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https://x.com/marshallavfc/status/1690853258049265664?s=46&t=a1VZjtKAHTyjmI8pdQJOGQ Tweets won’t embed for some reason; Net Spend since June 2021 Chelsea - £515 million Arsenal - £431 million Man Utd - £430 million Newcastle - £353 milllion Villa - £115 million. Are we being too nice trying to play by the rules - Chelsea have spent more in 26 months than Villa have in 20 years Chelsea are spending 170 million on Lavia and Caicedo. Chelsea spend since June 2021 once Lavia and Caicedo join - £977 million Aston Villa spending since June 2003 - £914 million - Could just be an indication that we have money to spend but just waiting on the right targets… it’s harder for us to attract high calibre players compared to those teams… City have a lower net spend since bringing in big fees for outgoing players recently… something we’re unable to do due to the lack of quality beyond our first 11 and competing at a lower level… Net Spend - 99 million Spent - 353 million Received - 254 million Our revenue streams are far inferior to those teams too, so much work to be done but we have excellent owners who are pretty much doing and done all they can… Chris has a heck of a job to do… But corruption is rife too… good old 115 charges FC and something very dodgy is going on at Boehly/PIF FC and their reckless spending…

Can we just wear last season’s again? Was drastically better, this one is the worst since promotion

More thankful that we signed him now… after what happened to Ty… I think he is being severely underestimated… Maybe Diego too but he at least has a serious injury to fully recover from… Pau is a top class defender with so much quality to boot… Both would be classed as fairly elite CBs on “their day”, when fit and firing. Both have won the Europa League and played in the Champions League and been fairly often praised and rated… Not sure we realise what we actually have… They could make an amazing partnership but a bit of patience and adjustment will be required…

Sure, I will… just having an opinion beforehand as meaningless as that is… Might not even be happening now either… Also, Unai was working if we different “parameters” or limitations at clubs like Villarreal… worth taking into account… Same goes for Monchi and he expressly stated this in a recent interview… they have greater “capacity” here… but can’t go crazy…

Really complex and weird one this… Conflicting reports as to where he’s going… And he’s apparently injured for 5/6 weeks too… in that case, what’s the bloody point?

Ok I’d have preferred different/better but that’s just me… Maybe this was “forced on us” in a sense. Maybe we make more/better moves, having to manage a budget… I don’t know, I’m just not overjoyed or excited about it. But I’ll always support Unai…

It’s fine, I’ll get behind it if it’s what Unai wants. Would like to think we’re all free to have differing opinions on players and not just expected to endorse or be delighted by everything…

Feel for you mate, I was so excited when we signed him. I still believe he has loads to offer but it’s all about “unlocking it” and how??

Yeah I agree, looks like he definitely needs a change of scenery. Even a loan then return when he’s in a better state… I don’t think anyone’s going to offer us a decent fee for him with the way his form and injury record has been…

Didn’t believe they were… but there are plenty of other targets. I’d rather play Jaden than get Harrison in. Oh well…

Major downgrade in terms of targets… Hope we could do a LOT better…

The thing is though, this discussion is not based off of one game. It’s mainly an “appraisal” of Leon’s whole time here… We are not seeing any improvement… seems fair to raise questions or concerns… we need to see “something” from him resembling improvement and progress… Not to just say “he’s shit” though…

Berty in lockdown was a lot better… I don’t think that can even be debated… just not sure he can ever reach those levels again and has become very injury prone… He won’t be at Villa much longer…

He’s arguably or actually gone downhill… performances have declined? Or maybe just up and down? Has contributed under Unai… but few and far between… The thing is… he is capable of a hell of a lot more/better…. What is holding him back???

Unfair on Trez… the main thing he lacked was quality not endeavour… worked his ass off for us and helped out loads in terms of defending… Glad we moved him on and tried to bring in better though… I’ll always have a soft spot for Berty but can acknowledge his faults… I do feel that had he been fit and playing (into form) instead of Bailey all that time… he would have contributed more… similarly to how well he did in his debut, lockdown season…

In that case… he shouldn’t have been playing… Not like we don’t have anyone else to come into the side… I’m thinking we would have been better off with Diaby on the wing, McGinn on the right side and Coutinho supporting Ollie…McGinn can perform in that role too…but he was remarkably absent and ineffective in that game…

Absolutely horrendous, that can’t be defended… way below the required standards… Something is up though… something is “off” with Leon…