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BG_Villa_Fan

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  1. Matty is a good premier league player. The fact that it seems we're currently outgrowing him says more about the fantastic job Unai's doing than about him.
  2. The energy level of the Newcastle players after such a tough week is incredible. If they can maintain it for the whole season they’d be difficult to overcome for top 4/5.
  3. Don't believe you. This is clearly Lange.
  4. Nah, disagree completely with the whole ‘safe hands’, ‘stabilising’ us and so on. He was a terrible manager, who played awful football and never understood the club, nor the fans. He managed and talked like we were small club underdogs in the freaking championship. If anything, him losing that playoff final might have been the biggest blessing in disguise in retrospect.
  5. Poor guy, now instead of spending two weeks training and improving with Unai and his coaching staff he'll have to do his best not to undo what he's learnt. Nah, joking (not really tbh). Super happy for him.
  6. Inspired by the Trezeguet thread, I'm always surprised when reading posts about that first transfer summer in the Premier league people often say that only Luiz, Konsa and Mings were hits but so many others were as well, including Trez, El Ghazi and others. They were the right players for the time at the right price. Were they ever supposed to be in the team years later when chasing top 5/6? Not really, no. I actually doubt any of the 3 aforementioned were supposed to be if not for their immense individual improvement. But at the time, during that summer, when we had to buy a whole new squad we actually did impressively well considering the task at hand. Only Samatta and Drinkwater were failures and both were brought under pressure due to injuries. Everyone else played their role, so that we can be here now. Suso lost his job because of Wesley's transfer most likely, but he should get his fair share of praise for the job he did. The only issue was it was damn clear there were Suso signings and Deano signings, which probably wasn't the ideal approach. This seemingly continued in the following seasons as well. Anyway, point is, the club's recruitment and structure have grown a lot as well and we should be more forgiving for the occasional missteps, especially having a look around at what other teams have been doing lately.
  7. His role at the moment seems to be being subbed in with 5 mins to go when defending a lead.
  8. We have to finish above three of these for 5th, not two. A big ask indeed but Unai can deliver.
  9. Digne pays the rest of the players off of his weekly wages.
  10. I’ve watched the Villa lose this exact type of game so many times. Sign of a new era! What a goal by Duran though eh
  11. I also haven’t been convinced by Lenglet on the odd occasion I’ve watched him but as a stopgap solution and with an option to buy it sounds like smart business. Besides Unai has a history of buying players who’ve lost their way a little and getting the best out of them, doesn’t he? So, hope this is another case.
  12. Unsure whether to be happy we've missed out on a player I don't rate or be worried we've not getting someone Unai wanted. Probably the latter if we're being rational, but then football fans aren't rational. Former. I guess.
  13. Hate it. BUT. Devil is in the details, it all depends on what the buyback option is worth and how it’s worded. Difficult to know what to expect when so few of these have actually been triggered. This could be a blueprint for future deals as well. We have a lot of good young players and they will need to play real games to progress. Should the Villa persist as a top 6 team or better it would make it that much more difficult for them to find the game time with the big club. The loan option has been the obvious solution in the past, however, due to how ffp rules are, deals like the AJ’s might be more efficient. Let’s hope he smashes it and is back within a couple of years.
  14. Shock! In his next column he'll explain in detail how footballers like money. Stay tuned.
  15. Other than the shoulders and the sponsor logo it's not horrible, just meh. That said, if West Ham were releasing that kit I would've mocked it relentlessly tbh. Let's hope it becomes super iconic not because of the design but because of the incredible season we're about to have.
  16. Rodrygo and Tyler Adams are the only two Leeds players I rate as squad players for us. Pub team, pub players.
  17. Laporte would be amazing , if he's willing to come. Thought it was a certainty he's going to Barca.
  18. Surprising and a bit sad. This might be an indication for a much more aggressive squad rebuild. We generally assume they'll buy 3 or 4 good players and a back up keeper or something similar, sell the deadwood while keeping the majority of the first teamers. Unai might be much more thorough in shaping the squad though, similarly to how he came and wasn't satisfied with simply finishing mid-table, which realistically would have been a successful season. He relentlessly pushed for more and put pressure on everyone until the very last day of the season, so we achieved something that pretty much no one had expected when Gerrard was sacked. I wouldn't be surprised if he would want to re-shape the squad in a similar fashion instead of going the more conservative route and Ash is the first victim of this. Anyway, good luck to him. Hopefully he could return a 3rd time, in another role, someday.
  19. I mean, I hate them too but that much? This is brutal.
  20. Come on , it's one of the best days following the Villa in the last 20 years. Don't be a party pooper. Don't be that guy.
  21. With the caveat that if Unai wants him then it's fine with me, I've never liked Barnes that much. He's a good player but I don't think he fits the way we play right now. That said, I've been very wrong about players before so I can't really have such a strong opinion. I though Edouard would have been better than Watkins in the same way I now think Nico Williams would be better than Barnes. My hope is that we can get as many of Unai's A targets as possible.
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