Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[Demitri_C]

He was the England U21 captain that just won the Euros.  Although not a starter for Liverpool, always did a solid effort when he came on for them.   

Now he can't get a kick for a much changed team in a European away game?  Something is up.

Thats probably with u21s you can look great at that level then when it comes to the PL its a completely  different  animal

[usav]

He was the England U21 captain that just won the Euros.  Although not a starter for Liverpool, always did a solid effort when he came on for them.   

Now he can't get a kick for a much changed team in a European away game?  Something is up.

Thats probably with u21s you can look great at that level then when it comes to the PL its a completely  different  animal

Which is why I made the point about Liverpool as well. 

[brontebilly]

He was the England U21 captain that just won the Euros.  Although not a starter for Liverpool, always did a solid effort when he came on for them.   

Now he can't get a kick for a much changed team in a European away game?  Something is up.

In all honesty, u21 international football is a bit of a nonsense grade. My biggest concern with Elliot is that he's a bit lightweight, that doesn't get tested at u21 level but to step up and compete with say McGinn is a different ball game really.

All that being said we had a serious issue on our right today. Lindelof is an average centre back, a stop gap right back. Ahead of him Guessand was beyond awful. Elliot could easily have come on there, especially when Cash came on.

[Pat McMahon]

I was convinced he’d play tonight as he was on the social media put out by the Villa for the game. Maybe he’s being bedded in slowly like Tielemans?

[Walmley_Villa]

Feels like there are a few £m reasons he isn’t getting game time, call me a cynic.

[andyh]

Unai clearly doesn’t rate or want him.
Limit his appearances to next to nothing, then we don’t have to pay the appearance clause and we can send him back.

Waste of wages though.

[Pete3206]

He would have had more minutes on the pitch if he'd stayed at Liverpool. A strange signing.

[cdbearsfan]

I think the most likely story is that we expected to sell Buendia and that, having failed to do so, assumed that Elliott would be behind him in the pecking order. That has been reversed following Emi's renaissance. We probably don't need both so maybe some at the club think it would be more frugal to keep the player who already plays for us than to pay for a replacement who has yet to prove that he'll be an upgrade.

[ChicagoLion]

I would be pissed off if I could not get into that team.
Can not be worse than Guessand,.

[eamonn]

Unless he's thick at understanding tactics, I don't get it. Guessand playing the full 94 minutes (should have been  well over 100, ref was bent) is another head-scratcher.

[Matt C]

Increasingly hard to shake the view it’s a signing Emery didn’t want.

[London Villan]

Can we send him back in January and use the money elsewhere,

[PaulWinch again]

Increasingly hard to shake the view it’s a signing Emery didn’t want.

Maybe, but that likely could have been the take on Tielemans too. It could be Emery bedding him in.