There’s an old saying that says you make your own luck.
And the simple fact is we have none whatsoever.
Today summed up everything that says we’re going down and if anyone still believes it’s not true, well I’m afraid I can only say you’re deluded.
We were the better side for the first half hour until Sunderland scored from a long distance shot that got deflected leaving Guzan no chance.
Then we bought Traore on, who scared the crap out of their defenders and did well to set up Gil for the equaliser.
And then what happened?
Off he goes with yet another injury.
And then Defoe gets a chance where he only has one place to shoot (the near post) and Guzan doesn’t have it covered.
Shocking goalkeeping from a goalie whose confidence is shot.
Next up was a Sunderland corner, where it seemed we had 4 defenders near the corner flag trying to defend and no-one where it mattered, after some comical defending, resulting in Guzan again passing to one of our players only for him not to know it was coming and the opposition scored again.
I could go on about how the performance wasn’t too bad against another equally shocking side.
But what’s the point?
It ultimately boils down to the fact that if we can’t get a win against Sunderland, where do we see a single win coming from?
Wycombe up next in the cup isn’t it?
You just know they’ll want it more and I’m dreading it.
I have to hold my hands up here and say that if I was Lerner, I’d be looking very closely at what sort of players the manager wants to get in.
If any targets are aimed at Premier league survival, I’d say forget it.
This team needs dismantling, as too many of our squad just aren’t good enough for the Villa.
That said, I saw the look on Garde’s face a few times and it was pretty emotionless.
I suspect he knows what we are.
And it’s frankly rubbish.
May can’t come soon enough.
Now had time to think and reflect on the game & season so far are back 5 isn’t good enough defensively and position wise.. They don’t work as a unit there shape is all wrong which leads to what the hell does the defensive coach practice in training? 2 goals came from right hand side due to Hutton/bacuna I don’t understand when we don’t have the ball why isnt are back line straight Hutton seems to drift forward no matter what which is a sine then we get exposed cos Center half has to come across to cover which they don’t wanna be ie lescott with know pace but he did well cos he keeped defo on his weaker foot but he still managed to squeeze it in on guzan near post ffs this is unbelievable the only place he could put it and guzan didn’t read/cover it now what Gk coach doing with him?? These are basic errors that are happening week in week out and not been rectified. In the back u need 2 leaders keeper and Center half we have none at mo! Someone should be screaming at Hutton to stop drifting and get back in line one thing about Gk they see everything so he can organise them but guzan don’t say a word.
We need a GK Centre half commanding one right back if mich don’t wanna play there! Defensive mid striker!!
Has it not crossed your mind that maybe the players are doing it on purpose. Maybe the divide, which there clearly is, runs deeper than just between players. I may be well off the mark but it wouldn’t surprise me. It is obvious the club is ruined. There are no standards at the club. A majority don’t care making it impossible for those that do care to make or have any real impact.
When something like not showing you care comes from the very top in will inevitably have a knock on effect. For me Lerner has made his bed by staying away. Fox has made his bed with some of the decisions he has made. I don’t for a second blame Garde, he, along with every other manager we have had over the last 10 years, excluding O’Neil, have had their hands tied.
I will be gobsmacked if we actually spend money in this window to try and save our Premier League status. If Lerner, Fox and the rest of the board wanted to take this club forward as much as they claim they wouldn’t do things like give Westwood, Clarke, Baker, Guzan etc etc new contracts because it seems everyone, those with the power apart, can see these players are not good enough for the place our owner and board claim they want to be.
Another issue which is player related is this connection to Man City our players seem to be friendly and we do sign a lot of former City players. I think someone in our dressing room has been influencing who we should sign almost like an old boys network.
The players are not listening to the manager, prime example FA Cup semi final was the last good game we played we ripped Liverpool apart, those same players then struggled for the rest of the season, they are losing on purpose not listening to instructions, watch all of our managers in the recent past telling these so called top pro’s the same thing over and over again.
We have a few bad apples in the dressing room who are controlling the club and the players.
The media are not helping Tbh the French players are not playing that bad Amavi, Veretout Ayew Adama have been our better players this season. The media are saying our transfer policy has not worked but the players who are failing were not chosen by the so called money ball men, they were supposedly chosen by our former mangers.
