Aston Villa banter 3

21 Mar 2026 23:58:55
Absolutely no excuses now, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U, one point between all of them this weekend, it's now down to us to perform. Failure from here is self inflicted.

22 Mar 2026 08:45:31
Every game is easy, isn't it?
West Ham will be no pushovers today, let me tell you. They are scrapping for points, although I will be watching it in Lanzarote in a West Ham bar. I would rather be playing a mid-table team today, nothing to play for.

22 Mar 2026 11:52:55
Three points and 🍺🍺☀️☀️☀️ can't be bad. Enjoy, Daz. UTV.

22 Mar 2026 13:44:53
Good to have Barkley in the team. He gives us more of a physical presence, and doesn't panic on the ball. Our bench looks the strongest it's been for a couple of months. 2-1 win today. UTV.

22 Mar 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - BlueNose1878 has posted a new article entitled, Everton Finally Look Like a Proper Unit

21 Mar 2026 19:29:07
Well results have gone our way again. Win against West Ham keeps us 5 points ahead of Liverpool and 6 ahead of Chelsea. Whatever happens, I hope it doesn’t come down to us needing positive results from our last two games which are Liverpool and City, I think. 🤞

21 Mar 2026 20:54:49
Lotm week after week the results have gone our way, tomorrow is the start of six winnable games, even the seventh, Liverpool. Watching them today, defensively they aren't what they were. It's in our own hands, let's go out and show VJ and the other doubters they are wrong and not us.

With Ginny back and Tielemans getting ready for a return, let's get the ball rolling again.
Have you seen the Peaky Blinders advert from Poland? Matty Cash is playing the lead; well worth finding. UTV.

21 Mar 2026 22:12:12
Well, the way we're playing, Dave, we let teams shoot far too many times, and we are too slow and predictable. We will get away with it in Europe, but not the prem. The prem is way harder than the Europa League, even though I think ee should be winning it, but not with Unai in charge.

He hasn't got it in him to win a trophy with us, in my opinion. Unlike Glasner, Xavi, even Eddie Howe got Newcastle over the line, and done a better job than Unai, in my opinion, and plays better football. 2 top5 CL and a trophy, miles better than wot Unai has done at Villa.

21 Mar 2026 22:42:57
Did you watch Newcastle play Barcelona midweek, VJ? No way would they turn us over like that.

21 Mar 2026 23:09:29
U reckon lol.

22 Mar 2026 08:46:51
VJ, you are a Blues fan. I've come to the conclusion.

22 Mar 2026 11:54:39
Daz, you've found him out 😂😂 UTV.

22 Mar 2026 13:21:36
Dont think so, but wot ever keeps u happy, Daz, u keep thinking that.

22 Mar 2026 13:27:30
I think there's more chance me turning white than that happening.

22 Mar 2026 15:17:34
You've got more chance of you juggling sand than you being a Villa fan.

21 Mar 2026 18:58:23
Watch us get beat tomoz cos results gone our way. If we win we will have abit of daylight. Im hopeing for a good display.

21 Mar 2026 16:55:21
Again Man U and Liverpool have failed to forge ahead of us, let's hope Chelsea also stumble. As results have gone our way recently it's now up to us to use our future points gained going forward to protect our Champions League places, without relying on others failing. Tomorrow has to be the start of our improved results and performances, after tomorrow comes the international break where we can get the walking wounded back.

Remember it's still within our hands to get top five, if we fail to do this it will be on our own shoulders and the inquests won't be kind, so come on Emery and players, show us why you won eleven games on the trot, we have the players let's put it all together. West Ham won't be easy they are playing better but we should be able to get the three points and with the upcoming break we should be raring to go after a longish break.

21 Mar 2026 13:49:12
Just watching Brighton v Liverpool. He may be 40 but Milner still one of the best players on the pitch. His fitness is unbelievable, but it’s his attitude plus still got lots of ability. My lad was saying that Man U supposed to be putting an official complaint in that they aren’t getting all the penalties that they should. I would think it’s a joke. UTV

21 Mar 2026 15:28:48
They've done us a favour there! A win tomorrow puts us in a good position. I'd be checking on Chiesa's availability for next season. He's pacy, with a good work rate. He surely wouldn't cost mega money either.

21 Mar 2026 17:06:20
No, hell no, there's better than him, Buck.

21 Mar 2026 09:06:10
I don’t get all the negativity around Dougie considering he didn’t get any game time at Forest. I think his performances have improved massively since he joined us. I thought he is certainly no worse than some of the other players on pitch, but he’s consistently being called out as being poor by some on here.


He is not at the standard as when he left us, but I think he is improving with each game and when other midfielders are fit it’s likely he will be a back up anyway.

21 Mar 2026 12:26:36
Well, if he's meant to be a holding midfielder, he's very poor, because he can't tackle to save his life, and if he's meant to be a creative spark, he's poor because he couldn't see a line-breaking pass if they were on special offer at Tesco.

Backwards is the only way he can pass successfully, and that puts the onus on our center backs to try to create an opening. Onana isn't great at completing forward passes either, but at least he puts in a shift defensively.

21 Mar 2026 07:39:03
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20 Mar 2026 23:11:09
Didn’t post last night. Game was a tough watch for most parts but at the same time it was quiet controlled and we stifled them for the majority of it. Emery ball just doesn’t excite me and I love to watch us play with pace; the backwards stuff kills my soul. Some good performances around the pitch as well as some poor ones. Tammy didn’t pull up any trees but the crowd seemed happy that he got a start and it was nice to hear them cheer his name as he was coming off. I think his performance was a bit hindered by our constant passing backwards and desire to control possession. I don’t like it but it worked. Ollie showed spark when he came on, done great work for the goal but then done his usual wasting of easier chances, the one where he couldn’t pass the ball to Luiz who was 3 feet away was typical of his form this year; he gets goals and assists but he wastes so many other opportunities..
I really hope we don’t buy Luiz permanently in the summer. I honestly cannot remember a “more boring player” than him, can’t pass can’t tackle, he’s petulant, he’s lazy, he’s everything I hate about a player.

I know we were stuck for a midfielder but please god he is just a stop gap player and will head back to Juve in the summer..
Glad to see Porto and Lyon gone especially, super glad to see Roma gone. I was full sure Malen would come back to haunt us, hopefully he comes back to play for us instead..
Tielemans back training with the squad so hopefully he’s close to full fitness and back after the international break. He will be a huge boost, you can see how much MaGinn has lifted us and cash back as well might give Bogarde a chance in midfield instead of Luiz..
As bad as our form has being you can see how much better we were against Lille compared to when we played them in the conference, either we pushed on since or they have really regressed but it was quiet comfortable over the 2 legs without us playing our best..
3 points on Sunday would make it a decent fortnight for us, ITV. 💪

20 Mar 2026 11:31:01
Lots of empty seats again last night. From what I can gather, prices going up again for Quarter Final. We need full Villa Park, lifting the roof off, we know the money is needed, but surely not at the expense of pricing fans out.

Posters will say, but this is progression, but surly a full Villa Park shouting us to the Champions League is even more important UTV.

20 Mar 2026 20:13:44
Dave, pure greed.