Tricky Villains

Opinions on Villa, Premier League and wider football. #AVFC #UTV

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Whilst most of the signings share nationalities or first-languages with existing members of the squad - Suzuki, Ruggeri and Goretzka do not.

Will be interesting to see their integration in to the squad.

#AVFC

[Aston Villa @AstonVilla]

The next chapter has begun.

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@JonnyGabriel Exceptional banter if not ai.

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@HolteendHorizon @danbardell @J_Tanswell I wonder what Villa's emergency post-Emery plan looks like.

Surely that's drafted somewhere.

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@Villa_Verse For #AVFC, we need that sweet spot of a player who is good enough to be a captain, but not necessarily ambitious enough to aim for a Top 6 move.

Harwood-Bellis has demonstrated he can lead, but with Stockport roots, I wonder if he'd aim for a return to one of the Manc clubs.

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@drkd376346 @VillaViews_ Would argue that to push on, we need players that at least theoretically challenge for starting positions.

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@Panagiwtaras7 @FabrizioRomano No one is yet to pick him up however, at the age of 33.

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@TyBracey Happy for him and us that he found himself a move.

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@myoldmansaid Aside from Ross in the last photo, a lot of those players have a place in my heart.

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I know we, rightly, moan about Visit Rwanda.

But Visit Detroit is weirder on the eye to me.

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[JuventusFC @juventusfc]

Nick 🤩

[Tricky Villains @TrickyVillains]

@tempovilla2006 @theavfcfaithful No doubt he will be a great player, but I feel a better signing, from a monetary and gap filling perspective, would be Goretzka.

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@FabrizioRomano When fit, he's behind Kamara, Onana, Gomes and Goretzka.

I appreciate he is versatile, but he hasn't shown that spark yet to warrant a new contract for me.

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@AlanHouston90 @CWeatherspoon_ @J_Tanswell @TheAthleticFC @WeAreTheOverlap Fair point on the club trained player.

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@Unai54321 @theavfcfaithful To me, that highlights why Goretzka is the more certain signing.

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@Unai54321 @theavfcfaithful Agree that he would have the higher ceiling, but we know for sure what we are getting with Goretzka.

Manzambi is still a rough gem - we're not even certain of his final position.

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@footballontnt A player that bucks the trend of tall, wide midfielders - yet still breaks the PL record twice.

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@Lea_EFC I do fear for you.

Everton have always been a big name in the sport, difficult to identify what stops top talent from wanting to sign with you.

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@OP4C If Dean Smith was still the manager, you could see him going back in for him.

Unai doesn't share the same emotional ties to Jack as we do - which you would have to think provides him more of an objective view on this.

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@AlanHouston90 @J_Tanswell Definitely - after his Instagram post, I get the feeling that he's still itching for that big move.