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After seeing him today i'm convinced Benteke will be back fairly soon. If so i'd say somewhere between 10th and 14th. Unless things really start to click them 8th tops

Was up at Bodymoor Heath earlier and something odd seemed to be going on. If you've been and waited for the players leave you'll understand As they came out through the gate (after they'd signed a few autographs) a few of the players (Given, Benteke and N'Zogbia) drove onto the public car park instead of out the gate where they met a portly looking bloke who then got in the back of their cars for about ten minutes each. Delph also drove on but didn't hang around and turned round and left fairly quick Once this was done they left as normal, except Given who left then came back Anyone seen that before ? The few of us there were speculating what they were up to but couldn't come up with a good reason. The best I could muster was perhaps he was one of those professional autograph type blokes and maybe they take a back hander to sign a ton of 10x8's or something He didn't look a flash bloke or anything exciting, but it passed the time wondering what he was up to if nothing else All the players were in good form today though. All stopping and doing their bit to keep the kids happy UTV

Told him to have a good season and that it'd hopefully be with us earlier. He didn't comment

Doesn't look up to pace yet. I said to my mate at the game yesterday that he looked like he was on a leash and afraid to break off it There were some great positives yesterday, the defence and at times the midfield. But the attacking three were basically pants

You say that, but if the club know he could leave they will have been sounding out a replacement already

If Ron's having second thoughts about staying then the sooner he comes out and tells the club the better (obviously) The least he can do is be honest and upfront and then we can move on to sorting a replacement

the major thing i took from that is, he needs to learn to pass/cross rather than shoot at every opportunity

I would jizz my pants if we signed Hernandez and Gnabry, still think we need a better AM, one that will chip in with goals, unless we prepare to give Gardner a go Just imagine ---------------Guzan Hutton - Vlaar - Okore - Cissokho --------Sanchez - Delph Gnabry------J Cole --------N' Zogbia ---------------Hernandez Switch to 3-5-2, with Hernandez and Tekkers, awesome partnership.....aaaand then I woke up Cole wont be a starter surely, his legs aren't up to it. In fact i'd be amazed if he's still here come the end of January window full stop

what's the parking situ like at this place ? any tips appreciated

Not even McLeish with his post match "That's not a McLeish team" and his (TBH consistent) blaming of the team when it goes wrong and showing himself in glory when it goes well? Nah, i quite liked McLeish as a bloke if not manager. So that puts him slightly above Lambert I always found McLeish less of a moaner too

Top 4, FA Cup and League Cup In other words, he's lost me forever. Still hoping someone buys us and replaces him before Christmas Hard to think of a Villa manager i've disliked more (as a manager, not as a person)

Sinclair's moaning about not being guaranteed first team football and wants a move apparently. no chance i'd guarantee him first team football every week given his track record. he can come and sit on the bench and try and prove himself by all means

make it Gabby and i'm interested

I'd try if I put on the shirt, i'd still be **** useless mind I'd persevere with Lowton, or even send him out on half a season loan to get his confidence back up I still think he'll probably make a better midfielder than defender long term though. A bit like Barry

But missing the one bright spark during pre season. N'Zogbia Swap him for Cole and maybe. but god knows what we'll do until Benteke comes back. I can't see any of the current fit strikers scoring at all

Never looked up to it. If he can make it via dropping down the leagues and bouncing back up then good luck to the lad He wont be the last of our lot that'll have to follow that route. Character building

sounds about right

Anyone that didn't consider last season as absolutely woeful obviously wasn't watching the same shower of shit as me week after week Things will come to a head within a month this season. The majority don't like Lambert already, every poll last season showed he'd lost the supporters. A couple of bad defeats early on and it'll kick off big style And that'll be on Randy's head because the useless clearing in the woods should've been sacked last Christmas

Good grief, talk about an over reaction, were you on the beer last night or something ? All I said, was I thought he had an average game against Chesterfield LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ... WOW! I gather you're related to Jack somehow, well if you found that too critical you're going to need a much thicker skin if (as we all hope) the lad progresses to playing weekly To be fair to Kevan I don't think that's an overreaction at all, it was a good humoured post and he makes a good point that the lad is 18, came off the bench and scored. I didn't see the game but a lot of people weren't using average to describe his performance. And ANYBODY that watches a game has the right to call it as they see it. No problem with that at all And if he'd been slagged off then fair enough i'd expect a family member to stick up for him (i do myself when my relative plays) but he wasn't/hasn't been. Hence i didn't see the need to say i seemed pissed off. Pissed off with what? It was a friendly that warranted nothing more than sharing views on the performance with fellow supporters

How was that aggressive ? Please explain

Can't believe he's still here. Yet I fully expect him and Randy to still be here this time next summer too after another piss poor campaign If it wasn't so tragic it'd be amusing I even laughed when Talksport did there 'three to struggle' feature this morning when Bob Mills said we'd signed three great players but all 8 years too late ... Ha

Good grief, talk about an over reaction, were you on the beer last night or something ? All I said, was I thought he had an average game against Chesterfield LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ... WOW! I gather you're related to Jack somehow, well if you found that too critical you're going to need a much thicker skin if (as we all hope) the lad progresses to playing weekly

Has he been slagged off ? Or has his performance last night just been questioned like EVERYONE elses ? Get a grip people

Completely disagree, he wasn't amazing but very poor? Absolutely not. we'll have to disagree then

I have to be honest, having watched the game last night on AVTV I thought Grealish did very little to show he's the second coming some see to suggest N'Zogbia was about the only bright spot i took from the game, and even he only shone for about 25 minutes A lost of em need to go out on loan at a decent level Championship club to see if they can cut it. Gardner, Johnson and especially Carruthers really failed to show anything at all Hope Walsall next Tuesday is a better showing from all concerned