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    Or we are getting the ‘City Hall/Gretna Green’ version.
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    I don’t, Spurs defence will struggle with Arsenal’s attack and Arsenal are one of the best defensive teams around.
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    Track records are only impressive until they are not. We aren’t any normal business.
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    Or really shit!
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    I agree, I just don’t see it. He would just be an unused sub 95% of the time given competition in that midfield. We have to bring in players equivalent or better than what we have imo.
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    Glad you are a graphic designer and not an accountant.
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    I’m resigning myself to the shit show Heck badge, the accident by the Betano press release irrationally killed my hope that they can’t be that stupid thinking this modified Heck badge is the way forward. Go with a shield, fine… change the lion back, fine…but get something decent.
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    We get more money from the current boxes than the extra GA seats you are proposing I assume
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    I think the premium on them would be too much for us. We’d be paying over market value for them and that doesn’t seem the Monchi/Emery way. Seem like Man Utd signings all over or maybe Chelsea given the London factor.
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    I love this and it’s great for the players to see the welcome. My only gripe was that we stood there for an hour with my nephew, that even though we thought we got a good position the players got off the coach and walked the short distance in and my nephew got blocked by the stupid car in the way. It wouldn’t hurt the club to stop the coach 20 metres earlier and let more people see the players.
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    U.S. Politics

    nick76 replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

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    Douglas Luiz

    nick76 replied to LondonLax's topic in Villa Talk

    Bailey still playing through his injury apparently, so I’d throw Bailey on second half as usual to bring Dougie back into starting line up.
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    To be fair there are two reasons I don’t mind… Everybody underestimates us and we fly a lot under the radar. I was really critical months back about the limited attention we get but I think it’s served to our advantage. A few weeks back it was agreed by many non-Villa media that Spurs were top four, I even heard somebody mention they might sneak third, and the Man Utd brigade thought they were making up 10 points at the time….yet a few weeks on we are 6 points clear of Spurs, which could be 7 or 9 by Saturday night and although Spurs have games in hand it’s a hard schedule. We have just gone about our business while discussions carry on about title challenge, relegation battle, Forest statement, European failures, Klopp replacement and received credit for the Arsenal win but that quickly died away and we beat the Cherries and snuck to a nice, points in the bag, lead for fourth place. I wanted Emery as our manager, I was shocked we got him. I’m still rubbing my eyes how well we’ve done in such a short time, with so many of the same players. I believed he would get us back up here but in an optimistic three years time and yet he’s got us fighting for Champions League this season. It feels like to us now that we deserve Champions League, we have games that make it achievable left. It’s no surprise how non-Villa are shocked how quickly we’ve risen because it’s shocked us Villa fans and because we are used to it now but we are an unfashionable club, not one of the Sky6, not based in London and don’t have many elite ex players all over the media then some non-Villa don’t see that we have become a CL level big club with billionaire owners and an elite manager. We are a Champions League level team, just hope we clinch it now.
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    U.S. Politics

    nick76 replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

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    Or completely demoralised for Saturday plus thinking about the summer now it’s all but unlikely that they can get Europe. Their season is basically over.
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    I’d only build a new stadium if it was anywhere but the city centre, I think that would be an awful place to have it. Look I don’t want to move from Villa Park but I think it’s a very bad idea so close to the city centre for a stadium if we were to go down the route of building a new stadium imo.
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    Yeah I’ve been thinking how I want this game to go in relation to 4th place. Arsenal smash them, so high on confidence to smash Spurs on Sunday Arsenal win because the title and want to continue to have to win again on Sunday on the basis City and Liverpool also this week. Chelsea thus lose so confidence gets a further hit, even less chance to get Europe Arsenal draw, puts more pressure on them to beat Spurs on the weekend. Arsenal lose might be a bit too much and how will it affect them for Spurs game. Chelsea win…they will be still in Europe chase, will be harder Saturday for us. Or will they be their usual one good game, one bad and be bad against us. Draw…meh Chelsea lose, a confidence knock or will they want to bounce back on Saturday. I think a good win for Arsenal is the best outcome.
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    So you’d be happy to play in a shit kit… I’ll get my coat
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    I like the round badge but seeing as that is dead in the water under Heck I’m just wanting to focus on this shield version going forwards. The detailed lion is much better than this yellow because it’s too yellow, it clashes with the light blue and it is very basic lion. So that’s my issue with the lion but I have other issues with the badge. I actually don’t care which way it faces now to be honest but I know others do.
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    The lion looks shit still…never mind the rest.
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    Wow that’s a very strong call for Spurs results. One defeat in that set of games would be phenomenal for them. I think we’ll beat one of either Chelsea or Brighton, I think the Liverpool game will be harder.
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    Mr Percy, why put that last dozen words in to kill a positive article when it is unlikely as you say…it puts doubt in our heads. If it’s highly unlikely then don’t write about it (I know it’s your job), we don’t even want to think about Ollie leaving.
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    Unai Emery

    nick76 replied to PeterSw's topic in Villa Talk

    Bringing Kimmich and Davies back with them
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    Haha fair enough, I incorrectly worded it. I just think the original question, just like the 4th vs ECL question lacks why many of us think 4th is a priority, it was not about short term but potentially long term reasoning.
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    Newcastle and Spurs definitely benefited from it, they wouldn’t have been able to spend like they did in the summer and attract Tonali (the transfer not working out so far is by the by) whereas likely have had to sell somebody like Isak had they not qualified for champions league due to FFP. Spurs have regularly benefitted from the financials from Champions League, the fact their recruitment has been poor until this summer just gone is their fault. The Champions League money is why the big six are the big six and only by bad recruitment and decisions is why they aren’t top 6.
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