lp_villa830

Top bloke.

Wasn't to sure today, he seemed to be a bit slow each time he went in for the challenge.

dont get me wrong i am still bitterly disappointed about the post Christmas results and I still haven't got over the Bradford results, but sticking with him is 110% the right thing to do imho It does seem like that at the minute, and for all Lerner's faults his reluctance to sack managers in the season was probably a good thing this time as it would of been so easy for him to of pulled the trigger.

I would of gave him MOTM today. He was the only reason we were still in with a chance 2nd half.

He is a typical young player. He has good games and bad games as well as games that he looks like both. Today he looked good, got forward well in the second half.

I'll admit that after Xmas and the Bradford mess that i wanted him gone as soon as. But he seemingly has turned it around so i will gladly eat humble pie if he can keep this going.

I always thought in his earlier days everyone thought highly of him. It wasn't til the Blackburn semi-finals where he looked lost that people started to doubt him.

Is he the best keeper we have had since Bosnich? I'd say so.

You can get the answer to that, season by season, by clicking here Not meant to to help either argument just curious. 07/08 5th Everton £44.5m 6th Villa £50.4m 7th Blackburn £39.7m 8th Portsmouth £54.7m 08/09 5th Everton £49m 6th Villa £70.5m 7th Fulham £46.2m 8th Spurs £62.5m 09/10 5th Man City £133m 6th Villa £80m 7th Liverpool £121m 8th Everton £54m

People keep going on about us having the 6th highest wage bill, but does anyone know what our wage bill was in comparison to those in 7th, 8th place?

I don't think footballers in general have ever been role models, you get the odd exception in the past as you probably do now. That's a bit like the chicken and the egg though isn't it and is the biggest problem with the modern fan. To be competitive we need more income and to get more income we need more fans to show a sustained interest. Not everyone needs to buy a season ticket and a million items of merchandise every year. Our attendances the past 2 years are down about 4,000 each game at a time when the club needs as much money as it can get. Staying away is only hurting the club that people claim to love more. When the Premier League first started in August 1992, there were a lot of teams in that division, including us, including Norwich even, who had a chance of winning it. Even Leeds were in with shout as defending champions, along with perenniel success stories like Arsenal and Liverpool. Chelsea and Man City were around, but showing little of their future money-bags. I understand that frustration and its the sort of thing that i would think the Clubs you refer to would love to read. The more "consumers" drawn away from the clubs smaller than them only increases their power base at the top. They, Sky and the major sponsors don't care about the smaller teams it is only the fans of all 92 clubs in the Football League that can keep them going, as soon as it suits them and they think they can get away with it the big clubs will break off into a closed shop European Super League.

What he said? ^^^^^

fantastic. The thing is you said we are partially responsible for the decline and I'm afraid your point that "whilst there's a team called Villa etc etc" misses the point about football today. It's no longer about 50000 turning up to watch shirts hanging on a line. Hasn't been for a while. It's about giving people a product and we haven't given a product for a few seasons now. Your issue is not with fans of this club. Your issue is with modern football. That's bull, the only reason its turned that way is because the fans have let it happen.

He is a player with definite room for improvement. I don't think he'll be a Champions League player but he would fit in at most mid-table teams.

Just send me your Steam name and I'll add you. Then on a Thursday and Tuesday I'll give you the server name and password. We are still in pre-season at the minute so you'd have time to buy/sell some players.

Made a big mistake yesterday as younger players tend too. I'd drop him for the next few games just to give him a rest, he has played an awful lot of football this season in a team struggling so he might need a break to sort his head out.

Never been to sure on him personally, but the last few games he is definitely starting to show some promise. If he can keep this up for a sustained period he could be a big player for us.

First session is tonight if anyone else is interested. Starting at Half 8. AVFCforever1991 has dropped out.

Thought he played quite well yesterday bar one mix up in the second half with Delph I think it was.

We will be starting the FM network game on Tuesday if anyone else is interested and play on a Tuesday and Thursday after 8 there on. I am West Ham AVFCforever1991 is Southampton AVFC96 is Wigan

Need to sign this lad up to a long term contract soon. He could quite easily lead the front line for years to come.

Wigan always come good towards the end of the season and Reading look more capable of getting results. Unless we dramatically improve we are down. The only team I can definitely see us beating is QPR.

Agree with this.

I pm you my steam name Forever. No, pick new teams and start from a fresh going through the seasons. I was thinking any premier league team bar those in Europe and Villa so no bickering over who plays as them. Which days would be best, I could do any day bar fri/sat after 8 for a few hours.

Would anyone be up for an online FM game once or twice a week.