Championship 2018-2019

[Matt C]

Probably looking at circa 8m for Grabban, we’re not going to be spending money like that any more.

[Ad@m]

without buying a single player you could swap Davis for Grabban, O'hare for well any midfielder apart from Grealish and you have not weakened the side at all
and given more game time probably improved it

there might be others,
if we have younger players who can't make more of a difference in the team than Lansbury, Conor H, Whelan, Elmo, Taylor, Samba, then they really must be a bunch of useless lemons

It's pretty disingenuous to suggest that Keinan "Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo" Davis is a like-for-like replacement for Grabban, who's second top goalscorer in the division.

If you run down yesterday's team and think about what it might look like next year it's not pretty:

GK Johnstone  Bunn

RB  Elmohamady  Bree
LB  Hutton  Taylor
CB  Terry  Samba
CB  Chester  Richards

RW  Snodgrass  Bjanasson
LW  Adomah  Green
CM  Jedinak
CM  Hourihane  Whelan
CM  Grealish  O'Hare

ST  Grabban  Davis

A season with that first team won't end well!

[tony scott]

Having seen Andre Green a few times, I find it strange ,so many think he will make a huge improvement to the team.

[Villa in Denmark]

without buying a single player you could swap Davis for Grabban, O'hare for well any midfielder apart from Grealish and you have not weakened the side at all
and given more game time probably improved it

there might be others,
if we have younger players who can't make more of a difference in the team than Lansbury, Conor H, Whelan, Elmo, Taylor, Samba, then they really must be a bunch of useless lemons

It's pretty disingenuous to suggest that Keinan "Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo" Davis is a like-for-like replacement for Grabban, who's second top goalscorer in the division.

If you run down yesterday's team and think about what it might look like next year it's not pretty:

GK Johnstone  Bunn

RB  Elmohamady  Bree
LB  Hutton  Taylor
CB  Terry  Samba
CB  Chester  Richards

RW  Snodgrass  Bjanasson
LW  Adomah  Green
CM  Jedinak
CM  Hourihane  Whelan
CM  Grealish  O'Hare

ST  Grabban  Davis

A season with that first team won't end well!

Isn't Bunn out of contract as well?

[Ad@m]

Isn't Bunn out of contract as well?

I hope not.  As distinctly average as Bunn is, I'd prefer him in goal to the world's only midget professional goalkeeper, Jed Steer.

[robleflaneur]

without buying a single player you could swap Davis for Grabban, O'hare for well any midfielder apart from Grealish and you have not weakened the side at all
and given more game time probably improved it

there might be others,
if we have younger players who can't make more of a difference in the team than Lansbury, Conor H, Whelan, Elmo, Taylor, Samba, then they really must be a bunch of useless lemons

It's pretty disingenuous to suggest that Keinan "Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo" Davis is a like-for-like replacement for Grabban, who's second top goalscorer in the division.

If you run down yesterday's team and think about what it might look like next year it's not pretty:

GK Johnstone  Bunn

RB  Elmohamady  Bree
LB  Hutton  Taylor
CB  Terry  Samba
CB  Chester  Richards

RW  Snodgrass  Bjanasson
LW  Adomah  Green
CM  Jedinak
CM  Hourihane  Whelan
CM  Grealish  O'Hare

ST  Grabban  Davis

A season with that first team won't end well!

Because you have sold  at least 6 of the more important players,Grealish,Chester,Kodjia,Hourihane,Elphick ,Elmo and probably Hogan and Lansbury.Amazing you kept Bjarnason,but at least paired him with Whelan and Jedinak.2 or 3 holding midfielders No Ross or Gabby upfront..Released Hutton and 5 well paid loanees.
Probably £50m in transfer fees and the only signing is an extension of Samba's contract.Plus Steer is a far better keeper.

[brentastonb6]

without buying a single player you could swap Davis for Grabban, O'hare for well any midfielder apart from Grealish and you have not weakened the side at all
and given more game time probably improved it

there might be others,
if we have younger players who can't make more of a difference in the team than Lansbury, Conor H, Whelan, Elmo, Taylor, Samba, then they really must be a bunch of useless lemons

Agree with this ,also we lose Johnstone but use Sarkic, Bree for Hutton, Kodjia starts from August with RHM  taking his place on the  bench, Callum O’Hare you’ve already  mentioned , I’d  rather Jake Doyle - Hayes is on the bench than  Onomah. Andre Green anyone ? There are options..

[avfcpg]

Aren't De Laet and Gil only on loan too...?

[mr underhill]

There are so many players floating around villa Park I loose count. You could probably field a side of people who actually belong to us but have been away so long we've all forgotten them. i might be wrong but aren't Gollini and the guy we bought from Reading missing from the lists immediately above?

[Ad@m]

I thought Gollini had been sold but Tshibola's a good shout - I think he only went out on loan.

[Ads]

Where's Kodjia? Why are we selling everybody And replacing nobody?

[Ad@m]

Where's Kodjia? Why are we selling everybody And replacing nobody?

Because we've got to find £50m from somewhere.

[Ads]

Have we?

[SoccerHQ]

I think if we play our cards right we should still have decent options in midfield and attack. At least to get us in contention for play offs.

Defence is going to need a hell of a lot of work given who we'll be losing.

Can't see us challenging for top 2 like we did this time. Boro still have decent year of parachute payments and Pulis will probably sign another five 6ft + players so they'll be more Cardiff than Cardiff. Stoke will probably be strongest of the relegated trio.

[Karlos96]

Hard to say at the moment how we will do until we see what team we end up with and who is the manager but we know a lot of the current first team will be gone and we possibly well have to cash in on either Grealish or Kodjia, I think the best we can hope for is the playoffs but I suspect we'll more than likely end up mid table.