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will be interesting to see if he can force his way in to the starting 11. Bidace is 20 next month (Feb 8th), so he really needs to be showing he can play at decent Championship level if he is to fulfill his potential.

lol, too true that!

my keeper!

i think you are exactly right, he has the chance to be a proper legend here i think. If he continues to play like he has, and stays here for many years, he will be in the discussion for best ever Villa keeper imo.

brilliant that he bigs up Cutler, shows how important that relationship is.

5.5 year contract, sweet.

BRILLIANT!!!

it would make zero sense for Manure to loan Lingard to anyone for the rest of the season. Lingard has 6 months on his contract left, so Manure need to either keep him in their squad (for depth), or sell him in Jan as this is their last chance to make money on him, loaning him out makes literally zero sense. If Lingard wants his pay day, he will run his contract down and get his last big payday in the summer.

ye, when i have seen him he very much acted like an 8. I would imagine he can operate as a pure 6, but tbh...once again, as with many players we seem to have/covet, they arent pure 6s.

Barcelona - Galactico's. Aston Villa - Geriactrico's.

good piece of business, means we really only need to spend decent cash on one centre back, to offer actual challenge to Mings/Konsa.

lets not be silly, we as well as anyone that the Championship isnt a poor league. However, it does show that Fulham are like Norwich, a class above in the Champ, but struggle to be good enough for the PL.

Yes, until June 2023. He is Hajduk Spilt's 1st choice keeper, and also their captain! we really need to get some reddies for him in the summer.

hey hey hey now.... Offering a central defender 5,000,000 for hitting 30 goals in a season to bolster their contract offer in a "fair way", is a perfectly legit thing to do IRL ok.........

if he can stay fit, coming off the bench for the last 20/25 with his rapid speed and the tired legs of the opposition, would cause some teams nightmares! Probably best for him also, as with his long absences, they will probably want to phase him back in slowly anyways.

are manure gonna collapse again, 2-1. edit....haha forgot manure had 3, maybe not.

would he get in the stoke first 11?

Ronaldo is no good for Manure, he is so up himself and is always throwing tantrums and giving out bad vibes, i wouldnt want to play with him now, he isnt the player he was (although still good), but he acts like is is still one of the best in the world.

yeah, amazingly they would be 12th without the points deduction, tbh with the summer they had, the players they lost, and the limited way they had to get new players, they have done really well this season.

hasnt it been made clear in the news, that this isnt happening in Jan?, and even if it does, it would be in the summer?

needs to be 7ft 32in ye?

wonder if he could play DM.

longer teeth, more bite.

yes to the highlighted. I dont get all the drama over the change in transfer policy. We have a top youth setup now, some good youngish and developing players, but if the club want to have any shot of a top 6 or top 8 finish any time soon, we probably need to mix some more short term signings in, like Digne/Coutinho....and maybe Suarez etc. To me it makes sense, especially with Gerrard, he wants to show in the next 2 or 3 years that he has kicked Villa on and he is ready to "take his next step on the managerial ladder", however talented our youngsters are, we wont challenge for top 6 or 8 during Gerrards tenure by developing young players only. I quite like it tbh, we are going for it now and in the next couple of years, then "hopefully", if we can manage it, we can then bring the younger players through in a more successful and high profile team. to be brutally honest, i think the way Gerrard is trying to do it, is the best balanced approach overall, buy short term experience to get where we need to go, then once we have got there, we can bring the youth through to develop and integrate with the high calibre older players, or if the young players are that good, they can be integrated over the next 12+ months (like JJ, Hayden etc). Makes sense to me tbh.

true, he has made the most of his "talents"!