Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[eamonn]

If he does well at his next club, I'm sure there'll be an interview with L'Equipe or someone and we'll learn a few things as to what happened.

[Dick Edwards]

Around about 11 months ago, I saw Sanson, amongst our reserves, put in a performance so accomplished and polished for 45 minutes down at Stamford Bridge, that I've not seen Luiz do in several years. Inevitably Sanson got injured. He also gave a goal away against Man United, but fuck me, if dodgy passes were a reason to ostracise a player McGinn would have been fired of a giant trebuchet moons ago, the great balloon.

Absolutely. I just don't get why Sanson doesn't get a run. He's shown under both managers that he's fucked off if be gets replaced and that's about all I can see that he's done wrong.

We may never know, but if Sanson's only crime is to be unhappy at being substituted then the manager should understand and appreciate a player is a competitive beast (or at least should be) and may simply be disappointed at being withdrawn. Let's face it, no player should be entirely happy at being substituted if they're not exhausted or injured.

[LeeB]

Around about 11 months ago, I saw Sanson, amongst our reserves, put in a performance so accomplished and polished for 45 minutes down at Stamford Bridge, that I've not seen Luiz do in several years. Inevitably Sanson got injured. He also gave a goal away against Man United, but fuck me, if dodgy passes were a reason to ostracise a player McGinn would have been fired of a giant trebuchet moons ago, the great balloon.

Absolutely. I just don't get why Sanson doesn't get a run. He's shown under both managers that he's fucked off if be gets replaced and that's about all I can see that he's done wrong.

We may never know, but if Sanson's only crime is to be unhappy at being substituted then the manager should understand and appreciate a player is a competitive beast (or at least should be) and may simply be disappointed at being withdrawn. Let's face it, no player should be entirely happy at being substituted if they're not exhausted or injured.

And the context of the player himself needs to be considered, someone that has for various reasons seen so little gametime, a senior pro too, is likely to be a little more vexed than average.

[ROBBO]

Yes but why? Seeing as he isn't our manager anymore Dean Smiths opinion would be interesting.

[Joshua Fineman]

I know it’s Villa and how we do business, but all seems to have gone rather quiet on the transfer front…

[brontebilly]

Around about 11 months ago, I saw Sanson, amongst our reserves, put in a performance so accomplished and polished for 45 minutes down at Stamford Bridge, that I've not seen Luiz do in several years. Inevitably Sanson got injured. He also gave a goal away against Man United, but fuck me, if dodgy passes were a reason to ostracise a player McGinn would have been fired of a giant trebuchet moons ago, the great balloon.

Absolutely. I just don't get why Sanson doesn't get a run. He's shown under both managers that he's fucked off if be gets replaced and that's about all I can see that he's done wrong.

To be fair to Smith, when Sanson came in that January he did get a number of chances, admittedly in a Grealish less struggling team, but he looked half a yard short. Maybe to be expected coming in mid season from the French league.

Last season under both coaches his absence always seemed a puzzling one with the likes of Luiz and McGinn regularly struggling. Ramsey was obviously being promoted and later under Gerrard it was Chucky who was often first on. Definitely a strange one and I wonder has it anything to do with a bit of a political power struggle between Lange and the head coach(es)? Sanson was a Lange value for money type signing as opposed to likes of Barkley and Coutinho which were very much coach driven.

[OCD]

I think when McGinn got that injury against Southampton in our first season back in the Prem, we lost his energy and it was highlighted that we needed someone who could come in for McGinn if similar happened. Then he's hardly missed a game ever since and we seem to have forgotten the reason why we bought him in the first place.

[PeterWithesShin]

Sanson has started 6 league games and 1 league cup game for us. Only once has he started 2 consecutive league games. I don't think you can say he's been given a chance.

[Beard82]

Basically - I have no idea whats going on

Seems a mess - lots of rumours mostly probably rubbish - but very little to be positive about.

Only 1 new players into a team that has unperformed for the last 15 games - with many of the players underperforming for years

[ajmant]

Tielemans  - bid from mystery club apparently if the gossip on BBC is ever to be believed....could it be us?

[paul_e]

Sanson has started 6 league games and 1 league cup game for us. Only once has he started 2 consecutive league games. I don't think you can say he's been given a chance.

I terms of minutes he's played the equivalent of just over 7 games in 18 months, he's definitely not been given a real chance. Add on that he looked good over the summer and was then marginalised completely as soon as the season started and I can understand why there are rumours of the players not agreeing with how he's been treated.

[Beard82]

Tielemans  - bid from mystery club apparently if the gossip on BBC is ever to be believed....could it be us?

Think its Saudi according to the mail

[richtheholtender]

Tielemans  - bid from mystery club apparently if the gossip on BBC is ever to be believed....could it be us?

I don't believe for one minute that is us.

[richtheholtender]

Meanwhile Wolves have added another

[aj2k77]

I don't for one minute believe we know what we are doing either on the pitch tactically or off the pitch being flexible with transfers. All over the shop.