Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[charleeco7]

"Craig Shakespeare named Aston Villa assistant head coach"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53699260

Which Leicester or Watford players are coming to the villa?

Sarr please. Get a decent striker I'd take Albrighton back in a heartbeat.

Did he get on with Kante, he's be handy if Chelsea are selling lol

We should definitely go for Sat, the lads a going to be some player. So strong and decent pace, can only see him improving.

[kipeye]

Davis needs games and goals. He’s clearly not a number 2 striker at this level. Wesley, very unclear. I wouldn’t say Tammy is any solution. 15 goals at Chelsea is very meh. And they’d be asking for 40 odd million.

Having said that no idea who we could take. Sell grealish and add in the 100m warchest and bid 150m for mbappe 🚑

I honestly think he has the makings of a top class CF. He needs games and a little time to develop, shows all the qualities for me. He may be overdue to show it but I would persevere and only loan him out if we get a couple more up front. I hope we keep him

[PaulWinch again]

Davis has all the hall marks of a top centre forward?

[Brazilian Villain]

Davis has all the hall marks of a top centre forward?

I think he's confusing him with Silva.

[john e]

Davis needs games and goals. He’s clearly not a number 2 striker at this level. Wesley, very unclear. I wouldn’t say Tammy is any solution. 15 goals at Chelsea is very meh. And they’d be asking for 40 odd million.

Having said that no idea who we could take. Sell grealish and add in the 100m warchest and bid 150m for mbappe 🚑

I honestly think he has the makings of a top class CF. He needs games and a little time to develop, shows all the qualities for me. He may be overdue to show it but I would persevere and only loan him out if we get a couple more up front. I hope we keep him

I agree with every word you say Kipeye
I’ve defended and backed him loads on here I like players who can control a ball as I’ve said about other players and he can

Unfortunately the truth at the moment is he doesn’t score
and if your a striker it’s eerrr well pretty important, so you get those people like us waiting for him to notch a couple and others who don’t rate him at all saying he never will

I’ve sort of stopped making his case now not because I don’t believe in his ability any more but because there’s no come back to ‘he never scores’
maybe he will become the player we think he is somewhere else
What will be will be

[Mister E]

... I’ve defended and backed him loads on here I like players who can control a ball as I’ve said about other players and he can ....

Isn't this a somewhat fundamental criterion of any player?!
I think you've really damned him with faint praise, John.

[Villan82]

When Davis first broke into the team he blew my mind. I thought, 'wow', we have ourselves a gem. Weren't there rumours back then that top flight clubs were looking at him?

He hasn't kicked on from there, mainly due to a lack of game time in the championship. Loan him out. If he could improve his finishing I think he would be a good player.

[LeeB]

Davis needs games and goals. He’s clearly not a number 2 striker at this level. Wesley, very unclear. I wouldn’t say Tammy is any solution. 15 goals at Chelsea is very meh. And they’d be asking for 40 odd million.

Having said that no idea who we could take. Sell grealish and add in the 100m warchest and bid 150m for mbappe 🚑

I honestly think he has the makings of a top class CF. He needs games and a little time to develop, shows all the qualities for me. He may be overdue to show it but I would persevere and only loan him out if we get a couple more up front. I hope we keep him

I agree with every word you say Kipeye
I’ve defended and backed him loads on here I like players who can control a ball as I’ve said about other players and he can

Unfortunately the truth at the moment is he doesn’t score
and if your a striker it’s eerrr well pretty important, so you get those people like us waiting for him to notch a couple and others who don’t rate him at all saying he never will

I’ve sort of stopped making his case now not because I don’t believe in his ability any more but because there’s no come back to ‘he never scores’
maybe he will become the player we think he is somewhere else
What will be will be

Don’t worry both, we’ll be all over these fuckers at the end of the season when he collects the Golden Boot.

[john e]

... I’ve defended and backed him loads on here I like players who can control a ball as I’ve said about other players and he can ....

Isn't this a somewhat fundamental criterion of any player?!
I think you've really damned him with faint praise, John.

It is fundamental
Surprising how many can’t do it under pressure and give the ball away to easily
have you not been watching us do that all season ?

[WilliamStanding]

Happy to hold my hands on this one but I’m confident Davis will never score more than two goals in a season top flight.

[eamonn]

Davis has all the hall marks of a top centre forward?

I think he's confusing him with Silva.

Leaves defences more stationary than a birthday card.

[ChicagoLion]

Davis has all the hall marks of a top centre forward?

I think he's confusing him with Silva.

Leaves defences more stationary than a birthday card.

how does a birthday card leave stationary?

[WilliamStanding]

If Davis plays for .... football so can I.

[Smirker]

Considering the season starts in a few weeks, business seems slow. Been two weeks since we confirmed survival. Announce something exciting please Villa.

[Dante Lavelli]

Considering the season starts in a few weeks, business seems slow. Been two weeks since we confirmed survival. Announce something exciting please Villa.

Only clubs with generous/rich owners can justify spending money due to the massive hit on turnover.  Assuming ours fall into this category we have a very rare opportunity bridge the gap between us and any club run sustainably.