Aston Villa banter 3

05 Oct 2025 22:41:26
Does anyone still think our point at Everton was a bad result. As I've said before it's not been pretty but we are definitely improving. There may well be some unrest behind the scenes but it seems Unai has got a grip on it now and it's beginning to show

06 Oct 2025 12:43:28
I think part of our turnaround is purely down to the quality of the opposition.
I said a few weeks back that two things can be true at the same time. Our performances aren't great, in particular our offensive play, but that's far from being at the stage of calling for Emery to go. If Watkins and Rogers get some decent form back (and there are a few signs that's beginning to happen, albeit baby steps) then we'll be fine. The next few fixtures are going to be much tougher, I just hope we don't have a other round of meltdowns if we lose a few on the bounce again.

06 Oct 2025 13:04:49
Nope was a great point and fully deserved also some think we should just beat teams because it's a lesser name than the likes of Liverpool etc etc

05 Oct 2025 19:50:49
So, four wins from four and an improving mood in the fanbase and, by the looks of it at Villa Park as well. It would drive a person mad to try and work out what's changed pre and post the Bologna game. In truth it doesn't really matter. Drive, zip and energy are back. Or at least coming back. Not perfect but plenty of improvement.

Regards to today, 100% agree that we could and should have been out of sight by the time they scored. But we saw it out and that's what matters. Shout out to Malen, two cracking finishes. Shout out to Bogarde for continuing to grow into being a starter. And shout out to Rogers, our second goal was him at his best. Find him in space, let him run at them, then pick the key pass.

Good to see Barkley back.he is very underrated for us (injuries have not been kind). And Onana as well.wrap him in bubble wrap between now and the Spurs game.

Hopefully the next two weeks will get Mings, Youri and Garcia back.

Was Sancho left out because he was still sick / ill? Does anyone know?

05 Oct 2025 21:15:03
Don’t want to see mings anywhere near the squad makes the whole team negative. Keep super pau at the heart of defence stepping into midfield spraying those passes around.

05 Oct 2025 21:15:44
Probably threw his dollies out SV and how long is Elliott going to keep quiet.

05 Oct 2025 22:37:33
Tom you hate of Mings and love affair with Pau, is becoming very embarrassing. Personally Iv always been in the Mings camp, but even so Iv stated how well Pau has played, the last couple of games UTV

05 Oct 2025 22:57:34
Hi Tom didn't you say sell Torres andMcGinn a few weeks into the season?

05 Oct 2025 18:20:51
4 wins on the bounce, but we are a difficult watch. I agree that we should have been out of sight by the hour mark, then after Malen's second we tried to coast to the final whistle and allowed Burnley back into it and against better teams we may very well have been punished. Work is still required to get to somewhere near where we were in the early part of last season.

Just as an aside everybody raves about Rodri and Rice as defensive midfielders and both are excellent in the role, but Kamara isn't far behind them his shielding of our back four is first class he rarely turns in anything other than a 8 out of 10 performance, and I don't think his contribution is recognised by the national media who focus on players from the so called big six, the one area where he could improve is in the goals column but in fairness as a defensive midfielder that isn't really his game.

05 Oct 2025 19:43:19
Not very often we agree LOTM, however you are absolutely bang on. Burnley were a poor side and there for the taking and we should have been out of site before their late goal. How many times have we had squeaky bum for the last quarter of the game, as you said better teams wouldn't have let us of the hook.We definitely need to step our game up and Watkins just isn't helping or pulling his weight. Positives, we are getting our injured players back, Rogers was much improved, Bogarde was excellent and Kamara is absolute class and is so calm on the ball. We have some difficult games ahead and after the next three games we can see if we have improved.

05 Oct 2025 17:19:14
How did Flemming of Burnley not get sent off for that elbow into Buendia's face.
The ref didn't even give a free kick. Surely VAR should have had a look.

05 Oct 2025 17:07:14
A wins a win, however this should have been a comfortable 4- 0 result against a very poor side, better teams won't give us such an easy ride. Watkins isn't himself and a rest may refresh him, Rogers much better, Bogarde class and Malen knows where the goal is.

05 Oct 2025 16:44:53
Have you seen the Video of Wagner at the noses, having a Delia Smith moment " come on where are you " . The whole setup down there, becoming more and more embarrassing. UTV

05 Oct 2025 18:02:04
Cringeworthy viewing Dave they certainly know how to take the mick out themselves.

05 Oct 2025 18:34:47
Lots of fans from other clubs, been taking the p#*s and saying, what a complete embarrassment they are becoming . A lot of mates who are noses, I told them not to get carried away with Wagners bluster, he’s like Barnem the showman all smoke and mirrors. They honestly believed him that they would walk this league, like the other one, if Wagner knew anything, he would know it’s a lot harder than that . The best one was the noses manager, complaining about all the money, Wrexham had spent, now that’s a cracker HaHa UTV

05 Oct 2025 19:46:16
Let's hope they self distruct Dave and Wagner is certainly not helping things, long may their failure continue.

05 Oct 2025 16:39:59
Bogarde just gets better with every game, all over the park today . Two well taken goals from Malan, typical Malan, strong run finished across the keeper . Composed performance by whole team today . Rogers showed signs of improvement. Pau played well again, but I'm still not ready for his statue that Tom wants HaHa UTV

05 Oct 2025 16:37:36
No Tyrone Mings another win. Get in! Gusaan weakens us when he comes on just not up to it shows how much Watkins does even when he isn't scoring such a team player. UTV

05 Oct 2025 18:36:36
Tom I just don’t know what game you watch 🤔🤔👍😷

05 Oct 2025 19:13:15
With regards to the point on Mings, I'd normally suggest a rethink based on correlation vs causation, but there really is no statistical evidence for either. If you don't rate Mings for whatever reason then fair enough, but there are probably better ways to make the point.

05 Oct 2025 20:01:43
All of our wins have been without Tielemans, why is it Mings and not him that is the "problem"?

05 Oct 2025 16:27:37
Great 3 points, individual performances are improving, shame to lose the clean sheet but 2 great finishes by Malen, wasn't Watkins day but when he came off it definitely weakened us, he does a lot of other stuff. Rogers improved today, defence looked comfortable for most parts. great run of results, players coming back into the squad, hopefully this international break doesn't disrupt our run. good positive few weeks for us, UTV

05 Oct 2025 16:44:33
Agree Whack for me Bogarde Man Of the Match he was superb broke play up and his distribution was excellent also he is definitely one for the future Teliemans who?

05 Oct 2025 16:05:23
3 points off CL place again.In Emery I trust