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  1. Chap of Steel
    Watching the match tonight was rather strange. I couldn't help but think "is it really right/fair that a team can be so dominant against another in the same league?" Does it contradict the notion of the sport? Of course I'd probably have a different view if Villa had similar financial backing
  2. Chap of Steel
    It's Man City guys. We're staying up. Not the end of the world.
  3. Chap of Steel
    Apparently we're after Kevin Vogt. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/aston-villa-and-hull-city-to-do-battle-for-german-star-kevin-vogt-9324812.html
  4. Chap of Steel
    Played well today, fair play.
  5. Chap of Steel
    I feel a lot better after looking at that. Thank you
  6. Chap of Steel
    Our youth team won the 'Next Gen' series and it would be our reserves being promoted to the first team squad not our youth team. My mistake, thanks for pointing out
  7. Chap of Steel
    It does have the hallmarks of a "jobs for the lads" signing. I'll immediately retract all criticism when he scores a brace against Hull, though
  8. Chap of Steel
    I'm not sure fast-tracking reserves into the squad would help either though. It's worked for Southampton but they've not been afraid to spend on high quality players to compliment their own academy examples.
  9. Chap of Steel
    What worries me about Fulham is that their two games are winnable. Neither Stoke or Palace have too much to play for. Fulham, despite bottling it against Hull, have shown that they might have a bit of fight in them and they've won two of their last four games
  10. Chap of Steel
    I used to think no manager could do a better job with the squad. But look at Crystal Palace. Surely they haven't got a better team than us?
  11. Chap of Steel
    After considering all eventualities I think we'd be quite unlucky to go down in terms of results going against us. However, I do think we'll finish 17th.
  12. Chap of Steel
    One of the main things for me is that in January 2013 we signed Sylla and Dawkins on loan. Yeah we stayed up and the gamble paid off but that is unforgivable IMO.
  13. Chap of Steel
    The project is, in my opinion, nothing more than a clever PR ploy to make it seem like we're constantly improving. Finishing where we did last season wasn't great but many saw it as a springboard to success. If we were to finish around 13th this season then Villa could still just about paint it as progression again. In my opinion, though, Villa have no plans to build on the newly-lowered wage bill and finishing around the bottom of the table is the height of ambition for Lerner-run Villa.
  14. Chap of Steel
    Chelsea starting XI not as weak as I thought, though a first start for Kalas Schwarzer, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Kalas, Cole, Lampard, Mikel, Matic, Salah, Schurrle, Ba
  15. Chap of Steel
    The annoying thing is this is just the sort of result we couldn't pull off at this stage of the season. Fair play to Sunderland.
  16. Chap of Steel
    Lose against Sunderland and I don't think we need worry about Cardiff. They have games against Newcastle (who will be looking to end the season on a high) and Chelsea. Fulham are who I'm worried about. Two games against teams on their holidays (Stoke and Crystal Palace). I do think Norwich will save us though.
  17. Chap of Steel
    Apparently made a hand gesture implying "forget it" (according to Instagram comments). Not exactly end of the world.
  18. Chap of Steel
    Don't think he'll be sacked before the end of the season but there's surely no way he can stay next season even if we do stay up.
  19. Chap of Steel
    I'm glad he didn't say next week is our cup SEMI-final because then we'd definitely lose.
  20. Chap of Steel
    Seems a million miles away now that we were once a fairly exciting project with a distinct counter-attacking style that pundits praised. I'm afraid to say I was fooled by the clever narrative created by Villa's PR.
  21. Chap of Steel
    Please Villa..
  22. Chap of Steel
    First time I've said this. Lambert out.
  23. Chap of Steel
    It's pretty crazy. Complacency due to the new contract perhaps? I just don't know!
  24. Chap of Steel
    Callum Robinson about to enter the game
  25. Chap of Steel
    Hope our magical new owner who's definitely buying us buys 11 new players
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