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Author Topic: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread  (Read 356494 times)

Offline Steve67

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1035 on: January 05, 2022, 10:42:03 PM »
Massive if, but if he signs, what is the work permit situation like?
Would we have to wait weeks for him to be available? Anyone have any idea?

Only because the Home Office are all off with Covid!!   Seriously though, shouldn't be a problem at all.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1036 on: January 05, 2022, 10:42:49 PM »
If this happens, whether it works or not, it's a ballsy statement of intent by the club.

£100m+ plus player. That's erm, yeah, alright that.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1037 on: January 05, 2022, 10:44:09 PM »
Whether you believe it or not is a different matter. I take a hefty pinch of salt as, being a Villa fan, I feel naked without any pessimism.

We've missed out on Polish wonderkid Kacper Kozlowski, gone to Brighton for 8m.

My Polish relations seem to think Kacper Kozlowski will be the next big thing in attacking midfield, a bit Smith-Rowe.


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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1038 on: January 05, 2022, 10:53:19 PM »
If this happens, whether it works or not, it's a ballsy statement of intent by the club.

£100m+ plus player. That's erm, yeah, alright that.


We sold one for that price who based on true market prices isn’t at that level. Philippe Coutinho is legitimately world class. The stuff he has done in his career so far is frankly remarkable. He will be arguably the best big money signing we have ever made if he comes close to his best form.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1039 on: January 05, 2022, 10:54:56 PM »
Whether you believe it or not is a different matter. I take a hefty pinch of salt as, being a Villa fan, I feel naked without any pessimism.

We've missed out on Polish wonderkid Kacper Kozlowski, gone to Brighton for 8m.

My Polish relations seem to think Kacper Kozlowski will be the next big thing in attacking midfield, a bit Smith-Rowe.



Surely if he was that great he’d be at Dortmund or Atletico who seem to nick a lot of Europe’s too young talent

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1040 on: January 05, 2022, 11:02:35 PM »
Surely if he was that great he’d be at Dortmund or Atletico who seem to nick a lot of Europe’s too young talent

You'll have to ask SR, I've never seen Kacper play. He's gone straight out on loan to Union SG so probably not.

Either way I'll guess we'll just have to settle for Coutinho. *sigh*

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1041 on: January 05, 2022, 11:02:51 PM »
and is not, Simon Dawkins, truly the worst ‘player’ ever to don a villa shirt.

I'll raise you a Carlos Sanchez.

I'll raise you a Tommy Craig....

I'm too young for Tommy Craig, but I will not accept that we had a worse player than Carlos Sanchez (and I include Ally Sissokho in that).

Djemba Djemba?
Gestede  the worst player I’ve seen in a Villa shirt in my 50 years of support

I agree with Rissos Drinkwater remarks. But for pure lack of footballing ability its this for me. One of my low points in many low points of watching Villa over the last 40 years, is a freezing Midweek January, FA Cup replay against Wycome in 2016. We won 2-0, but we were rot and Gestede literally didnt know where to run to in the box. Not a horrible twat like Drinkwater but just a really shite footballer.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1042 on: January 05, 2022, 11:29:49 PM »
Yes Gestede was comically bad. He was OK for punting the ball up to, but ask him to run with the ball in space, and it was like watching a baby giraffe trying to dribble with a space hopper. He couldn't run with the ball, at all.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1043 on: January 05, 2022, 11:33:56 PM »
If we can fill the gaping hole in holding midfield and get Hickey in, this will have been a pretty damn good window

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1044 on: January 05, 2022, 11:44:15 PM »
Coutinho, Hickey and a DM and that is some bloody good business in this window.

Way too much smoke about Coutinho now for it not to be true - Odds have shortened further too, and bookies don't tend to mess around with this stuff.

Unbelievable signing - The Brazilian Paul Merson!  😀


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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1045 on: January 05, 2022, 11:49:58 PM »
Yes Gestede was comically bad. He was OK for punting the ball up to, but ask him to run with the ball in space, and it was like watching a baby giraffe trying to dribble with a space hopper. He couldn't run with the ball, at all.

There were some totally out of character mid-lights.

The goal against Bournemouth on his debut, the B-lose goal in the cup and the overhead kick against Forest in the Trampionship.

But for 99.9 per cent of his time with us he looked like he was playing a different sport.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1046 on: January 05, 2022, 11:55:34 PM »
Yes Gestede was comically bad. He was OK for punting the ball up to, but ask him to run with the ball in space, and it was like watching a baby giraffe trying to dribble with a space hopper. He couldn't run with the ball, at all.

Gestede wasn’t good. But bullet headers at Anfield and against the Noses eliminates him entirely from the competition when you consider who else is in the running for the title of worst ever.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1047 on: January 06, 2022, 12:00:04 AM »
I would welcome Coutinho, but I’m not sure there is a more one footed player in Europe.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1048 on: January 06, 2022, 12:07:48 AM »
I would welcome Coutinho, but I’m not sure there is a more one footed player in Europe.



Most players can only dream about a right foot like his. But you might want to check out goal 2 in this collection to see how wide of the mark your statement is.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1049 on: January 06, 2022, 12:11:00 AM »
Without scrolling back, just heard Coutinio on loan

Did you receive that by telegraph?

Jesus. A telecoms engineer as well. Stick to caravans mate.😉

 


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