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19 May 2022 22:19:52
Despite the penalty Beundia head and shoulders above everyone as man of the match but he'll be dropped again Sunday.
27 Sep 2020 13:33:17
Apparently Alli is available and Chris Sutton has suggested he could come to us.
I know we were linked to him when he was at MK Dons but for me he is by far the most overrated player in the league.
He had one good season as an unknown but has been found out regularly ever since. Plays like a beemer/ merc/ audi driver who thinks they're all that because they've "made it".
1.) 27 Sep 2020 13:46:50
Alli is a good player had a poor season last year but before that I think his stats since he joined Spurs stand comparison with anyone playing in that type of role. I think he struggles with how Mourinho wants him to play, however I am not sure he is what we need right now, I would rather we bought a wide man and moved Jack into a more central position where I think he can create more havoc.
Just as an aside, I drive a Mercedes but I certainly don’t think I have “made it“ lol 😊.
2.) 27 Sep 2020 15:30:33
We want footballers not Boxers. 😊.
3.) 27 Sep 2020 15:31:57
Joking aside, totally agree John.
4.) 27 Sep 2020 16:09:49
Agree John, no doubt he improves us, but it’s one of the last positions we need improving in.
I rate Alli, just think he’s only really played in his position for two seasons. Did pretty well, and because of that success he just kept getting pushed further forward and then out wide which just never worked. He’s a number 8, old school, box to box, from a time when centre mids were expected to do both, go forwards and backwards, that’s how he made his name and needs to get back to it to see the best of him.
There are big questions about his attitude, seems pretty childish on the all or nothing documentary.
27 Sep 2020 13:32:09
The Sun obviously have their biases but are normally clued in on transfers. The Scottish Sun claim Brighton have expressed an interest in Edouard. Maybe that makes him available for less than we thought? No way they pay the expected £40mill on a player.
12 Sep 2020 10:15:28
I see Noel Whelan is up to his old tricks again. Claims Wilson not happening meant we panic bought our second choice.
Obviously does zero research before spouting off when Watkins was clearly our main transfer target from day 1.
1.) 12 Sep 2020 10:36:54
The guy is an irrelevant cretin. The man is robbing a living. Every man and his dog knew Watkins was Smith’s number one target.
2.) 12 Sep 2020 11:47:43
Agree ant, the Watkins deal took at least 2 weeks to thrash out it was almost there before any bid went in for Wilson, isn’t whelan a Leeds fan? Nothing but jealousy they couldn’t even convince their manager to stay on for more than 1 year cause he knows they going to do a Norwich and go straight back down😂😂.
3.) 12 Sep 2020 12:04:46
Just for clarity Whackattack Bielsa only ever signs 1 year contracts so it’s nothing to do with his lack of faith in his team, and I for one don’t think they will go down in fact I think they are more likely to do a Wolves or Sheffield Utd. Bielsa is a class act.
4.) 12 Sep 2020 12:07:02
I can never understand why ex-pros are considered experts in the transfer market. I don’t think they have any more idea than the rest of us and clearly don’t research much, if anything.
Kevin Phillips suggests we made a massive mistake in missing out on Callum Wilson. Well, firstly the guy didn’t want to move to Villa and, secondly, he has a paltry scoring record in the EPL, managing double figures once. All the Sky and Talk Sport place the guy on a pedestal as some phenomenal goal scorer. Complete tosh.
5.) 12 Sep 2020 12:35:42
If Wilson had stayed with Bournemouth for this season, I doubt that he would have scored half the number of goals Watkins scored last season.
