So firstly Greg's point about villa fans taking 500k is disingenuous, Grealish was already getting paid a fortune unlike the vast majority of the holtenders. On Grealish, I doubt many object that he left for 100mill, what many don't like is the revisionist history and he should practically get a statue at VP. Grealish nearly went to spurs when we got relegated if they had offered enough, toyed with Man United after we stayed up and finally went to City so lets forget the loyalty nonsense. Got us promoted...hmm.. check Abraham's goal tally and tell me again it was single handedly Grealish... sorry not buying. Look, he was great for us, left for medals and more money like most players so lets stop with the lets treat him differently rubbish. We booed Ashley Young, we booed Gareth Barry and loads of other good villa players so ditto Grealish. Rant over 😂
Nail on the head. The revisionists want to tell you he’s a hero who deserves a statue alongside McGregor, but the facts are he’s just like most footballers who leave for something better when they can. So that’s how he gets treated…no big deal. Also, yeah, some of their talk is just laughable. Also Ashley Young left for big money (not for free😂) the first time, AFTER staying an extra season to captain us thru the post MON season, and that was our last top half finish until Don Unai. Then came back and wanted to stay longer, but was told to look elsewhere (I think his leadership and versatility would’ve earned a few extra points, in hindsight). Absolute blindness from journos
Gotta laugh at Grealish fan boys. He’s just a former player who left for the lottery winners. But if you lot want to add the context like “Villa fan, did so much for us” etc etc then that context can also be used to say that the emotional tie we had to Grealish and the way he’s behaved on the pitch since leaving re diving, remonstration with ref to get players booked and laughing and celebrating with his new friends….its open season for what he had yesterday.
We're the only ones that stuck up for him during all his lock down party antics. We backed him to the hill until he threw it back at us. It doesn't bother me now that he left, I get it but don't expect a hero's welcome
Seen Micheal Owen’s tweet 😂 seriously what do people expect. I know it’s the modern world and oooo you’re my friend and here’s my friend crap. But f that. He wasn’t loyal to us so why are we supposed to be loyal to him?
Are you a friend if the Grealish family? 😂 Don’t overreact. He got booed because he broke our hearts after saying “My club, my city”. He wanted to win trophies, fine, the price is losing his hero status. As for the “the £100mil saved us financially” come on Dan, you’re better than that. We wouldn’t have bought all three replacements, we would’ve kept our best player and built. Trophies were more important than being captain at the club his whole family supports, we can all understand the equation he did…
The FFP bonus is irrelevant, because by selling him, we had to spend lots money to replace him. Most fans at the time wanted to keep Grealish and add a winger or a 10, nobody thought “I’d rather have the 100mil”. And yes as you say, he wanted to go in the end, nobody forced him, he wasn’t forced to have release clause in his contract
I didn't boo but ultimately I don't give a shit what other paying fans want to do and the feelings of an ex-player. I support Villa, not players. We just beat Man City at home in back to back seasons, let's enjoy it.
Lads, love the pod, but to be honest I think you MASSIVELY over-egged the handwringing about the Grealish “abuse” yesterday. As a few journos did too. Spent about 10 minutes longer than it needed on it when it could’ve been 2. Know you’re mates with Kev etc… Totally normal for fans to boo an ex player for the length of the first half that they did. Most boos had gone by HT and fans were enjoying a fantastic performance. If anything, Grealish’s conduct at half time, full time, and the petulant challenge on SJM on 80 minutes got the crowd BACK on his back after most of it has died down. He’s an opposition player now, no one cares about him or should they. He’s got his trophies, wasn’t instrumental in any of them, thanks for the fee. Ironic that despite not being from the area, McGinn and the journey/loyalty he has been on has a higher likelihood of going down a “legend” of this era at Villa after this decade than Grealish ever will.
Yeah but that's only because no big team wanted to sign McGinn when we were crap. Nuts to think he wouldn't have left too like every other player we have had that has been wanted. We play a stupid game with ourselves where we arselick players like CH, Albrighton, Bannan because we wanted to sell them at the time. Our 'cult heroes' are guys who weren't good enough to leave or left on 'our terms'
@@samuelloification2749 that’s fair, McGinn has had a pretty unique journey though. And that was only 1 aspect of my point which was that the booing **wasn’t that bad** and ended up not being a big story from the game.
The argument of offering any Villa fan in the holte end £500K but they can’t ever go again to VP, and using that as an analogy for Grealish leaving, is barmy. 😂. Nothing against Greg whatsoever but it doesn’t make sense. How many of those people would it mean the difference between living pay check to pay check and being able to have some financial stability. You can’t seriously compare Grealish’s situation to that that’s just comical 😂. You’re talking about one of the highest paid, most pampered professions in the world. Was hardly earning a paupers wage at AVFC. Besides, he left for medals not money. I don’t even blame Grealish for leaving but come on. I don’t agree with the booing either but as Dan says it’s all a bit pantomime, far worse things happen in the world than millionaire premier league player getting boo’d. There are numerous things Grealish did that didn’t help himself… tacky impersonal statement when he left, diving against us for a penalty, over the top appealing for a yellow yesterday… can’t always have your cake and eat it. We’re always hearing “but look at what that player did for X club” , what about what the club did for that player. Ps. Love the podcast 😂❤
“Some people can’t think outside of certain boxes” yeah sound Dan. Prior to that gregg talking waffle. It’s not panto. Shearer has a statue outside of Newcastle. What does it take for some f’kin loyalty these days? FYI Greg nobody is taking that offer of 500k to stop doing something that they enjoy for the rest of their lives. What sort of argument is that?
