He seemed pretty eager to play along though. Not seen him yet at City so not sure if he changed, but the conversations at Villa last year I can imagine as .....
"So what are we doing in training this week gaffer?"
"Well Monday will be focussed on buying free kicks by, tuesday, we'll practice...
Yeh, this whole industrial scale diving thing is holding Villa back. They've lost their plummetter in chief, they will find the free kicks harder to come by. The could just decide to ... you know ..... play football.
What I saw from them at the amex last season, will only get them so far...