Spoony

We have a manager who has been promoted from the Championship 4 times. We have signed all of the Championship's best strikers. We have a premier league CB as captain. We signed Forrest's captain, Barnsley's talisman and an Icelandic dude who tore up the Euros. WHY ARE WE STILL AWFUL I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYMORE!!!!!

I'm really surprised by this and surprised by the people defending him! You are employed by your club (who pay you millions), not by the club's goalkeeping coach. The coming and going of staff is none of his business unless he has a complete relationship break down with the management, which doesn't appear to be the case. I stuck up from Gollini through his errors but now I feel a bit betrayed as he's just blaming any old crap rather than owing up to the fact that he might not be ready and needs to knuckle down and improve. Sell sell sell. We don't need these attitudes at Villa. We have had enough of this shite over the years from juvenile princesses like him who think they're owed the world. Steve Bruce & team have seen plenty of decent goalkeepers excel in their time so don't give me this crap about training. Don't give him a second chance.

Behave

From a business perspective, it's mental to get these deals done in 1 month. I'm never surprised that these things drag. Club and player always wait for a better offer, especially if they're in no rush to sell or the player is in no rush to move. That's why nothing really happens in Jan for ANY club and why these things just get put off until the summer.

I periodically make this plea, but please can we give [manager name] time. We have wasted so much money and bought so much shite because we keep chopping and changing managers who are desperate to buy their way to an instant fix. We just need to give a manager the time and the money to buy a decent squad but it takes a few years. Please can we just give Bruce time and support and wait a couple of years for continued stability that would take us up the leagues...

I think they just accidently left in "sounds like: Hoolihan" in the Aston Villa rumour generator

Ditto. Wouldn't happen though. The only player I hate too much to have back is Ashley Young after THAT dive against us.

He has had 13 games now so can we stop saying it is "luck" or fretting so much about performances and give him some credit for the miracle that he has worked? He has won 7 drawn 4 lost 2. We have gone from relegation contenders to play off hopefuls. Considering all that has gone before him, that really is excellent, A+, Distinction, First with Honours. These aren't even his players so it's no wonder at times he has to sort of cram them into his system. I don't think we will go up this year but give the guy a summer and I think he'll take us up.

But we do have our longest winning streak at home for 30 years, he's taken us from relegation contenders to play off hopefuls in no time at all and without a transfer window and we don't really lose games anymore. Suddenly we are a good team even though it's the same bunch of no-hopers RDM through together, so I think I'll take it.

Jeeeeeez these match threads are always so negative and angry!

A lot of these players don't seem to realise it's January, we are wealthy, we are in the market and Bruce will be eyeing up those who can be culled... Anyway, another 3 points, YAY.

Let's now do a win

Wow it must be true that it's a sell-out then cos no bugger is updating us on here!!! Throw us abroad sorts a bone chaps

Next you'll be telling me Hutton slipped up, Jedinak won the ball and misplaced a pass and meanwhile Baker has cracked his head open...

We buy a lot of average midfielders and then get rid of them. I wish we'd have just saved up and bought Pogba.

I don't want to be negative but I actually think this one screams 0-0. As someone else said, it's basically a cup game. We are a scalp, they will be desperate for a result and defend to the death.

Too early to call him a waste of money. You don't go from championship goal machine to utter crap in a matter of months.

Far from romantically nourishing but I'll take 3 points. Onwards and upwards!

Tried this before. Sometimes you are just told to **** off and get out of the bushes.

Anyone else notice we are now more last minute goal scorey than concedey now. It's nice.

To win four side by side oh well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Really is the first out of the door for me. Not committed and offers nothing that Kodjia or McCormack don't. Incredibly unlikeable and overrated player.

Bit mixed on Gollini. I am desperate for him to do well, he obviously has talent, he is so young and you can't ignore the fact he has kept a lot of clean sheets and we are not conceding many goals at all. However, he lacks a bit of experience and confidence and I agree with those saying he just might not quite be the finished product (yet). I'd like us to sign a very experienced keeper who could. Be number one for say 2 seasons and who Gollini could learn off of, like a Schmeichel, Given or Friedel.