Rogers run had a bit of the Brazil Ronaldo about it. 3 players around him, left them all in his wake, then a 1 2 with McGinn and a finish in the corner. I love watching him. Tielemans looks like a pro playing in a celebrity charity match. He has so much time and vision he made the man city players look like z list celebs. Duran was simply superb. Everyone played well.
Get off the Grealish fan train.Remember when we were in real financial trouble?. Him and his old man tried to manufacture a move to Spurs,for 5 million,then he tried to manufacture a move to Man Utd before he went to City.Don't make out he's a saint.Look at all the times the club supported him,like when he was passed out drunk in the middle of the street,when he cheated on his partner and the photos were leaked.Worst of all when he couldn't stick to lockdown rules,whilst the rest of us stayed in and couldn't visit our loved ones as they died alone.Grealish ain't no saint.I remember an interview where he couldn't even say what year Villa were formed or didn't know all the names of the stands.His old man is just as bad,he free loaded off the club for years and when Grealish left he went and free loaded at City.He suddenly stopped going to Villa when Grealish left because he was going to have to start paying for things.I think it's sad that you want to hero worship Grealish when based on the body of work John McGinn's done more for Villa than what Grealish ever did.He deserved everything he got yesterday from the crowd and from Emi at HT and Onana at FT. Grealish ain't no Villa fan,compare him to Mark Albrighton he is a proper Villa fan.Chalk and cheese.The man deserves no loyalty from any Villa fan and I won't take anything Gregg says onboard because he doesn't support Villa.I don't know why you even have him on.
I think regarding grealish Greg was spot on - for 90 minutes hes trying to score against villa or at least do his bit for his team. For 90 minutes we're going to do everything in our power to stop him from doing that. After the game it's done - I gave him a round of applause at the end and always appreciate what he did for the team and that he club.
19:49 City cheated the system to take four of our captains… after the Delph experience, Grealish knew full well his; “My City, My Home” statement would not go unnoticed. He shat on us.
A huge extra thing to consider is how we came back after conceding the two late goals at Forest that could easily have dented our confidence as has happened so many times before and looked more like a team that was on a long run of straight wins.
Grealish was great for Villa, both playing and the money he eventually bought us. It hurt when he left but as you guys say you can understand why he did it to win the trophies he has. I think the big thing with him is the sad reality of how it's ultimately played out. Yes he won the trophies he wanted and that may be enough for a lot of people. It's sad though what his current manager has turned him into and knocked everything that was great about him out of his game. It feels like he's gone from being potentially one of the greats of the game to someone nobody will really remember in 20/30 years time which is a shame for him as very few people get that opportunity.
To me following villa for over 40 years now the most iconic pic for me is still that Andy wiemann photo standing in front of the holt end.yesterday reminded me of that day.great performance.can please please tie kamara down to a new deal like right now.utv.
Sympathy for Grealish evaporated when he got Cash booked and he looked over to the City bench and winked. No real Villa fan would do that at Villa park
The way ticket prices are going up with Heck you would have to offer a lot more than £250000 or £500000 for a fan never to go to Villa Park, as this is likely soon to be less then a standard season ticket !
Dan... there is a thin line between love and hate. The opposite of love is indifference. Whilst i don't agree with the booing, i think the reason it happened is because the fans loved him so much...
Nobody has an issue with someone wanting to leave for any reason, but it's 🐀 behavior with the "my city, my club, my ass" bullshit all whilst prostituting your release clause to Champions League clubs. He behaved like a 🐀 on numerous occassions and we defended him when we shouldn't have. Glad he is gone and is not welcome back! He has tainted his own legacy. Let's not even touch on his 🐀 behavior for diving against us or the unsavory things said about his former teammates, but that could just be because he is thick!
Great win and glad to see Emery not sabotaging things with unnecessary substitutions but we have to focus on shutting up shop in the final 10 minutes of matches.
Somebody take note of Mcginns passing , The Duran pass when ge scored his header .Numerous times in City game , but there was a cross field after shaking off city players about 80 mins .. Villa one touch at speed was great
Great performance! I'm a bit confused though why no one has told Cash he doesn't have to hit the ball as hard as he physically can when he takes a shot? Then he puts his hands on his head...and looks utterly confused why it's gone wide? UTV!
Serious logical fallacy there about fans in Holte End. Weird argument,like Jack was multi millionaire before he left for City. Also Ashley Young did not go for free to Utd. Plus Barkley did not light up that season with Jack, played a couple of good games, probably done more with limited minutes this season already. Probably the best performance of 2024 against a still star studded City and spent most of pod talking about a player no longer with us. Should be talking about our players cause they were all brilliant. Cash, Emi, Mcginn and Kamara all went after Jack abit cause now we have an edge that we have been crying out for years. They were not in the mood for massaging ex players ego's, dont blame fans if not willing to do it either.
