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Given that they only won once in January (against Ipswich), and didn't win in February, it was hard to see them getting into the playoffs Then Grealish came back on March 2nd and they've won four in a row. He's either going to take Villa back into the Premiership or force a summer move.

I have no idea if this is accurate, but 66 bookings surprised me. Only team in the Championship without a red card. https://www.transfermarkt.com/championship/fairnesstabelle/wettbewerb/GB2/saison_id/2018

Having just watching the highlights, it looked like a pretty poor game between two games struggling to score. Their midfield looks good, with some sharp incisive passes and running off the ball, but they haven't got a striker or a winger who can strike the ball cleanly. When they score, it's either a header, or bundled into the goal. https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11667546/ipswich-1-1-nottingham-forest I know Lambert's the eternal optimist but he's really losing the plot.

Sounds like the manager is keeping his feet firmly on the ground, so LDC doesn't need to worry so much.

Robbie Savage had to complete a Top Gear track with a rigged car. A Stuntman, hidden in the boot, had the ability to take over the driving. Ah the schadenfreude 😃

The most interesting thing I took away from the Webber interview, was that we're getting the academy teams to play 4-4-2. Webber basically said it's really hard (or impossible) for us to recruit senior strikers, goal scoring wingers and left backs. So playing 4-4-2 to get two strikers on the pitch.

The gist from Webber seems to be that we would keep the core of the squad and look to supplement some additional signings. I think a new keeper will be top of the list, cover for Aarons, a Tettey replacement, competition for Pukki and another fast winger

They've had a dismal March though, if this keeps up they won't make the playoffs March 2 Middlesboro 1 -2 Brentford March 9 Wigan 0 - 0 Middlesboro March 13 Middlesboro 1 - 2 Preston

Announcement has been leaked on Linkedin. We're reappointing a top-tier Chief Executive to lead us forward.

http://www.uksport.gov.uk/jobs-in-sport/First-Team-Physiotherapist-UKSP-31868 Anyone interested?

I hadn't heard the name Mariela Nisotaki before. Webber brought in Keiran Scott and Chris Badlan to focus on different areas, but Badlan didn't last long, so Scott's picked up the whole remit.

David Cross has been in lots of things. Though the only thing that jumps into my mind is GTA3:San Andreas though

I think today is bad typo day

1 - 1 - 3?

Getting a nasty feeling about tomorrow night now

Grealish will be playing for a summer move, so Villa will be on fire on our last game of the season. Looking at our fixtures, we've got Hull, Sheff Wed, Blackburn, Reading and QPR at home, Rotherham, Wigan, Middlesboro, Stoke and Villa away. 90 points should be enough to get up, so that would mean 6 wins should do it. It's in our hands, but no one is going to make it easy for us.

Bit worrying for the club given that Gayle and Murphy are both on loan.

Mind you, if that's what they do after drawing with Ipswich, god knows what unspeakable horror they'd have unleashed if they'd lost.

It's a weird one, you'd have thought they'd easily make the playoffs. Is any experienced manager available to take them up?

That question lasted for two minutes 😛

(According to Sky) Out of tonight's starting lineup and subs bench, who is the only outfield player not to have scored this season?

To be fair to Leeds though, in a combined Premership and Championship attendance table, they'd be 11th, so I can see why they consider themselves a big club. Pity for them that they haven't been the 11th best run, or even the 50th best run. Though I'm not sure how many teams are giving their tickets away (eg kids for a quid) 1 Aston Villa 629.707 18 34.984 2 Leeds United 602.846 18 33.491 3 Nottingham Forest 477.198 17 28.070 4 Derby County 427.988 16 26.749 5 Norwich City 439.023 17 25.825 6 Sheffield United 434.886 17 25.582 7 Stoke City 452.428 18 25.135 8 West Bromwich Albion 413.236 17 24.308 9 Sheffield Wednesday 433.757 18 24.098 10 Middlesbrough FC 378.706 16 23.669 11 Birmingham City 376.233 17 22.131 12 Bristol City 351.216 17 20.660 9 Everton FC 579.361 15 38.624 10 Leicester City 445.329 14 31.809 11 Cardiff City 466.514 15 31.101 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 465.282 15 31.019 13 Brighton & Hove Albion 425.514 14 30.394 14 Southampton FC 415.568 14 29.683 15 Crystal Palace 356.536 14 25.467 16 Fulham FC 339.235 14 24.231 17 Huddersfield Town 346.172 15 23.078 18 Burnley FC 283.893 14 20.278 19 Watford FC 282.956 14 20.211 20 AFC Bournemouth 157.895 15 10.526

I always loved that Brian Clough line to the Leeds team something like "I don't care about your medals, as far as I'm concerned you can throw them in the bin because you won them by cheating"

Josh and Jacob each went for around £10 million. Unless a mid or upper tier Premiership team wants him, I can't see him going for £20 million.

They really are scum though. When we got relegated in 2014 they raised £950 to hire a plane to display a banner congratulating us on our relegation (not the scummy bit). The scummy bit comes when, since the plane was cancelled to high winds, the money was supposed to go to the Bobby Robson Cancer Trust (good cause, glad the charity benefited) But.... Two guys who had contributed £100 each demanded their money back! How completely screwed up in the head do you have to be to make that decision? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-27390202