calcifer

Fans today crying a river a work  

Arteta needs to be banned for his celebration , ref was a homer...  never a red card, should have had a penalty.... 

The gift that keeps giving, absolute bunch of spunk trumpets. Never detested a fanbase as much as this lot .

Just now, Zatman said:

Think at the time he was the highest scoring English player in 2023 not called Harry Kane

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/crg18v25l1go

1 minute ago, Zatman said:

Addressing the media, Southgate said Ollie is a "good guy around the group."

He added: "Callum Wilson is carrying an injury and we were not certain he would be available.

"Ollie has started the season well. He's hit a bit of scoring form in the last couple of weeks. You have to be careful with that because you can't just go on recency bias with selection.

OMFG....  Just shows what a petty little   he is, Never comes out when picking Slabhead/Phillips or Hendo with things like that, bangs on about they always perform for England, need to pick your best players . Why no one challenges this nob in the media baffles me, so far up his ring they can see daylight.

1 minute ago, Zatman said:

Didnt he mention something petty about recency bias when he called him up last time. It was disgusting

Cant remember him saying that when he called up anybody else especially when Watkins had been playing well for about 9 months previously

Again, wouldn't surprise me, the bloke is an absolute melt. Cant wait to see the back of the c0ck nosed rocket polisher. 

1 minute ago, Stevo985 said:

I don't think even Southgate will be able to keep Watkins out of the squad this time around

He won't play him, but he'll be in the squad

 

Konsa on the other hand has no chance

Sadly nothing would surprise me with him, it took him ages to make Jack a regular, all the excuses he made , I honestly would not be shocked to see Watkins left out the squad and replaced by Toney. Watkins is not only scoring goals he is creating them, works hard. What more could you ask for?

If he did leave Watkins out and  the Media challenged him he would prob change the subject... 

Agree, Konsa deserves a call up but he isn't getting one, its a shame as he really does deserve a call up, he has been outstanding this season! 

21 hours ago, villa4europe said:

Yep, I get that at some point he will check on in Henderson to see if he's still got it (which is a joke in itself because the answer is so obviously no) but this isn't the weekend for that even if the game was vs psv so a tougher one for him, let him settle, get up to speed, reach a level you would consider normal and then see exactly where he is

Once again it's a weekend when Southgate will have learned absolutely nothing, which he will then do again with his March squad 

You can bet that Slab head, Hendo and  Phillips will be in the squad, along with Toney, he wont pick Watkins. Will point the game he gave him a start and failed to take his chance, because he is a 

5 minutes ago, Follyfoot said:

I would rather Aston Villa win it

So would I, but we don't have the quality in our squad, yet

I would rather City win the league over Arsenal or Liverpool. 

Arsenal because of Artita (yes I have not spelt it wrong) 

Liverpool because of their fans. Already crying about the ref on my work chat. have had to mute it for the evening. 

10 minutes ago, Pinebro said:

2 points is a big points gap?

Talking about from 5th to 6th. If 5th gives CL  football. 

17 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

The day we could do with a Liverpool win and they look like muck.

 

Wash your mouth out I work with Liverpool fans, it's ##&* unbearable at the moment, about time they got knocked off their perch! 

Just now, VillaChris said:

Why would they, Sky don't have the rights to the competition and basically ignore it on their outlets until an English team gets to the final.

They talk about qualification for the CL but still refuse to discus Villa in the mix

Wouldn't be the 1st time we blew a big  points gap when in a champions league place... it would be all at our own doing this time,  not down to Arsenal signing a goal machine and we signed Heskey

So this would be much much worse if we let Utd catch us. Losing next Sunday isn't an option. We should have beaten them at Old Trafford. That was on the team! We let them back into that match. 

Yesterday's performance was a great confidence boost. 

Need the crowd in full voice Sunday, I think if we bring our A game they won't lay a glove on us.

Sky and the rest of the media will be jizzing all over Manure in the hope they get the final CL place. They only jizzed over Newcastle because of the Saudi owners! 

It almost pains Sky to even talk about Villa in the CL. While to neutrals its refreshing and good for the game for a none scum 6 side to get CL. 

How many more to take 3rd?

2 minutes ago, srsmithusa said:

i do not think that word means what you think it means.

psychology even, that's what happend when you let the phone change words  

Are they going home already

2 minutes ago, R.Bear said:

@calcifer feeling more confident now mate? 

Reverse physiology it worked

1 minute ago, R.Bear said:

We've won every game this season following a loss. I think we'll win easily tonight.

I really don't, I was confident of us winning the reverse fixture, 2 or 3 nil. How wrong I was!

I know we can't keep playing like we have, but just shows how short of quality our squad is when we lose such a key player  (Torres) for the way we play. 

1 minute ago, Dodgyknees said:

This is the sort of game we let in a goal on the 8th minute and then fail to break the team down.

That's what I fear, if they grab a quick goal and shut up shop we won't score. We don't have that player to unlock 11 players behinds the ball. 

1 minute ago, Talldarkandransome said:

So the goalie did his job then.... 

Yeah and we did f all up the other end apart from the goal. So sky are right. We were and got a thrashing. 

9 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said:

Bloody Sky, since when is 1-3 a thrashing, clowns

We couldn't lay a glove on them. Not a thrashing but if not for Emi it would have been 5 or 6

36 minutes ago, daggy_333 said:

He signed a new contract in June 2022 which runs out in 2027.

Still don't think we will get 16m for him, he is OK for a lower prem side. He ain't getting in a top 10 side. Someone offered 10m I would snap their hands off. 

2 minutes ago, daggy_333 said:

So Matty Cash has been here for a while now I think we paid about £16 mil for him? Suppose we sold him for the same amount as we paid would that have a decent impact for us FFP wise?

Don't think we would get 16m for him. How long left on his contract? Was it a 5 year in 2020? So will be entering the final year next season? So no chance we are getting 16M. 

Going to be tough, we are in a slump, I think this is going to be one of them games where we huff and puff but lose 1-0 . Then after the match Watkins gets pelters for missing his chances.

Just seen while watching sky sports news that sky put an stat on for the game.. only PL side not to concede a pen... thats it then, guaranteed pen for Sheff Utd.

Next 2 games are so crucial now. We need some momentum. But playing Sheff Utd doesn't fill me with confidence, they will just play like they did last time, we have no answer for it... then Man Ure. Watch them play like a prime Brazil again, while we just sit back in awe... 

Well the winners here are the media, they can now spank themselves off as the top 4 is full of their teams. They just hope we drop down to 7th so they can show the top 6 without Villa in it.... Waiting for the jizz filled special over Spurz and their brave high line, how they do it correct etc... 

Unai went on that winless streak with Arsenal and they pulled the trigger (Special bunch of fans and sadly some of our fanbase is starting to act that way!)

We are going through a slump - but come on hand on heart at the start of the season was you really thinking we would be challenging for the champions league? i wasn't, we are at least a couple of years away with squad quality/depth!

Our slump is a combination of teams now combatting our style of play and the lack of quality. 

Manager needs to earn his corn and find a way, but the signings point to the future not this season, so maybe champions League is out of our grasp. 

This is what will happen this season - we finish 5th.  Then watch someone like West Ham win the Europa   5th wont get Champions league then - winners of the Europa will get that. Far fetched i know but that's our luck!