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So they are throwing in a day's grub for Onomah as well?

Me too, I'll be delighted if come deadline day I'm barely paying attention to what's going on, let alone stabbing the F5 key.

Yeah, not good. We'd get reimed on the price now.

Anwar Bjorn Birkir Axel They're getting the band together.

I mentioned it and was going to ask @Superbees what he thought.He referred to him as "silky" and I thought the same from the highlights. He's not a big CH but would be a decent sized DM and looks to have the skills, speed and physique to do a great destroyer-feeder job.

Obviously I'd say it isn't wrong. There have been far too many times when I have audibly groaned merely at the sight of his name on the team sheet. Ditto, nothing personal, I wanted him to be a top player for us - or at least the best he could be - but he really never was. He sometimes contributed - for example, IIRC for McGinn's goal at Wembley he pushed a nice, rapid pass out wide enabling the cross to go in - and got some vital tackles in sometimes. But, and it is a huge but, far too many attacks stuttered when he was involved and too many dangers came down his side.

A move I'd welcome. Taylor isn't a PL footballer in any position, even as back up. He got better last year but for most of the time he's been here he has been a weak link, straying into downright liability territory at times and that was in the Championship.

It's a very good point. He's absolutely nailed the skill of being the faux-humble victim, that stupid but faithful golden retriever act whilst weaving in a nice bit of passive aggression. The word removed.

That's the kind of kit some shit, amateurish, no-hope, forever-ply-their-trade-in-the-lower divisions club from some crappy area like yam yam land would wear. Oh, wait, WBA are some shit...

It never ceases to amaze me how often I read that he is a "good bloke". Even those who acknowledge his weaknesses and outright failures as a manager sometimes find themselves caveating their opinions with the "good guy" mantra. But actually, he's a monumental word removed. A repellent fat snide who was always limited in terms of managerial skills and what "skills" or "knowledge" he possesses are far out of date. He's like a blubbery MON. He was found out brutally in the final few months he was trashing our club, fortunately for SW won't be there long enough to do for them but, hilariously, is about to turn the Toon into the greatest show on earth this season. From what I can gather they hate him already and don't want him there. Come Christmas...oh my!

Will be brought off on the hour, applauding all sides of the ground in a tearful goodbye.

We are likely using Utd to flush out the rabbit on this. If we want him, we'll get him and at a lower price than if we'd been the first - and therefore probably only - team to talk to Brentford.

"Trezeguet"?

TBH, when I looked at that YouTube highlight reel I did find myself wondering if Dean has DM in mind for him.

Indeed. I'd be more than happy if we never had another player on international duty ever again. I couldn't give a **** about international football, I almost never watch it. They may want it but I don't want our best players attracting covetous eyes through anything but performances for us and if The Fates decide they are to suffer an injury, I don't want it in a friendly with the Faroe Isles. They can get injured in the 94th minute of a Champions League Final when a Barca, Madrid, Bayern or Ajax player hacks them down in frustrated, humiliated rage at them scoring the seventh goal without reply with a scorpion kick from 25 yards out.

Classic shot. Tyrone. In new kit. Mind The Gap All in one frame. I spy a screensaver/wallpaper.

If by risk you are referring to past medical issues, I'm not convinced the risk is unacceptably high at all and obviously neither do the club. He's shown both clubs he can handle a half season of blood and thunder Championship battles and emerge as being demonstrably one of the best - if not the best - in that division. I also think it's very unlikely he won't get a thorough medical before we (over) pay for him and he'll be insured against a career-ender to protect our investment. If by risk you mean we don't know if he is Premier League class, that's true but we haven't bought anyone that we know is. But probably will be. In fact, we've just paid even more for a player we don't even know if he'll suit the English game in any division. But also probably will. The only way we will get "sure things" is buying Prem players off Prem clubs and they don't come anything but "over-priced". I'm also of the mind the leverage you talk about pivots the wrong way. The common knowledge that he wants to come here and we want him doesn't lower his price in their minds, even if the transfer doesn't happen unless they need to sell him and we don't know if they do. They are obviously willing but no sale isn't going to harm them, they could just loan him out again for a fee and get someone else paying his wages and maybe increase his value even more. No, we had a weak hand, unfortunately, but at other times we won't. And as someone said, above, maybe Bournemouth will feel the sting of the slap of the strong hand sometime in the future.

Yes, it was Pako Ayestaran who was Rafa's wingman. This one did indeed work with Benitez too but, happily, over the last few years, seems to be only good at getting appointed and then being fired after mere months for doing a shite job.

Doubtless they will look at him in pre-season but I think it's equally doubtless they'll come to the conclusion there is literally zero point in having him around. They won't offer him another contract at the end of this one and they won't ever play him but will have to pay him. The only reason he'll be around this season is if they can't farm him out somewhere.

I'm in the same boat. Maybe he is terrific but I've seen little of him since I only watch Villa games and only really seem to remember him as being a bit of a word removed - with a shit haircut - who fouled Grealish a lot. But there are plenty here who watch more non-Villa games than me who are bigging him up and if the staff want him here, that's good enough to go for him. However, I'm sure they'll have their walk-away figure too so it's all down to whether Leeds have exceeded that and clearly won't move on it. And like you, I'd rather have Gana back but don't see that happening.

And if you exchange your "I" for "Bournemouth", you perfectly illustrate the point he is making, simultaneously agree with it and are some way to understanding what has happened over the last few weeks.

23 minutes ago, praisedmambo said: Oh sure he's legit then. Unlike the abundant people who do that on twitter 20/30 times a day. Not just for Villa mind. There should be a list of ITK tropes. This would be pretty early on/high up it's so common.  But fortunately reading and comprehension isn't dead everywhere.

He isn't saying that exactly. He says, according to what is posted above, that he isn't ITK about anything else other than what he has been told about Cahill. Could still be he's talking crap but he is setting the parameters of his apparent knowledge as restricted to one player and one deal.

Keep an eye on Brentford? They are buying Hogan back then.

Stigma how and projected by whom? It's not the **** 16th century and neither did she have a parturitive mishap in a Dothraki tent and pass a stillborn scaly winged beast. The only stigma around a miscarriage I'm aware of is of miscarriages that are induced in clinics.