Yippie I aye
Yippie I ohh
Our football team makes me want to cry
Yippie I aye
Yippie I ohh
I wish Randolph Lerner would fuck off and …
On the Jeff Stelling show the panel said if the defence do not understand the basics of defending etc then stay on training ground for 6 hours until they have got it….well we have supposedly been on the training pitch for 6 YEARS and still dont get it…….Sunderland and Newcastle have been the same for years as well.
Is there a bus load of crap coaches around that these 3 clubs seem to always have…?
Ive always said its down to coaches, i watch young coaching staff and ive asked why are you interchanging players position? Its to teach them other positions, to me its idiocy, but its now the schooling in the game. OLL you’ve been at Sutton is that the normal?
Bill it was nearly half a century ago. The manager asked me once how I came to be playing LB (through the kids teams) and it went back to primary school. I was the new boy, not fat enough for goalie so next least-liked pos was LB!. As it turned out having the quickest player at LB was good for Sutton because most opponents had their quickest or trickiest player on the RW.
I found when playing Vets football I could also play RW – it is the same corner, but unless I my team was playing weaker opposition I could not play anywhere else and do it justice.
I think it is a good idea to give people practice in other positions – if they can do it. When I managed a Sunday side I knew I had 5 or so versatile guys who could play most positions, but all the rest really could only manage 2 positions at best. Players tend to drift to their natural places in the middle of a half when they are being rushed. You noticed this particularly last season with Villa. Benteke and Gabby would chose the same blade of grass. Sinclair and Delph were also left sided. There was no right winger, there still isn’t when Adama is off the field.
Thanks OLL, i still have it in my mind a player is more comfortable knowing his left is better than his right, but i take your point. Thans again.
most people think we should get championship players in now so we can play them in the premier league, to get slaughtered and give them confidence for next year!not a lot of joined up thinking going on here. while i cant see us getting out of this shite i think something must be done to regain some sort of belief in the club, either loans or experienced older(fit) players who know what the score is
I’ve been one of those saying we should have a clear out. However I have not been saying we should have Championship players but players who are willing to play in the Championship which isn’t the same thing.
I honestly don’t think there’s any point in us getting loans or so-called ‘experienced’ players who will desert the already sinking ship when we finally get mathematically relegated. What team will we then have for a very tough Championship? None at all and the trapdoor leading to Div 1 will soon be a very real possibility.
We should start building now for the inevitable. Hiding our heads in the sand and playing the same old crap we’ve been seeing game in, game out won’t get is anywhere either.
Matt Law tells it as it is;
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10118235/aston-villa-getting-what-they-deserve-after-poor-decision-making-says-matt-law
Thanks Badger
The article is absolutely spot on
How bloody true, a typical Yank that knows fuck all about football.
Nice anti-“yank” propaganda mate.
And mean’t to be Andrew, know how they do business.
He he nice one Bum bum.
One thing you’ll never have Andrew, is a sole mate. you live in fantasy land of I know it all.
Bill’s Americanophobia not xenophobia, he’s not contemptuous of all foreigners just our colonial cousins from across the pond.
Don’t apologize Bill, the bloke chats bubbles. Matt Law tells it how it is and his reply? Nothing, no reaction other than to make it all an anti yank thing and why’s that?
Because you can’t defend the indefensible.
I bet he’s a sceptic.
What that old saying BWS?, mr know a lot, knows a lot of rot.
I do have a reaction, in fact I agree with him on a lot of the ideas. I just love Bill’s constant stupid and baseless put downs of Yanks. His Xenophobic comments are hysterical.
The hammer falls on Lerners head. He is the problem. Fans yesterday where saying for Lerner to go at Sunderland every fan has coped on now,to Lerner. Something stinks really bad at Villa, Clark for Ireland is playing great stuff and for Villa he is crap.
Can you make that a lump hammer?
a lot of you talk about this transfer window and what sort of players we need.
my opinion is do some deals for players who fit the championship but let them stay with their clubs till may.
once the season is over remove any players who dont fit the bill and promote some youth who look interested then bring those signings through.
off the field ticket prices need slashing on a big scale and at least try to fill villa park as we are going to take a big hit money wise anyway.
getting back is number one priority and getting the fans onside is key to that. a half filled and soulless stadium wont help regardless of what opinions we have of how the club is run.
if we want new owners we have to be in the promised land ready for a fresh start.
That’s an interesting thought Andrew1 and I can see the logic.
Get them in the bag, but don’t let them be destroyed in the Prem.
