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Emi Buendia 29 yrs old Leon Bailey 28 yrs old Both sent out on loan in the last two years, and at that age it’s not for experience, it’s because they aren’t good enough. Yet both are still very much part of our squad. That’s a massive problem. #AVFC

Our recruitment under Unai has been nothing short of shambolic. To have 8/11 starting players today from before he arrived speaks volumes. The man has worked wonders on the pitch but even he needs to be questioned over his loyalty to certain players every week #AVFC

@AVFCLancelot Nothing invented at all, Unai didn’t fancy him, he played 12 league games the first half of that season before going on loan to Leverkusen. 12 games is enough to recover from an injury is it not ? That’s not counting all the behind closed doors game he would have played too ?

Buendia was sent out because he was recovering from a cruciate ligament injury and he went to the German champions… Our fans will just invent stuff in their minds. #avfc

@The_Ennead Actually think Sancho has been ok, Guessand was poor and Elliott has been doomed from day 1 let’s face it

@ClaretBlueAVFC Normally, Buendia would be 4th or 5th choice behind Rogers/SJM/Sancho/Elliott/Guessand. A reliable backup on low wages. Nobody could have expected Elliott, Sancho and Guessand to have that little impact. Nobody could have expected the injuries, which led to Bailey's return.

@j_macgeever I wish I could, baffles me at times how we are sitting 4th in the league still 😂

@ClaretBlueAVFC Make it make sense

@AVFCLancelot @av_chlo Nothing invented at all, Unai didn’t fancy him, he played 12 league games the first half of that season before going on loan to Leverkusen. 12 games is enough to recover from an injury is it not ? That’s not counting all the behind closed doors game he would have played too ?

@ClaretBlueAVFC @av_chlo Buendia was sent out because he was recovering from a cruciate ligament injury and he went to the German champions… Our fans will just invent stuff in their minds.

Yes Yoro got booked for a foul on Tammy before Utds 2nd goal, but the ref played a clear advantage for us in our favour. Bailey then gives the ball away by their box which they then break and score, just like he did against Newcastle in the cup when Bizot got sent off 🤦🏻‍♂️ #AVFC

@GPlaza85 Think Rashford would have been tough simply because of his wages, would have had to take a massive pay cut. Both him and Asensio on permanents would have been unreal though.

@ClaretBlueAVFC In the same period we've also had Asensio and Radhford and signed neither. The season before we also sold Diaby. Yes PSR is tight but we still spent £28m on Guessand, made pathetic signings like Illing Junior, Dobbin, Nedeljković, Garcia, Ozcan, Gauci to name a few!

@UpTheAstonVilla He was shit but nowhere near as bad as Bailey, I’d rather have none and give the youth a chance for a change !

Lots mentioning Guessand now… the same fans that hounded him out 🙄 #avfc

@DeanoM359 I’d rather of left him at Roma even if Guessand was going. Give the youth a chance, they can’t be any worse

@ClaretBlueAVFC I don’t think Bailey was called back, we needed to move Guessand on and had no options we could afford! Plus no takers for Bailey! We’re in poor shape but we can sort it with a few good buys. Need to get the average age down as well!

Guessand wasn’t great but he was nowhere near as bad as Bailey has been, a bit more of a physical presence too and also tracked back. Not sure why the club thought recalling Bailey back was a good idea when he was deemed not good enough at the start of the season #AVFC

@MichaelJEdwar14 I’m not saying he is the answer but he deserves to be given a chance ahead of Watkins currently, certainly can’t do any worse !

@ClaretBlueAVFC Come on Tammy had two chances and fluffed his lines, unfortunately he isn’t the answer!

All 3 goals avoidable, can’t make mistakes at this level and expect not to be punished ! Time for Unai to drop Watkins and give Tammy a run and tell Bailey he can go and play with the reserves for the rest of the season. #AVFC

@BandanaSavos Same can be said with Buendia, puts a performance in once every 7/8 games, not good enough for where we want to be ! Should be nowhere near the starting 11

@ClaretBlueAVFC I said this at the time

Fuck Leon Bailey

Buendia, Mings, Bailey need to be moved on in the summer. Can’t expect to be challenging for Champions League spots with them in the starting line up #AVFC

Serious questions also need to be asked about Onana, £50m and dropping 2/10s every week without Bouba or Youri alongside him. He can kiss goodbye to a move to a ‘bigger’ club if he keeps up this current form #AVFC

Tonight wasn’t lost because of the VAR offside goal. It was lost because of team selection, Watkins form in front of goal and been totally outplayed by a better Chelsea side who wanted it more. Tonight’s on Unai and the players not the officials #AVFC

@Martins8719 Let’s not forget he was all set to leave and wanted to go until Utd went for their other option on deadline day. Onana might aswell be off next, bloke is never fit, complete waste of £50m

@ClaretBlueAVFC What do you expect him to do? Play injured, further more put himself out for longer period of time.. Or don’t say anything play injured and not be able to give 100% Missing 2 games Jesus wept!! Onana must be off next week then.

One other thing I’d say after tonight is…. Make Bizot our No.1 keeper for the rest of the season. Emi clearly doesn’t want to be here, missed the Bologna game with an ‘injury’, pulls out last second tonight with an ‘injury’. Will be gone in Jan/Summer anyway 🦁 #AVFC 💜💙