Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on January 02, 2017, 11:28:23 PM
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http://thebirminghampress.com/2017/01/over-the-border/
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Dave, whatever happened to 'IT'S OUR YEAR!'? A sign of how bad things have become.
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That performance could finally end any ideas Bruce may have had about Westwood being capable of holding down a midfield spot and i cannot fathom why Gardner was given a new contract. Bruce has excuses but he really needs to find players capable of playing midfield in this division
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A very valid point on the timing of Gestede's imminent departure; surely Villa could've engineered it to their advantage and insisted he was part of the squad for Monday? Who knows, he might well of come off the bench and scored or set up an equaliser. Still we'll never know.
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Agree on Gestede. Nuts to let him go now. Feels like something that would have happened in the Lerner era. Makes no sense and may have been an effective sub yesterday . Gardners new contract is looking like a terrible decision.
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Bleak but appropriately blunt piece.
As for the Gestede long goodbye we have an ingrained inability to think ahead. We have become the masters of suckering ourselves.
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Spot on Dave.
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Hoping that Gestede going is because we have someone lined up.
We will win the FA Cup again, just not with these players.
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Boro may have put a time limit on getting the Gestede deal done. If Bruce has decided Gestede isn't part of his plans, better to get rid of him early than risk keeping him until the Summer at the earliest, especially if that frees up funds to buy a decent midfielder, where our real problems lie.
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We have seriously rich owners (as confirmed by them) so if we are in the realms if needing to free up funds that would be a tad disappointing
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We have seriously rich owners (as confirmed by them) so if we are in the realms if needing to free up funds that would be a tad disappointing
Weren't we something like the 5th highest spending team in England over the Summer? If so, it wouldn't be surprising if Dr Tone had told Bruce he needs to generate any funds he wants to spend out of the current squad.
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Xia will also have likely been briefed by our Finance Director (has Robin Russell actually been replaced?) and maybe even Round/Wyness, that balancing our books where possible is advisable especially after the summer splurge. Maybe there's exceptions should a big target become gettable and likely to impact whether we make the play-offs or not.
Re Rudy, it could be that talks have reached the medical stage in which case jeopardising the deal over a possible injury at Cardiff may have been considered risky.
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Lost count of the number of times you've wondered aloud whether Westwood will ever be allowed to play for us again.
As you say, it's as if he has some quality we mere mortals are unable to perceive.
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Lost count of the number of times you've wondered aloud whether Westwood will ever be allowed to play for us again.
As you say, it's as if he has some quality we mere mortals are unable to perceive.
I had a bit of a Facebook meltdown about that useless sod yesterday.
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Brutally honest.
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The last paragraph is the key thing. I'm disappointed that we have sold someone so fast into the Window but haven't moved straightaway to strengthen the obviously weak areas in midfield. Is this another season when we waste 4 or 5 matches trying to get a good deal on the 31st?
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The last paragraph is the key thing. I'm disappointed that we have sold someone so fast into the Window but haven't moved straightaway to strengthen the obviously weak areas in midfield. Is this another season when we waste 4 or 5 matches trying to get a good deal on the 31st?
It's about getting the right player in as well. If that takes 4 or 5 games, then so be it. There's no point in trying to bring in just anybody and Bruce has said as much.
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The last paragraph is the key thing. I'm disappointed that we have sold someone so fast into the Window but haven't moved straightaway to strengthen the obviously weak areas in midfield. Is this another season when we waste 4 or 5 matches trying to get a good deal on the 31st?
It's about getting the right player in as well. If that takes 4 or 5 games, then so be it. There's no point in trying to bring in just anybody and Bruce has said as much.
It is not like we have only just started looking though is it (hopefully), Bruce should have been considering the weaknesses and plugging them within the first few matches. And the opening of the window is not when you can actually start talks either. But mainly I'm just hoping for faster action on resolving the current squad problems then we have had for the last several windows.