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Offline LeeB

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2730 on: July 01, 2022, 12:25:45 PM »
He never got an opportunity, did he?

Swansea at home in the cup, lost 3-0 and he was awful. Jed got the shirt and we got promoted.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2731 on: July 01, 2022, 12:27:41 PM »
He never got an opportunity, did he?

8 appearances and conceded 15 goals, in the championship. Purely on the stats it's hard to justify giving him any more time.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2732 on: July 01, 2022, 12:27:56 PM »
I have no recollection of that, thankfully.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2733 on: July 01, 2022, 12:30:17 PM »
Away at Wigan he was dismal. LeeB's description of him getting down to shots with the speed of a chimney stack being demolished was spot on.  He looked like an old man gingerly lowering himself into a bath that's a bit too hot.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2734 on: July 01, 2022, 12:41:21 PM »
Seems to be more and more noise about Otavio being fueled by Portuguese press. Looking at his game I think I can see the thinking behind it, we'd be signing him as a centre mid not a right winger but doing the job McGinn was asked to do last year of sitting a little deeper on the right of a 3 and covering behind Cash when he gets forward but also trying to spread play himself. I've only seen highlights but he does look a good fit for that job.

Looking at his show reel he looks decent but for £30m i think he is too similiar to either Phil or Emi and both i would consider better.

Can we not have a big bruising bastard in the middle of the park who can terrorise the opposition midfielders and create space for Phil / Buendia to damage the opposition

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2735 on: July 01, 2022, 12:51:53 PM »
Seems to be more and more noise about Otavio being fueled by Portuguese press. Looking at his game I think I can see the thinking behind it, we'd be signing him as a centre mid not a right winger but doing the job McGinn was asked to do last year of sitting a little deeper on the right of a 3 and covering behind Cash when he gets forward but also trying to spread play himself. I've only seen highlights but he does look a good fit for that job.

Looking at his show reel he looks decent but for £30m i think he is too similiar to either Phil or Emi and both i would consider better.

Can we not have a big bruising bastard in the middle of the park who can terrorise the opposition midfielders and create space for Phil / Buendia to damage the opposition

Soucek would be ideal for that.

I think we are almost certainly going for another central midfielder as soon as either Sanson or Luiz are sold. If we sell both and El Ghazi or Traore then I can see us buying two.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2736 on: July 01, 2022, 01:20:32 PM »
Someone posted Soucek's stats on twitter and they were less than impressive. Surprised Ms as I'd thought of him as a quality player but they were not inspiring for a team looking to dominate the ball.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2737 on: July 01, 2022, 01:24:33 PM »
Seems to be more and more noise about Otavio being fueled by Portuguese press. Looking at his game I think I can see the thinking behind it, we'd be signing him as a centre mid not a right winger but doing the job McGinn was asked to do last year of sitting a little deeper on the right of a 3 and covering behind Cash when he gets forward but also trying to spread play himself. I've only seen highlights but he does look a good fit for that job.

Looking at his show reel he looks decent but for £30m i think he is too similiar to either Phil or Emi and both i would consider better.

Can we not have a big bruising bastard in the middle of the park who can terrorise the opposition midfielders and create space for Phil / Buendia to damage the opposition

Yep, agreed.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2738 on: July 01, 2022, 01:26:32 PM »
Our passing has been a huge problem ever since we came back up. All our issues, both attacking and defensive wise stem from that issue.
God knows how many goals we’ve given away in the last 3 seasons by gifting the opposition the ball close to our box but it has to be quite a few. If we get a ball playing central midfielder in I think we’ll have a better chance at controlling games with less emphasis on the long ball.
Personally I’d like to keep Watkins with Ings as back up, unless the owners have a plan to spend a huge amount on a proven replacement.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2739 on: July 01, 2022, 02:15:38 PM »
Stick with Sanson, put the Otavio money elsewhere.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2740 on: July 01, 2022, 02:46:21 PM »
We still seem to be being linked with central defenders a lot. Gomez, Bassey, Romagnoli, and Collins all linked since we bought Carlos.

Is it possible Mings is unsettled, or doesn't want to spend any time on the bench? Can't see us buying another central defender without one going anway.

edit - also been linked with Nathan Ake this week.
« Last Edit: July 01, 2022, 03:00:47 PM by ASHTONVILLA »

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2741 on: July 01, 2022, 02:49:06 PM »
We still seem to be being linked with central defenders a lot. Gomez, Bassey, Romagnoli, and Collins all linked since we bought Carlos.

Is it possible Mings is unsettled, or doesn't want to spend any time on the bench? Can't see us buying another central defender without one going anway.


Maybe we can’t risk it with Konsa being out for sometime (isn’t he?)

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2742 on: July 01, 2022, 02:52:05 PM »
Stick with Sanson, put the Otavio money elsewhere.

but there must be a reason why our management haven’t used him more (apart from his obvious injury periods). I imagine he may be on the shift out list.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2743 on: July 01, 2022, 03:01:40 PM »
If not then Lautaro Martinez. 24 years old, Inter Milan. Would be pricey but Inter want Lukaku back and this would help finance that deal.

Anyone follow that @Villa_1_8_7_4 account on Twitter? Has got a lot right in the past if you look at his feed. Anyway according to him we are actually interested in Martinez. Lukaku has gone to Inter now so maybe this really could happen?

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #2744 on: July 01, 2022, 03:03:41 PM »
We still seem to be being linked with central defenders a lot. Gomez, Bassey, Romagnoli, and Collins all linked since we bought Carlos.

Is it possible Mings is unsettled, or doesn't want to spend any time on the bench? Can't see us buying another central defender without one going anway.


Maybe we can’t risk it with Konsa being out for sometime (isn’t he?)

Carlos, Mings, Konsa, Hause, Chambers is a lot of central defenders even with one injured. I do think Hause will go, but if we bring in another then you think Mings or Konsa are on the way out.

 


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