If we can keep the team below and fill in the gaps with decent players, think we'll be fine whichever league we find ourselves in. ?Richards Okore Lescott Amavi Gana Veretout ? Gil Ayew ?
why would we sell half the team? I really don't get this argument of a mass exodus. Grade has got the current group playing well together. A good striker and we are 4-5 points better off for sure. I'm sure we will lose one or two players, but I just don't buy into this last one to leave Villa Park turn off the lights attitude. Newcastle, Hull, Burnley have all gone down in recent years and none of them had players leaving in huge numbers. We will keep the majority of this squad. Or least the majority of the players the manager wants to keep. We will promote some kids from the academy like Hepburn-Murphy, Kinsella, Donacien etc to see more playing time, and will likely bring in a few players of Garde's choosing. If the principles the manager is installing are followed, the players/distractions like N'Zogbia/Gabby/Richardson sold or leave through their contract expiring, we will be in decent shape for an immediate promotion push. I truly believe that Garde is the man for the job and he will get the appropriate backing from the club to do what he needs to do to bring us back up.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 24, 2016, 02:48:59 PMwhy would we sell half the team? I really don't get this argument of a mass exodus. Grade has got the current group playing well together. A good striker and we are 4-5 points better off for sure. I'm sure we will lose one or two players, but I just don't buy into this last one to leave Villa Park turn off the lights attitude. Newcastle, Hull, Burnley have all gone down in recent years and none of them had players leaving in huge numbers. We will keep the majority of this squad. Or least the majority of the players the manager wants to keep. We will promote some kids from the academy like Hepburn-Murphy, Kinsella, Donacien etc to see more playing time, and will likely bring in a few players of Garde's choosing. If the principles the manager is installing are followed, the players/distractions like N'Zogbia/Gabby/Richardson sold or leave through their contract expiring, we will be in decent shape for an immediate promotion push. I truly believe that Garde is the man for the job and he will get the appropriate backing from the club to do what he needs to do to bring us back up.I agree with you TV, I don't think we should sell any, but with modern footballers being the what they are i'd be very surprised if the 3 I mentioned stayed, no doubt we will receive some bids for them and unfortunately teams like Leicester, Palace, Stoke, Everton will be all sniffing around us and even grimmer than that is that they are far more attractive clubs than us at the present.
Not especially. Manger wise, yes. Those who purportedly run the club, no.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 24, 2016, 02:48:59 PMwhy would we sell half the team? I really don't get this argument of a mass exodus. Grade has got the current group playing well together. A good striker and we are 4-5 points better off for sure. I'm sure we will lose one or two players, but I just don't buy into this last one to leave Villa Park turn off the lights attitude. Newcastle, Hull, Burnley have all gone down in recent years and none of them had players leaving in huge numbers. We will keep the majority of this squad. Or least the majority of the players the manager wants to keep. We will promote some kids from the academy like Hepburn-Murphy, Kinsella, Donacien etc to see more playing time, and will likely bring in a few players of Garde's choosing. If the principles the manager is installing are followed, the players/distractions like N'Zogbia/Gabby/Richardson sold or leave through their contract expiring, we will be in decent shape for an immediate promotion push. I truly believe that Garde is the man for the job and he will get the appropriate backing from the club to do what he needs to do to bring us back up.can we not at least have a little go at staying up though
Quote from: four fornicholl on January 24, 2016, 03:11:02 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on January 24, 2016, 02:48:59 PMwhy would we sell half the team? I really don't get this argument of a mass exodus. Grade has got the current group playing well together. A good striker and we are 4-5 points better off for sure. I'm sure we will lose one or two players, but I just don't buy into this last one to leave Villa Park turn off the lights attitude. Newcastle, Hull, Burnley have all gone down in recent years and none of them had players leaving in huge numbers. We will keep the majority of this squad. Or least the majority of the players the manager wants to keep. We will promote some kids from the academy like Hepburn-Murphy, Kinsella, Donacien etc to see more playing time, and will likely bring in a few players of Garde's choosing. If the principles the manager is installing are followed, the players/distractions like N'Zogbia/Gabby/Richardson sold or leave through their contract expiring, we will be in decent shape for an immediate promotion push. I truly believe that Garde is the man for the job and he will get the appropriate backing from the club to do what he needs to do to bring us back up.can we not at least have a little go at staying up thoughI'm with fourEditBut I get what you're saying, Toronto, just still hoping like all of us that it doesn't come to that.