Alysson - first signing possibly

[Smithy]

He looks like a big lad, with decent technical ability, but certainly not in the recent mould of tricky little forwards Brazil have produced so many of, so I would imagine the club have seen all the raw attributes required to coach him into something we can use.  Just like they did with Rogers, who looked okay in his highlight reel, but was hardly an inspiring signing at the time.

I'm not sure we can win the lottery twice, but if he can become half the player Morgan has, we'll be doing very well indeed.

[London Villan]

Flipped for £15m in the summer…

[dave.woodhall]

He's the modern equivalent of spending a hundred grand on some promising youngster from the lower divisions. Sometimes you get David Platt, sometimes Terry Bullivant.

[PeterWithe]

Didn't the reports say he came through at Gremio and has only played from them? If that's the right photo that's a Sao Paulo shirt?

[paul_e]

His biggest weakness is supposed to be decision making.Sounds like a player who dribbles past a player or two,doesn't see the pass and loses it to the next player.Frustrating.
.Emery's system means that his right winger will play further upfield as Bailey did.,and cut inside on his left foot and become a second striker.
Beat a player,there's fewer or simpler decisions as we are advancing  closer to goal.
Can he fit the requirement and adjust to the PL ? His strengths seems to  be dribbling,hard working ,physical strength and left footed..Finishing ?Probably doesn't get into many goalscoring positions.
Philogene was reckoned by quite a few,not just Villa fans,to be PL quality.Possibly ,like Sancho,too 'lightweight'.Alysson isn't lightweight.
Tim Vickery called it 'someone's project.More likely,Alysson ticks a lot of boxes for Emery's requirement of a right winger.

A lot of this could be used to describe the vast majority of 19 year old wingers playing regular senior football anywhere in the world. Players with pace and skill tend to find things easy as they're coming through age group football because of inexperienced defenders struggling to cope with them. Put them in senior football and suddenly the tricks don't work as well, or the defender is good enough to get straight back at you and take away all the time you got used to having as a kid.

Lots of wingers struggle to get over that and either drop down the leagues or linger around as squad players for years. I firmly believe it's the same problem Guessand is having right now.

I agree with the last bit though, there's something there (I suspect the touch and workrate) that has made Emery think he's worth a gamble. Get it right and he'll be a £50m+ player in 2 years, get it wrong and we'll probably have him out on loan a couple of times before getting a small fee from a club in Spain or Portugal and we'll have lost £5-6m , at most.

[rob_bridge]

Ah well, if he knows his stuff, but he still looked smug. Sounds like he got Emery wrong with us, maybe that’s why he threw the little dig in about a little ego project?


Anyhow, we all know Emery isn’t one for throwing anyone, experienced or not straight in the side. They all have to be drilled first. The only player I can think he’s done that with is Rogers, who apparently according to the experts, Middlesbrough pulled our pants down.

I think Vickery very insightful to be fair. Although I dont watch much SA football.

I think he is a Spurs fan from days agone

[PeterWithesShin]

Didn't the reports say he came through at Gremio and has only played from them? If that's the right photo that's a Sao Paulo shirt?

That's why Leeg posted it. That's a bloke in his 30s named Alisson.

[PeterWithe]

Ah I see, right thanks. I did think he was also a little well fed but one doesn't like to get personal.

[Brazilian Villain]

My Brazilian friend is also not overly impressed with Alysson. Said he is "total average". 

Seems a bit mean.

[ROBBO]

Highlights are misleading but there is a fair amount of ability for Emery to work with.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

When I hear of how good he is defensively it makes me think of Guessand. Let's hope these are different scouts as I like my attackers to be, you know, good at attacking.