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1 minute ago, the_eristic said:

But can he help it he's ****?

Undoubtedly not, just like an amputee can't help having one leg. But you wouldn't play that word removed at left back, either.

28 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

Presume most people know this, but there's nothing wrong with him.

Game got tough, he didn't fancy it, pretended to be hurt.

Good job really, because Smith wouldn't have subbed him until likely 88 or 89 mins.

He's an odd one and does come across as a regular jessie. What was the game - maybe a pre-season - when he got fouled toward the end, was screaming like he'd been set on fire leading many of us to think he'd got exploded ligaments or something and would be out for weeks or months and he was back in the starting line up next game?

Said it all that he was so badly hurt he was able to go and sit on the bench and explain how the other player's sleeve had Chinese Burned his face.

3 hours ago, villanmac said:

The performances of Wesley are actually the one that gives me hope for the rest of the season.

If we can be 'in' games with him upfront as a human mannequin doing **** all then we might actually be a decent prem team. 

He's doing an OK job as a placeholder until we buy an actual footballer with the requisite attributes of an striker in January.

Can we set up a Change.org online petition.

"To Dean Smith. Change your .org and get **** rid of Taylor from the squad and give his place to Hause."

2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

To be fair it seems Smith sees the same things we do, and even if too slow to make the changes. Eventually does.

Maybe I'm being a little too demanding of the manager but I'd prefer it if he saw what we see before us and made the changes quickly enough to actually make a damn difference.

I really, really hate Taylor because he is really, really **** shite. No use nor ornament in defence and the dragging anchor when we're going forward.

And Smith is MON in disguise when it comes to subs.

DS: Keinan was great against Brighton.

JT: We starting him Saturday, then?

DS: Are we ****. We're going with the guy that doesn't close down and gets muscled off everything and bitches and sulks half the game. We'll toss Keinan on at the end for five minutes, regardless of how we've played for the other 85 mins and regardless of the score.

JT and every other ****: Um, OK. You're the boss and the expert.

That's it, Smith. Put Keinan on for a totally ineffectual Wesley with 4 minutes to go.

**** Taylor AGAIN.

Pathetic again.

4 hours ago, andykeenan said:

Sheffutd v Sunderland

Horrible. Absolutely **** disgraceful. This is the Villa I came to hate and thought Smith had taken us away from.

Absolute words removed. Playing like absolute words removed. Throwing another one away.

18 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said:

I am delighted he didn't play. He got a nice day out and some souvenirs We got an England CB who isnt injured. Win win.

Me too, I've no interest in seeing Villa players called up to play in games I'll never watch and which they may get injured in.

I'm happy with them playing so well for us that they, as the press hacks would say, "are knocking on the door of an international call up" and "making themselves hard to ignore" and then "just missing out on a callup" or "unlucky to not get minutes".

2 minutes ago, Five Ken McNaughts said:

Does anyone know if he blew for the "dive" before the ball went in?

99% sure I heard the whistle before Lansbury put it in.

On 27/08/2019 at 23:21, sir_gary_cahill said:

You don’t? Ex players always have great games against their former club, it’s a given

No it isn't. It's a lazy cliche that ignores a thousand variables.

4 hours ago, sne said:

Close, but no cigar  

That's a sick burn post quote.

The depressing thing about it is less just how wildly inaccurate it was and much more that it was THREE **** YEARS AGO. And we've only just got rid of the ****.

£5m, three years of wages, 10 appearances then farmed out wherever we could. Sad symbol of many parts of our recent journey.

The good news is we can be much more confident there will be no replication of this kind of shite, we are now recruiting much more cannily.

18 minutes ago, andykeenan said:

Tuesfay 10th September

1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said:

Are you agreeing with me?

Well, if someone did that it would just be weird, wouldn't it?

Bruce in the dressing room at HT:

"Don't say it."

"Well, lads..."

"Don't say it"

"...that's shut a few people up"

Rightly dropped and the right response from him. And I agree he's earned a start next game. It's Crewe.

Next league game, though, he's back on the bench.

42 minutes ago, Xela said:

Pleased for El Ghazi... had a rough opening 2 games. I get the feeling he may be better deployed as a substitute going forward

I'm of that opinion. I absolutely wouldn't start him next game and he didn't deserve a start in this one. It may be resentful and off the bench is how he should be engaged.

And I have to say, I gave him shit for the first two games because he was poor. He came on with a point to prove today and when he wakes up in the morning with that chippy head on, I'd start him every time.

Loved it. Wesley came of age as a Premier League player. The Scouse commentator used the phrase "he's ragdolled the centre halves" and it's been a very, very long time since we had a CF who genuinely did that.

And better than that, we've got CHs who ragdoll CF. Haven't seen that since  for a while, either.

Our season starts here, I think.