Written by Damian Wednesday, 17 June 2009 09:54
The fixtures are out and while we won't pay the money to list them all, as it is sort of unnecessary when you have the BBC, we can tell you who the first game of the season is against and the last.
First up is Wigan at home and then we are away to West Ham, so you'd like to think the potential for six points. However, the match most fans will look out for is Birmingham City and I can tell you that we'll be playing them on September 12th away and April24th at home. In theory, we could relegate them.
But, we shouldn't forget, that we also have matches coming up before the league season starts. They're listed below.
- Saturday, 18 July 2009 v Peterborough away
- Tuesday, 21 July 2009 v Colchester away
- Saturday, 25 July 2009 v Malaga, Peace Cup
- Wednesday, 29 July 2009 v
CelticAtlante, Peace Cup
It is also worth noting that some of those dates might change. For the full fixture list click here.
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Gazbo
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... I do hope we relegate b-loose on those dates., Not a great start for the the first game at home, will be intresting to see all our new players that Mon signs  Going to the Peace cup in Malaga, oh yeah baby!!! Sun, booze and Villa it dont get any better  |
sean jones
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... Villa v Wigan 1st game of the season wooo get it off to a flyer, yeaahh baby and lets send the f**kers down again 5-1 all over again haha. |
RichT
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... David Sulivan on SSN- i'm sad to say he's talking sense! Says The Clowns will do all thier business by mid July to allow new players to bed-in. Are you listening Randy! |
Pete Hutton
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... be good to get liverpool out the way at anfield early on (3rd game). MON we need some new faces to mount that challenge, Wheater, Defour and Bentley get that pen to paper... |
Spaniard
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... December looks tricky with a small squad, we have 7 games between the 28th November and 28th December!! C'mon MON we need some more quality players. |
Martin Clabon
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... Damo, you do realise that now we are going to have a running battle with Blues fans on this site as they all follow links from News Now etc. Oh well, let battle commence |
RichT
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... Matroshkin- At least Pansies smell nice! The dead-wood currently rotting in the Villa dressing room stinks! I've got no love for Sullivan and his boys but at least they seem to have a plan! |
jk92923
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... Damo - are we only playing Celtic and malaga in the Peace Cup? no Real or juventus, no? JK |
Pete Hutton
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... Damiam Whats the best way for a non season ticket holder to get into the villa end at away games? Any pointers appreciated. Cheers |
Simon
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... I see the Blues first game is against Manure. Its gonna be a long hard season for them, poor luvs |
marcus T
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... looking at the fixtures our "easier" games look to be at the end of the season, so less possibility of us having that stint again |
Urbane Guerilla
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... Come on lads. You can see all the investment at Stan's this summer. It'll be a pleasure to get back to the usual Blues dump Villa headlines we got used to, apart from the last two season's in the Prem when Brucie lost the plot. Signin' Bentley and selling Young? Looking to get Laursen back? I think MON's doing a Brucie lads. I'll give us 4pts against Ladywood Casuals this season for sure. Can't wait me darlings! Haha! |
sean jones
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... hopefully will have a few signings come that peace cup. And we will only play the likes of real and juve if we can get out of our group which i think we will. I really hope wer not favorites for 4th this year, becuase then there is less pressure on us andmore pressure on man city, everton n spurs. |
john franey
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... Just checked the fixtures what dates are we playin everton they dont appear to be on that link  |
Billy7
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... Yes lots of game between Nov and End of Dec. Including, UTD away, Arsenal away and Liverpool Home. Tough time. But they've given us every chance of winning a game in March  home 1st and last AGAIN, not known that 2 seasons on the trot. sullivan said ' we'll be going to UTD looking for a point' bit negative? |
dorsetvillan
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... at least the blues are signing players, let's hope it's not them who could be sending us down |
DavidC
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... Good start for us that lot. We could/should look to get off to a flyer. wigan, west ham, liverpool, fulham, dogsh&t, pompey, blackburn Liverpool excepted there's nothing to be afraid of there. |
Matt
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... And the clowns might look like they know what they're doing transfer wise but it'll be the usual circus once they step on the pitch |
villa dave
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... home first and last game of the season thats good i am going to buy the new villa away shirt for me and the 2 kids do anyone no the best shop online for the best price thanks |
sazavfc
