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Actually relieved to see the comments on here.  Went and had a look this morning, first thoughts nothing special and then saw the prices and thought holy sh!t.  Thought I was out of the loop and behind the times thinking those prices were high.

Also Seen the Rangers tops a lot in the shops over here and especially the orange one the shirt feels too light and cheap.  Reminded me of the Yellow Macron Shirt.  I actually liked it when seeing it online but in real life felt the shirt felt cheap.

The other good thing about this is Aston Villa being exposed more to Brazillian and Argentina fans.   

During the 94 World Cup I happened to be in the middle of Brazillians celebrating beating the USA in the quarter finals.  

I was about to swap my Villa Baseball Cap for a Brazil one, and I had to explain who Villa were etc.   I doubt I would have to do that now.

Unfortunately his wife/girlfriend came over and told him off for even considering swapping his Brazil Hat

I didnt know that much about him before he signed for us, watched Football with a very Villa focus glasses past few years.

My boys raved about him but I wasnt that impressed at first and enjoyed winding them up by saying they knew nothing.

But I have had to admit to them recently that he isnt too bad

The other thing is that he is starting to look really happy which is a good sign for Villa.

18 hours ago, TRO said:

I think its more about time.....In the Prem, you have to be that much sharper, in your executions, because there is little time to think....lower leagues, there is more time to think.

Agree with that, but by not loaning out Keenan earlier he didnt get the chance to sharpen up at a lower level, instead thrown in at Premier league where he was punished

5 minutes ago, Tom13 said:

Is Keinan's lack of goals purely down to poor finishing? I can't picture him missing sitter after sitter in my head, and his first goal for Forest at least was a good finish.

He's maybe not a natural finisher, but I have a hunch he's not actually that bad at it. Probably more his instincts and positioning that are lacking. Add to that, of his appearances for us, how many minutes do they actually translate to? As he's come off the bench a hell of a lot. And when he started those few games for us in the PL, we were terrible at that point, but he still put good performances in if I remember right.

When I watched him for us, it was like he thought too much about that final shot/touch and had a brain fart. 

His Header against the Blues was more to their god awful defending than him positioning himself, but a lot of goals are just that.  The other as said was well taken, stole the ball of a defender and ran in to finish.  For us that was where the Brain Fart would occur.

9 minutes ago, jacketspuds said:

SSN have already shown a video clip of him arriving for a medical.

Thanks perhaps I should put Skysports News on, just cant stand those two transfer muppets.

Has anything Villa side said we will loan him out?  Just listening on the Radio it says Eddie Howe is confident of getting a deal done.  They were confident of getting a deal done for  Linguard.

Couple of things:

Brian Little had a horrible beginning to his management at Villa.  We just managed to stay up.  He then had the summer to properly implement his style of football and we took off.  Feel it could be the same with Gerrard minus the relegation battle.

As for Gerrard.  I didnt like him as a player at all.   Felt he was too selfish despite all his skills.  BUT I didnt like Terry before he arrived at Villa and he was great for us.    Im not basing my views now on Gerrard as a player as he never played for us, I base my thoughts on Gerrard as a Manager.

But as a Manager that Selfish desire to win is exactly what we need.  I really like Deano but he doesnt come across as driven and determined as Gerrard.

Gerrard in a way reminds me of Ron Saunders.   Driven, single minded, my way or piss off and doesnt take any shit.   People might forget but Ron had failed at Man City before he came in at Villa.   Villa was his 3rd club in three Seasons, Norwich being the other.

We need to sign him just so we can have both sides of of Edinburgh following us!

The Beat lead Singer Dave Wakeling is a Villa Fan.

How reliable is the estimated delivery date that is supplied?

Ordered on the 15th December, got an Email to Say Despatched on 16th December.

Estimated Delivery Date :  28th December!!!!

I know Im in Northern Ireland so takes a bit longer but not 12 Days.  I had wanted this stuff for a Christmas Present.

