19 Feb 2026 13:11:24
Hi Dave Dean regarding your post further down about subscribing to all things Villa.I don't know if you have twitter but there is a account on there called Primetimevilla he is very good and finds out things about Villa ref the new north stand and the areas surrounding VP.As tweeted by him and it's all on BCC site that Villa have bought land to build new houses and also the new walkway which will be linked from Witton train station to Vp and all other things that's happening in the surrounding area a very good read.
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19 Feb 2026 16:25:25
Daz I’m not on Twitter, as not being in the 21st century, I don’t have a phone HaHa . My lads been on that site and he says how good it is 👍UTV
19 Feb 2026 07:39:04
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18 Feb 2026 22:25:56
It's a funny old game😂
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18 Feb 2026 22:12:45
Wibbly wobbly Arsenal, surely not again, Cpt Scarlet did not look his cheery self HaHa UTV
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18 Feb 2026 21:51:48
You pay a bond upfront about 100 million to cover the cost in case you run into financial difficulties that would take place instead of squad costs and PSR and allow clubs to spend what they want
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20 Feb 2026 14:09:00
Exactly what I said a whole back. It's not rocket science
20 Feb 2026 17:18:25
When I asked the question I highlighted some figures. £5m a week in wages is £250m per year excluding any other costs.
Even if we miraculously increase our revenue by 50%, a £100m bond would hold us together for a year, maybe. If players are on 3 year contracts, how does the club survive if we somehow can't flog the players to the big European giants or Saudi?
If we want to call ourselves a business, no business has unlimited investment to cover running costs, loans and equity funding are only really taken for capital investment.
The only real argument I could make for 'unlimited' spending is transfer fees that are directly paid by the owners and no payment plan through the club, wages still need to be capped at a percentage of revenue to protect the future.
18 Feb 2026 21:45:55
Bid for Mane of Wolves at the end of the season
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18 Feb 2026 18:14:14
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18 Feb 2026 15:25:42
Malen has now scored 5 goals in his last 5 appearances for AS Roma, 2 braces in his last 2 matches in that too.
Given Watkins poor form this season surely it would have been better to keep Malen and play him as an out and out forward, at least for half a dozen games. We're now left with Watkins and Abraham, who hasn't impressed so far since his return.
I'm concerned about the remainder of the season, as many Villa fans are, having got ourselves into such a strong position in the EPL and in the Europa League.
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18 Feb 2026 16:16:09
Trinity, everyone with an ounce of football logic must now realise that it was an unacceptable choice to sell Malen, it's too late and nothing can be done. Remember we are still playing with the majority of the team from Smiths era, you can only wax lyrical about what Emery has achieved with the choices he has available. However, who sanctioned the purchase/ loans of Elliott, Guessand Sancho and the sale of Malen.
Surely the experience and contacts of our elite well paid management team should have found us some quality that we need to push on. There are players out their that are within our financial limits and yet we go back to old names from the past. It has to be a concern Trinity.
18 Feb 2026 17:30:12
Or is it just that Malen has moved into a league that is less competitive and so is performing relatively well? Wouldn't be the first premiere league player that's happened to.
Don't get me wrong, he was a useful player and in an ideal world I'd have liked to keep him too, but it would be a bit selective to just remember the goals/stats and not the several games where he looked out of place and went missing.
Factor in his large salary and our financial pressures, it does kind of make sense. We have to live in the world we're in, not the world we want sometimes.
18 Feb 2026 17:57:04
Plenty of players have looked good in the Italian league in recent years while not being up to par elsewhere.
Malen cannot play centre forward in the premier league as a starter. We did try it several times and he only looked good when coming on as a sub.
He wanted to be a regular starter as a number 9 and we couldn't give him that. If he was willing to play wide then he may have had a future with us, as it is, this is the best for all parties.
19 Feb 2026 18:39:30
At the moment I certainly don't think it's best for us, Guessand, Bailey, Sancho aren't or didn't deliver or offer what Malen did, so how can that be good for us, with Ollie firing blanks our two attacking midfield players injured Malen certainly covered our shortfall.
20 Feb 2026 14:11:56
Scot, I think sancho is starting to shape up and offers much more than malen I personally think
20 Feb 2026 16:02:43
SV, there is definitely signs of improvement, still very inconsistent though, however give me Sancho over Bailey all day long.
20 Feb 2026 18:51:38
All 3 of those mentioned play wide, Malen wasn't willing to do that. Abraham needs a couple of games to settle, but at least he is an actual number 9. He should turn out to be the better option in time.
20 Feb 2026 22:21:12
Malen was a willing team player who adapted to whatever Emery asked him to do and he delivered on numerous occasions and scored more goals than those who weren't delivering.
21 Feb 2026 07:49:46
How many times did he play wide then? That's right, zero.
Both he and Emery have said he wanted to be a striker and that was the only position he would play.
I think only 1 of his goals came when he started and that was in probably the worst half of European football we've had.
Outside of his finishing and a bit of pace, he was actually pretty awful.
Couldn't hold the ball up, running into trouble because he was too selfish, making wrong decisions on a regular basis. Like Duran, it's nice to remember the goals, but if someone who is only good as a sub demands to start, you need to let them go.
