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3 minutes ago, hippo said:

Nathan Jones is though.

 Nah. Been gone too long

17 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

Villa first, bitches second. Always has been the way, always will be the way.

Ha ha. You don’t have a lot of sex do you?

1 minute ago, Keener window-cleaner said:

Same here, I wouldn't risk £20M on him. Saw him live against WBA at Griffin Park and he was anonymous the whole game. There he came up against CB of mid/low Premier League quality and was taken out completely. Benrahma was the one who stood out as a threat in that game.

Maupay is a livley little player full of energy and running and gets goals but in my view he is in the same mould as Hogan and scores the same kind of goals that Hogan did for Brentford. I think playing 4-3-3 with one central forward we need someone with more presence. Abraham was perfect for us. I would take Maupay for around £10M and have him as an option as a wide forward or second choice central striker, but not as our main central forward. 

Maupay is totally different to Hogan. He is a very clever footballer with excellent technique. Signing him would represent a risk but I really feel he will make it. He has all of the right physical attributes, reads the game well and seems to have a good attitude.

He reminds me of a young Robbie Keane. We missed out on signing him all of those years back and this has a similar feel to it. For £20m it is worth a punt.

This is s great signing. He always did very well for us whenever called upon. The way he played in the final after coming into the most highly pressured situation possible was incredible. He is also very young with plenty of room to improve.

The last time we were in the PL, we were forced to rely heavily on Clark and Baker as left sided centre halves. This kid is already better than both of them with plenty of room for improvement. Really a great signing. Welcome back the Hause.

In terms of natural ability Nyland and Kalinic are both much better than Steer but Jed is just so much more confident. If the aforementioned can increase their confidence playing behind a higher quality and settled defence then there is hope for both of them.

I have seen a lot of Cardiff and Etheridge is not that good. He has had a good couple of years when luck, confidence and form have been on his side. I hope the days of Villa buying form players with no real substance have gone. I would much rather we worked with what we have.

12 hours ago, swollef said:

Ian Bell ..big villa fan as well

also think Chris woakes is also

 

 

Sat next to Chris Woakes at the Arsenal cup final. He loves the Villa

17 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I remember reading a Wonder Stuff record sleeve and seeing something about Villa Tops. Anyone know if The Stuffies have Villa fans in their ranks? 

Not sure but I bought tickets yesterday to watch them in December. I think Miles is the only one left from the original lineup. Sadly Gilkes and Bob are no longer with us. 

The author Lee Childs is a massive fan. He always puts random Villa player names into his novels. My favourite is Tony Moon

20 minutes ago, av1 said:

Small heaths finishing in that video is absolutely comical. 

That is so true. Truth is, he would have had double the assists if he had been playing for a half decent side! I actually laughed out loud twice. 

45 minutes ago, Enda said:

Would anyone have Danny Drinkwater? Hasn't played all season at Chelsea.

No chance. I live in Leicester. He is well known as a massive piss head. He is basically the Chelsea version of McCormack. Hopefully the days of signing people like him have gone forever.

Deano and Suso both know him. He can play in any of the 3 attacking midfield roles. He is not expensive. Sounds like a good option to me. We still need to sign AEG and another right winger but it seems like a smart bit of business.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. That is all

Please be better in the final boys (but thanks for getting us there)

Unbelievable Jeff. Well done the beard 

Couldn’t care less who we get in the final, as long as we get to the final. There’s work to do tonight for sure. If we get through without any suspensions or injuries, then I think we should all be thrilled.

If we do get through at least we can be sure that Smith will go all out to win the final unlike Steve “too scaredy-cat to lose” Bruce. The final will be anybody’s in my view no matter which teams qualify.

19 minutes ago, praisedmambo said:

I'm open minded to what you're saying, but at some point the use of ethnicity has to also have a very basic descriptive use though, surely. If someone said in 20 years, describe to me the 1996 League Cup winning team, and describe them well so I can actually get a picture of who they are, then do you think it would be wrong to use the different adjectives available? I wasn't aware that black is an inherently racist word. For the record, above I have disagreed with its use in that song and in any similar contexts. I think in plenty of places it's unnecessary and comes across as backwards, but in a genuine descriptive attempt it surely has a use.

