Aston Villa Banter 3

08 Sep 2026 16:02:01
Just watched Club Brugge U19's give our U19's a 5-3 drubbing and in reality the score flattered us! It was interesting to note how comfortable Brugge were on the ball and how nervous our lads looked when put under pressure. One of the Brugge goals was a direct result of us trying to play out from the back when the players in my view didn't look comfortable trying to do it.

I know it's only one game but I didn't see anyone who stood out and ready to step up to the next level unfortunately.

08 Sep 2026 11:47:34
Emery nominated for coach of year at Ballon d’Or awards. Probably go to Captain Scarlet though. Still it’s recognition for a tremendous season.

08 Sep 2026 10:25:48
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08 Sep 2026 07:39:02
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07 Sep 2026 20:02:20
Any1 think this should be the front 4
Jckson on left, madjo in middle, and mbaye on right
And manzambe

07 Sep 2026 23:00:22
The only way that front four gets played is if we're chasing goals in the final part of a game... which we almost certainly would be if we started with that front four. Emery isn't going to risk that, and I'd agree with him.

07 Sep 2026 20:20:32
Another new player out for weeks. We don't seem to have much luck with injuries.

07 Sep 2026 22:01:51
Was he ever fit to start with, I wonder.

07 Sep 2026 14:51:30
This how i see it we are awful because we have ripped the heart an soul out of the team and the replacements we signed are not of the same quality Bellis, garnacho, Jackson bang average players, i think Suzuki is class and mbaye and manzambi and Gomez also ruggeri is a good defensive lb, goretzcka will add quality and leadership.

The 3 games we have played we have been dreadful 1 shot on target in 3games is embarrassing i don't think we will get a top10 finish this season and we will won't win a game in CL i wrote off the season when we sold the spine of the team not excited at all best we can hope for is a cup, also it wouldn't surprise me if unai walks he's been dealt a bad set of card this villa team is Temu point 2, it should of been a slow rebuild by shifting out 2 in 1window so we still have the right balance now its all gone

07 Sep 2026 16:26:48
You're back then, VJ, as enthusiastic as usual. HaHa UTV.

07 Sep 2026 17:17:38
Good to see you are ok, Jonny. Like you, many found it embarrassing, mainly because five hours of lacklustre football, nothing changed in terms of any attacking nous. It could well be a short-term blip, and once we get the quality players on the field and Emery works his magic, we could easily get back on track. 🤞

07 Sep 2026 17:45:39
Theres nothing be excited about dave i just call it how it is mate if anything its gutwrenching

07 Sep 2026 17:53:06
Cheers scotty

06 Sep 2026 22:26:38
Unless I have missed something, we haven't heard from Jonny yet, I'm sure he has something to say about nearly five hours of average football, no goals and one shot on target. Looking forward to your pearls of wisdom mate.

07 Sep 2026 11:51:56
Scotty, I think you will find Jonny has been here all along, just using a different (selective) name. 🤪

07 Sep 2026 12:47:32
B36, never thought of VJ. I thought it was Tom, because he went quiet as well. HaHa UTV.

07 Sep 2026 13:03:11
36, you may have a point. However, he has been accused in the past of changing his name. He usually responds if we are wrong.

07 Sep 2026 13:13:56
Maybe he's working away home?

07 Sep 2026 14:24:11
I've just been thinking. All is not going well with our team at the moment, then suddenly it hit me that tomorrow I'm off to Brugge to watch Aston Villa Football Club in the Champions League again.

Four years of European football, and I think back to four years ago and all the Villa fans outside the Holte End dancing in the streets because we had made the Conference League. Bit of a sobering moment.

07 Sep 2026 14:53:47
Nope not me no different name

07 Sep 2026 15:10:59
Never changed my name scotty

06 Sep 2026 18:57:22
Hey Scot. Just referring to a post further down about THB being left out, I asked a question about who you would of left out instead of THB but it’s left unanswered. Not looking to debate your answer just interested in your opinion?

06 Sep 2026 22:16:41
Whack, firstly, I wouldn't have left Madjo and Elliss out. Reluctantly, I would have left Mings out. I like Mings, but he's not a £30million defender, and Garnacho, he looks like a mixture of Guessand and Bailey.

06 Sep 2026 10:40:19
Football a game of opinions, but some on here change theirs, more than they change their socks. Go back after the Arsenal game, the opinion was, obviously with all the new player, it will take time, but we believe in Emery, after yesterday suddenly it's all change again.
Brighton game, two cockups by Pau, sent us in a tiz, but Emery sorted it second half.
Arsenal game, everyone one here more than happy with the way we played.
Yesterday dire game, but we got a point and had shots at goal, if chances had gone in, you wouldn't have been moaning.


The initial excitement of last week, about the players we had brought and Emery coaching them, certainly didn't last long with some. This is my 68th season, so I've seen all this before, this is all part of being a Villa fan. Ups and down, highs and lows, and if you're honest, the highs we've had with Emery have been very good. So give your heads a wobble and have some of that patience, we were talking about last week. UTV

06 Sep 2026 19:20:14
True, Dave. Still unsure about Jackson though.

06 Sep 2026 21:57:20
I think Jackson could thrive if we can get some quality behind him.

06 Sep 2026 07:39:03
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05 Sep 2026 23:42:35
Love Ginny but does anyone else think he looks a little overweight.

05 Sep 2026 21:50:01
Bloody hell it’s started already, anyone expecting a polished performance is deluded.
A point today but should have been more, we have so much talent yet to take the field and some of comments are laughable.
This season is going to be tough with more downs than ups but it’s necessary so we will be in a good shape to challenge the big boys again.


In an ideal world we would have added quality to an already decent squad but due to circumstances mainly out of his control Emery will have to start from scratch. Have patience and then see how good this guy is.

06 Sep 2026 10:53:58
I don't think it's by any means deluded for fans to expect more than 1 shot on target out of all that possession and shots. Shew. Hull parked the bus, like so many bad teams have done against us in recent seasons, and once again the team and manager did the same thing for 93 mins. Garnacho was brought on so he could fall over and lose the ball pretty much every time he got the ball, Tammy was brought on to not have the ball crossed into him.

People didn't expect a miracle, but they do expect highly paid professionals to see what everyone watching the game could see. It's not the end of the world to get a draw, but we have to do better against teams like this because it's costing us every season, not just this season.