HeyAnty

8 hours ago, ender4 said:

Agreed. 

Moreno - £13m - great

Pau - £27m - great

Diaby - £40m - jury’s out but shown potential to be great

Rogers - £8m+ - early days but great so far.

Was Diaby not nearer 50?

4 minutes ago, cb_82 said:

I think 6 points will do it now, Spurs will take points in those ''bigger'' games 

5 pts imo.  I don’t think 4pts(70) will be enough 

6 hours ago, Kiwivillan said:

Felt like being on VT reading some comments

To be fair to us all, thats a fall out from supporting Villa for past 15 years.  Its a self coping mechanism so as to not get to disappointed when we get let down.  Which lets face it, has happened consistently.  Takes time to build up confidence again and we are talking years. It was just one knock after the other.  
 

If there is such a thing as football PTSD, 90% of us probably have it

Who’d take a draw in spurs v Arsenal?  Think I would as they’re at home 

On 16/04/2024 at 10:00, HeyAnty said:

3-1 i heard

Im in trouble from sky now

We could have been 2 or 3 down in first half only for this man.  Immense CB we have

10 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

I think Spurs will need to get at least two points out of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and City - which isn't at all impossible, but isn't easy either - I think between them, those four sides will make sure Spurs goals difference takes a hit and we'll be okay if we're level on points.

If we can get to 70, I think that would be very difficult for Spurs to overtake.

 

I could see Spurs getting 4pts out of those 4 games.  A win and a draw isn’t unrealistic, especially 2 at home.  They will get 6pts from other 2 games.  That leaves them on 70.  Hopefully they get hammered in one of those 4

7 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

67 points could be enough for 4th. I think 70 definitely will be.

Beating Bournemouth at the weekend would be a big step in the right direction and might make everything feel a little easier.

 

I would nearly guarantee us getting 70pts at least in our remaining 5 games.  7pts.  Will that be enough for 4th?  I wouldn’t be as confident 

5 cup finals.  Emery is great when comes down to this.

58 minutes ago, bobzy said:

Would you rather watch Real Madrid at Villa Park, or see Aston Villa lift a trophy is the more accurate analysis.

 

You go for the former, I'd rather the latter.

Yup were we stand . Ive saw us win a trophy so might sway my thinking abit. 

2 minutes ago, bobzy said:

That's because of the money at the top end of the game meaning sides are able to assemble squads that can compete, comfortably, across multiple competitions.  We're one of those clubs currently within the Europa Conference League.  That's why it's not as good...

 

...but seemingly you're also a fan of that because of the drive to win 4th place?  I don't get it.

Yeah i guess i am then based on your analysis. Would i rather watch Real Madrid at villa park than Bury?  Absolutely.

1 minute ago, bobzy said:

God, how depressing.

Given I was a child, my feelings toward it were probably heightened - but winning the League Cup back in 1994 and 1996 was amazing.  I'd long for us to win something again rather than a qualification for a competition we'd likely do nothing in.  It makes no sense (to me) because the aim of football is surely to win, not to get the most money.

They’ve devalued it so much.  Removing replays etc.  Was always good for upsets and that got people interested.  Never happens now.  

Just now, bobzy said:

Sold into the hype of THE GREATEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD because beating a little old French side isn't anything.  But the MIGHT of Arsenal?  WOAH!

No it wasn’t that.  It was 4th to get CL.  I don’t really care about a 3rd rate euro cup if im being honest.  And i hate FA cup as well.

Just now, beasley14 said:

Tbf they signed Tonali, Barnes, Livramento for 100+ million. 

And they didn’t have to sell one of their best players which we might have to do (rumours i know) inorder to balance the books if we don’t make CL

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Totally get those that would rather have the conference over top 4 but it reminds me a bit of the Stanford Marshmallow experiment. 

I’m happy to hold off celebrating a conference league for future success.  

But we’ll do both anyway so it doesn’t matter.

I don’t.  Makes not sense to me.  Need to look at bigger picture 3-4 years down line.  I personally was going mental with my lad when we scored against Arsenal.  Cant see i got off the chair for lille goals

16 minutes ago, omariqy said:

Arsenal are not beating Bayern tomorrow. Feel Dortmund going out was the best chance. Just need to do our job in the league now

Bayern are missing 3 of their main men.  It will be a coin flip

50 minutes ago, RichW said:

Before games people sometimes debate trying to say x team has an advantage over y team because they had a game mid- week/extra days rest etc but I don't usually buy it much. 

Seen plenty of times where Villa have played against a team who had Europe mid-week yet when the game comes the other team looks fresh and we looked knackered. Arsenal had 2 days extra rest last week yet second half they looked tired and we played like we had a full weeks rest.

Not convinced this 2 week break is good for Spurs tbh. 

They destroyed us with it.  We were wrecked before halftime 

11 hours ago, Kingman said:

Nice to see sky already awarding us a 2-0 win against Bournemouth

3-1 i heard

19 minutes ago, paul514 said:

He’s on my list as there is no way we could sell mings and I feel a club like us can only have one older centre back in its group of 4.

i think we should be able to get his book value back which is 15m euros

At Mings age, with his injury, he will have a long way back to get close to his best.  

Wtf did the pace come from.  Was new to me in a villa shirt anyway 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-board-changes-arrive-28998266
 

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The addition of four new directors to the Aston Villa board has been confirmed days after a key agreement was cemented.

Over the weekend it was confirmed that the deal between V Sports, the Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens firm that owns Villa, and American investment firm Atairos had been completed, with Atairos taking a minority position in V Sports.

new investment deal it was

15 minutes ago, ben1505 said:

Isn’t Palace away? But I agree

Yeah you’re right.  Liverpool is at home.   Way they are playing, might not matter to them come then either 

9 minutes ago, PaulC said:

Yes they still.have arsenal, Chelsea.  MSN City and Liverpool to plsy. Its far from.over. if only we csn get a point tomorrow 

So swap Brighton with Chelsea and ours is pretty much similar.  Palace at home on last day is similar to shef utd.

Would rather play Brighton than Chelsea 

Conf league coefficient pts still only worth half the other two leagues are worth?