I can’t see the club going for that though.
And aren’t players more expensive in the winter?
As for ticket prices, I think many fans would agree.
Cut the ticket prices to keep the crowds up. You also have the bonus where the bigger the crowd, the more food and drink etc you sell, which is all extra profit as the costs don’t increase.
Unfortunately there’s two hopes of that happening.
At best, prices will be frozen, in my opinion, even if it means the crowds practically fall by half.
It’s a joke, as ticket prices ought be halved at least, if the Prem really is as good as it’s made out and being out of it is really such a loss.
I’ll bet the number-crunchers are working overtime as we speak.
And they still won’t come to the correct decision.
That said, we shouldn’t be surprised, should we?
Yes but you get to see more games in championship which is what club will use as a counter argument. It’s pointless getting a ST for next year who wants to watch championship football when your used to prem. Plus you will find a great percentage of games will be live anyway. Anyone supporting Lerner in any league needs to be certified imo
BWS, this Andrew1 knows what he’s talking about. would you say,
Sounds a reasonable proposition but this is Randy and his merry bunch of incompetent followers we’re talking about Bill so it”l probably be plan (what are we up to now, X?).
Plan X being – mediocre, past it and cheap but with an analysis that incorporated more than 200 variables.
Can’t wait.
Lerner dosnt care anymore he prob did initially but not now. As far as he’s concerned we can go into the Vauxhall conference as long as he still makes money. I will never spend another penny in this club until he goes not that he will care almost of the money he gets is to money
Where has all debt came from we where in the top six three seasons running yes with a bit of outlay but downing milner young delph took in 70 m in sales we were on TV all the time had good kits in Nike how the fuck could a knob Lerner fuck it all up is he taking management fees every year no money spent on ground did up the pub for what
Just watching Everton spurs under Mon we were equal to both of them now their reserves would both beat us
Part of me thinks we need this relegation to get rid of all the crap disinterested players and have a fresh start.It is our turn we have been hanging on in fear for long enough what’s the point continuing in that manner with the fear of relegation hanging over us like a dark cloud each season.As my Baggie fan says at work it’s just our turn and without it we will stay as we are.I get what he’s saying even though he’s a baggies fan and probably loving it a little that we are relegated he says they had to go through the same to rebuild character,get rid of the hangers on and get some players in who wanted to fight for Albion.That is exactly what we are about to do.We may drop a league,lose some TV money but we will have a new team.The likes of Richards,Lescott,Amavi,Vertout,Gil,Traore,Sanchez,Gana,Guzan,Ayew,Sinclair and maybe even Bacuna will all be sold.This will be a fresh start a new dawn for Aston Villa let’s embrace it and get used to the idea of the Championship might aswell it’s going to happen soon isn’t it.UTV
Lescott won’t leave, unless Garde tells him too. He’s a Villa fan after all. Neither will Richards. No chance anyone is stupid enough to take Sinclair on. We’ll lose 3-5 players. Ayew, Veretout, Sanchez, Amavi and probably Traore but very rarely does any relegated squad lose a host of players. Look at Hull, they didn’t.
So why not drop the whole defence and throw reserves in. What is the point of sticking with Guzan and Lescott those 2 have cost us nearly every goal we’ve conceded between them so far. Drop them both I’d rather put Gestede in defence to be hinest
Guzan hasn’t cost us a goal in like 2 months. Do you actually watch the games? Lescott, Richards and especially Hutton have all cost us goals, yes. Especially Hutton.
Are u having a laugh he was responsible for two goals on Saturday. Should of saved second goal from Defoe no keeper should be beat near post and second goal him and Lescott were both involved in comedy of errors that led to third
Agree with Hutton which is why I say whole bk 5 should be dropped Lescott Hutton and Guzan especially. Ruchards should only play if it’s at right bk if not don’t pick him
I know they may baffle you, but goal keepers are beaten by their near post all of the time. I could find a compilation of Neuer, De Gea, Courtois, hell even Buffon and Casillas doing it.
Richards, Hutton and Lescott are Championship players at best. They’ll be helpful when we go down at least.
It’s not just that one mistake it’s other howlers like palace away for example Leic game I could go on. Most half decent keepers save u 10 plus points a season Guzan has prob cost us that many. Without him Lescott and Hutton we’d be at least 10-15 points better off and be around the 20 point mark with a good chance of survival
So much for money ball tactics the idea was to but French players and flog them for 3-4 times as much now they would be lucky to get half their money back
Did Kojak make any worthwhile contribution during his run out yesterday???
