Aston Villa banter 3

18 Dec 2025 11:16:34
I see we are being linked with Brennan Johnson at Spurs, direct and pacy would suit how we play perfectly. Now if we could land him and a centre forward then whilst I'm not sure we could win the PL I think we would certainly secure CL football for next season, and maybe just maybe we could push Arsenal and City to seasons end🙏 You can but dream.

UTV

18 Dec 2025 19:09:10
Not sure about him LOTM, Spurs don't fancy him, why should we take an average teams cast off.

18 Dec 2025 21:32:28
Scotty the guy was great at Forest and he is still a regular for Wales at Spurs he is competing in the wide positions with Kudus and Kulesevski both quality operators in the wide position s I would hardly describe him as a cast off.

19 Dec 2025 11:22:33
LOTM, probably surplus to requirements is more appropriate, I agree he was good at Forest, I have definitely watched him at Spurs and yes he has ability but seems to go missing when it's starts to get tough, we already have had and have players that fall in to this category, I personally think it would be a risk, I do accept we need a player in this category.

19 Dec 2025 12:34:12
Why do we need (more) wingers? On a hot winning streak without 1. £40M+ (which I doubt we have to spend anyway) needs to go on a No9 🤷🏼‍♂️

UTV

19 Dec 2025 17:24:54
In my opinion we played some of our best stuff the season before last with Bailey out wide he was always used as the out ball when we turned over possession and I think he scored something like 10 goals and I forget how many assists during that period and I would argue we moved the ball much more quickly and were more incisive in the final third of the pitch.

Last season when Bailey went off the boil Emery tweaked how we played which involved less reliance on players out wide. However I think Emery does like have a wide player as an option otherwise why would he take Sancho? h”and that’s why we continue to be linked with wingers up to and including this window.

20 Dec 2025 12:33:35
Read somewhere that Roma are sending Bailey back to us in Jan, the irony would be Sancho going to Roma, at least we’d be £100k+ better off per week in wages, maybe those wages could go on a No9, which we need 🤷🏼‍♂️

UTV

17 Dec 2025 07:39:07
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 16 - Quick Round Up

15 Dec 2025 13:48:39
Tielemans has to be one of the best if not the best central midfielder in the premier league, he just oozes pure class.Onana, Tielemans and Kamara are possibly the best three out there at the moment. Ollie is so so disappointing, he is no where the player of the last two seasons, Emery is obviously persevering with him hoping fortunes will change, unfortunately not sure it's going to happen based on the last couple of months.

I would imagine we could pick up a class striker in January and use the Elliott money if and when we dip him.

16 Dec 2025 11:39:06
When you consider Tielemens was signed on a free, it's unbelievable.
Kamara too. £ for £ these are obviously the best midfielders in the UK at the moment.

I really don't understand what is going on with Watkins at the moment. He receives the ball and from that moment he suddenly forgets he's a footballer. On Sunday his decision making was bad as it has been most of the season. He is found in space but either runs into trouble and is tackled or gives the ball away with an indecisive pass. It's happening too many times and his awareness when he's on the ball is well below what is expected of a Premier League player.
I don't want to be too critical but he is the only blight on the performances at the moment. If he starts to click then we really could be on to something this season. Fingers crossed he discovers some form soon otherwise he'll be spending next summer on a beach.

16 Dec 2025 18:08:49
Agree Watkins just isn’t at it this season, there doesn’t seem to be that many top strikers out there with our budget, any suggestions?

16 Dec 2025 21:58:04
There aren't many top strikers in any budget! Maybe its the style of play that's changed. Watkins is used to create space for the attacking midfielders to exploit. More likely Ollie is overthinking everything and not relaxing and letting his instincts take charge.

15 Dec 2025 10:02:25
Absolutely great run of results and long may it continue. My only concern at the moment is the situation regarding Emi Martinez. He is vital to us at the moment but I sense he may be angling for a move in January. He has started missing games with “a back injury “ and has reportedly let it be known in the media that he is open to a move to Saudi Arabia in the best interest of his family’s financial future.


As others have commented, Bizot has been less than impressive recently and I just hope that if Emi does go, the powers that be have a capable replacement lined up.
Only time will tell whether this is a genuine concern or pure conjecture on my behalf. 🤞🙏

15 Dec 2025 14:12:03
I tend to agree re Martinez particularly as we are still in danger of breaching squad ratio costs which if right means we need to offload one or two of our big money earners to bring us into line .

Martinez would be one of the more obvious candidates because of his age and the fact there is interest but to my mind that would be a mistake given where we are and the contribution he has made getting us there.

15 Dec 2025 07:39:07
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

14 Dec 2025 21:40:07
The good thing about the run we are on is we are winning all sorts of games, ones where we are great from start to finish a la Bournemouth, games where teams ask us to wear them down like Wolves or games when we fall behind like today and at Brighton. Irrespective of our start it's been superb season Emery continues to get the best out of his players, his substitutions have been fantastic and in most cases game changing and we have shown with the squad we have we can win in Europe and in the subsequent PL game.

The pundits seem to think we can't win the Premiership and whilst they may very well be right, if we keep Martinez, add a quality centre forward plus a quick winger in January then I think if we can't win it we can certainly run the Cities and Arsenal's of this world close. I may be biased but given the tools he initially had to work with and the rapid progress made in Emery we have the best manager in the Premier League. UTV

14 Dec 2025 23:00:10
Good post Lotm, think we have our winger with the guy we signed the other day, we definitely need a striker, don’t know what has happened Watkins he works so hard off the ball then when he gets it he’s got no idea what to do, every other player we have will shoot when they get a chance except our striker, it’s mind boggling.
I can’t speak for anyone else but as soon as Roger’s got that ball today in the space he had I knew he was going to bury it, you can’t give him that much space and expect nothing to happen.

starting to worry about Bizot also, he looked very shaky today.
mediocre performance but enough to see them off, great result, great to keep up with the top 2 and keep the distance to those behind. I do expect a much better performance next weekend I think we will be well up for it!
and some of the teams close behind us are going to drop points so if we can win it will be huge in terms of top 4 credentials

14 Dec 2025 23:40:19
Lotm with our upcoming games, those 3 points today, could end up very useful UTV

15 Dec 2025 07:38:03
I agree re Bizot I was concerned against Basel when he bottled coming for a ball which ended up in our net but was subsequently disallowed and the way a small guy like Summerville bullied him on a couple of corners yesterday was poor, that’s why it’s critical in my mind we keep Martinez until the summer at least.

14 Dec 2025 17:44:08
Yeah! Think that's enough points to not worry about relegation! 😁 Let's keep it real!

14 Dec 2025 16:27:39
Great result another 3 points what a strike from Morgan! Had to look away everytime they got a corner not convincing from Bizot. Hopefully we can keep this going but what a run we are on

14 Dec 2025 16:20:50
Some games Rogers is so frustrating, but when he's on it he's brilliant . Two great goals, just imagine how good he can get . Felt sorry for Ollie, great run and brilliant pass by Ginny, but flicked in off defender . We had to work so hard for that, after two completely stupid cock ups by Konsa .

Fantastic player but has this casual streak, that at times appears to be arrogance, seems to have got worse since his England call ups . What a run we are on, it's like dreamland at the moment, got to keep it going .UTV

14 Dec 2025 17:19:27
As a PS just how good was Lidahoff today, defensively and also going forward . Said on Thursday, he been a good squad player signing .UTV

14 Dec 2025 16:12:15
A wins a win even though we were not at our best, I found it a hard watch at times.Just hope our Bogey side don't spoil our run next Sunday.