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Offline TelfordVilla

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2670 on: August 17, 2020, 07:28:26 PM »
No chance of either Luiz or Grealish leaving. No one will offer them 1st team football. Why would either of them want to sit on the bench

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2671 on: August 17, 2020, 07:32:46 PM »
For their own sakes, I hope Doug and Jack stay at Villa. If they depart for Manchester, I’d take a good cushion with them as they’ll be sitting on the bench half of the time. Better to be top players at Villa than also rans elsewhere.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2672 on: August 17, 2020, 07:35:39 PM »
I want them to stay, and hope they do, but they are good enough not to be also rans. I’m sure they’ll have that belief too.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2673 on: August 17, 2020, 07:48:20 PM »
No chance of either Luiz or Grealish leaving. No one will offer them 1st team football. Why would either of them want to sit on the bench

On the evidence of both Manchester clubs limping out of their respective European competitions in the past week both of our lads would be well capable of playing for either of them.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2674 on: August 17, 2020, 07:58:00 PM »
I think if Manchester City have ambition of winning the Champions League then Luiz isn't going to help them much.
He's a good player - but not likely to improve their first team a great deal.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2675 on: August 17, 2020, 08:23:24 PM »
Both Jack & Douglas would get plenty of game time at either Manchester club Imho but hopefully the nervousness of clubs to spend and the quick turnaround to playing again will keep them both here.....the worry would be if either club got any bad injuries in first 3 weeks of season that changes transfer strategy

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2676 on: August 17, 2020, 08:28:20 PM »
I think if Manchester City have ambition of winning the Champions League then Luiz isn't going to help them much.
He's a good player - but not likely to improve their first team a great deal.

I assume you mean at this time? Because he’s 20 and he’s going to be a superstar.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2677 on: August 17, 2020, 08:35:54 PM »
I think if Manchester City have ambition of winning the Champions League then Luiz isn't going to help them much.
He's a good player - but not likely to improve their first team a great deal.
I assume you mean at this time? Because he’s 20 and he’s going to be a superstar.
He's 22 and he will be top-class.
Is he the answer to Citeh's problems? - probably not.
Would he fit in there? - undoubtedly on the pitch.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2678 on: August 17, 2020, 08:37:37 PM »
I can’t see Luiz playing ahead of Rodri, Herrera or Fernandinho and Jack is unlikely to get ahead of Fernandes, or one of the front three at the moment. Jack will be looking to the Euro squad next year so will need regular starts. Getting 20 minutes every other game won’t get him a squad place above Foden or Mount.

Well, that’s my blinkered view ... and I’m sticking to it!!!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2679 on: August 17, 2020, 08:41:09 PM »
I think if Manchester City have ambition of winning the Champions League then Luiz isn't going to help them much.
He's a good player - but not likely to improve their first team a great deal.

I assume you mean at this time? Because he’s 20 and he’s going to be a superstar.
in a few years he could be a top player, just not yet.


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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2680 on: August 17, 2020, 08:50:21 PM »
I can’t see Luiz playing ahead of Rodri, Herrera or Fernandinho and Jack is unlikely to get ahead of Fernandes, or one of the front three at the moment.

Herrera left to join PSG last year.

Offline TelfordVilla

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2681 on: August 17, 2020, 08:56:23 PM »
2 from Norwich, 2 from Brentford and 1 from Celtic please. Goodbye Taylor and lansbury and Kalinic and samara and Davies (on loan) job done.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2682 on: August 17, 2020, 09:01:44 PM »
Curtis Davies left us yonks ago.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2683 on: August 17, 2020, 09:10:53 PM »
I can’t see Luiz playing ahead of Rodri, Herrera or Fernandinho and Jack is unlikely to get ahead of Fernandes, or one of the front three at the moment.

Herrera left to join PSG last year.


Ah. That’ll teach me to keep my Citeh knowledge up to date ... Apologies

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2684 on: August 17, 2020, 09:14:33 PM »
I can’t see Luiz playing ahead of Rodri, Herrera or Fernandinho and Jack is unlikely to get ahead of Fernandes, or one of the front three at the moment.

Herrera left to join PSG last year.


Ah. That’ll teach me to keep my Citeh knowledge up to date ... Apologies

Didn’t Herrera play for United rather than Citeh?

 


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