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The biggest issue is there is still no simple obvious pathways without laying down cash and the quality of grassroots to lower level coaching isn’t up to the standards needed to develop our youth. Unless you get lucky early and land with the right coach in the right area with money to travel you are behind the ball already.

It’s pretty much exactly an hour to go nowadays so a few more mins on the gram

Feels like Newcastle at home in the run in last year, could change the momentum of the rest of the season. Need to start well and get behind the boys!

Won’t be a problem to change, Melbourne City used to be called Melbourne Hearts. A league loves money coming in and will easily pander to big Premier League clubs. As much as Canberra loves Canberra United they don’t really care that much about the name as they have had a few different teams and proposals over the years. Harder thing to change would be the green. See you in Green is their main brand slogan and is tied to the Rugby League team colours. I’m all for it, I have fallen a bit out of following the A League due to tv deal changes. My main team is Sydney FC but my women’s team is Canberra as I used to live there when the W League started off so I adopted them as it was like $10 to watch and only 5km from my house. Going to be hard to pick allegiance between Canberra and Sydney FC if this deal goes through though.

I was there mid last year, it seems there were a lot more Spurs than before but still the big 6 plus Inter Miami and whatever team Ronaldo plays for. Lots of National shirts, the only Villa ones I could find were the ones where they had the better quality ones, 65 RM instead of 20 RM.

I’d love to get Grant, fullback that runs heaps, bombs down the line and then rushes back. The only reason she doesn’t play much for the Aussie team is Ellie Carpenter plays in her position and when fit, Ellie would be in the top 5 in the world in that position.

It is the worst paper in Australia (Murdoch press) and the angle is all about Lehmann wearing make up whilst playing but it does mention she has resigned with us this year. Article doesn’t seem to indicate where they got that info from https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/world-cup/swiss-striker-alisha-lehmann-is-judged-for-wearing-makeup-while-playing/news-story/136c681cf6837be085339bbb07b113b4

Kamara has played CB in the past so worst case I assume he will a lot in there if required.

He and Sherwood were on whoever gives us the feed in Australia after the game. Both of them were really positive about Villa and Emery, basically said not much Newcastle could do today, take some lessons and move onto next week. Strange to hear them not making excuses for Newcastle but I thought it was balanced from them. Even Sherwood was really positive about Villa Park fans.

Well Stevie G sold or loaned out all our wide players so he is the best option we have really.

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Hampton had a shocker with their first goal but she has been real quality for most of the previous season with some bad defence in front of her. As she gets older hopefully her concentration will get better but I don’t think we will get any better than her too easily over the next few years.

I wrote a hundred odd pages back but the big issue with Ange is he takes a fair bit of time to mould his teams into his style. He has a history of poor starts and then turns it into something amazing. I recall when he first started at Celtic people were calling for him to be sacked after a month. Ange needs to come into a team at preseason or take over mid season when there isn’t really any issues if they perform poorly for a few months. We need points soon or relegation will hang over us the rest of the year, it’s not exactly ideal for Ange. Plus unless we throw him a crazy offer he has just got Champions League, he would be hesitant to leave when he can test himself there.

I’d love Ange, he has managed all the teams I dislike so might as well Finally manage my favourite and I really like his style. Main issue is it seems to take him 3 months to get teams playing his style which we just can’t afford currently.

Until I saw all the crests on a page in the survey I didn't realise how many clubs have the round shield with an emblem in the middle and words on the outside. I know it is the current in look but it does make it hard to pick out club badges from a lineup. I wonder if in 10 years time as fashion changes we will still see so many round badges.

Though his link up play with KKH and Bailey tonight was excellent. He didn’t seem to get caught in possession as much tonight either. Still didn’t boss the midfield but much better than against Leeds. One of his crosses was terrible, one of the fans near me really got in his back after that one.

Why would we even play him in u21s? If he isn’t signing we will get the development fee if we don’t sell him anyway. Just let him train by himself and play no games. I doubt youth contracts have must play conditions in them.

As excited as I get about youth, at the end of the day, if they aren't willing to commit to our offer then I just say let the terms of the agreement run out. I know there are legalities with youth contracts but essentially the contract he is on was agreed by both parties with the risk on both sides. If he has said he isn't signing a new contract no matter what, or only at a price we don't believe he is worth then as a business decision we shouldn't invest anymore resources into an asset which the life is going to expire at the end of the year. I'm sure we didn't enter the contract thinking that where we are now was not a potential outcome. I believe that he is probably 2-3 years away from being a starter, he isn't forcing anyone in the team out immediately. If all goes as planned, in 3 years time we will be in Europe, higher up the table and attracting better quality players anyway.

Post just on avfc Facebook with Gerrard, he said that he hasn’t signed a contract that has been with him for a while so Steve made the decision to leave him in the UK. Hause is recovering from surgery and Anwar is expecting his first child, everyone else is there.

I’ll probably go to Raffles as it is the official pre match location, it does not look like it is that close to the stadium though? I’m from NSW so will be my first trip to Perth. I’m in the 2nd row behind the goals in the Villa section.

We are reasonably well supported but definitely a drop away from the big 6 to us and the likes of Everton. ManU will have more fans there but I feel we will be more passionate.

I’ll be in Perth bringing my family from Sydney. Going to get tickets in the supporters section if I can. Kids want to see Ronaldo even though they support Villa so it’s an extra $2k for me by the looks. I will definitely be at Raffles for pre drinks and sing some songs. Keen to meet up with anyone here!

Or two more? Actually I am going to take the family over from Sydney so 4 more in the box plus accommodation would be good