Aston Villa banter 2

08 Oct 2025 12:44:55
He got to 80 wins in 150 games. This is why so many good teams would be fighting to have him if we were too short sighted to sack him after a mini blip. Remember we have only lost 2 games so far this season

08 Oct 2025 13:36:20
Shew there are already rumours flying around that Man Utd will be interested in making a move for Unai if they decide to get rid of Amorim.

08 Oct 2025 18:59:42
United is a death sentence for any manager

09 Oct 2025 08:52:23
I’m sure at some point Unai will move on all managers do, but I think unless we sack him (god forbid) he will be very selective over where he goes next he has more or less total control of the football operation with us would he get that elsewhere? Not sure and he certainly wouldn’t get it at Utd and I agree with Whack re it being a graveyard for managers. I don’t think Jesus could get a tune out of Utd currently.

08 Oct 2025 07:39:10
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06 Oct 2025 15:38:40
I see Unai is the fastest Villa manager to achieve 50 wins and by some distance, and some would have us get rid of him. Really!

07 Oct 2025 12:24:46
Surely he has won more than 50 games? Seems a bit low after 3 years

07 Oct 2025 15:02:10
Think it's fastest to 80

06 Oct 2025 12:37:41
Once we get the last couple of injured players back it possible our starting bench contains any combination of these, Bizot, Mings, Bogarde, Sancho, Elliott Guessand, Barkley, Onana, Buendia Maatsen, Malen, Lindalof, Torres, (I have excluded those who I think will continue to be our regular starters) Obviously a great position to be in to have such quality in depth, the flip side how do you keep them all happy. Obviously a few will always stay or are involved at some time, and it's great to have cover with injury''s and competition is great and with European football you need an extended squad., But I think a number will be gone in January to free up funds for us to get a couple of real quality players. Which players should would let go?

06 Oct 2025 20:45:20
1) mings
2) Barkley
3) guassan
4) mings
5) mings

06 Oct 2025 23:09:13
Nothing but consistent Tom

07 Oct 2025 09:35:04
I reckon Toms Mrs got the hots for Mings, that’s why he wants him off . Never seen anybody with a dislike for a player, like this . UTV

07 Oct 2025 12:18:53
Sell our only CB cover, great idea 👌

07 Oct 2025 13:38:23
Some of us still think Torres at times is as much of a liability as Mings, a defenders pace is an essential attribute for top premier league sides.Both are valuable to us for different reasons and remember Mings has been selected a number times as first choice over Torres, so Emery can see issues with both of them and he's the one the makes the decisions.

06 Oct 2025 07:39:27
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05 Oct 2025 22:55:27
Apparently Unai is fastest villa manager to reach 80 wins, the stats don't lie does VJ do you still want Ange because he will available very soon

06 Oct 2025 13:03:28
It's a great stat Shew and one he should be immensely proud of, We are so lucky to have him at our club.

06 Oct 2025 17:43:30
Sorry VillaShew I used the same stat as you in a later post I should have checked earlier posts before posting.🤷🏻‍♂️

06 Oct 2025 21:48:18
I know mate it’s something that needs to be repeated so people on here may give this great manager time to sort out problems. he has definitely deserved it. This is the best manager we have had in decades and people want to swop him for the likes of Ange it beggars belief

07 Oct 2025 12:20:26
Lol nobody wants to swap him for big Ange, kids don’t count on adult pages😂

08 Oct 2025 08:29:56
Whack🤣🤣🤣

05 Oct 2025 22:41:26
Does anyone still think our point at Everton was a bad result. As I've said before it's not been pretty but we are definitely improving. There may well be some unrest behind the scenes but it seems Unai has got a grip on it now and it's beginning to show

06 Oct 2025 12:43:28
I think part of our turnaround is purely down to the quality of the opposition.
I said a few weeks back that two things can be true at the same time. Our performances aren't great, in particular our offensive play, but that's far from being at the stage of calling for Emery to go. If Watkins and Rogers get some decent form back (and there are a few signs that's beginning to happen, albeit baby steps) then we'll be fine. The next few fixtures are going to be much tougher, I just hope we don't have a other round of meltdowns if we lose a few on the bounce again.

06 Oct 2025 13:04:49
Nope was a great point and fully deserved also some think we should just beat teams because it's a lesser name than the likes of Liverpool etc etc

05 Oct 2025 19:50:49
So, four wins from four and an improving mood in the fanbase and, by the looks of it at Villa Park as well. It would drive a person mad to try and work out what's changed pre and post the Bologna game. In truth it doesn't really matter. Drive, zip and energy are back. Or at least coming back. Not perfect but plenty of improvement.

Regards to today, 100% agree that we could and should have been out of sight by the time they scored. But we saw it out and that's what matters. Shout out to Malen, two cracking finishes. Shout out to Bogarde for continuing to grow into being a starter. And shout out to Rogers, our second goal was him at his best. Find him in space, let him run at them, then pick the key pass.

Good to see Barkley back.he is very underrated for us (injuries have not been kind). And Onana as well.wrap him in bubble wrap between now and the Spurs game.

Hopefully the next two weeks will get Mings, Youri and Garcia back.

Was Sancho left out because he was still sick / ill? Does anyone know?

05 Oct 2025 21:15:03
Don’t want to see mings anywhere near the squad makes the whole team negative. Keep super pau at the heart of defence stepping into midfield spraying those passes around.

05 Oct 2025 21:15:44
Probably threw his dollies out SV and how long is Elliott going to keep quiet.

05 Oct 2025 22:37:33
Tom you hate of Mings and love affair with Pau, is becoming very embarrassing. Personally Iv always been in the Mings camp, but even so Iv stated how well Pau has played, the last couple of games UTV

05 Oct 2025 22:57:34
Hi Tom didn't you say sell Torres andMcGinn a few weeks into the season?

05 Oct 2025 18:20:51
4 wins on the bounce, but we are a difficult watch. I agree that we should have been out of sight by the hour mark, then after Malen's second we tried to coast to the final whistle and allowed Burnley back into it and against better teams we may very well have been punished. Work is still required to get to somewhere near where we were in the early part of last season.

Just as an aside everybody raves about Rodri and Rice as defensive midfielders and both are excellent in the role, but Kamara isn't far behind them his shielding of our back four is first class he rarely turns in anything other than a 8 out of 10 performance, and I don't think his contribution is recognised by the national media who focus on players from the so called big six, the one area where he could improve is in the goals column but in fairness as a defensive midfielder that isn't really his game.

05 Oct 2025 19:43:19
Not very often we agree LOTM, however you are absolutely bang on. Burnley were a poor side and there for the taking and we should have been out of site before their late goal. How many times have we had squeaky bum for the last quarter of the game, as you said better teams wouldn't have let us of the hook.We definitely need to step our game up and Watkins just isn't helping or pulling his weight. Positives, we are getting our injured players back, Rogers was much improved, Bogarde was excellent and Kamara is absolute class and is so calm on the ball. We have some difficult games ahead and after the next three games we can see if we have improved.

05 Oct 2025 17:19:14
How did Flemming of Burnley not get sent off for that elbow into Buendia's face.
The ref didn't even give a free kick. Surely VAR should have had a look.