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I do agree that there has been signs of encouragement, but his inability to get the best out of the squad at his disposal causes me a fair bit of worry. We could break with our recent approach and allow Gerrard free reign to reshape the squad this season, only for him to fail and leave us in the lurch. I just can't shake the feeling that we're abandoning our good planning and heading for a MON style set of bad decisions which will affect us for years to come. As always when i express pessimism about the Villa, I sincerely hope to be proved wrong.
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Needs a rest, has done for weeks
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Another week where I can't help feeling that he hasn't done anything to be trusted with a large transfer fund and a squad overhaul in the summer
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Really can't see anything other than a pretty tepid loss here. 3-1 Spurs, Ings to score for us and Kane with a perfect hat trick for them after looking past his best all season.
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Think he could do a job for us, but kinda hope we let him go really. He deserves the chance to develop his career and Forest seems a good fit for him
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Absolutely - he's certainly proved me wrong and a fair few others on here too. Howe has 100% been the better appointment of the two so far
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Newcastle are more likely to finish above us than be relegated. Everton are down IMO.
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You really don't have to look far to find a significant number of people claiming that biological sex itself is a social construct (a quick Google brings up several articles in fairly renowned publications). It's utter nonsense and massively undermines the campaign for trans rights.
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I've never seen much from him beyond being neat and tidy either (granted his opportunities have been limited). Reminds me a bit of JJ last year, when the consensus seemed to be that he was competent enough but not really affecting games. Decent enough player, but I'm not really sure where he fits in our midfield or if he really offers something that we need. Just has the feel of a transfer that won't work out for either party at this stage, but would love to be proved wrong
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JJ has needed a rest for weeks, whether Chuk is the right player to come in to the squad isn't clear, but tbh he might as well try things out at this stage. We aren't going down and we aren't getting Europe, good chance to see what some of our younger/squad players are about
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Both of these points can simultaneously be true: 1) He is a very talented player, as demonstrated by the fact he regularly starts at LB for France 2) Currently, he hasn't really offered anything much in a Villa shirt that couldnt have been provided by Targett You can then add the third point, which is that given his injury record, it was a bit silly to allow Targett to leave to Newcastle, who now have every chance of finishing above us in the table
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I think he deserves time and that there have been some positive signs at points during his tenure, but I really can't shake the feeling that giving him a load of money to oversee a massive squad overhaul and completely change the way we play could well be a decision we regret for a long time to come. We have a squad full of talented players, what we need now is to add quality not quantity each year. If he can't get this team playing to something like their potential then he isn't the man for the job long term.
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Just never feel confident he's going to score when he gets one on one like that
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2-1 massively flatters us, Wolves should really have scored 5 or 6. Really poor
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The banker loving, baby-eating Tory party thread (regenerated)
icouldtelltheworld replied to blandy's topic in Off Topic
Women are also much more likely to be employed in the public sector, one of the surest predictors of someone voting Labour (I'd imagine something similar applies in other countries as well) -
Quite possibly the most I've ever disagreed with a post on VT. Impressive!
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Twice as many England goals as Jack Grealish. Wor Brucey would stick him up front. Pleased for him
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Did another 5k this morning and managed to do it in 25.15, so a minute faster than last week's effort. Definitely got the buzz back and planning on taking @andyjsg advice and doing Cannon Hill Park run next Saturday
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The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread
icouldtelltheworld replied to kevangrealish's topic in Other Football
Yeah couldn't help but smile at that video. He's a likeable bloke really and I'm over it now, good luck to him -
Massively! I was off the drink for 3 months towards the end of last year, running regularly and playing football twice a week. Physical and mental health was much better than at probably any other point in my adult life. I was considering signing up for the Sutton Fun Run but think I might have left it a bit late for this year, I might sign up for a 10k over the next few months though. I generally always run the same route, so would definitely be good to challenge myself somewhere else
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First run since early November this morning, managed 5k in just over 26 mins, a few minutes slower than I was managing a few months ago, although I took it fairly easy. Towards the end of last year I was in pretty good shape, managed a 10k in around 47 mins which is the best I've ever done. Hopefully won't take long getting back to that. Definitely got the motivation back after this morning - funny how the build up to the first run is horrible but once you've got it out the way you get the buzz back.
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Probably one for the unpopular opinions thread but I generally feel that every film I watch has been overrated. I very rarely enjoy watching films and they hardly ever hold my attention for their entire duration. Especially in the case of films which last longer than two hours, just no need whatsoever.
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Thanks for this mate - will take a listen later on. You'd think that housing policy is one area that you could conceivably build a consensus across the political spectrum on. From a left wing perspective, housing inequality is a major barrier to social justice; but then it's hard to advocate for conservative values if families can't access suitable and affordable housing. All sounds so simple when you put it like that!
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There's a few examples of this type of thing around town now. As the city centre has been revitalised its also started to extend outwards into the inner city suburbs. Parts of Highgate, Ladywood and Hockley are really changing and becoming 'trendy' places to live. Will be very interesting to see how things develop in Brum over the next few decades, but it's not hard to imagine a situation in which some of the inner city areas completely change in character akin to what's happened in London. Somewhere like Handsworth with those Victorian houses and easy access to town is ripe for gentrification.
