Aston Villa Banter

17 Apr 2025 23:30:06
Football, as Jimmy Greaves said "funny old Game. Who would have thought we were the only English team in the Euros quarter finals to fail, we played the strongest team and had probably the best overall performance. We go on and it's still in our own hands to get something positive out of this season.

18 Apr 2025 14:22:51
I genuinely believe we’ll win every game till the end of the season, wouldn’t that be something? Get CL, win FA Cup, but the lead story on Sky would be Ange got a flat tyre today, or something else no one cares about 🤷🏼‍♂️

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17 Apr 2025 07:39:12
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, Manchester United Need To Recruit More From The Domestic Leagues

16 Apr 2025 21:43:46
Wish we had this ref for last night he has give Arsenal everything.

16 Apr 2025 18:34:18
There appears to be a lot of noise around Rashfords future today. Emery has rightly said we need to see how the next few games go.
He had his best game in a Villa shirt last night, did he play with claret and blue blood in his veins or because he was on the biggest stage in world football and calling on Barcelona to come get me, it's common knowledge that he would love to go there. I personally don't think he was ever going to sign a permanent deal with us, his wages alone would significantly reduce our ability to sign the class players we need to maintain our place at the top table. We currently pay more than 95% of our income on players wages, this is clearly unsustainable, Rashford could make things even worse, there is very little likelihood that he will take a massive hit on his 350k a week. Any thoughts guys?

16 Apr 2025 20:18:44
I think you are probably right Scotty we would have to be competing in Europe and he would have to be prepared to take a significant pay cut and even then we probably would need to offload some our bigger earners to make such a move feasible. Much more do able would be Asensio his salary is circa £150k and I think he likely to be more consistent over time but again I think European football is essential

17 Apr 2025 00:11:06
LOTM, is it possible Rashford has used us for his own ends. He has certainly got the exposure he obviously wanted and we were obviously a wise choice for him, of course we have benefited as well.The downside is we have possibly allianated Ollie, I personally would take Ollie over Rashford, a proven goalscorer and a big reason why we managed top four last season.When a player earns two, three or more times a week than the rest of the squad, this can have negative consequences.

17 Apr 2025 11:00:21
Rashford may have used us as you say but it’s been a win win so certainly no hard feelings from me if he decides his future lies elsewhere. In terms of Ollie I have always been of the view that he isn’t clinical enough to take us to the next level so if at 29 we could get north of £60 million for him personally I would let him go.

16 Apr 2025 10:14:07
My sons just phoned, we've got our tickets, I think we are on the roof, £80 for the three HaHa . Disgusting the way it's been done, was talking down the game last night, people who've paid for membership are getting tickets in front of season ticket holders . As they say money talks, nearly 60yrs a season ticket holder means nothing at all .At least we've got one, bet there are lots of others who haven't. UTV