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28 Jul 2025 10:08:34
Looks like Chelsea interest in Rogers is being stepped up, apparently they have offered Jackson, Aderabayo plus cash. I am sure we will reject the offer however as Palmer is allegedly one of his best mates I wonder if he will eventually have his head turned.
1.) 28 Jul 2025 11:02:06
Chelsea want £100M for Jackson, other guy I’m going to guess £30M+, and cash? Why don’t we make an offer for Palmer, we need a left footed attacking mid, and he’s mates with Rogers so even better, they can carpool to training too and save the planet ??
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01 Jul 2025 20:52:51
Looks like Asensio is off to Fenerbache sadly
1.) 03 Jul 2025 01:21:31
I saw that… but with Duran coming in and them paying 3/4 of his wages I would’ve thought it was one or the other! That’s a significant outlay otherwise
09 May 2025 12:24:52
Just read an interesting take on the Marco Asensio situation, apparently we won't be taking up the option to buy not because Emery doubts his ability by because they think he has lost 'his legs' and can't sustain a performance over 90 minutes which has a ring of truth about it in that he hasn't started many games and those that he has he invariably gets substituted.
1.) 11 May 2025 17:30:51
He has gone off the boil lately I really don’t know why he started yesterday I would of started Rogers centrally and give Malen a start on the wing
23 Apr 2025 22:02:00
I see we are being linked with a possible move for Kevin De Bruyne. Interesting and costly I would have thought.
1.) 24 Apr 2025 00:17:02
He would be a brilliant signing if he came
2.) 24 Apr 2025 13:01:43
He will be 34 in June and demanding a big wage. Already seen this season his legs ain't what they use to be. Money to be spent more wisely elsewhere is my call.
13 Apr 2025 18:42:00
Just seen a rumour that Utd have offered us £69 million for Rogers.Nowhere near enough.
1.) 13 Apr 2025 22:50:14
Was saying this to a Utd fan, don’t know the exact figure but that’s what they roughly paid for Mount who was in the last year of his contract at Chelsea, and aside from that he was crap and as it turns out injured more often than not, Utd are a joke
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08 Nov 2025 11:41:23
I do worry about the Bournemouth game based on what I saw defensively against Maccabi I know Cash and Digne will come back in but the way we were exposed on the transition by let's face it a bang average side was poor if that happens against Bournemouth we will be punished. We need to move the ball much quicker if we want to hurt Bournemouth's back line.
It will be interesting to see the starting XI. Does Tielemans come straight back in? personally I hope so. Does Guessand start? not sure I know he isn't great going forward but he does offer Cash additional protection and as Bournemouth are a threat out wide that's an option. Does Watkins start not sure. However in Unai we trust.
1.) 08 Nov 2025 12:36:15
Lotm, 1 thing I will say is we seem to always play at a similar level to our opponents, we play better against stronger teams then when we play weaker teams our levels drop to their standard, Bournemouth will come at us which in turn will create space for us going forward, our record at home is excellent in terms of results, I predict a tight game but confident we can get the 3 points.
Cash is a million miles better at RB than Lindelof was on Thursday and he’s fresh having not played midweek. also there are a few teams ahead of us playing each other this weekend so we could find ourselves in a great position come Sunday night
2.) 08 Nov 2025 12:36:59
LOTM, many on here and some of the more knowledgeable pundits have said we are far too slow bringing the ball forward and I agree I think Bournemouth will export this, hopefully Emery can modify his tactics to speed things up, he has done this in the past when we played our best football.
06 Nov 2025 23:17:41
Good result but not a great performance however that said certain positives did come out of it. Firstly what a relief to see Tielemans back in the side we were more creative in the minutes he was on the pitch than the previous 60 odd minutes. Secondly Bogarde gets better every time I see him at 21 he could be part of our midfield for years to come. However on the debit side Lindelof at right back is poor he is one paced and offers nothing going forward and I'm sorry Lindelof and Guessand on the right hand side will cost us big time if deployed against stronger opposition.
The one thing which I think is a definite is we won't be signing Harvey Elliott if he can't get into the starting XI against Maccabi then I don't see him starting at all and if I'm honest I don't understand why, he is definitely a better player than Guessand and Sancho yet he can't get a start but Unai must have his reasons.
02 Nov 2025 10:40:47
Well Emery sees something as he continues to pick him in preference to either Malen or Elliott. The one thing Guessand does do is track back to support Cash which maybe one of the reasons for the upturn in Cash’s form as he is less exposed than he has been previously.
