Nine

Yeah no need to go spending silly amounts in Jan when we seemed so well oiled at the moment, everyone settled and happy. Think we might see 1 first teamer and 1 younger prospect come in.

Get called up but please don’t get injured in Qatar

Whoever their manager is now out

Monstrous performance, absolute fucking beast

Goat

After the run of results this month its really heading towards 7th being the realistic minimum, its all about how we come back after the WC for me

This momentum is unreal atm

Plank of

GD looking gooood

This is a full on cunting. Beautiful that its Villa.

Willock is a beast

So easy

MY GOAT

EASYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Easyyyyyyyy

Fuck you and your game management tactics Villa

+15 mins Fucking waste of a half

Killing off early momentum this

Goal coming from the right hand side

15-20 mins today

Totally agree and this is why missing out on a euro spot this season might not be the worst thing to happen, how often have we seen outside the top 6 sides qualify for Europe and then have a bad season the PL due to the extra fixtures? We could especially suffer for the way we set out to play in the PL. I dont think we will ever flesh out the squad with 6/7/8 players in one window under the current regime, Howe seems very into the idea of bringing in a few each window and getting them settled. With all that being said, 1 or 2 in Jan and another 3/4 in the summer and the squad will look a whole lot better again although no guarantee we do that kind of business after the money we've already spent so far.

Think you have taken my post a bit to literally there, im saying a cup run being an extra run of games that will add the percentages of injuries up and tire our high intensity game out towards the end of the season. Im being realistic and looking at things pragmatically, not just saying 'yeah we'll be top 4 and win a cup because we arnt owned by Ashley anymore'. Lets not label things as 'Pardewism or Ashleyism' just because its not the overly positive reaction that some people seem to be expecting already, lets keep it realistic. You perceiving my post the way you did is exactly the type stuff that gets us labelled as deluded, bigger than City and Chelsea? Not on the pitch (where being 'big' counts) for a very long time.

Christ

How much do you need to spend to guarantee a cup win then? A lengthy cup run is the worst thing that can happen for our top 6/7 aspirations

When I said benefits us I should have specified I meant on fitness levels, the question on momentum is just something we will have to wait and see on.. the team will have ideas on how to keep the players that don’t travel focused enough.