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Great goal on saturday, I was right behind the goal and was willing him to slot it home.

I've been to most Cheltenham home games and have heard a few negative comments about Ramseys involvement but ultimately its his first proper loan spell, hes away from home and League One is very physical and very different from youth footie. He has been anonymous in a good percentage of the games and I feel like when hes been involved he's always trying to setup a one-two or give and go and the other players aren't quite on the same wavelength. Cheltenham tend to go long and direct to Alfie May most of the time and bypass everyone else.

I'd say its been a decent loan and hopefully he can progress further next season.

11 hours ago, cheltenham_villa said:

Slow start for me, felt like he went twenty minutes without a kick but slowly growing into the game. Looks confident on the ball, some nice touches but I think needs time to get to know his team mates. Cheltenham are behind so need to push a bit more, unfortunately they have a tendency to go direct and not sure that will suit Ramsey.

I was at the game last night and was going to report similar. He was finding space and asking for the ball loads but was invisible to his team most of the game, although he did see a bit more of the ball in the second half. Cheltenham are always looking to go direct via Alfie May and I agree that it doesn't feel a great fit for Ramsey but we will see.

On a side note, the situation with Sunderland makes me very grateful to our owners as it could have very easily been us!

Nice, I'm stupidly excited about this. I go to most Cheltenham home games.

Was only thinking recently its a shame the robins dont have any Villa players at the moment.

Will post some progression reports on here! 

Really excited about our new players coming in this summer but dont really see a need to go for JWP. We need a better ball winner in midfield.

1 minute ago, AV82 said:

Did ok today. His pressing shortly before his substitution was fantastic, that put me on my feet.

I came to this thread to say exactly the same thing.

There's some comments on twitter just now suggesting its all agreed but there are some other issues to sort out implying that its personal family stuff, relocating etc.

FYI - Twitter account is Tom Cowley

Less than a minute to find his generic profile picture on google pics

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/handsome-senior-man-smelling-and-then-tasting-a-glass-of-stock-footage/466864700

5 minutes ago, cudoz said:

This guys first tweeted today.  Take anything that account says with a huge pinch of salt.
 

He seems to have got the hang of it very quickly considering it's his first day on twitter. Lots of appropriate hashtags and copying links etc. Fake agent for sure.

Interesting stuff about Grealish's average game stats. Saw quite a few twitter posts from THFC fans through the summer quoting game stats and asking what all the fuss was about. Clearly not many have seen him play week in week out.

If you hadn't watched the game last night you would have no idea the impact he had when he came on. Certainly my eyes were nearly bleeding watching that dross until he came on.

BBC match report-

"Conor Hourihane sent Villa through with just over 10 minutes to spare as he tapped in Jonathan Kodjia's pass."

Kodjia's little dummy aside, we all know who made that goal but it wont show in the key stats.

He reminds me of Gary Gardner

Totally agree @villabromsgrove

We don't have a system or a style of playing. There is no way those 11 player had worked together in a match scenario before they trotted on that pitch last night.

Its ridiculous, not a Bruce hater but this cannot continue if we're looking to progress forward.

He looks clumsy and naïve. I kept thinking he was gong to misplace passes but they were surprisingly accurate. He did ok I guess.

We've basically got one reliable CB in Chester, very worrying.

There's no way those 11 players have spent time preparing for this game.

Bruces plan was obviously to throw them on the pitch and see what happens.

Surely some of these Yeovil players dont play like this week in week out, they look awesome

I was surprised he was interested in Villa, I heard through a Bristol City fan a few weeks back that he hadn't signed a new contract as he was looking for Premier League football. Cant really blame him for going after the Fulham offer.

Hutton it is at LB!

2 minutes ago, TheStagMan said:

Far more believable, but its the Daily Star..... so..... pinch of salt

That Daily Star article is surprisingly well written.......I'm in shock.

I think he is gone and its just a haggle now.

I wasn't sure until Monday, his reaction at being subbed as he came off wasn't normal.

The upsurge in transfer activity in past 2 days is an indication the club know we have £25-30 million coming in before the close of the window to satisfy FFP this season.

My overwhelming thoughts on Saturday were that we would lose Jack if we didn't win. He's had much better passing games this season than on Saturday but the media was still raving about his performance at Wembley.

Leicester would be a good stepping stone. If he progresses like he has done this season he will be world class.

We are a very average Championship team without him. Gutted.

10 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said:

Probably have to go back to the 80s. Not many from boro either, but yes you can't blame them much. Still very low for us though. 

I remember going to a Simod Cup game in 1987, there was only 4000 at that game and we lost 5-0 to Bradford!

blimey, that list is so depressing.

Moyes, Big Sham and Pardew are just Bruce Mk2

The rest all have a whiff of Sherwood and Remi Garde about them.

I guess Dean Smith would be my choice but would worry about him dealing with some of the names we've got in the squad.

There is no way Steve Bruce will turn this around. He's utterly clueless and by all accounts has been for years.

Amazing when you consider he's accrued over £30m through the game and doesn't care about tactics, formations or plans.

8 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

The club is fooked.

 

I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see us do a full on Portsmouth.

 

The problems are far wider than just the Manager, name a single positive aspect about the club right now?

 

For the first time in my life I actually genuinely hate being a villa fan, one or two more years of this and I'm not sure I'll even consider myself a football 'fan' any more.

I feel exactly the same, worse thing for me being I've introduced both my kids to this aswell and they're getting stick from all the plastic fans in Gloucestershire that support Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool too

I took my 8 year old lad to the game and spent most of the journey up the M5 proclaiming Gestede was the worst target man I'd ever seen at Villa. Doh.

Played very well, looked hungry and took his goals well.

He missed a sitter for his hat trick.

I'm not sure I would want to rely on him for the rest of the season.

It pisses Liverpool fans off that we've signed him, and that's good enough for me.

Yes, I'm currently sat in my office listening to a pair of Liverpool fans moaning about this deal. I don't know anything about the player but worth it just to hear their soundbites.

Villa fan all my life and been lurking on here for a couple of years.

Looking forward to contributing