DJ_Villain

Why is he further up the pecking order than Chambers?!

How did this bloke end up on the books at Barcelona?

I trust Unai to the ends of the earth with his decisions regarding our club…

but some of them I don’t understand…

and the continued inclusion of Lenglet is one of them…

37 minutes ago, imavillan said:

The melt down on here about Unai by some posters is truly remarkable.

UE is the best manager this club has had in donkey's years.

But, as with any manager, does he get everything right? no of course not. We have come so far in such a short time with a smallish squad. It's quite remarkable to be where we are.

He's been here in just over a year and we've had a fantastic year of watching good football, great results etc and now we find ourselves in the top 6. We could only have dreamt that at the start of the season.

Arguably with the players, squad, injuries etc we are, and have been, punching above our weight to get where we are.

I can only assume that some of the comments on here are borne from frustration, a lack of football knowledge or just trolling for effect.

What UE has achieved in the time he's been here is nothing short of fantastic. 

In my opinion, this level of form is just a short term blip. We were not bad today, far from it. If we'd have come away with a draw people on here would have been playing a different tune. Our decision making in the final third was poor today, It's the fine margins.

We are still in a terrific position and between now and the end of the season we will win a lot more matches than we lose. 

UE was appointed on the 24th Oct 2023......he needs far more time, more transfer windows to change personnel. Yes it's frustrating of course it is, but stick with him, back him and we'll be fine.

Keep the faith.....UTV

 

 

 

The kicker with this is that even if he wanted to get everything right, he has limited means to do so…

Hes doing so, so well with what was left to him from previous managers… we’ve had some nasty injuries to key players and we have punched well above our weight…

Hes had 3 transfer windows now and it’s clear that he doesn’t want to spend money for the sake of it to make up numbers… He has actively wanted to sign players who will be a valuable asset to the team… and id say, considering who he has brought in, that he has done that very very well…

The days of Sylla, Beye and Holman are long gone…

4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I like Cash. I think the problem is we are growing as a team and he isn’t on the levels we are aspiring too. He’s fine for the time being though.

Exactly…

when he was signed, we needed a player of his calibre - and he fit the bill magnificently at the time - but we have rolled on much further than his ability will allow him to keep up with…

The management structure and quality of players around him have improved significantly since he signed and, as shitty as it sounds to say about someone who has been brilliant for us - there are better options out there for us who we are now more than capable of convincing to play for us

He’s become a squad player in the making…

Unai will want him replaced by someone significantly better…

At least with Moreno and Digne there is competition for the LB spot…

I get the feeling whoever Unai has lined up for RB will be light years ahead of Matty… and as much as it sucks for Cash and I feel for him and wish him the best…
What the club (and Emery) wants comes first

1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said:

I don’t think he showed us disrespect at all. 
As for the wife analogy, surely a more fitting and accurate analogy. Is you look to move to an employer who pays more and wins more awards.

Not to mention moving to an employer whose blatant breaking of anti-competition rules almost put “your club” out of business…

and on top of that, cheating to help them succeed against “your club”

all whilst crying to the media and putting out this false front that you have “your clubs” best interests at heart…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

id rather see that word removed on fire in a Man City team bus with all of his pals than represent our club again

1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said:

I don’t think he showed us disrespect at all. 
As for the wife analogy, surely a more fitting and accurate analogy. Is you look to move to an employer who pays more and wins more awards.

Dunno about you, but I don’t remember ever having a job that I’d dreamt of having since I was a child, where l was worshipped by thousands of people who all loved the same company that I had wanted to work for the entire time, where people brought replicas of the company uniform with my name on the back and where people sung songs glorifying me

1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said:

I don’t think he showed us disrespect at all. 
As for the wife analogy, surely a more fitting and accurate analogy. Is you look to move to an employer who pays more and wins more awards.

He definitely did…

1 hour ago, Keyblade said:

He's better than Ramsey and Zaniolo, so if we had a chance to sign him for a reasonable package, why wouldn't we? Because he made some Villa fans sad a few years ago?

