Written by Damian Thursday, 13 August 2009 07:32
Morning all, did you watch the England match last night? If you didn't, James Milner replaced Ashley Young in the second half, played on the left and in his little time on the pitch, I think he did enough to warrant much more interest.
The thing is, our Ashley was fairly anonymous and in the little time Milner had he made more successful crosses for England than he did for us the whole of last season. The other thing is, Milner was a direct replacement for Young, on the left. Is O'Neill missing a trick?
I want to talk about our Ashley though, as it was his first start for the England team and he just didn't look completely confident, certainly not the way Milner looked when he came on with a little over twenty minutes to go.
He would have learnt a lot and like all things, he will be more confident next time and Milner has played for the U21 side for years so he would have felt a lot more comfortable playing for England and he certainly made an impression picking up his first cap. He created the goal for Defoe that equalised things and there really could have been a couple more from his crosses.
Now, Milner came in for a lot of stick from me last season and I believe it was justified, his crossing was poor, but if it is a case of him playing on the left, which Newcastle had down as his actual position on their website when he played for them, to allow him to pop in quality cross after quality cross week in week out, I'd move him tomorrow.
I'd move him, as I'd prefer Young to sit in he hole anyway, I think a lot of us would. I want Young to play like he did in that match against Everton last season every single game, but it's going to take big decisions from Martin O'Neill, mostly changing from 442 to a variation of 451 and I'm not sure it will happen.
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Aston Villa Rumours
I'm just going to summarise what I've read this morning, so we've got something posted but if I've missed anything please post it in the comments below.
First, is the rumour that Reo-Coker is interesting Fulham. This one isn't new new but it's new and gathering pace. IF we get in a player that is going to make it easier for us to play football, an attacking central midfielder shall we say, you could understand why Reo-Coker would like to leave. I think we have nine or ten midfielders at the moment so the lad has to wonder if he is ever going to get a game.
We are also interested in Erik Huseklepp. He played for Norway last night in the hammering of Scotland and apparently Chelsea and Newcastle are also interested. The appeal of Championship football in the North East isn't so appealing for the Brann midfielder so it looks like it is between us and Chelsea, if there is anything in this speculation. We need another central midfielder, so watch this space!
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Milk
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... Milner was very impressive last night. I also watched the norway game and carew was amazing. Really amazing |
Snake Pliskin
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... Thought mIllie was a breath of fresh air when he came on last night (pity we couldn't pair him and Defoe every week, i think we missed a trick when he was leaving Pompy). Also read about Warnock bid..had to Laugh at Big Sam getting all hot under the collar about bid..£4m is slightly lower Warnock may be worth, but £12m for someone you're not planning on being a regular member of your first team..Sam, you avin a Giraffe!!! |
andy lochead in the air
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... Agree Milner looked more threatening when he came on, but to be fair, the game seemed a lot more open in the final 20 mins. Also, until the last quarter, England played ball down the middle so much that the wide players didn't see much of the ball (SWP didn't do much, either). |
Damian
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... andy lochead in the air do you think it fair though that ashley didn't look confident? i mean, when milner came on it looked as though he went looking for the ball? give ashley a game or tow more and he'll feel more confident and then england will see the real ashley young .. it certainly shows, having three aston villa players play last night, that you don't have to play for a top four side to get recognised barry had a very poor game too, which actually didn't surprise me. just an opinion |
hitman83
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... Ash didnt really get involved too much last night. Maybe he just doesnt suit the way England play. Ash needs to be the main outlet in attacks, he needs to be on the ball. Milner seemed to offer a pass alot more therfore was easier to find. Milly definately came onto the pitch with no fear, whereas Ash just looked a little hesitant. Heskey looked very sharp on the other hand, and thank god we got rid of Barry, what a crap back pass...lol  |
Snake Pliskin
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... Why did Barry having a bit of mare not suprise you? Has he suddenly become a crap player since leaving Villa? He was caught up in the pass the ball to death at the back mallady, that seemed to have infected England in the first half. Barry has gone, do we really need to villify him any chance we get? |
rob hathaway
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... damian, one question. can milner cross the ball? he was my biased man of the match. i dont think it is a case of playing him on the left. i think its a case of 'hats of to mon and robertson' cuz milner has improved. well done to the boy. |
