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1 hour ago, AndyClarke said:

Anyone been to Lye Town before? Tempted on Wednesday, what is parking like?

There’s a road off the back that you can easily park on. 
Also if you want the train it’s a 2 minute walk from the station 

Matt Kendrick interview with Big Rob is good. Yes BR is proper old school and couldn’t do what he did now. But comes across well and knows how to spin a yarn. At times did think he was sounding very old (mental lapse etc)

2 minutes ago, Giro said:

How is clattenburg as Forests ref “advisor” even allowed

Why not? He’s not a ref anymore. 

53 minutes ago, calcifer said:

If it was the other way around Klopp would be crying for a replay now

What and add an extra game on his schedule, na he’d just be demanding the points are given to them to tiny unfortunate Liverpool 

Another decision to give Klopp the title on his fairwell tour, only for him to say he’ll stay on another yr  

“As per question 2, the technical seating bowl optimisation study on additional seats will be completed by the end of March”

Lets hope this isn’t making current seats slightly smaller, so they fit extra people in per row 

22 hours ago, BOF said:

Including the cups, we've actually put a very decent run together at the moment. Only one defeat in ten games since Crawley beat us at the start of November in the Papa John's trophy.  That defeat was the entertaining 5-3 loss to top of the table with a perfect record Spurs at the end of January.

Just out of interest for those that watch regularly, are we better now the coach left for Spain ? 

On 21/01/2024 at 20:30, Davkaus said:

I came back to read what other people have thought of Dune, because I started trying to watch it this afternoon and fell asleep in the first 20 minutes 

Will have to give it another go when I'm more prepared fore the lore drop, but that opening is hard **** work.

Did you go back to it? This evening I put it on and turned off after 20 minutes as well. 

1 hour ago, TRO said:

 

It does get harder for the youth as we get stronger as a team.....JJ was very lucky, as he has grown with us. This team now, will be very hard to break in to.

 

 

Yes and no. If the team are winning games comfortably on a regular basis, it is easier to give youth 10 minutes at the end, for example if you are 3-0 up, than when they are scraping for results at the lower end of the table. But then there is the added pressure of making sure you win. 

He may be registered since Jan, but I’m sure the first stage he was omitted from. It’s because he hasn’t been at Villa long enough to count as an Academy player so had to be registered.

heres a link 

Athletic

“Despite making his first Villa start in the UEFA Conference League qualifying round against Hibernian — providing an assist for Leon Bailey on the night — Kellyman’s participation in the competition has been curbed. An oversight resulted in him being omitted from the group-stage squad as he had not been at Villa long enough to qualify as an academy graduate. Director of football Damian Vidagany and president of football operations Monchi explained that the 18-year-old should not take it as a slight, given Emery wished to involve him.”

So apparently a stand out performance for the u21s, I’m convinced if we had t done the paperwork wrong and he hadn’t got injured we’d have seen him get first team minutes this season. Hopefully we will soon .

1 hour ago, Kingman said:

I doubt Buendia is in full training yet maybe light/non-contact?

Hause has been back in full training for 3 months now (unless he suffered a setback that's not been reported?) 

Failing that I would of presumed he would of got some U21 minutes? 

I’d imagine he’ll never play for us again. I’d guess Unai is allowing him to train to get fit for a move in the summer as he wouldn’t take a contract termination. He won’t play first team, and u21s we like to use for the u21s, we give very few first teamer fitness games 

Brad Young has got 26 goals this season 

13 hours ago, Mic09 said:

They did have various kids playing as subs (especially in extra time), but can we please not build a myth of the cup being won by their u12 team?

Their starting line up was this:

 

Kelleher

Bradley (kid, but with PL/Europa experience, a little like Tim I guess) Konate/Van Dijk/Robertson/

MacAllister/Endo/Gravenberch

Elliot/Gakpo/Diaz

I refuse to buy into the 'kids won the title' BBC headlines. On paper, that has go to be one of the most valuable teams in the league. 

Agreed, even Elliot many are now trying to say he came through Liverpool even though he’d okayed for Fulham and they paid £4m for (which should’ve been much more). 

1 hour ago, Tomaszk said:

If Ollie is to take one, he has to go first. I'd also feel sick with nerves.

• Watkins
• McGinn 
• Doug
• Tielemans
• Bailey

----

• Digne
• Torres 
• Konsa

Would be my order. I think Tielemans would do well to make it through 120 mins.

I think a ref would love to send Martinez off in a shootout to get a bit of attention. We'd be so so confident going into one with Emi in net. And the effect on the opponent! They'd feel they were going up against the unbeatable.

Konsa over Ramsey? Na not for me, think Konsa would be poor. 

3 hours ago, GeordieVillan said:

 

In the US tour we saw Mings at LCB and Torres at LB. I think more than anything that was a recognition from Emery that Konsa and Mings as a partnership had been so good, that he could not split them up, and he wanted to find a way to get Torres into the team.

 

It was because of the partnership, but also we were looking to sell Digne and Moreno was injured so it was to test Pau at Lb. But he is no LB and will rightly keep the lcb position even when Mings back 

13 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said:

This Klopp retirement tour is absolutely going to power Liverpool to a season treble. The media love fest is going to be insufferable but to make it bearable go ahead and make a little money off of it along the way. Already have a decent wedge on Liverpool to win the PL. Going to do the same for the Europa League. 

I’ve already heard (before today) that they are on for a famous Quad, like the European trophy they are going for counts in the quad. 

41 minutes ago, Herman22 said:

Delighted for Chelsea. They are everything that’s wrong with football. 

Billions of pounds and they can’t beat Liverpool’s u21s! 

Because Liverpool side cost nothing?

Moussa clearly has talent, the prem is a steep learning curve but he has the master Emery guiding him, this time next yr he’ll be unplayable 

Got caught out for the second goal, but other than that did well again

Going by Jimih-Aloba now

Did well, showed the importance of the squad 

What an assist, and then got a goal as well. He had that impact now when he gets the ball, everyone gets up off their seat expectation, we’ve had that since Ashley Young first stint (yes Grealish, but he didn’t have the pace).

Such a class act hopefully just precautionary 

Is Emery first choice keeper at that level? Or do we think just keeping Unai sweet a bit?