The Cash Is Certainly There For The Chase!

 Villa's new full-back pairing of CASH and TARGETT says everything doesn't it?!

The question is, I feel, "Is the spending being directed wisely?". I admit to having to struggle with the apparent need to sign a new 'keeper. I know that Heaton is still not fit, but I really believe that the custodian position is the least of our worries, particularly as Steer is reportedly fit now.

Similarly, though having another striker of potential is welcome, he is only potentially the answer. For me, I would rather see Keiran Davis being given better coaching to provide him with the one thing that I think is missing from his game - the end product: goals. Smith said it - and I also feel it - that Davis could be a heck of a player.

Most importantly for me, though, is the lack of real potency in midfield. I do like Grealish, McGinn and Douglas Luiz, but I feel that they do not have the combined potency needed in the Premiership. If Grealish were to be accompanied by a midfielder who is a driving force, then we could be on to a really good team.

So when the speculation about Josh King started to circulate, I took real interest, as I feel he may well be the kind of power we need to supplement the talent of Grealish, with Luiz being the man in front of defence. As to McGinn? I don't know to be frank, though he deserves further time to see whether he can come back from that injury.

While it's good to see that the club has owners that are willing to spend, and the two players we have so far acquired appear to be good, I feel the cash should be spent a touch more wisely - otherwise we may never get going properly.

But - with COVID around in the way it is - will the season get going properly?

UTV!