Aston Villa banter 2

29 Jan 2026 15:11:05
If I was a top world class manager, Spanish, the family homesick and possibly the best job in the world offered to me is Real Madrid, would I seriously consider it, you bet I would.

29 Jan 2026 16:07:57
You'd be right to say that most would consider it.but equally, any manager looking to build a long term project and be given the time to develop a squad of his choosing and a culture of his making would probably think twice.
One of the biggest jobs in the footballing world, but equally one of the biggest risks.

29 Jan 2026 14:43:54
Guessand off to Palace then

29 Jan 2026 16:08:25
Hopefully that means one more coming in.

29 Jan 2026 13:48:13
Villa (and Spuds) hit with £125k fine after the FA Cup game earlier this month.
Absolute shocker. If the officials had done their job during the match there wouldn't have been any issue at the final whistle. Palhinha should have been booked for foul on Kamara and then booked again later in the game.
Again no punishment for the referee for being incompetent.

29 Jan 2026 09:16:22
Any takers for Bissoma?

29 Jan 2026 11:48:09
Decent player apparently shocking attitude so no.

29 Jan 2026 07:39:08
{Ed's Note - thefutureisoldgold3 has posted a new article entitled, Planning for the Championship: Wolves' Financial Rebuild

29 Jan 2026 00:04:59
I know the subject has already been raised, but I think it's essential that we win tomorrow to ensure we get our second leg of the playoffs at home. With our injuries that could affect our league position an Europa win could be an insurance policy.

I hope we put the strongest possible team out tomorrow, if we don't and things don't work out with a win we could end up regretting it.

29 Jan 2026 11:15:09
Agree Scott, I'd like to see a strong team, however I think with the current casualty list I think Emery will juggle his resources.
We honestly can't afford many more injuries with the schedule we have.
As mentioned previously, I think the FA Cup is the one competition that we should make significant changes.

29 Jan 2026 11:31:19
I wouldn't risk Onana for this one

28 Jan 2026 19:28:29
Garcia injured again, think it's time to ship him out in the summer it hasn't worked out for him at villa at all.

29 Jan 2026 05:38:59
Playing devils advocate here but you could say the same about Kamara, haven’t got my calculator in front of me but I’d say he averages about 3 months per season out injured 🤷🏼‍♂️

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29 Jan 2026 09:14:46
Fair point 72, the only difference is he plays pretty much every single game when he’s not injured, and he’s one of the heartbeats of the team, he’s also injured because of a bad tackle whereas Garcia is out injured because he played for 20 mins maybe I’m wrong but I didn’t see him getting roughed up, might aswel be flushing his wages down the toilet, cash never gets a break he’s not reliable enough even for cover.

29 Jan 2026 09:25:37
Kamara has played just over 55% of games since he joined us.

29 Jan 2026 13:18:16
Bucky had his calculator to hand 😂 they do say though, that you’re more likely to get niggling injuries if you don’t play (90 mins) every week

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28 Jan 2026 12:54:07
Now that Tammy and Dougie are (or nearly) on board, would you guys be happy with that, or do you think we need (even) more wingers? 😝😂

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28 Jan 2026 13:24:41
Id take another CM if we could get a loan or freebie.

28 Jan 2026 14:06:52
That said if Harry Wilson could be bought cheap I’d take him

28 Jan 2026 18:04:47
I'd take Stirling on a free

28 Jan 2026 19:00:14
Wouldn't go anywhere near Sterling unless his contract was heavily stacked toward performance/appearances, short term and with us having the option to extend.which he'd never sign up to anyway. I'd be very surprised if he leaves London now too. But, I agree that we'd benefit from another winger!

28 Jan 2026 19:27:37
He’s on £300k a week we aren’t in a position to pay anywhere near that kind of money, and allegedly he doesn’t want to leave London.

27 Jan 2026 20:34:32
Can't believe our three key midfield players are all out for some time, Kamara for the season the other two it's rumoured to be months. This is a real blow to our chances in the league and cups. Obviously will still have decent players however to loose three of the best seems so unfair.

Hopefully Dougie will step up and hope Onana doesn't join them on the injured list, he is prone. Why not push Torres forward in to left midfield and play Mings or Lindaloff in the heart of the defence, both looked good in the recent games.

27 Jan 2026 21:20:19
I’d like the idea of Torres in the middle but don’t think he has the engine nor the pace to be box to box could be a shout tho given our unlucky injuries

27 Jan 2026 22:55:16
I suspect that if it comes to it Lindelof will be the first option of converting a defender into a defensive midfield option, but let's hope it doesn't come to that and if we're really fortunate there might be another midfielder before the end of the window.

27 Jan 2026 19:31:41
Why don't we take a punt on Hayden Hackney of Boro? He's highly rated

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