Aston Villa banter 3

30 Jan 2026 07:25:46
I see after the match Emery was asked about the Real Madrid links, he could have killed the rumours stone dead there and then but didn't, which says to me that he will at the very least be willing to listen to what Madrid have to say.

Given that's his position I hope we are drawing up a list of potential candidates to replace him should he decide to leave the club.

30 Jan 2026 13:05:44
LOTM, I'm on the same page mate, in life how often does the dream job come up, everyone in every walk of life would be foolish not to consider. Obviously many are happy where they are, however if a job is higher paid, the family are keen and it's miles and miles closer to home, with the same language then to most of us it would be an absolute no brainer.

So our owners being the top class business men they are, they will have anticipated with Emery's success that he will be tempted by the best. I and most would hope that Emery wants to carry on with the project, however PSR has obviously irked him and restricted the growth of our team competing with the elite.

30 Jan 2026 15:44:11
The only thing which may work in our favour is with us he has complete autonomy in footballing matters he won’t get that at Madrid. The other thing is that by all accounts player power was one of the main reasons Alonso lost his job the Galacticos had no respect for the manager and openly defied him, I’m not sure even if Madrid was my dream job I would want to walk into that environment unless I was given assurances I could get rid of the troublemakers without board interference again would Madrids board sign up to that, not sure.

30 Jan 2026 19:58:09
Makes sense hope you are right mate.

31 Jan 2026 00:46:46
The dream job ain’t much good if you only get 6 months in it. I think he’s smarter than that, I think he’d look at that squad and see nothing but trouble

31 Jan 2026 14:13:27
Agree Whack, however home may be calling, his financial package would cover an early exit and he would find another top job the next day, so I would imagine him and his family will definitely consider an offer if it was forthcoming and hopefully after this careful consideration he is happy to continue his successful project at Aston Villa🤞🤞

31 Jan 2026 17:38:06
It’s hard to call I guess, it could end up bitter/sweet, he could win a trophy this season and see it as job done and move on. he could win a trophy and see it as the start of something special and stay, he could win nothing and leave out of frustration🤷‍♂️
Hopefully Madrid win the champions league and they give Arbeloa the job 😀

01 Feb 2026 09:43:44
Here’s hoping Emery stays but the board need to be considering options should the worst happen.

30 Jan 2026 00:05:50
After 10-15 it was like they thought this is easy and slacked off . Even though a young side, they were all fast and good on the ball . You could see after our team of all sorts, stopped pushing they became more confident.
After all the rubbish Elliott's gone through, no game time, he looked up for it, and linked up with Sancho quite well . Bogard looked as if it was a game perhaps to far, he had his worst game .

Mings love him or hate him, except for the brain fart, he was a strong as ever and scored . Got to give it Lindeloff, I reckon if you put him in goal he'd have a good game .
Nice to see the kids involved, and for Jimoh to get the winner, was great .
Back to the league Sunday, the way it's going perhaps Tammy and Dougie will be playing .UTV

30 Jan 2026 06:36:08
Those brain farts seem to happen all the time and will cost us vs better opposition

30 Jan 2026 13:07:39
Tom you are right, along with Torres they are simply not good enough as central defenders at the top level, adequate back up but not a lot more.

29 Jan 2026 22:10:33
We won.
Not sure how if I'm honest.
Salzburg youngsters looked very good.
Just ran out of steam, fortunately.

29 Jan 2026 20:57:47
Mings does my head in. Sloppy and arrogant comes to mind

29 Jan 2026 21:18:34
Hahahaha I’ve called it for years and everyone on here slates me everytime he has 1 good game then has 2 bad ones always makes mistakes and walks around chomping his gum like he’s the man.

29 Jan 2026 21:54:44
And boom he scores 😂😂

29 Jan 2026 22:01:43
Maybe play him up front. Crap at the back but a good goal

29 Jan 2026 22:08:10
Hi Tom he did score and he wasn't the worst in the first half. They appeared to just stroll through the first half.

29 Jan 2026 22:10:10
Strange to seem so happy that any Villa defender makes a mistake mate. Can't think of any defender that doesn't make the odd mistake. Good goal to make up for it though.and for what it's worth, single mistake aside, I think Mings came out of that match with a bit more credit than a few other senior squad memebers.

It was never going to be a classic given the rotation, we got through it and great to see some of the young lads getting some vital experience.

