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29 Mar 2020 17:33:29
Apparently Grealish and Capaldi were pixxed as newts last night and crashed into some parked cars pictures surfacing now grealish wearing a slider and a slipper looking a bit worse for wear so much for self isolating and behaving responsibl irresponsible little twit if true but looking at pictures its definitely him!

29 Mar 2020 17:53:04
Again good editing there Ed's. Sorry for the language but this makes my wee boil your have thought he had learned his lesson from years ago.

{Ed001's Note - it's fine mate, very understandable.}

30 Mar 2020 10:05:02
If this proves to be true it kind of highlights my view of professional footballers I posted on the banter page : normal rules do not apply or are blatantly ignored.

30 Mar 2020 10:44:20
True Moose. In my honest and humble opinion he is over hyped don't get me wrong he is a decent player but his off the pitch antics overshadow stuff he does on the pitch. Yes he does a lot for people out of football but that is for his own self gratification/ Ego. The lad goes on sunbeds when its half price FACT, That shows the mentality of him. He will end up like Lee Hendrie I will put good money on that. Young children want to follow in his footsteps and be like my message to them is don't if you want to follow role models follow and watch what our NHS is doing these are our real role models and heros.

30 Mar 2020 11:18:12
I agree Daz they're the real heroes and deserve our gratitude and respect for all they're doing despite the risks involved . I think after all this is over there should be a special day to celebrate their dedication and sacrifice to the cause.

30 Mar 2020 12:51:05
Good call that Moose afterall this they deserve a bloody big pay rise.

30 Mar 2020 13:56:43
Agree with everything said by all.

10 Mar 2020 08:21:42
Championship here we come.

Can someone explain why when we have an ex England centre half on our coaching staff we can't defend set pieces?

11 Mar 2020 02:32:12
Easy- when you have a manager who ignores advice and goes 'zonal 'no matter what, the results literally DO speak for themselves.

11 Mar 2020 13:36:20
I do get that Classof82 but at the start of the season we were defending better than we are now, same players and yet at the moment it looks like every time the opposition attacks we look like we are going to concede. I could have understood that more if that was happening at the start of the season whilst the new players were bedding in but not now.

11 Mar 2020 15:04:46
Villa haven't played well in 24 years. Don't delude yourself, Villajohn. Just face it. It's Championship next season. No manager in the world would want to have the responsibility of the club. Wonder why? Maybe because it's the most overrated club in the Premiership, and therefore the most difficult club to manage. I for one see that now. I know another thing. Sam Allardyce isn't the answer to the problems nor is Neil Warnock. Aston Villa is doomed!

{Ed002's Note - John Terry expects to take over until the end of the season.}

11 Mar 2020 15:22:25
Well, Terry won't be the answer either. If Villa wins something again in let's say 48 years of time, it wouldn't surprise me at all. That's the state we are in.

11 Mar 2020 18:31:45
If we are going to get rid of Smith then Terry or Allardyce aren’t the answer I would rather we try someone like Alex Neill at Preston or dare I say it Gary Rowett I think either could do a decent job we don’t want to recycle the same old names.

12 Mar 2020 01:56:03
H85 are you a villa, villa haven't played well in 24 yrs 🤔🤔🤔and are a overrated club and won't win ote in the nxt 48 yrs can you see into the future. Villa are a massive club 5 most successful club in English history stats don't lie big fan base good stadium quality training ground, just been run poorly since doug, and also ffp has hindered villa spending power with new owners, we just need the right manager and coaches then we will be flying again it's just been a dull 10 years we will bck one day.

12 Mar 2020 06:59:26
It's not good enough, and you know it.

12 Mar 2020 07:32:36
By the way, I support loserpoop, of course. What do you think? You must know what irony is, right? Villa aren't playing to their full potential, and you know it. It's been like that for the last 24 years.

12 Mar 2020 10:08:39
Give up 🙈🙈.

05 Mar 2020 23:39:06
I see another one of our youngsters is being head hunted by man City and sum of Europe's top clubs want him, we must be doing something right at youth level because a lot clubs want our youngsters, it makes you think why can't they get into our 1st team squad it's a joke there's nothing better seeing a youngster break into our team or squad plus it could save us millions, what is the point in having youth teams academys if we're not going to use them we might aswell scrap them it's a joke youth is the way forward.

06 Mar 2020 16:03:41
Yeah, its been in circulation for a week now 4eva.
I think come the seasons end, there will be a lot of our youngsters having their contracts looked at and renewed.
I hope so anyway.

07 Mar 2020 00:29:23
4eva You are talking about 16 year olds .

07 Mar 2020 07:25:52
Age is a number doesn't matter how old or young it's if your good enough d82.

08 Mar 2020 20:06:25
How many of our youngsters over the last 10-15 years have gone on to play at the top level for anybody?

Clarke and Cahill are the only ones and both played in our first team.
The rest are all stuck in the championship or below (Robinson got the closest when Sheff Utd bought him but obviously didn't make the grade for them).

The youngsters who have been picked off by Arsenal, City and Liverpool previously are never heard of again so clearly not that great they'd make the step up.
The coaches obviously feel there is just too much missing from their individual games (look at Green, we all thought he could be great but just hasn't really developed) .

Maybe they also take into account our fans who will turn on the immediately when they have a bad game because we just don't have the personnel to carry them for a game or 2.

At the end of the day, if you're good enough, you're old enough only works if you are the first bit. What we have in the squad isn't great but any coach would make the move if a kid was genuinely better than the current options.

