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Works hard and always looks for the ball, his luck will change and he will start to net soon imo

Solid display, future captain imo ,, although he does seem to be the center of calamities at times it appears to be just bad luck

No lowton Bacuna

As andym pointed out the problem as I see it is lack of movement from our front players and midfield when were in possession, no option for a decent pass we then tend to play it back to our defense until Guzan launches it to Benteke,.............

Newcastle worked very hard closing us down and competed all over the pitch, we seemed to never get a foot in the game, even when we scored. Guzan kicks to Benteke seemed to be our only outlet.

There was very little movement from our players when we were in possession whch is a big worry for a young team.

Pardew did his homework on how to beat our 433 and we had no answer to his tactics.

Can't pick a motm, not a happy day

Is he going to play tomorrow? Might back him to score anytime.

4-2 to the Villa, Newcastle to score first, Can't wait tbh, first home 3 o'clock kick off this season. UTV! 

Benteke is a great player, he does however owe Villa quite a lot for helping him develop. I can't think of any team that would have done for him, or any other young player, what we have. We dropped our record signing for him, he started with a new set of players, new maanger and a new found hope from the fans, this combination does not happen very often and its a factor we should consider when we name a value for him.

He's hasn't played that well this season but he's still scoring for fun, hit a bit of form and he could easily be in double figures by the end of November. He may not be playing in the Champions league but he does have a world cup to go to and after a good season his value would be well over the 30m mention during this transfer seasons fiasco.

Benteke and the Villa should enjoy it all while it lasts.

Benteke looks like he's going to have another great season, the way he's started he could easily outshine last season. I think he will be top scorer, or very close. His value is going to be 40m plus, if a bidding war starts it could be more. .....

3-1 to Ukraine, we will have a player sent off.

A bidding war between Arsenal and Man U would be perfect for us, both have their egos bruised and require backing from their owners, FWIW iI think he will go for 45-50m. Just hope we get a decent replacement sorted well before it all kicks off

Arsene Wenger got away with saying 'I didn't like the fact the way the game was refereed and this is a deeper question that just one decision.'I don't like to lie, I didn't like what he did."

Exceptional goal, the movement off the ball shows a vast improvement on recent performances. Delphs finish was the icing on the cake. UTV

Back to the Villa, we need to increase our media profile to increase our merchandising and our income. We have all the ingredients. A great history, high profile fans, beautiful ground with top quality facilities we just need to tell everyone and give it all a bit of spin. 

This has all been done before in the USA, Randy. We could get Ozzy in a Villa t shirt for a fee, Tom Hanks could be encouraged a little more, Duran Duran, OCS, UB40, we  also have the future king of England as a fan, lets milk it all a bit..............      

I have seen enough of Okore to say he will make a big difference to our defence, he was very tight against LPool in the second half. He will be this year's Benteke, a defensive version.

I tthink the addition of a forward will help us play a 3-5-2, or 4-4-2 and cope with any suspensions, injuries or industrial action we may encounter come the transfer season ;-)

Always a pity when one of our youth players don't make it here, wish him good luck for the future.

Needs playing time, on loan or sold. Fwiw I think he will make it either way

I hope they win the league, at least it would be from self generated income. However, good players don't always make good teams, man city and Chelsea have both shown this, even man u had this happen pre Ferguson.

Football focus never even showed the highlights of our game against Rotherham......why?

All the content could be copied from a genuine account and reposted to a bogus account to trick people into thinking its official.

Gabby not being picked by woy is a massive indicator on the type of England team were going to be served up over the next few years, I really do feel a sense of happiness when England fail because of all the political crap that picks the team

Taking players on loan does not help our long term development, unless its to cover for injuries in key positions, ie a keeper. We have been bitten a couple of times on these loan deals, Walker being an example of the best we have had and that leaves a sour taste in my mouth, hes done so well after we allowed spurs to use us as a way to get him vital experience without any errors costing them. Jena's being the worst example of a loan deal gone bad.

It would help us more if we loan our fringe players out to let get them experience.

Had this STEINHART "OCEAN 1 VINTAGE red" for a few months, my first auto, which i have found a bit of a challenge winding it up and all but by enlarge I find it a lot more rewarding than a quartz watch. Any further additions to my collection will now be auto's.  

We need to see if players like Bacuna can play, given a chance. Patience is always going to be the key with building a team with players from unproven sources. The Arsenal game may have done us no favours, were expecting to much to soon. God help this forum if Newcastle beat us.

First time I've been on here since the match. Was a little disappointing as I thought we'd beat them, which shows how much we've grown over the past six months really.

 

First half was turgid. Great goal from Sturridge from their only shot on target from what I can remember. Bacuna I thought was a bit out of place, but it's his first game so I don't know why he's getting much criticism - give him time. Saying that, I've no idea why he got MotM!

 

I thought Delph looked a different level, and he's obviously continued to improve from last season. Very promising - he looked quite a player. Liverpool got the goal and sat back, and we couldn't break them down. No tragedy, they're a good team this year even with Ratty. Can see them threatening for top four this season. Three tough games in a week, and three points, with some good performances. Very promising.

 

FWIW, after some awful refereeing already this season in our matches, I thought Clattenburg was excellent..

More or less my thoughts exactly, just add that Luna's starting to look a real player and Okore is gonna be a beast for us.

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Stats look good but he would be to much money, is this a suggestion or does it have foundations?