6.) 12 Sep 2020 14:06:06
I do agree villajohn he is a good manager I was just having a pop at Leeds, wasn’t his last contract for 2 years with option to extend by 1 year, well so say the article about him signing the extension anyways, honestly I can’t see them doing a Sheffield or wolves he’s not as good a man manager as wilder or nuno, they threw away automatic promotion last year then rubbish themselves in the playoffs, and started to slip a bit this year also into the new year, bilic was also a good manager with Fulham but it didn’t save him, 1 thing for sure I think this year’s premier league will be tougher than last years, looking through the fixtures there’s none looking to easy, my money is on West Ham Fulham Brighton West Brom and Leeds to slug it out down the bottom, what u guys think who will be in the relegation battle?
7.) 12 Sep 2020 18:32:15
Look at Bielsa’s record, wherever he has been he has had success and he plays a brand of entertaining football which is why he is such a sought after manager. I have even heard Klopp refer to him as world class so that’s good enough for me. Time will tell whether Leeds tsurvive or not it I think they will even if it’s only because there are 3 worse teams which I think will be West Ham, Fulham and Albion I also have a sneaking feeling Brighton might struggle as well.
17 May 2020 09:06:06
If we stay up and get the reported £80mill asking price for Jack who do we think we could realistically bring in?
I think our starting lineup could look like this (Dunk being less likely with the owners strategy of younger players but best option within budget imo) .
Heaton
Guilbert Dunk Mings Targett
Phillips
Rashica Mcginn Benrahma
Samatta Wesley
Subs
Nyland
Konsa
Engels
Nakamba
Trezeguet
El Ghazi
Davis
Only one cm on bench as both starting wingers could slot into that central position.
We could stick with Konsa who has been decent and look at right back instead but I'm struggling to think of any great options available less than £20mill who are significant upgrades.
1.) 19 May 2020 14:27:37
Not a bad line up however I would take a couple of players from Utd for Jack so I would ask for Axel and Chris Smalling.
I like you I know he is outside the age bracket but it gives us some premier league experience which we have been crying out for at the back, and ask for £55 million I would also ditch Wesley Engels Trezeguet Taylor and El Ghazi And I would look to bring in Harry Wilson, Benrahma Barkley Mitrovic and Batshuayi and go 4 4 2.
I am sure there are lots of other ways we could go and it’s great to indulge in a bit of Fatasy football, but I think we can all agree that whatever we do we need to do something different next season.
2.) 19 May 2020 17:34:57
I think Wesley will grow and he has shown at times that coming short to bring people into play is his strength. Wesley deeper with Samatta running the channels could work.
Utd wouldn't give Axel and Smalling for a combined £25mill valuation and Smalling is even worse than what we have imo.
I don't think we'd get enough for the players you listed to buy all of your wish list and ditching both wingers for Benrahma and Wilson would still leave us short in that department.
While his defensive work is poor you can't argue with the fact El Ghazi has won us points at the other end so should keep him for backup/ rotation.
3.) 20 May 2020 14:25:50
Smalling available for £15 mill apparently he has had a decent season with Roma and he certainly isn’t as error strewn as Engels. In terms of cover for the wingers I would use Louie Barry and Green as cover after extending his contract . I don’t think el ghazi or tres does enough at either end of the pitch although tres works hard that isn’t enough in the prem imo. However that’s the beauty of this is it’s all about opinions.
4.) 20 May 2020 18:19:55
With you on that John.
5.) 21 May 2020 06:19:53
Barry isn't really a winger, he can play on the outside of a 3 at a push but he's a number 9 through and through.
I liked Green for us at times in the championship but it worries me he can't even get into a struggling Preston team now. May be a case of just not the right fit and his pace works better for our counter attacks but you'd have thought if he was that good they'd play him.
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16 Aug 2025 14:55:53
Konsa was hit and miss last season but why am I seeing him getting the blame for yet another shank from Cash?
Commentators giving Cash credit for blocks but they were only required because of how rubbish he was before that.
For every 1 good thing he does there is nearly 100 bad things and for all the "Konsa isn't a right back" I'd prefer him there if we had a good right centre back.