08 Mar 2020 21:53:37
Just realised I missed Albrighton out. That's a grand total of 3, all from before our fall from grace, Jack is the only one since then to make the grade.
Top youth sides take high levels of investment to produce 1 or 2 players capable of the step up. Chelsea and City's U23's cost more than some Championship teams.

09 Mar 2020 10:36:08
Admittedly Stevens came to Villa when he was 22 but he’s an example of a young player that wasn’t given adequate opportunities.

{Ed001's Note - he is certainly proving to be a big miss with Sheff Utd. He has been outstanding since signing for them. Good, technical player too, surprisingly good on the ball.}

09 Mar 2020 11:39:02
It would appear that the Villa owners intend investing heavily in the Academy which imho is the way forward. We can’t keep buying players, who are often well over priced and more often than not don’t come up to expectations. It’s simply unsustainable to continue like that.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that any investment in youth academy affairs is not considered in ffp accountability. If that is the case it’ would be a very smart move to go down that route.

{Ed002's Note - You are correct, the FFP accounts exclude academy and infrastructure costs plus other items which typically amount to much less of a cost.}

09 Mar 2020 15:41:29
Entirely correct Mark. That's exactly what esteemed Mr Purslow said at the Supporter Trust meeting a couple of weeks ago. Monies from HS2 have been invested in the new Academy infrastructure; the Academy has been totally restructured and Mark Harrison (described as a 'brilliant hire') is in the process of transforming the whole academy management structure. This all presumably comes under the umbrella of the club's 5-6 year plan to bring us back to where the owners and CP (and us fans) want us to be on a permanent basis.

09 Mar 2020 18:20:57
As pointed out Stevens wasn't an Academy player.
During his time he had Warnock, Bertrand and Cissokho ahead of him who were better options.

When he got a run he didn't really take it and it took him 3 years in the lower leagues to build up to the player he is.
Some players just don't fit some clubs also. He has a lot less pressure on him at Sheff Utd. Lowton was ok for us but he's thriving at Burnley.
Lee Hendrie was the other way, consistent for us but couldn't get a sniff elsewhere.

09 Mar 2020 18:19:01
I’m optimistic that this policy will pay dividends MD, it may take a few years to kick in, hope I’m still alive to see us reap the rewards.

18 Feb 2020 08:37:58
Var is the worst thing in football. it's awfull and it's ruining our beautiful game.

21 Feb 2020 16:29:41
VAR is not the problem it’s the way it he
Being intrepputed in the Premier League all final
Decisions should be down to the Referee execpt offside which is basically your off or not and no u cannot rewrite it midway through a season that’s just ridiculous.

21 Feb 2020 16:32:19
Would u prefer if if the two referee is Mike up and u can hear the conversation bewteen the officials and he then explains his dissison to the crowd.

01 Feb 2020 23:12:48
Forget the 1st march as we will have our pants pulled down and our little butts spanked raw by Man city. I will personally donate £50 to the eds chosen charity if we win (You lot will not let me away with that wee bet) . Every team in the land know how to beat us but we change nothing. Like taking candy from a baby. Thank God for some of those other results today.
Borjo Bastan brings back memories of Bosko Balaban God love us.

02 Feb 2020 08:34:59
Balaban him an djemba djemba worst players I've seen at villa park and Stefan beinleinch aswell 😂😂😂😂.

02 Feb 2020 13:17:28
We are not doing well admitted, and things need to change quick, but
how you have the nerve to ridicule someone before they have stepped on to the training ground astounds me, and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Glad I am not a neighbour of either of you.

02 Feb 2020 14:48:51
Dave it's banter come on mate.

02 Feb 2020 15:28:47
Its easy to say that, people say that when they realise they have offended someone, oh I was only joking.
Would you think it was banter if it was said about you.
The guy is Spanish, he wants to hear people welcoming him, not comparing him to a waste of time.
Give him a chance.

02 Feb 2020 16:59:02
🙈🙈🙈.

02 Feb 2020 17:23:12
Dave is absolutely right guys, however I share your frustration, we tend to lash out often unfairly when we are angry and frustrated. We all want our new signings to be successful, however history is not on our side. So give the guy a chance and if it doesn't work blame Smith and others. Based on this season's signings it certainly doesn't look promising and like you guys many enjoyed the championship, my grandson's for definite. My view if we do go down I don't think we have shown enough skil and determination and will be remembered as one season failures and that will take some getting over. Saturday game showed far too many weaknesses and highlighted how opposition coaches have sussed us out. Howe obviously looked how Jack and Targett hurt Leicester down the left, Targett wasn't able to influence the game. We have to be able to change things and I think this is where Smith shows his weaknesses.

02 Feb 2020 18:05:49
Thank you Scotty, that`s all I like to hear mate.
I know its not looking good, and like you I am not happy, I am sure deep down you know that.
Good post mate.

11 Feb 2020 22:03:01
I couldn’t care less if I offend any of you.
The fact is we’ve signed a waste of space in Baston and there's 5yrs of proof to back that up b


If you want to delude yourself into thinking we might have someone (Baston) who might suddenly start playing to a half decent standard anything other than Saturday league then carry on on BUT why you think everyone should be so happy to have such a waster turn up at VP is beyond me!

I beg the footballing gods to prove me wrong but i'm almost certain hat Baston will struggle to play more than 5 full games for us this season let alone score 5gls.