[Football] A nod to Aston Villa

[giveusfalmerplease]

I know this is not usually a "thing" but I feel it worth congratulating Aston Villa and Unai Emery for their great result the other night.
Whilst Brighton got most of the attention when RDZ joined Unai was quietly improving his Villa team. No massive signings, or at least by today's standards, in a fact a squad of players whom I, when put on the spot, failed to name one. Last season when RDZ took his eye off the ball and allowed our team to slowly fall down the league, AV were going the other way up to 4th, whilst becoming a bogie team for us.

Here's hoping FH quickly adapts tactics according to the opposition and can help us at least match Villa in the next 2 years.

UTA!

 

[Justice]

Not sure what RDZ was meant to do with the stack of injuries. He said in Jan we need 4-5 signings to compete was he wrong?
No one was complaining when he had a fit and firing squad beginning of the season we looked and played way better than we are now.
Either way praising Villa ffs

 

[Machiavelli]

I hate Villa, but they're damned good under Emery. I preferred the Gerrard version. They just make total sense. There's a case to be made that they've got the two best out-and-out strikers in club football. I thought they might feel the loss of Luiz, but their CMs have stepped in. And then they've got those pacy, mobile wingers/midfielders that are great at running with the ball: Rogers, Ramsey. Pau Torres is one of the best ball-playing CBs in the PL, and Martinez is making a strong case as its best goalie.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I’m giving this thread the same treatment as I did the Oasis and the Coldplay one.

(and yes I do see the irony of posting on it )

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I know this is not usually a "thing" but I feel it worth congratulating Aston Villa and Unai Emery for their great result the other night.
Whilst Brighton got most of the attention when RDZ joined Unai was quietly improving his Villa team. No massive signings, or at least by today's standards, in a fact a squad of players whom I, when put on the spot, failed to name one. Last season when RDZ took his eye off the ball and allowed our team to slowly fall down the league, AV were going the other way up to 4th, whilst becoming a bogie team for us.

Here's hoping FH quickly adapts tactics according to the opposition and can help us at least match Villa in the next 2 years.

UTA!

But they have spent a lot of money I believe. Money spent wisely, but it's a lot.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Historic European win, don't see what's wrong with giving credit where it's due and applauding Villa (and betting large on them getting pummelled 4-0/4-1 in the return leg)

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

But they have spent a lot of money I believe. Money spent wisely, but it's a lot.

Yeah I know but no more than us

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Yeah I know but no more than us

They've spent loads more than us.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Yeah I know but no more than us

I must admit I do not know the figures, and cannot be arsed to look , but I am surprised if this is the case.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Yeah I know but no more than us

Actually, I could be arsed. Over the past 5 years they seem to have a net spend 5 times ours. Given their spend, they should be where they are.

Premier League - Transfer balance and five-year comparison

In dieser Statistik werden die Transferbilanzen der letzten fünf bzw. zehn Jahre der Vereine der Premier League miteinander verglichen.

www.transfermarkt.com

 

[Flounce]

I’m as impressed with their medical team as I am with their manager, how many of their best players get long term injuries?

If we signed Ollie Watkins he’d probably get a long term injury in his first game for us

I despise Villa btw so as impressive as their result was I am not congratulating them

 

[zeemeeuw]

Bit weird.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Decent team which they should be for the money but I hate watching them. Horrible tactics full of cheating. Not for me. Disgusting manager who could incidentally do with a lesson in smiling as he seems to be stuck in a grimacing rictus.

 

[studio150]

Historic European win, don't see what's wrong with giving credit where it's due and applauding Villa (and betting large on them getting pummelled 4-0/4-1 in the return leg)

A return leg in the new Champions League format?

Villa will just have to take their ultra time wasting tactics somewhere else rather than giving the Bayern Munich home fans the experience.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

A return leg in the new Champions League format?

Villa will just have to take their ultra time wasting tactics somewhere else rather than giving the Bayern Munich home fans the experience.

Seriously? Then I am too old to learn and should be stuffed and mounted in the Booth Museum

 

[Safe.]

Very weird thread. They have essentially bought their way into that position, spent tonnes of money and only sold grealish for a while. Emery is a good manager, but I don't respect what villa are doing at all

 

[GT49er]

Decent team which they should be for the money but I hate watching them. Horrible tactics full of cheating. Not for me. Disgusting manager who could incidentally do with a lesson in smiling as he seems to be stuck in a grimacing rictus.

They had luck - which is fair enough - but their inability to recognise it or acknowledge it is distinctly unedifying. A league cup win when they were in the Championship when we put out a ridiculously young and understrength team and they scraped a win - and they crowed about it like it was the biggest win in history.......................and the fact that if someone had bothered to switch on the goal-line technology they would likely have been relegated and subsequently been about two years of development behind where they are now.

Nothing wrong with having a bit of luck, or even a bit more luck than most - but at least appreciate it!

 

[veuve]

Showed a touch of class Wednesday by naming Gary Shaw on the bench.rip

 

[Coldeanseagull]

f*** 'em, can't stand their team, their fans and their greasy haired, weasel faced manager

 

[Swimboy64]

Villa park should take a bow I thought they were incredible great atmosphere