Summer transfer window 2023

[Paulyefc]

I'll risk getting torn apart and say I actually quite like Che Adams, I think he's got a good bit more about him than Maupay and also is much more suitable to us, and I think he's being a bit unfairly pilloried on here. He's not the worst we could do and would do better than people think. I suspect we might even do better than someone like Iheanacho.

I still hope we don't sign him though, because I think we could do better with deals from abroad where you can do more with instalments, and if we could get ourselves in the frame for someone like Dia or Brobbey or Beto or Guirassy on relatively good up front terms that's way preferable.

Comparing him with Maupay. .My dog could do a better job then Maupay and he's only got one leg . I know we're desperate for a striker ( prefably 2) but if we are going to sign the likes of Che Adams then we will be lucky to stay in the Premier league next season

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

I'll risk getting torn apart and say I actually quite like Che Adams, I think he's got a good bit more about him than Maupay and also is much more suitable to us, and I think he's being a bit unfairly pilloried on here. He's not the worst we could do and would do better than people think. I suspect we might even do better than someone like Iheanacho.

I still hope we don't sign him though, because I think we could do better with deals from abroad where you can do more with instalments, and if we could get ourselves in the frame for someone like Dia or Brobbey or Beto or Guirassy on relatively good up front terms that's way preferable.

Adams is dross and runs round a lot and has a bit of nark about him. If that is our benchmark if we are going to invest more funds from a club on the verge of fiscal collapse, then we may as well give up. Those qualities are something you might look for in a Sunday League player.

The issue is, that our finances are in such dire straits, that we will just collapse if we don't start improving all areas. This means commercially, and investing in sellable assets to generate future funds. We are also reaching the stage where we are becoming a totally unattractive proposition to players we chase. Adams will only make all of this worse. Even if we sign him for, say £12m, and he scores 8 goals to help keep us up, what then for next year? We'll still be paying his wages, we'll still have spent the transfer fee that would have been better spent elsewhere and we'll still be scraping together pennies and losing out on targets next summer.

Signings Adams (and players like him) is confirming the inevitability of relegation over the next few years. He's too old and not good enough. If we skew older it should be for better players (like some of those you mention) but even then we would have to make sure our other signings are younger. The age profile of our squad is appalling. We really have to start doing better.

 

[Villa_Fan]

And the rest of your squad ?

No club is going to get every transfer right. Every single club has some really bad purchases. That just needs to be accepted and the recruitment and youth development needs to produce enough good players to make up for the inevitable purchases that don't work out.

 

[Toffeepot]

When Maupay was at Brentford I really wanted Villa to sign him, he was excellent in the Championship, I was disappointed when we ended up with Watkins and Brighton got Maupay. I watched him a lot in the Championship and yes I know it is a lower level but he was one of the best players in the Championship and looked like he would have a really bright future. There is a much better player there than what u are seeing, hopefully Dyche can get him back to his best

Naw I hope Dyche bins him off
I've watched him for Brighton and he's just not PL standard, they were laughing when we signed him, delighted to be rid
Guess he peaked in the Championship
Watkins has improved over the last couple of years, Maupay has not and likely won't

 

[Villa_Fan]

Naw I hope Dyche bins him off
I've watched him for Brighton and he's just not PL standard, they were laughing when we signed him, delighted to be rid
Guess he peaked in the Championship
Watkins has improved over the last couple of years, Maupay has not and likely won't

It does appear that way.

 

[CalBuckeye_Rob]

No club is going to get every transfer right. Every single club has some really bad purchases. That just needs to be accepted and the recruitment and youth development needs to produce enough good players to make up for the inevitable purchases that don't work out.

True, but they are in this mess even though they have spent more than half the teams in the Premier League over the past 5 years because they have had far too few good purchases and their youth development doesn't develop talent that impacts the first team. The quality of this roster in light of the money spent on transfers and salaries is embarrassing.

 

[Zatara]

We were linked with him as soon as he scored against us at Goodison, I think it was the covid season and he was about 16 or 17.
Maybe we could offer them cash plus Holgate, as they are apparently interested in him.

I know he’s only 20, but he had 19 appearances and 2 goals last season in the championship, Simms did better than that in half a season on loan at Sunderland. There must be better options?

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/415163/History/Daniel-Jebbison

May have had alot of appearances but not much game time. Perhaps were seeing him as a late developer who could get into the right positions.

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Cant say anything about his comments as i dont know either way.

However, i will say that we need to wait until the end of the transfer window before we can actually judge the overall business.

 

[Bainesy come back]

Can we turn our noses up at the likes of a Che Adams. I genuinely don’t know what the lad is like as a player but we simply cannot go into the season as Maupay as the No 9 . He was wrong from the off and doesn’t and never will be suited to our style currently.

Your statement is precisely the reason why we should turn our noses up at the likes of Che Adams. Asked and answered, we'll never learn as a club. Definition of insanity?... You know the rest.

 

[AussieToffee11]

Just listened to the bobble podcast depressing. Sounds like we are starting the season with Maupay as Dom unlikely to be fit and unlikely to do much until August comes around. This club I tell you. Absolutely failing organisation. Kenwright and Moshiri are the common theme in the failing recruitment

Just to be clear, I also listened to it. He specifically said that Dom is on track to play against Fulham and will likely appear in a pre season game.

We won't be starting with Maupay. 99% likely it'll be Dom, and if not, it'll be Danjuma.

 

[Nymzee]

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This lad gets far too much airtime.

 

[carolinablue232]

Just to be clear, I also listened to it. He specifically said that Dom is on track to play against Fulham and will likely appear in a pre season game.

We won't be starting with Maupay. 99% likely it'll be Dom, and if not, it'll be Danjuma.

And what a glorious 19 minutes it will be before he pulls up injured again.

 

[AussieToffee11]

And what a glorious 19 minutes it will be before he pulls up injured again.

He may well, but the cry-arsing in this thread because we didn't get a striker that we didn't actually go that hard for is boggling.

Dom is fit to start currently and Danjuma will also play, that is a massive upgrade on what we had last season already.

The start of our season isn't in jeopardy currently. I want another striker as much as the next guy, but let's just take a deep breathe.

(Not having a go at you, just a general statement about the state of this thread over the last 24 hours).

 

[raiseyoureyebrow4thewin!]

Villa have done some amazing business Tielemans, Torres and Diaby... Scary how far were falling behind teams like this now.

villa fans are having a laugh now. so are many other better run clubs at our board.

dont forget villa were fighting relegation and yet their owner and board managed to get emery.

now they got monchi for dof, plus their pipeline of youth breaking into the first team is brilliant like ramsay.

what would the everton board do eh bill?

 

[TheFinnFan]

A Tete twister?

Tipple twister

 

[Zatara]

https://www.[Publication is blackli...n-miss-out-on-el-bilal-toure-transfer-4234284

No Dia mentioned...off that list id go for Brobbey for the ability to hold up the ball and lay off.

Not a big fan of his but DCL was effective putting himself about last season which Brobbey can do.