Aston Villa banter 2

06 Oct 2024 15:59:18
Not the best of gamez but il take a point we never beat united

06 Oct 2024 15:05:58
Been a shocking game manu have setup not to lose

05 Oct 2024 23:26:16
No wonder never7 doesn't come on here no more, and to think as well wolves had 3 seasons to build a decent team when we were in the championship all rippings they gave us aswell with mind the gap, well the gap between the 2 clubs is a million miles apart, UTV

05 Oct 2024 09:08:35
Thought of song for jhon duran that villa fans can sing, can't think of the bands name but songs called just can't get enough 80s song
It goes aswell was singing it in bath lol

05 Oct 2024 09:51:12
Depeche Mode

05 Oct 2024 10:02:01
Sounds like it might be Depeche Mode (Just Can’t Get Enough) or maybe something by Shakira since he’s from Colombia?

05 Oct 2024 11:15:22
Depeche mode nice 1 guys

{Ed007's Note -

05 Oct 2024 18:44:50
Thats the1 edds

{Ed007's Note - Celtic don't do it very often now but it used to get the whole of Celtic Park bouncing as you can see. I'm friendly with some of the Green Brigade - Celtic's Ultras - and have been trying for years to get them to start doing this:
(Wisconsin do at the end of the 3rd quarter in every game)

05 Oct 2024 19:34:16
Villa should do it every time duran scores

06 Oct 2024 16:36:14
Where’s the Duran reference in the song? I’m missing it.

04 Oct 2024 21:08:26
Right chaps here's a question for you.

If Watkins and Duran continue as they are now at some point Duran is going to want guarantees as to who will be Emery's first choice striker. So come seasons end Watkins will be approaching 30 with 2 years (I think) left on his contract but by then in all likelihood Villa's all time Premiership leading goalscorer. Duran approaching 22 in all probability still a little raw but scores all types of goals but a totally different forward to Watkins. You can't keep both happy so who do you sell? Watkins at the peak of his powers and will command a hefty fee. Or Duran who will undoubtedly attract one of our PL competitors and may comeback to bite us for years to come?

04 Oct 2024 21:34:11
Keep both lol, no if a huge offer came in for watkins say 120 mil sell and keep jd

04 Oct 2024 22:25:30
I think it depends on where we finish more than anything. Ollie staying is probably dependent on qualifying for the Champions League.
We're all raving about Duran's goals but comparing his performances as a starter and as a sub, he just hasn't shown the capacity to lead the line yet.
Some of that is playing a weakened/rotated team but a lot of it is him looking for positions to benefit himself rather than benefit the team.
If we lose Ollie due to missing out then I think we spend 2 seasons out of the Champions League while Duran either improves or we find another striker for the second season.

04 Oct 2024 23:31:01
I think the answer is that what Unai is aiming for is a Man City type setup where the whole team is about squad rotation and the ability to bring on like-for-like replacements across multiple tournaments. As in City’s case, pretty much no one is guaranteed to start, including Harland and particularly £100m Jack or Foden. So we’re hopefully moving away from the prima-donna system of guaranteed positions to one where we have a wealth of talent willing to rotate. If either Ollie or Jhon think that nowadays, even for a big money move, they can march in to a ‘bigger’ club and demand a start, I think those days are over 🤔

05 Oct 2024 10:52:44
Watkins contract runs until 2028

05 Oct 2024 15:40:38
Personally I think as long as we keep European football we will have enough games to keep both happy, I think Duran will sit tight for a while, Real Madrid seems to be his dream, he has the stage now to attract that move, if he wants to start every week he will have to settle for a mid table side and once this season is done I can’t see him wanting that. I would like to see him getting the odd start as we know from the England setup Watkins can impact off the bench aswel. great complaint to have though, if we keep them both we have lots of goals and if we sell one we will get a lot of money to invest into the future of the team. I think Emery needs to try starting both fairly soon, we have a few knocks at the minute and Duran showed the other night he can win those long balls in the air (he got something on pretty much every one that was launched) and if Watkins is sniffing around he can run off him and do lots of damage. will be very interesting to see if or what we might bring in come January

05 Oct 2024 16:46:21
Getting them both into the starting line up is an interesting proposition but that probably means dropping Rogers or accepting that we can't bring a striker on as a sub to change a game.

05 Oct 2024 20:47:59
Whilst ideally I’d like to keep both I don’t see that happening long term, and whilst rumours are out there that Emery wants to start both, why would you change the winning formula you have in place already? The argument for me then boils down to an economic one ie which option provides us with the best outcome, and for me selling Watkins and reinvesting that money back into the club makes more sense. Whilst I accept strikers who could score 15-20 goals in the Premiership are hard to find Duran seems to me to be a one off, who scores all types of goals from 30 yard screamers to lucky ricochets that and given his age is why I would look to keep him.

03 Oct 2024 21:51:11
Someone pointed out today that during the farcical season of 2015-16, the club were rightly criticised for the rebranding exercise when we removed 'Prepared' from the club crest. Whereas ironically that pretty much totally sums up everything that Emery is about 🦁

03 Oct 2024 22:00:47
MD, imagine being the guy that got a tattoo with 'Prepared' on it, only for it to be removed from the crest about a year later. 🤦‍♂️

04 Oct 2024 11:51:15
That guy was was me RK 🤣🤣

04 Oct 2024 12:33:52
You're not alone Daz, seeing them turn the lion around really took the biscuit for mine. Having a left facing lion in flames with Prepared made me feel a right wally last season 🤣

04 Oct 2024 23:48:59
Especially since it’s on your forehead RK 😂 I had EUROPEANCUPWINNERSAGAINSTBAYERN1982 tattooed down the length of my old boy in massive letters back in the day. Nowadays at my age due to natural shrinkage sadly it just reads ‘UPINASTAR’ 🤔

03 Oct 2024 21:42:35
Bruno sent off again, misses villa game lol

04 Oct 2024 08:20:36
Does it carry over from European game?

04 Oct 2024 08:54:13
Just looked it up, last nights sending off does not affect him in premier league

04 Oct 2024 09:35:30
Bummer whack not fussed if we play our game we should win, manu are a lucky side

04 Oct 2024 10:01:57
Whack is right, the domestic cups affect the league but Europe only affects Europe.

03 Oct 2024 21:02:15
No rodgers in the england squad is a joke not being biased aswell .i hope all our players pull out of the games its pointless nations league

03 Oct 2024 16:21:54
Hi everyone went to the game yesterday but unfortunately when trying to purchase a match day program they had run out bloody typical. Anyone know where I can get a couple from?

03 Oct 2024 15:27:44
Still no sign of NeveSeven or whatever his name is, maybe he's got no signal being down that far.

03 Oct 2024 18:44:12
Probably changed his name now whack lol