The Weekend ITK Discussion Thread PART 2 - 20/21 July 2013

midoNdefoe · Jul 21, 2013

Parkie said:
Transfer Pledge update:

We have the following lucky winners:

Parkie: Chadli £10 (unless confirmed that he is in place of Bernard in which case he can pay me!)
Ravo: Other first team players £5 each
Lillywhites61: Any attacking midfielder £10
Syn_13: Creative attacking mid/wide forward/winger - £5
MonkeyBastardHands: Each other "household name" signing - £10
Every other player we sign - £1 each - not sure where you rank him!
GBSpurs: £5m -£10m = £5
Davids_5: £10 for a creative midfield player
Ian Kane: Sign anyone - £5 (per signing)
Reece: I'll give a tenner for each player we sign who has Villa somewhere in their name in addition to a tenner per player who is signed from a club that has likewise - until Feb 1st. (Little known fact: Nacer Chadli is Bulgarian for holiday home/villa).

Is Chadli a 'household name'?

Archibald&Crooks · Jul 21, 2013

Lilbaz said:
Just a striker. Maybe a left back depending on sales. Will do me.

By the way you related to bubble 44? And where are the other 42?

So his username has gone WAAAAY over your head then? Bubble oh seven. He's the Greek James Bond, cor blimey innit?

bungle · Jul 21, 2013

Babylon22 said:
It's really weird how we can buy shit loads of midfielders, but no strikers.

Levy likes moneyball theory and that says that strikers are the worst value for money, so don't buy one!!

Pringle · Jul 21, 2013

Snarfalicious said:
I don't understand why this is so hard to understand..

As everything stands:

LW: Chadli, Lennon, Siggy, Dempsey
RW: Bale, Townsend, Falque

Why put Bale and Lennon on their weaker side? Bale can play on the right as he has for Wales but Lennon has been poor every time he has been put on the left.

Snarfalicious · Jul 21, 2013

Pringle said:
Why put Bale and Lennon on their weaker side? Bale can play on the right as he has for Wales but Lennon has been poor every time he has been put on the left.

Bale is superior on the right cutting in on his favored left foot (see: a majority of his match winners last year). Unfortunately, I do agree with Lennon, but you should put your best player in their best position to succeed. For Bale, in the 4-3-3, that's on the right. It's also why I wouldn't be surprised to see Lennon sold if he shows he can't adapt to playing on the left as an inverted winger.

Archibald&Crooks · Jul 21, 2013

OK, you've all been pretty good today so I feel a bit of a cad saying this, (Do I fuck really but it makes me look like a 'good old boy' for saying so) but can the formation stuff please be swerved in here? Take it to the players threads where you can shuffle players around like chess masters on crack to your hearts content.

Thank you.

playboypaul · Jul 21, 2013

Well that happened quickly! I'm happy that we have a good solid player for the LW/LWF position. The squad now looks to have nearly all the right pieces. Just one more vital cog to go, then add some depth and we are done.

Lilbaz · Jul 21, 2013

Archibald&Crooks said:
So his username has gone WAAAAY over your head then? Bubble oh seven. He's the Greek James Bond, cor blimey innit?

I met his archenemy the man with the tin gun.

(cause they got no money. No? Fuck off then)

topcert · Jul 21, 2013

midoNdefoe said:
Is Chadli a 'household name'?

In Belgium yes , he never stated which country!

E17yid · Jul 21, 2013

Snarfalicious said:
I don't understand why this is so hard to understand..

As everything stands:

LW: Chadli, Lennon, Siggy, Dempsey
RW: Bale, Townsend, Falque

Now, looking at the midfield; we can expect one box-to-box, one attacking midfielder and one defensive midfielder to form our midfield three.

AM: Siggy, Holtby, Carroll
B2B: Dembele, Paulinho, Huddlestone
DM: Sandro, Paulinho, Parker, Livermore

Obviously we can elect to go with 2 B2B on occasion in Paulinho/Dembele, but as it stands we have the necessary depth at key positions. If anything, we are going to now focus on player sales for players deemed to be surplus.

Bolded = Players potentially sold
Blue/Underlined = Players potentially loaned

Chuck Mcarthy in there as our 3rd DM/B2B option and I'll be very happy with that.

Striker needed obviously but we got Bale so who cares?

felmani26 · Jul 21, 2013

felmani26 said:
Chaldi's impending transfer does put serious question marks over Townsend and Falque's future at the club and I think we'd entertain offers for Dempsey and Sigurdsson too.

Storts agreeing this - have you heard any ITK on these potential outgoings?

Bus-Conductor · Jul 21, 2013

handsomecake said:
im hearing chadli is done

He's given up football ?

Bill_Oddie · Jul 21, 2013

Bus-Conductor said:
He's given up football ?

Already fitting in to that "New David Bentley" role.

Lilbaz · Jul 21, 2013

Didn't avb say that townsend and rose will stay this year? Falque makeweight for soldado (yes i'm reaching).

Wick3d · Jul 21, 2013

Archibald&Crooks said:
There is only one piece of ITK in the offing (Goat) and that isn't signing related. It'll be posted as soon as we receive the go ahead.

Will the message contain one of your "famous" easy to solve cryptic?

worcestersauce · Jul 21, 2013

Babylon22 said:
It's really weird how we can buy shit loads of midfielders, but no strikers.

Not really, there are shit loads of midfielders and very few strikers.

storts · Jul 21, 2013

felmani26 said:
Storts agreeing this - have you heard any ITK on these potential outgoings?

Falque will be back to Spain, Townsend sold for a good offer.

Lilbaz · Jul 21, 2013

Wick3d said:
Will the message contain one of your "famous" easy to solve cryptic?

Now he just doesn't post the itk and lets us guess what it could be.

New owner, stadium, or joe lewis has cancer and will leave us a £bn in his willy. My guess.

Gaz_Gammon · Jul 21, 2013

BunionBoy said:
Chadli plays in the middle of a 3 for Belgium. He is keeping Fellini out the team that is all you need to know. He can play in a variety of positions.

Bit like my wife then........................

Archibald&Crooks · Jul 21, 2013

Wick3d said:
Will the message contain one of your "famous" easy to solve cryptic?

It's likely that it'll be cryptic, but not an easy one to solve (y)

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