Brisbane Roar vs Aston Villa pre season friendly thread - Wed 10.45am

[Mister E]

We would make a profit on Watkins and take a haircut on Ings.

Ings' current wages will put off many suitors.

[coreyfeldman]

Archer looks like he could be a really good player but we can't rely on him just yet to be our main striker. With Watkins and Ings struggling to find the net last season and not really showing any other qualities in this pre campaign then I think a BIG decision has to be made very soon.

I would sell either of the two for a healthy sum of money and then replace them with either Suarez or somebody else.

Ideally with age on his side I would move Ings on if anybody would take him for the fee we paid ?

We have so many players that we will struggle to get rid of you really start to notice just how much money we have wasted over the years

Who needs to be moved on that we've wasted money on?

Sanson is a confusing one but will most likely find a French club for a similar fee.

Traore - definitely looks like a waste of cash.

Ings - I'm holding judgement for now

El ghazi will go but has been a pretty decent getting us out of the championship.

Freddy - if he goes we won't have lost money on him.

[Risso]

As an aside, is Townsville the worst name for a place ever or what? They’ve basically called it Town Town.

[Risso]

No way is a French club paying what we did for Sanson.

[Dave P]

As an aside, is Townsville the worst name for a place ever or what? They’ve basically called it Town Town.

And was that the Roar's home ground as it is about 800 miles from Brisbane?  Strong MK Dons / London Wasps vibes if so.

[Dogtanian]

As an aside, is Townsville the worst name for a place ever or what? They’ve basically called it Town Town.

Worse than Shitterton?

[LeeB]

As an aside, is Townsville the worst name for a place ever or what? They’ve basically called it Town Town.

Worse than Shitterton?

Or Twatt?

[Clark W Griswold]

Or Spunky Puddle, Ohio.

OK, i did just use google !

[VILLA MOLE]

Or Spunky Puddle, Ohio.

OK, i did just use google !

hey i was born there !

[ADVILLAFAN]

Said it before, but had a friend that lived on Mincing Lane, Bell End.

[eamonn]

How did they turn-out in the end?

[Brazilian Villain]

As an aside, is Townsville the worst name for a place ever or what? They’ve basically called it Town Town.

See also River Avon, River Humber, Lake Tahoe, Wast Water, Mull of Kintyre, Gobi Desert, Sahara Desert, East Timor and Milky Way Galaxy. BTW it's officially the 'City of Townsville' so it's even worse than you thought.

[cdbearsfan]

East Timor still sort of works as you're saying it's the Eastern bit of the Eastern place. Like how you could have Northern Northumberland or Eastern Essex.

[pauliewalnuts]

KKH should absolutely be Cash's back up for the season. Thought he looked very good.

Still think we are short a midfielder and possibly a striker.

[Dante Lavelli]

On this showing KKH is an upgrade on Cash.

He's looked very good, hasn't he?  I suspect he's playing himself into a squad place for this season, rather than another loan.  Not really being tested defensively though, obviously.

I've rated KKH for a while now.  Would definitely like to see him in the squad next season.  It's a bit early to be saying he's better than Cash just yet though.

Let Freddy run down his contract and KHH go on loan for a season in the championship (or Forest to replace Spence).  He’d come back a better player than playing the odd match/minutes for us as understudy to Cash.