Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[Beard82]

The whole thing is stupid they should just remove the have to buy bit for the sake of the player.  Currently everyone loses

[Beard82]

It makes no sense - why would we be bringing him in from the cold now.  It sounds like we could have played him every game in the first half of the season and in europe and still be safe

[Monty]

It makes no sense - why would we be bringing him in from the cold now.  It sounds like we could have played him every game in the first half of the season and in europe and still be safe

On the other hand, we've waited until we had a proper injury crisis to use up the free appearances.

[Sexual Ealing]

It makes no sense - why would we be bringing him in from the cold now.  It sounds like we could have played him every game in the first half of the season and in europe and still be safe

On the other hand, we've waited until we had a proper injury crisis to use up the free appearances.

Yep, when he’s not fit and in no mood to do us any favours.

[KevinGage]

This is why I always now believe stories that say things like ‘Villa were in pole position to sign Lewandowski but Ollie Watkins has a clause in his contract that states all Polish internationals have to live next door but one to him and the neighbours refused to move house’. It’s like we’re trying to get in the ‘and finally…’ section of the local radio news.

Its the dog riding (not literally) the donkey story

Dog bites man, that's not news.

Dog riding a donkey - that's news.

[Flamingo Lane]

It does make me wonder if Villa may be argued to be in breach of contract here, if only an implied term that the player would not be 'frozen out' of consideration for inclusion in games?

[Monty]

It makes no sense - why would we be bringing him in from the cold now.  It sounds like we could have played him every game in the first half of the season and in europe and still be safe

On the other hand, we've waited until we had a proper injury crisis to use up the free appearances.

Yep, when he’s not fit and in no mood to do us any favours.

I mean, if you put it like that.

[Somniloquism]

It does make me wonder if Villa may be argued to be in breach of contract here, if only an implied term that the player would not be 'frozen out' of consideration for inclusion in games?

I doubt it. There are lots of cases of players on loan not getting games at the loanee club and that all this is.

[aev]

I guess we are just being pragmatic until we know the full extent of McGinn’s injury and get other cover in as required.

[aj2k77]

He's made the bench.

[UK Redsox]

He's made the bench.

Carpentry skills as well. There's no end to Harvey's talents

[Flamingo Lane]

It does make me wonder if Villa may be argued to be in breach of contract here, if only an implied term that the player would not be 'frozen out' of consideration for inclusion in games?

I doubt it. There are lots of cases of players on loan not getting games at the loanee club and that all this is.

I get that, but in this instance the reason the bloke has been excluded is that we effectively took immediate exception to a clause in the contract that we had just agreed to. And this is not an unknown 18 year old we have ramen on loan.

[kippaxvilla2]

He's made the bench.

Carpentry skills as well. There's no end to Harvey's talents

It’s plane to see there’s talent in him.

[jwarry]

It does make me wonder if Villa may be argued to be in breach of contract here, if only an implied term that the player would not be 'frozen out' of consideration for inclusion in games?

I doubt it. There are lots of cases of players on loan not getting games at the loanee club and that all this is.

I get that, but in this instance the reason the bloke has been excluded is that we effectively took immediate exception to a clause in the contract that we had just agreed to. And this is not an unknown 18 year old we have ramen on loan.

Let’s hope he provides the cutting edge we need

[Clampy]

Not as good as Chris Wood.