I dont think duran will be the main man for the wgole season, it will swing between them depending on form. Watkins will have to have the right mind set to accept that though
just needs his shooting boots on,,,, nothing wrong with his overall game,, in fact he has been very good recently when others have been off it but goals crucial and its killing us along with the mistakes at the back
@davidblurton7158 I agree , what I'm implying is now he has to raise his game and prove he is the starter in 20 minutes just like Juran has . It's brutal but if we want top 4 there can't be any 99% its got to be the full 100 . There's no animosity towards Ollie at all , but Juran is getting better and better and football is unfortunately about winning .
@@leeevans1874 duran or olly cant play all the games even when fit,, durans all round game is not as good as ollys yet but his ruthlessness is and we need goals ollys time will come again soon both will need rests but duran is great at the mo so he has the slot
Gregg seemed a bit overly negative today. Yes man city were bad but villa were also very good. In recent weeks the players couldn't string two passes together and weren't doing the basics. Last match we saw slick, accurate one touch passing that hasn't been there this season. The attacks had real purpose and we were driving forward with pace and fluidity. That had nothing to do with man city underperforming.
26:30 Gregg/Dan has gone soft. Grealish left us for greener pastures, and the grass was not greener for Jack. He won 🏆🏆🏆 Man City would’ve 100% won without Jack, zero debate
Grealish is no longer a Villa player, if he gets booed then so be it. I genuinely don't see what the issue is. Had he scored and celebrated, then I have no issue with that either. Personal abuse is something entirely different but booing is pantomime stuff.
It’s obvious a lot of the villa journalists and podcasters were close to grealish and his family, the difference with Jack and someone like Milner is we LOVED Jack, we idolised him, we felt like he was us on the pitch. He chose to walk away from that and has cheated playing against us (yes I know, everyone does it) so we have every right to treat him the way we do.
Grealish doesn’t respect anyone. He was kind of disrespectful yesterday, and was terrible when City beat Fluminense last year, just doesn’t know how to behave properly, winning or losing
It's still bizarre to me that the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool and even Man United didn't go for Tielemens on a free. In terms of Grealish, it's just football. No player is bigger than the club. Do I want to see any player booed, of course not. But do I understand why fans are doing it, of course....all that talk of 'My club' etc to then leave will obviously leave a sour taste in people's mouths. I think we're all forgetting that as football fans, we're romantics at heart, and we all wanted Grealish to stay with Villa regardless of the pull of money and potential success and to drag us up to the level that he was at. It hurts people to know the romance of football has ultimately been dead for a long time.
Fantastic win for you guys. Well deserved. By far the better team. In respect to Grealish, I don't get the abuse from Villa fans, he: 1. Bought £100 million to your coffers 2. He clearly loves the club, can't stop banging on about Villa 3. Boyhood fan Not sure what he has done to deserve the abuse. It was clearly a no brainer to move to City.
Abuse is a bit strong, people were booing. I agree I wouldn't do it but it's not really uncommon. Seen City fans booing James Milner, West Ham fans boo Rice. Both achieved more with those clubs than Jack did with us
@samuelloification2749 Agree, abuse is probably a bit strong. I think with Milner, it's wrong, however he was a bit part player and ran his contract down. Villa got £100m for Grealish. In terms of Rice, agreed, that is wrong. However, jack achieved a lot in his own right, not least helping Villa get back to the prem and getting £100 mil for your war chest
@@amar74199 A lot of players achieved that though not just him and with all due respect, getting promoted from the championship isn't a massive achievment in the context of the club's history. Not sure any football fan views getting a big transfer fee as an accomplishment in football. We aren't a charity and if we didn't sell him we would't have spent loads replacing him. My point is he isn't getting weird treatment, it's pretty normal even though, like you, i disagree with it
@samuelloification2749 Yh fair enough. I can see it from that point of view also. I just think he should be given a little bit more respect but everyone is entitled to support how they like. Enjoy the holidays
Fodens goal came from Digne treading on the ball..... I'm not sure you can put that down to anything other than a one off mistake. The forest game however......... that was a concern but Carlos was playing so that explains a lot!
Digne treading on the ball is a howler. He's had a terrific season but call it out for what it was, a shocker. If Carlos had done that he'd be slated on social media
Don't think it's that deep with grealish. Just abit of stick on a match day won't hurt him surely.. he was playing well and fans maybe got into his head which helped the team I feel
When Milner left I had heard (on good authority) that it was O’Neil who was convincing Milner that it was a good move, as O’Neil wanted the Milner transfer money for his war chest.
Thing is, if Jack was to come back, he wouldn't start- not now, he's regressed as a player. Jack didn't endear himself in the game either. A bit petulant.
Jacks attitude goes to far aswel, the way he cries on and on to the ref to get cards against our players, getting in his ex team mates faces, so some fans going OTT can b justifiable aswel
Got alot of respect and appreciation for Grealish because he was a fantastic player for us and let’s be honest he is one of the main reasons we are in the premier league. In terms of booing him I think fans who pay their money to go to games are entitled to voice their feelings and opinions and if they want to boo him then fair enough that’s up to them. The Villa fan base clearly has very mixed feelings and opinions about Grealish.
I get his point, Roger’s waltzed through their midfield, and Tielemans had so much space. When we aren’t able to do that the games are much tighter. Doesn’t mean Villa didn’t play well. However their tactics suited us.