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... Damian, We are NOT playing Celtic in the Peace Cup. They were taken out of the tournament as they have champs league qualifiers at the same time.A new team aint been drawn just yet. jk92923 All the teams have been put into 4 groups of 3. We aint in the same group as either Juventus or Madrid. The winners of each group go to semi - finals. The only way in which we can verse Madrid is if we both get to the final. However we can play Juventus in the semi - final. |
Peter Dragoonis
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... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/...-21446768/ I would be annoyed with MON if he let that happen and didnt try to get in on the action. Would be the goalscorer we need, LB we need, and put Robben down the left and Ashley Young in the hole. then all we need is a CB and job done. |
sazavfc
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... Pete Hutton For the top 6 teams, away end tickets will go on sale to those who have been to 6 away games within the last 2 seasons. If those people don't sell out the allocation, the tickets will then go on sale to season ticket holders. If they don't sell the allocation out then it goes on sale to those with a booking history. For the lesser teams, it just goes on sale to season ticket holders, then people with a booking history and then general sale. I highly doubt u will be able to get a ticket to the scum away if u haven't got a season ticket. |
Martin Clabon
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... villadave, if you buy from th club shop this weekend you get a free gift, not sure if that applies to online. Free gift will probably be useles but the kids might like it |
sazavfc
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... the free gift is meeting past villa players who have played for england and seeing the trophies in the dressing room! You can also get your name on the back of your shirt for free! |
taglor
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... I'm actually not getting any pleasure out of my predictions in 2007 all being right about RL and MON with regards to Villas progress. I just have the same old feeling of boredom and frustration and more worryingly my anger at it all has dissipated to just a mute meh of ambivalence towards it all, this worries me more than anything that I have a quiet resignation towards another season of mediocrity. I think MON et al are actually just damping down my fire now, I watched the least amount of premiership games last season than ever before as I am getting so disillusioned with it, the thing is I really don't want to be, but I couldnt name you the champions from the last 5 years, I just know that it would be someone out of the top 4 and really not be bothered by which one. Please help renew my excitement. ps Damina or anyone please could you put a list of all the players MON has sold and signed so we can see how successful he has been in the transfer market. Thank you, yours not so angry anymore taglor  |
villa jase
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... Wigan should stay as a sat 3.00, but west ham and liverpool will both be moved because of europa. Gona be loads of sunday games. |
Alistair
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... Do we know who we play in the Europa League? How many games does it add to the season? |
villa mick
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... i have a feeling that the stans are going to be a force this year .far more ambitious and getting business done early .some of their signings look really good on paper .they are building a very strong aggresive side especially in midfield . could surprise a lot of folks here .i suspect they will surprise manure with an away draw. we over achieved this year and mon doesnt seem to know what or who to buy yet .bentley for young? what a joke !! lets not count our chickens .... isense a diificult time for the management this season at villa and a very different situation in small heath |
jk92923
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... AVFC_PETE: sure why would MON need to chase those top-class players when he will settle for mediocre from the Championship or players who had a good season a few years ago (all on August 31st, by the way)?? use your head man |
Paul Theiss
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... Apologies in advance for a stupid question: What happened to having fixtures on Sunday? |
Christian
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... I'm gonna get my new away shirt on Saturday, who knows, I might even be unveiled as a new signing if things are still desperate. Actually, I am a left sided midfielder so if The Sun get a sniff of this, I'll have to strongly deny that I'm in talks!!! |
Marcus Smith
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... Texas, the TV channels decide closer to the dates, rather than all the fixtures being correct at time of first release. |
Billy7
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... the West Ham and liverpool games will not be affected by europe. Our 1st european game is 17th sep, pompey h, 19th affected. Then 1st Oct, man city h 3rd, affected. Then 22nd Oct wolves 24th affected, then 5th Nov, bolton h 7th affected, then 2nd or 3rd of Dec, if its the 3rd, hull h 5th affected, then the final group game is 16th or 17th Dec, maybe affecting 1 or both games, sunderland a 15th, stoke h 19th. Then if we qualify, top 2 we play 18th and 25th feb, 2 legs. 11 and 18th of march, 1 and 8th of April, 22 and 29th of april and the final is just 3 days after the league season, 12 may! |
Billy7
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... i may have got that wrong. Dont think there are that many group games, some of them games are 2 legs also. Sorry. |
villa jase
