AJ

Sometimes you have to spend cash for romantic nourishment. Just ask a stripper.

You fooled me. You actually signed someone.

Despite being dead for over 20 years, we would probably get more movement out of him than Gestede.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ax9-bZwESi0 Sergio Leon's goals from last season. Some penalties, and some "right place, right time" goals and questionable goalkeeping, but some brilliant ones too. He has pace and excellent footwork. He is worth at least a look.

Maybe we should look at Sergio Leon from Elche? He was the top scorer in the Segundo Division last season with 23 from 41 appearances. He has one year left on his contract, and apparently Elche are skint.

What concerns me is that there might be a bit of " Jeckyll and Hyde" going on with some of the players. What they say and how they apply themselves during training might indicate that they want every success for the team, but once they are on the pitch, they leave their care factor in the change room. I hope RDM has a fully functional bullshit detector when assessing the squad.

Maybe, D Mat wants to see things for himself and answer the questions, is the team full of bad players, or is it just a bad team, or maybe both? We have had players who we considered crap leave Villa and play out of their skin for another team. ( eg. Albrighton ) We also had players that had some degree of promise upon buying, but have also turned crap. ( almost any player bought last summer). Sinclair, for example, was terrible this year, but quite handy towards the tail end of the season before. So what happened? Watching the way Villa played last season, you would not think that they were trying to win a game of football. Players running nowhere, passes straight to the opposition, and a general fear of taking players on. Is there a rift in the dressing room? (Probably) Do the players throw any sense of tactics out the window once they get out on the pitch? ( Survey says yes) As Leicester surprised everyone by winning it without using a budget similar to a small to medium country, by playing good football as a team, Villa were doing the complete opposite. It is all well and good to think who needs replacing, but some players may need to relearn how to play football again. If new players come in, and we are just served the same crap as last season, well, Villa have just wasted their time and money.

Sincerest condolences, Villarocker. Losing our Mums is one of, if not the most hardest times we go through in life. God bless and give you the strength to pass through this difficult time. " Where is our claret and blue army?" you say? Right here, buddy.

Like Deeney for Watford both times last season. Birmingham's best off field striker. That was painful.

I went cross eyed reading that.

I am really curious about our player ratings now that Villa have dropped to the championship, and have definitely not shown the form which befits their ratings. For FIFA 16, Richards..78, Guzan ..78, Gabby..73, Bunn..71, and so on. Would these ratings take a hit, and, how much?

Thank you!

I actually like the away kit, and think it is nicer than last year's. Any news on the GK strip, or will it be green pyjamas again?

Last January was a major disorganised crime.

Its at least an improvement on the last transfer window.

Tried that with the missus. She is still waiting for her 3 wishes, but at least she granted mine.

The Berson person and Merson will only bring the curse on.

Not really. They get to play Iceland.

Is that you, Eric?

I see what you mean, and that must be so disappointing for the people who actually care about Britain rather than what is inside the shells of their own opinions. Unfortunately, we are seeing this happen in other countries, like the Philippines and to some extent Australia. We have an election next week, and there is a lot of proclamations of people claiming to be either left or right wing, and not giving a damn about the issues. Regardless of the issue is or what is said, they will support their "side" like as if they were at the footy. I am probably being idealistic here, but I wish we could do away with all this left/right wing bullshit and just focus on the issues and rational solutions. If you lean to the left or the right without looking forward, you end up going in circles.

I must admit, my knowledge of British politics is quite vague, but was this one of those referendums in which the choice is either logical common sense or the ridiculous, and the madness had somehow snuck in? From what I gather from a lot of intelligent and well informed VT posters, this is kind of like waking up one morning in the lounge room after a heavy night of drinking, there is a donkey wearing a sombrero beside you playing FIFA on your playstation while rambling about the tourism boom potential of Luton, and you think " Where the bloody hell did you come from? Something like that?

Thorough scientific research has shown that the attention span of a donkey is hey, that dog has a fluffy tail!

Aston Villa win? Hard to remember what that feels like.

Should Villa give Gabby, Bacuna, Richards, Lescott, and Guzan at least another second chance? No No No No x 1000