rob hathaway
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... of subject so for that damian i appologies. did anyone see on ssn last night that hull have agreed a fee with real madrid for nagredo? Hull have made it public straight away again. now I know nothing about the boy but if he is any good surely its going to be another egg on your face for the tango man? |
Joky
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... I felt the trio of Defoe, Cole and Milner all looked impressive when they came on. Also players were not given room to play in the first half, hence Ashley, Becks, Rooney and Heskey all fighting for possession. I thought Ash did ok since he was always double or triple marked when he received the ball. Still Milner did look exciting when he cam on and was the most attacking and creative midfielder. Also, its good to see Cole playing well. I know he did not light up Villa park but he has flourished under Zola and is beginning to reach the potential that was seen in him. Still I was hoping MoN would be there to chat to Van der Vaart or Sneijder as both looked ok. |
Damian
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... Snake Pliskin it didn't surprise me because i've actually always thought barry was a bit crap (well documented) and that it was martin o'neill that made him the better player. without o'neill, i personally think barry will suffer. o'neill has a habit of upping a players game rob h clearly milner can cross, but nobody can disagree that his crossing last season from the right was poor |
Altan Kargaci
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... Ash Young performance last night was totally down to nervousness.Every time he received the ball he looked to do the simple thing like play it square or back down the line . Not once did he take his man on . Playing for Villa and being the main man gives Ash a license to try anything on the pitch , but playing for England is a completely different story . James Milner for me has all the qualities to be a future England captain , he showes no fear , he gives 110% every time and looks like he cherishes every minute of being a pro footballer. MON a new CB this side of christmas would be nice! UTV |
mr villa
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... i mon was watching. i bet sniejder caught his eye. idont get why we r going for bentley. |
rob hathaway
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... damian, I agree. just kidding. what are the chances of the plane to south africa including ash, milner, gabby, downing, heskey? maybe even an outside chance of l young and delph? ITV would have to sign up mon then because he coaches half the england squad week in week out. |
Rob81
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... I'm glad Ash didn't have a good game last night. I remember a few years ago being so pleased for Barry playing for England, watching his every move and hoping he would become a regular. When he did, the interest came from other clubs and his head was turned. Hope Ash has a stinker every time he plays for Englang so he will stay with us forever. |
jk92923
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... i thought Sniejder was good when he came on too....imagine that in Villa park!!! sweeeeet! |
kieron
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... I,ve said it before and i'll say it again. Milner has more potential than Young. Our Ash looked like a fish out of water again last night for England, where as Milner looked like he had played there for years. And whilst we are on the subject, did Milner really cross that bad last year? I'm not so sure, I just think your always going to have this downer on him Damo. |
Ronan Kenny
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... rob h I notice you didnt mention Curtis Davies on that list to south africa, dont think he has a chance really too many good england defenders and he just isnt solid enough. |
oldfart
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... I have a bee in my bonnet at the moment about positions,not necessarily formations. Mon is exactly the same age as I am and maybe his 'maturity'--I did not say old age---means we see things slightly differentally to many of my fellow bloggers on this excellent site. Namely Milner who was excellent last night can play in many positions i.e fullback,midfield [equally as well as Barry] as well as right and left wing. Gabby can be very effective playing as a right winger as well as centre forward.Both Boerma and Hebe play fullback and CB.Ashley can play in a number of forward positions and 'in the hole'Holland when they played total football in seventies and eighties had many flexible players who could switch depending on the opposition and the game situation.Reo,in my opinion is a very good 'standby' fullback if we are chasing a game.So let us see this as a growing strength of our squad rather than 'MON messing around with his players'Great to see £ Villa players playig for England I can never remember this happening before. It could be a very interesting World Cup for us,particularly if Downing gets in instead of Barry.Up the Villa |
taglor
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... So glad MON has all our new players in and gelling before kick off, he is the utmost professional. |
Leroy
