flashingqwerty

Nope

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

#NeverHadLegs

Link?

There's a reliable guy on twitter?

Not sure why people think an arrow through a heart os a negative think. Its an image associated with cupid. Id imagine its someone has fallen in love and will soon sign.

when does the transfer speculation start?

Is he not irish?

Hogan and McCormack as wide forwards? No, thanks!!!!!

Our current squad with a different tactical approach is capable of promotion. However if SB persists with his current tactical approach (or lack thereof) then i feel we still need 5/6 players to play it effectively enough to challenge for promotion.

When bruce took the job he said he expected to be competing for the playoffs come the end of the season. So by that mark he has failed as we were not even close to competeing...

There are plenty of pl quality keepers currently available for less than 5m. Keepers that are much better than sj and not 'old journeymen looking for a last payday'. Given the above, i think signing sj would be a huge mistake because i dont think he is ready for first team football and im far from convinced he has enough potential to be a pl keeper (having been a trainee keeper at villa myself 20 years ago)

Whether rdl is better than bree or not will depend heavily on hos recovery. I dont mind which of these two start if it means hutton is out of the picture. I think both are very good rbs for this division.

I also met my now wife online in 1999. We met on napster

James Wilson?

Bunn is out of contract so i dont think hed add any weight to negotiations.

The problem is SB hasnt put down a marker. We conceeded goals at roughly the same rate under SB as RDM and achieved a far superior shots per game under RDM. I firmly believe that much of SBs supposed success has to do with playing 10 men behind the ball most of the time and Kodjia getting used to playing here. If SB had been judged in the same way as RDM then he would have been sacked in jan/feb when we went 10 games without scoring. As i say, i dont think either manager was right for the club and didnt want either hired in the first place. Nothing that has happened on the pitch has changed my opinion. Major difference between SB and RDM is forwards (kodjias) form improved under SB but i think that would also have happened under RDM. And we have next to no attacking intent now whereas we did under RDM.

If someone were to ask me if i preferred the first 12 games of the season or the last 36 - despite myself, id have to say the first 12. We created loads of chances in those games only to be undone by lapses in concentration. I dont think rdm was a good choice, but i do think had rdm been given the same treatment as sb then we would have finished in roughly the same position and have been a hell of a lot more exciting to watch. For me rdm and sb are opposite ends of the spectrum one attacking and one defensive. We need something in the middle. A lot of people have been saying that the manager roundabout and team overhauls are ruining the club. And this is true. But all it takes is for the person in charge to choose the type of football they want us to play and hire personel that fit that identity. The reason our manager changes have done so much damage is because each manager we hire is completely different to the last. Perhaps its time the higher ups stamp an identity on what they want avfc to be and bring in people who fit this rather than saying "he was good for club x, lets buy him and see what happens"

As i understand it, Tony has an underlying condition and this issue has been expected for a while. I doubt his lifestyle helps but it isnt all down to that.

Actually, no it isnt. Go take a look at what German clubs charge. Even Bayern only charge 15-30 for match tickets. And despite what you may think , we arent even n the same planet quality wise never mind in the same league!!! 40k * £35 is 1.5 mill approx. In modern footballling terms this is a pittance. Reducing the cost of match tickets will have a marginal impact on the clubs income. As others have said, get more bums on seats and merchandising increases.

Just please god dont let SB sign him. Over the hill would be an understatement!!!

I dont know where the idea comes from that Bruce stopped us conceeding lots of goals... Under RDM we conceeded 11 in 12 and under Bruce 35 in 36. As percentages go that improvement is so slight as to be statistically insignificant. Bruce stooping us conceeding lots of goals is a myth despite him playing with at least 4 more players behind the ball than RDM did.

He lost momentum last season when we lost kodjia to afcon and we had nothing to replace him with. We will start the season next year without kodjia so bruce needs to put a style in place that wont see us implode without him. Is he up to doing this? In my opinion , no , as he has so far in his villa tenure showed no sign of being able to utilise the abilities of the players we have other than kodjia. I hope im wrong

Sam Allardyce is available... Just saying...

Ill take that bet if you mean by 'far better' that he gets 22 points from 11 games which is whats needed for automatic promotion