juanpablosaliceband

That goal was coming. Terrible defending. 

Let’s keep it up. 

1 hour ago, duke313 said:

How? We’re ahead of Spurs, in our hands now.

A win gave us a huge chance of top six and europa league in fairness. 

10 minutes ago, Leeroy said:

I'm guessing you're on the windup here. 

Not at all. I watched the last review of our accounts with Kieran Maguire and it didn’t look like a healthy picture overall. Basically that we’ve been making consistent losses which wouldn’t have been sustainable without the Grealish money. There was a sense that we need to grow our revenue significantly to allow player budgets to grow much higher. 

I am not saying there aren’t ways around it and that we aren’t going to spend big. But I don’t think our finances are as good as some make out. Having billionaire owners doesn’t make the club self sustainable, which is pretty much the basis of FPP.  

23 minutes ago, Leeroy said:

If that's true I'm gobsmacked. We haven't spent any money for about three years so how we're going to struggle to sign players this summer I have no idea.

 

If we want to break into the top 4 we have to spend, simple as that, and probably break our record transfer fee this summer maybe even twice. Our finances should not be unhealthy at all given how little spending we've done recently, so either that article is a complete load of bollocks or the fans aren't being told something we need to know.

I think our finances are quite unhealthy. The last set of financial results looked pretty grim. 

10 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Have you just started supporting the club? How is baikey one of teh worst ever signings?

We paid something like 30 million for him. If you look around the league, you’ll see what could have been done with that sort of money. Six goals in two years and an endless supply of rubbish performances. We’ve made some terrible signings but few have been as costly as this one. 

10 hours ago, zab6359 said:

Not a starter that was a mistake by Unai, fine as an option off the bench for now.

I’d guess Unai might have planned to give them a half each as Bailey was just returning?

I think he’s definitely one of the worst signings we have ever made. Possibly the single worst considering his fee and value for money. He’s abysmal. When is the last time anyone can genuinely say he played well for 90 minutes? Scoring a goal every 10 games or so doesn’t make up for that. He should be one of our best players. He’s no better than Trezeguet or El Ghazi. Possibly worse. It’s like playing with 10 men at times when he’s on the pitch. I was really excited about this signing but he’s been a disaster. I don’t see how we can dress it up as anything else. 

I know he’s only back from injury but that performance was borderline disgraceful for a premier league footballer. Couldn’t even manage a simple 1-2 with Martinez and then kicks it over the sideline. Messed up at least three other simple passes. 

Id release him on a free if we can’t find a buyer.  

The sooner we sell Bailey the better. 

18 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said:

It's the hope that gets to you. The faintest whiff of success on the horizon makes every game seem a must-win, and taking an interest in other matches.

It is frankly a minor miracle we have even got ourselves to this position to make the run in actually interesting.  7th is still an outside bet.

7th is a very decent bet. 6th is still an outside bet. 

We are still in it. In spite of Luke Shaw, I still expect us to be within two points of Brighton on the last day. 

Still all to play for. I’d be stunned if Brighton are more than two points above us going into the last game with the fixtures they have to play. 

1 minute ago, Rodders said:

europe is off the table then. Time to-recalibrate expectations to be happy with 8th

Much too early to say that. 

Buendia. When he’s bad he’s awful. 

Just now, Aston_Villan4 said:

How’s that not a yellow?

At least. Went straight though him.  

We are all over the place. Goal coming if we don’t sort it out. 

4 hours ago, KMitch said:

This is peak VillaTalk...  No chance we get Dybala...  I mean 0% chance.  He's either going to stay at Mourinho's Roma revolution (especially if they win the Europa League this season) or go to Madrid/Barca.

Did you miss the other night where Messi was being discussed as a genuinely attainable target!

2 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

If we share points with rivals and get 10-11 from maximum 15 available we will finish in Europe 

10 would be a great return. There’s also a certain comfort in knowing our rivals have all these extra games to play, some against each other. Brighton have to play all of the top four. 

29 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

We can't beat Man U and Wolves and get to 10 or 11 points without a 3rd win. Only max 15 pts available from 5 games left. 11 would be 3 wins 2 draws from 5

I know. I meant including six points from Man United and wolves. It would still mean two of our rivals have taken points off us. 

What a feeling it is to use up one of your poorer performances while taking three points. 

A month or two back, I thought 55 points would be a great return for the season. We now have 54 with five games left. 

I’m not sure I buy into the fatigue talk. We might be low on numbers right now but we have lots of fresh legs out there. We had no European competition and hardly anyone at the World Cup, with the squad having a mid season break. Young, Digne, Moreno, McGinn, Donk, Buendia and Luiz have all spent plenty of time on the bench this season. Even Watkins had some rest but he’s super fit. Mings and Konsa barely had to break a sweat tonight. We should have plenty in the tank to finish the season strongly. 

I’m starting to get Stevenage vibes off this.