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Thanks Shmee I respect your views, but just to respond to some of the points you have made: 'Wasn’t this tried?' When and by who? I remember some independent candidate trying to hitch hike on the club's grievances very late in the day, but that is the opposite to what I'm suggesting. If I...

First of all I must apologise, as I am currently working abroad and do not expect to return to the UK until 2023, so I acknowledge that the following is a case of asking people to engage in something I can't do myself until that time, and if people want to criticise me for that fair enough...

I completely disagree with enforced wage caps. It would be ridiculous for say if Villa were to get relegated and pulling in 30,000 crowds, but were then expected to have the same wage limitations as Wycombe, pulling in 6,000 or so, simply because they happened to be in the same league. FFP was...

Seems as good a way as any of judging a clubs historic status as any. Back of the fag packet calculations show that without our Birmingham & Northampton seasons our average would go up to about 17,500, so still in the same position. These recent BCD games should bring down a few averages though :)

Dublin and Bellamy weren't at the club at the same time so he got mixed up on that, but nevertheless still interesting to hear, particularly about Bellamy. The trouble for us and largely why we got relegated was that unlike at his other clubs, for us Bellamy didn't perform well enough to put to...

I do hope that when the new season starts and while we are waiting for crowds to be allowed back, that ifollow is open to UK based supporters too, and so that the club can get some income from those games. Does anyone know if the non televised Championship games have been open to UK based...

Predicting crowds next season is difficult, particularly given we don't know how or when fans will be admitted in to watch again. Playing BCD initially probably also evens things up for us a bit with our Championship rivals, and means there is less pressure on the club to move back to Cov at...

Hands up - I fell for that line, so when folks on here were bigging up signing him I argued against it. It was clearly not true though, and I am more than happy to trust MR's judgement on this. I have to say though I am very impressed how early the club are doing their business. I think they...

Yes, and they then didn't win another game until January and finished rock bottom of the league. Another example that pre season results, and in fact first game of season results can be a misleading guide to its eventual outcome.

Don't disagree that we might need that type of player at some point, but I thought Portsmouth severely lacked any quality when i saw them, and that he was a big part of that. Its all about opinions of course, as we were clearly watching the same games and drawing different conclusions, but the...

From what I read on their message board, Portsmouth fans thought differently. The consensus seemed to be that he huffs and puffs but offers nothing creative. The fact that Barnsley were happy to release him on loan also suggests the Championship is too high a level for him. Doesn't really matter...

When Villa got promoted through the play offs last time they were in the Championship, they really adopted a 'shit or bust' policy, and blatantly disregarded FFP guidelines. If they had not got promoted that season, they would have been in severe financial straits, and probably also faced a...

Well he's an ex City player so that will be enough to convince many on here that we should sign him up :)

Over this particular youngster, yes. Giles has never played in the Premier League, and wasn't deemed good enough to replace McCallum, who was almost as inexperienced as Newton at the start of the season, or even come on for him as a sub. Yes, he is a Wolves under 23 player, but Premier teams...

Here's an idea. Rather than getting yourself outraged by the click bait headlines, why not just ignore them, and stay off the site completely. The Telegraph serves little purpose these days and belongs to a bygone age. Just ignore it and help let it wither and die, instead of reading 'non'...

I would rather see the young lad, Newton get a shot at playing ahead of the likes of Fox or Giles, but happy to trust in MR to make the right call.

Selling Bellingham should buy off the prospect of administration for a while at least.

He actually played quite well in this Leicester game, which is probably the only one he played for us which was televised.

Villa fan I know says he has heard that his agent has negotiated a deal for O'Hare to play in Holland next season, and is waiting on a final decision from O'Hare to seal the deal.

While accepting the EFL are a flawed organisation, I do have some sympathy with them dealing with the 'fit and proper' ownership conundrum. I imagine a lot of financial documentation has to be taken at face value, particularly from abroad, with much of the information nigh on impossible to...