Now don’t spit your beer, tea or coffee out. It seemed to have been suggested that because we’ve lost a couple of friendlies, the manager, Unai Emery, needs to go. Seriously. I’ve…

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I’m trying some things. If you do or don’t like the look of something give me a shout. I’m going to try some other stuff later, but the missus wants to drag me to Iceland to see if I can find something to try and vary my diet a bit. I admit I’m a terrible eater. I just don’t like the taste of food anymore. Oh and I’ll try and find something to write about. We are at least beginning to see movement.

AVWTF15: PSR loopholes, Premier League rule changes, Villa’s season ticket shake-up, and the surprising story of Noel Gallagher’s first Oasis vinyl

What’s Unai Emery’s next move at Villa? The podcast looks at questions on squad changes, silverware expectations, and what must shift for Villa next season.

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit fed up of the lack of action in the transfer window up to now and it’s all left me a bit confused. I’ve literally just read an article that suggests we need to sell half the team, including Watkins at a cut price, Martinez, Tielemens and Digne to meet our PSR requirements. Yet, I think I’m right in saying there are only three days left until the end of the year? Surely if there was that much of a problem, deals would have been done by now? I think it’s pretty indicative of a) how the media talk balls and b) we probably don’t have a PSR issue at all, as some have suggested. Of course, the Uefa rules, where it’s about wages compared to revenue is a different subject and I’m not talking about that, as much as it will be an issue. Or could it be that we’re about to sell the ladies setup to ourselves for a stupidly over-valued cost, like Chelsea did? They disgusted pretty much everybody in the game by doing the deal for £198 million. They might as well just done the deal for a nice round £200 million or did they think that might seem like they were taking the proverbial? You have to laugh. But seriously, if they don’t get sanctioned, Villa might as well do it too, as the precedent will have been set. It reminds me of Harold Macmillan talking about Thatcher selling off the family silver and as much as I have absolutely no interest in women’s football, I’m not sure it’s something I want to see happening. Still, if needs must I’m certainly not going to complain about it and it would keep the wolf from the door. For a while, anyway. And then a question that’s playing on my mind. Should I book to go and see our friendly against Villareal? After my exploits in the middle of winter at Anfield, where I left well before the end because I was so cold, I’ve realised I’m now very much a warm weather live football watcher and Spain absolutely suits the bill for that. I’m not going to suddenly become a Villareal supporter, but the name is dangerously close, isn’t it? At the minute it just makes sense, as it’s any excuse for me to get over to our place and a game in Spain, with watching the Villa thrown in as a bonus, would just be a good experience. I can get a return flight for 8 days, I think it is, for just over 100 euros with car hire and a ticket easily done for another 100. That’s a steal when I think about it. And it’s only the fact that I’m currently out of work that’s putting me off. That probably sounds a bit odd, but you can guarantee if I do arrange the trip, I’ll get a job offer and have to forego the trip. Hmm. I might just do it anyway and if I can’t go, oh well, at least I’ll be back in work.