The Prophet Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 8 hours ago, janpawel said: If Villa manage to keep their loan players, I think they have an easier time putting a top 4 squad together compared to us Looking at their current squad, and add a top RB and probably a top CB and for me they're probably the 4th best team in the prem Whereas for us we are a ST, RW, GK, CB, and then imo a CM and FB away from having the 2* quality in each position / limited drop off Though Villa's wage bill is a good chunk bigger than ours, and hopefully we make CL for the 2nd time in 3 years.... So it's definitely way more complicated than I just laid out Asencio was a straight loan, Rashford had an option to buy iirc. Think it'd be a mistake to take up the latter though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: Asencio was a straight loan, Rashford had an option to buy iirc. Think it'd be a mistake to take up the latter though. PSG would love getting some money for Asencio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Just now, r0cafella said: PSG would love getting some money for Asencio. No doubt, but not sure he'd be down for being a rotation option at an English club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Just now, The Prophet said: No doubt, but not sure he'd be down for being a rotation option at an English club. Idk he's been hyped to oblivion here plus it's better than rotting away in PSGS bomb squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 20 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Asencio was a straight loan, Rashford had an option to buy iirc. Think it'd be a mistake to take up the latter though. Sure I read on here that Villa do have an option to buy Rashford BUT if they decline that purchase they need to pay Brexit Jim £5m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 2 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said: Sure I read on here that Villa do have an option to buy Rashford BUT if they decline that purchase they need to pay Brexit Jim £5m Think that's Chelsea and Sancho with the £5m thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 25 minutes ago, midds said: Think that's Chelsea and Sancho with the £5m thing Correct that's Chelsea deal with Sancho where they have a 25m obligation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 God knows why you would sign up to that just to get Sancho on loan, when you already have a massive squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 It's mental that I'd be upset if we got £5m just to keep Sancho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) Controversially I've not been that impressed by Villa. Considering the squad they have I feel they play very defensively in the big games I've watched to their own detriment. Yes they might have got beaten heavily if they had gone more attacking, but against Bayern Munich, the 1st leg and most of the 2nd against PSG, last night against City. Plenty of times you can see them with like a back 6 with 4 Infront of that trying to be difficult to breakdown. But it looked like City were there for the taking for most of that game. Could argue they might have beaten PSG if they had been abit more adventurous and put them on the back foot more. Emery is a good coach and they have a strong squad on paper. Just think they have been a tad too negative in the big games if I was a fan and I think they could have achieved even more. Our loss to them for me was more about how poor we were on the day rather than anything special they did. Might sound bitter but I think if we had been at our best that day I think we would have beaten them. Edited April 23 by alexf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyUtd Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 16 minutes ago, alexf said: Controversially I've not been that impressed by Villa. Considering the squad they have I feel they play very defensively in the big games I've watched to their own detriment. Yes they might have got beaten heavily if they had gone more attacking, but against Bayern Munich, the 1st leg and most of the 2nd against PSG, last night against City. Plenty of times you can see them with like a back 6 with 4 Infront of that trying to be difficult to breakdown. But it looked like City were there for the taking for most of that game. Could argue they might have beaten PSG if they had been abit more adventurous and put them on the back foot more. Emery is a good coach and they have a strong squad on paper. Just think they have been a tad too negative in the big games if I was a fan and I think they could have achieved even more. Our loss to them for me was more about how poor we were on the day rather than anything special they did. Might sound bitter but I think if we had been at our best that day I think we would have beaten them. I thought they were very defensive 2nd half when City were there for the taking. Villa have great squad depth though. Saturday was just a game too far for us I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Didn't help that we didn't have Botman to aggressively go into their half and cut off the direct ball into the likes of Rogers and McGinn. He was so important doing that in the 3-1 win there last season. Burn and Schar have been doing it most the season, as well. But both got found lacking, not knowing whether to stick or twist and getting caught in no man's land. They got zero help from Trippier tucking in or from the midfield screening in front of them. Was all too disjointed and open. Anyway, fuck them. We can finish above them if we don't royally fuck this up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Big Lloyd currently 1 down away to Parma. Squeaky bum time for their European spot. Level on pts with Lazio in 6th and only 2pts clear of Roma in 7th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Lost. Utterly useless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Completely forgot about Kelly. Much like Minteh, wasn't really here long enough to get invested in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Be nice to watch a game tonight that doesn’t have any impact on us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Be nice to watch a game tonight that doesn’t have any impact on us. Real Madrid on ITV4 at 8:30pm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Quite enjoyed last night's game, but was always quite confident City wouldn't get beat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weznufc Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1-0 arsenal for anyone that's interested Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Commentator just said that the throw out there by raya wasn’t a good one. He literally nearly put them through on goal 😂😂😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Match so boring that Lee Dixon won’t shut up about throw ins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Warthog Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Tuned into the Arsenal / Palace game with reluctance to watch more than 5 mins. Then Alan Smith opens his 'north' and I switched back over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Eze, what a player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Lovely goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelofTheFourth Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 The league title and relegation being over 5 weeks before the seasons over. What a joke. It will only continue due to so many clubs not being able to release their full potential due to stupid ffp/psr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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