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18 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said:

This is our problem, With FFP or without we are going to be disadvantaged either way.

With FFP, we can't financially compete with teams with high revenues ( liverpool, arsenal etc). without ffp, we won't be able to compete with state owned clubs

In our present condition you aren't wrong. I see it this way. Without FFP our champions league team gets picked apart like Leicester City without anything we can do about it. Our owners eventually lose interest and down the league we go. 

With FFP it will take years of commitment by our owners but we can build our revenue base up to the point where we are essentially an equal to the PL top 4/5 in revenue. Spurs tripled their revenue in 9 years. I don't see why we can't do the same. 

5 minutes ago, randy_69 said:

100% this. Until mings comes back we are a a better defensive unit with him in it. The number of goals we’ve started leaking from set pieces recently has been alarming 

Very alarming. Without Mings, Diego is the only CB that can bring a high level of physical play to our defense. 

57 minutes ago, duke313 said:

Lost Barry and Miler to them, and Randy pulled the plug.  City did it to Arsenal as well, bought loads of their players until they overtook them.

Boggles the mind that some don't see it. We have our highest earners on £150k p/w. City, Newcastle, and United could double that. Grealish is getting £300k p/w and he's only the third highest earner for City. United has multiple players earning over 300k p/w.  You abolish FFP and the vultures will descend and unless we have the revenue to afford higher wages there won't be a thing we can do about it. 

1 hour ago, Follyfoot said:

@Brentfordnylons on another thread has said PL are having a meeting in June to announce new rules on FFP which will suit clubs with Billionaire owners.

Apparently the top 6 and a few other clubs outside will be free to spend as much as they like as long as the spend is backed up with guarantees a type of escrow account will be up for the vote.

UEFA are in agreement apparently. 

Can't see it happening. First, you need 14 clubs to pass that. Top 6 plus a few others doesn't get you close to 14. Secondly owners lover FFP. NSWE can't compete against a nation's investment fund.  If FFP wasnt here half our team would have signed for Newcastle by now. Just like when City ran the Randy Lerner out of town. With FFP, as long we pay a competitive wage, clubs can't poach our talent and our owners losses have a hard limit year over year. 

11 hours ago, omariqy said:

Just realised our back 4 when we beat City and Arsenal hasn’t played together since. Should help our defensive woes when Carlos is back. 

We absolutely need the Ezri, Carlos, Pau partnership back ASAP.  After getting clean sheets in consecutive games against City and Arsenal we have had 2 in the last 11 league games.  No offense to Lenglet, he has deputiesd as well as can be expected but the sooner he is watching the game from the subs bench the better. Our defense has been a seive since we lost our preferred pairing in the back. 

As the revenue gaps grows between the championship and the PL this might become a much more regular occurrence. 

Oh no I feel bad just watching this. 

This is the main difference between the 3 youth we sold and Rodgers. You could see that technically he compares similar to philogene and Archer but physically he's in a different class. The 3 we sold are all years away from physically being able to handle the rigors of PL football week after week.  We need contributors right now and can't wait years. 

Goes without saying this is the same reason why you have to be patient with a player like Duran. That package of talent and athleticism doesn't come around often. 

I feel dirty even typing this.  If the stupid money offer comes in this summer does Villa eventually accept knowing that Unai can mold a new striker for a third of what we get for Ollie.  

24 minutes ago, paul514 said:

not a chance of that being right.

Easily believable.  Spotrac, which is usually pretty accurate, has us 6th. Lenglet highest earner at the club which is why he definitely has to go back once Mings recovers. 

Just now, VillaChris said:

Can we finally rule Man. United out please.

It gets very tedious when they win a game and this thread gets spammed for pages about how people are petrified they'll overtake us when they're still 7-8 points behind.

They'll struggle to get much past 60 points imo.

I could understand it when they beat us as they had momentum and were only 5 off us but since then we've won three out of three and they've lost two out of three which shows where both clubs are at this season.

Thank you!!! Even if they had won they would have been 8 points off on equal games played. United look like team fighting to avoid relegation, will finish a minimum of ten points off the top 5. 

As soon as Rashford scored dropped ten on City to win. Easiest bet ever. Manchester United trying to park the bus for 80+ minutes . 

