Morgan Rogers

[Drummond]

Surely the ref should have booked both wolves players that pulled him back during the movement. After all he though the first one was a foul but because Rogers skilled out of it, he waved play on only for the second to pull him back.

Absolutely, both were bookable offences.

[SaddVillan]

Is he here as the Ramsay replacement and to help with FFP?

The Guardian seems to be thinking along the same lines:

Villa looking to squad depth
Aston Villa may have to sell big this summer, having posted a loss of £119.6m in their 2022-23 accounts, but their succession planning looks a lot healthier than most of their Midlands rivals. Wolves, whose five frontline injuries necessitated the inclusion of seven academy players in their matchday squad, only squeaked in under the Premier League’s permitted-losses barrier by offloading £150m worth of talent last summer. Nottingham Forest have been docked four points; Leicester City are also facing punishment. Clubs are allowed to lose up to £105m over a three-year period but even if Villa’s claim that their latest figures “are in line with the strategic business plan” looks dubious, their squad depth suggests they need not panic. If they sold Jacob Ramsey or Leon Bailey for £50m, they have the likes of Morgan Rogers, who cost an initial £8m from Middlesbrough in January, bursting through. Pete Lansley

That thought has crossed my mind too.

[Beard82]

Is he here as the Ramsay replacement and to help with FFP?

The Guardian seems to be thinking along the same lines:

Villa looking to squad depth
Aston Villa may have to sell big this summer, having posted a loss of £119.6m in their 2022-23 accounts, but their succession planning looks a lot healthier than most of their Midlands rivals. Wolves, whose five frontline injuries necessitated the inclusion of seven academy players in their matchday squad, only squeaked in under the Premier League’s permitted-losses barrier by offloading £150m worth of talent last summer. Nottingham Forest have been docked four points; Leicester City are also facing punishment. Clubs are allowed to lose up to £105m over a three-year period but even if Villa’s claim that their latest figures “are in line with the strategic business plan” looks dubious, their squad depth suggests they need not panic. If they sold Jacob Ramsey or Leon Bailey for £50m, they have the likes of Morgan Rogers, who cost an initial £8m from Middlesbrough in January, bursting through. Pete Lansley

That thought has crossed my mind too.

Why would we sell either for 50m unless they had a release clause?  This season Bailey has been Grealishesque - and selling Ramsey after this season would be stupid as he has hardly played - but last summer he had to be worth 70m+

Sooner FFP goes the better - absolute shambles that harms so many aspects of the game.

[OCD]

I would rather take a 4-point penalty than sell a player we don't want to.

[Dogtanian]

Rogers talking about how Emery is pushing him;

https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/aston-villa/2024/03/31/aston-villa-ace-morgan-rogers-unai-emery-tells-me-im-still-a-championship-player/

[PaulWinch again]

He has loads of potential and if he gets the tactical side of his game refined he’ll be some player.

[pauliewalnuts]

He was excellent at Man City.

https://x.com/buendiazboyz/status/1776023515767898406

[Steve67]

He's only going to get better under Unai. Can play in several positions and wouldn't have ducked out of the way of the ball.

[tomd2103]

I like him in that 'number 10' role.  Think he's far more suited to that than the 'Ramsey' role as he doesn't have to do as much defensive work. 

Saw someone the other day liken him to Stan Collymore in the way he collects and moves with the ball and I can see that. 

[OCD]

He's already improved massively in the few weeks that he's been coached by Emery and his staff. It's getting to the point that we're missing Ramsey less.

[LeeB]

He's had a mad 12 months when you think about it, he must be pinching himself.

[Risso]

I don't think Ramsey has been very good in the few games he's played this season. It's almost certainly because his foot hasn't been right, but he's been nowhere near his best. There were signs he was getting back to form, but that foot obviously has never been right, and I reckon that's it for him this season. If they need to re-operate and make sure it's healed so he can have a pre-season and go into next season fully fit, then that's what they should do. It very, very clearly isn't a "small injury' though.

[Dogtanian]

He was excellent at Man City.

https://x.com/buendiazboyz/status/1776023515767898406

There's a Buendianess about him we have missed.

[Risso]

I don't think Ramsey has been very good in the few games he's played this season. It's almost certainly because his foot hasn't been right, but he's been nowhere near his best. There were signs he was getting back to form, but that foot obviously has never been right, and I reckon that's it for him this season. If they need to re-operate and make sure it's healed so he can have a pre-season and go into next season fully fit, then that's what they should do. It very, very clearly isn't a "small injury' though.

One of those rare occasions where I’n right, sadly.

[Somniloquism]

I don't think Ramsey has been very good in the few games he's played this season. It's almost certainly because his foot hasn't been right, but he's been nowhere near his best. There were signs he was getting back to form, but that foot obviously has never been right, and I reckon that's it for him this season. If they need to re-operate and make sure it's healed so he can have a pre-season and go into next season fully fit, then that's what they should do. It very, very clearly isn't a "small injury' though.

One of those rare occasions where I’n right, sadly.

I did notice the sudden cold in Dis the other day.