AndyM3000

After seeing our team get ripped apart 10+ years ago and watching, Milner, Barry, Young all slowly leave I am fairly numb to it all now. If we lost Emi, Watkins, Konsa, it would be a big set back but I'm confident we can replace them. We obviously can't replace Jack but we'd have some serious money to spend and I trust our scouting set up to come good long term. For me, it's more the fact he's a Villa fan, the captain, been here all his life and I've watched him since he was a kid, it will pain me to see him playing for City or anyone else. He is the heart of this club and while nobody is bigger than the club he's not far off it.

On this positive sign, I did watch the Kane interview from a month or so back. He obviously wants to win things as well, but said he's only 27 and still sees himself as only being halfway through his career with how long he wants to play for. Jack can play for a long time with his style, it's the pace merchants that can really drop off once that goes. Hopefully he looks at things the same way and we get another year, we must get Europe this season if he does stay.

I like Raph and will get him in for Buendia after 3 games if that doesn't start too well. The one thing I will take from last season is to try and hold my transfers and maintain 2 rolling ones. It gave me a lot more room to fix problems quickly and also shift funds between Def/Mid/Attack without taking hits.

Well, get ready for this quote to do the rounds. Jack Grealish - "I want to win the Champions League"

Jack will be on the England live stream soon if anyone is interested (starts 4pm).

Done a first draft, will check in again towards the start of the season. Buendia, Fofana and Lampty won't be going anywhere all season for me as it stands. Kane is overpriced, he will really struggle to replicate last seasons points while Salah had a somewhat poor season by his standards and has a much higher ceiling for the same price. They have messed Mane's price up for the 2nd season running, shame that.

He kept dribbling it towards the opponents goal instead of passing it back to Pickford.

Cracking 2nd half this

Time to turn it off

Have to get a right footer taking that

Mental listening to some of these "pundits". International football is a level up, can they do it on this stage? It's not a level up, every single Prem defence is better than this. 3 of these defenders play for Slavia Prague, Sparta Prague and Bristol City.

If Jack isn't starting I'm fully on the Czech Republic train, hope they smash them.

The fact that they have all this attacking talent and this guy has used a back 5 on a number of occasions tells you all you need to know about his mentality and approach to football. It's very similar to how Bruce manages, gets away with beating the crap teams because the squad is just far superior and despite playing badly can usually win, but the moment they come up against a level team its curtains.

That was just like the first game but they didn't scuff a goal in. No chance they don't get absolutely blasted by Germany, France etc.

Yep, I prefer the Euros officiating so far, miles better.

Has he put Rashford up front? It just gets worse

Hes on, im happy. Yet he still made the wrong sub, blokes an idiot.

Ian Wright and Keane will be saying Grealish is needed.

Villa without Grealish

But how can we be playing slowly Mr Neville? Isn't that what Sterling is for? It's almost as if better footballers who create chances is better than just someone who can run fast.. Hmmm

HOOOOOOF

International Burnley this lot

Hardly anyone there, 22k. Can't see there being many issues.

They are really hyping this game up, it's a dead game for the most part given 3 team are likely to get out this group.

Mings is the oldest player in this England team at 28.