Doug

Yes, Debuchy represents only part of the task done of replacing our half paralysed back line.

Perhaps after this distraction we can now turn our attention to the more important issue of getting the centre back we desperately need.

You can't keep a player performing well who wants to leave. We're fucked if all this is true. Should have surrounded him with good players in the summer instead of expecting him to carry the dross. What a crying shame.

10 Doomed now. Lose your best players Ba then Colo what a fucking joke run club this is once again.

I dont believe he spends anywhere near what he takes. I believe he hates us after the abuse he took and is hell bent on recouping all his money back and more. No Ashley apologist on here will convince me otherwise.

Sturridge looking good and scoring for Liverpool Demba looking good and scoring for Chelsea Our money looking good in the bank and scoring for Ashley Get some spent you horrible cunt!!

It also helps when you don't have Willie Donachie in charge of your bairns. What's the average age in the reserves these days? I'll take a wild guess at 20 He's not, he's in charge of the reserves not youth. Won't help their development though. Eh? When they get to that age they should be out on loan, therefore the problem doesn't lie with the reserve manager. What's the average age in our reserves these days? Wild guess at 20 It might seem young, but the player has done the majority of his development by then, the only thing to bring them on is games - giving experience and confidence. WD has very little impact, if any on our youth players. The big strides are made a lot sooner, in finding the players with the qualities to make it and youth development. By the time they are 18 they need to be making an impact somewhere or they are being wasted. Our policy to fill the squad of young players with no game time and who get no game time because the manager doesnt trust them, holds us back, not our reserve manager. Or if he does trust them this owner will sell them because he would rather have the money in his arse pocket than good assets on the pitch.

Our youth set up of course produced Englands latest young big bustling centre forward. Instead of leading the team Ashley couldnt wait to sell him and trouser the money. when are we ever going to see it spent?

Villa have a fantastic youth set up which will ensure they stay ahead of us..

As soon as I saw the team sheet I took the dog for a walk over the fields for a couple of hours to avoid the impending dissapointment. Ashley needs to seriously fuck off and leave us alone now.

Enough is enough. For gods sake go.

WUM

fellaini fell over 100% there ref fell for it also

tiote with an elbow in his face of course not mentioned

and thats why we're in a relegation battle

Need to crock baines tbh

Just dont pass to him

forward ffs

crowd seem stunned into awestruck silence that we are winning

could it be obertans seems to have sussed it at last

this club is surreal

This is going to be horrible tonight .

We have non footballer Willo back so can only expect punts upfield from the back. That is why we need a big man up front, however Shola is only good for 20mns at the end as sub so we are doomed IMO.

So for the second year on the trot we are about to suffer the indignity of losing the leagues best centre forward in a chain created by the same 2 odious clubs Chelsea & Liverpool. Their spoilt fans see unwavering investment on the field all the time year in year out. Even Wigan & Reading have been quickly strengthening ahead of us since the window opened.

Who needs the premier leagues best striker anyway. £7M nestling in the bank is a far greater turn on.