15 Mar 2026 18:26:41
Worst Premier League I’ve ever seen.
We’re 4th and we are absolute s****!!
Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd are all as bad.
15 Mar 2026 20:05:48
Agree. How are we 4th? It's a joke. I know 1 thing, there's no chance Unai goes to Real, or United, not a chance, even Chelsea. I hope our owners have somebody else lined up, cos Unai's time's nearly up. Players need a new voice, in my opinion, and we need an attacking manager. Hurtzler, Iraola, Knudson from Bodo Glimt, or Mattius Jissape, or Xavi.
15 Mar 2026 20:21:09
You really have a short memory, VJ. You need to give your head a wobble, and reflect on our performance in the decade before our current manager took up post. Unai may go. If he does, though, it will be of his own volition, not because we sack him.
And don't be so sure he won't end up at Madrid; he is apparently second favourite after Klopp. One of the things which may make him stay is the freedom he has been given on all footballing matters, which he would be unlikely to get at other clubs.
15 Mar 2026 20:40:32
Who cares. Its now that matters, not bothered where we were 10 yrs ago. Its a results business, Im afraid, and theres no chance Unai gets Real Madrid job. Unai is a bottler, hasnt won jck all for ages. Villa hasnt played well since xmas, and our style of play is shocking, and Unai has wasted millions on crap, Onana, Torres, Tammy, Barrencha, Guessand.
Barkley, Allyson, Maduro, Maatsen aswell, Sanco, Elliot, Dobbing, Illing Jnr.
Only Rodgers and Tielemans, and Duran have been good signings, I for 1 wont be sad if Unai leaves.
15 Mar 2026 20:56:21
Villa are 4th in the league and in a good position in Europe. And people are calling for Emery's head? Am I understanding this correctly?
It'll be an extremely sad and detrimental day when Emery leaves Aston Villa, and I'll take no pleasure in dropping a massive "I told you so" when we are languishing in 14th.
But I will do it nonetheless. He is performing absolute miracles with this squad, and anybody who thinks we can get a manager who would have a bigger impact doesn't know football!
15 Mar 2026 21:28:12
I'm certainly not calling for Emery to go.
I stand by the fact we haven't played well this year in many games, probably only 3 or 4.
With the other teams failing to capitalise, it does give us an opportunity, but we must beat West Ham.
Another lacklustre performance, and I can see us dropping out of the top 4.
Win, get to the international break, and start again in mid April. Sounds easy, but it's difficult to see how given our form since January.
15 Mar 2026 22:15:57
We are on a horrible run of form, there is no escaping that. But to ignore the huge volumes of context, and simply blame Emery or team selection, is very short-sighted - Villa are punching well above their weight, and Emery is the primary reason for this! I've said it a few times recently, Villa have an outstanding 11, but once you chip away at that, we don't have a huge amount of depth, and, unlike the "big" clubs, we can't simply throw money at the problem.
We played a team today who can spend 90M on Antony, realise he doesn't fit the system, loan him out for the remainder of his contract, and replace him with 75M Bryan Mbuemo - and you can tell a similar tale for Rasmus Hojlund (80M), Sancho (80M), Pogba (90M), the list goes on.
Villa need to be absolutely perfect, and currently we are far from it, but Emery is operating with one hand tied behind his back, and still has us competing - people will rue the day they called for his sacking; once he goes, Villa will plummet. I've said it a lot in the past when I see bed wetters calling for Emery to be relieved of his duties the moment we hit a bump in the road. We don't deserve good things as a fan base.
16 Mar 2026 09:48:18
Exactly. This is more or less the same team Gerrard had. Only now, we are more controlling and demanding!
16 Mar 2026 12:06:34
Hi Jonny.
You mention crap players bought by Unai, but Villa are buying from Poundland, whilst City, Arsenal, Man U and Liverpool are buying from Harrods. Do you really think a £20m player is going to be as good as a £60 m player?
Villa have spent peanuts, not by choice, but because the system says we have to, and yet we are still above Chelsea and Liverpool, who spent £480 m in the summer.
Do you think City would be in our position if Pep only spent £40m over 3 years?
Unai has performed miracles.
Yes, the football isn't as free flowing as when he first came, but that is to be expected. The team needs rebuilding, the average age yesterday was over 29. But how do we rebuild if we can't spend?
We are not the only team in this situation, but we are still nearer the top than the bottom. Would you prefer to be West Ham, Burnley, Forest, Spurs or Leeds?
16 Mar 2026 12:29:17
There's money being wasted, there's quality players out there for cheap. Our scouts just need to look Championship, l1, Scottish leagues
French league, Africa, South America, Belgium, Denmark. Other clubs do it, but not Villa.
Unai can't even blood and gel our youth players like other managers do. The talent is there as well at our club, it's just Unai doesn't want to blood them.
16 Mar 2026 15:01:02
You're assuming we aren't scouting those leagues, though, VJ - I'm sure we have quite an extensive network of scouts, but if it was that easy, everybody would be doing it, right? Villa have bought young players, and they simply haven't been up to the necessary standards. And yes, I know you will say, "How do we know if we don't play them?" Emery will have seen enough of them to know if they will make an impact or not. Also, Emery, the club & the fans want success now, and blooding young players takes time unless you happen upon the next Wayne Rooney.
We have Allyson, Madja & Cisse, who will be amongst the first team next year, I'm sure, as will Hemmings, as there is absolutely a massive need to reduce the average age of the squad in the summer. I expect us to look completely different come the end of the summer window, let's hope that is with the aid of the Champions League money.
16 Mar 2026 15:54:37
I hope so, bk. We need to take the age down and get pace in the team.