Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[Brazilian Villain]

Non footballing people?

Like Lange, the acquisitions bloke Gerrard still works with?

Okay, I'm not sure what the best English is for this non-football coach.

I believe the phrase you're looking for is "Gareth Southgate".

[ASHTONVILLA]

starting midfielder now for me to replace one of McGinn or Luiz, or at minimum challenge them for one of the spots. And ideally a better striker than what we have on the books. That's it really

Sanson

[Dogtanian]

Non footballing people?

Like Lange, the acquisitions bloke Gerrard still works with?

Okay, I'm not sure what the best English is for this non-football coach.
What I'm trying to say about it as a possible factor with Lange and our past and present coach.
Other managers at other clubs have been disgruntled, disillusioned and undermined with such interference when comes to playing staff.
So I was putting that in as what I was trying to put across.

Dean Smith made a point of meeting potential signings before they were approved, so I don’t think he had them imposed on him. If he didn’t judge them a good fit for the dressing room they didn’t come.

Sanson would be pretty unlucky to be ignored by Smith because he didn’t approve him and then ignored by Gerrard because he didn’t sign him. I don’t think either manager is that kind of person from what I’ve seen.

[OCD]

Transfer decisions have been a committee decision between Lange, Purslow and Smith/Gerrard.

[RamboandBruno]

Non footballing people?

Like Lange, the acquisitions bloke Gerrard still works with?

Okay, I'm not sure what the best English is for this non-football coach.
What I'm trying to say about it as a possible factor with Lange and our past and present coach.
Other managers at other clubs have been disgruntled, disillusioned and undermined with such interference when comes to playing staff.
So I was putting that in as what I was trying to put across.

Dean Smith made a point of meeting potential signings before they were approved, so I don’t think he had them imposed on him. If he didn’t judge them a good fit for the dressing room they didn’t come.

Sanson would be pretty unlucky to be ignored by Smith because he didn’t approve him and then ignored by Gerrard because he didn’t sign him. I don’t think either manager is that kind of person from what I’ve seen.

Maybe, and I’ve got absolutely no evidence for this, but maybe Sanson is just a massive arsehole that is more trouble than he’s worth.
Played well on Saturday mind and was probably my pick as mom

[Footy-Vill]

Non footballing people?

Like Lange, the acquisitions bloke Gerrard still works with?

Okay, I'm not sure what the best English is for this non-football coach.
What I'm trying to say about it as a possible factor with Lange and our past and present coach.
Other managers at other clubs have been disgruntled, disillusioned and undermined with such interference when comes to playing staff.
So I was putting that in as what I was trying to put across.

Dean Smith made a point of meeting potential signings before they were approved, so I don’t think he had them imposed on him. If he didn’t judge them a good fit for the dressing room they didn’t come.

Sanson would be pretty unlucky to be ignored by Smith because he didn’t approve him and then ignored by Gerrard because he didn’t sign him. I don’t think either manager is that kind of person from what I’ve seen.

Maybe, and I’ve got absolutely no evidence for this, but maybe Sanson is just a massive arsehole that is more trouble than he’s worth.
Played well on Saturday mind and was probably my pick as mom

At Liverpool Roy Hodgson revealed Christian Purslow, Liverpool's former managing director, handed him a list of players to sell one summer and believes the team's improved form due his decision to ignore the businessman's advice.

[Gareth]

Non footballing people?

Like Lange, the acquisitions bloke Gerrard still works with?

Okay, I'm not sure what the best English is for this non-football coach.
What I'm trying to say about it as a possible factor with Lange and our past and present coach.
Other managers at other clubs have been disgruntled, disillusioned and undermined with such interference when comes to playing staff.
So I was putting that in as what I was trying to put across.

Dean Smith made a point of meeting potential signings before they were approved, so I don’t think he had them imposed on him. If he didn’t judge them a good fit for the dressing room they didn’t come.

Sanson would be pretty unlucky to be ignored by Smith because he didn’t approve him and then ignored by Gerrard because he didn’t sign him. I don’t think either manager is that kind of person from what I’ve seen.

