Flashspur
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We are signing Dusty Springfield?
Jack Grealish
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We are signing Dusty Springfield?
Mornstar
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Manuel Rui Costa!
You do know he missed a fair bit of last season through an injury ?
worcestersauce
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Funny you remember it like that as I remember it he very much stood out and did as much as any other player to keep them up. As I recall he definitely stood out as outstanding talent and would have been picked up by another club if he had wanted to leave and had been a good boy off the field. At 18/19 he definitely held his own in the Premier league.
The original socks down midfielder
Gassin's finest
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Two players I never expected to see compared...
wirE
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Sorry Slick, but that's being naive thinking he would stay at Villa in the Championship when he could be playing Premier League and Champions League alongside Kane, Eriksen, Alli etc. or any other team playing in the Champions League..
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worcestersauce
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I wonder if in four years time we'll be looking at an English youngster and people will be saying "he's untried not like when we bought Grealish who was wanted by all the top clubs, memory is a funny thing.
As I recall the general consensus with Eriksen was that he never did it in the big games.
As I recall the general consensus with Eriksen was that he never did it in the big games.
Mornstar
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Exactly! And that is where the comparison ends.
Japhet
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Reminds me a fair bit of Alan Devonshire who was a socks down player too.
spursfan77
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He’ll jump at the chance to come here for footballing reasons. Besides if he does love villa like you say then he will realise that his transfer fee might help to save them from going under.
ostrov
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If Poch approves his signing I trust his judgement on English players more than continental ones. After all, he supplied nearly half debutants for England national team in his time over here including Southhampton. English players really blossom under Poch's guidance. Who could predict Tripps being what he is now when he signed?
tiger666
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This thread! So many people have Villa supporting mates. It must be true that you're only ever 3 feet away from a Villa fan
They're like rats.
spursfan77
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If we get him we might not end up paying the full fee anyway should villa be desperate for the money. Remember back to the bale deal. We only ended up paying £8 million for him in the end as Southampton were in money troubles.
brendanb50
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For a bit of Villa perspective, it's worth looking here: https://www.villatalk.com/topic/4026-jack-grealish/?page=741
Seems like he's a key man for them, not just in terms of ability but in terms of what he brings to their team spirit/set-up and being 'one of their own' he connects well with the fans. Many look to be sad to see him moving on.
Seems like he's a key man for them, not just in terms of ability but in terms of what he brings to their team spirit/set-up and being 'one of their own' he connects well with the fans. Many look to be sad to see him moving on.
freeeki
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My mate who's a Burnley fanatic and has a season ticket at Turf Moor did, in fairness.
He raved about Trippier almost as much as Villa fans are about Grealish.
Take from that what you will...
TheChosenOne
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I read somewhere in the last couple of days that things are so bad (now the money has stopped coming from China and they didn't get promoted) they are selling off a patch of land next to the stadium for hopefully a million or so - it was used as the ground staff car park.
The reprieve from the taxman is only temporary, monthly paye/Nic monies will still be due.
The reprieve from the taxman is only temporary, monthly paye/Nic monies will still be due.
samsonlevi
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Honestly have a read of page 670 and beyond on their forum. They LOVE HIM. gets me a little more excited at the prospect of signing him.