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... Billy7- the groups start in sept but we gotta play in the 1st round which is over 2 legs, 1st leg is on thurs aug 20th (2 days after west ham &2 days before liverpool?) so west ham will be moved to later in season &liverpool to the sunday. The 2nd leg is thurs aug 27th sofulham will also be moved. |
Peter Dragoonis
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... jk92923, i must apologise for my stupid comment. your right, why would he go for top players!? alternatively, if the championship cast offs arent available, he can let teams with ambition (Tottenham, Man City) sign quality players and then we can sign the cast offs they deam not good enough. then we can all kid ourselves into thinking MON will make these average players good! the whole summer stinks of disappointment, frustration, and english based players who are above average, but nothing special. |
adam
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... defours agent has said hed love to play for villa he also said hed love to play for livershite too though |
ak_27
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... Just seen where West Ham have signed Mancine on a season long loan. Will MON ever get his act together and be aware of what is out there. Mancine is a very good attacking Brazilian fb. |
vogra
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... Shows the ambition doesn't it guys when Spurs are going for a move for Huntelar,Robben and Heinze....and we're going for Huddlestone,Jenas and Bentley...The real lack of ambition is startling in my eyes.Im sure it's just a myth of players WANTING to play for MON, he just cannot attract World Class players its as simple as that. |
Panos
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... taglor, Villa are in good shape and I'm sure things will get even better. We just need to be patient for a bit more and we'll be rewarded. Here is the list of MON's signings http://www.soccerbase.com/tran...teamid=154 |
Smyth
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... Vogra Has anyone from the club actually stated that those are the players we're after? I've not heard anything from anyone. Let's not panic just yet. I've a feeling* that O'Neill will surprise us this window. *Hopeful anticipation really. |
vogra
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... Delago, i hope to god that your true and these are just rumours and we don't end up with any of these jokers from Spurs, lets hope your right and MON will suprise us but i doubt it very much. |
taglor
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... Thank you Panos. This is only my opinion, but I think it is very clear MON is shit at spotting talent or attracting it. PLAYERS SIGNED Aston Villa's transfers in 2008/2009 Players in Carew - good Curtis Davies - average Steven Sidwell - average Brad Friedel - average Brad Guzan - ? Nicky Shorey - average Luke Young - average Carlos Cuellar - average James Milner - average Emile Heskey - dog shit Salifou - who? Marlon Harewood - dog shit Petrov - average Ashley Young - good Reo Coker - crap Zat Knight - shit Maloney - shit Players Out Barry - good Cahill - good Laursen - Mellberg - Sorenson - crap I am sure that i have missd people but got bored halfway through |
Christian
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... That's a good link Panos, interesting stuff looking back over the years. Guys, you have to click Panos's link and check out our signings and loan signings for 2004/2005, it's absolutely horrific reading!!!! It makes this summer look like a superstar-signing-fest  |
Mike Carter
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... Taglor the fact you've put Petrov down as average and Barry down as good pretty much negates your entire post. Either that or it proves you didn't watch any Villa games last season. |
Benny
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... Serious question, How can one team from Birmingham take delight in relegating another team from Birmingham? After all you are all Brummies, surely as a city you should want both clubs to do well for you area? |
Benny
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... Christian1983 - Seriously I don't understand it. Same with the Liverpool/Everton situation? |
Christian
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... Well, with all due respect Benny, its kind of diffcult to explain to someone who appears to have no concept of the rivalry and passion that splits any 2 rival teams (particularly Blues and Villa). Fans are 'in it' for their club, not their city so much. You want to be the top dog in your city, and then longterm your country. I'm a bit lost for words! However I do know a couple of other people with your view, but they're not passionate for football and don't grasp the rivalries. Who's your team? |
TheJohnnyVillain
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... Benny, Go and sample the delightful Birmingham City fans at a match in the equally delightful blue shed in Small Heath. Then you'll understand. |
Adey Stuttard
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... Benny, I was only joking! As Christian said it is the rivalry, like wanting to beat your kids/father at any game you play, whether it is on a games console or just football in the back garden! |
Benny
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... Christian1983 / 1874AVFC Thanks for clearing that up and I understand what you mean now. Ive just always wondered about the situation of living in a city with two teams. Some members of family or friends may be City and some may be Villa etc. It must kinda be hard when derby day comes around. Me? I'm a Newcastle supporter (this thread came up on NewsNow) and I can't stand Scumderland but they are a different city to us so its not the same situation. Hope you give'em a pasting this season. |
