wishywashy

While the same guy who prefers Dyche/Ole to Emery thinks that Diaby is elite! Shows just how subjective football is.

Been a whole day and we haven't signed him? Monchi out. Emery out. Abandon the project.

Just screams real. Love how out of all the origin stories he's picked the only job in the world that would have less knowledge about football than a Twitter ITK

It's important to note that the Premier League are not the only ones to blame for football becoming lop-sided. La Liga are absolutely solely responsible for the diminishing finances and power of their league. They genuinely only care about Barca and Madrid (more than the Prem cares about the Big 6). Their TV deal rules means that they get 3-4x the TV money that anyone but Atletico gets (and this has been a SIGNIFICANT improvement compared to 10 years ago, where it was more like 10x). I'd be willing to bet that even if the Prem wasn't soaking up all of the money (which they are. they are undoubtedly a super league, not arguing against that), La Liga would still be financially lopsided and losing big names and figures to whoever would be the alternative Big League. I'm not familiar with Serie A, but my first impression is that similarly incompetent management also led to them essentially fumbling their great position a few decades back. With all this considered.. why take out the incompetence of La Liga on Villa?

Forgot about former FM wonderkid Pione Sisto. What.

FWIW, this account is followed by a few proper journos, and was the first to call Villa going after Pau (back in late May)

Reckon he's playing it smart and going to a club where he'll be a guaranteed starter & eventual standout. Bournemouth would be a very good fit for him in that sense, while our midfield is probably too competitive for that.

Gregg, you tease.

"Villa might go after one of these two players we've already been linked with, they might not" What happened to the ITKs who put their bodies on the line with their fiction? Piggybacking is just boring. I miss Joey.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12290525/Aston-Villa-set-table-bid-Bayer-Leverkusen-star-Moussa-Diaby.html

Vidagany in-between them. Quite the group.

Monchi is real. Neat.

Finally, someone said it. People need to reel it in. Enough of this talk about future days, we need to carpe diem. etc.

Huge!

Reasonable deal. Think we'd be aiming for someone a bit higher calibre, though, at least for a starting position. Shows how much valuable being an effective dribbler is at this level of the game: Mitoma and Gnonto (esp. the former) the big examples this season. Annoys me a little, because Bailey was supposed to be that player for us, albeit less obscure and more costly...

Shame that the mooted Alexander Stadium move hasn't happened (yet).

So, Gregg Evans, eh? If he leaves The Athletic it'll be interesting, as there are like 3 reliable journalists who do regular Villa reporting max: Maher, Percy and Collomosse. Unless they go and get Preece. Not sure why they would.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12280235/Aston-Villa-join-race-sign-Bayer-Leverkusens-Moussa-Diaby-Bundesliga-wants-50m.html

Mings is once again responsible imo. How does he keep getting away with this

Twitter quoting bloody Ansel Moreau again. Swear they'll fall for anything these days.