I think Konsa could well become a Villa legend for years to come, he just needs somebody as good as he is to play next to.
Quote from: VinnieChase84 on December 02, 2020, 02:15:07 PMWith Wes being back soon a striker not so pressing. For me a massive upgrade needed on Trez/El Ghazi and a decent CB to properly challenge Konsa and Mings. Hause not good enough and Engels made of glass.A new left back would also be great but that can always wait till the summer Is Engels injured or just still out of favour?
With Wes being back soon a striker not so pressing. For me a massive upgrade needed on Trez/El Ghazi and a decent CB to properly challenge Konsa and Mings. Hause not good enough and Engels made of glass.A new left back would also be great but that can always wait till the summer
Quote from: Pat Mustard on December 02, 2020, 02:14:02 PM....As for losing his man, given we seem to mark zonally most of the time surely this is a collective thing - I don't see how Mings is any more culpable for the goals we've been conceding than Konsa is(or the rest of the team for that matter). Konsa has been great this season and is a real prospect, but we seem to be getting back to finding a scapegoat for all of our ills when in reality there is collective blame. Last season Targett was the main focus of everyone's ire, now he appears to be more settled we've moved onto someone else.I agree with this. Against BHA, the first goal was down to the defence as a whole being AWOL. The first goal that WetSpam scored was down to a lack of collective awareness of what was going on. Perhaps Martinez ain't quite the communicator we thought he is ...It's corny but true: we win together / we lose together. We should be taking collective accountability for games.
....As for losing his man, given we seem to mark zonally most of the time surely this is a collective thing - I don't see how Mings is any more culpable for the goals we've been conceding than Konsa is(or the rest of the team for that matter). Konsa has been great this season and is a real prospect, but we seem to be getting back to finding a scapegoat for all of our ills when in reality there is collective blame. Last season Targett was the main focus of everyone's ire, now he appears to be more settled we've moved onto someone else.
Quote from: Risso on December 02, 2020, 12:06:54 PMI think Konsa could well become a Villa legend for years to come, he just needs somebody as good as he is to play next to.I agree. There is something magical already about this lad.Happy birthday by the way😊
Quote from: olaftab on December 02, 2020, 02:58:43 PMQuote from: Risso on December 02, 2020, 12:06:54 PMI think Konsa could well become a Villa legend for years to come, he just needs somebody as good as he is to play next to.I agree. There is something magical already about this lad.Happy birthday by the way😊Cheer mate! It's not until Friday though.
Quote from: paul_e on December 02, 2020, 12:09:24 AMThere isn't a single player on that list I'd be interested in or who'd improve our squad significantly, not one of them would come in as a starter for me (although in the case of Giroud that's only down to his age).I'd have Giroud as our centre forward central striker option.Watkins wide forward.Giroud scored for fun tonight champions league but will he start vs Leeds home weekend ?Needs game time let's make an 18 month deal for him.
There isn't a single player on that list I'd be interested in or who'd improve our squad significantly, not one of them would come in as a starter for me (although in the case of Giroud that's only down to his age).
Not sure we will see much activity in the January window unless we move some out. I think in the starting XI we need a better quality option on the right, though I doubt we will see that until one or even both of El Ghazi and Trezeguet go. I still think we need a really strong midfielder to go alongside Luiz, but I think we would have to get Lansbury and possibly another off the wage bill first. We need better full back options than Taylor and Elmohamady to challenge Cash and Targett, but again probably won't see that until the former two go.