Stratvillan

Any more letters? On holiday so can't check.

I'm genuinely not sure if I'll renew if I am forced to move.

Had a season ticket for 25 years, got season tickets with my kids the year before we got relegated. Had them ever since, Preston home, not sure the prestige seats would have sold then.

To hear that we are all equal crap from the official account, but clearly some are more equal than others!

10 rows would probably take it up to the first exit onto the coconcourse so would make sense.

I'm row 4!

I'm in T4, think it will be the two blocks directly behind the goal in the Upper North T3 and T4, have to give the most desirable seats to those hard-core fans who have supported the club for years, hold on...........

At least I'll have seats in row zz and a crappy top Great.

To give the CL a go I think that we need to sign first team starters not just squad fillers.

Though we've suffered from injuries, there's no guaranteeing that Mings (especially), Buendia and later Kamara will return all guns blazing.  Linked to this is the fact that we will get injuries at some point. 

Defensively we are weak, there is absolutely no chance of progressing in the champions league with

digne/ moreno 

Pau Konsa

Cash / new guy (I don't have clue if hes good)

To say we can target the later stages with these players is laughable. It's a testament to Emery that he has got top 4 with a top 4 attack, top 6 midfield and top half back 4. 

To progress in the CL we need to be looking at players to match our best, not substitute for our worse. 

Really rate Gallagher, surprised at the low opinions of him. 

We need to do more than remove squad players to improve, we need pace in defence and energy in midfield to protect the defence. I think Gallagher provides that. 

Given how much chelsea pay, I'd be asking for way more than 40. 

I'd rather he stays. 

Love you all.  

11 hours ago, GlobalVillan said:

More nervous about a Spurs game than a Villa game? 

And why are so many people calling Liverpool "Pool" all of a sudden.

Its like "peno" or "citeh". Nails on a chalkboard.

Personally I don't think Villa will get a result against Liverpool (full title for you), and I'll be there, so not particularly nervous. ( Having said that, that may go out of the window when the game starts). 

I find watching games on TV (99% Villa), that i'm invested in, much more nervous, I know we don't have any control even when we are at the game, but it feels worse on TV.

I think people abbreviate/ alter names either because they can't be bothered typing or as a sign of dismissal, eg Spuds, Citeh, Small Heath. 

Now, posters who put capital letters in the middle of words....that's another thing.

IF Spuds draw against Citeh, and we lose by a couple to Pool, than I'll start getting a little nervous.

I think it could go to goal difference.  

Spurs  City 1 - 1

Villa Pool  0-2

Spurs 3 points behind - GD of 6

Spurs beat Sheff U 4 0, we would have to lose by 1.

OR

Spurs lose to Ciy because Spurs are poor, and we beat Pool with Klopp being red carded. 

Who knows? I'm more nervous about Tuesday than Monday!

We are 4th, 7 points clear with 2/3 for Spurs to play. There is absolutely no manager in the league who would have done this with the players at his disposal. 

Will we finish 4th, I think so. If we don't I'd look at the Injuries and the no of games weve played as opposed the manager. 

I think we'll finish top 6 again next season with a bigger more resilient and experienced  squad.

1 hour ago, Jas10 said:

He wasn’t great… but he was no Stevie G. We are fickle though, most if not all football fans are. It comes with the territory.

Or are you referring to Houllier with the accent on the e there? 
No need for such things with the Scouse clown.

I'm not clever enough to do accents on purpose. Defo the scouse clown who used us as a stepping stone to obscurity. 

Not sure how the Upper North stand passes any type of fit for purpose test in close season. Was horrendous last night. I appreciate its not the lower grounds, but surely theres office space they could repurpose somewhere. 

Regarding Luiz, wonderful player.

When the pace is slow in a high possession team, would be outstanding. 

In games when he is against pace and power, less so. This is made worse when he hasn't a Kamara figure with him. 

26 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

He was bang on tbf

He wasn't. He was another bang average manager in the ilk of Gérard, who thought we were undeserving of him. 

Spurs av. Points after 32 games 1.875

If they maintain this they'll get another 12 points (rounded up to 2 ppg), so in a run of really hard fixtures, they have to over perform to be 5 points ahead of us. This would be winning 4, losing 2.

We have games we can take points in. They have arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in the next 7 days. 

Personally I think 4 points from our final 3 will be enough.

They lose all 3 this week, it could be a sealed by next Sunday evening. 

Imagine what he will do with another couple of transfer windows.

He us doing this with some wonderful players, but also some very average ones who he makes look like world beaters.

Carlos is probably 4th choice centre half st the start of the season- was magnificent.

Digne good solid full back - superb today.

Rogers - a dozen games out if the championship. 

A genius. 

Closing in on Bosnich's record of 51 clean sheets.

2nd half masterclass. Unai schooled Arteta. 

40 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said:

My feelings exactly.

Having been blown away by the sheer quality of this week's CL fixtures, Villa's shortcomings seem glaring.

At times yes, but we have beaten 2 of the CL quarter finalists this season. 

12 hours ago, HongKongVillan said:

Another day, another small advantages gained by manure and spurs players for not getting the same consistency from officials.

This is my issue, it's not that the greedy 6 get any better / worse VAR decisions than any other team, it's the constant low level decisions which shift the balance. 

Dougie gets a 97th min yellow for a foul, probably a yellow card but it's literally the last kick of the game. Maddison clear red wasn't punished at all.

The number of ttimes you see the greedy 6 being allowed to tactically foul with no consequence, compared to other teams is shocking.

I do think we lack discipline though, which is exacerbated by the injuries and gaps over the pitch, which does see Dougie pulling people back repeatedly.

I don't think we're dirty. Now, that Ben Mee though......