AXD

That tweet is golden

Agreed, he did not do that alone. He did have a big impact though.

Que? Delph said he'd stay a day or so before leaving (hence the snake name), Grealish did no such thing. Jack is a villa boy, yes. Does that mean he does not have the right to have bigger ambitions? We can not offer him CL football now and have no guarantee for next season (we can hope for it though). Added to that, Grealish is a LOT better than Delph ever was, so he could actually go and do something in a team like that. I want him to stay as much as anyone, but if the offer is correct, I wouldn't begrudge him the chance to play at a higher level. (Once we win the league we can buy him back to play CL for us) He got us back to the PL and kept us here in our first season. The man has done a lot for our club, I hope he will do more and get us into europe, but if he wants to go and the club gets a lot of money for him, good luck to him.

It all comes after ‘considering a bid’

Exclusive= I’m the only one making this up. Expected to bid if… so there is nothing

Be real, it's a lot more likely to win something with Man CIty than it is with Villa atm. In 5 years or so (hopefully less) we might consistently compete with them. Also Milner played a lot when he first got there, same as Barry. Jack's better. So 'lucky if he ends up on the bench'? You do not rate Jack? All that being said, let's hope he stays because he is the absolute star here and would be a squad player with them.

The third european competition has had a few qualifier games already, so let’s see if this new invention is a bit entertaining or just rubbish.

That goal was a penalty against san marino iirc far from the finished product, but loads of potential.

everyone knows, but nobody can do anything about it

Who comes up with this stuff? Who in their right mind comes up with this formula for a tournament and says 'my god, it's going to be awesome'? some money guy I assume, but still, how does he manage to convince the entire football world this is a good idea.

Seems like a game for a 32 team WC, with 46 teams we'll get Vietnam vs Dominican Republic

You mean 'big name clashes'? Then I agree with what you are saying. My point was more about the Finland-Russia or Ukraine-Macedonia games, too many teams that are just happy to be there. With only 16 countries, over half them would at least feel they have a chance, there would be none of this 'best 3rd' stuff which then makes teams play for top 2 in the group, not just 'beat the other bad team'. It's not about the big names, but about the teams in it to win. Denmark as a prime example, Swiss as well, they are not the big names you mention, but made the tournament better. too many teams=too many games not worth it

The tournament gets interesting once it’s the final 8 or so. There are too many terrible games in the group stages, so I would want it to go back to 16 teams (never going to happen of course). Half of europe qualifies, so it doesn’t seem a tournament of the best teams.

Quite a bit of pressure to put on a 19 year old

This is now extra ridiculous

Rashford is playing RB with 20 RBs in the squad I know its to take a penalty, but still

Mount is still on the pitch??????

Rice was a lot better than Philips. Weird sub

France had ‘98 World Cup and ‘16 Euro, so you can get it in quick succession. There’s only about 20 countries or so worldwide that can host these events

What a dive

Rice reminds me of Ciaran Clark in the way he moves

We’ll see how he does. Not an easy game to get into the team.

KDB starting for Belgium, Hazard replaced by Doku

Group of death, not so much. All teams gone now.

How dare they!