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The break came at a good time for us.The last minute goal we conceded against Tottenham would have damaged confidence a lot.There has been a few last minute goals which have had long term affects on us Liverpool this season and Leeds last season and hopefully the long break may have given players time to forget. Sheffield were on a fantastic run and would not have wanted to stop so this is a good opportunity. Set pieces for me are absolutely crucial-if we keep conceding at corners we are going to be relegated. It feels like the start of a new season maybe why I feel slightly optimistic before actually seeing us play.

What I am saying is he did some very good things but he also said and believed some wrong things .Some people will look at his good things and regard him as a hero whilst others will want to tear his statue down.It is not always clear what the right answer is .And to be honest I don’t know what the answer is. This has no relation to the other statues being attacked ,

So should we be destroying statues of Abraham Lincoln?

I wouldn’t disagree about Churchill but someone mentioned Lincoln’s statue being attacked and if we look at some of Lincoln’s views now we would find them wrong but for his time he was advancing ideas that led to the abolition of slavery.Is he to be judged by the standards now or then?

The funny thing about Lincoln is he originally didn’t oppose slavery where it already existed in 1850’s ,he was opposed to it expanding. In great debates in 1858-9 he actually said a a lot of racist things which were regarded as accepted for the time. In the civil war he only decided to abolish slavery because he thought it would help the war effort He is one of those people who people might idolise but when you dig a bit deeper you discover things that are unpleasant.I often think it is wrong to judge historical people by standards which are accepted now. For that time he was advanced compared to many others.

Yes saw that documentary about prison riot years ago ...unforgettable. I think they used a phrase that it “was like opening the bowels of hell”

Germany has much lower infection rates,deaths and has much stricter guidelines for players.A player is not allowed to leave his house for any reason apart from playing football and training.This is going to minimise the risk of transmissions. We on the other hand are going about it in a poorly managed way as has been typical of the whole Covid response. I don’t think football should be resuming now but if it is why not have all players from each team stay in a hotel for 6 weeks and that reduces chance of spreading it to family members.

Peter Crouch never really settled fans got on his back Bought for 7 million,sold to Portsmouth for 2 million year later joins Liverppool for 12 million.Good business by Villa. Heskey Tony Cascarino ?Was he any good anywhere?

Just reminded me we were lucky to get past WBA.Their team was effectively a premier league team that finished 10th the year before. I think a combination of Gayle and Brunt getting sent off and sacking their manager and not replacing him really helped us.When you think about it Leeds getting knocked out was also lucky for us maybe we are paying for that luck this season. I thought Steers penalty saves were fantastic especially the second one. Jedinak stare unforgettable.

Agree.I think our transfer policy became obsessed with having sell on value and any player in their late 20s or early 30s was not considered because you wouldn’t get the transfer fee back. Purslow also said he was against loan players because it was bad business to improve another teams player.If you look at Tuanzebe he was brilliant for us and helped us to get promoted but yes we improved him and his value went up but we gained more through promotion. It reminds me a bit like when we were relegated in 2016.We signed a lot of good players but not a team.They were all bought with sell on value in mind and many have gone on to better things but what we needed the. like we need now is an experienced,strong ,physical presence,who can hold onto the ball in the middle of the park.

I wonder if this is also required to counteract any legal actions any club may make against them being relegated or not getting promoted. They will say in their defence they did everything they could to restart.

A lot of points here I would agree with.To get into automatic promotion spots you need to win games,getting draws is a waste of time .This why Bruce with us and Pulis with Middlesbororugh failed. But keeping things tight at the back ,being good at set pieces ,grinding out draws are essential for premier league survival.This is why Newcastle appear to be safe and Bruce style football works. Smith needs to change some of his philosophy.When we lose the ball in attack teams seem to get to our defence with ease. .Our problems at set pieces are inexcusable(I believe we have conceded more from corners than any other team)You would think this could sorted out on the training ground. The question is can he make us stronger defensively without too much affect on our attacking play.

Positives this season: someone suggested there were none. Jack Mcginn was dipping before he got injured needed a rest Heaton Engels, Luiz and Nakamba - I think there are good players in there and with time perform more consistently (Luiz is 22 years old) Targett good attacking . All players now have premier league experience Samatta looks like he could be a real asset. Fantastic home support

I wonder if relegation will be reduced to 2 clubs if games can’t be played. It will make the vote easier to pass the 14 clubs needed. The championship has 2 teams way ahead of the rest.It is easy to say they deserve promotion. How are they going to settle who the 3rd club promoted as there is no clear candidate.Play offs etc seems too complicated in current circumstances. Maybe as sweetener they give relegated clubs higher parachute payments that would have gone to third club.

