Don_Simon

8 hours ago, Adman said:

Sorry I'm not overcome with the magnitude of this gesture.  I'll work on it by clapping at traffic lights

You've got this buddy. Keep the faith.

5 hours ago, Adman said:

What a gesture, giving away something that doesn't belong to him presumably because he was too warm

There's medication available for this level of depression mate.

1 minute ago, villa89 said:

I'm not sure its much to do with klopp. Liverpool have very little depth, it's been the same there for a long time. City and Arsenal have much better depth. 

Their depth is the youth players. That's the point @MWARLEY2 is making.

1 minute ago, Mic09 said:

Ok, so in 3 seasons time do you plan to not be in CL or for VP to not be a fortress? 

Because we might be in an exactly the same situation as now. 

This is it.

We're seemingly kicking the can down the road to be, potentially, in the exact same situation in five years that we are now.

It's maddening.

Calvert Lewin just been sent off, so assume he's MIA for our game.

15 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said:

Only watched for 5 mins of it, weird quiet match and stadium, feels like players and fans would prefer to stay home instead of being there

This is how Villa Park felt v Burnley.

59 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Not sure I agree. I think there is something off about the whole Duran thing. You could be right, of course. 

His infected toe.

Wait, does this mean we have to feel rattled again?

6 hours ago, GlobalVillan said:

Apologies. I didn't get the rip roaringly hilarious joke. 

No apologies necessary. Have a wonderful year kind sir.

1 hour ago, Follyfoot said:

We are going to win this. Ignore this at your peril.

I love this. 

1 hour ago, Follyfoot said:

Has to sign the register every Saturday after a misunderstanding regarding retrieval of a sweet in his trouser pocket at a VP children’s party 

WTF?!

3 hours ago, VillaJ100 said:

I'd say having it in your own hands and cocking it up is bottling.

Against a team who spent over a billion pounds and has (potentially) cheated to the tune of 115 charges against them?

"Bottling" is probably the term I detest most in football. We are overacheiving, if we finish sixth, the players and coach will be accused of "bottling it", which is absolute nonsense, but will be spun as fact. 

35 minutes ago, Zatman said:

He was sold off for FFP reasons

Paw profit.

(I'm so sorry).

1 hour ago, GlobalVillan said:

We cant get 5 points from 2 games. 

You've started 2024 in rip roaring fashion, Sir.

(Joke, over, head, etc).

4 hours ago, TheAuthority said:

Anything other than 7 points then Unai out

I want five points. Undefeated is key for momentum.

1 hour ago, HKP90 said:

Talk on the match thread of fragile player mentality. 

We really need to work on fan mentality.

First bit of bad form in a year, sitting joint top of the table.

Fans are fragile as f***.

Such a brilliant post. 

Just now, Adam2003 said:

Over the last 6 games, including this Christmas-New Year ‘slump’, we have four wins, a draw and a loss. That’s better than City, Arsenal and Spurs - just for comparison. Liverpool have gained a point on us. An ok December for my money.

Perspective, wonderful, isn't it?

Incredibly flat atmosphere today.

We were in the North Stand but normally in the Holte and it was awful. Expectancy? Nervous? Christmas fatigue? Not sure the reason but we absolutely were not the 12th man today.

9 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

Come on, Brother, forgive me for not making it clearer. Certainly not yours. 

I was fairly certain, but on VT, you never know!

3 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

If there was a competition for most woeful comment of the year, that one would win the gold.

Mine? Or the one I was quoting?

6 minutes ago, Joshie2000 said:

Looks like we sold the wrong brother, JJ played rubbish again and missed the easiest chance.

 

But I sad prematch I'd take a poor game for a win and we got it, UTV

This is so far beyond laughable, there isn't an emoji that suffices.

16 minutes ago, ChicagoVillan1983 said:

Result matters. Defence wasn't right today, and despite getting one, Diaby couldn't hit the backside of a cow with a banjo.

Bit of time now to get the team back in line with the system and get injuries back to squad. FA Cup a free hit for me.

Every season is going to have dips in form - we put everything into beating City/ Arsenal and things have dipped since then. Emery will get them back in shape.

Apart from him scoring, I assume?

3 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said:

It’s on the person that created the situation in the first place. Extremely poor communication from the club led to frustrations that boiled over in the stands.

Poor communication is something that seems to be a constant with Mr Heck…..

It's Chris Heck's a small number of morons directed abuse at fellow Villa fans?

This is where arguments fall to pieces.

14 hours ago, ferguson1 said:

Can’t see Emery going with the formation or team below, but I would mix it up a bit and have our FB’s pushing up wide:

                      Martinez

        Konsa     Carlos    Lenglet

Cash                                         Moreno

               McGinn       Luiz

                        Zaniolo                     

           Bailey                 Watkins 

Subs: Marshall, Proctor, Chambers, Pau, Dendoncker, Iroegbunam, Ramsey, Diaby, Duran

3-1 win and finishing the year on a high.  UTV

Three central defenders against Burnley?

Sweet jesus.