On form he is presently a top 5 striker in the entire world. His movement is sublime. He just teleports into the blind spot of the marking CB. It's like he's invisible. Pissed he didn't get the hat trick. Had zero service in the 2nd without Jacob to feed him down the left. 

Just now, HongKongVillan said:

Fingers crossed he is ok. But looks like it might have been the same foot problem?

Original injury was a break in the left foot. I think that was the one giving him issues this time as well. Just when he was starting to find form. 

Some have stated already but he tired as the 2nd half went on. Couple that with the yellow and he had to come off. Good showing but miles away from starting in the PL. 

Too slow and has like a 5 inch vertical.  If the ball is above his waist then he is an absolute zero defending. Great 4th or 5th choice but as long as he is out there we have to score 3 to secure a win. 

Lenglet brings alot in buildup but he is an absolute zero for defending. He is what people were worried Pau would be. We gotta score 3 when he starts. 

The bottom half teams know, just spray us with crosses we will concede. 

42 minutes ago, Follyfoot said:

Playing devils advocate. We’ve only conceded  one headed goal in the league this season 

We have conceded the most goals by corners in the PL.   Corners are mostly either cleared by the keeper or headed away.  Teams know if you hinder Emi's movement we have no secondary response.

Throw stats out the window, every corner looks like calamity waiting to happen as we struggle to clear. 

3 hours ago, sheepyvillian said:

I really hope we don't end up having to sell him. The team should always have at least "one of our own".

I just can't see us moving him for anything other than a Jack like offer. Even someone who has never watched football before can look at Jacob play and see he has "it".  That's what Dean saw and had him starting 20+ PL games as a 19/20 year old.  We have proven very astute in the market under NWSE. Moving Jacob would be twice as dumb as letting Albrighton walk for free. We aren't that club anymore. 

17 hours ago, The Fun Factory said:

Guys, it's over. He has been gone for over two years and isn't coming back.  Move on.

Once this is guaranteed I will. Not due to malice but purely a football decision. I can never see him being the player he was at Villa. I'd rather just keep those positive memories of him and Dean in the past.  If he comes back and plays like crap then even those fun times will be ruined. 

1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

The irony is... Most people were championing FFP when we were struggling.

I knew that eventually it would bite aspiring clubs in the arse.

Needs to be amended within reason, I've always said from the get go, owners/clubs should be able to invest, and use their networks etc for deals, just like in any other form of society or business! Otherwise what's the point for owners? You keep the big clubs big, and shoot down other ambitious owners.

Obviously within some reason, because if it was left wild Man City would have a 300,000 seater stadium and 33 Galacticos.

Football is sport not business.  Almost zero clubs turn a profit year over year. Villa have been running at a double digit million pound loss every season since NSWE took over. Not a single pound of profit made. If football was just a business then the most successful team would come down who has the best accountants not the best footballers. 

 Without FFP could our owners do a Man City and propell us to a PL title, sure. It would require a wage bill 2x our current revenue, losses over £100 million+ a year but yeah definitely possible. What happens though when they lose interest, or one of them is a victim of a massive scam, or commits a crime? Now we have unsustainable losses and we drop probably out of the EFL altogether. Give me FFP driving us towards becoming a stable club that doesn't need the benefactors of an invested owner.

In American sports with salary caps and spending limits it's common for a team to make hard choices. Trade this player, let another player walk in free agency. It creates a fairer playing field.  Good teams can't just lock down all the talent and win by default.  Look at La Liga, with the salary cap, Barcelona is no longer able to lose ungodly sums of money year after year. Now they can't go around buying whatever talent they see fit. Even Real has had to chill on their insane transfer policy.  Going forward football has to have some method of spending control. FFP can definitely be improved upon but getting away from the wild days of football success based almost solely on the financial powress of your owners is absolutely a good thing. 

36 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

in the emery cam video released today as soon as forest scored their first he was straight to the dugout, onto the ipad to review the goal. safe to say he's all set pieces

Yes bThe Athletic had a piece on him earlier this season. He does all set pieces. Throw-ins, direct/indirect.... 

1 hour ago, villa89 said:

We've conceded nine goals from corners this season. Sort it out Austin. 

There is a Mings size hole in our set piece defense. It's obvious and all the lower half teams know about it.  Forest had 9 players minimum in our box for almost every corner.