BG_Villa_Fan

How can refs in this league be so absurdly incompetent?

Was awesome in Mortal Kombat 3 back in the day.

I’ve never seen the Villa press like this. Super impressed with everyone. What a difference a great coach makes!

Never in doubt! Our Emi is a giant.

I for one won’t be disappointed if there aren’t any new signings. Prefer to see what Emery does with the players we have. Can’t judge anyone on the performances under the previous … hmm manager or something. We know we have genuine quality. Give a proper manager the time to assess everyone, see what youth we have, and then create a good plan for the summer.

Please please please make it so

He used to be the kind of player who got mad at being substituted in the 80th minute when 2-0 up. Now he’s the type of player who gets subbed on in the 96th minute. All the money and trophies won’t buy him what he used to be and what he had.

I'd be very impressed if they have a replacement lined up already. Would mean they're professional and cutthroat. None of that 'we're scheduling interviews' stuff. Also time to waive their big ... money around and get someone good.

7 of the current regulars started in the 7-2 win against Liverpool not too long ago. The others were Targett, Trez and Barkley - all deemed not good enough.

Finally! Couple of months too late but still. The club's statement is interesting , no thanks or pleasantries, basically the closest to GTFO a professional message could look. I imagine other heads might roll. Get the next appointment right!

Every day he leaves Gerrard in charge is another day of actively sabotaging the club. Been so for a couple of months.

Because he was looking for a reason to sack Smith. Now he's looking for a reason not to sack Gerrard.

One of the biggest issues with these types of ahem 'pragmatic' coaches like Bruce and Gerrard is that even at their projected best you're looking at poor football and entertainment, poor player development, no youth breaking through because results and so on. So even if it works for a while and they stumble upon a few 1-0 wins it's a bad long term strategy and only a matter of time before luck dries up.

As if we needed any more reasons to love the big man! The first few albums of In Flames were awesome and so creative for the time.

nvm

There are usually 3 grades for sprains - 1 is mild and 3 is a full tear, which definitely requires surgery. Since it appears that he won’t need surgery and judging by the time he’s expected to be off we, as internet doctors, can safely conclude it’s a grade 2 sprain. He’ll rest some, get some therapy and will probably be re-evaluated in 6 weeks so we’ll know more by then.

About as well as Dendoncker, judging from the last game.

I had a sprained MCL not too long ago. Took me more than two months until I was able to run normally. Obviously I didn’t have the top treatment a premier league player would. Hopefully it’s not more than a sprain. Fingers crossed.

Ahh the irony..

Great job Deano, so happy for him. They play decent football as well and that little fella Nunez is a good player.

This is why I never bother with pundits, articles, analysts, etc. - they’re openly dishonest, no real insight, heavily biased. Literally no one provides analysis that is more sophisticated than your average Joe in a pub would. It’s all so boring and useless it’s just a waste of time. Avoiding listening to these frauds before and after a game, reading the articles and even watching games on mute is a genuine improvement. Nowadays there are a lot of good podcasts, youtube channels and other similar avenues to get actually good information. TV and papers are way behind on provided value even for the more casual fans.

I'll try to explain. Gerrard is gone. They all know he is and he has no say in transfer dealings at all. And no, they should never have put themselves in such a situation - he should have already been sacked, but hey ho. So, they've taken a stance that no one is leaving until the new manager could come and assess the squad. Also, as you've said, they're in a decent position financially, so it's not that much of a deal even if he ends up walking. More of an opportunity cost.

Well we're a special case of having the worst of all worlds - narrow offensively where we somehow manage to have players getting in each other's way AND having no one to pass to. Then we're wide open on the flanks when other teams counter attack and wide open in the middle when other teams build their attacks. I think it takes a special ability to get so many things completely wrong.

The point is that everyone knows Gerrard will be gone soon and someone more competent could surely use Luiz.

A truly dreadful signing who's destined to be on the next bomb squad with loans to Turkey until his contract is up. Then we wonder why we never make profit on signings.