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I'm scratching my head. Getting thrashed by Leeds and Southampton, yet pulling off convincing wins against Liverpool, Leicester and Arsenal. Two of those were away wins too!

We had a combined 4 points against the so-called top 6 + Leicester last season.

2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Trez and targett very  good

Watkins been pants

I thought Targett was pretty poor tonight apart from that assist.

17 hours ago, Tomaszk said:

If he isn't a better player than Trez he's a waste of £19m.

I think he definitely motivated Trez. So I'd think of him being £9m and Trezeguet £19m.


Still kinda not worth it though. Lol.

6 hours ago, markavfc40 said:

I think a little bit of perspective is needed in the media/amongst pundits with Leeds. They are 10th having won two games from five against Fulham and Sheff Utd who sit 19th and 20th. They are hardly setting the league alight in the way the media/pundits/commentators like to suggest.  In fact in the five seasons previous to this one all of the best placed promoted sides had, like Leeds, at least 7 points after five games, only one didn't which was Norwich last year who took 6 points.

They play some nice stuff but having watched them on Monday for all their pretty possession and pressing they created next to nothing in terms of clear cut chances.

We match them tomorrow for effort then we will have too much for them in terms of quality and that should be the difference.

I kind of think the same. More worried about the Southampton game than this.

1 hour ago, Sam-AVFC said:

You can't be mathematically safe until half the season has passed.

You forgot about points deduction.

29 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

I've not seen a huge amount of Leeds but from what I have seen I think we need to not press high against them or we play into their hands.

I think we would be better letting them have the ball deep, invite them onto us as they've not a lot of cutting edge and then hit them on the break. I don't think they can handle it.

Might not be the way people want to see us play at home but I think it would be the best way to approach the game.

Exactly, just like how we played Liverpool.

Virgil van Dijk’s injury looks exactly like Wesley’s. Could be out for an insanely long period of time like Wesley did.

2 hours ago, villalad21 said:

I was kinda hoping he would rip into Southgate in his press conference.

But he just isn't that controversial Mourinho type. Very boring man, but respectful.

Wouldn’t say he’s boring. He’s the best dad figure that you can hope for. Talking of boring, you must’ve forgotten our previous manager. 

transfermarkt Market Value Update:

Ollie Watkins increased from £10.8M to £27M.

2 hours ago, Thug said:

I don’t think any supporters are against Mount being picked.  It’s honestly more to do with the utter bullshit that falls from Southgates mouth.

See @Only2McInallyspost above.

 

He is beyond disrespectful now.  When compared to Gazza he’s quick to put that fire out as soon as he can.  When he’s man of the match he tells the world he’s not in a position where he’s supposed to be.  When he does something good, he finds someone else who apparently did something better.  When he’s in the championship he says he has no premier league experience (Even though he had a season in the premier league) whilst simultaneously picking Mount who is 4 years younger with no premier league experience.  He picks Phillips without any premier league experience.  He doesn’t like to compare players to other players (Gazza) yet he compared Kane to Shearer.  He doesn’t play players out of position (even though he wouldn’t be out of position) yet picks 3 right backs, and puts a classic no9 on the wing, and boasts about how well Mount played in a role that was completely new to him.  
And today, he has the nerve to call him not athletic or quick enough whilst bringing on Jordan Henderson and DCL (who aren’t exactly Usain bolt) and Sancho (who isn’t exactly a pissed of Bruce Banner)

As for not playing him, I’d rather Jack remains the media darling, than have be labelled as Southgates toy boy.

Good luck with the Euros Gareth. 

I should’ve pointed out that I posted the picture solely because I saw WhoScored crossed away Grealish’s name intentionally, which I find quite funny, and I think they’re mostly just mocking Gareth Southgate. Completely agree with you though!

WhoScored 

2 minutes ago, nepal_villan said:

For us non-finance people, how does issuing more shares work if they already own 100% of the company? Wouldn't they just provide a loan?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correct me if I am wrong - a loan is a liability to the club that you'll have to eventually pay back whilst issuing more shares basically means injecting money into company "in exchange" of more shares, in this case purely injecting money.

5 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Gutted for him.

I actually feel so bad for him

It’s ok. His time will come in a year or so where he’ll be “stepping up”, playing in the champions league.

In a claret and blue shirt.

Looked forward to this game as I can finally watch it comfortably on a Saturday night.

Yet the game has once again moved to a Sunday night, which would be Monday 02:15 AM in Hong Kong, which also means I'll be sleepwalking at work for most of the week

On 15/08/2020 at 22:43, Villa_Vids said:

"He IS Villa through & through. 

 

Watched this over and over again. Why am I crying?

4 hours ago, Kiwivillan said:

Yesterday's man, 30, bad attitude, not that good anymore. We are so done with these types of signings. It's like Drinkwater but worse

At least Drinkwater realized he himself is garbage.

26 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I always thought the clause meant the club has to accept a 35m bid from Man City. After that point it would be up to Luiz to discuss terms and agree to the move. 
 

Is that not the case?

The club can also try to negotiate some sort of a cash deal to buy off the buy-back clause, similar to the Toby Alderweireld deal to Tottenham where A. Madrid seemingly paid Southampton to wipe off the buy option of the loan deal so the transfer to Tottenham can go through.

Hoping Belgium scores one so Jack can come on for 15 min.

To be fair I'm quite happy to see him getting some rest.

10 hours ago, Xela said:

I should have had a week off as well than!  

Wish granted. Here’s your international break.

One of my recent hobby is to read through the Villa thread in the SHA forum. How relaxing to see them being so bitter.

Just now, MotoMkali said:

How do they know he is staying u til January. Surely they may still want to sell him. And we are in a prime position to snatch him with no other competition. 

It sure looks like Werder is trying extremely hard to get cash immediately. We might be playing the waiting game all along and this might just pay off.

Just now, Folski said:

 

So you're saying that there's a chance the paperwork is not done on time...

Crazy things can happen in the transfer deadline. Paperwork not handed in on time, players pulling away, club comes in and swooped the player in a matter of minutes. Everything can happen.