Fairy In Boots

No just pointing out the stupidity of the hysterical reaction. We’re within PSR when we sold Douglas Luiz for £30m and two players, last years £60m from 3 academy players put us to within £30m and we’ve planned for this.

They do anyway always have, it’s the Media seeing a trend and driving clicks. It’s like them saying water is wet

So was £23.5m for Ryan Brewster, £80m for Anthony, this is the market, I agree it’s ridiculous and the top end pushing it higher prices out fans. I’m still for £10 a ticket and wage cap’s personally

Seriously we raised about £60m last year, also all transfers have always been subject to PL processes, it’s a way of generating click bait that headline from the Mail. I can’t be bothered to go and grab all the athletic podcasts about Villa’s youth strategy since NSWE took over but Villa fans have known about this for 3-4 years it’s within the rules of the game. You can laugh about it all you like, Villa picked up Kellyman from an ailing Derby for £600k he’s 18 has played several games for us and an England U20 international. £19m is about right considering market values nowadays, he will be a top player.

£20m for Kellyman is not ridiculous, he’s arguably top 5 prospect in this country. Villa have built this over 5 years, we have recruited aggressively at youth level and loaned players out to make them valuable and sell on as we knew the PSR is a glass ceiling, and we need to catch up with the “big 6” economically. Nobody said anything last year when we flogged Carney for £20m & Ramsey for £20m etc We’ve also flogged Douglas Luiz for £30m plus two players to Juventus but nobody is talking about that one. Tim to Everton is fair at £9m he’s had a season in the championship where he did well and only got limited minutes at Villa last year, he’s not good enough for a CL side so he’s moved on. Bogarde is £4m again good potential young CB very combative. We have a stable of kids in our academy now. expect £30-£40m in sales every year it’s what it’s been designed for

Nah I think perception and challenging is enough to grow as a brand, let’s face it Spurs won nothing but have grown off the back of Poch era, I don’t think they will have added new fans at the same rate in the last few years. In fairness they also have a great stadium which has helped them increase revenue massively. We are planning to expand Villa park as well.

Spurs don’t have the kind of fanbase, not in the U.K. anyway it’s more the international fans that you get from being a champions league club year in year out. We need 2-3 years to sustain and close the gap. V sports that own us are wrath of god money now, we could sustain loses for a decade, need to box clever and play within the rules but you can already see NSWE are getting frustrated and looks like we’ll go the city route and start that fight. I disagree with city and I don’t think it’s healthy for football at all, the purist in me wants no closed shop at the top and the ability for teams to ride and fall on sporting merit. Don’t think it will happen now the cat is out of the bag now. This is perfect for City and their fight with the PL as they have done wrong but it’s another headache which will likely mean the PL amends demands long term and that benefits city. To be a fly on the wall at PL administration right now

Despised within the game, however there is frustration amongst some about PSR as that’s a glass ceiling for the likes of Villa, Everton, Forest & Newcastle

You don’t understand the legality of it all then if you think that’s the case. The Man City of old I’d have had sympathy for they were a proper club with proper fans whose club has been hijacked by a gulf state. Now I have no sympathy as the fans seem to be wind up merchants with little or no understanding of football administration yet tell us their victims will be funny watching those titles get voided. Imagine supporting the Lance Armstrong of the footballing world, a stink that will hang around your club for generations

Delaying tactics, the PL have a small legal team and they will now be burdened by this. City have the best lawyers in the country, but they are done for and they know it now. Hence Pep will leave next year, shame the titles won’t be voided for the players and coaches too, just the club but we are entering the end game now. Within two years they will be brought to half justice, you will never get full justice they’ve delayed too long. But scum club and fans of theirs who defend them are rats, destroyed the game they have

What have we done to our game with VAR and the offside rule, absolutely robbed Coventry there and robbed the competition of a great story so we can watch City dick United again. Who cares?

We won’t win the league, that will be City or Liverpool and it will be a 90 point tally. I think we’ll end up about 10 behind as will Arsenal and Spurs so it’s just who finishes top 4 really

December is a tough month, so many games in quick succession that you need to grind out results and we’ve hung in there arguably despite injuries and suspensions. I think we’ve done well. I think we need to have another run of 5-6 wins on the spin to get top 4 though

Yeah it is vague, I think it was more to back Ollie out of the gate. I agree it’s weird. If it’s racist abuse then they should say that, but on the flip side it could tar the whole fanbase so I get the logic of not going into detail. Headlines would just be “Watkins racially abused at Brentford” when the statement specifically says it respects the majority of Brentford fans

Ben Mee is a disgusting player

Bournemouth are one of the best teams we’ve faced this season, Dyche has got Everton firing too, it’s just the league you come against some tricky teams on their day, I’d describe neither side as dross

Souness was right about Grealish, the game has moved on from two years ago and he’s not direct enough now. Will go Saudi or Italy in the summer

That point against Bournemouth doesn’t look so bad, they’re well coached now and will do well this year.

Great result, leggy at the end but we got it done. Brentford away will be tough though

We won’t the league but definitely in the Top 4 hunt now

I’ve said many times over the years we are potentially a massive club. We’re just waiting for the spark, it’s here

V Sports which owns Villa are purchasing a significant stake in Real Union which is the club Emery owns in Spain and his Brother is president of, think City and all the restaurants he gets as sweeteners for being at City. This is the game now, United are being left way behind

I don’t mind him, it’s sweeter when we win and he has to commentate on it

I genuinely don’t think he’d go, he’s in complete control here with the keys to everything, his mission is to build us up so we can fulfil our potential. Why would you go to a situation where you don’t have complete control? He declined Newcastle because of work life balance, I don’t think money is an issue it’s a passion project for him at this point in his life

Him Archer and Ramsey are all buy back clauses, it helps with FFP as we are selling academy players so counts as pure profit