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

[robleflaneur]

Their first goal started with Cash losing it on the right, when you watch it back.  Still, these are only minor criticisms.

Thought Cash was very poor in the first half, was his poor pass that caused the second too. Think both of our full backs are struggling to make decisions to stay closer to the centre backs or go to the attacker. Second half Trez worked a lot harder to help Cash out.

Luiz is struggling in the holding role too, if we do anything today an upgrade on Nakamba would be great.

Very harsh.Luiz and Cash put in better performances than Fabinho and Alexander-Arnold.Upgrade on Taylor please.

[eamonn]

Bronte, are you ever fully satisfied with a Villa win/performance?! Last night's game was a Halley's Comet moment.

[Ian.]

Crikey. I know at times Liverpool passed it around very very well, at times they looked liked scoring and did grab a couple. Not really surprising though, they are quite a good team () and I never felt we were safe until the sixth goal.


As for Cash, considering who he was up against I thought he fought so hard and handled it very well. They did get the better of him a few times, but again quite understandable.

[ozzjim]

Apparently Rashica has signed for Leverkusen for 18m.

[brontebilly]

Bronte, are you ever fully satisfied with a Villa win/performance?! Last night's game was a Halley's Comet moment.

I'm a contrary sort, mate. It still hasn't really sunk in what we did to Liverpool's defence last night. But I do think once the dust has settled, there are valid question marks over our defence.

The only one of our back 5 or 6 (including Luiz as holding midfielder), that truly impressed me last night was Konsa to be honest. Our keeper nearly did an Adrian at one stage. Cash couldn't cope with Jota first half and was arguably at fault for two goals with unforced errors. Mings inability to clear the ball with his right foot was maddening and was piss poor for their second. Targett was better for sure but let Salah in behind him far too easily in the first half that they really should have scored from.

Then at the far end, well the far end was good 😄

[LeeB]

Apparently Rashica has signed for Leverkusen for 18m.

He's shit anyway.

[PeterWithesShin]

Apparently Rashica has signed for Leverkusen for 18m.

Fuck him, only a squad player anyway at our level.

[richtheholtender]

Bronte, are you ever fully satisfied with a Villa win/performance?! Last night's game was a Halley's Comet moment.

I'm a contrary sort, mate. It still hasn't really sunk in what we did to Liverpool's defence last night. But I do think once the dust has settled, there are valid question marks over our defence.

The only one of our back 5 or 6 (including Luiz as holding midfielder), that truly impressed me last night was Konsa to be honest. Our keeper nearly did an Adrian at one stage. Cash couldn't cope with Jota first half and was arguably at fault for two goals with unforced errors. Mings inability to clear the ball with his right foot was maddening and was piss poor for their second. Targett was better for sure but let Salah in behind him far too easily in the first half that they really should have scored from.

Then at the far end, well the far end was good 😄

I am with you on the Cash opinion. I think cash is better going forward, I think in general he is a better overall player but when it comes to defending I think Gilbert pips him for me. On the limited time I have see. I hasten to add.

[sickbeggar]

meh. We have our quota of players with punchable faces.

[PeterWithe]

Apparently Rashica has signed for Leverkusen for 18m.

That was a strange one, seemed to be news on us being interested for most of the window but whether there was anything in it, who knows? I'd never heard of him or seen him play but I was thoroughly fed up with him by the end of it all.

We could have done with another winger though.

[Chris_Jephcott]

Say what you want to but at least Rashica is comedy gold.

This is all here say but his move to Leverkusen has fallen through as the documents (including the signed contract!) didn’t arrive before the 6pm German deadline.

I reckon he needs a comedy show. And better advisors. And a better agent.

[Sexual Ealing]

What time does the window "slam shut" here?

[RamboandBruno]

Bronte, are you ever fully satisfied with a Villa win/performance?! Last night's game was a Halley's Comet moment.

I'm a contrary sort, mate. It still hasn't really sunk in what we did to Liverpool's defence last night. But I do think once the dust has settled, there are valid question marks over our defence.

The only one of our back 5 or 6 (including Luiz as holding midfielder), that truly impressed me last night was Konsa to be honest. Our keeper nearly did an Adrian at one stage. Cash couldn't cope with Jota first half and was arguably at fault for two goals with unforced errors. Mings inability to clear the ball with his right foot was maddening and was piss poor for their second. Targett was better for sure but let Salah in behind him far too easily in the first half that they really should have scored from.

Then at the far end, well the far end was good 😄

I usually agree with most of the stuff you write, but that is an unbelievably harsh assessment. Even without Mane, their frontline is world class, not just good but world class, their full backs too are world class. Other than Salah, Robertson was probably their best player last night and cash limited his contribution significantly, on only his 3rd game as a premier league player. I thought Mings should of done better with Salahs 2nd, give your that. But this is not one of the best English champions in recent memory on a downwards slide pre game, we demolished a side who started the season as they ended the last one. And in the second half apart from their second goal, I cannot remember chance for them, that doesn’t happen by accident.
Simply apart from the odd blip, the most complete performance I have probably ever witnessed from the villa, given who the opposition were.

[Richard E]

As Jack lays on the winner for Ollie in the 2022 Champions League Final, Milot will be sat in his flat in Bremen watching on telly, and thinking ruefully to himself ‘I could have been part of that.’

[LukeJames]

Loan Rashica in, give him a 7 month trial in order to impress us.