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5 minutes ago, pete101 said:

Think we might have a few angry people on here and hour before kick off on Thursday, can really see us going weak on Thursday 

I agree with Emery if this is his thinking for Thursday.  If Spurs get a point or three today, then we need to be fresher and mentally prepared for Liverpool.

2 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said:

The squad was hit my 3 ACL injuries to important players and several other injuries all season. I think the squad has done incredibly well to sustain things this far.

Completely agree. How many other teams could have coped with 3 ACLs and still had a fantastic European campaign and maintained 4th in the PL for most of the season?

Just now, sharkyvilla said:

Looked like a hamstring injury, I'd be surprised to see him again.

Ahhh cock. 

Injured injured or a little knock injured?

1 minute ago, abdulaziz1 said:

Much important game right now than ours, we were tired, hope Liverpool win this. I’m more stressed on this game than ours, I knew it was going to be tough, I also think UE got it wrong, he needs to start Tim, we won’t be as bad. 

A kid who’s not played in the Premier League is not going to be our sudden saviour.

Just now, DakotaVilla said:

Emery totally shit the bed today. McGinn and Luiz in the double pivot never works. playing cash right wing meaning we had Bailey left. WTAF. 
 

Nonsense. We have no-one else fit. 

Just now, The_Steve said:

Are we finishing 6th still?

Man Utd 4th, Chelsea 5th, Spurs 6th, Newcastle 7th, Villa 8th.  

Tired. Just running on empty.  
 

Not sure how we bring the energy on Thursday and next Monday.

11 minutes ago, sidcow said:

All declared to the taxman as well no doubt. 

Yes it will be as it’s a well known restaurant and he’s on PAYE. The tips are paid to him properly through payroll. 

43 minutes ago, sidcow said:

So Mrs Sidcow is convinced 15% is the new standard for tipping. 

These days with the 4 of us any kind of pub meal it going to be £80 odd plus.  That means we're at least tipping a waitress the minimum hourly wage. 

If she's waiting say 4 tables that night she's probably taking home 5 times the minimum wage.  Sounds like a hell of a job? 

10% max. Or 5-8% if it’s a big bill. 

My mate is a waiter in a nice restaurant, he makes £300 a day due to tips. Only works 3 days a week and clears £50k a year. 

1 hour ago, Xela said:

Yes.

Tipped 3 times this week. 

Taxi driver home the other day - coupe of quid. Went out for a meal with 3 mates last week, and we all left a fiver as a tip each, and a couple of quid tonight for the pizza delivery guy. 

I also tip my barber. 

 

Thats a lot of tipping. 

Taxi drivers - interesting one, why? 

2 hours ago, Jas10 said:

 

Big improvement.  Solid 4/10 now.

Can we claw back 2 goals and get through to the final?

1 hour ago, ben1505 said:

It's been asked before, but if we end up qualified in 4th by Monday Morning will Emery go all out or bust with our best side against the greeks

I think he’s going to do that anyway.

48 minutes ago, T-Dog said:

Is that something the mayor can do? I don't understand anything in this world any more.

Public transport upgrades comes under the regional major. They get a decent budget from central government to spend on schemes.

2 hours ago, ben1505 said:

I think we’ll either win, lose or draw this… you heard it here first…

I don’t believe you.

2 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said:

Only meant for the lap of honour. 

Ohhhh yeah that makes sense!

58 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said:

No one here really knows, true.

We can only look at the facts available to us (published accounts and the losses they show, extended accounting period to the end of June, proposal for £135m allowed losses) and draw our own conclusions.

I think there is strong evidence to suggest we are at risk, others might disagree.

Yeah there is a lot of little things that point to Villa being extremely close to the limit.  

Another one is the sale of young players with buyback clauses, creating a little bit of a fiddle for FFP.  
 

4 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said:

Last home game of the season being put on a Monday night is a disgrace and should never happen.

Combination of transport and it being very late on a Monday likely means the stadium is half empty.

Well seeing it sold out in an hour and every seat is still sold out (even singles) with no returns showing, I think it’ll be a good atmosphere in a full ground.

4 minutes ago, Don_Simon said:

I was sat in Lower Holte yesterday, row D, block L2. 

The atmosphere towards supporting the players was non-existant. The vitriol sent Matty Cash's and Robin Olsen's way was toxic and disgusting. Zero, literally, zero chanting of support apart from celebrations when we scored. 

It was a nasty experience and one I will not be repeating in that part of the ground. 

Those fans do not deserve these players. 

Edit: Just to add, we normally sit Upper Holte or Upper North Stand using our Claret Club Memberships. 

That's strange. Is that where all the weirdos and pessimists gather?

I do find the upper Upper Trinity to have the most optimism, mainly because a lot of people there don't attend many games so are enjoying the day out win or lose.

7 hours ago, turvontour said:

It's interesting the bookies have us as odds on to win the second leg, and basically second favourites to win the competition behind Fiorentina. 

That's just the bookies who either haven't got round to changing their odds yet, or already have a lot of punters who had already bet on Villa to win. 

Look at Betfair with it's live odds for example...

Fiorentina - 1.5 /1

Olympiacos - 2.1 /1

Villa - 4.3 /1

Club Brugge - 6.6 /1

15 minutes ago, onmeedson said:

It's Tranmere all over again.

What happened with Tranmere?

31 minutes ago, Philosopher said:

I feel the defensive side of his game is the only real weakness other than sometimes holding on to the ball too long. On the left this can be targeted. So I'd prefer to see him behind Ollie where the if he gets caught out defensively he isn't exposing our left back or trying to cover for the left back. As both our lefts backs aren't the best defensively.

I'm pretty sure Emery will drill the defensive side into him. That's probably the easiest part to teach if you already have the other attributes for your role anyway.

40 minutes ago, Philosopher said:

 Can't wait for his 20th prem goal! Hope he is in line for a huge bonus.

But not so huge that it tips us over the FFP edge.