It’s another quick one, where I’m wondering what fans think.
The fantastic news is that after Steve Bruce warned us Kodjia might miss the early months of the upcoming season, so that advice has proved to be wrong and the player is already back in training;
Given that this was supposed to be a broken ankle, the recovery is remarkably quick, seeing as he only had the OP on May the 4th, which is a month and 10 days or so.
Early predictions were 3-4 months, with Bruce saying a possible 6 months.
So either Bruce was guessing or the quacks don’t know what they’re talking about.
God, do we need a clear-out in the medical department too?
I suspect not, as the crew we have are supposedly highly regarded, but I do wonder why there’s such a disparity between the prediction and reality?
Whatever, it’s good news and should relieve us of the need to get another striker in.
Or should it?
We currently have Kodjia, Hogan, McCormack and Gabby, with back up from RHM and Keinan Davies.
Which sounds reasonable until you consider Gabby is finished, RM is still very much up in the air and Hogan has still to prove himself for the Villa.
The young lads seem promising, but we’ve seen it all before, haven’t we?
It strikes me (geddit?) Gabby’s wages are eating far too much of the striker’s part of the squad’s budget and there’s no chance we’ll get another major striker in while he remains with us.
But my opinion says we could definitely do with one.
And we really need to try and get rid of Gabby to any mug that will take him.
Sadly, I don’t see even the Chinese doing so and we’re stuck with him.
In short, thank god Kodjia’s back.
As it stands, if the midfield don’t start doing their bit, he’s about the only one I have serious faith in.
Partly because he can do it for himself. Which is the main reason he gets moaned about, in being too selfish.
It’s a funny old game.
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55 responses to “Kodjia already back in training; do we need another striker?”
Ooh, that’s a bold statement Nath.
I’m pro Bruce, as I think he’s pragmatic and can get us up with the footy that’s required to do the job.
But I can’t say I’m massively confident.
I have concerns over who’s actually got the shout over signing the players.
If you want to talk facts, they are that all the winter signings have been pretty poor.
Lansbury and Hourihane in particular have produced nothing and seem like momentum signings to me.
Hence it’s why I don’t believe Bruce will get much of a chance: because he isn’t really running the show.
12-15 games and if we aren’t in the top 3, he’ll be gone, imo.
That said, I hope you’re right.
i never say anything i cant back up lol i am not disrespecting the other teams i am a good judge usually. i can as many as seven clubs all capable of wining the league. so why am i so positive. i just believe in bruce and the players, we need the good start as already said as a bad start will get the fans and owner getting twitchy. we need to stop pulling in different directions and make vp a fortress. i recall under taylor when we struggled at home in this division, only the best away record got us promoted behing millwall. with a last game nil nil at swindon. so its not gonna be easy its a tough long season in championship
“its not gonna be easy its a tough long season in championship”
Amen brother.
And it’s why I’m taking nothing for granted, the same as the club shouldn’t.
thats bruces strength, man management. he wont allow the players to drop their standards. he really is the right man for the immediate problem,nothingwill be taken for granted. villa fans have got used to losing will be a culture shock being at the business end of the league and just hope we enjoy and support us to the last second of the final game.
Anyone with vertigo – look away now 🙂
Hope you’re right Nath but like Badger wish I was more confident but then again after years of losing its natural to feel concerned.
‘Man management Bruce’s strength?’ Is that so? Managers who think they are good at man mangement tend to see no case as hopeless. So they would look at Gabby, Richards and Lescott and see a footballer lurking inside the piss-taking idiot and try to reform him. Managers who really are good at man management would recognise the rotten apples, and throw them out before any others went bad. In this case contracts would have been torn up for cash and the players numbers recycled.
I am not convinced by Bruce. I hoped that at least the players he bought would maintain the performance level they had at their previous club and preferably improve on it. To go backwards as some seemed to do is disturbing.
gabby and richards were decent players in days gone by. but bruce KNOWS the ppl running the show arent in business to throw away money. richards and gabby have contracts and i am not bruce’s pr machine. but i am guessing he has to keep them because the club arent willing to pay them millions to rip up the contract they signed long before bruces came. has bruces played either. not really apart from playing gabby when all the strike force was walking injured suggests he wouldnt give them the time of the day if he didnt have too. but for the peace that gives around the dressing room. while they remain
all above b/s is nothing to do with bruce manager of aston villa but a poster called nath and they are opinions not FACTS
Some good debate there, which leads me on nicely to the next question, in the next post.