Morgan Rogers

[basavfc]

the unsung hero, top player

[Somniloquism]

He's looking like an asbolute bargain so far, and I think his potential is immense.

Agreed, it's impressive how quickly he's adapted and improved. And if we hadn't drawn Boro in the Cup, he probably wouldn't be at Villa.

Ah, the old John Gregory scouting-school of "He played well against us, let's buy him".

Years later we're still such amateurs. Where's our South American glut of talent á la Brighton? FFS.

I expect it was more the 20 Boro matches Emery analysed before the cup match that brought him to the attention.

[Toronto Villa]

He is a product of natural talent and desire combined with outstanding coaching. And he’s going to get better.

[Villafirst]

He's looking like an asbolute bargain so far, and I think his potential is immense.

Agreed, it's impressive how quickly he's adapted and improved. And if we hadn't drawn Boro in the Cup, he probably wouldn't be at Villa.

Ah, the old John Gregory scouting-school of "He played well against us, let's buy him".

Years later we're still such amateurs. Where's our South American glut of talent á la Brighton? FFS.

He's looking like an asbolute bargain so far, and I think his potential is immense.

Agreed, it's impressive how quickly he's adapted and improved. And if we hadn't drawn Boro in the Cup, he probably wouldn't be at Villa.

I love the fact that he's prepared to throw his body in where it hurts.  He's only 21 and has years of development with Unai ahead of him.  Even if we do end up paying the 12 or 15 million, whatever it is we agreed.  Proper bargain.  I fancy he will be called up for England in the next 18 months to 2 years. 

With Southgate picking the squad?

[KevinGage]

Aye. Wretched starfucker Southgate will go for whichever 18/21 year olds start getting game time for mid table fodder like Yanited or Chelsea.

[chrisw1]

I am very happy to admit I was wrong about Morgan Rogers.  I had read and listened to a fair few opinions on him - not just from Twitter idiots but from Boro & Championship podcasters etc and the consensus was pretty universal shock that we'd bought him and from Boro fans certainly that many didn't even think he would get in their best 11. 

You've got to trust Emery and his team, but I was really sceptical about this one.  I now agree that he looks an outstanding prospect - he's getting better with every game and it feels like a great bit of business.

[Ads]

I don't think anybody was prepared for his rate of progression. Its a symptom of how bad we were pre-2018 to have let the Stripey Filth pick this lad up.

He's going to be some player. If we can keep JJ, then having him and Morgan available will let us go full tilt at whatever European competition we're in and the league game following. If we can add a touch more quality in Kamara's spot too then we're really in business.

Very excited to see him progress.

[ROBBO]

There's a lot of young talented players out there that will see how our manager vastly improves players and will be open to joining us.

[Smithy]

There's a lot of young talented players out there that will see how our manager vastly improves players and will be open to joining us.

I do think this is an often-missed aspect of our recruitment policy.  I'm sure players have a hundred different things going through their minds when moving clubs, not least "how much am I being paid" - but surely ANY player with a bit of self-confidence would be looking at what Emery has done in the last 18  months and be thinking "I wonder what he could do with me?"

Ollie on the verge of a 20-goal premier league season
Bailey becoming the most productive winger in the league
Konsa into the England team
Rogers plucked from the Championship to looking like a top-4 player
Dougie now among the best midfielders in Europe

I don't think there is a single player who has gone backwards? It feels like every player with at least 20 games under him is now better than when he arrived.

Surely that HAS to factor pretty heavily into your thinking if you're an ambitious player confident in your own ability?

[LeeB]

There's a lot of young talented players out there that will see how our manager vastly improves players and will be open to joining us.

I do think this is an often-missed aspect of our recruitment policy.  I'm sure players have a hundred different things going through their minds when moving clubs, not least "how much am I being paid" - but surely ANY player with a bit of self-confidence would be looking at what Emery has done in the last 18  months and be thinking "I wonder what he could do with me?"

Ollie on the verge of a 20-goal premier league season
Bailey becoming the most productive winger in the league
Konsa into the England team
Rogers plucked from the Championship to looking like a top-4 player
Dougie now among the best midfielders in Europe

I don't think there is a single player who has gone backwards? It feels like every player with at least 20 games under him is now better than when he arrived.

Surely that HAS to factor pretty heavily into your thinking if you're an ambitious player confident in your own ability?

Callum Chambers at a stretch.

[Sexual Ealing]

There's a lot of young talented players out there that will see how our manager vastly improves players and will be open to joining us.

I do think this is an often-missed aspect of our recruitment policy.  I'm sure players have a hundred different things going through their minds when moving clubs, not least "how much am I being paid" - but surely ANY player with a bit of self-confidence would be looking at what Emery has done in the last 18  months and be thinking "I wonder what he could do with me?"

Ollie on the verge of a 20-goal premier league season
Bailey becoming the most productive winger in the league
Konsa into the England team
Rogers plucked from the Championship to looking like a top-4 player
Dougie now among the best midfielders in Europe

I don't think there is a single player who has gone backwards? It feels like every player with at least 20 games under him is now better than when he arrived.

Surely that HAS to factor pretty heavily into your thinking if you're an ambitious player confident in your own ability?

Callum Chambers at a stretch.

I've heard the African Car Reverser has even started driving forwards since Unai got here.

[Pat Mustard]

There's a lot of young talented players out there that will see how our manager vastly improves players and will be open to joining us.

I do think this is an often-missed aspect of our recruitment policy.  I'm sure players have a hundred different things going through their minds when moving clubs, not least "how much am I being paid" - but surely ANY player with a bit of self-confidence would be looking at what Emery has done in the last 18  months and be thinking "I wonder what he could do with me?"

Ollie on the verge of a 20-goal premier league season
Bailey becoming the most productive winger in the league
Konsa into the England team
Rogers plucked from the Championship to looking like a top-4 player
Dougie now among the best midfielders in Europe

I don't think there is a single player who has gone backwards? It feels like every player with at least 20 games under him is now better than when he arrived.

Surely that HAS to factor pretty heavily into your thinking if you're an ambitious player confident in your own ability?

Totally agree with this - all other things being equal, for a young player looking to progress we will be one of the most attractive clubs in Europe right now.  I wonder what Chucky, for instance, thinks about his decision to go to Chelsea right now?

With Unai, Monchi and the rest of the team he has around him we have a very real chance of becoming what Dortmund were a few years ago, and able to hoover up the best prospects from around the world.  The potential game-changer for us though is Premier League money to add to the mix - we would hopefully have the ability to hang on to the very best ones for a couple of years longer than they were ever able to.

[OCD]

Chambers hasn't gone backwards, the standards of the players around him have stepped up and it's out of his depth.

[pauliewalnuts]

Rogers is a great example of why we brought Monchi in, and how important he is to the club.

[pauliewalnuts]

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