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... Snake Pliskin - Why wouldnt we highlight the fact that our "star player" who ran out for the cash looked fairly average last night? We have no ill will towards the guy, but if he plays shit we are going to say it! Milner played some nice balls in last night, which was most encouraging. Ash will find his groove he just needs to get his confidence up at International level. We could use a player like Tim Cahill....he netted twice again for Australia who pumped Ireland 3-0. Cahill knows how to come forward and slot home, but has the motor to track back....this is the sort of player you would hope Sidwell could become, however far away that seems at the moment |
Rob81
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... Can everyone stop talking about players like Sneijder and Van De Vaart. They will not be coming to Villa. They are not the type of player MON will go for. Look at the players in list top right of the screen, do u really think Habib Beye and Andy Marshall will be followed by the name Wesley Sneijder. If we sign him i will stand outside the holte on saturday naked, and sing keep right on. |
ak_27
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... Ive said it a few times lately that with the emergence of Albrington, Milner should be put on the left with Young coming into the centre playing off a striker. Milner would be far better off coming in on his favoured right foot. More because of the great shot he possesses and on the right he would get a lot less oppertunities to get shots in on goal using his favoured foot. Ashly Young lacks the real skill and tricks to make him a top winger. But on the inside with his pace and good shooting ability he could become a very good striker/ attacking mid. |
ak_27
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... I know we have enough wingers at the moment but Martin Petrov is a really top quality winger. Would love to see him at VP. Spurs are in for him. Hope they don't get him because with him and Lennon on the flanks and Crouch and Defoe up front that would be a very dangerous set up. |
Chris Harper
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... Milner was quality last night but as people have said, its about confidence. He has it, Ash doesn't. Simple as. So glad MON has all our new players in and gelling before kick off, he is the utmost professional. Taglor- You make me laugh normally but sometimes your comments are so immature. By the way, doctors and nurses make mistakes, that can also be deadly.....are they not professional?? |
Leroy
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...Taglor- You make me laugh normally but sometimes your comments are so immature. By the way, doctors and nurses make mistakes, that can also be deadly.....are they not professional?? Taglor = Poor mans Dr House? |
Altan Kargaci
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... Sky sources understand Aston Villa still interested in bringing David Bentley in from White Hart Lane ......!!!! Why ?!?!?! UTV |
clarkamus
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... it said on SSN last night that there sources say that we are still interested in david bentley now if this is correct this will surely mean that milner is seen as barrys replacement and we will use bentley as a out and out winger eventually after MON has bought the little sh*t back down to earth. Mon did say this week: We will have to replace them. That's my job. Some players within the football club are able to step up and do that and there may be one or two from outside. if SSN are right in what they say surely this is the route we will be taking, anyone else agree? |
rob hathaway
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... viila_chris well said. but!!!!! mon has not necessarily made a mistake. Perhaps mon dont want anyone else and clarke will be the new cb? Perhaps he wants to wait before he signs someone so the youngsters get a chance to show what they can do in the prem before he signs a replacement. I am not saying I believe either of these comments to be true. What I am emphasising is the likes of taglor always think they know what is best for the club and if the club do something they disagree with them they are wrong. let mon do his job the way he wants to do it |
Nik Skilton
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... I think the Bentley thing will be twatface trying to drum up business. We wanted him, he put an unrealistic value on him, we gave up and albrighton has now shown we dont need to bother. I still expect 1 x CM (Jenas), 1 x CB (Distin) & Warnock. I think he'll add sneijder v. der vaart if he can on top of these. |
nisse
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... milner made young look like an amateur player last night milner is an much stronger character than young it smells a bit overated about young |
Notts Villan
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... Milner played on the left and the right for us last Saturday against Fiorentina, so I wouldn't exactly say MON has missed a trick. |
Nik Skilton
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... I think we have some good strength now, if we can add a CB & CM i think we'll do alright. 1st XI Friedel; Young, Cuellar, CB, Bouma; Milner, Petrov, CM, Young; Carew, Agbonlahor. 2nd XI Guzan; Beye, Davies, Clark, Shorey; Albrighton, Reo-Coker, Sidwell, Downing (Bannan); Heskey, Delfounesso. Not bad eh? For a guy who needs to buy 3 million players and doesnt have a clue. |
moggy
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... Always liked Milner and I can see why he is held in such high regard by the England set up. Best part for me was how he stayed on his feet and got the job done notwithstanding a boot in the face. Typical committment from him. |
jerry
