Aston Villa Banter 2

21 Oct 2026 22:17:41
Another win 3 points, should have been well away and out of sight. After a sticky 20 mins, Buendia was great, a bit more luck, and he could have had at least 3. Gomes had a great game in a strange position,Allyson had a brilliant game down the Right, certainly deserved a goal. Garnacho showed us just what he can do tonight, shame we can't give him more game time.

Ginny once again showed us how he is the glue that keeps our midfield moving forwards, before they start Mings only misplaced the ball once, steady as a rock once again. For a mishmash side they all did well.
On now to Man City, at least we have reinforcements back,to bolster the side. UTV.

21 Oct 2026 22:43:35
Spot on Dave watched the game over here in Menorca with some Real Madrid fans both games on TV next to each other they was very impressed with Villa very impressed explaining to them we have a lot of injuries too.

Out of 1 persons mouth he uttered these words not mine " We have the best manager in the world and should treasure him whilst we have him" Never a true word spoken!

22 Oct 2026 09:51:25
Dave agree on everything apart from Garnacho, I didn't see him show anything but being able to kick it straight at their keeper or wide when he had decent chances. up against tired defenders who were spent after chasing Allyson and Mbaye for 75 odd mins and he couldn't put a nail in their coffin.

You may not believe me but every time he got the ball I was shouting "come on Garnacho show us that you can still do it” at the tv. my young lad was asking why was I shouting for him when he knows I don't like him? My answer was simple "he's wearing our shirt and I'd love it if he was top class regardless of my opinion” I'm not one of these people who would rather they fail and be proved right, I'd only love it if he came on and ripped teams apart simply because that would make us better as a team and would give us more chance of success.


If you want proof look at Jackson, I hated the thought of him coming to Villa, I did not want him in our team, didn't think he was good enough, consistent enough, honest enough, hardworking enough, all based on what I seen of him at Chelsea. boy was I wrong, he's class, I love watching him play for us, he fits our system so so well, he try's so hard and he's a constant threat, a definite upgrade on Watkins (as much as I loved him).

I've eaten pretty much all of my hat on Jackson but I've saved a little bit for Garnacho and if he proves me wrong I'll eat the rest of it, but as things stand he's no better than Bailey and I don't mean the Bailey that ripped the league apart that one season.

21 Oct 2026 20:15:43
Scandinavian teams are notoriously tricky to play against.
Feel this will be no different tonight.
There could be a surprise in store for us.

21 Oct 2026 19:00:00
Looks like we're playing three at the back, midfield four and three up front.
Quite a lineup, just hope it works out.

21 Oct 2026 14:10:10
Injuries continue to impact on us, left back is a big problem. Hopefully Manzambi is being rested for Saturday and is not injured or nothing to stop him playing Saturday.
Mings could well be left back,with Torres and Lindalof in central defence Cash right back.
Buendia will replace Manzambi.

Mcginn Kamara, Jackson, Mbye, Barkley will make up the rest. Viking will be no pushover, Munich found that out last week,they scored three against them. 9 points will put us in a good position to proceed in the later rounds of the competition, let's hope we continue our winning run.

21 Oct 2026 19:01:14
No recognised fullback in the starting XI. Have to say I'm very surprised.
Be really interesting to see how we lineup.

20 Oct 2026 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - Big C has posted a new article entitled, Everton Need Stability Under Moyes

19 Oct 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - OptimumShots has posted a new article entitled, Everton Need More Than Moyes' Stability

18 Oct 2026 21:24:47
Great game yesterday, they threw the kitchen sink at us and we stood firm, and away from home. they done their best to hurt multiple villa players. jackson and manzambi look great, Lindelof MOTM for me. things are looking up apart from the injuries. great 3 points, Emery is working us up the table nicely.
UTV.

18 Oct 2026 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - thefutureisoldgold3 has posted a new article entitled, Wolves Player Ratings v Burnley

17 Oct 2026 21:41:23
How has Botman escaped a straight red tonight?
Joelinton could quite easily have had 2 yellows in any other game. The officials really do have to get a grip of some of these challenges.
AWB injured now. How many weeks before Maatsen and Ruggeri are back?

19 Oct 2026 21:54:53
Mastsen back against the cheating scumbags this weekend.

17 Oct 2026 20:31:14
Once again, funny how everyone, except for the ref and his minions, thought it was a Red card.

17 Oct 2026 20:23:20
Lindelof was class again. I thought he was limping a little at the end I hope he doesn't have an injury because if he does, with Wan Bissaka likely to be out as well I do worry for us defensively. We should have been out of sight by halftime, but as has been said we dug in and got the result.

I thought Botman should have gone for what was an over the ball challenge which bordered on one of the old scissors challenges which I think are now automatic red cards. I wonder if Mings has committed that challenge whether the decision would have been different.

17 Oct 2026 20:18:10
What is it with us and Left Backs, another one bites the dust, looks like his hamstring, he was playing doing so well. A hard fought win in the end, if it hadn't been for Mings, it could have been a draw. Lindeloff once again, was brilliant, the amount of clearances he made was amazing, game after game he's doing it.

Manzambi's goal was a great header, from a great cross, Jackson absolutely ran his socks off, work rate is brilliant. There seemed a lot of tired legs out there towards the end, it will be ice baths all round, to get ready for Wednesday. UTV.

17 Oct 2026 20:00:47
Good result good Newcastle are dirty and the ref was awfull.