MarkLillis

This cant be true....

We never make a profit on players somebody accept the bid before Arsenal realise 

2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Looks like we are mark !

Midnight remember

Just now, AV82 said:

Strange that. I've seen a lot of other fans asking why we're so harsh on McGinn. I trust fans who watch these players week in, week out vs. those that view the highlight reel on MOTD.

Most fans don't watch their team week in week out...there are millions of fans who never get to the ground.

They watch the highlight reel on MOTD and go on forums or worse.... make their judgements based on computer game statistics....

4 minutes ago, useless said:

Not sure why people are talking as if he's been a Wolves bench player, he's made thirty plus Premier League appearances for them in each of the last three seasons, he's started four of their five games this season, he's pretty much been a regular for them, that's a regular in a team who have been finishing in a position where we're trying to get to, he's also got thirty plus caps for Belgium which at them moment can't be an easy feat.

 

I would suggest its got something to do with knowing or working with a Dingle....

"Eeees shite mar mate! Yow con av arr cast offs if yow loike, weem on the way oop!

Moind de gap arrr kid.....

Alongside Kamara he strengthens the midfield.

He will allow our Centre backs the protection they need and ,maybe then they can perform a little better too.

Alone he might not be a great player but he would slot into an unfilled hole for me (Owweerrr did i say that out loud )

4 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Give it a chance. Its only 11.30am

so we haven't sunk that low then............................................................yet!

5 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Replacing luiz for dendonker man how low we have sunk

But this hasn't happened?

Don't see much wrong with this. If hes used correctly he will be an effective player.

The bit in bold is the bit that worries me....

This thread is opening my eyes.

There are loads of players that I didn’t even know where shit……until they are linked with us!

Educational

1 hour ago, Tayls said:

Going by that then Gerrard has only managed us for four games and so needs an entire season to see if he can turn it around… god knows where we could end up. 

Like I said 

This is not a post about SG he may fix it….he may get sacked and someone else may fix it.

41 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said:

I think if Gerrard sticks around we will be in trouble

Whilst not keen on sacking managers this often….I am in agreement here.
 

4 minutes ago, MentalM said:

If we had played well and just had margins against us, that would be fair.

However we have no system, horrible ingame decisions by management, horrible pregame decisions by management , horrible postgame decisions by management, 3 wins in the last 15 games, look like **** on the pitch, unrest among the players, growing distance between the supporters and the team

Its a clown fiesta at the moment. Change is needed.

 

 

 

 

Again I’m not posting about Gerrard and his record going back into last season.

Im posting about the fact that we are four games into a season.

Four.

11 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

 

Villa have lacked the right blend for as far as I can remember, "lightweight" is often a term labelled towards Villa over the years. It still seems adequate as way to describe us unfortunately. 

This is how I always think of Villa. I’m used to it now.

We are everybody’s fall guy when a team need a win….

West ham you are welcome

2 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said:

Have you seen United's scouting this season? Its horrendous. And that's from one of the biggest clubs in the world.

My gut feeling is that the scouts themselves are good at their job. But its the upper management who decide what players to buy who are choosing against the scouts recommendation.

I think this theory has a ring of truth about it.

Maybe some managers are more risk averse than others.

Take Graham Potter for example he probably would be happier than SG to take a risk on unknown CB.

On 19/08/2022 at 20:30, VillaParkAvenue said:

At Saints forums they expect 15m. But they also seem happy to give him away if that was the case.

You realise that you can’t pay any attention to what fans on forums say…..don’t you?

6 minutes ago, AshVilla said:

I'm not confident were safe from relegation this season.

So you’re not a “glass half full kind” of guy then….

6 minutes ago, Steero113 said:

Mood/anxiety level/optimism levels on this forum is driven by one thing and one thing only. 

Our performance in the last 3 league games only. 

If we'd won the last 3 games we'd all be on a massive high and be eulogising over the squad depth, with various players being lauded for their performances and the club just needing to fill "perhaps one spot" with a quality upgrade. 

As it stands, its the opposite, we've won one and lost two with mostly car crash performances, therefore all other clubs business is looking amazing, our squad is dogs**t and we need a huge overhaul before the end of the window just to stand still 

Most of that is in jest, but you get the point. 

You say most of that is in jest but generally it’s is spot on the mark.

Your not doing yourself justice with regard to the accuracy of this appraisal.

Well said

The word shambles is not a very good description of how we operate in the transfer market under this regime.

Of course we have been a shambles in the past....

26 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

Tell him we are just spending the money we got for a relatively untried academy graduate.That’s inflation for you…

Not being a Southampton fan I haven’t paid much attention to this guy.

Therefore I really have no idea if he’s a good footballer or not.

If he signs for Villa I will watch him more closely and make an opinion then.

Like him

A lot!

14 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

And we know there is " no plan " because we are armchair football experts, or we don't see it coming off?

You point out that they might have " messed it up " ( Arsenal ) but they would try it again.

Do people genuinely think there is " no plan "?

I'd prefer people to say whatever the plan is, is " shit " than to confidently declare there is " no plan ".

Agreed 

professional football without a plan…..?

We would have lost by far more.

Plan that didn’t work most definitely. If he didn’t have a plan then he definitely hasn’t got a plan b which as we all know is every football managers ultimate downfall.

We are really in the sh@t