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Top post. Colour me convinced. Just gotta somehow create the chances. No pressure lads.

Agreed. That's why Tammy is a bit of a find. Tall, strong, can hold it up, but is also not slow. Don't get me wrong I think he still needs work. He needs far too many chances to score for a Prem player, but if he gets that in his locker he will be immense. I'd be happy to get him in again on loan tbh, and in the meantime blood an existing young'un or get a young, hungry backup who we can bring on through the seasopn with a view to being the main man next year. I appreciate this goes against what I said before about experience, but I think we could make an exception for Tammy.

Definitely not Gayle. Also not sure I'd go for Maupay, as much as I think he could be decent. It's a matter of risk for me. It's one of the only positions where I think decent prem experience will tell, which is why they go for the big bucks I suppose. There have been plenty of decent footballing sides come up from the championship, but just don't score enough. Even more of an issue when you play with one up and need someone to hold it up to bring our wide men in, and score stacks of goals. I think someone on VT earlier this year said that the difference between prem and championship strikers (and other positions) was that whilst championhship players can do one or two things well, prem players have a broader skillset. That's why I worry about recruiting a championship striker. I'm sure DS will have done his due diligence though.

Not sure if there has been any reputable link with him yet, but Phillips pls. Ta.

Well done Boys!! Battling 100% effort performance to shut up the critics. It's gonna be like a graveyard on here tomorrow, with nothing to complain about. UP THE VILLA!!!!! COME ON!!

Game, not games. You can't use the plural. 29% of the fans want MON out after one game. And you can't use the end of last year as reasoning either, because we all looked at the table at the end of the season and were happy with our position, and that takes into account the whole season not just the bits we want to remember to illustrate our point. Last year is gone. Over. If you want to get your red pens and clipboards out and start shouting 'WRONG', then at least be consistent. In fact, why stop at one game, why not ask for MON's head after the first half of the first game, or after the first bad pass? I will entertain this discussion at Christmas, not before. I've never known such impatient whiners in my life. EDIT. OK... 25%

It shows that people love the Villa and want the best for it. Wanting one underperforming clun employee sacked isn't being fickle. Going off to support another team would be fickle. You call booing at half time when 1 down support? I don't believe they were booing due to the score. I believe it was the horrible football that was being played by the home side. And we played better after all the booing, Yes?

It shows that people love the Villa and want the best for it. Wanting one underperforming clun employee sacked isn't being fickle. Going off to support another team would be fickle. You call booing at half time when 1 down support?

Certainly everyone is entitled to an opinion ,this is Britain. You are absolutely entitled as paying fans to act like spoiled fickle cocks after one game, particularly after a successful pre-season. Just don't be surprised when folks start laughing and if god forbid, those who are asking for MON to be sacked get their way, don't blame others when that kind of short termism leads to our downfall.

The fact that this thread is being rehashed after one game, and the booing when the players need SUPPORT from 'supporters' is frankly embarrassing.

James Milner scares grass.

In training,when James Milner does press-ups, he doesn't push his body up, he pushes the world down.

The bent and west ham situation, I find quite funny. West Ham are clearly going to be the next Leeds. They buy up players, and put them on crazy wages (if i remember rightly, parker was given a wage of about 70k a week) 80k a week for bent. Its not like their owner has Abramovich wealth. I prefer the way we are building and (much as I hate to say it) how spuds have progressed, by buying potential. We all praise our youth system, and rightly so, but there are several coming through (steiber springs to mind) who were aquired at the age of 16, or 17 on the basis of promise, and moulded by the youth setup into potentially quality premiership players. I prefer our way. Spam are going for short term success, we are building a legacy.

It was a joke, but consider myself rebuked. I would sign the chap tomorrow. MON has obviously been speaking to Big John about him and hopefully, the fact that BJ (unfortunate initials) is enjoying his football here will persuade him. It would be a serious coup, but I just hope that a deal is close if it is coming, because we may be drawing a bit too much attention to this one.

That was a special goal, but let's not ever buy a keeper from the french league, cos on most of the videos put up so far, they look like a bag of spanners.

I want to set someone a challenge to make titus bramble look like a defensive god on you tube. That would be really funny.

If it was just one game then it's ok, but if not, that is a seriously misguided trademark.

What the monkeys is all the dummy thing about. I though the savo bandanna thing was quite cool, but seriously! a dummy?

Dont ya just love it when someone says their uncles best mates barber saw ronaldo trying on clothes at primark at the bullring or something. I live for days like that.

Do you not think that there has been a definite attempt on behalf of the club so far to be quiet with regard to transfers. In previous years we have had to officially play up every link, so that it looks like we have ambition. I prefer this way.

Point is, if we do go for top signings, I would rather have a carew/young type who fit into a system rather than a real marquee player for whom we have to adapt a new system, and who does not gel with our overall style of play.

Newcastle have lots of big names, reading don't. Look at the league. First and foremost there must be a functioning team. If subsequent signings are prestige players it would be immense, but I would take a team of hardworking professionals over names signed for their own sake. Just because they aren't big names, does not mean they would not improve our first team or give options with regard to team formation. Any random right back from a middling prem. team would be in our first team. And any halfway decent defensive midfielder.

maturity, and patience are the two things we need. And tenacity. Maturity patience and tenacity are the three things we need. And cunning... etc, etc.

Good point.

Spot on, and it's also fair to say that with the maturity of the current crop of youth talent that we have nurtured and most crucially, have held on to, we already have the basis of a decent side when fully fit. In my opinion the wholesale changes that some on here tout as a new horizon for villa may not happen and may be unwarrented in any case.