Current Avatar:
No Avatar image uploaded
No Avatar image uploaded
Aston Villa Rumours Member Posts
SystonVilla's Profile
SystonVilla's Posts and Other Poster's Replies To SystonVilla's Posts
To SystonVilla's last 5 banter posts
To SystonVilla's last 5 banter replies
SystonVilla has no Rumours Posts
SystonVilla's banter posts with other poster's replies to SystonVilla's banter posts
01 Sep 2026 14:44:56
Afternoon all.
So the transfer window has closed for Villa, we know who we've lost, gained and are keeping. Assuming we largely stick to playing 4-2-3-1, and we want at least two players for every position, we are shaping up as below.
GKs. Zion and Bizot
Def. Cash / AWB / THB / Vic / Pau / Mings / Maat / Rug
Hold mid. Boub / Gomes / Onana / Leon
Front three. Garn / Aly / Manzam / Ginny / Emi / Mbaye
Striker.
Nico / Tammy
And we also have - Ross / Madjo / Hemmings / Cisse / Bogarde. Who will all play a part (I'm not counting Bailey).
So, up to 29 players who could play a role for Villa this season. Fitness and squad rules allowing.
Let's keep up the great support (good atmosphere last night despite the absent North Stand). And let's keep a sense of reality on our expectations.
Very excited to see how we go in the weeks ahead.
1.) 01 Sep 2026 19:03:17
We need one more experienced and effective striker before the deadline. Definitely. Forget about rebreeding Tammy! We need Mateta or similar quality level.
24 Aug 2026 07:33:57
One bad result and the world is on fire. More posts for a heavy defeat than when we won a European trophy. Climb down Villa fans - it must be exhausting always being that angry. And exhausting always being right after the fact.
Firstly, fair play to Brighton yesterday. They were the better team and deserved to win. It's incredibly disrespectful to them to put the thumping down to Villa playing badly or various recruitment issues. No matter how many players Brighton sell, they rebuild and find a way to remain competitive and attractive. Oh, hang on, we do that as well. And we'll do it this season too.
Moaning about Emery is pathetic. He is the best thing to happen to this club in decades, and if the fickle whinging Villa Park (alleged) faithful drive him away, then shame on us. He needs our support, the team need our support.
The outgoings have been frustrating, but that's football. It's a business, everything and everyone has a price. A week of the transfer window remains, where hopefully we keep doing some business and add to what we have. And then accept it will take some time for it all to knit together.
We need 37, 000 positive voices on Monday vs Arsenal. Not groaning after 5 mins. Pull yourselves together.
1.) 24 Aug 2026 15:28:00
Hi Syston, agree with everything you say except when you say it is a business. Business owners are usually allowed to invest to improve their business, Villa owners aren't allowed to do that.
01 May 2026 07:22:29
Morning all
I've not posted for a while as, to be quite frank, the endless negativity and moaning was making me miserable. In fact, I've not even come onto the forum to read any views.
Like a fool, after last night's result, I had a peak. What a mistake. As usual, a steady stream of idiotic moaning and grumbles which in no way represents a fanbase that wants the best for their team. It must be exhausting for some of you to be so angry about football and Villa all of the time. Good God, give yourselves a break.
So I say thank you as usual to the Editors, for having to manage and sift through most of the rubbish opinion that gets posted on here.
And I say thank you to DBS1983 for posting such a fair and balanced view of where Villa are. Acknowledging the disappointment of last night, acknowledging that Villa are far from perfect, but also recognising what they are achieving, and continuing to achieve, this season. Despite limitations, some self inflicted, some not.
What the team really need now, from all of us, is the loudest voice we've got. Against Spurs on Sunday, against Forest next Thursday, and for all of the remaining games this season. You never know, if every Villa fan actually cheered them on for 90 mins each week, it might help get us to Istanbul.
