TheStagMan

1 minute ago, Villan_of_oz said:

No utterly deserved

No, an anti football side who came here with no interest in playing football get a lucky break, and every major decision given against us. We have not been great but the officiating is a joke. Again.

Utterly **** robbed.

F**K OFF

Fecks sake. Wouldn't surprise me if VAR send of Duran now.

Not so much parking the bus as playing the game in a bus depot.

F**k off VAR

Don't think that's a handball but still can't get over Ollie being shoved over is not a pen.

How is that not a penalty. Fecking VAR

4 hours ago, Sulberto21 said:

Only one team has a 100% record at home… only one team hasn’t won away from home. Ah balls!

We don't do that any more. Emery says no!

On 17/12/2023 at 21:30, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said:

For those of us who have only just come to the thread and seen that the vid has been removed from X/Twatter: here’s another post of it:

 

I adore the fact that Roy is fully embracing the fact that he and Mark Drakeford are the same person 

 

I met Roy once when he was England manager, he is a lovely bloke. And frankly, that video just endears him even more. 

21 hours ago, ender4 said:

I'm not sure... i think its says "A 1500" at first glance.   

I like it. I think it would look good on the front of my Austin 1500.

Wait, what? Is a badge for Villa? Fecking hell.

22 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

United are shit at home.  They have lost to Brighton, Palace, City and Bournemouth at Old Trafford. Yes they picked up a point at Anfield but looking at the stats it seems like they parked the bus and scraped a draw. They can’t sit deep at home and I reckon that will suit us. 
 

Kamara or no Kamara. It’s a game we’ll be looking at winning.

I watched that game. United were terrible for most of it. Liverpool also were not very good. 

I was looking at it thinking that if United play like that against us, we will tear them a new one.

31 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

Have you been to Tottenham before? The surrounding area is the biggest Shit hole in London. Way worse than Aston. The location of the Stadium isn't as important as the transport links.

 

Depends if we want to try and bring in more revenue by making the area a destination, rather than just the stadium for match days. Having fan zones or entertainment venues would help boost revenue. Having slums nearby doesn't.

But yes, transport links are vital.

I don't know where I stand on this. The owners have done more than enough to date for me to have faith that they will get our long term future right, but the cancellation (or pause if you believe the words from Heck) are worrying, I am a Villa fan, so the genetic disposition is to fear the worst. 

In terms of a new stadium, I would be horrified to move from Villa Park. But then I think about it and Villa Park is a bit "Trigger's broom". Yes Villa Park has been our home for 125 years, but the oldest current stand is the North Stand which opened in 1997 (Holte End - 1995, Trinity - 2000, Witton Lane 1994) and the pitch has been re-laid multiple times, so only the North stand remains from our glory days in the early 80's - other than the location, and that is the one we are all (rightly) desperate to knock down and start again. 

And frankly the area around Villa Park (apart from Aston Hall) is a shithole. 

Part of me thinks that a new stadium is not a bad idea, but the other part of me is absolutely attached to Villa Park - so many memories and so much history. A grand old stadium that is unique, rather than the soul-less modern bowls with a Tesco in them. 

So - what to do with Villa Park if we did get a new stadium? The obvious answer is knock it down and build housing, but the area is still a shit-hole. With a could of hundred (maybe?) new houses, it is not going to be that much of an improvement to the area so not like the land is actually worth that much (maybe one Diaby). 

On that basis, I would prefer that we did what the guy on twitter suggests and massively revamp the area - compulsory purchase the area between Witton Lane and Yew Tree Road and demolish the lot, maybe even as far as the railway line and revamp the whole area boxed between Trinity Road/Jardine Road, Witton Road, the railway line and Aston Hall Road/Expressway, but the costs and hassle of doing so would be astronomical, getting carried away, we could even build a new stadium there and maybe incorporate a train station into the station. Could even buy up the Salts healthcare and Guhring land and build a massive car park there with access directly onto the Aston Expressway - would certainly help with local congestion and would bring in lots of parking revenue (together with local match-day parking restrictions).

I know it is massively wishful thinking, but I could accept a new stadium next to Villa Park  

Just now, turvontour said:

Yes it was an error, and they knew they made it when they said it. 

It's just a great example of the lack of interest in the detail of Villa though. 

I was wondering if they knew something we didn't, then I realised they were pundits, so unlikley.

2 hours ago, turvontour said:

Yes most are now to be fair. But there's so little knowledge about us I suppose because we've been unfashionable for so long.

I just watched a 50 min review of the weekends games by the two Robbies for NBC. 

They discuss our game for 1 minute and say that Emery had a tough job at Arsenal because of Wenger leaving, and that we will be stronger once Nkunku returns from injury.

WTF?

2 hours ago, turvontour said:

Pundits part not understanding what we are doing and part trying to dismiss it in their own minds.

Villa will tail off because they don't have any squad depth. They only beat Man City because they had a couple of injuries and a suspension.

??????????????

I think we are in a pretty good place at the moment. The pundits have not been paying attention and think that this is a purple patch for us - but the thing is we have been performing at this level for a year - pretty much from the day Unai joined, and what's more, the manner in which we are achieving the results shows that they are not flukes. Sure, in some games we have ridden our luck but overall the approach and performance is convincing. 

Whilst I don't expect Mings or Buendia to come back this season in any meaningful way (maybe the last few games, but certainly not match fit), we have Moreno and JJ coming back having missed half the season - so they will be like two new January signings and will be fresh. we don't have any European games until March 

Overall our playing style is all about conserving energy so I am not worried about fatigue towards the end of the season. 

Bring it on.

I was pretty angry with him for his stupidity at the time, but watching the replay, that was an incredibly soft red card. I'm not sure that we should appeal as others have said above - hand to face, not likely to be rescinded/reduced - but is there a way to appeal the behaviour of the Brentford players. What Konsa did was no worse than several of them - and as they were not punished on the pitch at the time, is there anything retrospective available?

22 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

Did you miss the badge farce? Our "new badge" is only on our kit and training gear, everything else, including our own website and social media uses the old one, until we release a new one next season.

Clearly I did miss the badge farce then. Thanks for confirming.

Why are sky using our old badge on the table?

Quality commentary team on sky.

"eee woz booked for dissent twice, wot does dat mean?"

"it means he did it twice"

1 hour ago, HongKongVillan said:

It feels like Ben **** Me got away with this, he is getting a nice Xmas break until the new year which is totally undeserved. 

 

Do I wish him a career ending injury? That is a tough call

It isn't

Football is better off without him, and he does not deserve the huge salary that he is paid. 

Man U look terrible. Liverpool not much better really.

Just now, bobzy said:

Not a chance. He pushes the guy in the face. 

Indeed, I would be surprised if we even tried to appeal it.