Absolutely agree with all the Grealish stuff, It benefitted everyone involved & made total sense. As soon as he left I didn't care what he said & how he acted as it is all part of football & the player has to say the standard rubbish to endear himself to the new club/fans. We don't miss him as much as he misses us & sad to see the player Pep has moulded him into but not our concern.
If the right deal comes in, maybe. But lets not forget that if a striker leaves, they'll need to be replaced and Watkins goals can't be easily replaced currently.
That midfield is much more physical and bigger ,, great for away games ..At set pieces we seem to have little guys marking big guys ..I think Ollie been carrying an injury since Euros ,
People make me laugh moaning about booing grealish . I'm a massive grealish fan but I bood yday. A lot of villa fans who booed him are probably the same as me , they still like grealish but you ain't going to cheer an opponents team and he's an opponent . It's not just him we do It with saka we do It with Bruno we do It vardy basically every team's main threat we do It with to try get in there head and yday it clearly worked as grealish had a poor game
I agee about the booing of Jack Grealish - not needed and disrespectful to a player that did a heck of a lot for the club on and off the pitch, money coming in included. Could he come back to Villa? Not now but never say never. I respect him as a player and he's been a berk at times off the pitch but he's not a bad bloke by any means. Didn't like the booing but I suppose the fans that booed him were trying to put him off his game, and I kind of get that.
I think its fine to boo the boo the opistion players including Grealish,but i can see were he is coming from my first Villa game was in 1953 my life is Aston Villa and would have given my arm to play for them but at the end of the day you play football to win trophies 😊 when he looks back at his career he will have a room full at the highest level,if stayed yes we would call him a legend but that is nothing like trophies 😊
Totally agree with you Dan re JG. No way I’m booing the lad. Wouldn’t have him back as a player but totally respect what he did for us on the pitch and to our bank balance. Great show.
I don't know why he was booed. He's just an opposition player now, bit weird imo. Plus he relishes 'abuse' from fans and normally rises to it. Fortunately Cash battered him from start to finish so he wasn't a threat. Class player for us, nice bloke from what I hear.
Plea to Dan I was hoping you would have linked up with Tom [as we have played 2 German sides]. Also it would be great if you could arrange for Chris to make an odd appearance. I know that people have to move on and and make a living yet nothing compares or can replace the Villa View.
Watkins has 7 epl goals in a system where he was isolated. I know he has to be better but he will also flourish having tielemans up top and rogers and mcginn supporting.
I love Super Jack he actioned at us Villa fans yesterday in the North Stand Lower that he loves us . I will never boo him he save our hides as a club . He owes the Villa nothing UTV
Get Jack back [at some stage] since Pep has ruined him, allow him to play like his old self. That will stop the booing from Villa fans and then he will enjoy again the booing from opposition supporters.
Totally agree with you Dan re JG. No way I’m booing the lad. Wouldn’t have him back as a player but totally respect what he did for us on the pitch and to our bank balance. Great show.
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Booing an opposition player isn't "abuse" FFS. That's an absolutely mental framing of what happened, Dan. It's all in the game.
It’s a bit cringe and babyish
@ You’re entitled to think that, but it still doesn’t make it “abuse”
@ didn’t mention abuse but it is cringe and childish - fact. You one of them then 😿
So firstly Greg's point about villa fans taking 500k is disingenuous, Grealish was already getting paid a fortune unlike the vast majority of the holtenders. On Grealish, I doubt many object that he left for 100mill, what many don't like is the revisionist history and he should practically get a statue at VP. Grealish nearly went to spurs when we got relegated if they had offered enough, toyed with Man United after we stayed up and finally went to City so lets forget the loyalty nonsense. Got us promoted...hmm.. check Abraham's goal tally and tell me again it was single handedly Grealish... sorry not buying. Look, he was great for us, left for medals and more money like most players so lets stop with the lets treat him differently rubbish. We booed Ashley Young, we booed Gareth Barry and loads of other good villa players so ditto Grealish. Rant over 😂
Nail on the head. The revisionists want to tell you he’s a hero who deserves a statue alongside McGregor, but the facts are he’s just like most footballers who leave for something better when they can. So that’s how he gets treated…no big deal.
Also, yeah, some of their talk is just laughable. Also Ashley Young left for big money (not for free😂) the first time, AFTER staying an extra season to captain us thru the post MON season, and that was our last top half finish until Don Unai. Then came back and wanted to stay longer, but was told to look elsewhere (I think his leadership and versatility would’ve earned a few extra points, in hindsight).
Absolute blindness from journos
Gotta laugh at Grealish fan boys.
He’s just a former player who left for the lottery winners. But if you lot want to add the context like “Villa fan, did so much for us” etc etc then that context can also be used to say that the emotional tie we had to Grealish and the way he’s behaved on the pitch since leaving re diving, remonstration with ref to get players booked and laughing and celebrating with his new friends….its open season for what he had yesterday.
We're the only ones that stuck up for him during all his lock down party antics. We backed him to the hill until he threw it back at us.
It doesn't bother me now that he left, I get it but don't expect a hero's welcome
Seen Micheal Owen’s tweet 😂 seriously what do people expect. I know it’s the modern world and oooo you’re my friend and here’s my friend crap. But f that. He wasn’t loyal to us so why are we supposed to be loyal to him?
