Kid Icarus

I'd ban you for life. Nah, that's actually a relief to hear.

Because we haven't seen his Villa form from a couple of seasons ago yet, or because you look at that and still don't see why?

I'm not a fan of the setup and Gordon’s league contribution overall, but even I wouldn't change it at the exact point we've started reaping the rewards.

I'll just pick one because I think it's the one that having the biggest impact. Swapping our two strikers out for two new ones, the more experienced of which lacked pre-season then was injured for a few months, the other who is new to the league and dictates that we have to change the way we're used to playing, and all of that is in such a packed schedule that matches are training sessions to try and get everyone on the same page, in themselves.

Is that how you've generally seen transitional periods go for football clubs is it? All sorted out in a month? It's like some of you have just got into football or something.

On what planet are we not in a transitional period?

Him having no CEO then his DoF walk out on the eve of the summer transfer window and being asked to step up is always presented as Howe being given/demanding more control and fucking it up like, it's mental. Makes you realise why people become cynical and refuse circumstances like that when going above and beyond puts you on a hiding to nothing.

We beat Everton 4-1 away, who beat Villa 1-0 away, who beat us 2-0 away. But if you looked in here and refused to look at any other results, or just the table, you'd think being inconsistent uniquely applied to us. Then it's "I don't care about other teams!", despite insisting half of their managers would do a better job.

I know we're not, people like you are too far gone.

Go and get the Rate our Summer Transfer 2025 thread.

Champions League minnows PSV, who battered Liverpool. If you say so. Reminder that Villa were in a worse position than us at this point when they were in the Champions League season last year. People like you would have 100% been Emery out and saying Newcastle are the side they should be competing with when they were getting beat by the like of Wolves, Palace, and Forest.

Oh aye it was bouncing in here on Wednesday night.

Difference is we're here come rain or shine.

You're playing Ramsey in midfield then presumably?

If I had control of the club I'd ban every cunt who booed at full time for life.

Everything about the performance is very often just reverse engineered from whatever the result is.

Prepare for Mardi gras

Hate Villa like.

Jamie Redknapp going through the analysis like it's a funeral procession.

I'm always saying this.

Never fails to surprise me how open it is.

Don't see what's wrong with this.

West Ham 1-1 Sunderland Burnley 1-2 Spurs Fulham 2-1 Brighton Man City 3-0 Wolves Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool Brentford 2-1 Forest Palace 1-2 Chelsea Newcastle 1-1 Villa Arsenal 2-1 Man United Everton 2-1 Leeds

TBG has a lot to answer for with this post format.