djdabush

Can't help but think that the insistence that he wouldn't sign a contract because he wasn't getting enough first team minutes was a ploy by his agent to get him game time to put him in the shop window for a big money making move. 

29 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

But you asked why?

No one should get abused, but if you have looked through her Insta, it would obviously attract all the jealous weirdo types, an it comes with the territory, she should know that, its a cruel world. An to be fair, she doesn't get millions of followers because of her footballing skills, unfortunately.

Yeah but more importantly, is she aware she has an 11 page thread on VillaTalk?

I quite like it but it's definitely got a 'hotel quality, sateen duvet set' look to it.

One thing is for sure, Johnson filled his cabinet with top talent to choose from for the vacant position. Dorries, Zahawi, Braverman, Raab, that one who lasted a day before resigning. The list really is endless.

7 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said:

Gullis is such a slapdick, even his resignation letter has got a glaring typo in it.

Fun fact! He used to work as a teacher at Fairfax. Poor kids.

13 minutes ago, bickster said:

I really don't know why he's bothered, it won't make any difference to Johnson, the Tories or him personally.

Expect a knighthood at some point because it's most likely an attempt to deflect attention from Johnson. even if it is genuine, it's too late, the writing has been on the wall for ages and they had an opportunity to get rid of him which the party as a whole passed up

I'm not sure it's an effort to deflect from Boris. The 'we cannot carry on with business as usual. Somebody must take responsibility' reads as a bit of a dig to me. Think it more likely he's trying to position himself away from Johnson ahead of him getting removed.

On 06/06/2022 at 08:26, djdabush said:

 

It sounds like he will win the vote and there's no way he'll resign. Expect a hammering in these upcoming by-elections and a lot of tory mps feeling worried about their future.

Call me Nostradamus. Wonder how many MPs are regretting their decision in that no confidence vote. I'm guessing we will see the 1922 rulebook getting torn up in the very near future.

It sounds like he will win the vote and there's no way he'll resign. Expect a hammering in these upcoming by-elections and a lot of tory mps feeling worried about their future.

Just now, catanzaro said:

Any good??

Had a quick look over at a Blackpool forum and most seem genuinely gutted about it. Seems a bit of an odd situation given that he's done a good job with Blackpool and is well thought of by the fans.

If Grealish had stayed at Villa last season, got 3 goals and 3 assists in the league and was played as conservatively as he did for City you can absolutely guarantee he would be getting lots of criticism.

Really weird argument that he was disappointing but because we are Villa fans we can't use statistics that back up that he was poor, we have to quantify it in some other way.

26 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

I'm not sure he contributed little. He played 26 league games. He spent more time on the pitch than Mahrez and Sterling.

Yes he'll be annoyed he didn't play yesterday and yes he'll know he needs to improve

And despite being on the pitch for more time he contributed far less in goals and assists than both players. 3 goals and 3 assists is an extremely poor return (especially for £100m player) and he'll have to improve drastically in order not be considered a massive flop.

1 hour ago, bickster said:

Yes, that was my thought too. Given the destroyed train line in said region and today a big fire at an Agrichemical facility, it still suggests the likelihood of an active unit in the area

Have you seen the video of the explosion? Certainly sounds like a missile strike. There's evidence that the TB-2 was brought down in Kursk Oblast as it was returning home.

1 hour ago, ender4 said:

He's doing ok, not amazing, not terrible.   

Jack Grealish, the 3.6 Roentgen of the football world.

Fabricant, Gullis, Dorries. What an embarrassment that these sycophantic idiots are in government.

Looks like the Ukranians blew up a Russian ship in Berdyansk with two others seen fleeing. Another massive loss for Russia if confimed.

In the fixture between these two teams a few weeks ago at St James' Park, Shelvey scissored an Everton player. I remember watching it at the time and thinking how much it reminded me of the Ben Mee challenge on Wesley. That was given a yellow and seemingly barely reviewed.

I was always in favour of VAR but I don't think it has led to an improvement in poor decisions and just seems to highlight the inconsistency and bias towards certain clubs and players. If that was Harry Kane who made the challenge do you think he would have been sent off?

1 hour ago, Made In Aston said:

Gerrard said there would be changes for Watford. I don't think they're are many he can make without negatively affecting the quality of the first 11. Possibly Sanson for Ramsey /Mcginn and Ings for Watkins? Bailey isn't a no. 10 so can't replace Buendia and we don't have any genuine cover at full back or DCM. That leaves you with the kids like Iroebunam and Chuckwumeka. Don't think I trust either to stay just yet. 

Pretty much came to post the same thing although I do wonder if he might try Sanson as a 6 as I just don't see him dropping either Ramsey or McGinn.

I think everyone knows how he likes to play now with full backs providing width and the two 8s covering them in transition. The problem last night was that McGinn and Ramsey didn't seem to be providing much cover and the defence got overwhelmed. I thought our discipline in general was lacking last night and that's why it ended up being so open and frentic. 

Considering we have very little height in our team it's pretty amazing how many set pieces we've scored and how few we've conceded from. Think we've benefited massively from having him on board.

Tom Carroll can feel very hard done by to not see his name mentioned here.

His Instagram is pretty polished, lots of photos depicting a luxury lifestyle without anything too controversial. His Twitter account on the other hand seems to be him firing shots at every troll on there, no filter at all. Very strange.

Is there actually any point in the referee going to a screen to watch the replay because they always overturn their decision anyway. I get that they are trying to emphasise that the referee on the pitch has supreme authority but in practice that's just not the case.

6 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Missed for Villa in the Premier League

He also scored in the shoot out against the Baggies in the playoffs.