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...clearly milner can cross, but nobody can disagree that his crossing last season from the right was poor I can disagree. His crossing wasn't as poor as you made out. of subject so for that damian i appologies. Rob, could you translate that for me. Always interested in your views. |
Nik Skilton
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...did anyone see on ssn last night that hull have agreed a fee with real madrid for nagredo? I imagine its because if he is any good someone else will come in.... |
Keith
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... taglor "So glad MON has all our new players in and gelling before kick off, he is the utmost professional." Which managers have got all their signings in already? Ferguson, are Man Utd stronger or weaker than last season? Ancelotti, has he bought anyone to play in his first XI? Everyone else is still trying to sign players aren't they? |
George Hartless
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... Really see no point in signing Bentley. I'd rather save the money (or at least see it spent elsewhere) and play Marc. |
mr villa
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... mon is shy in the transfer window. he wont go for big names just decent cheap players. we r not going to improve. shorley he realises we need a to class player to replace barry. |
Nik Skilton
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... Alan B - I missed Delph, I didnt include Lichaj, O'Halloran, Lowry, Herd who all looked good in peace cup (apart from O'Halloran who didnt play) I also didnt include salifou who is excellent on the ball if nothing else. We need the next level of players now, 1-2 a year who will improve the first team. i.e. a CB (Distin) and a CM (Sneijder, Van Dert Vaart) |
Alan B
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... cheers, as i'm over in aussie ( but from erdington ) the w-----s are already saying semi final at least in the next world cup - fools -- can someone please let me know whether it was Irelands top team or not ???? |
George Hartless
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... nik986 O'Halloran doesn't even have a squad number this season. Don't expect to see him play! |
mr villa
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... mon might of woken up watching holland thinking i could actually sighn sniejder if i tried. |
Dubai Dave
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...Barry has gone, do we really need to villify him any chance we get? er, that would be a YES. |
Nik Skilton
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... Alan B - It was a full strength side... Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Kilbane, McGeady, Whelan, Gibson, Duff, Keane, Doyle |
rob hathaway
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... churchill translation. hull city - crap -phil brown - dirty manager - keeps announcing signings - never signs the player - egg on face - looks somewhere else. now sky sports say they understand real madrid have agreed a fee of 12mn with hull city for alvaro nagredo (young striker). I assume that this young real madrid striker will beg to be sold to soemone else and phil brown looks a fool again. |
mikey18
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... Damian i disagree, Milner came in for a lot of unfair stick last season. He's younger than Ashley and was at a new club and people expect him to slot in right away and be able to cross the ball as well as Young straight away. I think he was criticized heavily as he was viewed constantly in comparison to young and there was alot of stigma attached to his price tag. But at the end of the season despite his "poor" crossing he still managed to get 9 assists which places him 8th in the prem last season for assists with the van persie toping the charts with 11. I think Milner is more intelligent that Ash as a football, hence he could play in a more central role or off the striker. I would like to see milner used in the same capacity as ireland for mancity. Behind the strikers with license to roam. He can tackle and pass and has two great feet. I think ash should be moved across to the right where hoepfully he can kick on to a next level. with downing on the left. But these 3 players and positions are interchangeable which is an advantage to us. John Carew looked awesome for norway last night, bullied the scotland back four! Heskey looked good aswell for the time he hwas on. I'm worried gabby hasn't had much of a pre-season, but hopefully that means he won't burn out half way through this season. 2 CB's and a CM and i will be VERY excited for the new season |
Nik Skilton
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...09.41 Holland international Wesley Sneijder has reiterated his determination to stay at Real Madrid and fight for a regular place. SSN he does not want to leave.....:-( |
Frosty
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... When did Carlton Cole learn to kick a ball, looked one of the better players last night. Could be a gem for the old dream team this year. PS - Had 3 calls last night from family and friends laughing that anyone would pay over 20m for Young, - maybe he is just a bit like Ronaldo used to be and goes missing in the bigger games? Still worth 30m + in my eyes though!!! UTV!!!! |
Nik Skilton
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... To be honest I would rather Young did not draw to much attention to himself for england at the moment, just keep his head down and keep working for villa. If he would have terrorised holland last night, Chelski would have slapped in a £25m + bid which we would have duely accepted.... |
