delboy54

Went to the game last night and have just been reading the "fans" comments on the BBC website. Seriously, man city fans are a deluded bunch of entitled plastic idiots.... VTID Del

Well I had the pleasure of meeting him with his other half on the Holte about 30 mins before kick off and welcomed him to Villa Park. He was 2 rows behind me and further along, so i did not see him anymore after that. I hope they both enjoyed last night, i also await his report... You don't think he is still at Villa Park do you?... VTID Derek

I really cannot understand the negative comments about our new Head Coach, so what if he played for liverpoo and is a scouser? What happens if he turns us around and under him we win the FA cup next year? Lets just give him and our team our 110% support, if his ambition is to manage liverpoo one day, so what?.....but to get there he needs to show success with the Villa, and I am confident he will

The truth his whoever Villa appointed...someone on here would be annoyed ! He is the Villa Head Coach and while he is in that position....he gets my full support

Reading almost all the posts on here, there is not one manager that everyone seems to want! Its time to put the future of Villa in the hands of the owners and trust that they appoint the right man (or woman!) to take us the next step. Very important that they get this right, if they don't we will go down....I am sure our owners know this and that their investment will be at stake as well as the future of Villa. Get this appointment wrong and we could end up in the backwaters in the lower leagues with teams such as Sheffield Wednesday, Forest etc, former "giants" of the past...... Regards to all Del

Can you imagine the opposite, we have just beaten West ham to now have 4 straight wins,.....VP atmosphere would be terrific, opposition teams scared, Villa team full of confidence etc etc. There is a fine line, the problem is while confidence breeds confidence, the opposite can occur and is harder to get out of the tailspin... Very concerning about how Dean turns this around

We should never ever be in a position of being a one man team again and depending on one person to carry the game for us. When Gresford was not playing we were poor, and now he is gone we have not developed a system to play without him nor got the players. I have to agree with much of what TRO says on this site. We were beaten by a better team, a team not with one fancy dan individual that carried all the others. Moyes has done a good job with the kit stealers lets admit it. The thing that annoys me is we start to whinge about the 50 50 decisions, the ref, the weather, luck is not on our side etc etc. when results go against us There is something fundamentally not right with the squad this season The kit stealers progress is where we need to be...but does that make us "whingey entitlements" as fans? Not sure if sacking Dean is the right thing, but then I don't own AVFC and see my investment shrinking... All the best Del

It is all my fault - I have to humbly apologise to all at Aston Villa F.C., players and staff and of course all you good people at Villa Talk... Last week predicting that we would lose against man yoo I decided to wood stain my internal doors with Osmo oil 3033 instead of following the match on here - imagine my surprise later on when I found out that we had won. This Sunday I decide to replace some guttering anticipating a similar result - imagine my disappointment when I heard that we had lost. Next week during the game I will be switching back to putting another coat of Osma door oil whether they need it or not - obviously working on the guttering was the wrong thing to do at the same time Villa were playing and for this hideous mistake I once again deeply apologise...... Regards to all Derek

Why are our players so fragile?.....it seems every game we play someone picks up an injury. These "injuries" seem to take months to get over, where some clubs never seem to pick up anything like we do. I wonder if we will ever get to see our strongest team play this season...there is always someone bloody injured. And while I am in a grumpy mood (well I am 63!) what is it with the biased commentary....? why can't we have knowledgeable, neutral people commentating anymore? grrrrr.... VTID Derek

Watch England play?.........I would sooner creosote my fence and then watch it dry

I was watching with interest on last nights telly about the history of the Premier League in particular the first season....well it was interesting until it became a wa*kfest about yanited....the program became bloody obsessed with the scum ....shame really as that was the season that we finished runners up and of course the Villa hardly got a mention..... Regards to all Derek

Hope to go and see few games at Ipswich this season...only to see how he gets on! will let you all know No way am I a closet ipswich fan...!

