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Good piece on Radio 5. In summary: Oliver Holt describes Villa as one of the giants of British Football Purslow was very keen to work with the new owners, he describes them as very intelligent, and profoundly ambitious for the club to get back to the top of British football. They are here for the ‘long term’, it is a long project. Suggests they are financially very capable and won’t load the club with debt. They refinanced the club in the summer and villa has a ‘clean slate’ in terms of its financial position, so doesn’t fear failure to get promoted this season, that carries no concern. First appointment was a sporting director, a modern football model. Edens a hands-on owner and sporting man; Sawiris extremely wealthy, largest single owner of Adidas shares. Purslow comes across as a very solid, capable and intelligent football man. I feel we are in very good hands, him and Edens/Sawiris = chalk and cheese to the previous joker set up, I feel we will be transformed over the next 5 years into a well run, financially solid ambitious team knocking at the door of the top 6.

He is superb. He has no future at united while Jose is at the helm, sadly if he plays like this until the end of the season I can’t see us getting the chance to sign him if there is no option in our agreement.

Have we got the buy option? If so we bite their hand off, he is a cracking player, real quality. He has almost the trickery of Bolasie, but he is direct, quick and holds/carries the ball really well, and he is full of goals. I think he will step up to PL level if needed and there looks like there is still more to come. Couple this with consistency and in a settled team and we have a very good player: a £25m player for the proposed €5m price.

I fancy us to beat anyone, home or away at the moment. How that lasts over the season only time will tell but we are improving and will get stronger. Automatics would be lovely, but likely too far given our poor start, however I fancy us to beat anyone in the playoffs. Any other team could still kick on and find form however, we are only half way through

Disagree, as much as I want a different keeper. Rodriguez ploughed through with his arms, it was two handballs there

Hard to take, but we are getting better, and the best team in the league. On another night we put away 3 sitters/post of 5 we missed. keep playing like this, and strengthen in Jan and we should be challenging for automatics

I only want three points now. please.....

If I get a shirt, it’s El Ghazi on the back

He needs a lot of chances to score though, he does miss a lot. He’s lucky the amount we create. He is very young though, going to be great

Inviting trouble there

Agreed, but it’s just not happening, he’s had more chances than he needs, it’s just not going to click

Get Kodjia on, Tammys not working properly tonight

FFS

El Ghazi. Sign himup

That Helgazi has two glass eyes

Sign him up!

Arise sir Alan

If I buy a shirt, it has McGinn on the back.

Sure it’s stated earlier, but we should be 3 goals clear. you cannot criticise Abraham, but you have to think what a very decent striker would do in this side. I wonder if Grabban would be on 20+ in this side by now. Barry should be on a yellow.

You must be mistaken, Barry doesn’t run?

Tuenzebe is absolute class. We will be lucky if we can buy him at this rate

Did we buy him?

We are some attacking force these days, we look like scoring every attack. What a sea change

NylAnd never wins a high ball in the box

Bolasie is finding his groove this season, he is so difficult to play against