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I've ignored a couple of these kind of posts so as to not start an argument on here. But I'm going to answer this just once and then leave you guys to it, as I'm not interested in any back and forth on this. I love watching and talking football and typically try to do so in good faith on here. Now what will typically happen at some point is I'll share an opinion and someone will respond with a mocking or sneering post in response, with no real tangible rebuttal or reasoned argument. It's no kind of thought out alternative viewpoint where any kind of pleasant discussion can be had. Often times it's clear they haven't even bothered to read what I posted properly. Now personally, I find this incredibly irritating. And so of course I do not hesitate to call them out in it later, when it backfires. And to no surprise they then respond in annoyance with posts like yours, completely forgetting how insufferable they were acting in the first place. I'm sorry, but you can't challenge what someone says in the manner that is often done on here, and then have a meltdown when you're pulled up on it at some point. That is outrageous.

I still think he'll sign for us 😂

I thought this last summer tbf. He never seemed bothered

On transfer rumours, fuck me the whole of the North East media is doomed. Chronicle, Shields Gazette - absolutely lifting. Gone are the days you used to get the breaking news on the back page.

Depends who you count as credible, Ornstein? No, he hasn't linked us. But Douglas, Waugh etc have. Possibly Edwards and Hope too (not 100% sure)

Only 2 league goals in 2 seasons and a poor injury record, not sure its snobbery that some are not that keen.

Rudoni?

Palace signed the next Eze, Romain Esse. Hackney from Boro possibly for depth.

No credible source has linked us with him since last summer and he looks to have regressed over the last 12 months.

Hamer Sheff Utd.Grafter and can pick a pass,Better than Willock & Longstaff Gone quiet on the winger from Coventry,He's a good player

The reactions were similar when we were getting linked with/signing Barnes, Pope and Gordon too. Some people were even moaning about the Hall and Tino signings as they hardly played the 1st season they arrived. Look how all of the above signings have turned out. Trust Eddie Howe ffs.

He plays left though.

Dont think there’s much snobbery to PL players here. Even though quite many seem to be pushing this agenda quite frequently. A bit weird tbh. Its mostly because some are overpriced, or perhaps some people just like to discuss it and their opinion might be that player X ishouldnt be a priority, especially for the position/money. I haven’t seen too many saying that he is shite? Personally I do rate Ramsey but I have question marks regarding his reliability. He hasn’t been quite the same player as before, but that might just be temporarily. I don’t want us to sign players unless we are as certain as possible that they super reliable like Tonali, Bruno and so on, or at least towards that. We can’t afford to take risks. For example, I’ve seen plenty be against some PL players, but also the same people wanting JP for example. We are mostly linked with PL players so that might make some think we are against PL players because some don’t want some. If we were linked with as many from the outside I’m sure many would be against signing quite a few of them.

Nah, reconfiguring the entire midfield for a loan player who's approaching 30 isn't something we'd be doing thankfully.

Ramsey would be a great signing, a clear upgrade on Willock & Sean and could also slot in wide should the need occur. Eddie would improve him too.

You'd hope a reduced price would mitigate his injury record too, which would be my biggest concern.

he was a great bench option and sometimes starter for Villa in both a premier league season we only bettered on goal difference and in a fairly successful champions league campaign but not good enough for our bench apparently Also “wait till Howe coaches” him - isn’t that the popular war cry on here whenever a player gets linked

On Ramsey. He'd give us something completely different to Joelinton and can play out wide. He's also much better than and has a much higher ceiling vs Willock. The snobbery to Premier League players is real.

He's definitely not coming here. If he was interested he'd have signed by now imo. He's known of our interest for ages and just doesn't seem at all keen. Time to move on and I think the club probably have already.

Any value to be had in the Champo?

Aye, the hope is that we'd be buying a better bench this summer. Willock was fucking useless last season.

He’s played left midfield a lot rather than left wing like Gordon. If Howe signs him I’m sure he’ll have a plan for him but As I said I’m not arsed about Ramsay it could be any player. I’m arguing against the point that we should only be signing players that improve our first 11. We absolutely need a strong bench.

Villa have many other options to sell ahead of Ramsey, don't think we go for him.

Barcelona and Bayern Munich are apparently interested as well.

Palhinha available on loan seemingly and linked to Fulham & Man U. Just seems another one that a year ago you could have seen Villa go for as depth for a season. Could even argue he'd be starting in the holding role allowing Tonali & Bruno a bit more freedom.