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I completely disagree... He is a jack of all trades that is incredibly versatile and consistent both in and out of possession. I think he gets a bad rap amongst Villa supporters because of the Grealish/Mount/Southgate love triangle a few years back, but he would be a brilliant player player for us in Emery's system out wide.

Oooooo... Sorry... The answer we were looking for here was Declan Rice! But thank you for calling!!! People turning their noses up at Mason Mount is peak VillaTalk.

The timing of this is too coincidental and pretty much confirms that Emi Martinez's WC antics are the reason why they're changing the rules... Absolutely ridiculous when the taker can stop in their run up, do stutter steps, take a very slow run up Pogba stye, etc. to try to psych the keeper out. I mean, why even have the goalkeeper in the net at this point if the taker needs the deck stacked even further in their favor.

I'm still pissed off about our last European appearance in Moscow, where we played the youth team to "focus on the league"... I'd kill for the Conference League next season. Anyone suggesting we bin off any competition to focus on another is delusional at best.

Nominated for Premier League POM Still can't get a look in the England squad... #SouthgateOut

What most impresses me most about Emery is that the entire squad is completely bought into him and his style of play, which is crazy considering the only players he has signed so far have been Moreno & Duran. The only way this can go sideways is if our recruitment isn't good this summer. We HAVE to get this right.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Arsenal have the most delusional fans with the highest sense of entitlement out there. They honestly thought that Wenger was the reason they weren't winning titles every season and all they needed was a new coach. The way those lunatics on AFTV treated both Wenger and Emery is deplorable.

From watching his highlights he looks like a Buendia clone.

This 100%... Conte will bounce this summer and Levy will struggle to find another manager of his caliber and will have to settle for Thomas Frank or Marco Silva. Kane and/or Son will be off this summer and Spurs will fall off hard next season.

This thread is hilarious... Drop points one week and it's all doom and gloom, but win the next and we're still in it. Let's just enjoy the ride. Emery is 100% the right man to take us forward and if we come up short this season, we'll get there either next year or the following.

Absolutely. You could see it in the "All or Nothing" documentary series that Kane is a quiet kid who keeps his head down and leads by example on the training ground. He's not one to break his foot off in someone's arse when they aren't pulling their weight or rally the team together when they need some encouraging words. That's fine when you have that type of captain, as long as you have other leaders in the dressing room who aren't afraid to address things themselves. Picture us in the Championship with Jack as captain with Chester, Jedinak, Whelan, Taylor, Elmo, Hutton, etc. all in the dressing room backing him up. Apparently, the only one in the Spurs squad who does that is Dier, which is why he somehow keeps getting picked by these managers after all these years of poor performances on the pitch by him.

It's possible, but on the other hand he may know he's being sacked this week and decided to go off on the club/players to help save face. The problem at Spurs is Levy... Plain and simple. He doesn't want to spend money on the squad and has a huge debt to pay off with the new stadium. His view is that their squad is good enough to win things and demands instant success from the manager, or he'll find one that will make it right. They've now gone through 3 genuine elite-caliber managers in Poch, Mourinho, and Conte and none of them managed any trophies with this same spine of players. He's now managed to make the Spurs manager job a poisoned chalice and absolutely no one with a world class CV would even consider the position now. They need to dismantle the team down to the studs and completely rebuild from scratch.

I listened to the whole press conference... What an epic rant from Conte! Basically said Spurs is a club for losers because nobody from the ownership to the players want to win or come together as a team, but the managers are the ones who always take the blame. Very vindicating for Poch and Mourinho. If Levy ends up sacking Conte now, they will not find another elite manager to lead them again.

Wow... That's the most stonewall peno you'll ever see... No idea what VAR is looking at there... Horrific refereeing once again.

I guess Fergie stopped paying off the refs this season. Just watched the highlights on that... Horrific tackle...

Reverse the players and we'd be saying it's a stonewall peno... Is it soft? Absolutely, but I've seen worse ones given this season.

Getting stressed out reading this thread... Holy cow... We're creating some of the best build up play under Emery so far because West Ham aren't pressing us high up the pitch. They're preferring to double up on the passing lanes, but our movement is ripping them apart at times. Moreno is fantastic going forward and we look like we're going to score every time he gets on the ball in the final third. We could have easily scored 3 more goals on another day. That said, West Ham's team is set up to soak up pressure and counter with Benrahma & Bowen's pace. Going to be another stressful half, but I think we can pull out a win here with an early goal in the second half.

I mean... If you're the furthest forward player on the pitch, it's kind of hard to be back defending the counter attack...

How did that not go in???? Lovely build up play... Again from Moreno. He's the biggest threat for either team right now.

Ahhh... Villa Talk match threads... Perfectly balanced and rational takes all around.

Nah... Ings was all over him too, which is why it wasn't given. Watch the replay and look at Ings's hands pulling Buendia's shirt. It's a bit of a Ronaldo/Mings situation again.

IDK... That looked pretty blatant to me. Bailey was all over his back, then tripped him up. Chalk that up to another reason why he needs to be the first one in the 1st team replaced this summer.

FFS, Leon...

Yeah, I was a little frustrated too, but Moreno doesn't get the space to make the cross for the goal if JJ didn't make that run into the channel to pull the fullback off him. He seems to be finding the space to run with the ball now after a slow start.

What a cross!!!!