Villa 59

Not bad for a 'one man team' Get well soon Jack

Fantastic performance again. I would have been happy with either Matt or Bertrand when we bought him from Southampton. But I think he's now much better than Bertrand! Great signing at a bargain price. I love that he keeps wanting to improve as well. England cap can't be too far away imo

Lol...we meet again. I'll leave it at that. Great respect from me for sticking to your guns

Thanks for reply mate but I'm never angry at players who have a poor game (it happens). But not giving 100% is unacceptable to me!

Why do you keep picking Barkley would be a good start don't you think?

I have absolutely NO anger towards him for poor performances. Guess what I'm angry angry about? Almost every poster on here says he's lazy. But I guess your never going to acknowledge that are you? One lazy player let's the whole team down. Someone mentioned him being like Lescott in attitude and I agree! Genuine question: are you happy to see a lazy player in a Villa shirt?

You conveniently forget to mention how lazy he is whenever you post. Why is that? Every time you comment on Barkley you concentrate on why you think he's underperforming. Is it possible that he might improve if he puts a little effort into what he does? As I've said before, being lazy is a choice and it's a choice he makes Or is someone else making him lazy? If so, who's responsible?

This again except for 'delete' Leicester 'insert' Leeds

Dear Deano Barkley must be dropped for the Leicester game NOT because he's playing poorly (form is temporary but class is permanent). He should be dropped because he's lazy and subsequently having a major affect on the 'team' performance and probably morale. Laziness has nothing to do with how much training you've done or on how your recent injury is affecting you!! Laziness is a CHOICE and it's the CHOICE that Barkley makes. Barkleys good form will probably return if he stops being lazy. People who give 100% in life are usually rewarded and footballers are no different!! In my opinion of course

Non of this excuses his 'laziness' because there is NO excuse for laziness. He chooses to be lazy it's NOT 'forced' upon him!

Yep, Cash is going to be a big loss. I think it has to be Elmo with Trez in front of him for the next 2 games. I would still play Traore though (in place of Barkley)

tbf mate I'm not having a go at him for being the 'worst' player yesterday but he was 100% the worst in terms of 'effort'

100% right mate. He's not our player. Would rather see Ramsey have more game time because he's our future whilst Barkley (hopefully) is very much our past.

Your 100% wrong mate. Nobody hates him because he's not playing well (it happens to every player). The hate arises from complete lack of effort! There is no excuse whatsoever for laziness. It's very bad for team morale to see a player getting away with less that 100% effort. There really is no excuse for laziness. Barkley is a mature man of 27 he therefore 'chooses' to be lazy and that's totally unacceptable in a team game!

I'm never really critical of Smith but if he selects Barkley for the Leicester match it's a serious flaw in his management of a team imo How do the rest of the players feel watching him stroll around every acting like he's doing us a favour. He's unfit, lazy and taking the urine. Deano could quite easily lose the dressing room by continuing to select him whilst others who put a shift in get left out despite playing well and giving 100% when selected (Trez, AEG, Nakamba and Ramsey) There's NO I in team There's an I in Villa though and you Barkley are not fit to represent this great club and don't think your doing us a flucking favour just by being here!

Well I can only think that he must have been tossing off someone on here at halftime. Maybe not because that necessitates a little bit of movement!

Barkley...plays like he thinks he's doing us a flucking flavour. I'd ship him back to Chelsea now if we could. I see people saying that it's in his contract to play if he's fit, well there's your 'get out of jail card' right there for he's nowhere near fit!. Moreover, he's one hell of a lazy tw*t and I hate seeing them in a Villa shirt. Terrible performance overall apart from Martinez although the defence was resilient which is a real plus point! On the positive side it's a point that takes us past last year's total with 16 games left. So I'll take a point tonight and move on (swiftly)

I really hope that Deano can bring some success and trophies to our 'younger' fans. In many ways I've been lucky although the late 60s/early 70s were not too good years. I've just been looking what we've won since I've been alive which includes: 1 x FA Cup 5 x League Cups 1 x European Cup 1 x European Super Cup Not too shabby imo Deano will definitely win some trophies if we stick with him

Did Middlesbrough come to our rescue though? Without checking I seem to recall that we won the league by 4 points (only 2pts for a win them days). I'm happy to be corrected though!

Yep, it all looked so easy. I think we were the best team to watch that year.

Yep...76/77 was a really great team to watch. As they used to chant in the Holte attack,attack,attack

Yep, we had the best team and best sand in the country! I'd forgotten just how good Tony Morley was. TRO....do you remember Eamon Deacy? He was our LB in that era. Am I correct to say that he gave up football to move back to Ireland at such a young age to become a farmer? Well that lad could tackle! I recall wingers moving to the other side of the pitch just to avoid him. Such a waste of a career imo

Nobody would dare to boo the Scottish Cafu. That goal gave me so much pleasure. It will live with for ever!

I'll hold my hands up and say that the Burnley game is the only one where I've complained about subs and yours are the same 2 that I mentioned.

That's so, so funny! It's a perfect description. Hope I don't have that vision in my head for the rest of the day!