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7 hours ago, rodders0223 said:

Staggering the amount of teams that "put one on him" the first minute or two of the game.

It doesn't work.

It never works.

Just stop.

It's embarrassing.

It's very rare for refs to give yellows in the first ten minutes unless it is extremely blatant. The players know this  & feel they can get away with one early. It's about time that refs call it the same at the beginning, middle & end of the game.

15 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

I am loving this.

Boards taking terrible decisions and paying for it is satisfying to witness. Man Utd have had enough success, do not feel bad for them, at all.

They overpay for their players & then overpay the players so no other team will take them. An example of a very poorly ran football club.

9 hours ago, Zatman said:

Best stadium?

OK, I'll rephrase that to read one of the best stadiums in the country.

On 28/02/2019 at 11:38, villalad21 said:

You can't become a big club if you don't win anything

A consistent top six club with the best stadium in the UK  makes them a big club. But I guess it depends on how you define "Big Club"

4 hours ago, villa89 said:

You have to assume they have someone lined up. 

It would be a crazy move if they didn't have a replacement lined up.

1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said:

That's ridiculous. A decision that will come back and bite them in butt I think.He's done well there, he's a good character, well liked by the fans and other pros and he's got them in a decent position - if it's the result of an argument then it's daft, it it's to do with results then Albion need to have a look at themselves. 

 

Absolutely amazing decision !!

Firing the manager when the team is fourth is just crazy. It really could backfire on them and they miss the playoffs completely.

They deserve what they get from here on in.

8 hours ago, Rds1983 said:

Two goals and five assists in seventeen starts isn't bad for an eighteen year old. He was never going to hit the heights of last season again but he's certainly worth a bigger team picking up.

Lots of Premier League clubs will be interested in him. I don't see him going back to the Championship with Fulham.

3 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

I think the teams that came down this year are stronger than the ones the ones that will come down this year. 

I think Stoke are having the same problem as us. They have  been a Premier league club for so long now they don't know how to operate any other way. 

We have badly struggled with that as we were a Premier league side for over twenty years. 

I agree, it's a massive transformation to go from the Premier to the Championship and the longer spent in the Championship the tougher it gets. Both Stoke & Swansea are struggling to adapt this season and could be in trouble. 

6 hours ago, Wainy316 said:

Don't think anyone in the bottom 5 would significantly strengthen the Championship next season.

I actually think any of the bottom five would challenge for top six in the championship. Does that constitute strengthening ?

There is a missing ingredient to spurs, lots of talent but no heart. They can't leave it all on the line to win.

35 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

chelsea's problems run far deeper than the manager

I agree but Sarri really isn't helping. Having a player of Kante's quality and playing him out of position just shows how stubborn he is.

Chelsea are a mess at the moment, Sarri is not the manager they need.

11 hours ago, VillaChris said:

Can see what you're saying but flip side is Watford and Bournemouth both went up in 2015 (neither has as good a history as Huddersfield) and both have established themselves in premier league playing good football.

It's tough to say who can do well and not....I thought Fulham would be comfortable mid table given their run last season and Cardiff would be as good as down by now and the opposite has happened for both.

Ideally always like to see a club who hasn't played top flight football for 10 years + make it. Say the play off final the other year Hull v Sheff Weds, was desperate for Sheffield Wednesday to win that. Hull predictably came up, offered little due to their ownership and came straight back down.

When we talk of long suffering clubs Preston North End are right up there, last played top flight football in the mid 1960s!

I also thought that Fulham would adapt to the Premier League fairly quickly and finish 10 to 14th but they could not adapt defensively. I think Leeds & Norwich can make it due to the quality of their coaching and the fact that they can play more than one style.

Watford & Bournemouth fully deserve to be there based on performance. 

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I am an Ex Pat who has been living in Western Canada for the last 40 plus years. I follow all levels of English Football and while I am primarily a Leicester City fan (my hometown) I have an interest in quite a few English clubs one of which is Aston Villa.I belong to about eight different fan forums and enjoy chatting about football in general.I use IPTV and get lots of televised games even though the seven hour time difference (MST) makes for an early start on the weekends.