kidlewis

Just seen the rumour we are looking to sign a loan keeper?

with Steer as backup is there not a youth keeper who is worth being the third keeper?

really don’t want us spending cash on a third choice keeper who won’t play, 

37 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Of course if it makes Targett better then im all for it but for ne strengthening the squad is to really upgrade on Targett

True, Traore was that for his position and he is now but for his first few months our existing players arguably kept him out by being much better. Aided by his first injury which kept him out for a bit and then they either got injured or went crap themselves. 
 

Targett was actually brilliant for the first six months of last season, and even after Jack was injured I thought he coped very well with having no outlet in front of him 

2 minutes ago, Zatman said:

From what i have seen I dont think is much difference from Targett. Targett is better defensively but Digne is better going forward though most of his assists seem to be from set pieces. Targett might actually be faster 

At the very least it will bring competition for places, we saw whilst temporary, Traore coming in lifted El Ghazi and also Trez for a few games and they actually kept Traore out the side for a bit early on.

if Digne comes in and Targett ups his game then it’s still all good with me.

The one thing competition brings in a squad is elevated performances or you know who to sell pretty quickly 

Victoria Coren Mitchell. 

On 06/01/2022 at 13:42, rjw63 said:

Esther McVey.

No one likes her, I don't care (especially when I DHUTWU)

Not as bad as Timothy it has to be said 

2 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said:

saw this on twatter and had to share

This is excellent meme. We need a thread for “Top villa memes” then do an Oscars style award to the original creator s

categories such as

most repeatedly used villa meme in 2021 

outstanding meme contributor

Best hybrid villa memes (multiple villa memes combined into one)

meme of the year 

We aren’t paying all his wages from what I’ve read, so far this morning. Says the majority so could be £201k 

in reality we don’t know but I personally doubt it is £400k

January basically a write off. February IS the month which determines our season. Plenty of games and on paper we should be claiming a good few points. We should be aiming for 32-34 points by 1-March

Our final ball has been utterly terrible all afternoon.one decent pass from Buendia led to the goal. We have had countless opportunities since and just been awful

On 30/12/2021 at 20:03, Xela said:

Another one for @blandy

Sam Allardyce just sold his house…. He’s booked 1,567 nights here

On 16/12/2021 at 08:18, desensitized43 said:

I had the same. It always makes me quite uncomfortable when you get people cheering and clapping in a cinema. Just feels really wrong to me.

Same here. Plus three really obnoxious knobs in showcase Coventry. Swear they were regularly going to the loo to do lines. Unless they all had UTI infections.

it did deserve a few whoops, up there with CA and the hammer grab. 

10 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

No, it's not what happened, it was a question to see how far you think this exception applies, and I'll explain why the question was relevant.

I don't think we're going to come to an agreement, but let me try and spell out how I see it. So, the rule:

There's the exception, plain as day, right? Except, there are at least two ways to read this.

Interpretation 1, which is what the ref and VAR used:

• the ball is between the hands or between the hand and any surface (e.g. ground, own body) or by touching it with any part of the hands or arms, except if the ball rebounds from the goalkeeper or the goalkeeper has made a save

In this interpretation, the rule is in two parts separated by the or. the keeper is in control if it's in their hands/between their hands and the ground, OR if they are touching it with the hands. The second part has an exception, this means it allows the keeper to be in control when touching it with their hands but still allows players to challenge if they're just making a save but the ball isn't in control. Crucially, this means the exception would *not* apply to part one, when the ball is in the hands or held to the ground.

Interpretation 2, which some fans are relying on, including yourself, is that the "except...." applies to the whole rule. This means that the ball is not in control if the keeper is holding the ball to the ground if it's just as the keeper has made a save? This is your argument, yes? If that is the case, the exception surely also applies to "the ball is between the hands" which means if the keeper catches the ball, well, players are entitled to go for it as long as the keeper has made a save.

A lot of fans are relying on this exception being relevant, and to be fair, from just reading the rule the intention isn't clear, but thinking through the consequences of that interpretation makes it ludicrous, IMO. 

One thing is for sure, it's a poorly written rule and should be clarified in the laws.

It’s a rule written by an idiot, it’s why we are debating it. The fact they’ve even put both in the same law is ridiculous. You don’t even need the second part for this rule. 
 

Otherwise if you do, it applies to the whole thing, based on the English language and how that rule is currently formatted. 
 

if you read that rule and watch that footage it should be a goal. 
 

but as we know the rules are stupid 

Disagree with the booing but really enjoyed hearing “villa till I die” sung at new levels tonight. Serious noise and a high brow way to rub it in imo

This will end 4-0 at least not a good day at the office 

Bloody Darren Anderton

1 hour ago, Don_Simon said:

If he leaves it shows his agent is an imbecile and Carney is easily led.

Ramsey plays week in, week out. Archer scored a wonderful goal at Stamford Bridge. The path is clearly there.

All that being said, this article is bollocks and Carney will sign a contract before 2022 comes along.

Agree on the article, I was writing on the basis it was all fact. 
 

it is probably and agent leaked article to push for a significantly improved contract or first team football. 
 

given our schedule and even one more injury to a midfielder in the next two games, he’s likely to be playing anyway. 

If he leaves it shows our pathway for young talent isn’t quite as good as we make out. 
 

he looked the real deal as much as any young player we have outside of Jack who was a real outlier.

We need to be giving young players like this game time, not just because we want internal success but for future reduction on buying players and indeed increasing value of our talent pool to sell. 
 

jacob Ramsay value is ten times what it would be with him just playing U23 football. 
 

need to be doing the same with others. 

Playing warhammer lost crusade on the phone. Loved the pc co-op strategy games and playing this.

fairly standard mobile game but graphics and game mechanics pretty good.

7 minutes ago, slovenian said:

thats most of us, i think

Maybe that’s their plan. Lower expectations for the fans lol. 

9 hours ago, villa4europe said:

not sure what to make of it, bit apathetic if im honest

didnt want smith to get sacked but understand why he was, didnt have a favourite or any real stand out candidate to replace him, not a clue what he brings or what he will do

i actually feel a bit out of touch over this

Exactly how I feel. 
 

obviously want him to prove me wrong but I’m not blown away by the appointment. 

39 minutes ago, est1874 said:

The socials seem to be full of people saying "Big mistake" and similar.

Dean had a 36% win percentage during his time at Villa.

As much as we loved him, I don't understand how anyone can go defending that, especially with the money spent.

Considering where the club was, we didn’t just need a win %, fat Sam can get you one of those. 

we needed a lot sorting at the club and he helped massively with that. 

I think this decision may bite us in the arse tbh. 
 

it’s not going to be a good end to 2021, we will still be 15-20th come New Year’s Eve 

1 minute ago, GingerCollins29 said:

Am i the only one worried that we sack smith, then throw all our eggs into the basket of a top class manager who is unobtainable, falling flat on our arse in negotiations ala ESR/JWP, then end up with frank lampard

Yup, would be embarrassing tbh. 
 

id feel like Smith would be cheated out if we replaced him with someone like that. 
 

we’d barely improve imo