West Ham London - 1 Aston Villa - 1 The Post Match Thread.

[Baldy]

Read this morning that all West Ham players have a relegation clause in their contracts and wages reduced significantly if they go to the Championship. Same applies to more recently acquired Leicester players.

Could be worth sniffing around.

[Villa in Denmark]

Read this morning that all West Ham players have a relegation clause in their contracts and wages reduced significantly if they go to the Championship. Same applies to more recently acquired Leicester players.

Could be worth sniffing around.

I'd hope we were generally aiming higher than that.

The only two I'd consider from West Ham are Rice and Bowen.
I'm struggling to think of one from Leicester, I'm not convinced by Barnes.

[Drummond]

I'd have Fabianski as a number two keeper.

From Leicester I'd take Barnes, Maddison or Tielenans I think.

[Villa in Denmark]

Fabianski as a No2 keeper is a good shout.

Tielemans has been disappointing whenever I've caught him for Leicester this season.  Maddison I'd completely overlooked.

[Drummond]

I think the whole Leicester squad have been disappointing, but I'd trust Emery to get them playing at potential.

Of the players mentioned, Barnes is the one who'd probably get a start, Tielenans would be good for squad depth and Maddison would be up against some decent players to play, but he'd be a great option I think.

[Risso]

I think the whole Leicester squad have been disappointing, but I'd trust Emery to get them playing at potential.

Of the players mentioned, Barnes is the one who'd probably get a start, Tielenans would be good for squad depth and Maddison would be up against some decent players to play, but he'd be a great option I think.

Maddison is a great player, but he isn't a one man team. We've seen ourselves how a very good player can look lost when the rest of the team isn't up to it. I think even with the shit season Leicester are having he's still right up there as one of the highest achievers for goals and assists over the last three years. Unfortunately, if he does leave Leicester I think he'll have teams higher up in the food chain than we are currently after his services. Probably Chelsea for £300m or something.

[Drummond]

Newcastle were linked and perhaps Arsenal but I think we'd be in with a good shout

[LeeB]

I think the whole Leicester squad have been disappointing, but I'd trust Emery to get them playing at potential.

Of the players mentioned, Barnes is the one who'd probably get a start, Tielenans would be good for squad depth and Maddison would be up against some decent players to play, but he'd be a great option I think.

Maddison is a great player, but he isn't a one man team. We've seen ourselves how a very good player can look lost when the rest of the team isn't up to it. I think even with the shit season Leicester are having he's still right up there as one of the highest achievers for goals and assists over the last three years. Unfortunately, if he does leave Leicester I think he'll have teams higher up in the food chain than we are currently after his services. Probably Chelsea for £300m or something.

He's from Coventry as well, I'm not sure we'd be to too high up his list of favourite clubs.

[pauliewalnuts]

He’s said before as a ‘Cov lad’ how much he likes beating Villa.

[LeeB]

He’s said before as a ‘Cov lad’ how much he likes beating Villa.

I think there was a bit of that with Callum Wilson too when we were in for him, the pair of batch munching twats.

[Drummond]

Yeah, but it wouldn't stop him coming. Everyone loves beating the Villa, even our homegrown ex-players.

[Risso]

Maddison is 26, and so is too young to have any memories of Villa ever having played Cov, so I imagine that is being overplayed, possibly.

[pauliewalnuts]

Maddison is 26, and so is too young to have any memories of Villa ever having played Cov, so I imagine that is being overplayed, possibly.

Just going on what I saw him say, after beating us.

Also, don’t forget, they’re obsessed with us. That runs deep.

Fwiw I think he’s a great player but he spends too much time injured for what he’d cost.

Tielemans and Barnes are both excellent.

[Rigadon]

The time to sign Maddison was the summer Grealish left.  Maybe we tried, he said no and we entered into the '3 players replacing one' nonsense.  Actually, the more I think about that the more laughable it is.  Barnes has been good when I've seen him (v us).  Not sure about Tielemans.  I'd expect that Leicester squad looking a bit different next season.  Same with the West Ham squad.           

[Risso]

Maddison is 26, and so is too young to have any memories of Villa ever having played Cov, so I imagine that is being overplayed, possibly.

Just going on what I saw him say, after beating us.

Also, don’t forget, they’re obsessed with us. That runs deep.

Fwiw I think he’s a great player but he spends too much time injured for what he’d cost.

Tielemans and Barnes are both excellent.

He doesn't spend that much time injured does he?

These are his PL games played for Leicester in the last  5 years: 36, 31, 31, 35, 19 (to date this season). He played 53 games in all competitions last season. More importantly, these are his goals scored: 7, 6, 8, 12, 9. 9 goals in 19 games this season for an attacking midfielder in a struggling side is brilliant in my opinion. Then you have the assists: 7, 3, 5, 8, 5. So that's 70 goals or assists in 152 games, just about 1 in 2. Compare that to Bailey, Buendia or anybody else in our team, and weep!