Doc
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... Interested to read that Taglor rates the club's, players' and fans' Player of the Season as "average". Actually I lie: I wasn't remotely interested. |
RobL
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... Surely, if nothing else, academy players from top production lines could be brought in? Slightly off topic but City, West Ham etc will all have players not able to make a starting side that for a pitance would be available and surely worth a punt for nothing else but squad size alone? We saw what Gosling at Everton did to us in the FA Cup, surely a few 1-2 mil gambles wouldn't go astray? as opposed to nothing. |
Adey Stuttard
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... RobL, What about using the Academy players from Villa first!! Can't see Everton selling Gosling anyway, but if you want to fill a bench use our own, but then MoN won't use them as we have seen in the past with fringe players Sidwell, NRC, Delf, Gardner, etc. |
RobL
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... 1874AVFC, i agree with what you say about our own academy, but similarly wonder whether or not we have what it takes there to unearth real quality. I love the look of Bannan but he is very very small, delfouneso obviously has something but again until he goes out on loan we wont know what consistent fotball can unearth in him and apart from that who else can we really hope to produce? Steiber i guess could be considered a potential first teamer, but where is he these days? I honestly think the best option for this transfer window would be to spend 25-30 mil on 5 players. Kyle Naughton, Michael Johnson, David Wheater, Fabian Delph and what ever happened to the Scharner link? would personally love to have him in, would even be reasonably happy with Distin as backup as i think cuellar will only get better the longer he gets first team football. That's a left back, centre half, two midfielders and potentially another centre half. Add to that Michael Owen on a free and that's 4-5 players for an outlay of 30 mil, of which we already have 12, plus potentially 4 mil more from harewood/shorey. Net spend 14 mil. This will provide us with a squad depth of the quality needed in the group stages of the europa league/ early rounds of the cups, and come january we could reassess, with the worst case scenario being 14 mil worth of as yet unfulfilled potential. Surel a case exists? |
Shakey4
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... Not sure about selling Shorey hes a decent squad player, I think we only need to sell Harewood. |
sean jones
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... The press really piss me off man. After MON came out and said that Carew was not for sale, this website still going on about Villa are going to swap Carew and cash for Bentley and Jenas. I'd rather keep Carew than get these two rejects, Carew is more important to Villa than these two would ever be. Heres the link: http://www.eatsleepsport.com/a...13284.html |
Christian
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... I do worry about our academy players. Generally, if you've not been in and around the 1st team by the time you're 19/20 then you're never gonna make it. Steiber, Albrighton, Bannan, O'Halloran aren't babies any longer, but still seem a million miles away from being announced on the tannoy at 2.55 on a Saturday afternoon. Delfouneso I hope will prove to be special, but from what bits I've seen I can't say I'm too excited, though he did take a couple of goals well in the FA cup and UEFA. |
sean jones
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... But on a positive note it says Villa are entering the race to sign Kyle Naughton now Everton have denied making a bid. Hopefully this happens, because he is a talent. http://www.eatsleepsport.com/a...13287.html |
Leroy
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... Benny - in answer to your question - City and Villa have nothing really to play for as we are more or less non factors for the actual Premiership title, so one of the only things worth getting excited about nowadays is the rivalry.....if we so happen to put Blues down then so be it. Ask the same question but about London to a Spurs fan in regards to Arsenal.... |
sean jones
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... Shakey4, I no he's playing for Sheff Utd in the championship, but he's quality. Can play RB n LB got great pace and still has lots to learn cuz he's like what 20 or something. Plus he would give great competition to Luke Young whih can only be good. |
Matthew Clark
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... Prelude to a point Curtis Davies average Steven Sidwell shit Brad Friedel good, but far too old Brad Guzan looked ok i guess Nicky Shorey shit Luke Young pretty good Carlos Cuellar never had a run in cb James Milner awful Emile Heskey rage inducing Marlon Harewood had a good 3 weeks, but shit Mustafa Salifou complete nothing Zat Knight ok back up. Wayne Routledge complete nothing Stilian Petrov shit apart from this season Didier Agathe nothing Chris Sutton scored against everton, otherwise shit John Carew A GOOD SIGNING Ashley Young ANOTHER! Shaun Maloney scored some freekicks, never good enough, shit Nigel Reo-Coker never gonna play games so out of 20 signings, only 3 have been good. so to those people who say we need to sign atleast 5 people this summer, you are wrong. We need atleast 46 or so. |
Steve Badger
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... Apparently we've made an offer for Drenthe; Now, this afternoon, the Portugese paper Abola has reported that Villa have made a formal offer of 5m euros (about £4.5m) and are hopeful that Madrid will accept it. Is the disappointing Dutchman even worth that amount? Hmmmmmmmm |
