07 Mar 2017 15:11:50
All over media sites this salvo, bjarnason could be out for the rest of the season, i hope the press as usual are over exaggerating on this one, could mean samba gets his contract after all, experience over youth, what can you say, time to roll the dice.
07 Mar 2017 17:40:50
6-8 weeks out, don't think a left winger being injured equals a centre back getting a contract tho mate.
07 Mar 2017 19:49:15
Ah good point Chris, what i should have made clearer is with samba having the experience of playing across the back line at previous clubs i think maybe brucey would favour using him and maybe pushing someone further up to cover losing bjarnason, i think experience would beat going for a youth player, although it would top entertainment to see samba on the wing though!
09 Mar 2017 05:13:58
Getting Samba in defence means we can utilise Amivi on the wing, which he's very capable of.
09 Mar 2017 11:08:52
BigC - good call, i thought amavi could be converted, seemed to work for gareth bale, i heard through the grapevine he's not done too bad for a certain spanish outfit!
07 Mar 2017 10:18:25
Tonights line up
Johnstone,
Hutton Baker Chester Taylor
Jedanik, Hourihane, Lansbury
Adomah, Kodja, Amavi
Any better thoughts.
07 Mar 2017 12:37:55
Think that's the team that will start, Jedinak in the middle of the 3 and baker next to Taylor for his left foot.
07 Mar 2017 10:22:22
While the season is drawing to an end how many players do Aston Villa need next season to go up? And who would you buy and let go? I say 6 in and I would let gardner amavi mcormack elphick jonestone gabby richards go.
In pantillimon nathan dyer ings on loan and Will hughes David davis Pontus Jansson and i would give Verout an Rhm ago next season!
Just my view just because we won a few games we still need huge improvement it we are to go straight up next season! Love to here your views.
07 Mar 2017 12:46:17
David Davies, Pontus Janson coming to the villa from Leeds who could be in the prem, Danny ings, sell Amavi and not bring in a back up left back. Are you Tom fox in disguise? Just joking but Davies is awful, Janson will either be in the prem or cost us 10mil plus, Ings will have every prem club and their dog after him if their letting him go, Johnstone will be going back any how and will Hughes would be the same, cost an arm and a leg or be going to a prem club.
Pantilimon and Dyer are good shouts tho. Think we should stick to what we did January, look for players on last year of their contract, Lansbury and Hourihane would be 7mil plus if they wasn't on their last year. Chester was a brilliant deal for us in the summer, and Jedinak, quality players that their team are happy to leave for minimal fee and happen more or less under the radar.
Wouldn't put names on it because no one knows who we'll end up with but minimum we need a goalkeeper, centre back, right midfielder - that's providing we sell no one, and that would be the minimum to achieve top 6. The squad we have now is one of the best in the league on paper when fully fit, we just need reinforcements, players who can come off the bench and change a game or allow us to change formation.
07 Mar 2017 14:19:39
Why pantilimon? Always been a number 2 which tells you something. Surely there's someone better out there for a club of our size.
07 Mar 2017 17:38:18
Number 2 at city to joe hart, can't complain about that, played at the highest level, would be a very good keeper at championship level.
07 Mar 2017 18:36:12
What about our youngsters, we have some crackers coming through so why pay out millions. these are young full of talent play with no fear, and want to play for us. Give them a chance because I feel that we would really reap the rewards. As for tonight. COME ON YOU VILLA.
07 Mar 2017 18:40:19
I think if they were good enough they'd be in the first team.