Probably next week TAB

Fancy Terry would be a better shout than Henry Lubo!

Yea Henry wouldn’t inspire me with confidence if I was a Villa fan but also don’t think he’d take it. Reckon he could easily get a bigger job elsewhere

Benzema and Courtois in the nominations for Ballon D'Or

What's wrong with the idea of Villa actually taking on a successful manager from the lower leagues?

Courtois

Where's Mason Mount?

After the hype you've been giving him after his performances in the Eredivise and Championship I thought he'd be a shoe in.

On the Courtois subject (loosely), I'm not saying this cos I have him on here, but Arrizabalaga has actually settled in really quickly.

Was expecting a similar transition to De Gea, who was Captain Flappy for a good year or so after he moved to England

Wouldn't it be easier to just call him Kepa

To be fair, De Gea was still a child in goalkeeping terms when he debuted for Utd. I think he was 20 and hadn't filled out yet.

Not sure Benzema and Courtois are comparable! The awards are silly anyway just give it to Messi or Ronaldo and be done with it

Kepa I still have mixed feelings on, good with his feet, and some good reaction saves for sure. I think he hasn't had the flappy moments of De Gea because he just stays on his line, definitely doesn't have anywhere near as big a presence as Courtois in the box, which costs us a few chances imo but he's improving every game

comment by LSTD - She’s a Kepa (U2708)
posted about 2 hours ago
Kepa I still have mixed feelings on, good with his feet, and some good reaction saves for sure. I think he hasn't had the flappy moments of De Gea because he just stays on his line, definitely doesn't have anywhere near as big a presence as Courtois in the box, which costs us a few chances imo but he's improving every game
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Well that’s good no? He isn’t letting stupid goals in

Stupid mistakes maybe not, avoidable goals though I would say, he needs to be coming out and catching things as we have quite a small team this year, CBs, Alonso and CF aside.

Be nice lol, that wasn’t a requirement before Neuer came around

I disagree, Neuer changed playing out from the back, but Cech, Buffon, Casillas and I'm sure plenty others before could command their box and catch things

schmeichel

you can even go back to grobelaar

Its not really a part of a Spanish keepers game, all seem to struggle with that when they first move here

Yeah agreed Rof. That is the only negative on him for me, but I am sure it will come. Other than that, I think he's been a solid addition.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/7aa36596-b555-4004-a500-3bf381937699

That tweet of Neymar, leaving Barca to get out of Messi’s shadow but now in Mbappe’s

comment by LSTD - She’s a Kepa (U2708)
posted about an hour ago
Stupid mistakes maybe not, avoidable goals though I would say, he needs to be coming out and catching things as we have quite a small team this year, CBs, Alonso and CF aside.
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Those are all the positions I'd be expecting to get height from in a team. Other tall players are a bonus really.

Back home been a long day and typically pishing down

Saw that earlier Rof

Can see Neymar pushing for a move to Real in the summer so he can have his own limelight, they could certainly do with the goals.

I agree for the most part Lubo, just our players in the other positions are Azpi, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Hazard and Pedro - all pretty small!

Anyone able to do results tonight?

no milner in the ballon dor shortlist, disgraceful, just a popularity party