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well, to be fair 1 would be nice

Well, as Lambert would say, He'd give it a right good go!

WTFAF Lucky, lucky, Lucky Lucky Lucky

Another shout out to the linesman. Good spot.

That's Ayew right there. The one time he absolutely should have dropped the shoulder and gone on the outside and he hooks a tame shot into touch. Just poor decision making under pressure. Come on Villa nick a goal FFS

I was just thinking this too. Then I looked at the bench.

Life of a Villa fan I heard

They should put some crosses in then. I've heard he's amazing if you just do that thing.

I like him, played well against us at VP I seem to recall

couldn't agree more.

I think you'd be hard pressed to name a better RB than Delaney to have played for us from the 90's onwards with the notable exception of Kyle Walker imo. He was no world beater for sure but we haven't exactly been blessed with quality right backs in the last 30 years.

No doubt its all in the balance and the margins are tight and the performances hardly inspire confidence but we are 9 points off 3rd place and it's Xmas. That's a good thing from where we were after the Preston game. There's also a lot of football to be played yet. It's also probably quite a sad indication of the quality of teams in the Championship overall. But none of the teams from 3-9th should be feared any more than they would us. Brighton and Newcastle are hardly unbeatable. Jonah is right though, just get our own house in order.

We didn't get a left winger in the summer and we still desperately need some balance. If Grealish and/or Green aren't up to it in Bruce's eyes then I'd love to see something done about that. Hutton, Westwood, Gardner may be shit but Grealish, Amavi, Ayew, McCormack, Kodjia and now Bacuna have all basically been filling in out of position at some point this season and Bruce is likely to want to play a 442 at times (which is no bad thing imo). Having mentioned Gardner and Westwood - If we got 2 central midfielders in I'd be delighted. If we don't get 1 central midfielder in this window I'll be disappointed. Can Bruce find us better options at RB and GK? lets see. No-one's going to complain if we dont see Hutton again or if Gollini/Bunn are battling out for a place on the bench because we have found some keeper we all can agree on being an upgrade. I just think a Left winger and a central midfielder coming in would do us more good than say a RB and a CM. And after the last few years I dont really want to get my hopes up on more than 1 or maybe 2 signings in January.

Just to be pedantic I believe @NurembergVillan was restricting his choices to the squad number era (so 1993 onwards).

That tweet from the Dr has cheered me up more than a boxing day win

yeah but did they go tho?

is the correct answer

Think Avram Grant is naming the provisional Ghana squad today. I was hoping they wouldn't call Adomah up.

Spink Delaney Mellberg GOD(c) Staunton Petrov Richardson Barry Atkinson Dublin Yorke Only ones I had a think about were Spink/Bosnich, Mellberg/Laursen/Ugo, Petrov/Taylor and Dublin/Carew/Benteke the rest kinda pick themselves from that list imo.

Gotta add a shout out for The OA too. I just got to episode 4. It is beautifully shot. cant wait to finish it off after Christmas

Quarry was the surprise hit in our house this year

Ah well the Mrs is snoring like a good un, I cant sleep. either it's excitement for tomorrow or my body trying to avoid the alarm in the morning, either way Im gonna watch Die Hard. Merry Christmas everybody.

Brilliant thread @NurembergVillan, Really is some squad. I miss Kevin Richardson.

When I see SGC suggesting his forte is arriving late in the box a goalscoring midfielder it's hard for me not to immediately think of Platt. If he is even half the player Platt was, we need to see it.

It's not my money so Happy Christmas Gary Gardner.