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With Gordon gone I just can’t see anyway that this guy is sold this summer He can drop in at anytime and provide goals, he’s been worth his weight in gold to us

Rayas early dives were insane, never seen anything like that especially in a final

Arsenal have been as solid as you could expect, to keep PSG down to one awkward penalty is pretty remarkable

Nothing at all in that

Great game now

Hes going to win them a boatload of penalties at a minimum in his first season, I don’t think most fullbacks over there will be ready for his output Like you say, his game will look similar to as it did in the CL

Say what you like, but we really extracted max value from Isak and Gordon imo.

How the hell is Thiaw a ‘jury out’?

Except for the fact they’d have been stuck with tits up Gordon for a couple of seasons

That’s a great fee for him Nice that he’s found a club to match his own ego, let’s see how he gets on

Makes the fee pretty interesting if he’s heading to Barca, they havnt been known for spending massive amounts on single transfers for a good few years now. Think the number will disappoint many on here.

Proper end of season run out vibes today, to be expected as I suppose

Their season couldn’t have gone to much better, not bad for a promoted side at all. Fair play to them.

I understand your point, like I said I agree to an extent. This isn’t the same competition as the one we experienced 20 something years ago, or even the season with Pardew. I think hollow is an overstatement though, I think if we were in that final tonight it would feel bigger than you expected it would.

I don’t think that will matter to Villa fans tonight And while I do agree to an extent, it’s definitely not been as watered down as some would have you believe (especially on here tonight )

I don’t see it that way at all, I’d love for us to win it. Long memories of seeing us knocked out of that competition when I was a kid, I remember being absolutely gutted albeit back then it was a ‘bigger trophy’. Villa will be on top of the world tonight, as would you and I if it was us.

They will enjoy tonight. Fair play to them.

This is very true I couldn’t see it with him I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t think he had PL goals in him to the level of the ones he has scored now. I didn’t think he had it mentally but apparently he is coachable after all He has gone from un organised chaos to organised, most of the time chaos in a short time. Who knows how much he can improve on where he is but it’s a credit to the boy that we are having these conversations now. Hes got some finish on him off of either foot, you don’t see that very often.

That’s always how these things are decided

He was immense in 22/23 tbf

I missed what let up to that argument, what happened?

In a perfect world maybe, but speaking financial sense for a keeper of this profile.. even if he has to be eased in for a year? Could be our #1 for a decade or more. The squad has a lot of holes in it, won’t fix them all in one window.

Ridiculous amount of unfortunate injuries this season

Will be more than fine next season if he stays, good player. Not sure he ever justifies the fee and wages though.

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