Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (AKA Monchi)

[VillaTim]

What is Monchi actually contributing other than rock up every month or so for pics on X looking like the hard man in fast and furious . He needs to seriously up his game .

Has it crossed your mind that maybe your expectations were too high?

There were plenty of people who said when he joined that he was joining us off a decade of failure and wasn't actually transfer Jesus.

It was like being excited that Mourinho was going to be our new manager based on what he did twenty years ago.

You've effectively underlined my thinking . I'd take Lange back over Monchi who just seems to be all hype , remember this bloke scouted Olsen for Roma , case closed .
Glenn Roeder did a better job that this clown .

[Demitri_C]

Yeah but why do you think we are not?

We have let buendia, carlos, and duran leave with no replacement  in site. We have had mings injured ans known about it for a week yet no replacement.

We can't keep a clean sheet and we have struggled all season for consistency and a
Good performances.i would argue of we are not in a mess we are very close to one

[Dave]

Can you explain  how we are not in a mess ? Put aside the Champions league for a second. 

*2017 Villa just joined the chat*

Lols.

*2024 villa joins the chat 😃

Jokes aside dave are you seriously saying we are not in a mess?

I'm absolutely saying that.

I would guess that there are about a dozen clubs in Europe that wouldn't instantly swap places with us at the moment.

Shit defeat to Wolves and poor centre-back coverage n' all.

[Goldenballs]

Didn't we try and get someone else from Barcelona first? He ended up doing a U turn so we got this guy instead?

[SoccerHQ]

We've been on the back foot in this window ever since Bade turned us down. Clearly no one involved was expecting that given we haven't come close to signing a CB in the two weeks since despite endless links.

If we get in Bade and Malen in the same week then it's not a crisis and we've probably got another three points on the board which would've been very crucial when May comes around.

Annoying that we had good momentum again from the Arsenal comeback and since then it's been three really poor performances due to lack of options and playing the same core of players every 3-4 days so that was preventable.

[Tuscans]

Didn't we try and get someone else from Barcelona first? He ended up doing a U turn so we got this guy instead?

Alemany

[Demitri_C]

Can you explain  how we are not in a mess ? Put aside the Champions league for a second. 

*2017 Villa just joined the chat*

Lols.

*2024 villa joins the chat 😃

Jokes aside dave are you seriously saying we are not in a mess?

I'm absolutely saying that.

I would guess that there are about a dozen clubs in Europe that wouldn't instantly swap places with us at the moment.

Shit defeat to Wolves and poor centre-back coverage n' all.

Well in my opinion your wrong.

No organised club allows three players to go with so many injuries already, with no replacements brought in. Thats poor planning and a mess. Then go get a panic signing that wont be fit for weeks on big wages is very worrying indeed. 

As above torres  and mings both been injured yet not one cb has been bought in so we have forced  to play our best dm there. Another mess.

Monchi and Vidagany have a lot to answer  for.

[Beard82]

I would imagine the problem is we have to let players move before we can bring in replacements for FFP.

Noone is it yet but I would imagine we are being ambitious with the players we want - and probably have some insurance deals that we will do if we cant get our main targets. 

For example, Gallagher was our first choice midfielder, Onanna our second etc.  But ultimately, Im sure we would have rather have not sold Dougie.  Likewise with Diaby.  I think hes trying to opperate with both hands tied behind his back most of the time.

[Dave]

Can you explain  how we are not in a mess ? Put aside the Champions league for a second. 

*2017 Villa just joined the chat*

Lols.

*2024 villa joins the chat 😃

Jokes aside dave are you seriously saying we are not in a mess?

I'm absolutely saying that.

I would guess that there are about a dozen clubs in Europe that wouldn't instantly swap places with us at the moment.

Shit defeat to Wolves and poor centre-back coverage n' all.

Well in my opinion your wrong.

No organised club allows three players to go with so many injuries already, with no replacements brought in. Thats poor planning and a mess. Then go get a panic signing that wont be fit for weeks on big wages is very worrying indeed. 

As above torres  and mings both been injured yet not one cb has been bought in so we have forced  to play our best dm there. Another mess.

Monchi and Vidagany have a lot to answer  for.

Go on then. If I'm wrong, pick your 12 + 1.

That you would swap places / seasons with.

[Demitri_C]

This isnt how this works. Ive explained my reasons why i think we are in a mess, you have to counter argue my points or explain why you think we are in a mess - only if you want to engage in a friendly debate of course 😁

[brontebilly]

I would imagine the problem is we have to let players move before we can bring in replacements for FFP.

Noone is it yet but I would imagine we are being ambitious with the players we want - and probably have some insurance deals that we will do if we cant get our main targets. 

For example, Gallagher was our first choice midfielder, Onanna our second etc.  But ultimately, Im sure we would have rather have not sold Dougie.  Likewise with Diaby.  I think hes trying to opperate with both hands tied behind his back most of the time.

Thats all well and good but it really doesnt explain the mess at centre back. The club have been trying to dump Carlos for ages so surely had any number of replacements scouted. This Bade dude turns us down and we seem to have no plan B. This is with Torres already out with a long term injury and definitely doubts about Mings ability to play two games a week.

[PaulWinch again]

The centre back debacle is a real fuck-up. It’s not crazy to say it’s cost us 5 points.

[villa for life]

Thankfully it hasn’t cost us an fa cup or champions league yet

[Dave]

This isnt how this works. Ive explained my reasons why i think we are in a mess, you have to counter argue my points or explain why you think we are in a mess - only if you want to engage in a friendly debate of course 😁

It is how it works. Every club is in a mess. It's all relative.

Arsenal fans think they're in a mess because they think they should have won a title by now. Man City fans think they're in a mess because they only scraped through in the Champions League and won't make it however many title wins in whatever number of years. Bury fans think they're in a mess because they were liquidated and had to start again five divisions below where they were before.

A few years ago our mess was almost certain relegation. A few years before that it was imminent administration. Today our mess is being one of the eighth best teams in Europe, a lacklustre defeat to an inferior team and a (at time of writing) slightly cack-handed transfer window.

None of that makes a defeat to Wolves today fine, but if you think our current situation is a disgrace or an embarrassment or whatever dopey bit of hyperbole you want to employ, then there is literally no level of football Villa can get to that is ever going to satisfy you.

[jon collett]

It’s an unforced self-inflicted mess whatever comparisons are made and however you dress it up.

We may well get back on course but it will still be overcoming the mess we currently find ourselves in.

Amazed anybody trying to argue the unarguable!