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

[sickbeggar]

There was plenty of criticism aimed thier way on here, Mcginn especially

[N'ZMAV]

They all had their spells of good form - and all had bad spells.
McGinn looked knackered before his injury.

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So what? He was and is a top class player. I'd be delighted if we signed another midfielder as good as McGinn.

The point is, our 3 best players, who'd cost you over £100m to buy, were Championship players. Watkins is a Championship player, so what? If they're good enough, they're good enough.

[Mister E]

There was plenty of criticism aimed thier way on here, Mcginn especially

McGinn was fine until his self-imposed injury. Yes, he struggled in the mini-league because hew as coming back from a nasty injury.

[gpbarr]

Concerns remain. The words don’t match the actions and, as Villa fans that’s been the case with too many owners in the last couple decades.

If the owners were serious as they said, we would not have windows like this - we would do business cleanly and like others have done, pay up for the players we want. Even if we get 2-3 in the remainder of the window, they will take time to gain match fitness and acclimate to Deans team and style.

We are going into a season with all the frailties and gaps (chasms up front) that we did last year. If they cannot see that then we should be very very concerned about our direction. And if they do but don’t seem able to splash the cash then our expectations have been mismanaged.

Bit sick and tired of it all - this is a defining season for us and we must kick on - yet we have signed a good Championship RB to date.

WTF is going on?!?!?

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McGinn broke his ankle twice. We're lucky we saw him again at all.

[N'ZMAV]

So what? He was and is a top class player. I'd be delighted if we signed another midfielder as good as McGinn.

The point is, our 3 best players, who'd cost you over £100m to buy, were Championship players. Watkins is a Championship player, so what? If they're good enough, they're good enough.

Abraham and Mount were championship players too - done alright for themselves with the big boys

[aj2k77]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

[sickbeggar]

So what? He was and is a top class player. I'd be delighted if we signed another midfielder as good as McGinn.

The point is, our 3 best players, who'd cost you over £100m to buy, were Championship players. Watkins is a Championship player, so what? If they're good enough, they're good enough.

You can't build a team just from talented young  players from the championship. you need a blend, and we haven't got it currently

[Clampy]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

Massive failings? Blimey.

[Mister E]

I mean who's played most premierships games for us? Elmo?

Tom Heaton and Jack Grealish at a guess.

[sickbeggar]

I mean who's played most premierships games for us? Elmo?

Tom Heaton and Jack Grealish at a guess.

i meant overall not just for villa .think its elmo or maybe taylor with about 100 odd games

[dicedlam]

How about bringing Snodgrass back? He's touching on a bit at 32 I know, but he is exactly the type of experienced player we should be looking at and he would most definitely be a step up on either El Ghazi or Trez. He seemed to love his time here too whilst on loan and was the model pro by all acounts.

[robbo1874]

No chance, we'll flop back to Watkins with a bigger bid needed and more competition now. He's had no match practice and should we get him won't be up to speed for a month. Purslow, assuming he's doing the deals is doing very poor. 3 windows on the trot with massive failings.

theres a trap of falling into of just keep offering more money. I think it was Wilson, but could be Watkins where we reportedly started out at 12-14m and I think Newcastle were up to 20-21m. That’s not a good situation to be in where you need 4-5 players on a strict budget.

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So what? He was and is a top class player. I'd be delighted if we signed another midfielder as good as McGinn.

The point is, our 3 best players, who'd cost you over £100m to buy, were Championship players. Watkins is a Championship player, so what? If they're good enough, they're good enough.

You can't build a team just from talented young  players from the championship. you need a blend, and we haven't got it currently

I see your cliché and raise you Chris Wilder and Sheffield United.

We have a squad that has experienced a season and did something miraculous. Do you think Konsa and Luiz to choose two, won't be better for that? And that we're not active in the market looking to improve what we have?