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That is the Villa way; we get a manager who is the biggest achiever in cup football and the cup format changes to a league format.

And celebrating because he just won some serious £££

I would argue McTominay is their success story. Just add 5 more of those, sprinkle some Veranes there if you need to and over 3 years you will build a team like Plop have. And then all you need is a good manager and you have a successful team. But they are not a football club, they are a business. So I guess you need Antony's to make sure kids buy the cards on FIFA.

I see man utd buying Antony for £80m, and I see Villa buying Beiley for £30m. I see Man Utd buying Casemiro for what, £60m? I see Villa getting Kamara for free. I see Utd buying Hojlund for £60m? How much did we pay for Watkins, £20m? That is where the Man Utd problem is.

There is nothing wrong with taking people from your old clubs (Certain Dean Smith along with Watkins & Konsa might agree with this). There is nothing wrong with signing Antony either - he clearly is a capable player. What is wrong is getting a player like Antony into a team that is performing below expectations, making him a star £80m transfer and expecting him to have great numbers. He won't.

From the start of the conflict I believed a couple of things; 1. All sides will exaggerate. That is a given. It's a war effort both militarily and also on the propaganda front. 2. Russia and US will continue talks behind scenes (which is something Putin confirmed - he doesn't talk with Biden, but agencies will keep contact). 3. NATO (US) know much more than they will tell us. I believe they know where Russian troops/planes are. I also believe the same (maybe less so) of Russians. They most likely knew in what ways Germans/NATO are helping. There are likely numerous agents at the Pentagon, as there are agents at the Kremlin. It would not surprise me if any help from the west is based on 100% insight into their campaigns. If we give them weapons and intel, we should expect to know what happens with those weapons.

Apparently the CL bump caused some issues at Newcastle. Old Mike Ashley contracts (like Targett) have increased massively. As someone above mentioned, Coutinho could have one, but so could anyone else.

We also have to remember many players will increase the wages significantly once we get CL football.

To be fair, there is an argument for Foden being the best attacker in the league now.

Maybe after so many years when it felt like they will definitely go down, this is the year?!

Nope. We will play full strength on Thursday. Maybe Rogers to start, other than than a full strength team.

Truth is like poetry. And no one like poetry.

I should add; they also have new restaurants being built there (we could easily do that outside Holte) and have a small pop up shop with merch. You take a kid to see Villa, they will likely want a hat/shirt/poster. We should have members of staff visiting various stadiums on weekly basis and taking ideas from others. Why can't we have a small stand with shirts inside the Holte End? Unless you get that in Terrace View?

I went to the new Riverside stand at Fulham when we played them and beer/food was available even an hour after the game. If Holte End bars were open after the game with some good TVs and other facilities I would happily spend an hour after the game and have and extra 2 or 3 drinks and maybe some food.

I am not much into pop/electro/eurodance music, I appreciate some good tunes. I actually like this song. But it makes me wonder; you have some rock/metal/blues/jazz groups meeting together, jamming, playing local gigs, real musicians and artists who come up in the scene. The classic rags to riches stories of bands becoming great overtime. How does a band like Windows95man make a name for themselves?! And what is the artistic thought process behind the music? Did a 16 year old Windows95man meet the other dude and thought 'I know what music we should play, let's try it in the local pub'?

Maybe a regular fan couldn't, but I am sure there are 5-10k people within a 50 mile radius happy to pay £100+ per game, and that is not including football tourists from abroad/businesses. Especially if we can compete with Arsenals and Chelseas, and even more so if we can offer games on Tuesday nights.

In fact, it looks like it was a great decision.

Someone calculated that a new stand would possibly bring a return of investment in 10-15 years. I guess it would also increase the value of the club dramatically so maybe the return would be closer to 5-8 years. I just can't see a reason why they wouldn't do it. If I had a chance, I would buy a season ticket right away.

And as businessmen, they should be doing so. But why can't the new stand be built alongside of this attempt?

It's not a great system though - clubs will be able to be spend money as they wish knowing exactly what the punishments are. Wolves could buy 2 super players that will help them massively next year if they know this year they will only lose 6-9 points, which makes very little difference to them now. I'm not sure what the solution is, but I think a scale as such is not good. It's like theft; when you go to court after stealing something, all things such as intent, motivation, circumstances, scale, etc are considered.

I wonder, how much do performance enhancing drugs help in football? Unlike athletics, swimming or cycling, football is a bit more dimentional; it's not about an effort to push in the last 20mins of a multi-hour race or a singular power effort, it's about deciding where to pass and turning to make a run to intercept a ball that you estimate will land in a specific place. Slower players can be better than faster ones. Less athletic can out-wit the bigger players. Does doping have an affect on football performance? Maybe in terms of stamina and longevity?

Please just give us a thumbs up or down. Will there be any news soon from the club?

But it will happen. Probably not now, maybe in 30-50 years, but it will most likely eventually happen.

Hasn't Emery had the best record at PSG? And hasn't he done well at Arsenal but their expectations of instant success and post Wenger blues make him lose the job?