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Greenfly

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  1. I don't know about that. He's great as a destroyer and as someone who can regain possession, but he's a clear weak link when we're in possession. He would've been the ideal trigger for Leeds' press.
  2. Do they even have an obligation to buy him? If not, then they can't really go wrong for that price.
  3. They're destined for a relegation scrap this season, but judging by their second half performance compared to the overall games of some of the teams below them, I'm hesitating to write them off just yet. They need consistency, and importantly they need Bilic to stick around.
  4. Which is incredible considering how much Trez's defensive game has improved this season. He didn't seem to be doing any of it this time, when he arguably needed to do it most.
  5. I bet we could get him for a fraction of what we sold him for these days. He could be a decent option for since squad depth.
  6. Taken from an Express article from when he moved: "He was linked with Tottenham and Chelsea, going for talks in London and being close to a £35m move to Stamford Bridge on deadline day. But it fell through at the last minute with Barkley seemingly not sold on the idea. However today he has completed the transfer for just £15m - £20m less than was on offer than in the summer. Everton fans feel, knowing he was going to be injured for six months, Barkley put the transfer off to get himself a better deal and cost the club £20m. He picked up his wages at Everton and used their facilities to get himself back in shape - and then jumped ship without kicking a ball. He is likely to have been offered better terms on his package due to the cheaper transfer fee. Snake, rat, traitor. They have called him everything under the sun this evening."
  7. Just read that he holds the world record for clearing a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos in the fastest time. A man of many talents.
  8. I think it's more down to how it feels rather than the odds of it happening. If we can say We've win five in a row at the top level, including an absolute stomping of the defending champions, it's a real statement of how far we've come.
  9. I've gone for 9-11. Even though that probably won't happen and our great start will come to an end eventually, there's a lot of optimism around at the moment and I want to ride that for as long as possible. It's been a long time coming for us, might as well enjoy it.
  10. He's absolutely right as well. People criticize him for holding onto the ball for too long, but so often he's able to do something useful with it when he does. He knows what he's capable of, so it's worth the risk because it pays off so regularly. He probably has the vision to do 2 touch football, but where's the fun in that anyway?
  11. Their fans have a similar level of vitriolic hatred for him that we have for Delph, so I doubt he'd end up back there. But it doesn't matter, because after this season, when we're crowned champions and he's made 137 goal contributions, he'll force a move away from Chelsea and we'll take him for £4m and a packet of crisps.
  12. I don't know if it's been pointed out yet, or if this is even the right place to say this, but so far this season we've spent 0 minutes in a losing position in the league. That's pretty incredible, considering we had the worst defense in the league for most of last season.
  13. They looked ok against Chelsea until it all unraveled for them. They might have enough in then to survive, but they definitely need to learn how to hold onto leads.
  14. Anything could happen. A clean slate will be crucial, because the paradigm has shifted so much since January. I have every faith in him.
  15. I'm concerned by this as well. I think he'd slot straight into their midfield at the moment. I only hope we've got potential replacements under consideration when the inevitable happens.
  16. I thought he was starting to settle in before the injury. It was tough for the whole squad with most of them having to adapt to a new league, in a foreign country, where they barely knew anybody or could speak the language. It was tough for all of them. Remember how mediocre Luiz looked at times before the restart? Same with Trez and Konsa, all of whom have come on leaps and bounds since then. If Wes had had the same amount of time, I think he would've ended up with double figures. Then we'd be saying he was a hit, all things told. Also, he'll be coming back into a much stronger team either playing off of Watkins in a partnership or coming off the bench, or perhaps even to throw a spanner into the opposition's preparations. He'll be fighting for a place, and that should light a fire under him. If he recovers well enough and we allow him time, I have no doubts we'll see a much better player. And the more critical among us will surely lay off him a bit now that Watkins is here. That will be helpful to him too, I'm sure.
  17. That would be an absurd take. Since they left, our coaching team has gotten very good. There's Deano, whose progressive playing style led us to a very unlikely promotion. Then he was forced to learn and adapt on the fly in what was a tumultuous season of change and upheaval, but he managed it. JT has been cited as a reason for a couple of players joining - he's an inspiration to the players, a solid man manager and nobody doubts his knowledge of the game. Neil Cutler is a quality GK coach, along with ROK, both of whom run the training sessions which have seen this squad rise and come together to become a proper PL side. And now there's also Craig Shakespeare, a top quality manager who is surely miles ahead of all the rest in terms of expertise and knowhow, yet is still perfectly happy to work his magic in the background and let Smith take the limelight. Smith and Shakespeare are both Villa fans, JT is an ex player, and no doubt Cutler and ROK are on the bandwagon by this point. But, then again, we could've had Moyes for a decade. Oh how we've missed out.
  18. If Bielsa is the footballing Messiah everyone is making him out to be, he'll have to foresight to try something different against us after seeing how well it went for Liverpool.
  19. Wednesday will overtake them eventually, I'm sure of that. Karanka's defensive game should see them safe, provided he doesn't get bored and leave. Nothing I have seen from them so far suggests they will get promoted, and even if they did, it would require an absolute miracle for them to stay up.
  20. Nah. We'll have it wrapped up by then.
  21. We'd do well to put the Liverpool result out of our minds for this one. It's too easy to get carried away after that. If we do manage to pull off a convincing win though, then we might just end up as the league's surprise package this year.
  22. It must be pretty maddening too that despite having the city in their name, they aren't the first club people think of when they talk about Birmingham clubs.
  23. I'm sure NSWE and co have stated before that they see Brentford as an example of how Villa should be run? Or something like that.
  24. Martinez would've saved that.
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