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The Footie Thread

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Good season for Villa. Never once did we fear relegation which is a huge change from last season. All credit to Deano and the coaching staff, we have really turned a corner.

Great signings all round last summer, every player made a difference.

Shame we lost Jack for 12 games, he comes back and we win against Spurs and Chelsea - says a lot! If we had him for the full year we would have been a lot closer to making Europe - even if it was just the new conference thing!

Few key additions again in the coming window, get more strength in depth and we will be in a better position - love our owners and the investment isnt stopping any time soon.

UTV
 
I think people forget how good Henry was. He was getting 30 goals and 20 assists for years. Ageuro is obviously world class but circumstances and lack of competition have put him higher than he deserves. Henry, Ronaldo and Van Vistelrooy above him for me.

Isn’t this a contradiction?, he is world class but is higher than he deserves to be. Like the league table it don’t lie. He stuck with one team in the Prem, the other three choose not to.
 
Isn’t this a contradiction?, he is world class but is higher than he deserves to be. Like the league table it don’t lie. He stuck with one team in the Prem, the other three choose not to.
Henry , RVN and Ronaldo only played for one team in the Prem ?‍♂️
 
Good season for Villa. Never once did we fear relegation which is a huge change from last season. All credit to Deano and the coaching staff, we have really turned a corner.

Great signings all round last summer, every player made a difference.

Shame we lost Jack for 12 games, he comes back and we win against Spurs and Chelsea - says a lot! If we had him for the full year we would have been a lot closer to making Europe - even if it was just the new conference thing!

Few key additions again in the coming window, get more strength in depth and we will be in a better position - love our owners and the investment isnt stopping any time soon.

UTV


Have enjoyed watching Villa this year in the main, decent side. I guess the big question is are you able to keep Grealish for next season (wont be the first or last time youve heard that eh). Martinez has clearly done well for you, think your first choice defense has been good, am a massive Mcginn fan (esp when hes played a bit more advanced). The one I dont think gets the credit he deserves is Watkins, his workrate is excellent, always gives the team an out, causes defenders problems and scores goals, has actually been a touch unlucky with VAR offsides and hitting the woodwork more than his fair share! Adding some depth in a few key positions would solidify your position for sure but along with West Ham, Villa overachieved compared to expectations more than any other side
 
Have enjoyed watching Villa this year in the main, decent side. I guess the big question is are you able to keep Grealish for next season (wont be the first or last time youve heard that eh). Martinez has clearly done well for you, think your first choice defense has been good, am a massive Mcginn fan (esp when hes played a bit more advanced). The one I dont think gets the credit he deserves is Watkins, his workrate is excellent, always gives the team an out, causes defenders problems and scores goals, has actually been a touch unlucky with VAR offsides and hitting the woodwork more than his fair share! Adding some depth in a few key positions would solidify your position for sure but along with West Ham, Villa overachieved compared to expectations more than any other side
Leeds?
 
Have enjoyed watching Villa this year in the main, decent side. I guess the big question is are you able to keep Grealish for next season (wont be the first or last time youve heard that eh). Martinez has clearly done well for you, think your first choice defense has been good, am a massive Mcginn fan (esp when hes played a bit more advanced). The one I dont think gets the credit he deserves is Watkins, his workrate is excellent, always gives the team an out, causes defenders problems and scores goals, has actually been a touch unlucky with VAR offsides and hitting the woodwork more than his fair share! Adding some depth in a few key positions would solidify your position for sure but along with West Ham, Villa overachieved compared to expectations more than any other side

Its getting boring every summer seeing the paper make up stories about Jack leaving. And Arsenal fans obsessed with signing him all over twitter for some strange reason.. YAWN

Jack will cost someone 120 million easily, because that what he will cost to replace. Theres no one quite like him in the premier league. But hes at HIS club, captain and he can see how were developing. Our owners mean serious business and we cant progress if we sell our talisman. Jacks going NOWHERE (for now anyway)

I went to watch the youth cup final last night at Villa Park - Carney Chukwumemka is one for the future for sure! Head and shoulders above everyone else on that pitch - and he plays a lot like Jack!
 
Its getting boring every summer seeing the paper make up stories about Jack leaving. And Arsenal fans obsessed with signing him all over twitter for some strange reason.. YAWN

Jack will cost someone 120 million easily, because that what he will cost to replace. Theres no one quite like him in the premier league. But hes at HIS club, captain and he can see how were developing. Our owners mean serious business and we cant progress if we sell our talisman. Jacks going NOWHERE (for now anyway)

I went to watch the youth cup final last night at Villa Park - Carney Chukwumemka is one for the future for sure! Head and shoulders above everyone else on that pitch - and he plays a lot like Jack!
If the club want £120m for him then he’s definitely going nowhere.
 
