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We don’t need him having already convinced Young to Come Home

I saw that. I really hope it’s not true. The kid has no football brain in my opinion. Bailey is twice the player James will ever be!

Johan is obviously working hard on stuff in the background. As Dean said before the end of the season, a lot of work had already commenced on potential signings. I suspect the profile of player that we are now after will complicate and string out negotiations and we may face much greater competition. All of this will delay matters. We have to dig deep here people and trust the process. We have serious people in charge now.

We are in a good position with AEG. If a decent bid comes in we should sell him and cash in whilst he is possibly close to peak value. Otherwise let him be a useful part of the squad. He is a good pro and will continue to work hard even if he isn’t playing. It’s a pretty good position to be in.

Watch Ted Lasso and This Way Up. Both incredibly well written and performed and incredibly human.

The balloon commences it’s deflation! Come on man. Get excited and ride the wave for a bit before dousing us all with realism. Johan has got this!

Finally a trip to YouTube is due! Hoorah to villareport (the lying sod!)

Can’t believe I am going to take the bait but here goes! It’s not that we don’t think we need options. In a perfect world we would sign Tammy and be grateful to have him. However we have limited funding and need to spend it wisely in adding the greatest overall value to the team. If you played Tammy as a lone striker, with our current midfield, he would be totally isolated and frustrated. We get away with it at the moment because of the unbelievable work that Ollie puts in every week. If you played him up front with Ollie it would be even worse as we would be even weaker in midfield. We need to address the midfield before anything else. Maybe then we can look at the forwards in the next summer. Our midfield 3 do not work well together. It’s even worse when we play a 2. We also cannot be in a position that Trez and AEG are starting so many games for us. We also need another goalie and a centre back. Until this is addressed we will have to rely on Ollie and Wes with support from the other lads as required. This is not about Villa fans lacking ambition or having a small club mentality. It’s about appreciating the natural order of progression. That’s just my opinion. I respect yours, I just don’t agree with it.

Worst thread ever! That’s all.

Bettinelli would be a great signing. He is capable of being a number 1 and will provide competition to Emi.

I think that there’s a bit in this Will Hughes rumour. He only has a year left on his contract and is refusing to sign a new one. He is currently training away from the rest of the team according to a mate of mine who supports Watford. He is certain that Hughes is off to another PL club. It was reported that Shakespeare is a massive fan. Seems possible I think.

I don’t believe for one minute that we harbour any serious interest in this bloke. He would always cost so much more than he is worth. Our owners are way too savvy for that. Just not going to happen. Move on

I just think Dean wants options. He will sometimes play a 3 behind Ollie and 2 holders and at other times a 4-3-3.

I think we are focusing on the ACM role. Once this is hopefully sorted and we know where we are, we will move on to our other targets. I still think we will make 3 more signings. Some of that may also be dependent on 1 or 2 leaving. Lots of plate spinning to be undertaken yet!

Just my opinion Nick. I wish him well but I don’t rate him that highly.

I would be amazed if Tammy has the career that some think he is capable of. I genuinely think that he is an average premier league striker and anyone prepared to pay big money for him is getting mugged off. Give me Ollie over him every single day of the week. He was great for us in the Championship but we have moved on now.

Going to the beach for the day. I’m not going to check VT until I get back. Hoping to see a new thread, with a new player, with at least 15 pages attributed to it!

Couldn’t agree more. Gonna be some Dirty Bertie specials coming up!

It seems like years that we have needed a strong, fast, athletic defensive midfielder. I really hope that it gets addressed this summer. The thought of SJM filling in there makes me shudder. It really seems to be a bit of a blind spot for Deano. I hope he proves me wrong.

This is so true. Not enough has been made of Safegate’s squad selection. I have picked the best x players in the country nonsense! You pick a balanced squad that offers a varied tactical approach! That team was desperate for a 9 who could run in behind and basically chase down the defenders in possession. Sir Harry of Kane was great for 30 minutes but disappeared up his own ass after that!

Jack Grealish is a man who thrives on pressure and loves to be centre stage. He would have taken all five penalties given the choice. This is on Gareth and nobody else. Sadly, we will now have another 18 months of this to endure before there is even the slightest chance of an actual manager coming in to replace him!

I think it’s unfair to say a significant portion. A few thousand in 50 odd million is not a lot. As for the embarrassing small minority, I couldn’t agree more. They never miss an opportunity to let us down. It’s utterly depressing!

Fake news. Safegate would have chosen Pickford to take one before the most talented player of our generation!

Come home Jacko. We love and appreciate you. You are a superstar and don’t we all know it and love it. Just come home.

You get a final at home. Score after 2 minutes and then just sit back. The manager does nothing to address it. Manager totally culpable. Out of his league.