MrBlack

Seems like some fairly special treatment, but given how fast he has had to move and how young it is maybe its logical. Even more so if Emery isn't expecting him to need to be fit for the start of the season as he's got plans for Archer

Too slow bro

But how utterly shit does that old badge look. Can't even see the lion on it, may as well not be there. Man it needs to go sooner rather than later. Get a move on with whatever you're doing Heck

Loss of waiting list status is huge. Its helpfully vague that it doesn't specify whether you rejoin where you were or rejoin at the end, but I assume it's the end. Fair Play to anyone that can afford to commit to this kind of expense and either be happy to do so forever more or sacrifice their right to a normal season ticket for probably 10 or more years.

I'd guess 4 is a yes, 2 and 3 are no's, and 1 is a pot luck based on conflicting information at the mo. Maybe phone the club?

We had a 5 year plan to get back in to Europe. Purslow, for whatever crap he did or didn't do, was in charge as we achieved that. Moving on from him, as the club recognised his limitations seemed to be purely around getting a club out of the doldrums but not pushing it on, wasn't the right thing to do at the time we did it. The plans for the stadium were put forwards and approved by various layers within villa, I imagine up to the top. Delays to council developments brought on by an unforeseen massive bill the council didn't know it owed, combined with the known hike in costs that meant the longer we waited the more it would cost, have meant we'll now to with a different approach. Heck is in, but whether he oversaw any of that who knows. He very explicitly announced in his arrival that he's looking to create something far more all encompasing of Aston Villa in his vision. As steero said... 95% of clubs are in a worse state with their owners. You named two clubs that are (in your view) better run.

Your post really implies "they're a farce" and I'm not sure who you're talking about if not the ownership and management teams? That bit particularly

There's varying types of treatment you can get on a physio table (don't Kenneth me), but how obvious was it that it was genuine injury?

I'd totally erased this player from my memory . That Lambert era

How do you know he's injured? Dont think I've seen that anywhere legit?

If their system is so cutting edge, why has it failed so many times during the partnership so far? If its so cutting edge why does their merchandise fall apart. I'm not sure I agree with most of that statement, but I guess they will provide our kits in countries that otherwise wouldn't see them. Still, they're pretty shit at getting villa shirts out to the city centre of Birmingham so not sure about that either. Shame we haven't gone elsewhere, but I assume it will mean we've signed a far more lucrative deal with them now our sales are so much higher

That's just not realistic. Why would he be given additional time off when he wasn't involved in international duty? Why would Emery not want him in the pre season tour if he's in his plans for the season. Sounds like pollocks to me.

Didn't he delete a post with some cryptic clue and a white circle in it suggesting he was going to a club that plays in white? Can't see Valencia being him but could be there....

Key word that you missed there was if

This is probably worth a revisit if its looks like Emery has him in his plans...

That's what I expect, but it isn't what Mr faithful is saying

Im sure they mentioned something about tidying up this as part of the revamping of the entrance tunnel. Or I assumed they would do something about them anyway.

That contradicts previous info that your season ticket waiting list place remains as is. Interesting (assuming its not wrong which I wouldn't put past this account...) Also, they're blocked by me so thanks for highlighting their one useful post this month.

I imagine the retrofitting of some insulation etc brings with it inherent inefficiencies that newer building materials don't have, but yes there is probably less impact overall. I doubt that's the deciding factor here though, will be to do with the issues around availability of the building materials and machinery at the moment that would otherwise delay us or make the cost impractical. Probably something to do with access to the North stand during construction also, which would be more tricky if Villa live was going up at the same time.

Aston Villa, the club, is a collective. It should use "Aston Villa (the club) is delighted to announce Moussa Diaby...". Not sure i get the legal entity difference though. Isn't it just that we'd use unveil when we do it, and then unveils if someone else is talking about us having unveiled it? My brain hurts...

Agreed. I think he's got loads of potential, and I think a Championship loan gives him both the level of competitiveness he'll benefit from, and also help his transition from US football to English football. Its a learning curve. Looking at his (now deleted) tweet though, it does seem to suggest a plane was involved in any potential loan. Expect it will get announced soon if he hasn't made the US tour though

Hope the loan is to a Championship club, rather than a foreign club. He's got experience in a top flight foreign league that isn't comparable to the Championship already, so a lower foreign league isn't helping him. Going to one of the top foreign leagues like La Liga wouldn't be as valuable as going to the Championship I don't think. Get him used to England and his physicality should serve him well in that league too.

Yup... https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/19/villa-depart-for-usa/