Yeah, pretty much…

Any other player does it - I can understand - you’re a well paid mercenary  (see Ashley Young)

but he was supposed to be one of us…

Lied to the fans who were asking him if he was staying, kept them thinking he was going to stay so they bought the new kit with his name on, **** off, compared his leaving to Messi leaving Barcelona, went to the media to cry about how he “really wanted to come back for the West Ham game” but didn’t because he didn’t know how he would be received (bearing in mind Albrighton and Smith were both sacked by the club yet continue to come to show their support on their days off), dived against us…

what else does “Mr Aston Villa” “Still just Jack the Aston Villa fan from Solihull” expect?

40 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

Not comparable. The City Group is an extension of the sports washing arm of UAE extending from Troyes, Yokohama, Girona and others including in India and China. 
 

The aim of V Sports is primarily about infrastructure and developing networks of talents. Not directly owning clubs or being minority or majority shareholders with every team. Take for example Vissel Kobe in Japan, it's a partnership and working to develop talent. We aren't aggressively buying clubs under the banner of the petro state. 

 

Exactly… what they are doing is corrupt, immoral sportswashing…

What we are doing is for the good of the partner clubs…

29 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Dwight Yorke at United.

You use them, indulge them but sooner or later you cut them loose. Jack wasn't going to keep getting away with it.

 

He's still a world class footballer, and you'd all still have him back tomorrow, as would Unai.

 

Nah, you’re alright…

Hes nailed his colours to the mast… Persona non grata as far as im concerned 

13 minutes ago, tinker said:

He will run his contract down then come back to villa on a free.

What? For a nice chunky signing on bonus? To say how he is “Villa till he dies and oooh, that’s a lot of money XYZ are offering, bye”

1 hour ago, Kiwivillan said:

Grealish when he gets home from training

That’s assuming his house hasn’t been robbed…

On 04/02/2024 at 17:51, Genie said:

I guess the risk is she is put on the stand and says she lied about what happened, it was all consensual role play, she likes it rough etc the case could just fall apart wasting everybody’s time and money.

Then she should be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice and wasting police time…

15 hours ago, Genie said:

Biggest issue with convicting Greenwood was the change of heart of the accuser (for what£v£r reason) to give evidence against him in court.

Fact of the matter is that, with the evidence that had already been given, it should have been automatically elevated from a civil matter into a legal one…

His behaviour demonstrated in those recordings, with the photos of the bruising etc etc is enough to prove he is a menace… the accusers previous comments and accusations should be used in court to prosecute him, whether she wants it to continue or not…

Doesnt matter how much money he has coughed up

On 02/02/2024 at 21:37, captain said:

Wasn't Evans found not guilty at the retrial ? 

Yeah well… no smoke without fire… Greenwood had voice notes of him demanding sexual favours from a girl under threats of violence and intimidation and he got let off the hook because of money.

Id imagine money can afford a pretty top notch legal team to get you off of anything when the opposition has one that can be afforded with coupons

25 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Its a lot of "fans" usually from African and Asian countries. Was the same with Hakimi and they are actively hating when we do rainbow laces for example

Yep… and the very same people usually say that the English media don’t stigmatise white players for the same crimes…

Conveniently not paying any attention at how Ched Evans,  Adam Johnson, Gylfi Sigurdsson and many many other white players were (justifiably) harangued for being pervy rapists

2 hours ago, Genie said:

A bit like the chant for Anthony last week by the Newport fans, maybe Jude was calling him the greatest.

Possibly even the greatest rapist?

8 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said:

Agree to disagree on everything else, but with this I am wondering if it is because of the age gap between him and the rest of that group. He's at least 5 years younger than almost everyone else in that group. 

Yeah, but it isn’t school…

they are grown adults… there is no stigma about hanging round with the person five years younger than you…

Just heard him talking on the radio and it was a blast from the past…

Bolo Zenden

17 hours ago, Genie said:

The attendance for the Italian Super Cup semi-final between Napoli and Fiorentina in Saudi Arabia

Serie A really sold its soul for money.

 

Such a shame.

Ive always been more fond of the Serie A than La Liga…

In my opinion, the teams have more character and personality…

3 hours ago, DJBOB said:

On topic Saudis.

They can try to buy it as much as they like - but they'll have the same problem China has until they develop their own homegrown model.

They have put a lot of investment in that model but outside of Asia, they'll continue to struggle to avoid the retirement league label.