29 Jan 2026 22:11:46
Well he did make up for it somewhat. Watkins has done his hamstring that isn’t going to be a quick fix. We are definitely getting down to bare bones now.

29 Jan 2026 23:46:49
DBS TOM loves it, he thinks it proves his point that even though we’re struggling with numbers, Uncle Pau should play every game . Bet he jumped in the air with glee when Mings had that brain fart .UTV

30 Jan 2026 04:52:14
It’s written in the stars for Tammy to fire us to winning the Prem, my glass is half full 👍🏻

UTV

30 Jan 2026 04:53:20
He couldn’t miss cash put it on a plate for the not sure what there keeper was doing fact is against a better opposition that will not happen. Against a better opposition everytime mings gets the ball they will press him as they know he will make a mistake there is a reason every set of fans that come to villa park sing about him been rubbish they don’t do that about good players.

30 Jan 2026 08:24:42
Hi Tom you do talk some rubbish. Mings made the run to get to the ball and made a good header to score. When talking of brain farts you will find all players have them, didn't the Torres brain fart cause a defeat against Everton?

30 Jan 2026 12:18:10
I believe that was martienz fault not Torres

30 Jan 2026 13:02:13
100% agree pluffy, he was brave going for the header and buried it, yeh mings made a mistake but he’s not getting much game time and like you said every player makes mistakes, not 1 player we have is immune to it. games are not 45 mins or 60 mins, it’s 90+ and this squad try’s till the final whistle, we got so many important players injured so what do people expect, we won we finished second, 3 competitions on the go and we are winning regular, we can’t ask for much more

30 Jan 2026 17:39:01
Tom I suggest you watch the Everton game again, it was definitely Torres who got his legs twisted and lost the ball.

30 Jan 2026 17:42:02
Hi Tom just copied the report for you.
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Everton (Barry, 59)
A MAJOR ERROR FROM TORRES OPENS THE DOOR FOR BARRY!

Torres miscontrols a pass from Konsa and it's McNeil who picks the loose ball up before curling a tame effort towards goal.

Martinez makes the save but palms it into the path of Barry, who lifts it over the Argentina shotstopper and into the back of the net!

The goalkeeper should do a lot better there. It was a tame effort, which should've been caught.

Konsa tried to make an acrobatic clearance and made connection but couldn't stop it. Everton lead!

30 Jan 2026 20:34:16
Torres has made mistakes but I saw that one as a terrible pass from Konsa that made it very difficult for Pau. Konsa seems to get away with murder sometimes, in danger of becoming Van Dijk levels of untouchable to some.

29 Jan 2026 20:54:27
That is one of the worst halves of football I've seen this season. No, it is the worst.
Elliott must be wondering what is going on.
Watkins getting injured is the icing on the cake.

29 Jan 2026 20:36:42
Well well well another start from the one everyone loves and guess what another mistake there is a reason why pau plays all the big games what a massive massive mistake. Up till that moment thought he was playing well and was going to post how he looks solid but then again look at the opponents. Hope Ollie is ok!

29 Jan 2026 22:09:31
Wasn't it Pau who screwed up the other week by not being able to control the ball?

30 Jan 2026 00:12:43
Pluffy, Tom is blinkered where Torres is concerned, Mings is an accident waiting to happen far too often, but Torres is no better and has no pace and is poor in the air, that's why it's essential we get a quality central back asap

30 Jan 2026 08:26:10
Hi Scotty, Tom forgot the Torres mistake that cost us the Everton game.

29 Jan 2026 20:35:34
And there it is, the mistake from Mings.
Watkins looks injured too.
WTF is going on here?

29 Jan 2026 20:21:49
Martienz just showed how class he is with that double save wow

29 Jan 2026 19:29:20
So, Elliott starts. Really pleased we're giving him a chance tonight.
Well documented his attitude has been great on the training paddock.
Time to show us what we've been missing.
UTV!

29 Jan 2026 15:11:05
If I was a top world class manager, Spanish, the family homesick and possibly the best job in the world offered to me is Real Madrid, would I seriously consider it, you bet I would.

29 Jan 2026 16:07:57
You'd be right to say that most would consider it.but equally, any manager looking to build a long term project and be given the time to develop a squad of his choosing and a culture of his making would probably think twice.
One of the biggest jobs in the footballing world, but equally one of the biggest risks.