Are you a friend if the Grealish family? 😂 Don’t overreact. He got booed because he broke our hearts after saying “My club, my city”. He wanted to win trophies, fine, the price is losing his hero status. As for the “the £100mil saved us financially” come on Dan, you’re better than that. We wouldn’t have bought all three replacements, we would’ve kept our best player and built. Trophies were more important than being captain at the club his whole family supports, we can all understand the equation he did…
Bit of both here. The 100 mill did lots for us FFP wise. But a lot of fans quick to forget he wanted to jump ship on multiple occasions.
The FFP bonus is irrelevant, because by selling him, we had to spend lots money to replace him. Most fans at the time wanted to keep Grealish and add a winger or a 10, nobody thought “I’d rather have the 100mil”. And yes as you say, he wanted to go in the end, nobody forced him, he wasn’t forced to have release clause in his contract
@@Dave-kg9bb correct Grealish tried to leave 3x prior! Grealish was owned yesterday by Matt Cash, says it all really UTV bye Jack
Kills bardell to say Durán should be starting 😂😂
Hahaha I love Dan but this is so true
When Ollie was one on one with their keeper - I knew it wasn’t going in - with Duran there always seems to be hope.
Exactly, so weird from Dan! Watkins wouldn’t score in a brothel rn and the first city goal no chance Watkins could pop up the ball like Duran did
I didn't boo but ultimately I don't give a shit what other paying fans want to do and the feelings of an ex-player. I support Villa, not players. We just beat Man City at home in back to back seasons, let's enjoy it.
Lads, love the pod, but to be honest I think you MASSIVELY over-egged the handwringing about the Grealish “abuse” yesterday. As a few journos did too. Spent about 10 minutes longer than it needed on it when it could’ve been 2. Know you’re mates with Kev etc…
Totally normal for fans to boo an ex player for the length of the first half that they did. Most boos had gone by HT and fans were enjoying a fantastic performance. If anything, Grealish’s conduct at half time, full time, and the petulant challenge on SJM on 80 minutes got the crowd BACK on his back after most of it has died down.
He’s an opposition player now, no one cares about him or should they. He’s got his trophies, wasn’t instrumental in any of them, thanks for the fee.
Ironic that despite not being from the area, McGinn and the journey/loyalty he has been on has a higher likelihood of going down a “legend” of this era at Villa after this decade than Grealish ever will.
Yeah but that's only because no big team wanted to sign McGinn when we were crap. Nuts to think he wouldn't have left too like every other player we have had that has been wanted.
We play a stupid game with ourselves where we arselick players like CH, Albrighton, Bannan because we wanted to sell them at the time. Our 'cult heroes' are guys who weren't good enough to leave or left on 'our terms'
@@samuelloification2749 that’s fair, McGinn has had a pretty unique journey though. And that was only 1 aspect of my point which was that the booing **wasn’t that bad** and ended up not being a big story from the game.
@@keenohyeah I agree with that part
1000000% I was listening grocery shopping and in disbelief until every comment agreed that this was a very weird pod
The argument of offering any Villa fan in the holte end £500K but they can’t ever go again to VP, and using that as an analogy for Grealish leaving, is barmy. 😂. Nothing against Greg whatsoever but it doesn’t make sense.
How many of those people would it mean the difference between living pay check to pay check and being able to have some financial stability. You can’t seriously compare Grealish’s situation to that that’s just comical 😂. You’re talking about one of the highest paid, most pampered professions in the world. Was hardly earning a paupers wage at AVFC. Besides, he left for medals not money.
I don’t even blame Grealish for leaving but come on. I don’t agree with the booing either but as Dan says it’s all a bit pantomime, far worse things happen in the world than millionaire premier league player getting boo’d.
There are numerous things Grealish did that didn’t help himself… tacky impersonal statement when he left, diving against us for a penalty, over the top appealing for a yellow yesterday… can’t always have your cake and eat it. We’re always hearing “but look at what that player did for X club” , what about what the club did for that player.
Ps. Love the podcast 😂❤
“Some people can’t think outside of certain boxes” yeah sound Dan. Prior to that gregg talking waffle. It’s not panto. Shearer has a statue outside of Newcastle. What does it take for some f’kin loyalty these days?
FYI Greg nobody is taking that offer of 500k to stop doing something that they enjoy for the rest of their lives. What sort of argument is that?
Comparing Milner to a home grown fan ffs comparing apples and pears
Rogers run had a bit of the Brazil Ronaldo about it. 3 players around him, left them all in his wake, then a 1 2 with McGinn and a finish in the corner. I love watching him.
Tielemans looks like a pro playing in a celebrity charity match. He has so much time and vision he made the man city players look like z list celebs.
Duran was simply superb. Everyone played well.
Rogers reminds me more of Kaka tbh. His range-y stride and strength.
Duran adds £5m to his asking price every time he starts.
