DakotaVilla

You can’t downplay what he’s done on the commercial side and getting Adidas on board in world record time. Yes, there was strong following wind provided by Emery and Nas but these sponsors still need to be found, relationships developed, huge contracts agreed and ultimately signed up very quickly. Heck has done that very professionally with minimum fuss. However…. There are still two huge elephants in the room. 1 - The Crest. Hopefully he has been wise enough to listen and pivot. If he presents that drop shadow rubbish after all the noise after the leak in January he’s never going to fully recover with a lot of the fanbase. That might not matter in the short/medium term as long as the revenue keeps rolling in. 2 - Season Ticket Price increases. How much are they going up and is it within a range that’s acceptable to the majority of the fan base. The next month will be huge for his standing with the fan base.

Spurs play sheff united away on the final day. My worry is that they could easily beat Arsenal in the derby game. If they do, that’s Arsenal’s title push probably over and Liverpool don’t look like they are able to keep on winning. If man city win the league before they play spurs that game becomes a gimme for spurs. And they already have the 2 gimmes v sheff united and burnley. Two wins still needed for me. Spurs v Arsenal is huge.

He covered for McGinn big time today

Cash is the chaos right back. He demonstrated that perfectly v Lille. We all know we can upgrade here but the boy has the fight and heart of a lion. He’s plenty good enough to be a squad option .

I totally agree about not taking Bournemouth for granted but Tim is 21 in a few months. He’s not some fresh 18 year old. If he’s not asked to make a meaningful contribution when Tielemans has played 210 minutes in the last week and we have no other options then I fear for his future with us. We will definitely sign another defensive midfielder in the summer so he probably won’t have this opportunity to start such a significant game for us again.

If he doesn’t start today then real doubts about his long term future at Villa Park.

If we get champions league and win the conference this season will be right up there with anything we have done in modern history. Probably our third best season after winning the league and then winning the European cup. I have absolutely no doubt that by the time Emery leaves us - which will hopefully be long from now and his retirement from football - he will undoubtedly be the greatest manager in our modern history.

I’m sure it’s part of the tactical plan that Emery has for a specific game state. We will likely see exactly the same scenario tomorrow if we aren’t comfortably ahead at 60/65 min

The players are going to be absolutely ****. They’ve done their part this week. Now it’s our turn. This is the formation for Bournemouth. All All All All All All. All All All All. All

The man has literally redefined how to save penalties and won his country the copa America, the World Cup in the process. Maybe he’ll win us our first trophy in decades in the same way. It was far, far, far more than just a good save.

Even King Emi needs a rest. This will only fuel him to be the difference in every other game when he plays.

No idea on timing from me mate but seems a no brainer to get done asap.

3k comment was clearly in connection to box park/warehouse. They know they could fill that for every away game.

The CPO is only hard to get if the mayor/council is not supportive…. I strongly suspect they will have to be as there is no significant development of that stand without a CPO.

A very close friend of mine was at the game last night and stayed in the same hotel as the club. He spent a fair bit of time with some very senior and very recognizable individuals at the club. I won’t name them as I think it’s unfair to do so. Key points relevant to this thread are: - Club is definitely NOT moving from VP. Plan is to stay at VP with significant development planned with big announcements over the next two years. - Box park space with 3k capacity is definitely happening. - Lower Ground and Terrace View were both green lit under Purslow. The comment made was “right idea but in the wrong place”. I trust the information 100 percent and sharing to hopefully put this thread at ease.