Robert Snodgrass - loaned for 17-18 season

[Villafirst]

Villa in "advanced talks" to sign Snodgrass according to Sky sources.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Always happy for us to sign a good player, and he will be our best right winger.

It does seem a shame that three of our best players Adomah, Elmo and Snodgrass would all play in the same position whilst we have no cover at all at left wing and left back.

Definitely a good player though.

[itbrvilla]

Always happy for us to sign a good player, and he will be our best right winger.

It does seem a shame that three of our best players Adomah, Elmo and Snodgrass would all play in the same position whilst we have no cover at all at left wing and left back.

Definitely a good player though.

Who's to blame for that?

[Ads]

I suspect Snodgrass will play behind a forward at some points.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I suspect Snodgrass will play behind a forward at some points.

Agreed. He's too slow to be a winger and we have that position more than covered. More likely to be coming off the bench/the odd game to give Hourihane a rest.

[supertom]

Snodgrass should deliver you 20 goals a season in this league by virtue of scoring or assisting. I think its a good signing. Also gives us some set piece threat too. The one he's gonna threaten the most is probably Grealish to be honest. Jack's gonna have his work cut out when he's back fit.

[The Edge]

It's also an anagram of 'assdongs'.

There's also an old navy vessel. RSS Gonads. (best I could do. Sorry)

[Matt Collins]

Snodgrass isn't coming here to sit on the bench. We don't any other midfielders who were valued at £10m within the last six months

[paul_e]

The problem is you can't say you've got no money and you want a senior squad of 18-20 only to then get distracted and go after a 2nd right winger in a month regardless of the effect it will have on the squad, this is the same problem from last summer with RDM and most seasons under MON.  Elmo was good on Saturday, Adomah was good last night, we're already going to have one of them pissed off at a lack of game time and then you bring in another right winger.

So we then start looking at playing someone out of position but that means putting one of them on the left where they're not suited and losing the pace of Green or rotating with guy who's just scored a hat-trick when you already have Lansbury looking better in that role than any other.

Competition on the left is needed, but not in the shape of Adomah out of position.  He might see that spot as good for Kodjia or Grealish when they're back but that doesn't do anything to back up a season long loan for a right winger.

[Risso]

Can we call him Pongo?

[eamonn]

One of the right wingers is gonna have to "do a Youngy" and get used to playing on the left and cutting in on their right. If we are getting Snodgrass on-loan he probably starts most of the time, like Onouha.
He's not really what we need but Bruce going back to old clubs to get his faves is hardly a surprise. Brace yourselves for a Gardner-Cattermole deadline day swap.

[olaftab]

Villa in "advanced talks" to sign Snodgrass according to Sky sources.

Hope the god in detail will result in Snoddy snubbing us.

[tomd2103]

He's got quality on the ball, I worry that after seeing Saturday we really need pace and mobility in attack, especially out wide. 

[paul_e]

One of the right wingers is gonna have to "do a Youngy" and get used to playing on the left and cutting in on their right. If we are getting Snodgrass on-loan he probably starts most of the time, like Onouha.
He's not really what we need but Bruce going back to old clubs to get his faves is hardly a surprise. Brace yourselves for a Gardner-Cattermole deadline day swap.

Young was what 21 when he did that, Elmo and Adomah are both pushing 30 and have played on the right their entire careers, it's a very different situation.

[Matt Collins]

I can't see Elmo playing left but I reckon Adomah could