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29 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said:

Surely this shows how hard it is for United to catch us. They need to average 1.8 PPG to even get 67.

For us to get 66 (which we would need to finish below them unless some wild stuff happens with GD) we'd need to average 1.1 PPG which would be the worst PPG average for Emery with us by a mile.

3 wins should be enough to put United out of range tbh.

pretty sure Manure need to do 2 PPG to get 67 points.

47 points currently, 10 games to go, 20 points needed to get 67 points, 2 PPG.

The problem is, that however bad the private ownership/self(ish) governance has probably been overall, to have a "Govt body" throwing rules etc around is even worse, Govt bodies are usually completely incompetent, pander to interest groups and overall make things much worse overall.

Govt involvement in rule making within the game, is a disaster imo.

9 hours ago, YLN said:

Watching that mic'd up business with michael owen and Howard webb about the red vs spurs. Yeah look it's probably a red, but listening to the fourth official shouting FOUL FOUL and then the AR2 ref shouting down the mic WATCH THE REACTION. Like do you want to calm down? Why are you shouting? 

Just ramping up the noise in the ref's ear. Just seems very unprofessional and unnecessary. Yeah it was probably a red, but if it was given as a yellow i don't think anyone would have complained too much.

Hard not to give a red when the assistant refs are losing their **** minds though. 

9 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

They are **** useless. Embarrassing. Not fit for purpose.

They all give a yellow for that in a City v Liverpool match. Very likely a talking to if it's first half as well.

i work in a safety critical environment, where clear, precise and structured communication is mandatory, ie: passing correct, steady, formulated information etc, as well as ensuing clear understandings and making sure wires arent crossed, emotions arent overtaking your comms, steady emotions etc.

Everything i hear, see etc from the VAR/Ref comms is beyond amateurish.

the story where they said they would go to the airlines to discuss comms protocols after the offside eff up (Liverpool), i honestly cant believe a professional body (FA/refs etc), didnt think of all this in advance, it shows the level of incompetence and lack of understanding of the impact of comms and VAR, any half competent professional would have put all the comms protocols, training, processes at the top of the list when introducing VAR/direct comms between parties.

its pretty shocking tbh, honestly.....coming from the background im in, i am genuinely shocked just how amateurish it all is.

i dont want to be hyperbolic, but yeah.....from the perspective i look at it, its seriously amateurish, almost to the point of negligence, the lack of foresight/management of implementing VAR effectively is just mind boggling.

7 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

that wasn't from a set piece?

oh ye, my bad, still, its high balls in to the box.

1 minute ago, Djemba_Villan said:

Just plain and simple lack of height IMO.

while i agree in principle, Antonio literally headed the ball 1 foot off the ground today for their goal.

I agree we have a height/physical issue defending set pieces, but it also a tactical issue i think.

i guess his goal bonus today will pay for a new organ at the church.

Just now, MSvillain said:

Duran and rogers to get booked is printing money, surely?! 

the real challenge is to guess which one gets booked first.

3 minutes ago, HKP90 said:

He looked to like he was wound too tight against Ajax. Unai took him off quite rightly as he was on a yellow and was still getting stuck in. 

I gotta admire his wanting to take his chance and force his way into the team. I just think he lacked a little maturity, but that will come.

He's still the assist leader at Middlesborough, and he's been with us since Jan. 

what i liked with him, is he played at least 2, maybe more of those defence cutting through balls that Tielemans does so well.

Granted they didnt entirely work, but the fact he can see the pass and try to make it is a really good sign for me, once he settles, learns Emery's ways and gains some confidence, i think he is going to be very good.

he also looks comfortable on the ball and driving forward with it, the lad looks like he has oodles of potential to me.

15 hours ago, CVByrne said:

It's the team slow unbearable downhill demise from the back to back wins over City and Arsenal that's broken me. The loss at Old Trafford from 2-0 up and I knew, this is the moment we'll look back on where it all unravelled

It's been that unravelling slowly but surely that's just unbearable. It's just an inevitable event we have to live through. Slow painful death basically 

I used to be very positive. But sometimes you just know what's going to happen and when it eventually comes to pass. 

