AVTuco Posted July 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2016 11 hours ago, mjmooney said: God, I do wish he'd shut the **** up. He makes Lerner look like a football expert. He speaks like a fan. I like it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2016 11 hours ago, mjmooney said: God, I do wish he'd shut the **** up. He makes Lerner look like a football expert. Banking hoists for his own petard... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2016 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Don't have much of an opinion on our new signing, but I like the look of your kitchen. Very modern. Kitchen is alright but far too much milk in that cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeParker91 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2016/07/09/gollini-on-villa Pierluigi Gollini insists he knows all about the size and stature of Aston Villa – and says promotion to the Premier League is very clear in his mind. Gollini stresses that focusing on the future - rather than the pain of relegation - is paramount in order to have a successful season. He said: “I am very pleased to have joined this great Club. “For me this is a very big opportunity. I am really happy to be here. “I just can’t wait to start, improve myself and show what I can do for this team. “There is no doubt that Aston Villa is a very big Club. I know all about the history of this Club. “Relegation can happen. Everyone can have a bad season. But I think the most important thing is how you react and how you get back. “We will be doing our very best this season – everything we can, in fact – to get back into the Premier League because this is the division Aston Villa deserves to be in.” Gollini has already targeted a tight relationship with the Villa faithful in this and future campaigns. He added: “I can’t wait to play for these Villa fans. I know they are very passionate. “I have been on a tour of the stadium and it really is magnificent. “I can’t imagine what it will be like when it’s full and everyone is cheering us on. I believe that will be very emotional.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LondonLax Posted July 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2016 48 minutes ago, JoeParker91 said: “I have been on a tour of the stadium and it really is magnificent. “I can’t imagine what it will be like when it’s full and everyone is cheering us on.” We can't recall what that's like either! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Yes he's in for a shock when the booing and groaning starts after 20 minutes! Although cynicism and past experience aside, I think the takeover and the fresh start should see the fans be very supportive from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) Win the first 3 games and the crowd will come flocking back quicker than the time it takes for you to say the word 'llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'. Oh, yes, very good statistics on Gollini compared to other goalkeepers here. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for the top few, as he's still young and i'm one to think Verona have a worse defence than ours! However, as you go down, he gets closer and closer to matching even De Gea! http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix#serie_a/2015/2016/pierluigi_gollini/177/177/15698/0/p|premier_league/2015/2016/brad_guzan/165/165/409/0/p|premier_league/2015/2016/david_de_gea/165/165/590/0/p#clean_sheets/saves_per_goal/errors_leading_to_goal/punches/catches/saves/successful_passes/avg_pass_length#90 EDIT - Tried to do a quote, failed miserably... Edited July 9, 2016 by meme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 11 hours ago, Hughes said: Not a dig at you specifically Mr. Mooney but, not long ago we all moaned and bitched about having an owner who never said anything in public. And now we are moaning that the owner says too much or not exactly what we want. Me too think that maybe he is a bit naive and says things that may come back to haunt him but FFS cut him some slack. Damn, if only there were some sort of sensible yet passionate middle ground... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jonno_2004 Posted July 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2016 Cannot believe I've seen criticism of Xia over the past couple of pages for what is effectively posting positive messages about his new football club on a Chinese microblog, which have then been picked up by the British media/public and hastily translated to English. When he starts asset-stripping the club, fails to deliver on the goals he's communicated to the fans and renames us 'Lotus Foods Athletic' then maybe it might be time to get a tad annoyed.. but not for writing a couple of sentences on the bleedin' Chinese version of Facebook 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2016 @meme those are some OK stats, my optimism is slowly recovering. Also, who cares about punching it, I hate it when keepers punch it, just catch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 His goals conceded is 1.71 per 90 mins slightly lower than Guzan at 2.07. That said a lot of this stat is dictated by the defence you have in front of you. De Gea only concedes 0.97 but he's also in one of the worlds best teams with a defence worth close to £100 million in front of him. So for 21 years old Gollini is off to a pretty decent start, I would love to have seen De Gea's stats when he was 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: @meme those are some OK stats, my optimism is slowly recovering. Also, who cares about punching it, I hate it when keepers punch it, just catch it! Punching basically gives away the ball to the opposition, I too hate it. When you realise that De Gea has got a top defence infront of him (Man Utd fans really exaggerate about the ability of their defence, its not THAT bad), the stats actually get quite similar to eachother. Edited July 9, 2016 by meme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I'd like to see the highlights reel of the goals he conceded, not the saves he made. I'm hoping for a keeper who as a priority doesn't make frequent, catastrophic errors, can command the area and can kick the ball accurately - the exceptional top corner or point-blank goal saving ability would just be a welcome cherry on the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) Well he seem to have a hard head and not afraid to dive in head first. Edit: can't post but there is a video of him colliding with Carlos Bacca when he's throwing himself at a ball. Gutsy save Edited July 9, 2016 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 9 minutes ago, a m ole said: I'd like to see the highlights reel of the goals he conceded, not the saves he made. I'm hoping for a keeper who as a priority doesn't make frequent, catastrophic errors, can command the area and can kick the ball accurately - the exceptional top corner or point-blank goal saving ability would just be a welcome cherry on the top. His errors leading to a goal stat was 0.04 last season. De Gea was 0.03.. That said Guzan was 0.07 so not fully knowing how the scale works it's hard to know just how much worse a 0.07 is compared to 0.04. Either way it seems he doesn't make many mistakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_Mike Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 22 minutes ago, Daweii said: His errors leading to a goal stat was 0.04 last season. De Gea was 0.03.. That said Guzan was 0.07 so not fully knowing how the scale works it's hard to know just how much worse a 0.07 is compared to 0.04. Either way it seems he doesn't make many mistakes Made half the mistakes than Guzan did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meme Posted July 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2016 Amavi says Elphick and Gollini look strangely similar. I agree. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2016 6 hours ago, meme said: Amavi says Elphick and Gollini look strangely similar. I agree. Have they actually been seen together at the same time? Maybe the plan is to sign an entire squad who look alike in order to confuse the opposition. Would give us a unique identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Have they actually been seen together at the same time? Maybe the plan is to sign an entire squad who look alike in order to confuse the opposition. Would give us a unique identity. Lotus Health is actually a front for a cyborg production line, Elphick and Gollini are the Xia2000 model. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazvfc Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) On 9 July 2016 at 02:45, Ginko said: I don't expect him to stop using social media, I just ask him to use common sense before he speaks online now that he is under the watchful eye of the media and public and has more responsibilities now he owns one of the most well known clubs in the country. We don't want an embarrassing clown like Dave Wheelan, for example. I'm not saying he's said anything like that, but with all these over ambitious claims he could make both himself and the club look rather foolish. I don't know about you lot, but I've had as much humiliation in the last few years as I can bear. Use common sense? Half the bloody posters on here don't use it why should he be different. His opinion is just as valid as some experts on here. Don't care what the heck he says as he backs the manager and makes us once again a force to be reckoned with he can spout as much shit as the next fan (including me). Edited July 10, 2016 by nazvfc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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