KevinRichardsonsMoustache

Maybe one of Remi's 'the board know what I want' points was 'let me play Kozak to see what he's like'. Have the board relented? Randy will put his hand in his pocket to pay Lazio an extra 50p to let Kozak play a handful more games for us.

I remember someone saying on here in the summer that so many new signings would be either a spectacular failure or a massive success. We know the result, now. However, adding more players to the mix might not help us at the moment. Our January loans up to this point, in previous years, have been woeful. Frankly, though, the players we have at the moment have shown very little so what else can we do? Bring new players in: morale drops in those who came in the summer and it signals an admission of failure of the summer transfer policy. Don't bring any in and the fans and the management feel they aren't being supported by the board. This is a window where we need to build for next season, as well as get players in on loan who might spare some of our blushes this year. The former is the priority, though. I'm more concerned about what kind of bonkers clauses the board will add into any new players' contracts. Any deals like Kozak's (which presumably has some kind of 'pay Lazio extra money if he plays x games') will be disastrous. These policies are tying the manager's hands before the players even come in.

Today was not a surprise. Gutless. It was only the 'superior conditioning' of Premier League fitness that got us out of jail to get a draw. That's how garbage things have become. Really, though, what is avfc about nowadays? We stand for absolutely nothing. It was like when Liverpool kept banging on about how classy a club they were but then, behind the scenes, they were tapping up players left, right and centre and buying land that should have been used for low cost housing. When there's no philosophy, no heart or idea in a club with the history of ours, then I'm sorry but we're f***ed. We'll be treading water, at best, for years to come. Before Klopp turned up at Dortmund, they'd lost their way as a club, removed themselves from the working class roots that had basically formed them. The Villa we are watching is totally devoid of anything. Lerner and a Fox bang on about understanding the history of the club. Reading a book doesn't mean you were there. This is the gentrification of football and its seeping into the team (I use the word 'team' rather loosely). They have no idea that what we want isn't necessarily Barcelona every f***ing week, but a team who turn up to do their jobs and give everything for it. That's what Birmingham as a city, and the West Midlands as an area, is all about. Veretout gave an interview the other day when he said about the history of the club. Give the, all a damn history lesson. Show them Shaun Teale, Kevin Richardson, Peter Withe, Paul McGrath, Martin Laursen, Olof Mellberg. Show them people who gave a sh*t. Resolution: play the f***ing kids and people who give a damn.

Good point there.

Can players resign? Decide that, okay, I really haven't performed this season, I'll prove myself in the lower leagues. Full time. Finally.

I would say the usual 'stealing a living' stuff, but, frankly, they know it. Rabbits in headlights. Time me to play the kids and let them simply show some desire.

I think I might be suicidal if it wasn't for this forum. Crap football. Excellent (virtual) company.

Embarrassing. Goodbye premier league.

Could a certain Mr Lerner stay on the sinking ship until it hits the bottom. Drowning.

I feel for Adama. He must be wondering what he's done since moving to B6. Hope you come back soon, mate.

Parking the bus with that substitution. Who cares anyway, draw isn't enough.

Refereeing. Jesus Christ.

Give up.

We'll always have that Gil goal.

I'm taking the Christmas tree down...

Defending. Ffs

My testes are fizzing.

I hear some people do enjoyable things on a Saturday.

Rip them apart, Adama. Rip them f-ing apart.

N'Zog delivers them.

Am I on the right forum?

I. Am. Ready.

Agreed that he's not our biggest problem. Definitely not. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand how to be a professional and he's more bothered about a feud he's having with Remi. He's not showing any commitment to the club - 50/50 balls not being attacked, runs not being made. Yes he's a confidence player. But frankly he needs telling that, like a great many players, he's clearly an a-hole and needs to earn his place.

This. We've been carried by a few players for the last few years and it's showing now. Fact is: both teams were poop in that first half. They were lucky to get the deflection. Little quality from either side but we have no idea how to respond. Genuinely, psychologically, they've forgotten how to win.

He's a villa fan but as his brain is tiny, he cares only about stabbing Garde in the back because he was dropped. It's like managing a f-ing kindergarten, I imagine. Kids with egos.