TheStagMan

Good luck Marv. Hope you and Luton have a great season (but not at our expense obviously).

Just making sure...

I mean, why would someone post such utter shite.

And still hasn't

Also seems to be on Sky Sports

This did not receive enough recognition.

Mate, I bought a Mars bar that was worth more than their club.

I think you will find it just contains numbers for all the kebab shops between Villa Park and his house. TSM - ITK

Yeah, we had an owner who promised all that, plus a theme park. 2 years later we nearly went bust. Unsettled? No, not even slightly. I hope they do improve and grow the area. It would be nice not to have a toxic cess pit so close to the centre of OUR city.

16m is nowhere near enough to win the Championship (or make the play offs). It should be enough to keep them safe from relegation but there are some reasonably wealthy clubs in the championship now.

A barrel of the cheapest beer in one of the pubs in town was spiked with some hallucinogens. Mate

I'm not so sure. Chelsea are a shitshow at the moment and I cannot see them remaining a force They are hamstrung by the choices they have made over the last couple of years and they are running on the momentum of what they have been. I would not be surprised to see Chelsea fall away over the next few seasons. Yes, they could probably offer him more money (so could we). But they can't offer European competition, and they can't offer a stable club with everyone motivated and moving in the same direction. It is an exciting time at Villa. It is not an exciting time at Chelsea.

Why on earth would he take a step down to go to Chelsea?

So if I am understanding that correctly, what that means is.... I should wait until after the draw and just accept whoever they say it is.

I know it will only be temporary, and it will look great in the end, but it will break my heart to see Villa Park looking in that state!

Yeah, there is no way we are moving from VP.

Seen comments from Leeds fans saying that Farle will get them back where they belong. I assume they mean the Championship, so yes - he should be able to keep them from getting relegated.

Nah, no danger whatsoever of that happening. It would not be an accident.

Well, mental health care is somewhat lacking nowadays.

Is it £60m without Maddison?

I grew up in Kingstanding also. Don't remember ever meeting a nose when I lived there. Now I live down South and meet a surprising number of Villa fans. Even met one in Thailand (a local) when on holiday.

Well, of course, but my expectation is that we will not be replacing him with someone from the U21 team. There are plenty of other experienced players in the team and we should be replacing him with a top player to be our first choice who will have plenty of experience in his own right. Yes Ash has lots of experience, but his age is against him and his salary will not be small. Absolutely the right decision to part company. Right way to do it? Not sure, but the focus had to be on that last game and we had to win it, so I am glad we didn't take out eye off the ball with sentimentality

Ash has given us good service during his second stint - and he has kept himself in amazing condition. To be able to play at the intensity he played at, at his age is remarkable. That said, it seems a good place to part company, we are about to rebuild for the future and cannot carry anyone. Ash left us when he could do better, we are now leaving him now we can do better. If it were a choice between keeping him for sentimental reasons versus getting in a player better than he is now, then new player every time. Yes, he has experience and words of wisdom to offer the younger players, but we have others who can do that. I wish him well wherever he goes. So long and thanks for all the fish.

He was arrested after six months detention in 2021. https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3120884/ex-aston-villa-owner-tony-xia-detained-six-months-arrest-report difficult to find out anything about his current whereabouts.