No but neither did anyone else
Robin Van Persie on loan from Fenerbahce. He isn’t happy in Turkey at this current time.
Ha ha RVP at villa are you on drugs. He would want at least £200k a week and would miss most if the season through injury plus he wouldn’t come anyway.
The only positive side to relegation would be if there was a consortium of real Villa fans with the money to make Lerner an offer to sell – at a much, much, lower price than he’d have got a year ago.
Surely there must be some true fans out there with enough financial clout/contacts to be able to get the project going and be ready to replace the current owner/board as soon as the final whistle goes on the 2015/16 season – time for them to stand up and save our club.
I know 3 that might, Cameron, Prince William , and Tom Hanks. Ardent they have the money.
Well, it depends on how Villa plan on doing things, because Khazri said he’d be willing to join us still, claiming we’re probably better than the 2nd or 3rd place France side still. Then there’s Doumbia who CSKA don’t want to buy back despite 11 goals and 5 assists in 20 games. So if they wanna continue pretending we can stay up, those 2 would be the perfect start.
You make it sound like…
Marthew: “Tonight, on Stars in their eyes we’ve got Aston Villa”, so who, Aston Villa, are you going to pretend to be tonight”?…
Aston Villa: “We’ll I’m Aston Villa and I’m pretending that I’m going to be in the Premier League next season, we’re selling a lot of shirts and we’re going again”.
Matthew: “Well you deluded twat, take it awayyyyyy…”!
I guess you can make it sound like that. But it pretty much is, do we pretend we can stay up still, which seems to be the case with the players and Garde, with Garde calling on us buying players to stay up, or do we not try, and go for players like Bamford who aren’t Premier League standard yet but can run the Championship.
Of course Garde and the players are going to say we can stay up, what would you think they’d say “yeah we’re doomed, we’ll start playing with a bit of passion now in the hope we find new clubs in the summer”?
Not at all, however you didn’t see much from Sunderland’s players coming out claiming they’ll stay up, much like ours have (before they beat us and came within 4 points of safety). Unless I missed them of course which is possible.
Was more thinking out loud on the types of players we’ll desperately need if they’re actually serious.
There’s no pressure now we should approach each game as if it’s a friendly get rid of the whole bk 4 and put the reserves in can’t be any worse
We won’t sign anyone this Jan and for once I agree it’s totally pointless and us too little to late. No half decent footballer in their right minds would come to us. I know a footballer in championship who is a huge villa fan and even he wouldn’t come to us at the moment. Says it all
No you don’t, as he’d instantly come to us.
No he wouldn’t we are not in for him anyway but if he were he wouldn’t as he could be playing in prem next season
We’re not in for anyone as it stands very quiet for a team in the SHITE,you would of thought we’d have someone at least by now but knowing us leave it til the last minute & pick up the dregs personally I couldn’t give a FUCK anymore.
We rarely sign anyone in Jan anyway. Even if we got Messi and Ronaldo we’d still go down nothing can save us now
“We’re not in for him”… Now you’re clutching at straws to insult Villa.
Giddy, it’s the 4th of January, it just became Monday. We just had a game this weekend. We’re not going to instantly sign players. Relax. Gotta give it time. lmao
Reportedly had scouts in Portugal for a Braga center back though.
Andrew, have you ever been to Villa Park or attended a Villa Game?
My thoughts exactly
Wasn’t aware it mattered, but seeing as I don’t live in England, no.
You can tell
I’m still not seeing the point? Oh it’s because I can think for myself instead of following what everyone else says without watching Villa, right?
@Andrew. It has nothing to do with you thinking for yourself, but on that subject well done. Not all Yanks can think for themselves, look at Lerner, Fox and Guzan.
The reason I asked is because you tend to see a lot more being at games than you do on TV or PC/Tablet. Given that your’e very “matter of fact” with your opinions I thought you went to games, didn’t realize you lived over there.
Don’t quite agree you see more when you go to games. Been to a lot of them with my local side here and it’s not better than seeing it on TV, as you’re far more distracted when you’re there.
Not only are we the worst team in the EPL we’re the worst in England.
