Made In Aston

Just now, Brumstopdogs said:

That was one of the clearest penalties I have ever seen - what a joke!

Not even a Var check on it either but they are happy to give their first goal when it was very marginal.

Here we go!

Chelsea's defence can definitely be got at tonight. Hopefully they have their shooting boots on and score more than they conceed.

Last year Moreno and now Rogers. Another product of Monchi's January transfer masterclass.

1 minute ago, Captain_Townsend said:

I would love to know how much revenue our smallest stand makes us, do we have the figure?

Attendance receipts are pretty small compared to overall revenue. I believe gates are about 10-15m per year but am not 100% sure

23 hours ago, Zatman said:

Maybe an unpopular opinion but I think specific club podcasts are more interesting when the team is struggling

Only so many times you can hear how great Unai is

I bet the blues podcasts are a riot every year.

1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

In fairness to Diego, he's had a couple of exceptional performances as well as some mares.

Players who aren't getting consistent football will blow hot and cold.

Villa players called Carlos will blow hot and cold. Remember Carlos Sanchez & Carles Gil(close enough)?! They were the same.

On 28/04/2024 at 21:31, sidcow said:

Yeah, I bet he rode it. I'm sure he just wasn't sent a photo by a staff member

How dare you?! I heard he rode it like Sea Biscuit.

2 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Looks like he's been playing quite regularly in Saudi. 

Maybe we will get an offer if anyone wants a big name. 

His book value is about £8m now and you can subtract whatever loan fee we got from that. 

With a bit of luck and a fair wind we might even get a FFP profit and his wages off the books.  Qatar or MLS? 

Another year in Saudi won't harm us either. 

He is on loan to a club in Qatar...not Saudi

Seems like a bit of an unpopular opinion these days, but MOMS is the podcast I look forward to listening to the most.

Claret & Blue is watchable and I particularly like the post match reaction show. But they sometimes put out extra shows for the sake if it (presumably under pressure from Reach to generate extra revenue).

I don't get the Gregg hate on 1874 as he does a professional job. Its an ok podcast, if a little bit run of the mill.

If all villa podcasts formed a football team then I could imagine Neil from FtLoPM would be the manager, as he seems to have a good tactical knowledge.

On 24/04/2024 at 16:24, The_Steve said:

Contract until 2026. Unless we buy him out or find a deal to offset it we shall see.

It sounds worse than it is. Wages have been covered for this season and next by the Qatar club. We just have to sell him after that or loan him out again for the remaining 12 months.

9 hours ago, ThunderPower_14 said:

 

This will be the one you mean I think. We know it can't be accurate because of the sponsor, but, it is Adidas's 2024 template and i'd suggest it's not far off what we'll end up with.

I'd be surprised if the PL allow us to have that AV150 logo there at the size they've done it.

I thought Adidas tier 2 clubs like villa got a custom kit, rather then a template. Surely the150 logo would either be on the sleeve or at the top of the back of the shirt like we have with the little lion.

4 hours ago, bose said:

First season with the team, think he's been decent. Started well but faded.

He didn't really hit his stride with Leverkusen until his third season really. Next season is big for him.

No chance he's going in the summer IMO. Can't write him off, 100% confident Unai wont.

 

Diaby's early form showed he has the ability to do well here and I'm reasonably confident he will shine like Bailey has done.

On 28/04/2024 at 12:00, Callum said:

Bailey was hindered by injury and still showed way more promise than Diaby

I don't think that's true. Just look back through the bailey thread from last season. Most fans wanted to get rid ... Even JV was coming to the realisation!

10 hours ago, Davkaus said:

They almost always just give it to the manager who wins the league, with 1 exception in the past decade

If Pulis can win it for finishing 11th on 45 points then unai should be a shoe in.

12 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said:

The plethora of young players we have, but not one we can call upon with confidence to come into our midfield, or indeed in goals.

We will need to buy for those positions, and indeed in other positions, for instance up front.

So what is our youth system - an expensive hobby? - a sop to FFT? 

Its mainly going to be a revenue generator for FFP, with the occasional gem coming through who is good enough for the first team. 

Given how competitive matches are we can't afford to develop a lot of youth players with first team opportunities unless they are exceptional.

Well the first half couldn't have gone much better! Worst case scenario is that spurs scrape a point, but even then that's a long shot. Hopefully arsenal get a few more goals to extend our goal difference advantage.

Just now, Stevo985 said:

From a situation he created

Had a lot more to do with Carlos losing his mind for a moment.

Are we really blaming Olsen for a poor second half performance by the team?! VT really does love a scapegoat!

I thought he did ok and won us a point with the save he made from Palmer.

Just watched MotD and this must be the worst of the season. Literally spent one minute analysing the VAR decision for Chelsea's third goal and then moved on without even commenting on the rest of the match. Maybe they should rename the programme VAR of the Day.

9 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Only issue is I earmarked us hopefully winning our Home Games at minimum, even if we lost the others.

Either way, you are right it's still a decent return.

Need at least one more win and a draw now.

The best teams to play towards the end of the season are those in mid table whose seasons are over. We have two of those teams coming up, so we don't necessarily have to win our home games.

3 minutes ago, AshVilla said:

Liverpool will just do what Chelsea did to us tonight and grind us out i can't see us winning that one.

I wouldn't be so sure. Their manager is leaving and they have nothing to play for. Looking at their last few results Liverpool are struggling and it's hardly a full gone conclusion that they beat us.

7pts from the last 3 games is more than most people would have predicted at the start off this run. Its a decent return so I'm still feeling positive.

4 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Diaby must have shit in Emery's cornflakes.

Diaby should have offered Emery Coco Pops as there would have been less chance of being found out.

4 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said:

 

As expected. I'd probably have started Diaby over Bailey, as it probably doesn't help his confidence or rhythm to keep swapping out.