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28 Jul 2025 10:08:34
Looks like Chelsea interest in Rogers is being stepped up, apparently they have offered Jackson, Aderabayo plus cash. I am sure we will reject the offer however as Palmer is allegedly one of his best mates I wonder if he will eventually have his head turned.
1.) 28 Jul 2025 11:02:06
Chelsea want £100M for Jackson, other guy I’m going to guess £30M+, and cash? Why don’t we make an offer for Palmer, we need a left footed attacking mid, and he’s mates with Rogers so even better, they can carpool to training too and save the planet ??
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01 Jul 2025 20:52:51
Looks like Asensio is off to Fenerbache sadly
1.) 03 Jul 2025 01:21:31
I saw that… but with Duran coming in and them paying 3/4 of his wages I would’ve thought it was one or the other! That’s a significant outlay otherwise
09 May 2025 12:24:52
Just read an interesting take on the Marco Asensio situation, apparently we won't be taking up the option to buy not because Emery doubts his ability by because they think he has lost 'his legs' and can't sustain a performance over 90 minutes which has a ring of truth about it in that he hasn't started many games and those that he has he invariably gets substituted.
1.) 11 May 2025 17:30:51
He has gone off the boil lately I really don’t know why he started yesterday I would of started Rogers centrally and give Malen a start on the wing
23 Apr 2025 22:02:00
I see we are being linked with a possible move for Kevin De Bruyne. Interesting and costly I would have thought.
1.) 24 Apr 2025 00:17:02
He would be a brilliant signing if he came
2.) 24 Apr 2025 13:01:43
He will be 34 in June and demanding a big wage. Already seen this season his legs ain't what they use to be. Money to be spent more wisely elsewhere is my call.
13 Apr 2025 18:42:00
Just seen a rumour that Utd have offered us £69 million for Rogers.Nowhere near enough.
1.) 13 Apr 2025 22:50:14
Was saying this to a Utd fan, don’t know the exact figure but that’s what they roughly paid for Mount who was in the last year of his contract at Chelsea, and aside from that he was crap and as it turns out injured more often than not, Utd are a joke
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30 Nov 2025 15:51:27
Not a great performance but it's the result that counts last season we wouldn't have won that game so we take the positives and move on. For me I think Malen through the middle doesn't work working the centre backs and holding the ball up isn't really his game we wouldn't be better playing him off the left hand side which was where he tended to play with Dortmund, and move Rogers into the middle behind Watkins.
The one thing I hope we don't do in January is sell Martinez he is still worth 6 points a season in my view.
30 Nov 2025 13:47:55
Without Watkins on the pitch Wolves centre backs aren't being worked enough we need to bring Watkins on to stretch the centre backs take Buendia off and move Malen wide left.
24 Nov 2025 09:31:00
Definitely a game of two half's yesterday and if I'm being honest it wouldn't have been unjust if Leeds had got a point, earlier in the season we wouldn't have won that game, it's amazing the difference a little confidence makes to a team and it's a good sign that we can get results away when not playing at our best.
On a separate point, I think Harvey Elliott must be rueing the day he signed for us as he couldn't even make the match day squad. I think he has a greater chance of breaking into Liverpool's starting XI than at Villa which I have to say I don't understand because the lads a very talented footballer but in Unai we trust.
1.) 24 Nov 2025 22:50:31
Lord regarding Elliot I did see a post on here recently regarding the UEFA financials running until December. As we have a £35m buy clause after 10 games the theory/rumours is that us having to pay that fee this side of the year with our current psr standings that this is the reason why he isn't featuring as much.
Again it was just a theory/rumour but Elliot may well be aware of this and could start featuring more in December and new year?
I can't remember who posted it but it was explained far better than I have managed to lol
2.) 25 Nov 2025 06:59:04
I think too much stock is being placed into the 10 game rumour.
We were expecting to sell Buendia (or at least unsure of how he would fit back in) . We also had Barkley, Onana and Tielemans either injured or trying to ditch the booze.
We tried for Pacqueta but were outpriced and then panicked and bought in Elliott.
With everyone else coming back in there isn't really a space for him.
I don't really see what he brings to the table at this time. I'd describe him as a poor man's Buendia, small, not particularly fast, reasonably skillful.
Where he falls short is his positioning, decision making and complete lack of defensive effort.
Outside of that very lucky goal I've seen nothing out of him. We have enough 10s and he's never playing ahead of Mcginn or Guessand on the right due to the defensive issues.
The deal just doesn't work for either party right now, we are stacked up front with different options who are starting to get back to form. Elliott wants regular starts which means he should be going back to the likes of Fulham or Brighton.
3.) 25 Nov 2025 22:03:41
At the risk of being pilloried, if you gave me a choice between Buendia and Elliott I’d take Elliott simply because he is younger, isn’t as injury prone will have a greater sell on value and given how Emery improves players I think he is the better long term option.
Added to that Emery sees him as a no 10 he could be a long term replacement for Rogers who I fear we will have for this season then he moves on.
4.) 26 Nov 2025 07:03:43
I understand where you're coming from but a couple of points in response.
The ACL injury aside, Buendia isn't injury prone. Konsa, Cash and Kamara all pick up injuries more often.
