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2 hours ago, It's Your Round said:

1 in 10 people won’t get that. 

Oh I dunno, one in ten of the inbreds can read and write.

Watching Man City v Arsenal. Such a technical master class. Great possession football. And as boring as ****. Like watching paint dry. The modern game might be technically brilliant. But give me the excitement of the old days, mistakes, calamities and all. It was simply more fun.

His enthusiasm needs to be controlled. It borders on wildness sometimes. There was a moment yesterday when he almost lost it, could have been red carded. There’s something there though.

A few indifferent performances didn’t make him a poor player, likewise a few good ones don’t make him worth a punt. I’d need more evidence to sign this guy. Jury is still out for me. But I trust Unai, so we’ll see.

He’s been poor for some time now. Digne is a better choice for our run in.

They just might flush this season. 

They’ve probably got shares in the water companies they sold of to their shyster mates.

The Tories often talk about removing red tape, without ever going into the specifics. Environmental protections, workers rights, food safety, building regulations, Carcinogenic additives, fertiliser restrictions, sewage limits etc, etc. Take your pick, they’re all at risk. 

11 hours ago, TheAuthority said:

Apologies if I've missed something, but, my understanding is Aston Villa (or V sports) do not own Villa Park. We sold it to another company (owned by Nas & Wes) which got us out of FFP issues with the Premier League when we were promoted from the championship.

Now what is to stop that company building a brand new stadium and leasing it back to Aston Villa for £1 per year? This would result in zero impact on FFP, PSR or whatever they come up with next year to stop NSWE putting their own money into the club? And we get a brand new, state of the art stadium that produces lots of revenue.

I understand the position of many that they never want to leave VP*. I'm interested in why we can't just fund a stadium by another company and not have it impact PSR.

 

 

*(One point to remember is we haven't always played there.)

Building costs do not count towards FFP anyway.

The NEC isn’t even in Birmingham, it’s part of Solihull. The noses would have a field day with that. Only club in Brum blah blah blah.

39 minutes ago, wishywashy said:

 

We just might have left this too long. Sign him asap.

2 hours ago, rodders0223 said:

 

Must come from that inbred moron Gardner's leadership.

I think he’s doing a great job. Long May it continue.

40 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Maybe not one for this thread, I don't know, but the political orientation of Birmingham's football clubs is interesting. I would argue that both clubs are right-coded, but that Birmingham are, as you say, more street-fighting fash type right, whereas Villa has a bit of an establishment Tory vibe (we seem to be followed by a disproportionate number of Tory MPs and various hangers-on). 

There’s no f****ing Tory vibe where I sit.

Durans movement off the ball isn’t great. Needs to work the defenders more. He has pace, but doesn’t work enough when not in possession. Rogers is new to the club, still trying to adapt to his role, and will need more coaching from Unai methinks. 

Would have taken that before the game. 

Hand ball doesn’t have to be deliberate. Learn the rules of the game FFS

Just now, Herman22 said:

I still can’t see what Zaniolo gives us. 

A large wage bill.

We started with the wrong team.

Just now, Jas10 said:

Why was Ezri so nervous and passed it backwards???

 

He does that a lot.

Just now, Lord Willard said:

What was Moreno doing 

The same as he’s been doing for a while now Digne should be on.

I’d play Digne ahead of Moreno. Think Moreno got skinned against Spurs, and has definitely lost some form.

59 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Looks like Lille are going about as well as we are in the league so should be a good matchup, shame we’re at home first leg though slightly less of an issue with the removal of the away goal rule.

Didnt we play (and beat) Lille in the intertwobob cup years ago?

Nope. They beat us. 1-1 at their place 0-2 at VP.

Exuded quality last night. We really have got a gem here.