with us; but, maybe, that's my failing memory.

That was all.

Offline St AustellAVFC

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #698 on: June 01, 2019, 08:36:22 AM »
I actually think he’s a shell of his former self, because everywhere his been since us he’s not been loved. I honestly think if we could do a 12 month loan ( but not for stupid wages) it would be worth it. Anyway, apologies for bringing it up, despite being a member of this forum for many years, I don’t really put anything controversial for fear of looking like a dick.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #699 on: June 01, 2019, 09:06:14 AM »
I find the Jota signing a bit strange. If he could not cut it in championship not sure why we think he can in the premiership.
Hopefully it is that he is the next David Silva waiting to happen and it's just that the dog  shit ruined him.

In Dean we trust I suppose


Jota got 10 assists in a team that scored 20 less goals than we did. Only one less than Hourihane

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #700 on: June 01, 2019, 09:38:10 AM »
anyone not thinking this is a smart piece of business for a squad player who improves the strength of the squad needs their bumps feeling.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #701 on: June 01, 2019, 10:07:05 AM »
Should we be buying squad players though?
Should be buying first team strength and using the u/23's as backup.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #702 on: June 01, 2019, 10:22:10 AM »
Should we be buying squad players though?
Should be buying first team strength and using the u/23's as backup.

In this case though, it's a clear back-up option for Jack, which was needed. We aren't going to get someone of Jack's quality who is then happy to sit on the bench for most of the season.

Which U23 player do you think is ready to be a back-up for Jack in the Premier League?

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #703 on: June 01, 2019, 10:27:12 AM »
Should we be buying squad players though?
Should be buying first team strength and using the u/23's as backup.

Given the experienced backups that have already left, McCafu, Jedi and Mad Tom; of course Villa need to buy squad players. None of the U23s have exactly torn it up whilst out in loan. The best of the bunch was Andre and he didn’t look anything special in the second half of the season.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #704 on: June 01, 2019, 10:30:11 AM »
Relying on the kids if we pick up injuries, or expecting all of our first choice eleven to play thirty-five plus games, would be madness.

 


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