Alex Moreno - Gone to Forest On Loan

[eamonn]

There were cameras on their way in that showed them he was there.  It was for the most part faux shock.

Nah, footballers are shit actors. The jumps were realz.

[Clark W Griswold]

Looks pretty genuine. A few clocked something was going on though i think. Longlet and Torres very cool, a fair few jump, Bailey probably the funniest for me.

[Monty]

On a related note, how nice to have a squad with no tossers!

[Toronto Villa]

Yeh I thought that too. Not a single one of them are the wankers of the past. No Lescott, Richards, Collins, Gabby having a fucking right old laugh as we plummeted down the league. Christmas videos on the jolly as our club was embarrassed week after week. Some lovely cliques where the French players felt unwelcome while the England “lads” went out on the piss.

[LukeJames]

Back in training, wahay.

[Toronto Villa]

Always seems to have a brilliant attitude. Great to see him back out there

https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1719708887958323421?s=46

[AV84]

Hopefully it sticks this time.

[Risso]

Yeh I thought that too. Not a single one of them are the wankers of the past. No Lescott, Richards, Collins, Gabby having a fucking right old laugh as we plummeted down the league. Christmas videos on the jolly as our club was embarrassed week after week. Some lovely cliques where the French players felt unwelcome while the England “lads” went out on the piss.

Something occurred to me last week. I might be miles out, but I wonder if some of McGinn's improvement in form is down to Grealish not being here any more, and them not going out on the lash all the time? Obviously he's being coached to an infinitely higher level, but he looks a lot fitter and more determined as well.

[Toronto Villa]

Yeh I thought that too. Not a single one of them are the wankers of the past. No Lescott, Richards, Collins, Gabby having a fucking right old laugh as we plummeted down the league. Christmas videos on the jolly as our club was embarrassed week after week. Some lovely cliques where the French players felt unwelcome while the England “lads” went out on the piss.

Something occurred to me last week. I might be miles out, but I wonder if some of McGinn's improvement in form is down to Grealish not being here any more, and them not going out on the lash all the time? Obviously he's being coached to an infinitely higher level, but he looks a lot fitter and more determined as well.

Yeh you might be right. But Grealish was gone and even under Gerrard SJM looked overweight and out of shape. And I don’t know that McGinn is a drinker to the same extent Grealish is. I always see McGinn as a minder so that his mate didn’t fall off a cliff literally or drown in a pool. I just think McGinn under Emery has truly bought into the disciplines and responsibilities of being captain of Aston Villa. If anyone embodies Emery and what he has changed at the club it’s McGinn. A proper leader now and even more so that Mings is out who is another born leader on and off the pitch.

[Somniloquism]

They all know their job in the team, they all know the others players do as well. So you don't have McGinn, Watkins, Mings and others having to run around doing nothing as much as they did. Hence the improvement pretty much across the board. I also suspect they have been told what to eat and when to eat and so they have also improved physically anyway. Mings definitely looks a few pounds lighter in the face as well as the body.

Anyway, back to Scary Moreno, who was the blonde tallish guy who got scared as well. And was that Ramsey who was looking around the doors?

[astonvilla82]

Yeh I thought that too. Not a single one of them are the wankers of the past. No Lescott, Richards, Collins, Gabby having a fucking right old laugh as we plummeted down the league. Christmas videos on the jolly as our club was embarrassed week after week. Some lovely cliques where the French players felt unwelcome while the England “lads” went out on the piss.

Something occurred to me last week. I might be miles out, but I wonder if some of McGinn's improvement in form is down to Grealish not being here any more, and them not going out on the lash all the time? Obviously he's being coached to an infinitely higher level, but he looks a lot fitter and more determined as well.

Yeh you might be right. But Grealish was gone and even under Gerrard SJM looked overweight and out of shape. And I don’t know that McGinn is a drinker to the same extent Grealish is. I always see McGinn as a minder so that his mate didn’t fall off a cliff literally or drown in a pool. I just think McGinn under Emery has truly bought into the disciplines and responsibilities of being captain of Aston Villa. If anyone embodies Emery and what he has changed at the club it’s McGinn. A proper leader now and even more so that Mings is out who is another born leader on and off the pitch.

The player who I didn't think could adapt to Emery tactics and I thought would be gone, but shows what a fantastic manager Emery is and "I know nothing"

[Ducksworthy]

Yeh I thought that too. Not a single one of them are the wankers of the past. No Lescott, Richards, Collins, Gabby having a fucking right old laugh as we plummeted down the league. Christmas videos on the jolly as our club was embarrassed week after week. Some lovely cliques where the French players felt unwelcome while the England “lads” went out on the piss.

Something occurred to me last week. I might be miles out, but I wonder if some of McGinn's improvement in form is down to Grealish not being here any more, and them not going out on the lash all the time? Obviously he's being coached to an infinitely higher level, but he looks a lot fitter and more determined as well.

Yeh you might be right. But Grealish was gone and even under Gerrard SJM looked overweight and out of shape. And I don’t know that McGinn is a drinker to the same extent Grealish is. I always see McGinn as a minder so that his mate didn’t fall off a cliff literally or drown in a pool. I just think McGinn under Emery has truly bought into the disciplines and responsibilities of being captain of Aston Villa. If anyone embodies Emery and what he has changed at the club it’s McGinn. A proper leader now and even more so that Mings is out who is another born leader on and off the pitch.

I think you’ll find he went to Dublin once - that’s all the proof any of us need.

[Toronto Villa]

Yeh I thought that too. Not a single one of them are the wankers of the past. No Lescott, Richards, Collins, Gabby having a fucking right old laugh as we plummeted down the league. Christmas videos on the jolly as our club was embarrassed week after week. Some lovely cliques where the French players felt unwelcome while the England “lads” went out on the piss.

Something occurred to me last week. I might be miles out, but I wonder if some of McGinn's improvement in form is down to Grealish not being here any more, and them not going out on the lash all the time? Obviously he's being coached to an infinitely higher level, but he looks a lot fitter and more determined as well.

Yeh you might be right. But Grealish was gone and even under Gerrard SJM looked overweight and out of shape. And I don’t know that McGinn is a drinker to the same extent Grealish is. I always see McGinn as a minder so that his mate didn’t fall off a cliff literally or drown in a pool. I just think McGinn under Emery has truly bought into the disciplines and responsibilities of being captain of Aston Villa. If anyone embodies Emery and what he has changed at the club it’s McGinn. A proper leader now and even more so that Mings is out who is another born leader on and off the pitch.

I think you’ll find he went to Dublin once - that’s all the proof any of us need.

Ah yes. My bad. He visited Ireland so no doubt he was face down on Grafton and vomiting later into the Liffey.

[AV84]

Seeing the team photo published today I'm assuming that's why Buendia was with the rest of the squad yesterday. Still, good to see him up and about and he's front row in the pic, so we can confirm he's definitely still got both knees intact.

[OCD]

Even Mings is there.