New Posts For Thread: Is it time to take the title challenge of Aston Villa seriously?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriouslyIt takes a leap of imagination but if Arsenal and Manchester City falter, Villa look much the best placed to take advantage. These events recur more than once in thirty years.Villa just need to scout better. I've no sympathy for them whilst they thought it was stringent to buy the likes of Coutinho and other wasters who ended up not being consistent first team players and a millstone round their necks. I have little timehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165665#565165665Villa just need to scout better. I've no sympathy for them whilst they thought it was stringent to buy the likes of Coutinho and other wasters who ended up not being consistent first team players and a millstone round their necks. I have little timeWed, 31 Dec 2025 11:10:13 -0600Yeah, but net spend shows £60milClever by his team, of course.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165637#565165637Yeah, but net spend shows £60milClever by his team, of course.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:55:28 -0600Haaland cost City what a 150m player would have cost, that's what he was worth when they signed him. His agent negotiated low release clauses for all his moves until City (£5m, 20m, 60m) so that he could move freely and never be held to ransom. Thahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165613#565165613Haaland cost City what a 150m player would have cost, that's what he was worth when they signed him. His agent negotiated low release clauses for all his moves until City (£5m, 20m, 60m) so that he could move freely and never be held to ransom. ThaWed, 31 Dec 2025 10:48:59 -0600True. But they say you meet everybody twice, once on the way up and once on the way down.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165503#565165503True. But they say you meet everybody twice, once on the way up and once on the way down.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:51:45 -0600Yeah, haaland goes in at £60 million, andteams like villa have to pay more to attract big players.No way he was signing for villa for 60 mil...https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165501#565165501Yeah, haaland goes in at £60 million, andteams like villa have to pay more to attract big players.No way he was signing for villa for 60 mil...Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:48:31 -0600Impressed with Arsenal - as their manager says, they adapt their game: no team better at playing for a set-piece but some decent footballers too.Still, can't help rooting for Pep's team ..https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165449#565165449Impressed with Arsenal - as their manager says, they adapt their game: no team better at playing for a set-piece but some decent footballers too.Still, can't help rooting for Pep's team ..Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:14:41 -0600Villa have spent £700m since they got promoted in 2019, that is only one window more than Arteta has been at Arsenal.The reasons Emery hasn't spent more are 1) he hasn't been there as long 2) they haven't had 3 years of CL football, only 1 and 3) 91https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165343#565165343Villa have spent £700m since they got promoted in 2019, that is only one window more than Arteta has been at Arsenal.The reasons Emery hasn't spent more are 1) he hasn't been there as long 2) they haven't had 3 years of CL football, only 1 and 3) 91Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:51:20 -0600A far more realistic target cb29, for they aregoing so well they may as well tilt at the moon.Arteta and Emery are both good managers and bothstill improving.Bit like grand prix racing as driving the rightcar gets you titles.If you are as good a drivhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165195#565165195A far more realistic target cb29, for they aregoing so well they may as well tilt at the moon.Arteta and Emery are both good managers and bothstill improving.Bit like grand prix racing as driving the rightcar gets you titles.If you are as good a drivWed, 31 Dec 2025 06:04:46 -0600Chelsea and Man Utd both failed to win very winnable games, so it wasn't such a bad night for Villa after all. And they don't have to play Arsenal again. Whereas Man Utd have played Wolves twice. Losing Kamara, Onana and Cash for this game, was eqhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565165185#565165185Chelsea and Man Utd both failed to win very winnable games, so it wasn't such a bad night for Villa after all. And they don't have to play Arsenal again. Whereas Man Utd have played Wolves twice. Losing Kamara, Onana and Cash for this game, was eqWed, 31 Dec 2025 05:56:11 -0600Emery has made some good signings at Villa- Torres, Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Onana etc. I would consider him to be more tactically astute than Arteta.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31891483/is-it-time-to-take-the-title-challenge-of-aston-villa-seriously?post_id=565164879#565164879Emery has made some good signings at Villa- Torres, Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Onana etc. I would consider him to be more tactically astute than Arteta.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:38:15 -0600