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I bet Dan Burn still has nightmares of being hounded here by McGinn and Buendia last season.

I would have hoped Emery started Bailey against him - he'd have a field day with Cash overlapping

Geeez, Martin Tyler is getting on. For our game against Newcastle:

"Bailey and Watkins lead the line" - errr, that's a photo of Diaby. It even has his name.

"Isak has scored in the last 3 outings for Liverpool and they haven't won any of those games." Say what?

We haven't even kicked off yet!

Still stand by my signature below at the time the majority on here wanted his head.

We lost 1 of the last 7 games, including wins against Arsenal and Liverpool - which people unbelievably attributed to McAllistar - to finish 9th despite flirting with relegation through most of the season.

Sadly, he never got the chance to prove me right or wrong.

16 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

It’s ‘Rogers’

Pretty sure it's Stealers Wheel

On 24/01/2024 at 11:28, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Speaking alot of sense... But will surely get pelters from some...

 

Problem with this video is that it makes sense - to everyone outside Birmingham, that is.

I've never been to villa park (and likely never will) and I'd hate to see the ground moved - but can see the sense in doing it.

I've never been affiliated with the round badge (despite being Gen X) since I only started following Villa since the early 90's (thanks, Bozza!)

But when you talk about a world-wide audience - they are in exactly the same position as me. If your remit is to tap into that market, you will probably end up making decisions that hurt the locals.

Watching his highlights - he looks ungainly and awkward. As if he can't really do the things he's doing (e.g. half falling when shooting).

Love it. There's nothing harder to defend against than the unknown. He's not a forward you can easily read.

4 hours ago, Tom13 said:

Christ, goals from Toney, Mee and Maupay. Have three bigger words removed ever scored for one side in one game?

Fernandez, Antony and Greenwood?

Wait... Antony doesn't score.

1 hour ago, UpTheVilla26 said:

Awful manager and about as loyal as Kyle Walker. 

How him and Gerrard ever got appointed by us will baffle me forever. 

Remember - Beale was the brains of the duo. Once he left, Gerrard was completely lost.

The guy that came up with the phrase "Sh*t happens", which sold a gazillion t-shirts and bumper stickers.

... can't quite remember his name but he was running across the width of the USA at the time in protest about his girlfriend Jenny, or something.

Been watching the "Get Back" documentary with my 18 year old son who has taken a keen interest in the Beatles.

As a result, been listening to the "Let It Be" album, but was disappointed that the album dropped our favourite song:

The man breaks all sorts of records with us - including his own of never having a PL nil-nil draw!

5 hours ago, sharkyvilla said:

He wondered about 10 yards into their half trying to step up for offside for the Martinez save.  Wildly out of sync.  I'd rather have Cash at right back providing width, Konsa in the middle and Tielemans instead of Diaby next game.

Yep, noticed that and came here to post it. Mind boggling decision.

Didn't cost us today, but his brain-fades and needless fouling are getting us into trouble. We need Torres and Konsa in the middle of defence

Not as bad a result as it seems. Yes, Everton are thugs and bullies - just like Newcastle - but we kept a clean sheet

3 things I learned:

• World's No 1 goalkeeper? Nah - he's better than that.
• An overlapping Cash starting would have been perfect against this anti-football lot
• Tarkowski is Ben Mee in disguise.

Hmm... knew I recognised the name.

Was head coach of ALeague side Adelaide United and later returned - disastrously - to the Aleague side Western Sydney Wanderers, where he only lasted 6 months.

Still a good appointment for a youth coach - but that is his limit.

24 minutes ago, Made In Aston said:

People talking on here like Heck has done something incredible getting Adidas involved. In reality I don't think it would have taken a massive effort or expertise from him, considering nassef has influence at the company and we are getting a lot more attention from the media because of the onfield success. Getting involved with Aston Villa is quite an easy sell at the moment. 

...  you sound like my boss at work.

Love him. Would have made a huge difference if he was in the squad this season....

.... and, imo, he still will towards the end of the campaign

3 minutes ago, Zatman said:

He is an unlikeable cretin, no different to the clearing in the woods we had before Unai. They seem to get less credit in the bank

Hmm.. weird, eh?

I agree - he's unlikeable. But, imo, so is Klopp. So is Pep. So is Thomas Frank.

But he's not doing a bad job and the trend has been upwards with him. He's spent plenty but still less than Chelsea who are much worse off.

They are in a bad patch, but they stuck with him in the first season when things were rough and reaped the benefits.

I just don't see the reason fo (what appears to be) the sudden hate for him from Arsenal fans.

4 hours ago, Captain_Townsend said:

2 Jan 2022 he scored for us in our loss against Brentford.  He looked good but age has caught up with him since. We sold at the right time

Scored twice for us against Brentford in a 4-0 win at home last season in October 2022, no?

He looked pretty good then too.

8th, 8th, 5th and 2nd

... and they want him out?

True - they might not win it this year and might not finish as high as 2nd - but is Arteta really that bad?

2 hours ago, kurtsimonw said:

The full 90 minutes of complete incompetence by the referee in our game last night is the reason VAR exists and will continue to do so. He got so many things wrong, you'd think he was doing it on purpose.

VAR get so many things wrong that you'd think they were doing it on purpose.

... so which is the lesser of 2 evils?

Whomever Villa are playing

On 01/01/2024 at 20:38, S-Platt said:

Its OK they signed about 50 players  

... which could get them into big trouble according to this bloke:

.... and that ends the argument about our penalty being soft.

Just now, oishiiniku_uk said:

Intensity of the shouting varies depending on how famous the player is and who they play for... 

Names help too. Salaaaaaaah or Sakaaaaa or Bentekeeeeee kind of help.

Watkinnnnnnnns doesn't have the same ring.