Buendia is only 28, he still has a few years left and costs us nothing in amortisation compared to Elliott costing more than £7m a year for up to 5 years.
I'm seeing Elliott as the next Wilson or Smith Rowe, flashes of quality but cannot be relied on to be a major cog in the long term.
Financially, we need Champions League now and not later. The top tier money far outweighs selling Harvey for £50m in a few years. I don't think he will ever get close to being a £100m player like a Rogers or Palmer might.
09 Nov 2025 18:27:45
What was I worried about??♂️????
08 Nov 2025 11:41:23
I do worry about the Bournemouth game based on what I saw defensively against Maccabi I know Cash and Digne will come back in but the way we were exposed on the transition by let's face it a bang average side was poor if that happens against Bournemouth we will be punished. We need to move the ball much quicker if we want to hurt Bournemouth's back line.
It will be interesting to see the starting XI. Does Tielemans come straight back in? personally I hope so. Does Guessand start? not sure I know he isn't great going forward but he does offer Cash additional protection and as Bournemouth are a threat out wide that's an option. Does Watkins start not sure. However in Unai we trust.
1.) 08 Nov 2025 12:36:15
Lotm, 1 thing I will say is we seem to always play at a similar level to our opponents, we play better against stronger teams then when we play weaker teams our levels drop to their standard, Bournemouth will come at us which in turn will create space for us going forward, our record at home is excellent in terms of results, I predict a tight game but confident we can get the 3 points.
Cash is a million miles better at RB than Lindelof was on Thursday and he’s fresh having not played midweek. also there are a few teams ahead of us playing each other this weekend so we could find ourselves in a great position come Sunday night
2.) 08 Nov 2025 12:36:59
LOTM, many on here and some of the more knowledgeable pundits have said we are far too slow bringing the ball forward and I agree I think Bournemouth will export this, hopefully Emery can modify his tactics to speed things up, he has done this in the past when we played our best football.
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22 Sep 2025 13:51:52
If it true then we move on but I hope it doesn’t turn into Billy McNeill chapter 2.
22 Sep 2025 13:25:51
Not sure how true these rumours are, Emery has pretty much total control of the football operation at Villa, he won’t get that at any other club and I’m not sure having to work with InEOS and the Glazers would be that attractive. However time will tell and as Alain these kind of things money talks. If he does go I am sure we will live to regret it in the long term
21 Aug 2025 09:47:28
They have sold Danilo, Ruben Sosa, and Matt Turner for somewhere in the region of £40 million plus some other squad players for a few million, that plus the Elanga fee equates to something over £100 million.
20 Aug 2025 21:25:36
Allstar, Forest have raked in over £100 million in sales so I think the net spend is something like £40 million to date which isn’t that great. Add in the money they will rake in from European football they should be ok however if they are in any trouble at the end of the season then selling Gibbs-White will no doubt resolve it
13 Aug 2025 18:33:21
I think Asensio would be great, provides flexibility across the front positions and 8 goal contributions from 21 games isn’t too shabby either. I think Emery is fairly confident that this deal is going to happen as despite some offers from Turkey and Italy Asensio hasn’t signed which suggests to me that once we have completed a sale he will move to us all assuming we can match his wage expectations.
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01 Dec 2025 18:54:51
For me it’s European qualification every time. European qualification means greater revenue, it enables you to invest in better players which should result in a better product so for me it’s a no brainier.
30 Nov 2025 19:13:39
Here’s a question for you Scotty would you settle for a less entertaining brand of football which qualified us for European football regularly or more entertainment but mid table finishes?
25 Nov 2025 22:03:41
At the risk of being pilloried, if you gave me a choice between Buendia and Elliott I’d take Elliott simply because he is younger, isn’t as injury prone will have a greater sell on value and given how Emery improves players I think he is the better long term option.
Added to that Emery sees him as a no 10 he could be a long term replacement for Rogers who I fear we will have for this season then he moves on.
15 Nov 2025 14:57:06
Its interesting you pose this question Irishvillain Andy Townsend has just published his dream Villa XI which is a 4-3-3 formation: Bosnich, Gidman, McGrath, Evans, Staunton at the back Barry, Cowans, and Grealish in the middle and Gray, Yorke, and Morley as the front three.
A good team, but for me though I’d go 4-4-2 with Martinez instead of Bozzy maybe a little controversially I’d have Mortimer in for Barry and Young for Morley but so many permutations to pick from and some really good players who don’t make the cut but at the end of the day it’s all about opinions and what you like??♂️
10 Nov 2025 17:07:44
If we can expand VP to 55-60,000 that’s would be great I think you would be more likely to fill it with inducements to get folk into the ground through a more sensible pricing approach. I have friends who have 2 -3 grandchildren they would love to take to the match but they just can’t afford to and plenty fall into the same category football is no longer a cheap day out for the family. If you offered concessions and we continue to play as we have been I think you could get upwards of 50000 for matches particularly against the big clubs.
The revenue stream issue is pivotal to us being able to compete consistently, i believe irrespective of where we finish we will have to sell one of our first XI come the close season due to ongoing SCR costs issues, we can’t expect to do that year in year out and compete against the sides that can buy and not have to sell.