1.) 16 Aug 2025 15:59:19
Cash put in a bad cross at the opposite end of the pitch, can happen anyone, konsa got caught cold and made the wrong decision, his excuse to the ref was “I never touched him” he clearly did, wasn’t huge contact and Gordon went down like a bag of spuds but it’s was the wrong thing to do, just stay with him and push him wide, backup was coming and we had the keeper, he was wrong, also caught for pace so he’s not much good as a RB
2.) 16 Aug 2025 16:24:28
You can't just call that a standard bad cross. Nobody crosses the ball to 30 yards away from goal.
Gordon was too central to be pushed wide, he's definitely getting a good shot if Konsa does nothing.
3.) 16 Aug 2025 16:39:29
I’m not sure Konsa as a right back is the answer it gives you a better degree of defensive cover but he offers next to nothing going forward I can’t remember one overlap Konsa made during his time as a makeshift right back and Emery likes attacking full backs. I wonder if we couldn’t take a leaf out of the Geordies playbook, Livramento is a natural right back playing on the left, couldn’t we try Maatsen on the right?
4.) 16 Aug 2025 17:09:59
Im not cash biggest fan RK but we criticise him regularly for not getting forward, so I’m not going to criticise him for trying to create something, it’s up to the other players to cover when a fullback gets forward and konsa went asleep, a bad cross is a bad cross, never heard of a standard bad cross?? he didn’t make the right connection to do what he was trying to do, our forward and midfield players created very little today, when they fid get into forward positions they slowed the play and Newcastle caught up and got back almost every time. there were many far worse than cash today imo, he put his body on the line to make blocks aswel I thought it was far from his worst performance, I see some say he didn’t know much about some blocks but he was where he was meant to be and that always gives you a chance
5.) 16 Aug 2025 17:14:47
I wasn't suggesting he is the answer, just that he's a better one than Cash. It wasn't just that cross, he was a liability all game outside of the shots smashed directly at him.
6.) 16 Aug 2025 17:42:30
A slight mishit goes out for a goal kick or falls short or long. Cash has clearly aimed for the wrong direction completely because of his obsession with cutting it back.
If you're praising that performance on the basis that it's not his worst then surely that really highlights why we need to part ways.
His "best" performances are the rare occasions that he doesn't make a horrific mistake and that's not good enough.
7.) 16 Aug 2025 19:58:15
100% agree that we need an upgrade but it’s not going to happen, we don’t have the funds, we have bought 2 RBs and he still seems to get picked, I like the look of Garcia, rumours about fort from Barcelona but another kid unproven it’s a bit of a lottery unless you spend big bucks, reports suggest Barcelona want to keep a buy back clause in any potential deal
09 Aug 2025 20:06:44
Marseille seem to have a squad full of awful human beings, surprised they haven't also got Benjamin Mendy and Thomas Partey.
According to Bein we also have a new racey midfielder, Ooo Na Na.
1.) 09 Aug 2025 22:16:13
Not sure what de zerbi was trying to defend with Emery, absolutely awful tackles going in with absolutely no need for it
25 May 2025 17:40:37
The referees are back at it, why couldn't he give it 2 seconds before blowing the whistle?
This is right back to the Palace game in the season we survived which gave rise to the repeated ghost goal comments saying it was the only reason we stayed up.
1.) 25 May 2025 18:30:57
What is strange is a player cam be 5 uatds offside but they let play go on and potentially have a player injured rather like the Forest player a few weeks ago, but couldn't let the play go on for 5 seconds so VAR can decide. The ref was soo far away he couldn't really see that well.
25 May 2025 17:00:08
Cash has to go in the summer, liability even as a back up.
Almost conceded because he was a yard behind everyone and that back pass wasn't even necessary to attempt.
26 Apr 2025 19:34:24
Today was annoying but expected, I did say in advance that Palace was the worst draw we could get.
In my opinion, Palace are a lesser version of ourselves, massively up their game against better teams and struggle when expected to win. That is mainly due to the amount of room to move against a counter attacking team.