I listen to BBC radio all day at work -local radio,radio 5,bbc 6 music bit of radio 2. The prime time shows you mention I would agree with you, are not my cup of tea. But you just have to look at a channel like ITV-how much rubbish on there ?They used to have some gambling programme on around 11.30 what was that all about?Making money.I don’t want BBC to have to do similar. Then you look at SKY how many decent programmes do they make -very few.Whats their cost ?£600 a year ?The sport is there main pulling power I personally would pay £250-300 for the radio stations mainly But in a funny way it reminds me of the NHS-something we pay for without our choice but is beneficial to everybody especially when you compare it to other countries.

I don’t agree for many reasons. The BBC is far from perfect but what other broadcaster makes high quality comedy programmes ,great dramas etc great arts programmes brilliant radio stations radio 4,2,5 and 6 music, local radio stations for £160 a year. It makes a lot of crap as well . I want a broadcaster to make programmes that aren’t all about viewing figures. Although it’s polical coverage can be critised for me in the Brexit debate it was critised by both sides and that is a sign it’s not doing too bad. Amazon Prime -what a load of crap for £80 a year -no thanks.

If restart doesn’t happen what do they do about relegation? Will other clubs vote against us? The more I think about it clubs like Brighton,Burnley etc won't want to agree to it because this could easily happen again in the future if virus reappears and it sets a precedent that may lead to them being relegated in the future.

The worst thing about him mixing up the two clubs is the fact his uncle Sir William Dugdale was actually Aston Villa chairman from 1975-82.Obviously when your uncle is chairman of a club who wins the league and European cup you would think you would remember it. Obviously he didn’t give a toss about football but was trying to appear to be a man of the people.

Clubs are going to vote for things that benefit them. West Ham ,Brighton etc who are not relegation spots will not want to play games .They are safe if league is voided. Villa are in relegation zone.If league is voided and PPG is used we get relegated. It depends on whether other clubs will support us.Not sure who would vote against PPG apart from 3 relegated clubs. I think we would prefer BCD to automatic relegation.Our 1 trump card is our game in hand ,if we had all played the same number of games I think we would struggle to argue against relegation. So is this proposal to play games our best chance of not getting relegated?

I may be talking about an old show but have been watching The Missing/Baptiste recently . All the series are really good but the second series of The Missing is the best.Its on IPlayer or Netflix at the moment. Can anyone recommend something similar ?

I totally agree with you there is nothing wrong with it but at least scientists had mass statatistics to prove it ,with this “new vaccine”they won’t have had time to fully test it.Sosome people will say it can harm you. The biggest difficulty is going to be any affect it may or may not have on pregnant women.That is going to take years to find out if can affect a foetus in any way.If there is a doubt you won’t be able to give it to any woman 16-45 in case they might be pregnant. I need this vaccine to be able to go back to work so I hope I am wrong with these negative thoughts.

Having watched Villa this year my mental health has been improved dramatically by not having to watch them play any more games.

Does anyone remember the MMR scandal?Many people thought these vaccine caused medical problems. These were vaccine that had been developed over many years been tested thoroughly in mass clinical trials and still people thought they had side effects. To do a mass clinical trial will need 20,000 people .How long is it going to take to see if it works,has no side effects etc After that they will need to manufacture it in mass quantities .All those things will take longer than 6 months No one is going introduce something at huge cost and expense unless they are sure it works and has no side effects On top of that there is no proof if you get it you can’t catch it again. Sorry if I am glass half empty guy

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi 2 biggest vaccine makers in the world made a statement saying they expect a vaccine to be ready in 12 to 18 months. If you can’t directly expose someone to the virus to see if the vaccine works how long are clinical trials going to take ? Remember Drug companies are in this to make a profit and they have shareholders and shares go up if a new medicine has been discovered or published . Vaccine stories can be used by people to give hope . Much more likely is treatment for most seriously affected

The quickest time any vaccine has been produced until now has been over 2. years. The many problems they have when they start mass testing is they can’t expose someone to the virus on purpose because the chance of serious consequences is high. Therefore it is going to take a long time before they know whether it works. It will need to be tested if it will have any effect on pregnant women or nursing mothers this is going to take a long time. It will need to be tested if it reacts with other medications or other serious illnesses etc. The Oxford University vaccine is more about funding.To do mass testing is very expensive and they are trying to get the government to pay towards it. I don’t expect to see a vaccine this year.