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10 hours ago, rjw63 said:

Missed most of it tonight but was unfortunate enough to hear Dog-Head Mel Eves, once again, comment that Adama Traore "would also be worth £100 million if he could find his shooting boots".

"He'd be worth money if he was any good."

32 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

Dean Smith said the club didn't want them to go.

 

They didn't. But the narrative being pushed by some is that the two Emis were refused permission but have traveled anyway. This isn't the case; we know a compromise was reached that suits everyone.

We know Smith is a good man manager. He'll know that allowing them to go will build trust and keep their morale up, which is only a good thing in the long run.

8 hours ago, It's Your Round said:

I heard they boycotted it because Carabao energy drinks are too expensive. Yow can get two litres of red rooster from Keith’s corner shop for a quid. Blimmin rip off foriners!

The idea of noses boycotting that competition is hilarious. There was a debate over what the point of the League Cup even is on their forum. It's literally the only thing they've ever won in their entire existence and their fans think it's pointless.

14 hours ago, Nice Canary said:

Hey Villa fans, visiting canary.

Just wondered what your early thoughts are on Emi?

Clearly loved at Carrow Road and we were gutted that we didn't get to see him at all last season live.

Seen a few posts about him in the No. 10 position, not a position that he really played for us that often so interested to see how he progresses.

Seen a few highlights of your games and looks like he is settling in, you saw glimpses in pre-season of what he is capable of so hoping you see the same during the season.

For my view I wonder/worry how well he will adapt to a 'position', sounds weird but he never really had a position at Norwich and was just allowed to roam free with Cantwell doing the same, clearly we could do that in the Championship but as we are already finding out the PL is a bit different

Anyway, interested in your thoughts.

I was excited when we signed him and I still am now. He's clearly not up to scratch just yet considering the major disruption to both his and our entire pre-season, but we've seen glimpses of his quality. Some of the passes he pulled off in the Newcastle game were sublime. I can't name another player in our squad who could make passes like that with such consistency.

He's a proper rottweiler off the ball, too. We've had issues with our wingers rarely tracking back to help out the fullbacks the last couple of seasons, but there's no danger of that with this fella. I think it's more likely he'll snap someone in half by accident than leave his fullback exposed.

In short, I'm looking forward to seeing him in full flow and he's still for me our signing of the window.

36 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

 

They made that look hilariously easy.

4 hours ago, lapal_fan said:

It's getting stupid in here.

So I'll join in.

Jack Grealish (I'm not gonna call him Mike Klubb, because I'm not retarded) scored 29 league goals in 185 apps.

Anwar has scored 20 in 90 apps.

So I guess he must be a bigger goal threat than Jack in a like for like scenario. 

Jack didn't take penalties either, because he's not as good at them as Anwar.

Ergo, Anwar is better than Jack Grealish. 

Finally, a sensible opinion.

13 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

You make a very good point!

I always thought Aaron was the most highly rated of the two. But you mention a third…is there 3 Ramsey brothers?!

Well I was referring to Aaron there, but now you mention it I'm pretty sure there actually is a third. He's still in the u12s at the moment though I think. We'll have to wait and see.

12 hours ago, Delphinho123 said:

Yawn. You paying me rent living up there in your head? 

I know this is irrelevant, but surely if you're living in his head, you should be paying him rent, not the other way around?

Back on topic, I've hoped for a while that he'd come good. He always looked tidy if a little naive, but as time goes on he looks to be getting better. Majorly improved us when he came on against Watford and did himself plenty of justice today. Long may it continue.

Also, if the general trend of younger brothers being better than their older siblings continues with these guys, we're in for a treat in about a year or two.

12 hours ago, Jas10 said:

 

I keep forgetting that a good chunk of this squad has never played in front of our fans before. Bertie the great entertainer still hasn't.

3 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

I really fear for Leon, with the way this thread is going, after 2 games.

Every fanbase has its share of reactionary fans. The ones with more measured opinions don't tend to speak as loud.