In this context all adjectives would have an actual function, which is surely the point of this whole debate—in the song, it comes across as a throwback to a racist past, because there is no point in describing him as black, especially as we're all aware of how that comes across.

As I have previously stated, why use the adjective “black” to describe Tammy in the song at all. Why not use “big” for example. 

There is nothing wrong with using the word black as an adjective if it is used in a responsible manner. The example that I responded to is a good example where the use of the adjective is not required to answer the question, so why use it at all? If the grandson had asked for a detailed description of Tammy then that would be different but he didn’t. It is fairly subtle but racists often express their attitudes in a subtle way.

My dad always used to refer to black people as “coloured”. I would always explain to him that the term was, quite rightly, considered to be racist. His response was always”well I am not racist and I do not mean to cause offence”. The point that he never understood was that, although it was not his intention to cause offence, using that term did/does cause offence. The continued use of this term, after becoming aware of the potential negative effect that it had, was in my view racist. He had the knowledge but decided not to use it. 

Anyway. Massive game tonight. Let’s hope that big Tammy scores a hatful and we beat the Albion with ease.

4 minutes ago, praisedmambo said:

Yeah I don't think that example would be racist at all.

It is racist I’m afraid. What difference does it make that he is black? Why even feel the need to mention it? If my son asked me who Andy Townsend was I wouldn’t say some white bloke who used to play in midfield.

35 minutes ago, Dave-R said:

Everything offends this day, isn't that the embarrassment.

I can't actually believe that this is even being debated to the point it has because it's all been made to look like it's racist and it wasn't like that at all.

You also have to take being in that place at the moment that song was sung into your minds. I doubt those people who sang meant anything by it in the ways those who are so hot mad over it are trying to turn it into. It was most likely used as a celebration because we went one goal ahead and it was a spare of the moment thought which all the fans had a moment with there no doubt heroe Tammy.

You can't label them racist unless you hear it from them day in day out and we do not know them on a personal level to make that judgement.

It's absoloute stupidness what's happening here and it should be just dropped period not brought out into the light.

Pretty sure that the video would have included much worse racial abuse if it was meant to offend anyone, it was a song and they just rephrased it to suit the wording.

 

It is the use of the word “black” to describe Tammy that is offensive. We would not be talking about this if they had used a different adjective such as “big” but they didn’t. The sight of a load of drunk, white men singing that song is distasteful. If it hadn’t offended people then we wouldn’t be talking about it. I also truly believe that they would have known that it was crossing a line but proceeded to do it anyway.

There is an small undercurrent of racism that exists in our country and particularly throughout football. The amount of people on here who are willing to defend this behaviour is another example of a lack of understanding that the impact of such behaviour can have. It is sad. Our country is Great because of the multi cultural nature of it. This is a strength recognised by the majority of people but sadly, not by all. 

Just to be clear, I am not calling anybody on here racist and you are all entitled to your opinions but they differ to mine. I find the video very offensive.

The chant has caused offence. If something offends a group of people, then it is not ok. It’s all a bit embarrassing really. I’m sure most Villa fans know better.

The home atmosphere has been our Achilles heel for way too long (due to years of awful senior management). This season, under our new stewards, the worm has started to turn. Villa fans have deserved better for years and now we are finally getting it. If we don’t go up this year, I am certain that we will next year and the ground will be rocking. At times today it was truly awesome.

Top performance by him today. Keeps getting better and better. Really pleased for him. 

Picked the right team today, in my opinion. He also made the right changes at the right time. I would have snapped your hands off for this position at ht. Plenty to do still but this guy is a class or 10 above Brucie. Keep going Deano. UTV

We have to get promoted so that we can keep Mings. Absolute Villa hero in the making. Total leader. Love him