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Announce Rachica!

30 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

They've already got Almiron, Gordon and Saint-Maximn as wide options. Also finished the season with Wilson at CF and Isak playing wide left so not sure they need Barnes as much as Maddison.

I think you'll find they're gonna clear house. The nicely nicely approach of not blowing mega millions is over once you secure ECL. Having capitalized on a weak Liverpool, Chelseas, (lol) Spurts etc., and once you get a taste of the sweet elixir, they're gonna want that ECL repeatedly.

It's not sustainable with the overachieving/kinda average squad they have. Save for a few exceptions, they're really a Europa League side.

Announce Rashica! Errr....

If it's good enough for Unai, it's good enough for everyone!

Just now, DCJonah said:

Why is it total BS?

Marca is bird cage liner. Love to be proven wrong.

While total BS, it does make a nice break from being linked to random shitters from Stoke or crap Belgian clubs.

For a tough b*****d, he's a gentleman. Love this content, she's a gem.

Plenty football left to play, but imagine the summer optimism thread (admittedly a thread started under that Scouse bluffer) if I told you we'd be ahead of Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea with 5 games to play. I'd have been laughed out of here.

He truly is the Sultan of Unai.

Perhaps even sectioned!

17 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said:

If Don Unai wanted to he could have easily already managed Real, Barca, Bayern etc. he seems to be one of those mad bastards who gets a buzz out of managing teams that are underachieving and then overachieving with them.

It's a stereotype but, he is Basque. They're made different.

17 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said:

He’s everything we thought Digne would be. 2-3 more summer signings of his quality and we really will be threatening the top 6 next season.

2-3 more signings like this and it's silverware season. 

7 minutes ago, Panto_Villan said:

Everything is going so well for us that I'm getting genuinely worried that the top teams are going to try and buy all our players. 

We're a top team, certainly no longer a selling club. Most clubs will buckle at 100m offers, only a select few can absorb that kinda loss.

30+ years of following Villa, this is closing in on the Coca Cola Cup and MON Europe times. We are amazing, he is amazing, simply incredible.

His coaching is world class - a tactical powerhouse. The three amigos - Tyrone, McGinn and Ollie Watkins, all operating on completely different levels. All 3 of whom wasted under the previous mug.

His tactical nouse matched by how much he gets it. Every interview, every time he speaks, the fans, the gratitude, repetitions and demands. A man of his word.

I absolutely love the Sultan of Unai. World class is an understatement. 

Depends what you're looking for as a fan. Worth noting that plenty of the outgoings were themselves originally January signings - showing that the January window is a real balancing act in and of itself.

I'm personally fine about it all, in Emery we trust.

5 hours ago, maqroll said:

I was training a new guy at work this week. On our first day we got to talking about the job market. He said "Young people don't like to work." (He's in his late 50s). He continued, "They get out of school, make a little African-American money and just stop working." I asked him.what he meant by that, and he said "N****r money."

Have you any idea what he was referencing?

8 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said:

 

 3 mentions of the 5-1  Also, "best teammate" 

I sat down to watch Villa playing on the TV a few years back with my United following father (a rare feat given I haven't lived in Ireland for over a decade). Dougie got on the ball and my old fella asked about him. I told him he's pretty dogged but skillful, probably too good for Villa, Man City still had their buy-back clause at the time but ultimately, he's always good for a booking. No less that a minute later he's sliding in on his arse and get's a yellow.

To this day I get a text every 2 out of 3 weeks from himself - "Dougie Luiz, always good for a booking!".

Let me be crystal clear - Unai Emery is an elite manager. He is the best of the best. A coach, a tactrician a great man, he gets us (his Saturday evening instagran posts are becoming box office).

I love the Sultan of Unai 

In seasons past a point would be fine, it would feel like 2 dropped this time around.

"save it for the corner afterrrrr"

32 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I wonder how much Emery was involved in this signing. 

Emery would have tabled all his preferences transfer wise immediately. We have to assume for now that most are from that pool. Hard to tell if he was a "must sign" or not. I think left field Lange signings will taper off with an elite coach in.

We have the tightest transfer policy in the game. Never any whispers or rumours, just deals. Crazy really in this hyper connected world we live in.

2 hours ago, stewiek2 said:

I know it's a tiny thing and to some an odd thing to bring up but I like that he wears shoes on the touchline rather than those bloody black trainers with the white trim that nearly all mangers and 'head' coaches tend to wear nowadays. For me it's a small thing but a sign of him being in charge, rather than one of the lads.

There's a balance required but the head coach/manager should always be the adult in the room.