sean jones
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... If that is true I think he is worth the gamble, if the price was like 7 8 million then i would say no but for 4.5 million id say take the gamble. |
sean jones
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... I also think Drenthe could the sort of signing we need 2 attract other names to Villa Park to. Hopefully O'neill can also put a bid in for Defour before Liverpool does. |
Steve Badger
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... That Drenthe story is probably a load of rubbish. It would be interesting though. Personally, I'd take Naughton, who shouldn't cost much more. Proven in the English game and all that. |
sean jones
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... I'd take both of them lol would be quite good with Drenthe and Young bombing down the left wing. With Naughton and Milner/Bentley down the right. |
adam
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... off topic i know but just read this on sky sports Aly Cissokho's move from Porto to AC Milan could be in tatters after his medical revealed a dental problem. f**k me ronaldinhos got serious f**kin dental problems but it never stopped anybody signing him |
Matthew Clark
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... Awk, jk, granted he runs alot, and his free kick against everton was amazing. but apart from that, most of his crosses don't make it, he can't get past people (those last 2 are quite important for a winger) and if he's near the ball in our own box he's already given away a penalty. thats why i summise him to be awful, he did cost £12 million. |
john franey
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... Steven Defour Would Leave Standard Liege For Aston Villa Or Liverpool - Agent.We need to act fast b4 liverpool sell any midfielders.I think he would be a great signin. |
confusedvillafan
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... Benny... the comment about you been let out for the day that was funny, nearly as funny as newcastle getting relegated ! |
Josh
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... i thought we were playing in some special charity cup this pre-season? or am i mistaken? |
Anthony Laud
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... taglor is spot on in fac t he has been generous in his asessment of oneils signings. vivavilla and others how can you say petorv is a better than average signing. oneil signed him to be an attacking midfilder scoring goals and he quite simply isnt that. he was terrible for nearly 2 years and has been good for a year as a defensive midfielder. oh yes what a stunning signing seeing as we already according to capello anmd the like have the best defensive english midfielder. taglor even gave oneil credit for signing carew - f$ck he didnt even want him and was offered him in the baros swap deal. apart from that young was a good singing but thats it. he is terrible in the transfer market end of! his last good signing Jan 2007 and counting! |
woodinho
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... MON: "We feel, in fact, that it's a long time between now and the start of the season but it always comes around quickly. "The funny thing is it feels like the season finished about a week ago and now we see the fixtures for the coming campaign." DOES HE EVEN KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS?!?!?!?!?!?!? |
si
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... i think spurs signing john carew is a big blow to us i think we should take pavlyuchenko off them. |
Alistair
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... I think Cuellar in time will become a good signing, and so add that to Carew, Young and probably Petrov and Milner and there are a couple decent signings around, but the problem is is that it took three years to get 5 good signings, do we think he will get another 5 in this one window?! Defour, Drenthe and Bentley would be a start |
Adey Stuttard
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...Please give the MON bashning a rest - yawn yawn I second that, go f**k off and support someone else then.... |
Dubai Dave
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... I notice that spurs have had their bid for Real Klaas Hantelaar declined, his agent said "Klaas wants to play in the Champions League" - it's becoming increasingly obvious what this means is: Gimme more money The teams who can afford to pay more money are in the Champions League, I wander if he would take a pay cut to play in the Champions League??????? Call me cynical if you like. |
Alex Haycock-Ivo
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... if we don`t add to the squad it may be 3 pionts for each of the oppistion |
Niall Donlan
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... The villa desperetly need 2 sign someone as we have to many average players. Barrys loss is a big blow and the retirement of Laursen the great dane. I think we should gon 4 jermaine jenas and eidur gudjohnson. We still probly need 5 or 6 players. Im fond of O Neill but he is awful in any transfer market. The only proper good deal he has done would be CAREW and Ashley YOUNG in january 2007. 2008/09 season we blew it for 4th place. He said we needed more players in january but what does he go and do, buys heskey and no 1 else. I just dont understand it, i even read articles in the papers and Martin O Neill says we need up 2 six players. SO WHY DOESNT HE GO BUY THEM THEN. Dont say if not going 2 be done. We are still years ahead of the shit down the road. US 2 DO DOUBLE 1-2 5-1! |
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