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17 hours ago, Captain_Townsend said:

Our charge from 2016 to today has been an epic journey of positivity. 

Even if we end up 7th I will be delighted. Being back in the top 7  two years in a row is actually amazing considering where we came from.

Also, the hand we have been dealt is cruel so even if we collapse I will still applaud every person connected with this club for the season we were having before injuries bit.

This is exactly how I feel! Great post.

The secret is out....

Not sure whoever Dougray is he actually knows very much about "Sir Super John McGinniesta" to give him his full title.

Absolutely speechless. Never have I seen a more complete performance. Commentators saying it could go any way genuinely didn't see City in the game. Kept waiting for the usual brain fart that meant a loss... stunning.

Thank you Unai. 

On 19/09/2023 at 00:25, Talldarkandransome said:

If they'd gone with £20 and £10 concessions they may have got close to 35k...

Bit of greed setting in down B6. I think many have prioritised Europe 

£20 & £10 exactly what I thought/hoped!

I keep checking back looking at the tickets but as you say we have prioritised the ECL games.

3 hours ago, lexicon said:

Another good cameo - can't believe the ref blew up when he was going to be through at the end. 

I think the whistle may have saved his blushes... it seemed in the replay that the ball hit his standing leg as he tried to control it...

Happy to be wrong!

22 minutes ago, delboy54 said:

It does annoy me to be honest because it appears that Claret Members do not get the chance to get the odd seat in the Upper Holte. My daughter is a member and she used to sit near me when the odd spare seat came up for sale. Not possible now esp for Premiership games.

Would have been much better for everyone on the Upper Holte to have spent the money on updating the current facilities. Just gives me the feeling that its being marketed like a "Virgin Experience" package.

 

This! Me & my boys have sat in the upper holte as members for few seasons now doing maybe 5 games. Can't get tickets up there now...

Honestly gutted. Buendia I was irritated with. 

This though just doesn't seem fair!

8 hours ago, MaVilla said:

 

unreal.

7 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses in the last 9 games.

2.05 PPG average over 19 PL games since he joined.

Due to him working near miracles, we are in a scenario where i hope we dont lose sight of how brilliant he has been, if we dont qualify for Europe.

What a brilliant post. Thank you for the reset!

Probably.

Bjork?

I'm so deflated. Didn't want him here, then felt the feel good factor ebb away, the system he played was horrid even when winning it seemed based on the other teams mistakes, Philippe was a vanity purchase, hated the captain stuff was such poor man management. He tried to change everything when so much was already working.

I just want my club back! 

You could literally do this for any player in any team. Ridiculous.

Mings has been an excellent signing, love the guy. 

How many are you trying to buy?

When you have the seats click the little edit button and assign each seat to a different fan ID.

I had similar issue and by chance stumbled on that.

Sorry if I'm repeating things you've already done... I've finally worked the process out and hoped I could help.

Aston Villa: Barry Bannan reveals Martin O'Neill's obsession with his height

BARRY Bannan has revealed former Villa boss Martin O'Neill wasn't convinced the young midfielder would make it at the top.

Gerard Houllier took an instant shine to him and elevated the Scot to his first team.

Now 20-year-old Bannan is walking tall because an SFA Hall of Famer, Gary McAllister, is working on his game to see if he can help him follow in his footsteps.

Bannan said: "Everything has come down on me at once. The game against the Faroes went so much better than I could have hoped.

"It was brilliant to be out there and I felt confident I could do well but I'm getting no time to think about what it all means.

"I can go out with my pals whenever I get the chance to come back home to Scotland but I don't know if that will be the case for much longer.

"I'm trying very hard not to take in all the talk about me at the moment.

"If I do that I'll get carried away and I'll forget to do what's necessary, which is to get my head down and keep working."

There's no chance of Bannan's head being turned so long as he can turn to McAllister for advice. And the day O'Neill resigned and Houllier brought in the former Scotland star to help him behind the scenes was the moment that changed the 20-year-old's life for the better.

He said: "Martin had size issues with me and he kept bringing them up in conversation over the many meetings we had when he was at Villa.

"I'd been at the club since I was 14. My parents had left Lanarkshire and moved to the Midlands to look after me while I tried to become a success. But Martin left me disheartened when what I really needed was his trust.

"The only thing that kept me going during that period of rejection was when I said to myself, 'Some day somebody will show confidence in you'.

"I knew I couldn't afford to be totally disheartened because then my confidence levels would have dropped and my game would have gone to pieces along with them.

"Gerard likes a passing game for Villa so now I've gone from the stage where I was on loan to Blackpool and playing every now and then to the point where I've been first pick for Villa for the last three matches in the Premier League.

"And all of that's been based on what the manager saw of me in training each day.

"I'm grateful to say he's taken to me and I've experienced a total change of fortune since Gerard arrived at the club."

The addition of McAllister to the coaching staff also introduced one-cap Barry to the man who won more than 50. Bannan refuses to make rash predictions about one day being the ex-Liverpool star's equal.

He said: "Gary's been brilliant for me. He's been working on the defensive side of my game and I know that's important because anything that keeps me in the first team is vital where Scotland's concerned.

"The next competitive international isn't until the start of next season. That means I have to stay in Villa's team and keep my mind focused on winning Scotland's attention. Otherwise there's no place in the Euro 2012 qualification squad for me.

"I've got one cap and now I'm hungry for more. I know I wouldn't have got a chance at Aston Villa if Martin O'Neill had stayed there as manager. Now I'm enjoying every minute of life under his successor.

"I'll work my socks off under Gerard and I'll try to stay in Craig Levein's thoughts as well. He switched my position against the Faroes because he wanted me to get wider and have more freedom on the ball. I almost scored but the post denied me.

"It looked as if it was going in but at least that moment proved I wasn't nervous about playing for Scotland for the first time."

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Shame Martin didn't see his quality. Hopefully he works as well as he has been doing.

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