Leander Dendoncker

[Monty]

Drink, so called, Water? He put in the worst performances of anyone I've ever seen in a Villa shirt, and I'm sure he'd tell you himself that it all went to hell for him during his time here. Dendoncker's inadequate for where we want to get to and especially for the kind of football we expect of our midfielders, but he's a very long way away from that abyssal level.

[Beard82]

Yes - but we only had him on our books for 6 months. 

We have the Donk on a 4 year contract on big wages.  So I would argue he was still worse business - even if he wasn’t at those dire levels

[eamonn]

It was an awful signing and a stupid amount of money for a player who was never first choice and rarely fit.

In hindsight. I don’t recall anyone saying that when he signed or right up until his season ending injury.

What you on about I got Ragged on here for saying he was a waste of time signing
People like you towing the line as usual the bloke can’t even run properly

Aside from not even knowing who I was referring to, care to explain your “People like me” comment? What is that exactly John?

Think he remembers you as one of the happy clappers back in the day and doesn't realise you've become jaded at times over the years like the rest of us.

[Drummond]

Dendoncker's inadequate for where we want to get to and especially for the kind of football we expect of our midfielders, but he's a very long way away from that abyssal level.

You can't put him in that hole, no.

[brontebilly]

Maybe a similar player to Soucek. We also badly needed some height in the team for set pieces. Think this is a solid enough buy to partner with Kamara. He's not going to be much of a playmaker but an upgrade on Nakamba surely.

I thought this persons take is better.

TBH it could have gone either way and even people at the start of the thread worried McGinn would be in midfield as well. In this case Luke was right, It would be interesting what falling out happened between him and Emery, and what stupid wages we had him on being as no one has even sniffed at him.

I always thought he was an annoyingly effective player when he played against us and for a very strong Belgium team too. Getting stuck into everything type. Those first couple of games post Gerrard he was very good but he was never going to compete with the levels of Kamara and Luiz. There were some awful appearances under Emery, Stevenage and another European game that I remember a big mistake late on. Scored at Old Trafford on the night of another Villa collapse over Xmas.

[LeeB]

Maybe a similar player to Soucek. We also badly needed some height in the team for set pieces. Think this is a solid enough buy to partner with Kamara. He's not going to be much of a playmaker but an upgrade on Nakamba surely.

I thought this persons take is better.

TBH it could have gone either way and even people at the start of the thread worried McGinn would be in midfield as well. In this case Luke was right, It would be interesting what falling out happened between him and Emery, and what stupid wages we had him on being as no one has even sniffed at him.

I always thought he was an annoyingly effective player when he played against us and for a very strong Belgium team too. Getting stuck into everything type. Those first couple of games post Gerrard he was very good but he was never going to compete with the levels of Kamara and Luiz. There were some awful appearances under Emery, Stevenage and another European game that I remember a big mistake late on. Scored at Old Trafford on the night of another Villa collapse over Xmas.

His game and strengths seem uniquely unsuited for what Emery requires from the position. He's a Sam Allardyce 'defensive midfielder' not an Unai Emery one.

[Toronto Villa]

It was an awful signing and a stupid amount of money for a player who was never first choice and rarely fit.

In hindsight. I don’t recall anyone saying that when he signed or right up until his season ending injury.

What you on about I got Ragged on here for saying he was a waste of time signing
People like you towing the line as usual the bloke can’t even run properly

Aside from not even knowing who I was referring to, care to explain your “People like me” comment? What is that exactly John?

Think he remembers you as one of the happy clappers back in the day and doesn't realise you've become jaded at times over the years like the rest of us.

I was never a happy clapper. I just didn’t see everything as shit all the time. I tried to compliment where appropriate in between the misery we all experienced. Mainly during the MON years. However I’ll let him justify his comments seeing as he’s picked me out.