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02 Aug 2026 00:54:08
Fenerbahce want Watkins on loan. How braindead do they think we are? Ollie might as well retire if he moved to Turkey.
1.) 02 Aug 2026 09:19:57
If he goes there on loan, maybe we should go for Osimhen from Galatasaray on loan. ?
UTV.
2.) 02 Aug 2026 11:41:16
Juve not much better. Constantly looking for first team players from other teams, but don’t want to hand over money for them. Sky report that they ended their pursuit of Martinez. I wouldn’t call what they were doing “pursuing”, more like begging and trying to unsettle our player. How the mighty have fallen.
I think back to the players they had when they were a powerhouse of football: Pavel Nedved, Alessandro Del Piero, Trezeguet, Edgar Davids, Thuram, Buffon, Zidane, the list is endless. Now they are the beggars of Europe, on your bike and don’t come back without your chequebook.
3.) 02 Aug 2026 14:05:15
My gut tells me Emi will go to Saudi & they'll probably pay what we want for him.
UTV.
4.) 02 Aug 2026 15:41:56
I think he sees out his contract, then goes to Saudi. I'd rather just keep him until his contract expires. Not worth a huge amount, and it costs a fortune to replace him.
17 Jul 2026 18:47:15
Manzambi deal done, big fee... Exciting one though.
1.) 18 Jul 2026 00:01:21
I hope we did our due diligence and not base our decision purely on his WC performance, which, in fairness, was good, but countering that, he was virtually anonymous against us in the Europa League final. Most experts seem to think it's a good deal, so fair enough, but it's a sizeable fee for one so young and with no PL experience.
08 Jun 2026 03:42:10
Just read a ridiculous article about Martinez being sold to Juve for 5 million. Where do they get this rubbish?
1.) 08 Jun 2026 09:39:31
In other news, Tonali, Wharton and Anderson price tags are all 100 million, but Rogers apparently is 80 million...
Wharton, 1 goal, 5 assists.
Tonali, 1 goal, 5 assists.
Anderson, 4 goals, 5 assists.
Rogers, 13 goals, 11 assists.
Figure that one out.
2.) 08 Jun 2026 12:23:43
I know its a joke. Rodgers wont go for anything less than 110mil mil if he goes, that is. Im let listening to the press media, they talk alot of bs.
3.) 08 Jun 2026 18:18:32
The whole article on Martinez is rubbish. The salary he is supposedly on £230k is wrong, and although we do have certain SCR issues, by returning Sancho, Elliott, and Luiz we save circa £350k a week, and if the likes of Mings, Digne, Guessand, and Bailey leave, we will save a further £300-400k a week, so it's not the doom and gloom that certain media outlets are peddling.
4.) 08 Jun 2026 20:54:46
The SCR thing... reports Emi is on £230K & that's why we're ok with letting him go. Then we make a bid for Rashford who is on even more money, clown world. ?
UTV.
5.) 08 Jun 2026 22:17:56
Apparently Rashford has lowered his wage demands, and if we lose our 3 loan players that would more than cover Rashford's wage demands.
6.) 09 Jun 2026 00:50:48
Lotm, personally I don’t want to see Digne leave. Maatsen is a liability defensively, and we’re much weaker without him imo. The others I’m fine with leaving. As for Rashford, I think there’s younger players out there just as good as him. We qualified for the Champions League in 2 of the past 3 years, missing out the year that he was here.
On paper we had a weaker squad this year, but we got our business done, so I’m fine with signing him or not signing him. I don’t think he’s going to make or break us. We need younger players with resale value in my opinion.
7.) 09 Jun 2026 10:33:03
I like Rashford, he is a good player, proven in the Premiership, and what's more Emery can get a tune out of him. If, as reported, he is willing to take a significant drop in salary and is available at circa £25 million, I would take him, particularly as players like Rowe and other wingers we are being linked with are only available at £35 million plus and none of those have shown they can cut it in the PL.
03 Jun 2026 00:10:13
Karin Adeyemi now there’s a player I’d snap up asap, you know the drill with these rumours but apparently we’re monitoring his situation.
1.) 04 Jun 2026 00:32:44
Would be an amazing signing if we got him whack. Only thing is hes on 100thou a week, mate. I also see Unai wants only rumours thou, a cb, rb, 2 cms, 2 winger, and striker.
03 May 2026 20:54:40
If we finish in Champions League places and win the Europa League I hate Emery and still hope he leaves in the summer. Done with his tactics and boring football. We played entertaining football a handful of times this year and it’s not good enough. Champions League you're having a laugh.