1.) 01 May 2026 13:26:22
Syston, you'll see it's the same ones being negative unless we win. I certainly see faults with the side, but last night we had more than enough situations where we could have scored. The final third is killing us. Rogers and Beundia are the main culprits, with a lack of control or anticipation.
23 Feb 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - SystonVilla has posted a new article entitled, Villa Fans Need Perspective and Positivity
1.) 23 Feb 2026 12:39:27
Cracking read, Syston, and spot on with all points made. ? ?
22 Feb 2026 11:04:04
22 Feb 2026 11:16:00{Ed's Note - SystonVilla has posted a new article entitled, Villa Fans Need Perspective and Positivity
SystonVilla has no Rumour Replies
30 Nov 2025 16:35:00
Fair comments. Today's performance was a grind. Local derbies can often play out like that. We did look flat and huffed and puffed without much end product. That said, we won, and there have been numerous games in recent seasons (Utd 0-0 at home last year, also the 1-1 vs ten man Ipswich) where we didn't take three points from this sort of game. Today we did. If you can't win pretty, win ugly.
I think we played some decent stuff on Thursday. Our issue is plain to see, we're missing a striker who can finish off chances within 18 yards of goal. We have that striker in Watkins but it isn't working out at the moment.hence why the Jan window is important to us.what loan magic can we come up with. Thursday went flat when we took Youri, Malen and Rogers off as they were ripping YB apart at will.
The gold standard this season, in my opinion, was Bournemouth at home. I'd love to see us play like that every match. But when we don't, I just want us to win.
23 Aug 2025 18:47:37
A very frustrated banter page this evening. I'd say it's as much the players as it is the manager. Yes he selects the team and the tactics, but the team still kick it around the pitch for 90 mins.they can up the pace themselves, overlap runs, turn from pedestrian to energised and direct.
There are two standouts for me at the moment.
1. Rashford and Ascensio were far more valuable and impactful to this team than I realised. Their goals and assists aside they clearly lifted the performances of the team. They helped raise the bar. Dragged better performances out of players.
2. As many have said, we are two narrow. We seem to have far too many 10s and no width. Qualifying for the champs league was in a large way down to the contributions of Bailey and Diaby.wide pacey players. With plenty of goals and assists.
I can see what we're trying to do in breaking the lines through the middle, but have an 11 that can do both that and offer width.
The sun will still rise tomorrow and the hens will still lay. This result will sting and next week vs Palace will be (has to be) better.
No moaning about PSR because nobody can change that. Use some guile, get some players in, and come out fighting vs Palace.
15 Aug 2025 15:21:34
Good question SC.
I'd expect the defense and two holding mids to be pretty much locked down.
Bizot
Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne
Tamara, Tielemans
Then it depends on fitness. If we assume MR is fit i think he'll go.
Rogers, McGinn, Malen
Watkins
Can't see Rogers and Buendia both starting as they both want to be through the middle as 10's so we'll have no width. Also can't see Bailey starting IF rumours of his departure to Roma are true.
Leaves a decent bench of Mings, Bogarde, Maatsen, Onana, Garcia (if fit), Bartley (if fit), SIJ, Buendia and Guessard. Plus a keeper (who is 4th choice? ) . Might have space on the bench for a few young uns as well.
28 May 2025 07:31:46
Assuming this mornings news is correct (Wiki page says he's signed) then the young Dutch lad is a prime example of Dazs 'buy young' comment. He has a whiff of Duran about him. And, were he to become a first team regular in the seasons ahead, would return a tidy profit given he cost nowt. It is very clinical but that will be Villas thinking.
25 May 2025 18:08:14
A tough day. Similar emotions to the Cup semi against Palace. Hard to stand back with perspective when you feel really cheesed off.
The reality is, in the time Emery has led Villa we are much improved and competitive across multiple competitions. We've got into the top 7 three seasons running, qualified for Europe three seasons running and got to Cup semi finals.
What we are lacking is the ability to 9 times out of 10 win the games that matter (like today) .
Be interesting to see the ins and outs over the Summer. The future is still bright.