Being mid table all season is beyond better than being a win away from top of League at Christmas and then collapsing to 6th. 

tbf, West Ham will only be a point behind Man Utd if they best us on Sunday.

Could be 7th......

1 minute ago, ender4 said:

If we had to rank the 7 teams from hardest opponent to easiest opponent, what would the order be?

According to the betting sites:

Fiorentina, Lille, Fenerbahce, Club Brugge, Pizen, PAOK, Olympiakos.

1 hour ago, Don_Simon said:

Quarter Final and Semi Final draw today. This is so exciting!

what time?

2 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

We need 3 wins, assuming we draw a couple of the others, to get 5th

i reckon we need 12 points from the last 10 games tbh to be sure of 5th, assuming Manure dont go wacky and massively over-perform in the last 10 games.

4 goals in 659 mins, or 1 goal every 1.83 games.

erratic but effective.

re united.

They would need to average 2 PPG for the last 10 games to hit 67 points, we would need to achieve 1.2 PG for the last 10 games to hit 67 points.

We have the goal difference advantage currently, so in all likelihood we would need to drop just below 1.2 PPG, while manure maintain 2 PPG, for us to lose 5th.

Anything is possible ofc, but fingers crossed we dont drop off that badly for the last 10 games.

1 hour ago, CarryOnVilla said:

I know their stature is long gone, however I love that we knocked out a huge name in European football  

ye, regardless of how good they are right now, Ajax is one of those genuine glitter names in football, they are a club steeped in history, spanking them is always special.

he's basically Traore, without the skills, but with muscles, speed and a rocket shot isnt he.

excitement 11/10, WTF are you doing 11/10, off the wall 11/10, erratic-ness 11/10, mental balance and knowing what he is going to do next 1/10.

Villa Park is like me with my missus, can only be assed to get it up for special occasions.

time to rest some ppl.

get timmy, kellyman and digne on.

Just now, OutByEaster? said:

There's been some talk of us buying out of it if we can secure a better deal.

cool, if its for a better deal, that good i guess!

1 hour ago, andycv said:

For 24/25 in terms of sponsors is this accurate:

Kit Manufacturer - Adidas

Front of Shirt sponsor - Likely new sponsor with BK8 dropping?

Sleeve Sponsor - Trade Nation

Training Kit sponsor - Likely new sponsor

 

That right?  Lots of opportunity for additional revenue there?

BK8 dropping?, i thought we signed a 3 year deal with them in June 23?, so it runs out in June 26?

im assuming it will be Christmas/new year before we see him back fully fit?

If so, we defo need a DM in the summer.

Just now, Tegis said:

3-3 christ

thats a collapse of Villa proportions!

8 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said:

It's hard to pronounce, 

It's hard to pronouunnnccccee, 

Tim Iroegbunam, 

It's hard to pronounce

learn to pronounce,

learn to pronounccceee,

Its actually quite easy,

just learn to pronounce.

1 minute ago, Czarnikjak said:

Here is a thought.

Salary cap based on percentage of Broadcast and ticket revenue only.

Eliminates efforts having to deal with related party sponsorships, makes it easy to audit revenue figures, allows better ran clubs to actually make some money by having good commercial deals.

 

that would be much too logical....

34 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said:

As our wage to turnover ratio was and still is one of the highest in the league, most likely we will suffer the most from new rules. Certainly the big 6 has nothing to worry about, so it's all good

thanks.

obviously i dont know what 89% is money wise, but i did a graph not long ago, implying that just getting rid of our dead wood, fringe players, or second string players who earn too much (if we can), would save something like 900k per week, and something like 45m a year in wages, im guessing that would at least make our position a lot better salary wise, even if we reinvested a good portion of it?

Obviously, that means actually being able to offload the dead wood.

edit: here was my table.