Morgan Rogers

[PaulWinch again]

Not sure why in that presumably if it were either/or then whatever we sold JJ for would be enough to cover whatever gap there is. I like JJ, but I’d say Rogers is much more important to us right now.

[ozzjim]

On that output anything under £100m would be robbery were we to sell him.

We are not selling Morgan at any price.  If anyone it will be Jacob which frankly will piss me off

It will piss me off too. If it was a case of either or, I’d keep JJ if we got the £100m for Rogers.

Me too

[Mister E]

"Rogers contributed 14 goals and 15 assists as Aston Villa narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification."

That is exceptional given it was his first full season and was shifted about the team a fair bit.

Or:
"Rogers contributed 14 goals and 15 assists as Aston Villa reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, reached the FA cup semi-final and managed 6th place in the League."

[PaulWinch again]

"Rogers contributed 14 goals and 15 assists as Aston Villa narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification."

That is exceptional given it was his first full season and was shifted about the team a fair bit.

Or:
"Rogers contributed 14 goals and 15 assists as Aston Villa reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, reached the FA cup semi-final and managed 6th place in the League."

It’s incredibly good and it’s why we shouldn’t countenance selling him regardless of price. I’ve said before, not only is he absolutely pivotal to us and will get better, but if we sell him it’s a really bad look in terms of our ambition. It’s placing a glass ceiling on us versus our rivals.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Big season coming up for him, hopefully we'll see him back to playing the 10 role and not playing every minute of every game. He can be infuriating when he loses the ball so cheaply but I put that down to tiredness rather than lack of technique. As ball carriers go there can't be many if any better, his size and strength allow him to make it look easy, I just wonder what Unai plans to do and whether Asensio is still a target.

[Richard]

He's a perfect 10 as Paul Heaton would have said. I'd prefer not to go for Asensio on a permanent basis as he's in Morgans best position. We need more pace down both wings too. Rogers looks awkward stuck out on the right.

[steamer]

Agree with Richard

[Somniloquism]

Another sponsored video featuring Rogers.

[Hookeysmith]

When you hear these guys talk it makes me realise how young they are and how old I am

[rob_bridge]

Best signing of that age we have made since Platt pound for pound.

He has got that bit of stardust quality that is hard to quantify. Even Young and Milner who were similar age when signed and were brilliant for us, cost a lot more comparatively even though we sold for huge mark ups and won bucketloads thereafter, can't quite compare to this guy. 

Said a few times I recall a game either v Brentford (more likely) or Bournemouth last season (2023/4 that is) and I saw him chase from right hand side to central area to easily dispossess their number 6. I thought this young man has something. He scored in both.

[Ian.]

He’s someone we should be building a team around.

[Sexual Ealing]

Another sponsored video featuring Rogers.

It's refreshingly 21st Century of us to have abandoned fines for sock misdemeanours and such like.

[VillaTim]

If he can sort his game out in the final third he'll be awesome .

[Steve67]

If he can sort his game out in the final third he'll be awesome .

Yes, because the 30 goals he scored or created last season was nowhere near enough, and those England caps completely worthless.   I honestly question your knowledge and motivation sometimes Tim.

[pauliewalnuts]

If he can sort his game out in the final third he'll be awesome .

Yes, because the 30 goals he scored or created last season was nowhere near enough, and those England caps completely worthless.   I honestly question your knowledge and motivation sometimes Tim.

Only sometimes?