With recent comments on here about problems accessing the Villa website for tickets etc, then we should look to spend a tiny amount of jacks money on making the ticketing process and look of the website much easier and better for everyone. We need to attract more income then lets make it easier rather than a frustrating exercise that puts prospective supporters (customers?) off straight away... Regards Derek

And what about Tubby, his slightly over weight older brother?......

I think Jack's leaving is a good thing in a way for Villa....perhaps he out grew us? But we all have to admit that several players seemed to hide behind him during games and we got over reliant on Jack, opposition set themselves up to negate him in a match i.e. "stop Grealish you stop Villa" Now he has gone we can build a "team" rather than seemingly dependant on 1 specific player to help us out Derek

Wow I used to go to Ipswich Technical College as well, way back in the 1970's! I still live within 45 mins from Ipswich, and as a Villa season ticket holder its a 1 3/4 hr drive to VP ....but I may now take the occasional visit to Ipswich if there is a night game on and hopefully keep everyone on here updated with how he is getting on....if he get to play Regards to all Derek

Now the dust is dying down regarding the transfer I can now reflect on it in the cold light of day. It was obvious to grealish and it was to some on here, that his head had been turned as long ago as 3 years ago when Spuds were sniffing around, then other vulture clubs a couple of years ago and now his time with England at the Euros has given him a taste of..........of what to be honest...? ....Winning lots of stuff, yes, well he will do that with them and most professional footballers treat the job as well just that, a job, and if the chance was to become more successful and richer, then most players probably would take the same route if we are honest. But......I think the reason why they bought him was not for what grealish thinks...I think they bought him for being the poster boy in a similar mould to Bechkham for example, the amount of shirts and additional exposure will be huge to that club...they will recoup the transfer fee with ease. Man Ci£y are such a boring team but with the addition of grealish making the odd appearance will add to their exposure especially in the far east where yet more massive riches await them based purely on his face (and hair).....and thats why they bought him...marketing purposes, playing football is secondary.....and grealish has not yet woken up to that fact, but he will and regret this for a long long time. VTID Derek

I wonder if Jack lay on is golden bed last night or woke up this morning, thinking "what the hell have I done?"...........

Perhaps Man citeh will buy him they seem to have a bottomless pit of money and FFP does not apply to them

I am totally sure that our owners have planned for this outcome, based on the similar goings on last Summer. Contracts mean nothing and I am sure they already have other options lined up

lots of humble pie to be eaten and all this leaving stuff is just fiction and he has in fact signed a new contract for us......

No chance for a knighthood for Jack Grealish then.......King William will see to that

I agree with much of the above, but what is the point if next Summer the top 6 scum start sniffing around Martinez and Watkins...as they surely will.....we need to be able to hold onto players, but if they are being promised fame and fortune and trophies with a sky scum top 6...this will be just a catch 22 situation...i.e. we will become a feeder club for them

This whole thing has become a circus, there are so many ways of looking at it....my comments... My take on it is that I feel a bit angry that if Jack is going, and since he is supposed to love the Villa so much then he can only be leaving for even more money, the chance to play at the highest level and win stuff, most of which he will not get with the Villa any time soon. The issue is that he will leave us with only a few days to go before the season starts and clubs will know we have loads of money and inflate their prices of players accordingly, and that, Mr Jack Grealish, is known as leaving the Villa in the mire or doing a Martin O'Neill. The other side of the coin is that we have become over reliant on Jack, maybe its time to cash in and build a team similar to the 1981/82 team. I wonder if all of this was started by Southgate...."I cannot pick you to start for England as you play in the Championship"......now becomes "unless you play for the sky scum 6 I cannot pick you to start for England regularly"......... How can it be ok for a club under investigation for dodgy dealings be allowed to spend upwards of 250 million on Kane and Grealish......is this really a level playing field? VTID

As it appears that our current policy of keeping negotiations quiet and behind closed doors then it is the right way to do business I bet everyone involved at transfers etc at the Villa are laughing at all these rumours - perhaps they spread them deliberately to see how far the rumour goes !.....I would Regards to all Derek