Fabrice29

Because Dobbin can do both. I did try and point out in the summer he’s versatile and it’s okay to be different to Azaz, but people scoffed. Plus Archer wanted to leave.

Not impossible but I’d be a little surprised if Fellows suddenly gives up his chance of a promotion/PL bonus so easily and I’d be surprised if you find someone better than him willing to come off the bench for 4 minutes every few weeks. It’s not impossible but it shouldn’t just be done to appease people for a week or two in January, it has to make you better. As Turkish has pointed out…we’re actually doing alright at the moment. But that doesn’t appease the transfer for transfer sake crowd.

This isn’t FIFA, you can’t just do this so easily. Fellows has to want to leave and you’ve got to find somebody who wants him and willing to pay whatever it takes in fees/wages. It’ll take Fellows agreeing to a cut of some sort I assume. At the same time you’ve got to convince someone better than him to come in and convince them they’ll be used more than the guy they are replacing who just got 5 minutes off the bench.

We don’t look that lost, we’ve scored goals, won games etc. We’ve just adapted and utilised what we do have.

Our third choice striker since Eckert has been here has really not got many minutes. Archer/Mubama. So I’m not convinced there’s plenty of games to get minutes, at least not without reducing Larins or Dobbins (or moving him elsewhere on the pitch)

He went to Spain and hasn’t scored I don’t think.

Variety is much more important than clones. Can’t just sign players who are like another in style and then only drop them in when someone is unavailable. They have to have their own qualities and can be a point of difference when everyone’s fit. That was the beauty of the Stewart/Larin thing. Same with Azaz/Dobbin. Different players so Dobbin is able to contribute when Azaz is available too.

Agree with a lot of this. Think his performance last night would be viewed differently if had decent service but he didn’t get it. Fair enough we could argue we need somebody to create their own opportunities but Mubama just doesn’t really seem that type. Think he needs good service now he’s stepped up to the man’s game and suspect City sent him here expecting us to provide him that and it hasn’t happened. Calling him woeful seems silly to me. Maybe he just doesn’t suit us / his role here right now. As for a new guy in January, it’ll be a tough find, depending on how much we’re willing to spend. There’s a few in the Championship now who could suit but suspect Norwich, WBA and Blackburn would all fancy big money. There is also the massive elephant in the room that you can’t guarantee this new guy loads of playing time. Even with Larin out Mubama has only just got his first start because Dobbin covers the role too.

Textbook.

Incredible the success we had that season given the handicaps we had at this rate. Who did get us promoted out of interest?

You can go on until you explain why you care how he gets on at Villa if you like?

Pretty sure Archer has scored another today. Hopefully they are up for making that permanent.

Similar situation today. Dominant for large parts but unable to finish the game off left them open to a late equaliser.

If Villa don’t think he’s up to the level yet then sending him to a lower level isn’t going to achieve that. He’ll do what happens at big clubs sometimes, made to train daily at the level required until he’s trusted on the pitch. Still unsure why people care though.

Daniel Peretz what a star. Bloody SR.