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Can't speculate on the line up. I think it will be largely based on who's head is in the right space and their fitness. I'm sure there will be some players raring to go and some not so keen. And if you had thought the season was over you might not have kept full fitness. Please win. I've got a virtual parents evening on and off throughout the match so it's going to be painful keeping up.
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Don't stress it. The hope'll be dashed again soon enough.
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Please win. That's all.
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Glad this is taking my mind off brexit day. OMG we'Ve gOt no stRIker bAck up! We nEed bOdiEs in. OMG noT hIm, He's sHite. Great work, lads.
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I actually agree with you. We fell from a much greater height, so while not statistically the worst side ever, ours was a 'worse' relegation. (Though Sunderland have stunk the place out quite a few times.)
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3rd worst! Derby and Sunderland were worse.
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I agree. I think Samatta was to provide competition to Wes - not to be a new first choice. I think our interest in Giroud and Slimani was genuine, but things haven't dropped into place for those. You never know, there may be a last minute loan, but probably further down our list.
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Cry.
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Erm...you? I'm not being precious, just saying that if we are buying players to sell on at a profit they have to develop and that takes time. IMO it is too soon to say that none of the summer signings will be sold at a profit in a couple of years. Not saying they will necessarily have the same trajectory, but see Traore for details.
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Maybe give them a bit longer than half a season before you write them off. As you say, the point is that they develop into better players we can sell in 2-3 years - they aren't there when we buy them. So you have to allow that development over time. Now ideally we would do that with a couple at a time, not most of a squad, but we were where we were. There are already signs most of our summer signings are improving as they settle. Let's see how they look by the end of the season before judging.
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Fair enough - I completely agree. Hopefully DD's inclusion is pushing Luiz to give it a bit more and the whole squad benefits from a bit more competition.
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Any MORE business. We've brought in more than any other club - Reina, Drinkwater, Samatta (and Barry).
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Could do with West Ham getting dicked by Liverpool tonight for goal difference, then drawing with Brighton on Saturday. Going into Bournemouth game with some confidence and swagger, let's start to open a gap please.
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villamole fella claiming he made it up to feed to JimmyMcCann etc. Who knows what to believe other than it's 99% bollocks out there.
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Interesting to see how the bluenoses have brought through Bellingham. Already being talked about £20m for him at the same age. Hope we are careful with Louie, but also give him the chances. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11914861/jude-bellingham-to-manchester-united-birmingham-teenager-is-a-special-talent
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Indeed. Shame we have shipped the 2nd most.
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The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread
rubberman replied to sir_gary_cahill's topic in Other Football
Go down - Jack goes. Stay up skin of our teeth - I'd say 50:50 Stay up 14th or above - definitely stay. In April Dean and the owners need to sit down with Jack and outline the future - what they will invest, level of players they want to buy and see if they can sell him the dream. As long as Villa are moving up it might be enough. But if we don't keep fast enough progression, then he needs to move on. But when he does, anywhere below City, Liverpool or the top European sides would be disappointing. -
Norwich are done. They have to get 2 more wins (+ overcome GD) than everyone above them. While 40 points would be good to get to, I still don't think that much will be needed. A lot of 6 pointers coming up.
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But maybe the selling club, if already not that keen on losing their star player, don't want to accept those terms. If we go down and have to sell Jack we're not likely to say to the buyers - sure pay us the £80m in a few years time - we'll need it for our own FFP purposes. Sure, it's possible, but pretty tricky to get through IMO.
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I had a go, but there are so many matches that could go either way between the bottom half I ended up giving everyone draws and it was a load of nonsense. Still such a long way to go and plenty that can change through injuries etc.
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God, I hope we get him back for the last few games. Will really sooth the nerves as we will no doubt be in full on squeaky-bum time.
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For an English kid?
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Given that the simple transfer of a English 16 yr old, for relative peanuts, from a club happy to lose him, to a club where his former coach works and that his family support is still taking over a week to complete, I think it's unsurprising that top class forwards / first team starters have taken a bit longer. IMO.
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Think this is most likely. Really need to come out of the blocks fast and ideally score early to put them under pressure. And keep the ball away from Deeney.
