CharlieAitken59

I really don't care if JG leaves or not.  I only care about those who play for us at any given time.  The cash we get for him will move the club forward (if spent wisely with the right manager at the helm)!

JG is a very good player, but he's nowhere near 'world class' as some are suggesting on here.  The fact that we rely on him so much weakens our team in many ways making others around lazy and complacent imo. In other words we have become a one man team  rather than a team who 'work for each other' as it should  be!

I think we will be fine when he moves on.  We have lost far better players than Greallish in my 62 years watching the Villa. We will come back stronger and better as there is no 'I' in team!

Heads up and UTV

Smith out, out, out!

Another embarrassing evening. Just one of one too many!

Need to get someone in with next season in the Championship in mind.

Smith out, out, out!

Smith out. I have no idea how Elmo V Evans at corners cannot be seen to be a complete mismatch!

Picking Hourihane...wow!

Nakamba is woeful and Gilbert has been worse than woeful this evening.

Heart gone and dressing room lost IMO

Charlie Aitken .... true Villa legend

I know more about JG than basketball(if that's what's being discussed here)

48 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

If we stay up and the club is put for up for sale. Wouldn’t the owners already make a significant return on their investment?  Genuine question. 

Well, I can only guess like everyone else but I really don't think so....so that's my genuine answer. What I do know though is that when FFP fades there will be a far better return on their investment (potentially).  These are very savvy and wealthy owners who will know when/if to sell up and and don't believe they'll leave us in the lurch like the 2 previous owners.

8 minutes ago, TRO said:

I hope you are right.

Its inevitable that Man City will win their appeal with their 'financial clout''.......no doubt on that whatsoever. Moreover they are kindly testing the waters saving us a small fortune in the process!  Subsequently the floodgates will open and will be able to spend whatever we want!   Do you seriously believe that the owners would have purchased our great club  without knowing that FFP was extremely 'life limited'.....?

Matt and Jack are a joy to watch on the left, the best combo we have had for a few years.  I think Matt will go on to show that the money we paid for him is a very good investment. Needs to improve defensively and will be a very good acquisition.

34 minutes ago, TRO said:

He is closer to it than us JV.....I would suspect, that will be the question he is asking himself....are we capable of signing better players?

Our current league position & FFP, is making it questionable.

FFP will disappear up its own a**e when Man City win their appeal....our owners already know this!

1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Do you get paid 50 k plus per week to play with those shit players, if you did, would it soften the blow?

Is the team you play for deeply entrenched in your family history?

Has that team been instrumental in your development and given you a platform to become the player you are while earning top coin?

Do the fans love you?

Is the "Owner" of your team a powerful multibillionaire who has promised that things will improve with further investment in better players, and you are aiming to be among the elite clubs in Europe, whilst getting you even richer in the process?

Etc Etc Etc

Spot on! Jack won't 'jump' ship and we have no need to sell him

I don't think Jack will leave in the summer regardless of whether we get relegated or not providing the owners come up with a 'really' ambitious plan. I Also believe that both Jack and the owners have already agreed this!

I agree 100% with JV!

9 hours ago, VillaHatesMe said:

He's a 79 on FIFA so we have to do it. 

But too old for us....does he come with his carer?

3 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said:

I once joined the AA, I didn’t drink any less but I used a false name and a disguise. 

Lol

Just for clarity I'm talking about the Automobile Association

Almost a sell out then. Great support as always!

We could have taken 3 points here if we had shown the same aggression in the first half as we did in the second.

We really need to 'toughen up' and play the full 90 mins with application, a fighting mentality and a will to win! I'm not sure we have the players or the fitness to do this at present.  Nzonzi would be perfect as A DM in this team imo.

Show some bottle for the final 15 games and we have a chance of survival.

1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said:

 

Should have bought better breakdown cover. 

Why? We already have DD representing the AA

Well the world cup winners can vouch for his quality!

16 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

The Polish girl next to me can inform me that Piatek literally means Friday, so Christopher Friday. 

Not sure why I am saying this, but it was funny to me. There you go. 

That's interesting but can she get him to sign for us?

5 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

Will he storm out of training and get suspended for us too?

He can do that in mid May after he has kept us up!

6 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

Think both him and Drinkwater are astute signings. Danny seems to lack match practise, but that's to be expected 

Agreed. I think DD will come good but not sure if he has enough time to be match fit to help us out!

We need Nzonzi desperately. Hardly let's anyone through easily. Teams will have to find other ways to get around us. Allowing our midfield more time and space on the ball. It would be a godsend for JG allowing him more time to work his magic.

Very good loan. A real leader with undoubted quality.

9 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

Grealish obviously a cockup, but had had no pass on 80% he got the ball that second half. Usual story of players running away when you need to be brave and get on the ball. He lapsed and dwelled stationary for too long, he had been trying to pass the ball otherwise.

No need to 'pass it'....all he needed to do was hoof it!......absolutely no excuse!

3 minutes ago, BigJim said:

Absolutely. If we could have started that game with a fit and assimilated Douglas and Marvellous it might have been a bit different.

Ifs mean nothing....points keep you up!...not ifs!

1 minute ago, jim said:

They battered us, and didn’t take their chances. We were as bad as Norwich were as bad a Norwich were yesterday. 

 

 

Absolutely 100% correct. Its no good being in denial because that will get you relegated PDQ