Andy81

26 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said:

I hadn't actually seen our away goalkeeper kit when I read your original comment, Andy.

I see what you mean - you see a lot of yellow GK kits, but that one has a distinct orange tinge. Doesn't help we've got the same sponsor as you had last year!

Even if I had the physique to pull them off, I'm not that keen on any of the Kappa shirts and unfortunately this one isn't any different.

Yeah obviously loads of goalkeeper kits are yellow, so there's nothing in it, it's just slightly ammusing with the sponsor and all.

3 hours ago, villan-scott said:

Won 2-0 at home against Crusaders last night on their European tour. I can see the extra games, travelling, Thursday-Sunday regime de-railing their league form a bit. 

Don't forget they did superbly against top sides, which will be difficult to replicate. They need to be beating the bottom half with more frequency. 

I expect our league form will drop off a bit too as a result, depending on who we sign in the next two weeks.  Having said that the schedule isn't too different from the Championship where you're playing three times a week, and our team is relatively young so hopefully they'll be up to it.

10 hours ago, Tomaszk said:

How will they fill their time when we surpass them and continue to not be bothered by their existence?

And some people accuse Villa fans of arrogance! 

3 hours ago, Zatman said:

Nice review of Adama performance last night from BBC. Said he had lots of the ball but zero end product 

He had an assist for the first goal.  Played well last night.

Thanks for the replies, agree with them all. 

For clarification, the goalkeeper kit is amusing along with the sponsor because I think someone at Villa said something about emulating Wolves after promotion, that’s all, don’t be touchy, it’s just a funny coincidence. 

4 hours ago, ChrisVillan said:

It's not local rivalry at all. 

Exactly. 

1 hour ago, Keyblade said:

I'm loving seeing them trying to rationalize away our transfer dealings. They all think (hope) that we're doing a Fulham.

They also seem to think we're going to have a gold/yellow third kit that looks like theirs based on a fake mockup lol. That makes us obsessed they say in a 150 page thread about us that is always at the top of their forum

Villa have needed to bring in a load of players this summer due to losing a load, but it’s not just local rivalry to question how well the new players will integrate and how quickly. 

As I said, you didn’t have a lot of choice, but I’d be concerned if I was a Villa fan. 

The goalkeeper kit is a bit of a laugh if it’s genuine though. 

3 hours ago, villa4europe said:

That's what I think too, the EL campaign paired with pushing on and you can definitely ask questions of their 25 man squad 

It’ll be interesting for sure, I expect our league form to drop a bit. 

The fact that we’ve let Cav and Costa go suggests we have some forward players coming in however. I’d expect them to be an upgrade too. 

Cav especially would have been useful in the qualifying rounds. 

4 hours ago, PieFacE said:

I always find fans of one club commenting on other club fans hilarious but utterly tragic. Villa fans included. It's like a "my dad is bigger than yours" type argument. 

Every fan base has plenty of idiots but plenty of good people too. Why people try and fit everyone into one type of stereotype is beyond me. It's a waste of brain power to even think about it.

Exactly as I see it. 

Some of the fans on there are a complete embaressment I agree.  Don't let that thread fool you into thinking it represents the whole fanbase, only the noisy lot on there who don't seem to like Villa make up most of the posts, and there are a load of posts from Wolves fans who defend Villa and their recent transfer activity.

Twitter is an absolute nightmare, niether team's fan base looks good on there.

FWIW I personally think your transfer activity this summer has given you a great chance of staying up, which you didn't have before any signings were made.  I think you need more goals in your team though.

1 hour ago, Zatman said:

Its good for them teams and nobody has an issue. Its the Premier League academy teams that ruin it

Absolutely, agree.

Was a good final last season, only game I watched in the competition, but it's definitely a worthwhile break from the league for the teams down there.

Not keen on the texture, but the colour goes well with the sponsor which helps.

Love that Roma kit.

It's a bit weird about the MD, but it's not something to be overly concerned about without knowing the resons behind it.

Apparently he was nothing to do with the football side of things, and it makes sense Fosun would want to bring in their own man.

Cheers!

While I'm here, any chance I could be given access to post in the gaming section of the forum?  Looks pretty active.

11 hours ago, leighavfc said:

i admire the way they have gone about their business under Nuno. Its only a matter of time before they lose him to a bigger team, i hear Chelsea have considered him. That will be a massive test for them as lets not forget they got it massively wrong in the first season under Zenga and the berk.

I don't personally worry about Nuno leaving for a while, there won't be many jobs in football more suited to him.  He's universally loved, which is something I've never known for a head coach, he has the complete backing of the owners, who are connected to one of his best mates who happens to be a decent football agent (not sure if you were aware of this or not ), and he basically has free reign at a growing club.

Chelsea would have been an awful move for Nuno.  They've just lost their best player, and it's up in the air as to if they can sign anyone or not, and even with all this he could be successful and still be sacked there and have to build his reputation up again.

The other thing about Nuno moving to a bigger club is the emphasis would be on him to take games to the opposition and break them down, which is something of a weakness for Nuno teams.  We struggled against defensive teams last season, and he had the same issue at Porto.

With regards to the first season under Fosun and the appointment of Zenga, the takeover happened very late in the close season, and Wolves had very little time to buy a load of players, which happened in a slap dash way.  The club thought they had secured Lopetegui, but he received an offer from the Spanish FA which he found hard to turn down.  I think if they hadn't thought they had secured him they may have stuck with Jackett that first year, which would have probably been the smart move.

Costa looked a world beater back in 16/17 season, he pretty much kept us up on his own.

I don't think he's ever recovered from his ankle injury and his confidence looks shot to me.  If he gets a kick in a game he's pretty much done, but he still has it in his locker.  Caused United loads of issues at Old Trafford last season, and scored a great goal at Wembley against Spurs.

If a team can get the old Costa back they'll have a bargain.  I hope someone does for his sake.

On 17/06/2019 at 22:14, avfcDJ said:

Actually, not you. Mainly the twitter lot. Weird bunch (and I know, Villa fans can be weird too)

Cheers chap, I was only kiddin  

I have to admit, Wolves fans online are acting strangely towards Villa at the moment.  I think the poster above had it right when he said we see Villa as more of a threat, probably not next season, but the potential is clearly there.

I expect in the next five years we'll be competing for the same players and new fans, so it kinda makes sense.

And yes, Albion have battered us on and off the pitch for about 20 years.  It's been tough.  I'm glad we've been in seperate divisions for years now.  I don't personally want to play them as I hate those games, and we generally struggled against the crap sides last year, so they'd absolutely beat us again.

Anyway, decent draw for us yesterday, should be able to get through the first (2nd?  This is all new to me) qualifying round.

2 hours ago, avfcDJ said:

Wolves fans: "Villa go on about the European Cup"

Also Wolves fans: "We finished 7th, we are much bigger than Villa!"

We're all idiots.

Genuinely Wolves fans hardly ever thought about Villa before last season, at least since I've been following them.

Not gonna lie, there seem to be a lot of Wolves fans who don't like Villa, which has surprised me, but I still expect they're dwarfed by the silent majority who don't care much.

Most Wolves fans I know don't mind you at all, myself included.

To be honest, there hasn't been a lot to talk about recently either, and you had an interesting end to the season.

Not a big risk at that fee but I always got the impression he was a bit one sided.  Isn't his main weapon to cut in from the right on his left foot and just leather it?  I expect Premier League defences would handle him quite well, but as I say, 4m is nothing.