ak_27
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... rob h i think every manager has their own way of doing things. I wouldn't say Phil Brown is crap as getting Hull to the premier league is probably one of the biggest over achievements i can remember. He may be saying this to show other players who are a bit reluntant to join Hull that they have ambition and that going to Hull would not be a mistake. It must be tough getting better players to join a club like Hull City. Saying that i can see them going down this year with the Scum and probably Burnley. |
Keith
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... mikey18 "Milner came in for a lot of unfair stick last season" mostly just from Damian. |
pjvilla
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... Milner and Ash are two totally different players. Milner is from the same ilk as Luke Young, C Gardner and Heskey. No frills players who work hard on their game and develop confidence along the way. Ash is from the same ilk as Gabby, Reo Coker and Curtis Davis. Possibly believe their own hype too much and certainly in Youngs case yesterday, only feel they can release the ball once they've done something clever. Ash needs to start taking the knocks and realising that it isn't all about him and play a bit more for the team. If he doesn't i'm worried his development will stop short! |
HT Sweden
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... I think it´s not top 5 competion as MON says,it´s a top 6 competition, IF MON takes a chance and buy quality Villa can be up there too. I think it´s the right time to go all in now. |
Tim Wood
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... Mr Villa your views are starting to get repetitive and boring. In what way is MON shy in the transfer market? What decent cheap players has he bought that are going to be regular first team players? Downing and Delph are probably two of the most exciting transfers made by any club in the premiership this season, even Man Shitty who have money to burn haven't made any outstanding buys! Beye is decent cover for two positions with a wealth of experiance and was bought for peanuts, and Marshall is a third choice keeper who could easily do a job if both of the Brads got injured. Like most people on here I would love a big money big name signing, but if that player is going to cause upset and unrest within the rest of the team because of their stupid wage demands or hissy fits (Adebayor at Shitty ha ha) then I would rather say no thanks and give the kids a chance who will give 100000000000000% every game! Now piss off with your negative comments and bring on Wigan!! UTV Yes we can!!! |
Alan B
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... It was a full strength side... Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Kilbane, McGeady, Whelan, Gibson, Duff, Keane, Doyle Shit, that makes it worse still a long time before the cup. thanks for all your comments it makes my night coming home from work and reading it all - i might say a few words every now and then but please excuse me if I speak crap = I've been here since 1965 so that says it all -- have a good day |
rob hathaway
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... Can I wade in on Bently? I hate the guy. don't want us to sign him. Ok! but (there is always a but) i only dislike him because I have viewed him from afar. He has undoubted talent but has made some bad decisions in the past. But we have all made bad decisions in the past. right? I am sure some would say, me included, that mon has made some mistakes. yet I love the guy, in a hetrosexual way of course. mon would not even contemplate signing him unless he thought he could keep him on the straight and narrow. Is this possible? Did mon sign bellamy? I also made a mistake myself when we signed Ash. I admit I said we dont want him and what a waste of money. I was proved wrong. Now, mon has told us he is going to change the way we play and we need certain players to do this. well IF we are after bently he must be part of mons master plan. So if mon wants him, I want him. I will forget my reservations and give bently a clean slate and look at him with an open mind and then one day I may just start liking the guy, maybe even idolise him one day. I would also add that if mon is after bently and has indeed been all summer, then I would wager that the fee will now be much less than quoted in june as harry wants rid. So to all the people who think mons transfer antics see us held to ransom. Just think again! I believe in what mon does to the extent that I vary rarely question anything he does. this is not blind faith as some point out but he deserves that respect until he gives me reason to doubt his knowledge and integrity. I stand by my whole hearted prediction made back in JUNE when some thought I had completely lost the plot. We will challenge at the top We will be a surprise to most and we most definately will be a force to be reckoned with Top 4 |
spanish villan
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... lads we aint gonna get the dutchman, wages are too high, i think real wanna do buisness with villa, that wat everyone is sayin in the capital. i can see bentley joining soon aswell, maybe before friday 1pm. due to player regsitration for wigan. |
Keith
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... spanish villan I thought Sneijder was one of the lowest paid players at Real, and paid far less than Villa offered Barry to stay? If Bentley is a target then I think it probably means an end to any hope of signing sneijder though.  |
