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6 minutes ago, HKP90 said:

We won’t dominate possession or high press the top sides, they’ll kill us if we try. 

We’ll need someone who can win and control the ball and then set off the counter. Which Douglas can.

I think only City, Liverpool and Spurs will not be dominated by a high press. Chelsea , Man U and Arsenal can be high pressed by us and the rest of the Prem it depends on how we play on the day. 

Chelsea are the only unknown to me because I’m not sure how Lampard will set them up. If it’s anything like Derby we’ll Crush them. If Sarri was still there id be confident - put Mcginn on Jorghino and it all falls apart for them. 

1 hour ago, Rob182 said:

What do you mean by current estimated value?

Possibly what the estimated value price in millions of each player possibly. I think 

1 hour ago, Sam-AVFC said:

I'd love us to do this, but the only way I could see it happening is if the council decided to CPO all of the houses, built a new station and used us to fund a joint leisure development.

It looks like those houses currently sell for about £120k in a relatively tired condition so to buy the 300 or so in that area through private treaty and in any sort of workable time frame you'd probably need to agree to pay the best part of £200k each to convince everyone to move. Total of about £60m - I suppose compared to London land values and total costs of these type of projects this doesn't actually sound so bad.

You'd also still need a council commitment that they would allow demolition and rerouting of roads, but I suppose this could be done by applying for planning permission before trying to assemble the site. You can technically apply for planning permission on anything you want without owning it, so the club would be able to do this here. The only reason you wouldn't do it normally is if you're bidding on land to develop and then get planning permission for it the seller is just going to put the price up. This would be less of a concern with a site requiring this many small acquisitions.

There is the commonwealth games and I know a-lot of land has been purchased for the ‘village’ it isn't too far from the outlined area.

حديث ودي يجمع عضو مجلس ادارة الاتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم ورئيس وفد منتخب الكويت الوطني في لندن د. أحمد عجب ومدير المنتخب فهد عوض مع مساعد مدرب فريق استون فيلا الانكليزي النجم السابق جون تيري، وذلك بعد نهاية المباراة الودية التي جمعت الازرق والفريق الانكليزي اليوم.
 

loosley translated- there was a friendly discussion between former football star john terry who is a coach of aston villa and Ahmed Ajab and team manager Fahad Awad in London. This conversation took place after the game between the Blues and the English team. 

No mention of the game itself or anything else. 

We can easily have the double pivot with Nakamba and Luiz holding and Grealish or Jota in the free role. The FB’s then have to join in alot more. More players = more options.

I genuinely don’t care if we get any more players in now, having Nakamba and especially Luiz on board is what gives me confidence we won’t be in a do or die relegation struggle.

I don’t think we will finish top half but we wont struggle. 

Can someone deliver some tissues and moisturiser please.

I’M now comfortable for the coming season.

5 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

I've been thinking it. 

Nixon (yes i know his record is dodgy) has been mocked a few times on his mcginn to man u story and he responds with a smiley face.

We have signed 2 midfield players, given hourihane a new deal and lansbury lots of playing time. 

Mcginn was also clearly part of the reserve unit last night  

Its got my interest. 

I suppose if he does leave this season then I suspect it will be for a pretty penny.

I hope this isn’t in place of Douglas Luiz . That’s the one signing I have got excited about for a long time.

There’s always a possibility that someone will leave. However I don’t believe anyone of our leading lights will leave this season as the teams that can afford them probably want to see how they perform in the Prem. Obviously if 60-70 million offers start coming in next season then we will inevitably have a look.

2 hours ago, rodders0223 said:

...and a world cup and the Euros, and probably win the Ballon D'or, as in a world without the two GOATS Iniesta was the best player in the world for a soell.

If he wins a world cup i think there’s a small possibility that the pubs ,clubs ,supermarkets and off-licenses might run dry. 

8 hours ago, MotoMkali said:

He has the potential to be better than iniesta. I'm not saying he will. I think he can reach iniesta class in everything he is currently good at but will have the advantage of bonus physical tools. This is obviously an ideal scenario and likely a 1 in a million but then having a local boy be so good in the first place is also 1 in a million so here's hoping Grealish becomes 1 in a British billion (or just regular 

 

To reach the level of Iniesta he has to win 8 PL titles, 4 Champions Leagues ...... id say he has the potential to be 1/4 of Iniesta which is still a very good player.

Iniesta is a once in a lifetime player. Unbelievably gifted and has the mentality to succeed too. 

This looks like the starting back line come Tottingham.

6 minutes ago, Killeen30 said:

Ok. And what size do you want?

XXXL by the looks of things.

I would like to see us have tougher pre-seasons in future. Depending on if we stay up.

 I agree Green is awful. Inexperience is one thing. Not controlling the ball is another.

His passing is definitely better than Benteke’s. obviously we can judge better when he plays against better teams. 

I like the way he ‘coaches’ a teammate when they mis-place a ball. 

I think if we can get the area outlined then we can expand our great club. It could be like a fan park vibe before the game. Villa Park would be fantastic. The ground itself can then undergo a proper and correct expansion. 

Hotels , conferencing can be a part of the long term project.

Obviously  it would be extremely difficult and expensive. 

Reading the history of our club it was once rumoured that Villa Park was going to be a 130000 capacity stadium but the owners settled for 2/3’s of that figure.

It all depends on how much we progress over the next few years. If we are successful demand will rise if not then there  will be plenty of seats available. 

80,000 attendees is a realistic goal within the next 10 seasons. 

Bjarnason is a very hard working player who would benefit teams in the Prem and Championship. However he would only benefit them if they DONT play possession football as he lacks imo the ability to keep the ball. 

Therefore in a Dean Smith team he is very ineffective and inefficient in possession. For Bruce types he is the perfect player because he runs around alot.

you can make a good footballer in to an athlete but you can’t make a good athlete in to a good footballer.

I prefer our away kits to be black as it is one of the original colours we wore when we were formed. 

Very disappointed with how this has turned out. I saw a decent player in his performances for us initially but there is something not right with him either in terms of attitude or mentally he may lack the strength to succeed.

A shame.

I find it funny when people talk about back up this and back up that. Any player we sign should be coming here with the sole intention of wanting to start. 

If a player starts it means he is the one in form and good enough to start. Even if it’s at the expense of Jack Grealish etc.

9 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

I can't think of a game last season where Wolves didn't play 343. Doherty was hugely popular in FPL as a defender playing RW in the 4

3-4-3 is a good shout as it means any wingers can play in the front 3. In a 3-5-2 we limit Trezeguet and El-Ghazi. 

reading through the 2014 article it seems like Douglas would pass most of the criteria.