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Just realised that I’ve seen him play live, when Rayo Vallecano beat Levante 2-1 in May 2017 in the second tier. For that reason, I’m certain he’s going to be a star. 

16 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

You mean the resale function? Doubt there’s a limit. The club make money on every real sale. It’s much better than season ticket holders that hardly turn up. The person next to me can only make 3pm kick offs and never resells so you can imagine how many games he gets too. I nearly always have an  empty seat next to me. 

Yeah this was my thinking too, it benefits the club. I was just thinking that due to the waiting list they might implement a policy of having to attend a certain percentage of matches to retain the right for your season ticket. 

9 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said:

Don't think there is a limit

Can she still drop you off though and pick you up after?

We live 100 miles away, so no dice! 

Does anyone know if there’s a limit on how many times you can sell your tickets on your season ticket? My wife is 7 months pregnant, and has been advised to stop coming, which is fair enough! She’s sold the last two, and is planning on selling more, but doesn’t want the club to get annoyed and potentially give her season ticket away to someone on the waiting list. 

We could do with someone going on to a Betis forum and asking about him. Any volunteers?

My gut feeling is that Alex Moreno would be used mostly as a left midfielder. I seem to recall Albert Moreno played there a lot for him last season, so he's probably trying to replicate that here. That's my guess, anyway.

Dumfries won’t join the Villa, so that’s a no go. I also wouldn’t spend anywhere near that money on him, either. 

Deulofeu wasn’t in the Udinese squad tonight, and doesn’t appear to be injured or suspended. 

Poor appointment, this guy is so defensive. Hope he gets them up, but can see them hating him. 

Ings is halfway through his contract, so an offer of £12.5m would see us break even on FFP, and I can see some clubs offering that. As for his contract, clubs might not offer the same he’s on right now, but they might be able to offer him more over a longer period of time in his contract. He’s also a good pro, so might value playing time at this stage of his career over wages. 

I like the Deulofeu link, would be a smart signing, and you’d imagine it would be a relatively decent price. 
 

Still not pro Sarr though. The only way I could see it being a decent signing is if Davis goes in the other direction permanently, and we pay about £10m on top. 

26 minutes ago, Naaaaarch said:

Hasenhuttl is just one of those in the bookies list that doesn't make us cry at the thought of it. Not many actually thought a man with that ego would drop to the Championship though. Similar with th Bodo/Glimt guy who we were apparently after before Smith became available.

As of the last few hours David Wagner is the bookies favourite. Makes sense for a lot of reasons.

If you thought Smith was dull, you’ll be out of your mind if you get Wagner. Steer well clear!

22 hours ago, theboyangel said:

Have been given tickets to see Mike Wozniak in March for Christmas. 

Knew him from Man Down but really got to like him during his stint on Taskmaster. 

Wouldn't necessarily class him as a stand-up comedian, more of a comedy actor so will be interesting to see how it goes. 

I saw his show as work in progress a fair while ago. It’s great, but the man could read a phone book and it would be hilarious. Saw Isy Suttie’s work in progress the same evening, which unfortunately was really poor. 

Not disappointed to miss out on this one!

17 minutes ago, May-Z said:

Helps to use the online website instead of an app. Sign in using the icon in the top right of the page, the. You can access ticket information and put it up for sale. 

Yeah I was doing it online. Do you mind being a hero and doing a step by step guide?

EDIT: Got it sorted. Thanks lads!

Trying to sell my season ticket for the Liverpool game, and for the life of me can’t work it out. 

As an Inter fan, this is wonderful. 
 

Am looking forward to seeing the details that come from it. 

1 hour ago, duke313 said:

Weren't we linked with Raúl de Tomás a while back? 

Maybe we'll be back in for him, seems the kind of player that would work well in an Emery team.

He’s signed for Rayo Vallecano. 

I went in to this thinking I’d vote whichever option wasn’t round, with my preference being no shield at all. 
 

However, I really don’t get on with the lamp one. The font doesn’t work for me, and just looks computer gamey. 
 

For balance, I don’t think the round one is anywhere near as good as what they could’ve done, either. 
 

The thing I liked most about our badge over the last 30 years is the lion being yellow. Looks so much better. 
 

Tl:dr Voted round. 

It’s weird, he definitely feels like a huge disappointment, however his G+A per 90 was 0.62 last season, and 0.5 this season. We’d have all taken those before he joined. 
 

Hopefully Emery will kickstart his Villa career. I’m sure he’ll actually look to play to his strengths, unlike the last guy. 

13 minutes ago, nick76 said:

I think we are still riding the Unai appointment positive wave for a few days.  I’d leave it for a couple of weeks and enjoy this positive wave. No point changing the subject when the feeling is good.  That bit extra time isn’t going to make the difference.

I heard that they need to submit the new crest by the end of October to ensure that it's ready for next season. So I'd expect to see the crest options today or tomorrow.

As we can assume Poch and Tuchel are (understandably) not viable options, the two options that interest me are Emery and Amorim. I would go for Emery for three reasons:

1. He's much cheaper - I've heard that there'd be no fee due to a clause in his contract
2. He's less of a gamble - he's far more experienced generally, and even has Premier League experience
3. He uses a similar formation to what we use - 4 at the back, and 3 in midfield

I think Amorim's an incredibly interesting and exciting proposition, and if we made this decision two months ago, I'd have probably preferred him, and I'd also be very content if he does become our man.

We mustn't appoint Dyche or Benitez, they can get tae ****.

We always watch TV with subtitles (my wife is Italian, so it helps with programmes with regional accents, etc), and now I can’t watch programmes without them. My gripe is when they add the subtitle to say (for example) [speaks French] which then covers up the translation of what’s being said. Does my head in. 

Outside of the big linked three (Poch, Tuchel and Emery), I really don't mind the idea of Villas-Boas. Only question mark is he's been out of work for a year and a half, and he seems to not stay in jobs for too long. Plays good football, knows Kamara and Sanson well. He's a far better option than Sean bastard Dyche.