Its getting boring every summer seeing the paper make up stories about Jack leaving. And Arsenal fans obsessed with signing him all over twitter for some strange reason.. YAWN

Jack will cost someone 120 million easily, because that what he will cost to replace. Theres no one quite like him in the premier league. But hes at HIS club, captain and he can see how were developing. Our owners mean serious business and we cant progress if we sell our talisman. Jacks going NOWHERE (for now anyway)

I went to watch the youth cup final last night at Villa Park - Carney Chukwumemka is one for the future for sure! Head and shoulders above everyone else on that pitch - and he plays a lot like Jack!

Is that the guy who came in other week and hit the post?

Grealish has to be Levy's biggest mistake .. he could have signed him when you went down but was too cheap to pay what 30 mil was it at the time? Now as you say add 90 odd to that
 
If the club want £120m for him then he’s definitely going nowhere.
Is that the guy who came in other week and hit the post?

Grealish has to be Levy's biggest mistake .. he could have signed him when you went down but was too cheap to pay what 30 mil was it at the time? Now as you say add 90 odd to that

Easy 120 - if not more. He single handedly kept us up last year and look how good we play when he returned to the team. Hes irreplaceable - therefore the fee is justified!

And yeah, thats the kid - hes special! Still U18 though so may take a year or two before we see him regularly - although Dortmund are sniffing around apparently
 
I think that this is one of the impacts of the vast amount of money that flows into football, most premier league clubs simply do not have to sell players any more. OK, they may want the funding for other reasons so agree to a sale but it is rarer these days to see a premier league club in a position where they have to sell their best players and they can put the large price tags on them if another club is interested.
 
Easy 120 - if not more. He single handedly kept us up last year and look how good we play when he returned to the team. Hes irreplaceable - therefore the fee is justified!

And yeah, thats the kid - hes special! Still U18 though so may take a year or two before we see him regularly - although Dortmund are sniffing around apparently

Yeah I caught the end of that game and was willing you on from the selfish reason of needed Europe finish for us

Then I was like for crying out loud he bringing kids on. Surprised me how good he was and the other guy didn't look bad?

All a clamour for Ming's to go the euros im surprised ngoyo not been called up.. he looks very promising
 
I think that this is one of the impacts of the vast amount of money that flows into football, most premier league clubs simply do not have to sell players any more. OK, they may want the funding for other reasons so agree to a sale but it is rarer these days to see a premier league club in a position where they have to sell their best players and they can put the large price tags on them if another club is interested.

Try telling the David's that. Pleading poverty already about loss of gates costing us don't expect money

I'm sorry you sold Upton park for what 80 million?
You loaned the club cash and took interest on the loans so all the club owes is to you
We don't own a stadium or pay a bill to upkeep it .. it's like what 3 million a year?

What exactly do we have to cover? Wages? You sold a lot of the dead wood.

We should have a decent war chest to play with covid or not when there is no infrastructure to maintain? I mean rush green is hardly state of the art.
 
Yeah I caught the end of that game and was willing you on from the selfish reason of needed Europe finish for us

Then I was like for crying out loud he bringing kids on. Surprised me how good he was and the other guy didn't look bad?

All a clamour for Ming's to go the euros im surprised ngoyo not been called up.. he looks very promising

Both young lads played well, the other being Jaden Philogene-Bidace - I cant say I know much about him, he didnt play last night strangely!

Konsa is a baller, should be in that England squad within the next 2 years no problem, especially as were so thin at CB. Mings is either your best defender or your worst, has a mistake in him but can also save you 3 points time and time again!
 
Its getting boring every summer seeing the paper make up stories about Jack leaving. And Arsenal fans obsessed with signing him all over twitter for some strange reason.. YAWN

Jack will cost someone 120 million easily, because that what he will cost to replace. Theres no one quite like him in the premier league. But hes at HIS club, captain and he can see how were developing. Our owners mean serious business and we cant progress if we sell our talisman. Jacks going NOWHERE (for now anyway)

I went to watch the youth cup final last night at Villa Park - Carney Chukwumemka is one for the future for sure! Head and shoulders above everyone else on that pitch - and he plays a lot like Jack!


Were only linked without about 147 players each summer, i wouldnt worry too much about the delusions of some of our fans lol
 
Both young lads played well, the other being Jaden Philogene-Bidace - I cant say I know much about him, he didnt play last night strangely!

Konsa is a baller, should be in that England squad within the next 2 years no problem, especially as were so thin at CB. Mings is either your best defender or your worst, has a mistake in him but can also save you 3 points time and time again!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...med-Englands-provisional-Euro-2020-squad.html

Seems like Ben White has pushed ahead of Konsa if this is true.
 
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