Get off the Grealish fan train.Remember when we were in real financial trouble?. Him and his old man tried to manufacture a move to Spurs,for 5 million,then he tried to manufacture a move to Man Utd before he went to City.Don't make out he's a saint.Look at all the times the club supported him,like when he was passed out drunk in the middle of the street,when he cheated on his partner and the photos were leaked.Worst of all when he couldn't stick to lockdown rules,whilst the rest of us stayed in and couldn't visit our loved ones as they died alone.Grealish ain't no saint.I remember an interview where he couldn't even say what year Villa were formed or didn't know all the names of the stands.His old man is just as bad,he free loaded off the club for years and when Grealish left he went and free loaded at City.He suddenly stopped going to Villa when Grealish left because he was going to have to start paying for things.I think it's sad that you want to hero worship Grealish when based on the body of work John McGinn's done more for Villa than what Grealish ever did.He deserved everything he got yesterday from the crowd and from Emi at HT and Onana at FT. Grealish ain't no Villa fan,compare him to Mark Albrighton he is a proper Villa fan.Chalk and cheese.The man deserves no loyalty from any Villa fan and I won't take anything Gregg says onboard because he doesn't support Villa.I don't know why you even have him on.
I think regarding grealish Greg was spot on - for 90 minutes hes trying to score against villa or at least do his bit for his team. For 90 minutes we're going to do everything in our power to stop him from doing that. After the game it's done - I gave him a round of applause at the end and always appreciate what he did for the team and that he club.
agreed, it’s all banter and part of the game. take that out we may as well all just watch it from our couch
@richmac1874, y'all riled him really bad. That boy ignored McGinn like a scorned ex.😂
@@seanwilson5516 lol i did find that funny, you know john wound him up more after too
19:49 City cheated the system to take four of our captains… after the Delph experience, Grealish knew full well his; “My City, My Home” statement would not go unnoticed. He shat on us.
A huge extra thing to consider is how we came back after conceding the two late goals at Forest that could easily have dented our confidence as has happened so many times before and looked more like a team that was on a long run of straight wins.
Grealish was great for Villa, both playing and the money he eventually bought us. It hurt when he left but as you guys say you can understand why he did it to win the trophies he has.
I think the big thing with him is the sad reality of how it's ultimately played out. Yes he won the trophies he wanted and that may be enough for a lot of people. It's sad though what his current manager has turned him into and knocked everything that was great about him out of his game.
It feels like he's gone from being potentially one of the greats of the game to someone nobody will really remember in 20/30 years time which is a shame for him as very few people get that opportunity.
So, we shouldn't boo Grealish but we should exept his petulant behavior and constant complaining to get players booked. Do me a favour!!!!
To me following villa for over 40 years now the most iconic pic for me is still that Andy wiemann photo standing in front of the holt end.yesterday reminded me of that day.great performance.can please please tie kamara down to a new deal like right now.utv.
Sympathy for Grealish evaporated when he got Cash booked and he looked over to the City bench and winked. No real Villa fan would do that at Villa park
The way ticket prices are going up with Heck you would have to offer a lot more than £250000 or £500000 for a fan never to go to Villa Park, as this is likely soon to be less then a standard season ticket !
Dan... there is a thin line between love and hate. The opposite of love is indifference. Whilst i don't agree with the booing, i think the reason it happened is because the fans loved him so much...
Nobody has an issue with someone wanting to leave for any reason, but it's 🐀 behavior with the "my city, my club, my ass" bullshit all whilst prostituting your release clause to Champions League clubs. He behaved like a 🐀 on numerous occassions and we defended him when we shouldn't have. Glad he is gone and is not welcome back! He has tainted his own legacy. Let's not even touch on his 🐀 behavior for diving against us or the unsavory things said about his former teammates, but that could just be because he is thick!
Great win and glad to see Emery not sabotaging things with unnecessary substitutions but we have to focus on shutting up shop in the final 10 minutes of matches.
Somebody take note of Mcginns passing , The Duran pass when ge scored his header .Numerous times in City game , but there was a cross field after shaking off city players about 80 mins .. Villa one touch at speed was great
With the way Tielmans plays, he could play at this level till he's 35...just surround him with willing legs and clever runners
Merry Christmas Global Greg!
The Kamara, Onana pairing is great, and will only get better. Cheez Bouba is some baller
Great performance! I'm a bit confused though why no one has told Cash he doesn't have to hit the ball as hard as he physically can when he takes a shot? Then he puts his hands on his head...and looks utterly confused why it's gone wide? UTV!
Ashley young did not leave for free
Serious logical fallacy there about fans in Holte End. Weird argument,like Jack was multi millionaire before he left for City. Also Ashley Young did not go for free to Utd. Plus Barkley did not light up that season with Jack, played a couple of good games, probably done more with limited minutes this season already. Probably the best performance of 2024 against a still star studded City and spent most of pod talking about a player no longer with us. Should be talking about our players cause they were all brilliant. Cash, Emi, Mcginn and Kamara all went after Jack abit cause now we have an edge that we have been crying out for years. They were not in the mood for massaging ex players ego's, dont blame fans if not willing to do it either.
