Aston Villa Banter Archive July 31 2018

31 Jul 2018 22:04:07
Transfers I'd like

Abraham loan
Snodgrass loan
Stockdale from noses
Bryan left back from Bristol city
Woods from Brentford
Pearson from pne
And 1 gamble I'd take available for nothing caulker

Team

Stockdale
Hutton Chester caulker Bryan
Pearson woods
Snod Grealish green
Abraham

Moreira, Bree, Bjarnasson, Jedi, Adoma, Hogan, Kodjia


I also think we should of had flint at 8m and definitely Douglas for 3m

Obviously all above if complied with ffp.

31 Jul 2018 17:24:22
It seems blatantly obvious that Klopp see`s Woodburn improving as a player, far more likely at Sheffield Utd.
To all Bruce admirers, surely that tells you that confidence in Bruce`s ability to coach and nurture young players is in serious doubt.
That echo`s my feelings and many other posters on here.
He would have been a very useful addition to our squad, and its gone.

31 Jul 2018 17:49:59
In all honesty I believe that klopp feels he will play more there. Which I agree. Wouldn't of surprised me if he played off the bench for us. Where he is more likely to start at United.

01 Aug 2018 08:35:24
Fezzvillian
Agree with you on this,
Bruce would more or less use him as a sub many times,

31 Jul 2018 12:29:35
It would not surprise me if there is friction between the owners and bruce over signing of players,
The owners seem to want mendes involved with bringing in players and bruce has his idea's on who to bring in,
There is only one winner there I think,
Could be a very interesting window.

31 Jul 2018 13:04:14
We need to get bodies in, and fast. We need a GK, LB, CB (maybe x 2), RW and ST in my opinion.

31 Jul 2018 14:17:21
If it's true about mendes bringing in his players on loan can anyone see bruce playing them?
I can't see it to be honest,
Could you see bruce walk if not getting his say in transfers,
Myself in my opinion I can't see bruce staying the season
I think the owners were swayed by the polls on bruce and changed they mind to avoid unsettling the fans,
I could be totally wrong but some think seems amiss for me,
I would like to hear other fans views on this,

31 Jul 2018 15:32:54
Mainbob, I think that whatever Bruce does won't sit well with you because you obviously don't like him. If he signs players he is ignoring his own youngsters, If he don't sign anyone he has no cover for certain positions, the players are too old, the players have no experience, he won't play them if they are signed. So basically nothing he does now or in the future will sit well with you, so you will keep on posting your negativity to try to cause as much unrest as you can and you won't be happy until Bruce is gone, Why don't you just make one post stating that you hate Bruce and want him out and save yourself time.

31 Jul 2018 15:53:50
AVillaFan, to be fair I don't really think you can argue with the fact that Bruce is a liability in the transfer market - Whatever your thoughts on him as a man manager or tactician, he has proven incapable of making significant signings.

This list doesn't scream a genius in the transfer market so I think we are allowed some criticism of Bruce.

Sam Johnstone - Oustanding Player/ Now With West Brom
Neil Taylor - Poor
Birkir Bjarnason - Fantastic / Not Used
Conor Hourihane - Good Signing
James Bree - Never Used
Henri Lansbury - Never Used
Scott Hogan - Never Used / Played Out Of Position
Chris Samba - Never Used
John Terry - Fantastic / No Longevity
Ahmed Elmohamady - Average
Robert Snodgrass - Fantastic / Plays For West Ham Now
Glenn Whelan - Poor
Josh Onomah - Never Used
Axel Tuanzebe - Injured
Lewis Grabban - Did Well

And we all know he is not a tactician, we only have to look back a few months to see how we completely collapsed in the run in, promotion was in our grasp and Bruce failed to adjust the team accordingly.

The sad fact is, he is here to stay, and I'm 100% behind him and the team BUT, my opinion hasn't changed, he is not fit for purpose.

31 Jul 2018 16:03:51
What are you on about mate,
I support any manager who is in charge of my team,
I agree he is not my choice but I'm just putting it out there what I think!
Am I allowed my opinion on the villa or do you want me to agree with you!
If you don't want to give me a answer to my post I suggest you talk with somebody else,
AS FOR me hating bruce that is the sort of comment I expect from you,
I respect the guy If you read about my posts about him,
I just don't think he is the best manager for villa,
Is that easy to understand!

31 Jul 2018 06:25:48
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