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Think about lost income. We dont have the same competition money, tv money, etc coming in. We are getting less of a relegation bonus. Shirt sales and merchandising is down. We are selling less tickets and have less sponsorship money coming in. It all adds up to significant loss and we have to compensate for this.

I recently rewatched bruces first game in charge and our last game of the season. If anything we have gotten worse as a team not better. I fear for the future of this club...

Which performances have concerned you? The games at lb, dm, cm, am or lw? My point being that its hard to put in a good performance when week to week you dont know what position youll be playing in. I seem to remember him playing in 3 position in one game last season.

Both Adomah and Green have injury problems and between them wont play all the league games. What would plan b be?

Do you really think an ageing Terry can change the balance of our entire squad? I mean i genuinely hope youre right. But im a lot less certain.

I think this comparison is very unfair to Golini. Very difficult to control a defence when you dont speak the language. I'd put money on Golini getting more international caps than johnson in his career. I believe Golini is the better keeper.

Surely you mean gabby?

Unless his radar was faulty...

Ince as i said above :-D

Pretty sure paul ince was at inter in 1997 and played for england that year so not quite but i get your point

It would be a stretch to say it was 'just' for the kit but i did want to go to the club shop to try some kit on to see what sizes were like. Its very hard to get villa merch in ireland other than online especially since relegation. In the temp shop they only had large and xl both of which are too small. Just very disappointing for my first visit to the stadium in nearly a decade...

I came from dublin to the ground today hoping for a look and to preorder. Much to my dismay, and the dismay of quite a number of fellow villains, the club shop is closed until 29/07/2017. However, hope remained as a temporary shop had been errected in the car park. When we spoke to the vendor he said they had no new kit and offered to show it to me on his phone. Oh well i thought i will just order one. Oh no said the vendor, you can only order it on the website. Worst kit launch ever!!!

There is a difference between on pitch captain and club captain so he could be the on the pitch captain without being team/club captain.

hit the nail on the head there GH

got any links? i cant find this anywhere...

that's an altered version of Ross McCormmack's signing picture. FAKE NEWS!!!! ALTERNATIVE FACTS!!!!!

The world is driven by this type od data insight. If you visit google, facebook, amazon etc they you are already givng up the data. I dont see this as a negative, but in fact a massive positive. And no, its not a new odea, but as a club we are starting to play catch-up as most successful clubs are already doing this. I work as a Data Scientist in the travel industry these days and can tell you having access to a customer public facebook data makes my ability to improve sales and drive incentives far easier and much more lucrative. If done right it will mean more revenue for the club - and im all for that.

I amswered your question. And you will find it was you who told people to leave. I merely suggested that if you ask a question and complain about the answer then a forum which is designed for open debate possibly isnt the best place for you. I didnt ask you to leave at all. Whereas you explicitly did.

I was asked a question so i answered it. If you dont like that, then i think forums are not for you...

A smart manager wouldnt publicly set goals he didnt believe were achievable. Its not like he said this as soon as he was in the door. He had been in charge over a month when he set this target. Seems to me ppl are far too eaher to make excuses for a man who looked clueless at best last season. I hope SB is the answer but my experience in the game and watching it tells me come christmas he will be gone and the next incombant will be in.

Is the defence decent? Chester is good i think we all agree Baker is ok but will miss at least 25% of games through injury. That leaves Rochards and Elphick as our senior backups who were both woeful last term and i think most believe should leave. So 2 senior defenders is a strong position? I think you need to rethink that one...

Nope

I have a sneaking suspicion that Terry may come in as a player-coach.

#NeverHadLegs

Link?