Vancvillan

I just want a striker who is getting any younger. Sick of all these ones who aren't.

Ha! Yeah, English isn't my first language. Possibly.

My favourite lecturer at uni was Italian and spoke at about Emery's level of English. He was absolutely captivating and kept the room hanging on his every word. My least favourite was a native English speaker who was boring as sin. Guess which class I got better marks in. I doubt Emi is teaching anything quite as dry as these two were either.

If I were Ross I'd be saying 3 goals in 2 games in 2023, and that's across a total of 90 minutes of football. That's three goals a game. Break out the YouTube highlights because Chelsea need a goal scorer and Ross is back baby.

Two more goals in one match after coming in as a sub. https://youtu.be/TOTMjdGqv2

Hate to be the one pissing in the paella, but “Aston Villa is”? Surely it’s always “Aston Villa are”? Next we’ll be chanting Deeeeeee Fence and asking who takes Pee Kays. On topic, don’t care about age for this price. Get three good seasons out of him and we’re laughing.

They train together every day. The fact that they don't regularly play together isn't an excuse for the players otherwise Barrow would have smashed us. That team should've been more than a goal up at half time. Wasteful attacks and calamities in defence cost us. Happy to put a bit if blame in Emery as he's the manager, but hard to ignore the player's ownership of that performance.

You said he cost us three points. As in we would have had three, but we got zero. He's saying he prevented us from coming away with all three, and instead we came away with one. I don't know why you're dying on this hill. I'll leave it here because this is starting to feel like a magic eye painting and you're the only one that can't see it.

It prevented us from getting two extra points.

This is either top level trolling or bottom level maths.

Gerrard clicking "Done" after picking the same 11 each week a la Champ Manager 1993 was so depressing. I'm genuinely excited with each game, and I honestly think we can beat anyone right now. I mean we just beat Spurs with Olsen in nets. If Sanson has any use to the squad we'll see him get game time in the next couple of months. Nice thing is that it'll be because he has some set of attributes that are useful against the opposition.

Moaning about consistency when in the last two months you've said: 1. You doubt anyone could do better than Gerrard with this squad. 2. Ollie lacks ability but is more talented than Andy Grey. 3. Luiz doesn't impose himself on games. And the list goes on. I honestly wonder if you're more interested in finding a problem than being intrigued by a solution, which ironically is something you berate other posters for. At this point (given how concerned you were with any manager after SG doing better than he did), do you not have some trust in Emery after 3 wins from 4 very tough games? At some point you have to have some faith that if the one man who is undoubtedly performing above expectations wants Deulofeu, he should get backed.

Plenty of people on VT over the last few years have complained that we're too nice, lack bite or that win at all costs attitude. Emi would probably do anything to win a League Cup second round game vs Accrington Stanley. He's my favourite keeper since Bosnich, and if he stays a few more years he'll be a legend.

Droba, Vardy and Ian Wright are better examples of late bloomers. But there is also the counter point of players who didn't pull up trees in their early twenties who went on to be shit. we just don't know with Cam. He's got a bit of time on his side but he's not ready yet. I think that's all you can say about the lad.

Yeah, imagine the cost of a player that would essentially relegate you if you sold them. Never going to be moving in Jan unless it's embarrassing money.

I thought your comment was pretty measured. He's not ready yet. Will very likely improve with another loan and am excited for his future. He's 21. I don't expect him to make an immediate impact because he's still got lots to learn.

I don't think any of the players are going to be offended. When I think of the shit we tossed around under the guise of banter in our 20's... And it's not like a handled the ball into the net like Henry or Maradonna. Or got drunk and went driving like Jack, Dean Saunders, etc, etc. Then again I don't believe in role models, let alone expecting millionaires who kick a ball for a living to be paragons of virtue.

Two months ago you were saying Ollie is more talented than Andy Grey. Now he's down to just a willing runner? I think Ollie (like Ings) is a tool that if used correctly is very potent. Just depends if that tool works for our system. If not I think we'll see an addition in Jan.

Juan De Carroll

Yeah, I agree on Konsa. Mings I think it'd be more but not double or anything. Either way, counting Emi B as "about the same" and Ings / Digne as a loss, that's 7/8 profitable transfers from the 10 players who started our last game (excluding youth). Not exactly a bad record.

Martinez, Cash, McGinn, Luiz, Kamara, would all be a profit. Some would be around the same value at least (Mings, Konsa) Questionable on Digne, Ings and Emi B I guess, but could see Emi improving, Ings still being worth it to a team who need a striker. Digne hasnt looked great recently. The above + Ramsey was our starting 11 for the last game.

Tim's got bought out a couple of years ago by... the Americans. Vice (I know) did an article a while back on what a US invasion of Canada would look like. You can read the full article if you want but the following pretty much sums it up: "However, barring a Canadian insurgency, after that initial 24 hours, Canada would be conquered, surrender would be imminent and the US would quickly attempt to co-opt the Canadian military." https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/9aa9az/what-would-happen-in-the-minutes-and-hours-after-the-us-invaded-canada

Mate we've got 76 active fighter jets sprawled across the second largest country on earth. We couldn't invade Seattle.

Could easily be four lonely bodies buried in your back yard.

Obviously fake. Show me a person who starts a puzzle with anything other than the corners and I'll show you a serial killer.