Cheers Randy.
http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2015/12/31/burton-pip-arsenal-to-be-best-in-english-league-football-in-2015-311201/
Holly shit thats bad, we need another trophy case now, that more expense.
From the first few games I seen Micah Richards play for villa I feel we were on trouble. Never looked right and for any player to be able to dictate their playing position and captaincy is shocking. I called it from the start of the season and as the season has went on I’ve grown to dislike him a lot. Thinks he’s a big fish in small pond, he is rubbish and is stealing a living. There are obvious reasons why city and roma let him go. Villa best defensive performances bar the fluke against man city have been when Richards. I wouldn’t play him at right back either. How come I can see this watching on TV but the clowns running Villa can’t. This is just one off the reasons we are failing miserably and things like this show how clueless and rotten the people in charge are. Villa will only return to acceptable levels when Randy and Co are gone and when proper football people are in charge. Sadly we don’t know when this will be. VTID.
Good post agree. We will be stuck with Lerner for years now and even in the unlikely event he did sell it would only be a business consortium run by suits who are in it for a quick buck with an exits tragedy. It’s pointless supporting the club now I really don’t care anymore
Heard a bit on radio 5, the club is completely soul less
So basing this on the probability that we’re playing Championship football next season who do you think will ‘realistically’ stay and go.
Think we should box clever for once and hold on to not necessarily the most gifted players, but those who have experience of the league and the more robust lower leagues. The likes of Gestede, Gardner, Bennett, Westwood and Baker could all be of some value. Promote some of the youth teamers… Hepburn-Murphy, Sellars, Donacien.
Then let the inevitable players go… Ayew, Veretout, Amavi, Richards, Traore. Starting to wonder if relegation release clauses are a cert. Then the so called surplus to requirements… Kozak, N’Zogbia (if we can shift him). Have a funny feeling Guzan may go due to International place/status.
On a crazy last ditch attempt to bridge the points gap a bid for Jordan Rhodes was mentioned. This might not be as daft as it sounds. Would be a big outlay, but he’s a decent goal scorer, partnered Gestede last season and could spearhead our Championship title bid next season (blind optimism I know).
Would like to know others thoughts. Bear in mind that I haven’t mentioned some under performers (Lescott, Hutton, Agbonlahor to name a few) just because of contracts and I don’t see us being able to sell them.
Football talk? What is this nonsense, you’re supposed to blindly insult Lerner…
Anyways, a good list and probably the ones that will be gone. Guzan will go, still a Premier League keeper but he’s a bottom half of the table one. Would like to see Siegrist promoted but can see Steer starting, or going for a new keeper under Garde.
I don’t think Richards will go, he’s a Villa fan after all, but possibly a Stoke City or if like Norwich stay up than maybe.
I can see us making all of our money back on the players we sell though, we still have the financial clout to do so.
Would prefer Bamford to Rhodes, don’t like him much and Bamford has a better upside. He’s not Premier League material yet but helping us get promoted could do that for him to get him better.
Lescott won’t go, again a Villa fan. Can see he and Richards still starting next season, though Okore and Clark would be much better. Possibly can see Okore going then.
Gabby will hopefully go in January, if not he’ll have to lower his wages or go in the summer. Too bad we didn’t keep Weimann as I think he could be the type of player who needs to partner Ayew right now.
Ayew will definitely go, as will Veretout and Traore. Amavi I don’t know if he’ll go due to injury, might think he owes us, but he’s definitely too good for the Championship. Guzan will go too, Gana’s up in the air if I think he’ll go.
Lescott and Richards won’t go because no one else would touch them with a barge pole. Especially Lescott if he was a horse he would be put out of his misery now!
Andrew, you spent the summer banging on about us bringing in fantastic talent from foreign leagues like Ligue 1. You seemed delighted with the players brought in and claimed they would be better than the overpriced British players available. Now we will be relegated and you are still claiming that you know what is best for the club.
You lost me completely when you said the MLS is a good league recently. I have lived in the US for 20 years and the quality in the MLS is piss poor. Portland Timbers won the MLS this season captained by Liam Ridgewell (ex-villa) who is going out on loan to a championship team (brighton I think) during the MLS closed season. Sums it all up nicely…
MLS is a glorified retirement home for ex premier footballers that give them their last big pay day before they go to football purgatory.
Did I say it was good? I don’t remember but maybe I did. It’s a growing league.
