delboy54

I used to play footy but it's been a while but I don't mind helping us out in our injury crisis. Only problem is I am 66 in June and will probably be knackered after the pre match warm up...

If we move VP from Aston to say the NEC will we change our name like Wimbledon did to MK Dons?.....seeing as we won't be in Aston anymore....perhaps this will be another one of those fan feedback things like the debacle of the badge, terrace view etc etc Will this then give SMA the green light to claim the city as their own...?

Last year the insurance for my oldish toyota yaris runabout cost 220 quid for me and the missus. Direct line said that premium is now 570 this year I know stuff goes up in price but this increase is crazy....needless to say I have some considerably cheaper quotes

I bet man yoo are looking very closely at how Newcastle and Chelsea made us look ineffective and were able to win comfortably....

I am sure that every manager will look at Villa and how to beat us, they will be using Sheffield utd when they were at VP and obviously the Newcastle game at VP....

I drive up via A14 and M6 from Cambridge, and get off at J5, and make my way to Star City. Free parking and a 25/30 minute walk to VP. The walk is ok as long as its not raining, there are always fellow fans (home and away) walking the same route, so even if its dark its a safe route (in my experience). Can be a bit of traffic from Star City to J5 of the M6 but its not that bad. I used to park at the school (King Edwards?) at the top of Holte Park but getting out to the M6 was dreadful, so don't use it anymore.

I live in CambridgeSHIRE........about 150Km from VP

With a football fans "head" on It's such a waste seeing such a talented footballer reduced to a robotic bit part player now. When he played for us he was one of those rare individuals that when he had the ball people stood up out of their seats as he was such a good exciting player for us. I tend to agree I think he will be off to the Saudis jawdees soon (or even the Saudi league if it's only money he is interested in now). I wonder how his career would have turned out had he stayed with us? Is he the type of player that fits in with Emery's team....?

Completely agree. Other managers look at the opposition they are due to play and adjust tactics to suit. We are a bit too predictable at the moment and easy to play against, but we don't really have much option due to so many of our creative players being injured...

We all go on about Emery looking in depth at how other teams play, but yesterdays result was Howe applying the same effort in setting up his team. Managers of teams that are due to play us will look at results where we didn't do well e.g. Sheffield Utd, Chelsea, Newcastle etc and look at why we were nullified and set their teams up to stop us. Expect the same from almost every team we play now as they look to have found a way to stop us. Newcastle did this well last night, it was only when we were losing 0 - 3 that we decided to up the tempo that we started to trouble them and by then it was far, far too late. Its up to Emery to work out plan B, C, D etc and respond to this. Its the slow build up that sometimes annoys me, it allows the opposition's defence all the time in the world to reset players back into position, I wish we were a little bit quicker and more incisive than we currently are.

Hopefully liverpool will sign up Gerrard as their manager on a long term contract....come on liverpool, bring him home, you know you want to.....

and millions vote for him........

Tea...? You were lucky.....we used to dream about having a cup of tea..... Etc etc

Man city, sky and Vars have ruined prem league football for me... Trouble is I cannot have sky and VARs in my top 10 hated clubs but they would be in my list of top 10 hated things of football.... Vars Man city Diving Klopp Sky Cheating Man Utd Inconsistent referees Stockley park Inconsistent application of rules of the game (handball, offside etc)

Oh don't forget to add man city to your list !

Years ago I was in Malaysia and wandering around the street markets that seemed to consist of every other stall selling replica shirts. As I looked through one of the racks filled with the usual sky scum 6 and Barcelona etc etc, I asked the stall holder "have you got any Aston Villa shirts?".... He replied "we only sell good teams shirts here!".... Mind you this was back in 2016....so he had a point I suppose

Liverpoo winning from being 1 nil down, semi final, night game, under the lights, at Anfield.....a sky team w*nkfest

It will be worth paying the exorbitant price increase of next seasons ticket to see Tyrone walk back on the pitch at VP for his first home game back at the Villa...

Let's hope so...

You're only jealous

Too many teeth, so not correct Hands look odd, so that's correct Shoes have their laces done up, so I wonder who did that? His mother wife sister?

Imagine this... Last home game of the season v liverpoo Whoever wins this game, wins the league We destroy them 7 - 2 No dodgy VARs for either side (ie no contentious decisions that liverpoo and the media use as an excuse) Klippity klopp in meltdown on the touch line Worlds media aghast at what's happened A proper good referee Liverpoo supporters leaving early to the song "is there a fire drill?" BBC/sky having to admit that Villa are now Premier League champions We then spend the next decade winning every trophy and title legally, fairly and playing by the rules of the game. Small Heath relegated, deducted eleventy thousand points and Rooney signs a 10 year contract Anyone want to add to this fantasy?

Such a shame we never beat them the other day....... Still we play them soon again at VP.........revenge hopefully and a near enough full team back from injuries

Great comment!!!! Are we really starting to become entitled as we are now currently joint first in the premier league? Some people on here need to stop wetting the bed, we have loads of players injured and others out of form. Never hear Emery complaining about this. This league is a tough league and sometimes some teams will cause us problems, Villa as a team are learning, as none of them have much experience at maintaining a level to sustain a top 4 position. Let's just get behind Emery and the team and enjoy it

I hope I am wrong (I have no inside information) but I think there is going to be another huge inflation busting increase on ST next Summer. The more successful the Villa are this season, it will be the easier for them (Heck?) to justify the increase...