1.) 03 May 2026 22:10:32
Well, if he does leave, let's review where we are at the end of next season, shall we. I do wonder whether we deserve an elite manager tbh.
2.) 04 May 2026 01:38:54
Elite managers don’t roll over like he did today. Elite managers don’t waste 100 million on the likes of Guessand, Maatsen, Malen, Abraham. Any elite manager I can think of would have changed it after 30 mins today.
The football we are playing most weeks is pure tripe, and if Spurs and Chelsea weren’t so bad we wouldn’t have a sniff of the Champions League. Same last year and the year before, United and Spurs so bad. I see people online trying to say he threw the game so Forrest would have to go full strength tomorrow, but I don’t believe it for a minute.
If he did, why would he risk Martinez with his injury problems this season, or Youri, or Cash, or Rogers? He thought we could defend a 0-0 and sneak a goal, like he’s been trying to do all season. Our football has gone down the toilet. 1 of the worst teams in the league to watch. We are a disgrace and only in the position we are because other teams are as bad as us.
3.) 04 May 2026 08:59:53
Google elite football managers and see whose name appears on the list.
4.) 04 May 2026 09:34:31
Whack, Malen wasn't a waste of money. Selling him was a huge mistake. Check his stats.
As for the rest, pathetic bunch of strikers.
LotM, you cannot seriously defend what we've seen over the last 3 games.
5.) 04 May 2026 10:25:24
I accept fully our performances over the last month or so have been poor, but they were at the start of the season and we then went on that fantastic run. Who's to say we won't again? So, throwing arguably the most talented coach we have had in the modern era under a bus is just plain nuts. If you look at the guy's record in the round, he took a club who were flirting with relegation to one that has got to a European semi final twice, as well as the quarter final of the Champions League, that against the backdrop of PSR restrictions.
He has improved every player in the squad, and this season he has had to deal with a centre forward whose performances have dipped, and an injury list that took out our first choice midfield for a couple of months. Unai has plenty of credit in the bank in my view.
6.) 04 May 2026 12:08:00
Unai used to be elite but isnt no more. He won a trophy in 9years. If we dont win Europa, I hope he steps dwn or owners decide to get a manager that can take us further and play attacking football, and that can find gems in the transfer window. The money Unai has had, his signings havent been great. Maatsen not guessand awfull. Tammy, average. Allyson hardly played. Pau Torres is decent CB. Diaby was hit n miss. Malen is good player, deserved more starts but was better wide.
Nedelcovic never got given a chance, same with Barrencha. Illing Jnr hasnt been given a chance aswell. Rodgers was a good signing and yt, and Id say Pau aswell. You look at the age of our squad aswell, future isnt bright. Unai cant nurture young talent, he only likes to sign players for the now mainly. Im not having it that none of our players from Academy, Reserves or U18s rnt good enough. Other managers in the league play there youth, we used to but dont no more. Its so annoying.
7.) 04 May 2026 12:36:50
He won Europa in 21-22, Jonny, but I do agree with a good bit of what you said. Yesterday was embarrassing. I thought the Wolves game was a new low, but this one takes the biscuit.
Hoddle was raving about how good Spurs played, but they didn't really. They started well, but they didn't create chance after chance for the whole game. Even if we had made more changes after 60 mins we'd of gotten more goals. Their keeper is pants, first shot on target was a goal.
The only thing that game yesterday did was breed confidence into a team we should be relegating and getting rid of them as competition for Europe and for signings. It also drained the confidence out of our guys, and it has split the supporters. Paying fans deserved more than that. Obviously, I watched it on tv, and you could see nothing but anger and disappointment on the faces of anyone the camera focused on.
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08 Sep 2026 18:39:57
That’s more like it, trust SJM to kick start us, Jackson looks like he’s getting up to speed with the system, the counter is on for him nearly every time, then a great ball by Torres to set him off, if Mings was playing that wouldn’t happen.
Hopefully we can grab another few goals and stay top of the league.
06 Sep 2026 18:57:22
Hey Scot. Just referring to a post further down about THB being left out, I asked a question about who you would of left out instead of THB but it’s left unanswered. Not looking to debate your answer just interested in your opinion?
1.) 06 Sep 2026 22:16:41
Whack, firstly, I wouldn't have left Madjo and Elliss out. Reluctantly, I would have left Mings out. I like Mings, but he's not a £30million defender, and Garnacho, he looks like a mixture of Guessand and Bailey.
