Tony Xia has been very chatty on Twitter this week, which can only be a good thing, although I have a nagging feeling it won’t last that long, because as is the way of things with Twitter, something will be taken the wrong way or the criticism will be thrown about should we not be doing as well as we all hope.
Until it does go pear-shaped though, I find his willingness to answer questions and keep us informed, very refreshing and we should make the most of it.
In today’s main tweet, our owner has revealed that he expects 3-4 players gone in a week or so and of course everyone is wondering who they’ll be.
“Trimming is needed & then will be new signings till window closes. 3-4 be informed next week to farewell the old days.”
It’s been noticeable that Gabby, Richards and Lescott are all supposed to be carrying injuries, but I’ll bet I’m not alone in guessing that at least two of the three will be on the list; if it’s not all 3 of them.
I’d guess the others might be Sinclair or Bacuna, although the latter has apparently played reasonably well during the friendlies and might have won himself a reprieve, as although he isn’t liked, the fact is he can play in a few positions, which makes him quite useful. Whether he’s any use in those positions is of course another subject altogether.
Then again, I could be totally wrong and we might simply be talking about fringe players who just aren’t going to make the grade.
We can hope the much maligned suspects are the ones, but whatever happens, it surely means we’re going to see a few players coming in, as Xia suggests.
One of them has to be a striker and I feel we should be pushing the boat out somewhat for this particular player because we need a bit of quality there; someone who can hold the ball up and be a focal point.
We also need someone who can get the ball into the box to take advantage of Gestede. Which is where you have to wonder where the service is going to come from.
Hence surely we’ll see another midfielder or two coming in?
I reckon the next 3-4 players coming in could well make or break our season and RDM has to get them right.
But we all know this, don’t we?
Indeed, I’ve seen a few comments where people think we won’t do any good until the team is mostly different to that we witnessed last season.
And it’s something I can’t disagree with.
It should be an interesting run-up to the start of the season.
Villa 3-0 up Gardner
FT Villa win 3-0
God that’s two matches now I’ve used the word ‘win’ must be some sort of record.
Anyway goals by Sinclair, Hepburn-Murphy and Gardner. Interesting team RDM’s put out tonight.
Nice to get the win again. Strange to see players in the team that could be on the move according to the papers . Big test on Saturday against boro .
Hopefully we get the £5 mil for Sinclair now he’s scored! Tbf we should be biting their hands at £2 mil he’s absolute gash. Gardner and Tshibola as the two central mids for me this season. Traore and Grealish out wide. Murphy and Ayew up top, get the ball to feet with players that are comfortable on the ball and exciting players to watch, then if needs be over the top for Murphy to Sprint on to. Can see us doing really well this season if I’m honest.
Actually I wouldn’t mind Andre Green on the right and Traore playing off the striker
Traore hasn’t kicked a ball what u going on about. No wonder barca let him go there’s the catch he’s injury prone
Amavi hasn’t kicked a ball either but he’s still our best left back what’s your point? Because they haven’t kicked a ball that means they’re going to be rubbish? Spouting negativity just to stir, your no supporter.
I would like Green to get a chance on the right to. See what he can do
Mail reporting that Gueye is off to Everton (perhaps)
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-midfielder-11667522?
Perhaps why Tshibola was bought?
Good Gana is crap a poor mans Delph
when you place low selling clauses on new recruits. you limit your chances on making profits and guarantee losses. how to run your business into the ground. name of lerners new BOOK available at all bad book stores.
we have some decent youth players coming through, i know most fans will want signings, but in our position right now, the signings we can make, players willing to join a championship side, aren’t leaps ahead of the current youths coming through.
gueyet was one of our better players (not great).
he was always going to leave even if we stayed in the prem.
when he joined he openly admitted he was using the club as a stepping stone.
good riddance.
Ayew & amavi the rest can fuck off he’s no great loss.
Straight to the point giddyvillan 😃
Best way to be mate.
I agree with you giddy, he is no great loss.
Agree he’s a prem mid table player at best. Not sure about Ayew wouldn’t bother me if he went either. Got the odd spectacular goal in him but hardly prolific.
Ayew is our best striker are you thick? Yes let’s just get rid of our most likely goalscorer, you’re talking rubbish.
He’s our best striker! That’s not difficult is it I could score more than the crap we have up front!
Hardly prolific maybe, but overall he’s by far our most talented technically.
Oohah he’s one of 3 I would’ve kept, just remember they didn’t play in a good side did they?all speculation till it gets under way mate, then we can make a point of how good the side will be.all the ones that want out ,get rid of now, if they stay them players will work against a team .pitty I’m on holiday for two weeks, but I’ll leave it up to you to assess the performance. 😆:-)
Thanks Bill 😄😄
Has Gabby gone yet !!!