20:20 might wanna update your facts Dan, think the Grealish family is done with Villa for the time being after yesterday
I dont think duran will be the main man for the wgole season, it will swing between them depending on form. Watkins will have to have the right mind set to accept that though
I absolutely love Ollie , but now the shoes on the other foot Ollie has his 20 minutes per game to prove he's a better striker .
just needs his shooting boots on,,,, nothing wrong with his overall game,, in fact he has been very good recently when others have been off it but goals crucial and its killing us along with the mistakes at the back
@davidblurton7158 I agree , what I'm implying is now he has to raise his game and prove he is the starter in 20 minutes just like Juran has . It's brutal but if we want top 4 there can't be any 99% its got to be the full 100 . There's no animosity towards Ollie at all , but Juran is getting better and better and football is unfortunately about winning .
@@leeevans1874 duran or olly cant play all the games even when fit,, durans all round game is not as good as ollys yet but his ruthlessness is and we need goals ollys time will come again soon both will need rests but duran is great at the mo so he has the slot
Gregg seemed a bit overly negative today. Yes man city were bad but villa were also very good. In recent weeks the players couldn't string two passes together and weren't doing the basics. Last match we saw slick, accurate one touch passing that hasn't been there this season. The attacks had real purpose and we were driving forward with pace and fluidity. That had nothing to do with man city underperforming.
The WBA fan hates seeing Villa win such a big game
26:30 Gregg/Dan has gone soft. Grealish left us for greener pastures, and the grass was not greener for Jack. He won 🏆🏆🏆 Man City would’ve 100% won without Jack, zero debate
Ppl pay to watch a game- they can book or clap who they want. Pity the league gave us another away day fixture on Boxing Day.
I know and Kamara only came for Stevie G 😂
Grealish is no longer a Villa player, if he gets booed then so be it. I genuinely don't see what the issue is. Had he scored and celebrated, then I have no issue with that either. Personal abuse is something entirely different but booing is pantomime stuff.
It’s obvious a lot of the villa journalists and podcasters were close to grealish and his family, the difference with Jack and someone like Milner is we LOVED Jack, we idolised him, we felt like he was us on the pitch. He chose to walk away from that and has cheated playing against us (yes I know, everyone does it) so we have every right to treat him the way we do.
Grealish doesn’t respect anyone. He was kind of disrespectful yesterday, and was terrible when City beat Fluminense last year, just doesn’t know how to behave properly, winning or losing
It's still bizarre to me that the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool and even Man United didn't go for Tielemens on a free.
In terms of Grealish, it's just football. No player is bigger than the club. Do I want to see any player booed, of course not. But do I understand why fans are doing it, of course....all that talk of 'My club' etc to then leave will obviously leave a sour taste in people's mouths. I think we're all forgetting that as football fans, we're romantics at heart, and we all wanted Grealish to stay with Villa regardless of the pull of money and potential success and to drag us up to the level that he was at. It hurts people to know the romance of football has ultimately been dead for a long time.
Fantastic win for you guys. Well deserved. By far the better team. In respect to Grealish, I don't get the abuse from Villa fans, he:
1. Bought £100 million to your coffers
2. He clearly loves the club, can't stop banging on about Villa
3. Boyhood fan
Not sure what he has done to deserve the abuse. It was clearly a no brainer to move to City.
Abuse is a bit strong, people were booing. I agree I wouldn't do it but it's not really uncommon. Seen City fans booing James Milner, West Ham fans boo Rice. Both achieved more with those clubs than Jack did with us
@samuelloification2749 Agree, abuse is probably a bit strong. I think with Milner, it's wrong, however he was a bit part player and ran his contract down. Villa got £100m for Grealish. In terms of Rice, agreed, that is wrong. However, jack achieved a lot in his own right, not least helping Villa get back to the prem and getting £100 mil for your war chest
@@amar74199 A lot of players achieved that though not just him and with all due respect, getting promoted from the championship isn't a massive achievment in the context of the club's history. Not sure any football fan views getting a big transfer fee as an accomplishment in football. We aren't a charity and if we didn't sell him we would't have spent loads replacing him.
My point is he isn't getting weird treatment, it's pretty normal even though, like you, i disagree with it
@samuelloification2749 Yh fair enough. I can see it from that point of view also. I just think he should be given a little bit more respect but everyone is entitled to support how they like. Enjoy the holidays
Fodens goal came from Digne treading on the ball..... I'm not sure you can put that down to anything other than a one off mistake. The forest game however......... that was a concern but Carlos was playing so that explains a lot!
carlos not at fault for forests two goals,, might have done better for the martinez save and their offside goal but in reality thats harsh
Digne treading on the ball is a howler. He's had a terrific season but call it out for what it was, a shocker. If Carlos had done that he'd be slated on social media
Love the show Dan. Gregg cool as a cucumber 🥒, good banter. Is this now one of our strongest team starts?
Duran is undropable at the minute, has to start every game over ollie 😊
Don't think it's that deep with grealish. Just abit of stick on a match day won't hurt him surely.. he was playing well and fans maybe got into his head which helped the team I feel
Everyone getting over excited, yes they have quality players, but man city are terrible. Good win but let's stay focused.
When Milner left I had heard (on good authority) that it was O’Neil who was convincing Milner that it was a good move, as O’Neil wanted the Milner transfer money for his war chest.
Thing is, if Jack was to come back, he wouldn't start- not now, he's regressed as a player. Jack didn't endear himself in the game either. A bit petulant.
