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Granted, but they were a much better team last year than we were or are currently, which is why I mean hopefully next season we can be at a similar level.

Obviously i want us to do well and win as many games as we can, I hate it when we lose. But....The logical side of me doesn't really want to get promoted this season, I think we need the rest of this season and pre season to bed in DS's system and style, replace quite a few players and get them firing etc, and really develop in to an exciting possession based team. If all goes well I can see us being something quite impressive next season, and hopefully get promoted with a proper team playing in a proper fashion, how we were last season and at times this season we would get totally battered in the prem, at least giving another 12 months to get the new coaching And management team settled in properly, as well as the players they want to play the system they want, is logically probably the best thing. We have tried and failed to do it fast and rough, now let's do it right If not, well then it will just feel like the previous 10 years for me

Villa report (twitter), said 1hr ago that Hause is currently undergoing a medical, seems a bit late in the evening for a medical???

what is everyone's obsession with O'Hare? I hope he develops as much as the next man, and he looks like he has potential, but he isnt Messi, and if you watch the U23's, he doesnt exactly blow them away, good yes, blow them away?, not really. I agree we should look over time to give him game time, develop him and expose him to the first team, but citing O'Hare as an immediate natural successor to Grealish is kinda just nuts for me. I hope im wrong, and he is given a chance and blows us all away, but i would literally bet cash it doesnt happen that way. Maybe with exposure to the first team this year, with a view to seeing if he is ready next season?, yes quite possibly, but i think the only real way we can have a player to do anything remotely similar to Grealish right now (for the rest of this season), is to buy someone, like Sawyers for example, or a spanish/english gem that our team find?, i dunno. All im saying is, yes he has potential, but he isnt Grealish as of this moment, and expecting him to be will likely lead to some unnecessary disappointment for anyone who does expect it, and unreasonable expectation put on the lads shoulders. Im sure all supporters of all clubs over inflate the talent of their players sometimes, but we seem to have it down as a fine art

pretty sure he's injured.

I dont think Taylor is anywhere near our biggest issue, i wouldnt hate the idea of getting someone better in his position (or cover, as we defo need cover as a minimum - preferably someone better), but i dont think he's our biggest problem by any stretch.

i wonder if MU will actually let Axel go?, firstly i tend to think not, and even if they did, not sure we could afford him if we were still in the championship? I expect us to be in the championship next year, hence the comment.

must be getting on a bit? (1995??)

After buying the Hause, we only need to sign the following players to have a right good squad: Mark De Man - KHO Bierbeek Danger Fourpence - Kiglon Bird FC Bernt Haas - retired, maybe we could employ him as a coach? and my personal favourite to sign: Nortei Nortey - Dover Athletic FC (i would literally buy this guy for Villa just to hear "Nortei Nortey missed that chance", or "oh my what a miss Nortei Nortey")

5 min video of his "talents", looks pretty interesting and exactly the type of player we want, however as we all know, "best of" vids can be deceiving. looks like a right unit, which may be exactly what we need, assuming he's half as good as he looks in that vid.

To be honest, yes he's a loss, but I also think we will be ok. Will give us more time to bed in our own striker ready for a proper push next season, whether that be Davis, kodjia or Hogan. I really hope Davis can push and develop, he has the potential to be a really good player imo.

Apparently 18m bid accepted from wolves for him. https://amp.sportsmole.co.uk/football/chelsea/transfer-talk/news/wolves-have-18m-abraham-bid-accepted_345770.html

If I went to your casino would I get a drink on the hause??

Should play a B / development team vs Swansea imo (ohare, Revan, davis, whelan etc - ie first team players not getting games and youth), we need to rest our key players they have had a terribly busy couple of months, and the next few weeks are important in the league. Our key players have looked tired the last few games. Don't want to down play the cup, would love a good run as much as the next man, but with our current injury and thread bare squad currently I think we need to prioritise things.

But can he play left back???

completely agree with this, Grealish & McGinn are the only two midfielders i can see being able to play a DS system. Hourihane - too weak, goes missing, doesnt have the ability to play the all action style, BB - same as Chocolate Tea Pot-hane , Whelan - just cant play the style, Jedinak - same as Whelan. Lansbury....maybe?, who knows, needs to complete a full game or two sometime in the next decade (or his contract expires), before i pass final judgement!

But it really isn't, I think we have rose tinted glasses sometimes for our own players. Granted they might be decent in an average team playing a certain way , but playing possession based progressive football, more than half of them are atrocious. A good % of them cant pass in intricate spaces or apparently have the intelligence to play in that way, regardless of what you do with them.

Vid of Hause, looks interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNsYewHU-_M

thats prob why he's gracing the championship and not the premiership

He probably said "Suso", which is the nickname for Jesus Pitarch. apologies for asking, but who is "the guy who sits next to you"?, are you both people who have some insight in to possible transfers?

I always wait for the minimum once per game where he gets muscled off the ball, stands there flailing his arms at the ref like a 12 year old rather than hunt the ball down and try and win it back, while the opposition break down the pitch straight down the middle of us nearly scoring a goal. He did it today, they nearly scored, the guy is a total liability.

DS is the right man imo, he's just working with sub standard goods, and we are missing some key players, grealish & Tuanzebe have prob been two of our most important players consistently this season i think. Hutton is a liability, but also our mid field is leaving the defence exposed a lot, so many time teams run or pass right through us, McGinn cant do it all alone, Hourihane is a total disaster imo, again today he was tackled and stood there with his arms out talking to the ref as they ran straight through us and i believe had a shot, BB is also pointless, the mid field just doesnt offer enough pressing cover and shirks from responsibility and tackles (McGinn aside). The people in defence are important, but when we have a mid field of wet lettuces who can even justify their lack of desire by being obviously amazing going forward, is at least part of the reason we are a mess. the Chester/Elphick pairing looked mostly ok today, Bree also looked ok but played a hell of a lot of long balls. We seriously need a new LB to either challenge or replace Taylor, but i also think just as importantly we need a new ball playing DM who actually presses/tackles, and probably another MC who is comfortable with a DS system, its becoming more and more apparent that without the right players in that centre midfield 3, the whole format starts to struggle. We need a player who can play a Grealish type game, and a ball playing DM desperately. (on top of the defensive stuff).

terrible. Literally the only two mid fielders we have worth a jot is McGinn & Grealish. Hourihane, BB, Whelan, Jedi, all rubbish in the sense they cant play possession football, and Hourihane at DM is like putting a chocolate teapot in a hot bath.

QPR are above us in the table, maybe they should see it as points dropped. We got what we deserved, the same in our previous game. We have some really poor players, really poor.

is it smith though, or the fact we are missing our two best players of the season, and bar one or two others, the rest just arent that good at all.