I'm being realistic.
He was fantastic wasn't he.On a big plus note I'm so glad we got Heaton or we'd have been looking at 5 or 6 today
He's the best we've had in years
Don’t think you are mate. I think you have us set up to fail and you seem to revel in it when we do.
I don’t know you from Adam and I ain’t trying to start an argument, but whenever I read your posts, there’s a definite recurring theme.
I’m naturally pessimistic by nature, but you don’t seem to get any pleasure from supporting Villa. Not from your posts anyway.
You are wrong mate. I hate to see us lose and it totally spoils my weekend.
I'm not in a good place atm and it's difficult for me to see any positives in anything.
However like most transfer windows, you do some good business and some bad business. Some of the players need to seriously get up to speed quickly. At least we have back ups if they don't.
My take on the friendlies is that they didn't prepare us for the speed of the prem, and today it showed. Hopefully after a few more games they will be better.
Dare I say I think the occasion got to Jack a bit, he's still class though. Perfect game to start the season with, if the players weren't sure what was required at this level, they are now!Positive performance against CL finalists. Few players need to up their game and should be benched next week (Elmo, Taylor, El Ghazi, Hourihane) and everyone else put in a very positive performance. Trezeguet and Engels particularly impressed for me from the debutants, MOTM performance from McGinn, Grealish could have done better at times.
Wondered the same myself as he was quiet by his own standards - understandable possible, but we know he can be better and sharper and I have no doubts he will be.Dare I say I think the occasion got to Jack a bit, he's still class though. Perfect game to start the season with, if the players weren't sure what was required at this level, they are now!