The Villa Clearout

[Steve67]

Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Wesley, Guilbert, Davis, Sanson, Luiz, Kalinic, Steer, Targett all made available and Young, Hourihane released.  If we get offers for Traore and Bailey, I reckon we will listen to them too.  If we can swap Ings for Bissouma then I'd go for that too.

[Dante Lavelli]

One from each category:

Ings / Watkins
McGinn / Luiz / Sanson (would consider selling two here)
Mings/Konsa
Bailey/Traore

For a change I’d like to sell players at close to their ceiling price rather than giving them away to free up wages/squad places.

[Luke8]

One from each category:

Ings / Watkins
McGinn / Luiz / Sanson (would consider selling two here)
Mings/Konsa
Bailey/Traore

For a change I’d like to sell players at close to their ceiling price rather than giving them away to free up wages/squad places.

The last bit is key. We have only really generated any decent money from one player sale so far under NSWE (admittedly it was quite a lot). It’s something we will have to do if we are going to continue investing in the playing squad at the rate we are. The problem we might well have there is, while I could see a scenario in that we would be in a position where we are relatively happy for one of Konsa/Mings to leave, for example, I’m not certain there would be loads of takers at the money we would want.

[Taylor]

Didn’t we have a clearout in 2015, then promptly got relegated?

[Ads]

No, we sold Benteke who'd been keeping us up and replaced him with a lamppost.

[Flin5tone]

Where do you start?
Defenders who can't defend and strikers who can't score with a weak ,pathetic midfield.

Easier to say who you'd keep and even then I'm struggling

Same old with Villa. How much money have we wasted on absolute crap

Just feel like giving up!

[dave.woodhall]

Where do you start?
Defenders who can't defend and strikers who can't score with a weak ,pathetic midfield.

Easier to say who you'd keep and even then I'm struggling

Same old with Villa. How much money have we wasted on absolute crap

Just feel like giving up!

Don't let us stop you.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

For a change I’d like to sell players at close to their ceiling price rather than giving them away to free up wages/squad places.

That’s crazy talk, It’ll never catch on.

[tony scott]

The System S G wants to play ie no wingers,must have been discussed before he was hired.  So we must have have decided to move on El Ghazi Bert T  Trezeguet and Bailey. Which is slightly disconcerting.

[Drummond]

There are a number who will go. But it doesn't need a massive overhaul. The squad that thumped Liverpool has lost Grealish, Targett and Barkley and replaced them with Buendia, Digne and Coutinho with the addition of Bailey and Ings to replace Trez and AEG.

I'm coming round to the idea that it's the system and it's taking time to bed in. Our players weren't shit before and haven't turned to shit now. The onus is on the coaching staff to get it sorted.

[john2710]

We'll see a clear out.
Those not good enough, Trez, El Ghazi, Guilbert, Hause & Hourihane. - £20m

Those who want to leave, Targett, Sanson & Luiz. - £40m

Those we can get some money for, Ings, Davis, & Traore. £30m

We'll spend £150m on a first choice centre-half, defensive midfield & striker. Plus £30m on Coutinho.
Another £20m spent on a young left back.

Bailey will be given another season, Archer & Kesler will be integrated into the squad.

We'll let Chukwuemeka run down his contract & get whatever we can from a tribunal, unless someone makes us an offer or he signs a new contract. I think Ramsey has taken his pathway into the team.

Ramsey 2, Philogene-Bidace, Barry, O'Reilly, Bogarde will go out on loan & possibly Iroegbunam.

[Rigadon]

There are a number who will go. But it doesn't need a massive overhaul. The squad that thumped Liverpool has lost Grealish, Targett and Barkley and replaced them with Buendia, Digne and Coutinho with the addition of Bailey and Ings to replace Trez and AEG.

I'm coming round to the idea that it's the system and it's taking time to bed in. Our players weren't shit before and haven't turned to shit now. The onus is on the coaching staff to get it sorted.

Had we taken our chances yesterday, it would've been another famous battering (for Spurs).  That game v Liverpool -every shot we had went in, either off somebody's elbow, arse or knee as well as some good goals - yesterday was like the complete opposite. 

[TaxDodger]

Similar view to many on here, but apart from Coutinho, Martinez, Ramsey and possibly the two full backs, we have a team of decent mid-table players.

McGinn, Watkins, Mings etc. are all very good players who have been fantastic in establishing us as a mid-table Premier League side. There is no point having a mass clearout of this type of player unless we're confident we can replace them with better options. Equally, we'll never be anything more than a mid-table Premier League side unless we do replace them with better options, so I guess it's a balancing act. It'll certainly be a very interesting Summer. I guess signing Coutinho permanently will be the first priority, then we'll go from there.

[richtheholtender]

I'd like to see mings and konsa with an actual DM in front of them

[steamer]

Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Wesley, Guilbert, Davis, Sanson, Luiz, Kalinic, Steer, Targett all made available and Young, Hourihane released.  If we get offers for Traore and Bailey, I reckon we will listen to them too.  If we can swap Ings for Bissouma then I'd go for that too.

sounds good to me