1.) 02 Nov 2025 21:22:24
Agree Lotm he has shored up that right side defensively but going forward he’s crap.
02 Nov 2025 09:39:20
Not a bad performance, until Salah's goal I thought we looked fairly comfortable and as has been said if you'd offered me 6 points from Spurs, Man City and Liverpool before we kicked a ball I'd have snapped your hands off.
The big concern for me is Ollie, his confidence is completely shot however the problem is we don't have a like for like replacement.
Malen is best coming in from out wide his game isn't based on working the oppositions centre backs and running the channels so I don't think playing him as our no 9 works however if we don't give it a try I'm not sure what the alternative is to be honest. Something of a conundrum for Emery.
27 Oct 2025 09:57:52
Great result a superb defensive performance, I know Onana got man of the match and he was superb, but personally I would have given it to Cash not only for the goal but in Savinho and Doku he had to deal with two of the trickier wide players in the premiership and he dealt with them superbly. My only slight gripe is with Konsa I wish he would to stick at what he's good at defending and wouldn't think he was the defensive Johan Cryuff twisting and turning in the corner when surrounded by more technically gifted players, sometimes booting the ball into row z is the right approach giving the back line time to reset but as I say it's only a minor gripe.
Once Tielemans is fit it will be interesting to see if Unai tries to fit Kamara, Onana and Tielemans into the starting XI.
1.) 27 Oct 2025 16:43:57
To be fair to Konsa though, he didn't give the ball away.
2.) 27 Oct 2025 17:40:38
Hi LOM, do you think that Cash now playing for Poland has made him a better and more meaured full back?
3.) 27 Oct 2025 20:27:43
I think it can’t have done him any harm, playing against international players on a regular basis is only going to improve you over time. That said I don’t believe Cash was ever as bad as some on here would have you believe. What I do think is that he suits the way Emery likes to play ie attacking full backs playing high up the pitch.
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22 Sep 2025 13:51:52
If it true then we move on but I hope it doesn’t turn into Billy McNeill chapter 2.
22 Sep 2025 13:25:51
Not sure how true these rumours are, Emery has pretty much total control of the football operation at Villa, he won’t get that at any other club and I’m not sure having to work with InEOS and the Glazers would be that attractive. However time will tell and as Alain these kind of things money talks. If he does go I am sure we will live to regret it in the long term
21 Aug 2025 09:47:28
They have sold Danilo, Ruben Sosa, and Matt Turner for somewhere in the region of £40 million plus some other squad players for a few million, that plus the Elanga fee equates to something over £100 million.
20 Aug 2025 21:25:36
Allstar, Forest have raked in over £100 million in sales so I think the net spend is something like £40 million to date which isn’t that great. Add in the money they will rake in from European football they should be ok however if they are in any trouble at the end of the season then selling Gibbs-White will no doubt resolve it
13 Aug 2025 18:33:21
I think Asensio would be great, provides flexibility across the front positions and 8 goal contributions from 21 games isn’t too shabby either. I think Emery is fairly confident that this deal is going to happen as despite some offers from Turkey and Italy Asensio hasn’t signed which suggests to me that once we have completed a sale he will move to us all assuming we can match his wage expectations.
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07 Nov 2025 11:57:43
I don’t think we need to worry Emery won’t give him a game let alone 10. It looks to me as if he just doesn’t fancy him don’t know why every time I’ve seen him he looks really good to me but what do I know ??♂️
27 Oct 2025 20:27:43
I think it can’t have done him any harm, playing against international players on a regular basis is only going to improve you over time. That said I don’t believe Cash was ever as bad as some on here would have you believe. What I do think is that he suits the way Emery likes to play ie attacking full backs playing high up the pitch.
20 Oct 2025 17:55:01
The whole problem here is a perfect example of why politicians should not involve themselves in sport, particularly when they are not to the best of my knowledge in possession of the reasons/rationale why that decision was made. Interestingly it seems to have gone quiet on this issue today or have I missed something?
{Ed001's Note - you are spot on mate. Politicians are just trying to create issues.}
20 Oct 2025 11:07:29
And this is why I believe the SAG decision to ban the fans should be published as from the outside looking in it would appear to me the decision to ban was taken based on the previous actions of the Maccabi fans and had nothing to do with anti semitism at all. Which links to my previous post on this issue in that you cannot criticise Israel or its people without being accused of being an anti semite which is total cobblers.
19 Oct 2025 09:44:52
VJ has gone remarkably quiet just recently I wonder why.??