05 Sep 2026 19:07:48
Painful watching Mings and Barkley on the ball. They are constantly on the ball but can’t do anything with it, just same every time.
31 Aug 2026 22:36:54
At least we didn’t lose badly. Jackson looked decent. We just need to get our midfielders fit and integrated and we will hurt teams. Barkley, like a headless chicken on the ball, he’s not good enough anymore.
1.) 31 Aug 2026 23:35:08
Whack, agree. I thought Kamara hadn't looked himself over the last two games. Perhaps he is covering too much for the weakness we are showing in midfield. Get him back to his best and we will be back on track.
31 Aug 2026 01:26:22
Hey Ed's, what's the deal with the consolidation clause in the Watkins deal, do they get some cash every time he was sold? Seems like a great way of helping out the smaller clubs.
{Ed001's Note - do you mean the 5% of the transfer fee that is split between the clubs that he was at as a youth? That is in all transfers, along with 5% going to the player, unless he puts in a written request for a transfer. The idea is to encourage clubs to continue to work on youth development, knowing they will get money in future, even if they lose the player on a free initially.}
1.) 31 Aug 2026 13:53:36
So is it only if the club lose him on a free after developing him or would we get it for the likes of the Ramsey brothers if they were sold on?
I hadn't heard of it before till I seen Exeter putting up those posts. you learn something new every day, cheers Ed?
2.) 31 Aug 2026 17:21:22
I could be wrong, but I believe it only applies to EFL clubs as a way to encourage them to keep investing in youth.
Before these agreed guidelines came in, quite a few clubs were shutting down their youth systems to save money.
Clubs were getting fed up of spending loads of money developing future stars, and only getting a nominal fee. The costs of training and paying 20+ youngsters, compared to only receiving £50k-100k every year or two, didn't add up.
{Ed001's Note - it is a FIFA thing, it applies worldwide, it is just Prem clubs don't really notice a few hundred thousand. Teams like Exeter can be transformed with one sale of a former youth player though.}
3.) 31 Aug 2026 22:14:21
It's great to see some money funnelling down when you see the amounts being splashed around.
28 Aug 2026 22:49:15
Way to put a dampener on it, Lotm. ??
24 Aug 2026 00:52:21
Getting beaten 4-0 was bad, but I'm so disappointed with Watkins, I don't even care about the result. End of an era for one of my favourite Villa players in my years of supporting. Could have left with an awesome legacy. Actually, hope Saudi don't raise their bid and he rots on the bench till January.
21 Aug 2026 18:02:57
If he's so prime, why don't Chelsea want him, and why was Chelsea's defence so bad with him in it? Don't want anymore Chelsea rejects, bad enough signing Garnacho.
19 Aug 2026 20:16:13
Rumours say we offered Watkins a new contract. If true, I can't see us wanting to sell.
19 Aug 2026 20:14:30
Definitely better than Nedelkovic though. It's the one position we will be genuinely stronger in. Might be a risky statement to make, but I think Suzuki might be stronger as well. I loved Martinez, and he makes some great saves, but he also makes plenty of mistakes and cost us big time in 2025 against United, followed up by his transfer antics ever since.
For me, it's a slightly hesitant good riddance.
08 Sep 2026 21:26:58
My only moan is Mbaye still hasn't got a run out. Didn't care what kind of win we got tonight so long as we got the 3 points.
Only got to watch the first half because of work. I did get to listen to the second half.
It sounded like we were under pressure, but we hung in.
I have to say I'm super impressed with Hemmings, and already love Suzuki. His distribution is unreal.
07 Sep 2026 22:01:51
Was he ever fit to start with, I wonder.
06 Sep 2026 21:57:20
I think Jackson could thrive if we can get some quality behind him.
06 Sep 2026 10:57:07
Barkley had a good one? You're having a laugh. One of the worst players on the pitch, completely clueless on how to bring the ball forward, faint left, faint right, turn around and play it backwards, repeat, repeat, repeat. I agree with everything else you said, but he is rubbish and has been every game this season.
06 Sep 2026 10:53:58
I don't think it's by any means deluded for fans to expect more than 1 shot on target out of all that possession and shots. Shew. Hull parked the bus, like so many bad teams have done against us in recent seasons, and once again the team and manager did the same thing for 93 mins. Garnacho was brought on so he could fall over and lose the ball pretty much every time he got the ball, Tammy was brought on to not have the ball crossed into him.
People didn't expect a miracle, but they do expect highly paid professionals to see what everyone watching the game could see. It's not the end of the world to get a draw, but we have to do better against teams like this because it's costing us every season, not just this season.