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Elphick over Samba for me Clive. Yes Elphick's been poor for us but every fibre of my being clenches when Samba has the ball at his feet.

25 minutes ago, Eastie said:

Only on a one year deal so not much of a pay off .

I wonder where his pay off (albeit only a year's salary) would leave us with FFP, given it sounds like we're right on the line.

We should do it regardless as we still have players to sell in January but I hope it's not stopping us.

When he came in he obviously instilled much needed grit and organisation that we were lacking under RDM, but it's now coming at the expense of any attacking movement and creativity. I still feel like we're pretty solid but it's individual mistakes turning 0-0s into defeats. (It says a lot about the standard of this league that no matter how bad we've been we're rarely more than a goal down). The games we have been winning have relied on individuals pulling something out of a hat. Second half at Brighton aside, I never feel like we're knocking on the door under Bruce. 

It's very difficult to get attacking freedom back when your primary focus is discipline and being hard to beat. I wish there were other answers than having to sign new players all the time but it's painfully clear things can only change with better quality midfielders. At least it sounds like Bruce and the club agree. 

What is it?

Anyone after a OnePlus One invite? I have one for the 64GB Sandstone Black going spare.

me please

PM sent.

Anyone after a OnePlus One invite? I have one for the 64GB Sandstone Black going spare.

How many are trying to get a OnePlus One invite? I hope it doesn't take long for them to become readily available.

If anyone's lucky enough to get one please remember your fellow VT'ers for your extra invites

avfcdave

 

My swap list is as follows,

 

5, 17, 20, 44, 48, 53, 55, 60, 71, 73, 77, 82, 86, 87, 93, 110, 113, 118, 124, 127, 128, 138, 141, 142, 154, 155, 158, 164, 167, 168, 169, 175, 178, 179, 180, 182, 192, 195, 198, 208, 218, 22, 229, 231, 232, 233, 237, 245, 249, 254, 255, 259, 262, 269, 270, 275, 276, 286, 289, 292, 293, 295, 297, 299, 310, 312, 314, 316, 320, 321, 322, 323, 326, 327, 329, 331, 332, 333, 342, 353, 355, 357, 360, 361, 364, 365, 374, 376, 377, 382, 383, 387, 392, 403, 408, 409, 418, 421, 422, 425, 426, 431, 444, 445,449, 454, 457,458, 461, 466, 471, 472, 474, 492, 494, 501, 506, 507, 510, 513, 516, 517, 518, 541, 543, 548, 551,552, 554,562, 565, 576, 584, 592, 596, 600, 603, 614, 625, 629, 632

Nice one, from those I need:

5, 17, 20, 71, 73, 82, 93, 113, 118, 127, 128, 138, 155, 164, 218, 22, 233, 237, 249, 254, 270, 299, 312, 331, 332, 342, 355, 361, 365, 383, 403, 418, 422, 426, 431, 445, 472, 506, 507, 517, 554, 565, 603, 625

I'll PM you now.

Swaps:

11, 14, 18, 35, 39, 52, 54, 58, 64, 67, 79, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 108, 121, 154, 165, 166, 167, 183, 185, 187, 188, 191, 193, 195, 196, 198, 200, 206, 209, 210, 211, 214, 216, 219, 220, 221, 222, 228, 238, 241, 245, 247, 259, 264, 277, 288, 303, 306, 313, 314, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 330, 333, 341, 345, 357, 358, 362, 366, 376, 381, 382, 387, 392, 394, 421, 425, 429, 436, 439, 440, 444, 459, 463, 464, 474, 476, 483, 492, 495, 497, 499, 501, 502, 510, 513, 515, 516, 518, 534, 539, 540, 558, 559, 569, 598, 611, 615, 621

I'm only about 60% complete so still need around 250 stickers. If anyone needs any of them let me know.

Its the fans I feel sorry for. Paying money to watch this shit.

Lambert didn't acknowledge the fans did he?

I know in the grand scheme of things it's not the worst of our problems but it winds me up he only goes over to them after a positive result, especially when they've travelled that distance at stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning.

Agree that Albrighton needs to play in a 4-4-2 and the lack of left sided options makes that difficult. I'd be tempted to play both Bertrand and Bennett (*runs and hides*) as Bertrand's played further forward a few times for Chelsea and done alright.

-----------Guzan----------

Bacuna-Vlaar-Baker-Bennett

Albrighton-Westwood-Delph-Bertrand

----Benteke--Agbonlahor----

1-2 Villa.

Does this make me ITK?!

Agree that Albrighton needs to play in a 4-4-2 and the lack of left sided options makes that difficult. I'd be tempted to play both Bertrand and Bennett (*runs and hides*) as Bertrand's played further forward a few times for Chelsea and done alright.

-----------Guzan----------

Bacuna-Vlaar-Baker-Bennett

Albrighton-Westwood-Delph-Bertrand

----Benteke--Agbonlahor----

1-2 Villa.

I keep hearing that we could do with guile and nous.

Anyone know who they play for?

Fulham played us very well.

Proves again that if you let us pass the ball around the back four and midfield, we're mostly harmless.

Fantastic result. Our gameplan was the only real option we had with the way Southampton play, but I didn't quite expect it to go so well!

I'm glad we seem to finally be learning the dark arts as well. We look as though we're able to win nasty if we have to, as we showed running down the last couple of minutes of injury time with a bit of handbags. It's happened against us all too often in the past, about time we got a bit streetwise.

Don't see this being the team we go with but it would be my preferred option, fitness permitting.

                    Guzan

  Lowton    Vlaar   Clark     Luna

                  Westwood

              KEA         Delph

   Bacuna                     Agbonlahor

                   Benteke

Still think Weimann's lacking composure at the moment but him and Tonev give us good attacking options off the bench.

Prediction: 2-1 Villa.

While I like what Macron have done so far with their designs, I haven't been buying their shirts due to sizing.

I bought Small when we had Nike shirts and they fit me perfect but the Macron ones seem to be that bit bigger, yet the biggest junior size is too small for me

I'd like to see XS sizes next year if the sizing stays the same.

Same team I'd have gone with at Everton. I fear Bennett would be the easy target for the Allardyce long diagonal which Carroll would win every time. Delph/KEA for Sylla if he shows no signs of calming down from the raving mad man he was at Goodison. 

Everton to win 3-1. Can see a very unfavourable day of results tomorrow.

Really don't see why people are reading anything into his scoring record. If you're playing in a struggling team that isn't creating chances, how do you go and score 20+ goals? There's much more to a player's potential than stats.

As others have said, low risk and we're always moaning when other teams manage to find good lower league players.

This could be fun. Come on "The Villans from Aston Villa!"