And guess who our current best players are? Veretout, Amavi and Ayew, and last I knew, they were foreign. And who keeps costing us points? Hutton, Richards and Lescott (and most wills say Guzan), and guess what, they’re not foreign (well Guzan is but he’s been in England long enough). They’re homegrown. So until my foreign theories proven wrong, I’ll continue spouting on how I know what’s best for the club. Seeing everyone has been claiming Traore and Gil should start every game, and Grealish has been mediocre. How Westwood’s garbage, yet it’s only the homegrown players getting bashed. So yes, I still believe what I said about going foreign is correct. Because our best players are foreign.
Rumours on twitter that Mervyn King is the new chairman
Another finance man; at least he’s a Villa fan!
Bill, he must know Prince Andrew and the PM – do you think he could persuade them to put their hands in their pockets and buy Lerner out! 🙂
Learners a villa fan makes no difference
I beg to differ OohAh (not on it makes no difference) but King is a real Villa fan unlike Lerner who pandered to the fans – if he was a real fan he would have sold ages ago when he realised what a balls up he was making of owning the club!
Lerner and King are businessmen first fans second. Gabby Richards and Lescott are villa fans and Richards won’t play right bk to help us out its a joke
Oohah its Lerner, He will never be a Learner,he’s a Yank.
So is Lescott and gabby ffs
Oops – deliberate mistake – Prince William 🙂 but Andrew can help out if he wants 🙂
The darts player from a few years back?
Mervyn King who helped caused the recession mismanaging the banks then having the audacity to say it was fun managing through the recession. What a knob jockey don’t want him near our club just another Lerner yes man who will make sod all difference
Not sure that’s accurate OohAh. I’m not sure the BoE were responsible for regulating the Banks – that was down to Brown’s mismanagement neither was the BoE responsible for the behaviour of the rating agencies! No doubt someone will put me right!
He still said it was fun times though
@H60
You’re right it wasn’t the Bank of England’s fault.
Dubya Bush – one of the moron child’s first acts was to remove legal safeguards on what financial products could legally be sold leading to sub-prime mortgages (AKA a total flim-flam crock of shit) that were bought and sold as though they had some value. Then someone saw that the Emperor had no clothes and the whole house of cards collapsed revealing the thefts and double dealing of the bankers, many of who should still be in jail.
Europe and the rest of the world then had to deal with the fall out as it revealed our own bankers shortcomings and double dealing.
Of course you could describe Mr. King as a banker and I can think of no worse insult.
(What do you call 10,000 bankers at the bottom of the sea? A bloody good idea!)
Thanks Pat – yep deregulation in the USA plus loan securitisation equals one unholy mess! I worry about saying this but I have a good friend who was head of global securitisation for a major European bank and formerly a Director with Barings when Leeson sank the ship without trace. He tells some hair raising stories about banking. I should hasten to add that IMHO he is (was – retired now) one of the good guys.
Correct Hitch. Blair and Brown massively removed safeguards between investment and domestic banking.
He’s a villa fan, is he not, our Mervyn.
Oohah what a proper geezer, an unparalleled knowledge of defenders and the art of defending and a true economic guru to boot.
All hail the mighty Oohah…
“We’re Not Worthy!”
“We’re Not Worthy!”
I’m not an expert in defending just my opinion
Would be good appt – has gravitas and would get a fan’s perspective across in the board room plus hard nosed businessman. Isn’t there also going to be another board member too? Hopefully a football person
Assuming we go down, In terms of a team for next year, with the mass expected mass exodus, I would like to see something like this:
Steer
New RB, Okore, Lescott/Baker, Bennett
Bacuna, Westwood, Veretout/Gardner, Grealish
Gestede, New Striker
Obviously, there are a few players that may end up staying for one reason or another, but this team on its own would be fairly solid.
Not a bad 11, and young enough it can only get better together. Be shocked if we have Veretout though. Also be surprised if we don’t play a midfield 3 in the Championship as well. If we go down, can see us trying for Bamford, Rhodes, Gray, Afobe or someone foreign. Dabbur, Lezcano, Spalvis, would all probably do well as well next to Gestede. Would prefer a Clark-Okore partnership again though.
A lot of strikers that can score in the Championship, but finding a talented RB will definitely be hard.
One think is certain we are going to need players who are physically strong with a massive work rate or we will go down again
Let’s hope we don’t end up with 11 Ashley Westwoods then!!