Tomaszk

7 hours ago, HolteExile said:

Unless there's a clause, Palace or the likes of Fulham won't be selling their best players to us. 

They will if the players aren't signing new contracts.

7 hours ago, HolteExile said:

For the fees we'd have to go to for Anderson, Eze or whatever it would be eyewatering in the extreme and limit what else we could do. 

Agree it'll be very expensive.

We won't be signing Eze or Olise. Andersen is an interesting name though, that's possible IMO.

4 hours ago, Nicho said:

Thought he was rubbish today, the only positive is that he continues to work hard. 

Harsh IMO.

Him and Zaniolo did loads of support for the defence today. Crucial.

He's still not back up to that early season form though. Confidence has gone a bit from his game. It will return.

5 hours ago, Delphinho123 said:

He’s been great this season. He does have the niggling habit of being better from the bench than from the start quite often though. Weird.

Bailey has been directly involved in seven goals as a substitute in the Premier League this season (three goals, four assists), more than any other player.

Best game for Villa that.

Really good.

Add him to the pile of everyone that has improved under Emery.

As well as preposterous quality overall, he's just got that X-Factor.

Something magical about him.

If we go to a penalty shootout this season...imagine the confidence all the takers will have knowing Emi is trying to stop the opponents.

Really strong today.

Everyone had to be switched on and he was leading by example throughout.

His buttocks also looked sublime.

Never seen a turnaround like it.

Never ever.

Marvellous.

6 hours ago, VillaChris said:

I've always liked Joachim Anderson and he's just put in a sensational performance at Anfield, one of the best I've seen from a CB all season.

Think he has two years left and think he can play both sides so that's the sort of useful signing where we could switch more to a back 3 next season if required.

We tried to sign him before he went to Palace. Very good player. Very good character on the pitch.

Not certain what positions we'll spend big, be interesting to see.

I'm in the minority that I don't mind Konsa+Cash as RB options (plus £9m Nedelkovic!). A CB isn't out of the question with some uncertainty around Mings.

Andersen would be high cost, high quality, minimal risk. Wouldn't hate it.

4 hours ago, Mantis said:

If Arsenal and City win this week, where does that leave us coefficient-wise? Because while 4th is far from sorted, 5th all but is now.

If Bayern knock Arsenal out, that's pretty big. Leverkusen are already big favourites to win Europa, so Germany will be in a great place.

The sooner I can go back to wanting every English side but Villa to lose all the time, the better.

4th and no UCL for 5th is 100% the best outcome for us.

Best game for Villa.

Does what he's told to do. Powers forward. Gets us up the pitch.

Really really impressive. Unai definitely still knocking some rough angles off as well.

Do what the great man tells you, and you'll fly as a footballer.

4 hours ago, AshVilla said:

He'd have like 25 goals already if he could take a pen.

What a season.

Incredible, yes.

As soon as Luiz misses one, I think he'll be there now asking for them back.

Not appalling at all! Daje!

You won't get too many tougher games than that. Ran miles back and forward down that wing.

Size of the ****, I've been wanting him to knock some opponents over since he arrived! If he can toughen up and find some consistency, he can make it here.

£19.2m (plus I suspect a decent wedge more when we qualify for Champions League) is the price. Still unsure myself.

Best game for Villa.

I can't quite believe what I've just watched. Unbelievable.

That was really special.

21 minutes ago, sidcow said:

What has the world become where people endorse throwing a game when we can taste The Champions League?

The world where we have two more winnable games coming up in the next seven days.

Three points available v Bournemouth. Three v Arsenal.

Rest legs for me.

10 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

We're the only team in the top 12 they've beaten away from home....

Typical 

Ten Hag in!

2 hours ago, Kiwivillan said:

They have 14pts from 15 away games this season

Bet that was all teams at the bottom as well.

On 12/04/2024 at 22:45, useless said:

Finley Munroe signed his first professional contract today, Mark Harrison speaks of him transitioning to senior football in his little write up thing that he does when an academy player signs a contract, so I think good chance we will be seeing him go out on loan next season

He really needs to work on that name. You don't make it in the PL by being a Charles Dickens character.

1 minute ago, GingerCollins29 said:

Arsenal loss

Bournemouth draw (on good form) 

Chelsea draw

Brighton loss

Liverpool loss

Palace win

Feasible results.

As we've been the last two months... probably likely.

If we improve, we could definitely get 10+.

1 minute ago, GingerCollins29 said:

How far do you want to go back? I'm talkng recent form

There is no reasonable argument against us being in poor form. From what we've put on this season, we have recently been poor.

Wouldn't worry about debating it if someone insists we aren't. They see things differently.

On 08/04/2024 at 16:46, Tomaszk said:

Because I'm insane as well... Newcastle have a very easy run in, we won't be resting anyone while they can mathematically catch us in 5th.

INSANE LIKE A FOX!

6 points will be enough for us. I'd definitely sign up for 7 from 6 right now.

8 hours ago, GlobalVillan said:

Konsa ar rb is a disaster. Going forward he isn't ever going to overlap with Bailey and defensively we let in so many goals you'd think we were fighting relegation.

He's excellent there.

He's very missed at centre half though.

I've had a sudden feeling he's going to go really strong.

Almost the same team three games in a row.