Anyone remember a player of the name Stan Petrov.  Came to the club from a league in another division and struggled, written off etc.

I think he came back stronger and proved people wrong.

We seem to accept that players have to adapt and improve when they come from outside the Premier League, whether transfers or promotion.

Well Managers have to learn their trade as well.  In that Dean Smith has shown the ability to learn and tweak his beliefs.  Best example is that when we went into lockdown the team was in big trouble.  He took that time to review and decide on a different plan of action that kept us up.   Again improved of the close season that for most of last season we were a much better team.

Too young to understand the possible outcome of Gray and Gidman leaving, especially as we went and won the League.

Cowans and Rideout leaving for Italy was sad but you understood the lure of going to Italy, even went and bought Bari Subuetto team.

Was suprised we sold Mcmahon so soon after signing him as he was meant to be the one to replace Bremner etc.

Hodge actually hit me the hardest.  Before that I understood selling some of the European winning team as they were getting on. Just cheered him on in Mexico 86 as a Villa player was part of an England team that was the best performance since '66.

He then came back and said I dont want to be here.  As a kid it was hard to take.

Platt and Yorke was a worry as I didnt trust Ellis to reinvest but luckily those two time he did.

I think Young handled his leaving well but Melburg leaving has got to be one of the best goodbyes, buying the shirts for all the away fans.

32 minutes ago, meregreen said:

Keegan, Ronaldo, Bale, Gascogne, Stapleton, Rush, Coutinho, Ball, etc. All sold by so called top teams. It’s a myth that only lower teams get to lose their top talent. It’s what you do with the cash which defines whether it was a successful trade. Liverpool replaced Keegan with Dalglish, best bit of business they ever did. Even our own club has history doing this. I was truly gutted when Gidman and Gray left. Wasn’t that impressed when Withe and Swain were brought in as replacements, hey ho, what do I know. After that, I’ve always been an optimist.

 

Swain was a winger as well when he arrived.

Echo what people are saying like this signing.

Reminds me a bit of when Villa sold a superstar in Andy Gray then replaced him with a good solid pro in Withe.  Withe proved to be the better fit.

Anyone else wondering if Matty Cash has takne a drive Manchester way and people have got confused again

Just now, Okonokos said:

You have no issues with him saying his future lies here 10 months ago, only to engineer a move away at the first possible chance? Strange.

No cause in life things change.

5 minutes ago, Wainy316 said:

I just hope with the strengthening of the squad that we can actually learn to win a game of football him this season.

We did that last season

Ive been to the new Spurs Stadium for the NFL games and it is a total different beast compared to the other Footy Stadiums in the country.

It has been built with the food etc selling opportunities in mind.  They are not Carts or some shack wedged in (Like Villa).

You walk in and the lower area is open with Bars etc.  A Big wide space allowing fans to meet and drink before the game and after the game.  Those bars reopen after the game to allow the fans to spend more money celebrating or to cry in their beer.

As you go up into the higher areas of the ground their are other specific kiosks built in selling different rages of food.  Burgers etc in one and say pretzels in another.  Also they at end of the Curve their are vip style area bars with more comfortable seats and big windows so yu can still see the pitch from the corners.

It is very impressive.  The Spurs Stadium was built with investment from the NFL for the London games (It has two pitches that can be rotated, one NFL one proper football, two sets of changing rooms for same reason).   They took the knowledge from America of building a Stadium that not only allows the fans to see the game but also part with their cash.

Losing 4-1 at home to Coventry was pretty bad 

But

I think we lost only 1-0 to Spurs under Graham Taylor at home but I remember thinking I wanted to go home and not really come back at that point.  That game just got to me on how awful we were.

And to think they until just before this summer Emi could have still played for England!  

On 03/07/2021 at 13:34, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Any good?

 

The Surname carries a lot of weight at the Villa (One for Oldies or those interested in Villa History  )