So far he's scored in every game he's played for us. One friendly, two League. The two from open play were both damn good goals, too.

Also, I don't know the best place to post this, but in both games we've scored two goals; one absolute belter followed by a penalty. I'd be fine if that continued for a while longer.

58 minutes ago, tinker said:

He was upside down swinging his foot towards a ball that had been headed on from a 30 yard throw in and your looking for perfect contact off his foot....don't know why he bothered to try and score a world class goal when it had a chance of hitting his shin  heaven forbid.

Great goal, reminds me of a  Bent/ Benteke / Saunders type player so he won't struggle for goals. 

They were referring to the one Rooney scored against the plastic oil barons.

He's started the season a little off, but in his defence mistaking Callum Wilson's head for the ball was definitely entertaining.

5 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

All the BBC images was of Jack’s celebration - you’d think he’d won them the CL. 

I saw those images and assumed he'd scored a belter. It turned out to be the exact opposite of Ings' goal.

5 hours ago, lapal_fan said:

All this finance news makes the Craig Gardner appointment of "king of the idiots" all make sense.

They pay him in toys found in cereal, hence they can "afford" him.

Isn't his position essentially the same as Christian Purslow? 

I mean, c'mon

The man's a div.

I think his role is closer to Lange's. Purslow is CEO. I think even they aren't dumb enough to give him that much power.

2 hours ago, Jimzk5 said:

Not a chance  They owe a majority of debt to the people who own them, they ain't gonna put themselves into administration 

Is there any way that putting the club in administration would benefit them? They seem a shady bunch after all.

22 minutes ago, osmark86 said:

This isn't exactly surprising considering the fees involved in transfers. However I would be surprised if the board didn't listen to the footballing people on potential targets and that info would come from Lange and Smith et al.

I assumed Lange was pretty much board level, considering his role is director. It would be weird if they hired him then didn't use him for input in transfers.

17 hours ago, Big Salad said:

Well if this actually does happen and any of ya'll come over to Vegas to watch them play I'll meet you there and show you some good places to go.

Just be forewarned some of the places are off the beaten path a little bit

Is... Is that a threat?

3 hours ago, Rightdm00 said:

Still haven't fully forgiven smith for starting that winger combo. Call it hindsight but it was a very obvious miss. That's why I'm not to worried. We get Bertie and Bailey on and most teams won't be able to deal. 

It depends on what we see against Newcastle. I'm assuming that combo was down to necessity. Bailey was a late arrival who likely wasn't fully up to speed and Traore is still coming back from an operation, there was no way they could've started.

The same can be said for Buendia too, he's returning from an injury and probably wasn't ready to start in truth. Time will tell but I think we can wipe the slate clean for the next match.

5 minutes ago, Xela said:

Superb

Who can afford him though? Lukaku at Chelsea, potentially Kane at Man City. Is it Man Utd?

NSWE, get yer chequebooks out.

1 minute ago, Steero113 said:

I've actually found Facebook comments to be much more balanced and reasonable than on here recently when commenting on post match stuff. 

I can only comment on my own experience. Some of the stuff I've read on there made me genuinely angry.

35 minutes ago, Woody1000 said:

It might just be my view, but there is expressing disappointment and then there is what we’ve had. This site has generally been vile the last 17-18 hours, I think in future I’m going to avoid on and after match days.

It's the same with Twitter, Facebook etc. A lot of fans of all clubs are super reactionary and are just as likely to say OTT negative nonsense after a loss as they are to be delusionally optimistic after a win.

I try to steer clear of football discussion almost entirely after a loss because I don't think it's good for my mental health.

People need to stop being so reactionary. JR probably isn't the answer to our problems, but he came on yesterday and did alright. The way some people are talking, it's like he's being blamed for the loss.

We looked like we had a little more control in the middle with him on, showing how important another CM would likely be for us.

He's definitely not a 10. He didn't look fully at the races, either.

I'm not going to judge him on this performance, he just needs time to settle. I already know he's a good player.