No Steve, hes just made himself two concrete boots so they dont pick him up and sell.
@Bill
No those concrete boots aren’t new, he was wearing them all last season!
Good – he’s wearing the concrete boots.
Now just place him into any canal in Birmingham [plenty to choose from]…
The fat fuck would probably float.
More concrete may be needed, then “Let him sleep with the fishes”
[-as they might have said in The Godfather]
An old London Lion, still wedded to the idea of seeing the pre-season friendlies went to the Bristol Rovers and Nantes games. He thinks it will be a long hard season barring new signings. The plus points were the new keeper is better than Guzan and the youngsters, Green, Gardner and Hepburn-Murphy looked good. Grealish looked sharp. On the down side all the old lags who played looked exactly the same as they looked last season. It would be daft to expect different.
He was not impressed with a coachload of Villa at Nantes. The passengers were a mixture of pleasant people and yobs. Of the latter he said many were drunk and some got into fights with French police.
Gana,Veretout, Richard, Gabby, Bacuna, Lescott and Gabby need to go in my opinion.
Sorry I have gabby twice did I miss anybody.
i hate being a negative poster, but ppl are believing in fairies if they think we can shift all the wasters from last season.i thought we would shift maximum of 5. that was sanchez guzan richards vertede sinclair. but richards and vertede deals av fallen through. i can’t see us adding more players until we shift some numbers.
i do believe we have some great kids coming through, some talented ones. its a gamble to rely on them for the entire season. but i think if we do have too,they will all come good and won’t let us down.
we are gonna be stuck with lesscott, gabby and richards these three i personally think are the bad apples from last season. i hope the new management have more balls and don’t allow them to run the show
goood night god bless
Nath, I don’t like to be negative myself it pisses my off that the wasters are still hanging about. I know it’s going to be hard to shift them all, I believe we won’t move forward unless must of them are gone . As for the youngsters its time for them to step up to the mark.
We can get rid of all deadwood by sacking them or buying them out of their contract but would cost a lot of money. Having said that if we got promoted it would be worth it
If our new owner has as much money as he claims then he should buy a few out at least, then he can get in a few more that’s needed imo
I know that means taking a hit to start but in the long run Shorely it’s gotta be worth it!
Agree but has he got the money? I doubt it tbh.
Well it looks like Richards won’t be going just yet –
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/sunderland/14643059.David_Moyes_REJECTS_chance_to_sign_former_England_international/?
Moyes showing some sense I think.
Bit nervous about Xia. He has said that Ayew and Amavi are going nowhere. I hope he backs this up.
Also remember general Kruluk – in the early days he was on social media trying to be everyones friend. It didn’t work out.
However some bright news – according to Sky Guzan is at Boro for a medical.
Let’s hope he passes with flying colours!
he will probably drop something knowing our luck
two down HOW many more to go. both gana and guzan should have left by tomorrow at very latest, both undergoing medicals today. sinclair i think will be next after celtic dig deeper into the copper jar.
i think the players we should be rejoicing, when they leave are the players that we will be left with, gabby lescotts and richards,these players are in their minds best thing since sliced bread as they say. but they are toxic to everything a team need to be successful. they are out for themselves
pep
has right idea, nasri returns fat [dont know what he pep would make of gabby ] he trains away from first team
klopp
sakko fails drugs test gets away with it turns up late klopp sends him back home from tour
I know he wants rid of a few first but is any 1 else getting a little nervous now about the lack of signings?? I was really excited when the first 3 come in, thinking right all systems go we mean business, but now I’m starting to feel like the winds been taken out of my sail a bit! I might be being a bit impatient but does it mean if we can’t get rid of the dross were gonna stick to what we have already? Christ I hope not
I’m a little concerned that we may be willing to sign Ravel Morrison.
Just a quick summary of the facts about him suggests that we should stay well clear.
Firstly, he was quoted as “being the best player I have seen at that age” by Sir Alex Ferguson when Morrison was 16.
Sam Allardyce said “That’s a genius goal for me. You’ll struggle to see a better goal than that all season” after he scored against Spurs in 2013.
Praise indeed from the best ever manager in British football and also from England’s newest saviour.
Why then, has Morrison only played a total of 70 games in six years ?
As far as I am aware, it has nothing to do with him being injured.
It is because of one reason only and that is his attitude.
Morrison, or Ravel as he likes to have on his shirt (says it all really), has one massive ego and, despite his undoubted talent, he has to change this side of his life if he wants to be a professional footballer for the right reasons.
I would have thought that Villa would have learned their lesson from all the “bad apples2 that undermined the squad last season. Trust me. Sign Morrison and it will end in tears
Someone like that we should sign on loan or a 1 yr contract. That way we can get rid easily if he dosnt perform