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A couple of colour versions:

@Shadow Puppets any idea about the socks mate??

😅 just looking at things logically, I never ruled Villa out after their loss to Man City because of this. I really hope Fulham, Spurs & Man Utd can turn up and beat them.

I’ll say it again, I think people underestimate how easy Villa’s fixtures are. Bournemouth (a) is a potential tough one, but they should comfortably win the rest. Where-as while we could win our games, you wouldn’t be surprised if we lost away to Arsenal, not massively draw/lose against Chelsea as it’s such a tight game and Brighton (a) is not exactly a walk in the park either.

@Shadow Puppets any idea on the socks colour / style?

I simply cannot see Villa not winning their remaining games, bar Bournemouth away, which isn’t exactly a guaranteed loss either.

Can you say if the adidas stripes are white or black?

Are there any stripes at all on the back, at the top or bottom?

Any spares going?

The club need to pull the plug and do a bus parade, simple as.

His refusal to play the ball down the line to Tino on the overlap sums up his obsession with coming inside and playing square passes instead. He does it too much when on the left, even though I understand wanting to come onto your natural foot, but the fact he also refuses to go down the line on the right, on his natural side, is baffling.

He’s a no.10, ultimately.

He rarely tries to. He comes inside all the time, like it’s beneath him to take a player on using his pace, it’s weird.

He's a good player but, dare I say, he's not all that and I've been uncomfortable with this aura of an almost elite status that has surrounded him and he has a lot of good PR. It like we're trying to fit him in and afraid to keep him RW for any extended run as if we don't want to upset him, granted I know Howe would say he's trying to get him back to a higher level. But his strengths have always been his raw bursts of pace, his tenacity, his pressing and fearlessness. Trying to shoehorn him into this creative, silky, reliable finisher isn't going to work, which is why I've always insisted his strengths are better suited to RW in the long-run, despite playing well LW season.

Actions speak louder than words and the manager and staff can tell him whatever they want, but those words will be hollow from his point of view when he's never given a long run and subbed every game he plays. He should have been LW all season up til now, Gordon has not played well and came back late. Barnes was ready and sharp and still scored brilliant goals from the starts/sub appearances he did get. But Gordon is always quick to get his LW back, look at the Brighton game - low and behold Barnes is dropped and while Gordon was lively in the first 20 mins, his end product was once again was poor.