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MarkLillis

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  1. I have often thought what it would be like if Villa could buy the block of properties leading up from Witton Station to the North Stand. There could be a huge concourse leading up to the stadium.The effect this could have on attracting people to the stadium would be huge in my opinion. You wouldn’t need to be in Aston at all.You could just get on a train in Brum and get of actually inside the ground.
  2. I agree totally.Exciting is probably not the correct term to use here. Lets just say that I think Ramsey is further along when it comes to being a reliable choice in the type of box to box player you describe. We are having to watch him now because Dean needs to give him minutes.
  3. I don’t see anything exciting in him. However we are in an enviable position of allowing him a couple months of no pressure premier league experience (i know...is their such a thing???). At present if we had must win game Ramsey would get in the team ahead of him I’m sure.
  4. It will be very interesting (and I hope exciting) this summer. The type of players that can actually expect to go straight in to our first team will now cost £40m plus. Will we spend that? I think we might but Villa have a track record of stopping just short....
  5. They all seem a little lost without Jack. Theres no decisions being made in there they just pass the buck until its intercepted. For me the best midfield we have put out since Jack was injured is Marvelous,Ramsey and McGinn. I'd start that against Liverpool.
  6. He was one of their best players. I think he was allowed a lot of space and was allowed to play the game at walking pace.....which suits him.
  7. Sheffield Wednesday have far more class. I think they have a similar situation up there to what we have with Blues. One a classic big club the other a bunch of knuckle draggers.
  8. Those Baggies fans wish nothing but ill will towards B6. Remember the tick tock bedsheet? Whilst it would be funny if the Geordies drop again,it has to be Albion for me!
  9. He has played well for us but not very often. For me the biggest issue is his lack of mobility (he looked like a carthorse at times on Sunday) Against Leeds we need more than he can offer (at present) so it must be Ramsey or Sanson. For me it would be Sanson to replace John McGinn in a deeper role and John McGinn in for Barkley further up the pitch.
  10. I find myself looking at fouls in a completely different way now.If I see contact I expect a foul to be given if the player..... decides to go down. The game has changed irrevocably. Strikers now should go down. Defenders now should learn how not to make contact. Fans need to understand that football will never be like the 70s/80s again and stop getting upset about it.
  11. The last 10 games are no harder the the first 10 games. The Premier league is a tough place to be but we are proving we can hold our own this year. Bring them on.
  12. Noooo! Bland club just dull,dull,dull Sorry!
  13. Agreed. Love them or hate them I would rather have Leeds in the Prem than Norwich or Bournemouth....
  14. Fair enough, I think that some football fans maybe surprised how many of their teams players are subjected these retrograde bans then. Like I said this is widespread in football. The genie is out of the box and many many players regard this as a skill set now.
  15. What Jack does is fully part of the game now. There is a most fouled table and it is common knowledge that Jack is always top of it. There a reason for this table in my opinion and that is the majority of football opinion realizes that "winning a foul" is now a crucial skill and staying on the feet is sometimes not desirable because refs wont give you the fouled you deserve. All clubs have players that try to do this. They just wish that their players were as good at it as Jack is Wanting players to stay on their feet when they have been fouled is both naïve and outdated.
  16. They did what they do best. They can do it to the best teams in the league as Liverpool found out themselves. I'm not sure Liverpool will be looking to strengthen areas of their team because of their defeat to Burnley and I'm not sure we need to on strength of our either. I think we just need to stick to the plan and buy accordingly (the type of player you describe might be next up anyway?) and let our young team can learn some "dark arts" for them selves instead of us buying a ready made shithouser. John Terry and Dean Smith must know few tricks between them surely
  17. Cant agree more. As a player (parks level lol) I loved it when we had a personality and player of McGinn's style in our side. Successful sides always need characters like this. McGinn comes with a massive plus to that as he is also a very good player.
  18. It is a common term used on the continent for the coach. There is a book called "Mister" by Rory Smith which explains the origins of this term.It goes back English men who went to different countries and became coaches. Mister was used by the players to address them
  19. I don't think there should even be a debate on the wording here. How can Rodri not be gaining an advantage from being in an offside position when from the moment the ball is kicked he is offside and thinking about moving towards Mings in anticipation of tackling him. He was offside the moment he started to move towards Mings,how could he be anything else?
  20. I've got a spread bet on them getting less than 50 points. At present that's looking good.....i think they will land around between 38/42
  21. Leaves us with some great memories.As he will never play for a bigger club I would say that’s a good legacy. He will always be remembered fondly by Villians.
  22. Sam can get them organised.He can also bring in some “real men” Looking at the teams in and around them it might just work.
  23. Great player - one of Englands finest in my lifetime.
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