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2 hours ago, Jonesy7211 said:

Another procession. F1 must be losing viewers whilst it's so predictable. There's absolutely no spectacle.

Chuffed for Lando though, he was fantastic.

First race in ages I didn't watch and I'm not sure I'll watch any others. 

Worried about today. 

I know Unai has a no excuse culture but it's frustrating that we don't have the players to properly rotate after Thursday. 

An absolute must not lose but if we can only draw then pressure on to beat Chelsea, which will also be tough. 

I don't care how we perform, points are all that matter today.

Huddersfield are awful and that late pen last week has killed them.

Something has gone horribly wrong when 1 car can go 1.6 seconds faster a lap than any other car. 

4 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

It happens to clubs every season. Clubs that are succesful, but not quite succesful enough. 

It happened to us under MON too.

But fine, believe what you want. Let's hope we don't find out.

I'm not denying at some point we will lose players. 

But the idea that finishing 5th causes us to sell several of our best players doesn't add up. 

8 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

As I said, there are several reasons and FFP is just one. The likes of Ollie will be in high demand in pre season and CL clubs will be after him. Arsenal for example, who he supported as a kid.

Europa League won't be enough for us to keep hold of our very best players.

Ollie has had 1 proper top class season. I highly doubt he's demanding a move if we don't get 4th. 

He'd also cost an absolute fortune so that limits the kind of clubs who could buy him. 

We've got a world cup winning keeper who loves this club. 

I don't buy that these players will be desperate to get out if we finish 5th.

7 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

No I am just explaining the current financial situation. It's pretty widely known amongst agents that Villa will need to sell if we don't make the CL. Laugh all you want. It's something I know to be true.

Several of our best players. 

I highly doubt we are in that much of a mess. 

1 minute ago, theboyangel said:

Yes, it was a 2 man ban after 10 yellows (the tenth being in the 97th minute of the final game before cards got wiped!) 

As for Tim, he’s obviously been training under Unai for most of the season and if he hasn’t got many minutes/chances, especially with key personnel injured or banned then I don’t see much of a future for him here sadly. 

Annoying. Thought it was a 1 game deal. 

2 hours ago, GlobalVillan said:

if we are in the Europa League instead of the CL, we will be doing so without several of our best players. I'm pretty sure Ollie will leave, Luiz will leave and maybe 1 or 2 others.

Not just for their ambitions, but also because of FFP.

We have to get CL. Europa is not good enough given our precarious position on the financial front.

You think Emery decided to join a team that had to make champions league within 18 months or else the entire club falls apart. 

15 hours ago, RichW said:

Intrigued to see if he starts this weekend especially with Luiz out and Emery might feel the need to rotate after last night  

If he doesn’t start this weekend then I’m not sure when his next start is going to be. Won’t be surprised if his sold in the summer. 

Why is Luiz out? Is his suspension more than 1 game? 

Mcginn playing like Gerrard is manager.

Just now, sidcow said:

Hope those who wanted to throw this game for the glory of 4th have a warm glow on right now. 

We might as well have done it. 

Might as well have gone out in the group stage and saved players for the league if this is what we put up.

Absolute shambles. 

How do you get to a QF in a winning position and put in a performance like this. 

This is so shit 

We literally can't do **** anything.

What the **** was cash doing then? 

Is it worth getting Duran up with Watkins and bypass the press going long. 

Surely it can't get worse. 

What the **** are we doing.

I get Lille are pressing but it's not like theyre man city. Their players aren't that superior to ours. 

Just now, Delphinho123 said:

Second half against Brentford?

We collapsed defensively for 10 minutes but we could still pass the ball. 

I guess spurs was similar to this.

Can't remember the last time we looked this poor. 

Just now, penguin said:

Why do they hate Martinez?

World cup final