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Can't fault Gouff like. He's done alright so far this season.

He and Ronaldinho my favourite players of all time. Fucking brilliant.

Another reality check. Entirely unnecessary as well. Beaten by championship fodder and a bunch of Portuguese regens.

Triple D'Anvers is bloody lovely.

Tear these fuckers apart please.

Aye.

One of the teams I'd love us to beat in this league.

Our best investment this summer was Rafa. Villa went and spunked a load of money on Championship strikers. It's made the difference imo.

Great news. Absolutely fucking hate QPR. That Tony Fernandes is an utter cock.

thought he was solid yesterday, personally. i'm not his biggest fan by any means, but yesterday I thought he was the opposite of 'sticking out like a sore thumb'. I thought in the second half we gave them far too much of the ball. It seemed as soon as we received it the back and tried to keep it for a bit, it'd go to Dummett and then get punted aimlessly upfield. Would agree he was solid defensively, but it was obvious from my seat that he was stopping us from holding onto the ball to alleviate some of the pressure. That said, Derby didn't look like scoring in a month of Sundays. Shit side.

What did he say?

Stuck out like sore thumb yesterday. He's a championship defender, that's for sure. Needs to be much calmer on the ball and take his time rather than hoof it aimlessly upfield.

Really like him.

We looked solid. Would have liked us to have had a bit more possession, especially in the second half when we seemed to invite them on to us. Dummett stuck out like a sore thumb - pretty much every time we had possession, he'd punt an aimless ball upfield. Looks scared of the ball. Thought Colback, Shelvey and Gouffran had good games.

Why?

Great to see he actually listens to fans. We've felt as though we've been ignored for so long, successive managers serving up shit after shit. He also doesn't patronise. It'll be a while before I forget McClaren's 'magnificent performance' spiel after being 3 or 4 nowt.

Agreed. They've made good signings and have a decent manager too. Be mega surprised if they weren't up there come the end of the season. I sincerely hope we give them a pasting when they come up here after ruining my weekend earlier this month.

Surprised Luiz went back to Chelsea tbh.

Colback isn't hard working at all. He's a lazy coward who deliberately hides so he doesn't receive the ball.

Am actually keen to see what Murphy can do now, despite my initial criticism of the signing.

When one puts into context that we've made a profit of £30 odd million and Villa have spent £60 odd million and haven't vastly improved their squad I think it's incredible business.

This. Been a superb window in which we've done our business with minimum fuss despite the number of players going out. Delighted to see the back of some of the shit, and delighted that they've been replaced by players that actually give a fuck. I don't think we've come out of the window looking any worse whatsoever. Would like to have seen another ball playing midfielder come in. Will be very interesting to see what Rafa does with Tiote now he's staying.

Perfect.

And made a profit of £30m+ i think it is It makes a difference when you are not trying to flog the player in every interview and appearing desperate. Much better to take the position of refusing to sell because you want the player to stay. Yep.

What a guy. Pardew would have been happy to tout Sissoko round for half the price. Rafa has played this whole scenario very well indeed. He's rebuilt the squad without much fuss imo.