Press-ing away

[dave.woodhall]

Read 'em and weep. A bit.

http://thebirminghampress.com/2016/07/are-we-nearly-there-yet/

[kippaxvilla2]

Re the Matty Taylor comment, I would give him a try - Jamie Vardy didn't too badly when Leicester took him.  Agree it is a risk though.

[Louzie0]

I liked the reference to our new owners acknowledging the tradition of heading down the M5!

Playing Boro rather than Barca is more useful at this point, I think you're right.

[Desi]

Your mention, Dave, of creativity (lack of) made me wonder about Adama Traore!

Has anyone heard what is the situation with hom?

[ldavfc4eva]

As always Dave, a nicely written piece. As Desi has posted above, what is the deal with Adama? He seems to have been injured in some way or other since we signed him.

[robbo1874]

Nice if we get a decent crowd against Boro.

I once attended a pre-season friendly at Parkhead where Celtic attracted a crowd of 52,000 against Fulham ( mate is a Fulham fan). Doubt we'll get half that number, but we'll see.

[old man villa fan]

Nice if we get a decent crowd against Boro.

I once attended a pre-season friendly at Parkhead where Celtic attracted a crowd of 52,000 against Fulham ( mate is a Fulham fan). Doubt we'll get half that number, but we'll see.

I went to the pre-season friendly when we played Celtic up there. Cooper made is debut and Walters was playing. The Celtic fans were not friendly.

[robbo1874]

We had a great weekend in all honesty. Made all the better by a mate 'smuggling' a few grams of the good stuff on the flight up.

The area around Celtic Park was a real shock though. Run down and deprived doesn't really do it justice. Only comparable place I've seen in England is Salford.

[darren woolley]

Good read Dave.

[dave.woodhall]

Re the Matty Taylor comment, I would give him a try - Jamie Vardy didn't too badly when Leicester took him.  Agree it is a risk though.

I think Leicester were able to give him a year to find his feet whereas we've got to hit the ground running. 

[Diablo]

Ouch! The 'Premier League giants Middlesbrough' bit is depressing. Add Bournemouth, Burnley, Hull, Palace, Southampton, Stoke, Swansea etc hits home our current position/plight (and that's without naming who we'll shortly be lining up against).

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Another great piece Mr Woodhall, summing our situation up very neatly.

Agree massively that the most obvious must for our team is a striker with some presence and nous....Gestede is not it!

I'd take Andy Lochhead, Sammy Morgan or Peter Withe without thinking about it!
If only....