On topic… They aren’t buying players because they love the sport or are interested in developing it in their country… they just want to throw money around and show how easy it is that they can buy people and convince them to go against their principles when you throw oil money in their face…

it’s literally the only logical reason the Saudis went out of their way to sign Jordan Henderson…

Good player, yeah… but in the same bracket as Benzema, Ronaldo and others?

Nah…

Off topic:

not massively bothered by baseball to be honest…

NFL and NHL is more my thing

55 minutes ago, Zatman said:

England and Netherlands have a passing interest in football?

Strange

I know right…

i was born in Sutton Coldfield and I have never heard of it…

I much prefer Buzkashi…

that’s a proper sport…

32 minutes ago, DJBOB said:

Off-topic but do yourself a favor and go to a Pirates game at PNC Park with an infield seat. One of the best views from a baseball stadium in the US.

Team is shit but enjoy the skyline!

Off topic!

What time of year is the MLB season? I’m looking at going in the September to November time (when it’s going to be f**king freezing) so I can try to catch the Steelers and the Penguins

2 minutes ago, Tommo_b said:

Henderson should be honest about his reasons for joining Ajax, I can’t believe he’s gone there for footballing reasons. Maybe I’m wrong. 

I thought he was going on a one man quest to “spread football to the world”

Yet the only three counties he will have played in are all countries who have, at the very very least, a passing interest in football…

Its not like he jumped at the chance to join the Tongan, Haitian or Mongolian leagues is it…

7 hours ago, bobzy said:

Not even sure where to start with this.

I mean, of course it would be great for Asian football to develop a powerful league that could compete with the riches of the European leagues.  If you're a fan of football, you'd want that sport to be enhanced and enriched closer to home.

It sort of ties in with the bit in bold (which is mental).  The majority of fans of, say, the NFL in England don't have "Manchester Titans" as their supported teams - it's an American franchise; because that's where the better players/better version of the sport lies.  In the same way that kids growing up may well idolise Messi/Mbappe/Haaland/whoever and have shirts regarding that player.  Even if we take who we support - my local team who I should support according to you is Solihull Moors (granted, I follow them pretty loosely) - yet I support Aston Villa; probably because they were the big team in the area.

Ok... Heres my take on this part...

I have been a fan of American football since I was 11...
I got Joe Montanas NFL on the old Sega Genesis...
Being an 11 year old kid who knew nothing about American football, American geography or the teams involved in the sport and who had never been to the states, I needed to pick a team... So I picked a team beginning with the first letter of my name "P" and then I picked the colours I liked... which turns out that I picked the Steelers over the Falcons...

To my luck, it turns out that the Steelers have been, historically, quite a good team... but the picking of which was completely arbitrary...

I wouldnt call myself a "diehard fan" or claim that I had "Black and gold blood flowing through my veins"...

Now, I have never been to the States, Ive never been to the Steelers stadium (however, I am planning on going this year to see them play and also hopefully the Penguins in the NFL).

I have zero grounds to start piping up, throwing around slurs about the other teams/"franchises" and calling them small, or mediocre - criticising their fan bases or history...
Claiming the Steelers are the be all and end all and thinking that my knowledge of a game ... I dont feel I have the right to do that...
I wasnt born there, my support wasnt passed down from my grandparents, to my parents to me like a lot of people are who are fans of the Villa being born in the area...

But it does seem to be that the supporters of the Saudi pro league from those areas (who literally picked whichever team was winning at the time so they could feel successful vicariously through the clubs) are the most vocal when it comes to their criticisms of some well supported, famous and historical clubs in our country...

They seem over the moon that the Saudi leagues are taking the best (see also: famous but over the hill players looking for a last payday) from Europe...
but also want to champion clubs in Europe that have all the best players and win all the trophies as well and have incredibly uneducated and disrespectful views regarding other teams...

I just think its rude and hypocritical to be fair...

Its not like they picked a team based on the badge or the colour... they could have ended up supporting Sheffield Wednesday or Nottingham Forest...
but funnily enough, they all end up supporting whoever was winning at the time... Hence the miraculous swell of support by non-Europeans of Man City since 2008... because from my experience, none of them know who or what Shaun Goater, Nicky Weaver and Maine Road are