Starting Mcginn, Rogers and Cash was a mistake for me. Bailey and Malen are tricky customers who can keep defenders guessing and Garcia is willing to attack with the winger.
Going hard working against such an organised side is only going to cancel them out at best.
1.) 26 Apr 2025 20:18:49
Exactly my thoughts.
Thought the set up and line up played exactly into ther hands. Palace are a good side, who work hard, physical, athletic with some lovely technical footballers.
2.) 26 Apr 2025 20:30:52
Lesser version of ourselves?
You must be smoking something pal.
They have dumped us out of both domestic cups and put 11 goals past us in last 3 league games.
Today is a result of a team that cannot defend and plays too slowly. In contrast Palace play quick, decisive, dynamic football and defend like their lives depend on it. Nothing like Villa at all.
Well beaten and deservedly trophy less again. 29 years and counting.
3.) 26 Apr 2025 20:47:33
We need a reset RK just like when we lost to Fulham and look where we are now.What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.What I'm hoping for next season is to see Garcia and Maatsan as our full backs/Wing backs Malan as a number 10 and I'd love Sarr and Mateta down B6 and that Wharton is some player also.
4.) 26 Apr 2025 20:57:45
Yes Trinity, a team that hasn't finished top half in forever is a better team than one that is top 10 for three seasons in a row (and likely Europe each season) .
They may have beaten us convincingly in recent meetings but it doesn't mean they are a better team, the table doesn't lie.
15 Aug 2025 08:31:14
If we're honest, is he anywhere near a £100k+ a week player?
His camp can feel hard done by all they like but he hasn't earned more than offered.
He hasn't been fit for 2 years and by his own admission he hasn't made progress so why does he deserve to be paid more.
He is not a top player like Ollie or Emi and his work off the pitch doesn't hold a candle to Digne or SJM.
To be honest, I won't miss him like a Milner or a Grealish. He's not special and just comes across pretty poorly in a lot of clips I've seen.
04 Aug 2025 06:52:17
Totally agree.
I would also add that Watkins having a break to recover looks almost like a new signing going into the new season.
24 Jul 2025 13:33:59
I think the back 3 is only because Konsa is away. I don't think he trusts anyone of the youngsters in a 2 and doesn't seem to want 2 with the same dominant foot either.
21 Jul 2025 14:14:49
Whack, income is not limited to cash. Like with Luiz, the value of any players taken in exchange count towards a profit on a player sale.
13 May 2025 23:34:10
Trouble in what sense? They have a €69m shirt deal starting next year.
If you're talking about the footballing side, Heck had nothing to do with that and neither will his replacement.
18 Oct 2025 15:17:14
Yeah, but he's miles better than Emery don't you know. If Forest kept hold of him then they might have won the EFL trophy (Vertu Cup) in a couple of years. ?
18 Oct 2025 10:26:57
Unfortunately Lord, Starmer forced himself into having to take ridiculous actions like this after his recent Farage racism comments.
By going so strong in that interview, he now has to back it up with actions (actually investigating his own party would help) so we could see some more ill informed actions in the near future.
17 Oct 2025 15:19:46
I think a lot of people seem to be missing the point that this is as much for the safety of the Israeli fans as it is for our own.
I'd hate to see the stories if Tommy Robinson organised his bunch of thickos to meet the Tel Aviv Ultras.
{Ed001's Note - Tommy Robinson is funded by Israel.}
05 Oct 2025 20:01:43
All of our wins have been without Tielemans, why is it Mings and not him that is the "problem"?
03 Oct 2025 08:57:36
I thought we played a lot of good stuff in the 1st half, dropped off for the last 5 or 10 minutes and came under a bit of pressure that we rode out.
We've had 80% possession keepball without a threat and now we have 50% possession end to end action. Plenty of room for improvement but boring or a hard watch it was not. We could always go back to the time where Budweiser used us and Bolton as an advertising gimmick for boring 0-0 football.