Richie k

I know im slightly off topic but i think these days for the most part they are all proper professionals. They have access to facilities we cant imagine and still maintain a level of fitness even if taking a holiday. Paul mc Grath managed it doing alot worse lol.

It is an abnormal season too so the ususal expectations might not apply.

IN 8 years he has made 184 appearences and scored 67 goals and made 19 assists. 39 of those appearences were as a sub. Not bad if you ask me and his recent records arent that bad either considering how crap we were and his limited run of games. if he had played 3 or more years with us already he would almost be a villa hero by now

This will be the start of Archer making an impact, i hope.

Alot of our players whos first language isnt English , speak Spanish as a first or second language. If problems arose at Arsenal it might be due to the situation being different. They had germans, swiss, armenians, nigerians, french and egyptians.

I like having "Prepared". A motto helps create a culture or ethos or even an identity that some suggest that we are need of in recent times.

Bailey or Buendia to tear Targett apart. An early goal will be important here to silence their "fortress". villa to win 2 1. it will be close though.

for me the lion needs to be gold.

16 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

It's possible to offset this by adding the work rate of Buendia, maybe.

Bailey has been poor so we need a change...

Buendia in the middle of a 3 behind Ings, with Coutinho and Bailey outside. it might suit each of their playing styles a bit more. Wont happen of course.

Ings is a proven talent and he still has it, he had the most goal contributions last season and was on the bench alot. Some of his assists were world class too, I believe at this stage given a run of games he would do better then Watkins. He would work better in a different formation tho cos he wont have Watkins work rate

I think we can all agree theres a quality player there, one of our best and would start in at least half of the other premier league teams. But hes very lightweight and our problem is we have too many small players and we get bullied. Emi, McGinn, Coutinho, Bailey and Luiz are all small. 

sometimes what a player needs to become good is game time, it gives direction and confidence.

You would assume hes not good enough but just didnt seem like he was given a chance by getting a run of games together. Never set the world alight but didnt do too much wrong either.

1 hour ago, Philosopher said:

My Window Roundup 

All in all an acceptable window of business.

Cleared out much of.the deadwood. Brought in 3 quality players.

Kamara - A classy DM

Carlos - A powerful and composed CB.

Coutinho - A quality playmaker.

We brought in 3 squad fillers / decent backup players in Olsen, Augustinsen, and Bednarek. 

And one player that doesn't improve the overall quality, but provides qualities the squad sorely lacks in his position.

Dendonker brings strength, height, aggression, deternination, tough tackling, workrate, and discipline to a midfield sorely lacking those qualities. He also provides a bit of leadership which the squad lacks.

Unfortunately Carlos has suffered a potentially season ending injury, which makes what would otherwise be a solid window, a barely acceptable one.

We also have a manager that is a crap coach, and has a rudimentary tactical understanding. As a result he hasn't been able to forge a cohesive unit, and isn't able to make adjustments on fly.

Our biggest problem is not our squad, but our management. That's the most important signing we will make this season. Fortunately there isn't a transfer window for managers.

Spot on with everything.

Erling Targaryen is going to land in Villa park on his dragon.

Villa will go to 2-1 up and lose 2-4.

Beating United will be a good confidence boost for fringe players

10 hours ago, rbcuk said:

I just want to see Luiz, Kamara and Sanson given a run in midfield, as can’t be any worse than the shit show currently 

With cup games coming up its a possibility it could happen. Now is the ideal time for subs to stake a claim.

Anymore rough "mock-ups" of what the new north stand may look like on the inside?

Having them interchanging depending on needs

It will never happen but it would be interesting to have Ings up top with a 3 behind him of Watkins, Coutinho and Buendia.

Ingkins

We might see a better Mcginn this season. Having kamara might help him be himself

Maxism has become a  big bad scary word these days lol

Nothing wrong with a keeper as captain. Any coherant and fluid team should be able to transmit messages and be in sync with each other at all times.

this is the only negative issue with the club at the moment , something that isnt needed