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  1.  I’ve been through Birmingham Airport a few times recently, and in JD Sports there, they sell football shirts, but not ours (as far as I can see) For me, that’s an easy win, as with thousands of captive people daily, visiting Birmingham for work or pleasure, you’ll pick up a fair bit of tourist trade with people buying souvenirs for their family. A lot of other bigger airports actually have club shops in them, Barcelona, Munich, Glasgow and even Leeds are a few examples I can think of of the top of my head. It may be something worth considering by the club. 

  2. I have to say, I like the look of the image that was released earlier. It is unique in terms of shape, colour, and position of the club name, and you can tell at first glance that it is 100% an Aston Villa badge, which wasn’t the case on the previous 2 incarnations. Plus if that is the claret used on the shirts, it pops even more.

    if you think of all of the historic big clubs in the world, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, United, Inter, Ajax etc… they all have badges that are uniquely theirs. You can look at a United badge within any words, and instantly know who it is. Real and Inter don’t even have any words on theirs, and it is still plainly obvious.

    I think this is what the club are shooting for with the new branding. No one that I can think of has a shield this shape, with the club name at the bottom, in a similar colour scheme. Even if you take the name off, it is 100% unashamedly Aston Villa and nobody’s else’s, and I’m proud of that. 

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  3. 6 minutes ago, pete101 said:

    So do we think he comes straight into squad or another loan?

    I think it depends. We’ve signed him because we’ve seen something in him, and if he drinks in everything Emery asks him to do straight away,  we could see him in the starting XI quickly, like Rogers. If not, it’ll be 6 month loan at Christmas. He’s not a wet behind the ears kid, he’s played CL and is a full international already. 

    I love Cash, but at times I do think he hasn’t quite got Emery’s tactical approach down like a lot of the other players, so Ned’s got a chance to impress.

     

     

  4. 1 minute ago, tinker said:

    We still have 2 games to play as well, it's not like spurs have it their hands. I can't see us not picking up at least a point in those 2 games and then it's over.

    This is the exactly right. I know sometimes it feels like it is the case, but it is not like we are all sat on our hands waiting for the magical combination of 3 wins or 2 wins and a draw from Spurs to come in and screw us over.

    Wr have two attempts to finish the job ourselves, against two teams that have nothing really left to play for, with a manager who really knows how to set us up for one-off games. 

    We don’t need 3 Spurs results to go against us, we need 3 Spurs results and 2 Villa results to go against us, and I don’t think that will happen. 
     

    If we get a positive result in Athens tomorrow, I believe the momentum from that will mean it is all done and dusted before Spurs play City.

  5. Could it be Kounde? I saw a link to him a couple of days back, but….

    -He was playing for Sevilla when Monchi was there (he may have signed him)

    -We need RB/CB reinforcements next season

    -He has played with Diaby, Kamara at international level and Carlos and Lenglet at club level

    -Barca want to raise funds for Cancelo and Felix

     

  6. 5 minutes ago, TomC said:

    We have only three senior midfielders healthy: McGinn, Doug, Rogers. We're missing Buendia, JJ, Kamara, Tielemans, Zaniolo. The first three are definitely gone for the season. We don't know how long the latter two are out. Assuming none of the 5 are ready for the next few matches, what do you do?

    Play both Bailey and Diaby? That got us overrun in midfield against Chelsea. Yes, I know, Unai has played Bailey in midfield in the 4-4-2 many times this season, but almost always with McGinn or Tielemans as the second "forward," so you still had a 4th midfielder on the pitch who could move back if needed.

    Start Tim? High stakes point in the season to rely on a youngster.

    I suppose you have to play both Bailey and Diaby and somehow adjust tactically...

     

    Could we see the midfield three you mentioned, with Watkins left, Bailey right, and Duran through the middle at some point?  It gives us the long ball target man option from the off to take the pressure off Olsen. From what I remember we’ve ended the last few games with Watkins moving out left.

  7. I don’t think it is overthinking at all from Emery’s side, he is just running out of options to change things and there are too many times where we are  putting square pegs in round holes, or in some cases ran out of pegs completely. 
     

    The plan is as working, but when Tielemans got injured he had two options, Diaby who is much more attacking, and Tim who is much more defensive. Whichever one he picked was going to change the game plan significantly.

    Kamara/Ramsey/Buendia/Zaniolo  all would have been better in that scenario I think.

  8. 3 minutes ago, jayEm said:

    I think it's different to McGinn and Cash -- Emi wasn't mentioned by the commentators as amongst the players who needed to avoid a booking (I'm fairly sure), and they certainly didn't mention that he was now suspended when he got his yellow card in the first half. McGinn, Cash and the others were facing suspensions because they had accumulated multiple yellows, I assumed??

    It is three bookings in the last 16/last 8 games combined for a suspension I think. The ones mentioned were already on two before the game, but Emi was only on one (from the first leg). The two tonight  took him over the limit.

  9. 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said:

    There’s a massive argument to roll the dice and sign him. I’ve got a feeling we might regret not doing so.

    I’m thinking the same now.
     

    If you look at the deal on paper, where else are we going to sign a regular international for a top ten nation, 24 y/o and coming into his prime, who understands the way we play and is getting much better at influencing games, for 30m euros? 

    Im sure people will name similar players out there, but if we get Champions League we no longer have the games like Hibs or Mostar to blood these new players. They need to hit the ground running. 

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  10. 11 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

    He also managed Australia when we won the Asian cup in 2015, also without looking deeper into the story you miss the influence he has had on every single club he has been at...

    You don't have to like him but to think he is the most overrated gaffer on that list is a misguided opinion...

