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Personally I'd prefer it if the FA deported him Seriously though, I think a touchline ban is just that? A ground ban is when they can't attend?

Great season. Really big player for us this year. Deserves a lot of credit. Heal well!!

Mind games no way Big Joe gives his spot up. His leg would have to be hanging off

Edit: @Astroblack No he hasn't and I think he's won 13/15 cup finals. Imagine sacking him before one

Pretty sure about 3-4 weeks ago, for 3 games on the bounce his subs were directly involved in match winning goals

Some people blaming Pope and Burn for that goal is laughable. Decent save from point blank range, and almost made the rebound with his leg. Burn had about 3 men on the back stick because Isak and whoever out of Willock, Bruno or Big Joe didn't track their man back. Trippier was poor allowing the cross in too. But easy to blame a bloke stood between three players

Milwall had one job like

Shocking today, as much as I love him.

Imagine the yellow cards between him and Big Joe. They'd never have played together apart from the first five games of a season...

Big Joe always on the front line for a fight

A bench with Gordon, ASM and Almiron. Attacking Options. Who'd have thought it.

I was reading an article that said Liverpool have benefitted from 9 points through use of VAR, which is #1 in the league. The year before? Liverpool benefitted most again, too.

If we play Isak out wide, we 100% need another #9. Wilson can't play 38 games a season, let alone 50+...

Leeds Southampton Everton Please. I don't really want Leicester to go down... I'd prefer Southampton to stay up over Forest, but that's never happening.

Which was crazy, given the lack of subs he had at his disposal...

Think he will benefit from a full pre season with Eddie and team. I had my worries when we signed him, but while he is wearing black and white he will have my support. Right now I think can't fault his commitment, work rate etc. Just end product.

I wouldn't be against starting him. He obviously will start some games. I just think playing a 50 game year next year will mean that we will have to be even more careful about not burning him out (like Feb this year). We all saw what 2 games a week did to him when Isak was injured. I think if you limit his minutes to 30 a game, with the odd start, you'll see a huge return. From 7 appearances this month, he's started twice and it seems to suit him. He looks much fresher.

Think the role of an impact sub will really suit him at this stage of his career. He's has a lot of injuries and managing his minutes will keep his body well rested. There's nothing to say he can't impact every game by coming on for 30 minutes.

3 goals against Spurs in the opening 20? Amateurs.

Wilson and Isak needed. Gordon and Murphy had loads of joy on the left. I'd push Thierry Isak over there and let him get involved more.

I do agree. But of course European football doesn't help. As I say, when you get European football, it takes major investment to compete across all fronts. If you don't get it right, it can massively backfire.

Maybe, but Europe can be damaging to league form, especially if playing Thursday evenings. Look at West Ham. It really depends how much Villa can invest and how those signings turn out. If we get Europe, there's a good case for needing a LB, CB, RB, CM and Winger / Forward all capable of playing big minutes. Can't expect Schar, Trippier and an already thin on the ground to play 50+ games. That's £150m+ on investment. Can villa commit similarly? Not sure what their financial situation looks like..

I'm converted, but you've got to give it Emery for the job he's done. If they hadn't started off so poorly with Slippy, they could have really been a threat

If only they didn't spend 200M+ on Antony, Sancho and Maguire