I take it this Gregg fella isn’t a Villa fan
He's a West Brom fan
Jacks attitude goes to far aswel, the way he cries on and on to the ref to get cards against our players, getting in his ex team mates faces, so some fans going OTT can b justifiable aswel
Got alot of respect and appreciation for Grealish because he was a fantastic player for us and let’s be honest he is one of the main reasons we are in the premier league.
In terms of booing him I think fans who pay their money to go to games are entitled to voice their feelings and opinions and if they want to boo him then fair enough that’s up to them.
The Villa fan base clearly has very mixed feelings and opinions about Grealish.
Great performance Dan you could pick one of many for motm for me I'd go with Morgan Rogers. UTV
“He could go anywhere in the world” Spain is that way. 👋🏻
Incorrect about Grealish. Its about his attitude yesterday if he's giving stick to the Villa fans we have every right to reply.
Didn't he only give stick to the Villa fans as a reaction to us giving him stick? Which surely he equally has every right to do?
that was after he got dogs abuse for an hour and a half mate... ffs
He only gave "stick" at full-time. That was in response to the abuse he got throughout the game. What did you expect him to do, clap?
All the Best. Up the Villa from Malta
So Man City were poor and this is the reason Villa won .. 😂 Gregg Evans proving once again that the idiot hat sits firmly on his head 😂😂🎄✌️
I get his point, Roger’s waltzed through their midfield, and Tielemans had so much space. When we aren’t able to do that the games are much tighter. Doesn’t mean Villa didn’t play well. However their tactics suited us.
22:29 patronising tosh.
??? Don’t listen to the free content then. It’s Xmas cheer up UTV
Absolutely agree with all the Grealish stuff, It benefitted everyone involved & made total sense. As soon as he left I didn't care what he said & how he acted as it is all part of football & the player has to say the standard rubbish to endear himself to the new club/fans. We don't miss him as much as he misses us & sad to see the player Pep has moulded him into but not our concern.
would still have him back though,,,
@ 100% if Unai thinks he fits our system & he feels he can undo the hatchet job Pep has performed.
gregs audio is quiet.
great show!
Rogers explosive dribble is R9 Ronaldo level. He could make a great striker
Time to sell Ollie?
If the right deal comes in, maybe. But lets not forget that if a striker leaves, they'll need to be replaced and Watkins goals can't be easily replaced currently.
Expires 2027, have to this summer
That midfield is much more physical and bigger ,, great for away games ..At set pieces we seem to have little guys marking big guys ..I think Ollie been carrying an injury since Euros ,
People make me laugh moaning about booing grealish . I'm a massive grealish fan but I bood yday. A lot of villa fans who booed him are probably the same as me , they still like grealish but you ain't going to cheer an opponents team and he's an opponent . It's not just him we do It with saka we do It with Bruno we do It vardy basically every team's main threat we do It with to try get in there head and yday it clearly worked as grealish had a poor game
good first half,,, their best player,,, anonymous second half
Villa fans
If you were offered 500k to not go to Villa park again, would you take it??
Tough decision
It’s Durn all day for me lads UTV
I agee about the booing of Jack Grealish - not needed and disrespectful to a player that did a heck of a lot for the club on and off the pitch, money coming in included. Could he come back to Villa? Not now but never say never. I respect him as a player and he's been a berk at times off the pitch but he's not a bad bloke by any means. Didn't like the booing but I suppose the fans that booed him were trying to put him off his game, and I kind of get that.
I think its fine to boo the boo the opistion players including Grealish,but i can see were he is coming from my first Villa game was in 1953 my life is Aston Villa and would have given my arm to play for them but at the end of the day you play football to win trophies 😊 when he looks back at his career he will have a room full at the highest level,if stayed yes we would call him a legend but that is nothing like trophies 😊
Totally agree with you Dan re JG. No way I’m booing the lad. Wouldn’t have him back as a player but totally respect what he did for us on the pitch and to our bank balance. Great show.
Typical Dan twerking for a name.
I don't know why he was booed. He's just an opposition player now, bit weird imo. Plus he relishes 'abuse' from fans and normally rises to it. Fortunately Cash battered him from start to finish so he wasn't a threat. Class player for us, nice bloke from what I hear.
Dan Bardell with another pathetic take 🤣🤣🤣
Crying like Grealish and his old man 🤣
For real. Sad to see
Watkins will be sold to West Ham
Great shout
Nonsense
Dan- have you heard from Flex? Boy, ManUre are just awful- and Flex thinks that they will finish above Villa? Boy- what is Flex smoking?
Plea to Dan I was hoping you would have linked up with Tom [as we have played 2 German sides]. Also it would be great if you could arrange for Chris to make an odd appearance. I know that people have to move on and and make a living yet nothing compares or can replace the Villa View.
Watkins has 7 epl goals in a system where he was isolated. I know he has to be better but he will also flourish having tielemans up top and rogers and mcginn supporting.
I love Super Jack he actioned at us Villa fans yesterday in the North Stand Lower that he loves us . I will never boo him he save our hides as a club . He owes the Villa nothing UTV
Get Jack back [at some stage] since Pep has ruined him, allow him to play like his old self. That will stop the booing from Villa fans and then he will enjoy again the booing from opposition supporters.
Totally agree with you Dan re JG. No way I’m booing the lad. Wouldn’t have him back as a player but totally respect what he did for us on the pitch and to our bank balance. Great show.