Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[villadelph]

If we signed him, would he walk straight into the team as Captain? If Mings doesn’t fancy the mantle, then the only other player that springs to mind is SJM but I he’s more of club jester than captain material.

If Mings didn’t want it, Konsa would make a good captain.

Some people are against the GK having it, but Emi would be a great shout too.

We are lucky to have this problem.

[Monty]

Emi would be tremendous as a skipper on the pitch, but don't forget Ash as overall club captain. Knows the place inside out and he's been through more at the top level than anyone else in the squad.

[Ger Regan]

It has to be mings, surely?

[Sexual Ealing]

Emi would be tremendous as a skipper on the pitch, but don't forget Ash as overall club captain. Knows the place inside out and he's been through more at the top level than anyone else in the squad.

I'm glad Young is back with us, but you can't be fucking off to Man Utd and then be made captain on your return. A period of atonement is necessary.

[SoccerHQ]

Why wouldn't Mings want it?

I assume DS will name captain for the season at the Friday presser.

[Ger Regan]

I dont agree with new signings getting the armband, they need to earn their stripes with the club before that. Mings has more than done that, I'd be proud to have someone of his character as captain

[Lastfootstamper]

It's an armband. For the first time in donkeys' donkey's, we're blessed with character all over the pitch, from very back to very front. Smith rotated the captaincy at Brentford, I believe. I have no qualms with that. We'd be proud of any of them being captain.

Armband or not, Mings is a fucking colussus of a human being.

[cdbearsfan]

I dont agree with new signings getting the armband, they need to earn their stripes with the club before that. Mings has more than done that, I'd be proud to have someone of his character as captain

I don't mind giving it to a new player when the previous season was a disgrace, as punishment. That isn't the case here, though. It needs to be someone who is likely to start pretty much every league game so that doubly rules out Young. It should be Mings.

[Dante Lavelli]

Konsa for me. 

Mings will shout and bellow anyway, I think Konsa’s calming influence might be beneficial and also puts him on the pedestal he deserves.

[PeterWithe]

If the captain can be somone who isn't necessarily a first choice on the field for us then maybe Jack can keep it? He might be able to feed back some good ideas from those money grubbing, slave owners hes now sport washing for.

Good idea?

[PeterWithe]

Deffo Konsa, he just looks a leader above everyone, Tyrone included.

[eamonn]

It'll just be nice to have a captain who doesn't swear and snarl at the oppo or ref every few minutes - Grealish was a fiend for it.

[not3bad]

I agree we have leaders all over the pitch now - Martinez, Mings, Konsa, Young, SJM, Ings, so a rotating match captaincy sounds good to me. Mings I think should be overall club captain as I think he'd be a fantastic representative for Villa.

[Drummond]

I recall that before coming to the Villa Smith liked to rotate the captaincy around his team on a game by game basis. That stopped with us when he gave it to Ratboy.

It could make a return.

[tomd2103]

I've only seen him play against us, but would the lust for him be so strong if it wasn't for the free kicks against us? Obviously the free kicks are important, and would be an asset, but we have a middling midfielder who knows his way around a free kick and we seem to be rushing him out of the door.

Then again, I've not really been paying attention o JWP or Southampton.

The free kicks thing is a bit of misnomer to be honest. It's probably the only thing they have in common. In 19/20 nobody covered more ground than JWP. He averaged 11.6km per game. He's one of the fittest players in the league.

This is true. And it’s not just direct free-kicks he’s brilliant at. Those diagonal ones from further out, he always gets to drop in that ‘corridor of uncertainty’, and his corners are fucking mint as well. He’s probably the best in the world across all the set-piece disciplines.

And a fantastic player and leader too.

I fully endorse these comments. I'm also sure if we are interested in him it's not because he banged in a couple of free kicks against us, it's because they've identified his considerable skill sets will improve many areas of our team and he comes with zero baggage. He looks to me like as sure an investment we could make, and I think he'd thrive in the environment.

Would rather try and get a quality defensive midfielder in this summer and see how Douglas Luiz got on alongside someone like that.  We could then try again for JWP either in January or next summer.