Maybe, and I’ve got absolutely no evidence for this, but maybe Sanson is just a massive arsehole that is more trouble than he’s worth.
Played well on Saturday mind and was probably my pick as mom

At Liverpool Roy Hodgson revealed Christian Purslow, Liverpool's former managing director, handed him a list of players to sell one summer and believes the team's improved form due his decision to ignore the businessman's advice.

As Roy Hodgson never did particularly well at Liverpool I’d say that’s a 6 of one, half a dozen of the other argument….

[Footy-Vill]

Purslow was a Liverpool season ticket holder. He's the
chief executive at Aston Villa football club.
It seems he wanted to make the decision on the head coaches, and he thinks he's an expert on that decision.

What role does Lange have and what autonomy for players to play in Gerrard's playing style and the system's identity rather than a continuation for Aston Villa and our club's playing style, as SG  has only stated numerous times about playing in his style? Not about the club.
If Villa had continuity when replacing Smith, then we would have looked through Lange to implement a coach who would carry on progressing with the players that were bought, fitting a system with wide players like the £35m outlay for Bailey.
Anyway,
it makes one wonder what has been going on sometimes..

[Dogtanian]

Purslow was a Liverpool season ticket holder .
He's chief executive at Aston Villa football club
It seems he was wanting to make the decision on the head coaches, and he thinks he's an experts on that decision.
What Lange role for autonomy as really Gerrard has stated many times about his playing style and his system.

If Villa had continuity when replacing Smith then we would have looked through Lange to implement a coach who will carry on progressing with the players that were bought fitting a system with wide players that we have for example the outlay for Bailey.

Anyway makes wonder what has been going on sometimes.

And your evidence this is happening at Villa is…?

[Footy-Vill]

Who appointed Gerrard?
Would we rather have Lange making this recommendation or decision than Purslow.

[Gareth]

Your massively over thinking it Footy, every transfer is a business transaction so owner, ceo, dof and mgr/coach play a part.  Every manager like everyone of us want to keep signing players but budgets etc have to be adhered to.

[Footy-Vill]

Your massively over thinking it Footy, every transfer is a business transaction so owner, ceo, dof and mgr/coach play a part.  Every manager like everyone of us want to keep signing players but budgets etc have to be adhered to.

That's fair and reasonable comment as yes it's suggesting the complexities of it all. Ok. Will end that thinking to why Sanson isn't being selected

[Risso]

Purslow was a Liverpool season ticket holder. He's the
chief executive at Aston Villa football club.
It seems he wanted to make the decision on the head coaches, and he thinks he's an expert on that decision.

What role does autonomy play in Gerrard's playing style and his system's identity for Aston Villa and our club's playing style, as he has stated numerous times?
If Villa had continuity when replacing Smith, then we would have looked through Lange to implement a coach who would carry on progressing with the players that were bought, fitting a system with wide players like the £35m outlay for Bailey.
Anyway,
it makes one wonder what has been going on sometimes..

The wide player continuity argument about Gerrard doesn't really stack up. Firstly, Smith wasn't routinely playing 4-3-3, (as I've posted before), in his 11 games, he played 4-4-2, 4-4-3, 5-3-2, 3-4-3 and 4-2-3-1. Our wide play in the 20/21 season was based almost entirely Grealish for it to be a success. He so good, it gave lesser players like El Ghazi much more space. The players bought to replace him didn't fit into that 4-3-3 nearly as well. Ings is an out and out striker, Buendia lacks pace and Bailey was either injured or seemingly scared of being injured again. We weren't playing with a successful front three when Smith got sacked, and Gerrard inherited an injured Traore, an out of form and soon to be injured Bailey, and El Ghazi and Trez who aren't really good enough.

[Clark W Griswold]

I’m sure you’re a good sort and I do like your enthusiasm for Aston Villa but fuck me, you really are rabbiting on tonight footie!

[Footy-Vill]

Point taken CWG. Rabbit and Pork thou?
I'll be on retreat from Sunday till end of August!
Good night and may your God go with you