    I actually do like him, and he isn’t a bad manager by any stretch, but you cannot deny that the media love-in and praise he receives is far, far beyond what managers with similar trophy histories receive (Unai or Roy Hodgson, for example) and that is the definition of over rated in my book.  

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  11. Ange for me.


    The amount of positive press he gets for a guy who’s won 2x Scottish titles in a one team league,  1x A-League and 1x J-League title, does not add up.


    ‘Angeball’ is not a new fangled philosophy, it’s just a normal football played at 1.5x speed until the players break, and there is no Plan B. 

    But all he has to do is call everyone ‘mate’ and they are eating out of the palm of his hand.

    I am aware that this could come back to bite me on Sunday, so I apologise now…..

  12. 2 minutes ago, MotoMkali said:

    I just don't understand how our wage bill increased by 57 million in the span of 1 year?

    Like I get we signed Kamara, Digne, Coutinho and we probably had to pay some European bonuses. By 57 million? That's crazy. 

    There were new deals for Luiz and Martinez as well, plus Gerrard and his motley crew of backroom morons were probably on significantly more than Dean Smith and his team. 

  13. Reminds me a bit of Dele Alli when he first came through, in the way he moves and his stature. he is a lot taller than you think, and has a great touch for a big man. 

  14. It’s always one excuse after the other with them-

    -Glazers

    -Recruitment

    -Manager

    -Leaky Stadium

    rinse and repeat……

     

    They overspend massively on garbage who no one will take of their hands, as they are on ridiculous wages and make Donald Trump look professional. Then they go and do it again!

    Top tier players who are coming into their prime now were not old enough to remember the good times, and have grown up in an era when City/Chelsea/Pool are winning, so want to play for them, leaving them shopping in a pool with Tier 2 players, mercenaries, or ones looking for their last big pay day.

    The only way they get out of this is to cut a few losses, take a few mid/lower mid table finishes, and rebuild the football side from scratch, similar to how Liverpool and even us have done it. The problem is that it will destroy the share price and devalue the club, so they can’t do it. 

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  15. 1 hour ago, Risso said:

    Nice one!

    I can't speak for anybody else, but personally I find running outside ten times easier than on a treadmill, so if you've got used to the absolute monotonous drudgery of treadmill running, you'll love running outside and will find it really liberating!

    There are advantages to treadmill running, ie you can do it in any weather, you can control your pace more easily, and it's relatively easy on the joints. You can also keep a bottle of water on the machine so you don't have to cart anything around. However as I said, I just find it boring beyond belief, and struggle to do more than 2K before I'm ready to kill myself. Having the coordination of a pissed giraffe on ice, I also find it takes a bit of concentration, and if I look away for a few seconds I start to lose my balance and feel disoriented. I much prefer the fresh air of outdoor running, and the feeling you're actually going somewhere rather than staring at the same screen.

    Me and my daughter did a 14K long run round Rutland Water today. A lovely spring day, albeit with a bugger of a wind. It was nice to do it around some beautiful scenery and to see other runners out doing the same. We live in the middle of nowhere as well, where I wouldn't run at night due to the dark, narrow country lanes, and dickhead farmers speeding round in their pickups. So instead we bought a couple of head torches and ran around the nearest town which we drove to in the evening.

    Have you got an official parkrun near where you live? They're every Saturday morning at 9am, and there are hundreds all over the country. Free to race, and a really good atmosphere where there will be people at the same level as you who you can run alongside. (Just realised I said that abovem but it bears repeating. parkruns are ace.

    Thanks Risso, hopefully the leap from treadmill to road won’t be too bad then, when I eventually get there. 

    The closest Parkrun to me is around 5-6 miles away, and I did it a few times a long time ago. The problem with the training plan that I’m following is that the weekend is my scheduled long run, so 5k  wouldn’t be enough going forward. I’m not quite at the stage where I could run there, do the Parkrun, and then run back (maybe one day!) 

  16. I’ve recently started running again and I’m currently training for my first half marathon in May. Since January I’ve followed a plan and gone from struggling to run for more than 5 minutes, to being able to run 3 times a week and up to 5 miles without stopping.

    The problem is that all of my training so far has been done on the treadmill. I live in a small village that gets flooded easily and is not safe to run in the dark before or after work at the moment, as street lights are limited.
     

    My question for my fellow Villa runners is, have any of you ever trained for a longish run mainly on a treadmill, and if so, how did it go?  I know I’ll be able to get outside soon, but I’m worried that if I build up to say 6-7 miles on the treadmill, then go outside, I won’t be able to get anywhere near that distance when I start running ‘properly’ and it’ll put me behind with my training plan. 

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  17. With no defensive midfielder and limited centre backs, I’d go the opposite of what most have suggested on here, load up with attacking pace, high press, and try and keep the ball as far away from our goal as possible. I’d fancy Lenglet and Pau to deal with aimless balls lumped from deep much better than people running at them. Turns Fulham around and gives them something different to think about….

    Martinez

    Cash Lenglet Pau Moreno

    Luiz Mcginn

    Bailey Diaby Rogers

    Watkins

    Disclaimer- I’m not Unai Emery, this has the potential to be an absolute car crash, however I reckon it’d be a fun watch.

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  18. 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

    any reason he isnt in their squad tonight?

    I think you can only play in a FA Cup replay if you were registered at the club when the first tie took place. 

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  19. 2 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said:

    Watching last night. Why dont players run back to where the away fans are to celebrate with them

    If they all run back into their own half to celebrate, then the other team can technically kick off straight away while we are still celebrating.
     

    I remember the noses trying to do it once when we were celebrating, and fortunately one player (can’t remember who) had the presence of mind to stay in the opposition half. 

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