Snake Pliskin
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... ok, i concede....give Barry all the Crap you want!! (i was just asking why Damian expected him to be poor before a ball had even been kicked..he has answered that so case closed)As for Ash, he seemed to have peaked by Xmas last year and hasn't quite regained that superb form yet (but i live in hope ) UTV |
mikey18
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... I think heintinga and Van Persie gave young a few kicks and he went in to his shell, but i think Milner gets a few kicks and it brings the best out of him. I don't think that Gabby Young Reo-Coker and Davies has believed their own hype. Davies is very frank with the assessments of himself and i think he works hard for the team. Reo-coker when ever i've seen him play has worked his arse off and doesn't get the plaudits he deserves. Gabby was booed by his own fans, even though he birmingham born and bred and supports villa, if anybody is in the wrong there then its the fans. i don't know if young beleives his own hype or not, its a big season for him. |
Nik Skilton
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... Keefvilla - Sneijder is on about £40,000 a week after tax. For us to pay him that (with new 50% tax rate) we would be paying in the region of £70,000 (i think). robh - totally agree, everyone does make mistakes MoN included, however, with this guy in charge and randy behind him (  ) we will go far, mayb even all the way to the top, we buy the right players at the right time as far i am concerned, we are a much better side than we were in my opnion and most of the players we sign will improve year on year simples |
Snake Pliskin
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... ak_27...tell me we're not seriously considering Dunne, the one one man penalty conceder and slower to turn than the QE2?? |
Alan B
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... aNYBODY READ THIS ????????? Rafael van der Vaart Could Exit Real Madrid For Nothing The Dutchman can apparently depart the Merengues on a free transfer. Aug 12, 2009 7:21:55 PM Photo GalleryZoomRafael Van der Vaart, Real Madrid-Numancia (Marca) Related LinksRafael van der Vaart has been linked with a new challenge after falling out of favor at Real Madrid following the club's star signings this summer. Inter and VfB Stuttgart are both understood to be keen on the 26-year-old, and, according to Wil Van Megen, an attorney for FIFPro, they could capture the Holland international for nothing. Van Megen cites the fact that Van der Vaart has lost his jersey number to Esteban Granero as the reason why Real will not be entitled to any sum for the player's services. "They have not given the player any number, which makes it seem like that they have not respected the contract they signed with him," Van Megen told Voetbal International. Van der Vaart, who cost Real €13 million, made 40 appearances for the Spanish giants last season, netting five goals. Luís Mira, Goal.com |
Woz_uk
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... See, another season nearly underway and nothing has really changed.... Yesterday I was delighted with Barrys performance. Yesterday I was delighted with Milners performance. I probably put that same post 20 times last season, hopefully I'll put it another 20 this coming season!! |
mikey18
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... Dunne played poorly, giving away silly free kicks on the edge of the area...which he has now become his trademark. I think he is a poor player especially after he got sent off in Man City's Europa cup game! two yellow cards which were easily avoidable and it cost man city the game. is that how captains behave? how experience players behave? |
Nik Skilton
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... Alan B - If he is free expect most of europe to be in for him, be better for us if there is a fee to be paid.... although Van Der Vaart did once say he'd rather play for a smaller club that he could take further than a big one....then promptly moved to madrid |
jk92923
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... "Sources close to Real Madrid claim that Hull City are poised to complete an 18million euros (£15.5million) swoop for Alvaro Negredo, with the striker set to sign a four-year deal." shocking stuff! Brown must have told him Hull won the league last year or soemthing!! |
jk92923
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... oh, anyone hear last night that VDV move would relty heavily on facilities to treat his sick wife? she is German and may very well wish to be in her home nation.... |
Keith
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... nik986 - isn't that wage affordable? Love the optomism, with you all the way brother! Snake Pliskin - "slower to turn than the QE2" ha ha love it. ak_27 reckons Dunne would tackle lamp posts, I think he would foul them as the lamp posts would be too quick. |
Trezzy
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... rob h, i like what you say about bentley, mon would bring his ego back down to earth, you dont become a bad player overnite do you? when he was at blackburn he was blackburn in my opinion. i think he thought to much of himself after that. our ash,to me was poor last night and its clear he cant cum inside against the best rb in the world? im guessing that when downing is fit,he will be lm with bently rm, milner cm and ash in hole probably behind big john? what you guys think? |
Nik Skilton
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... keefvilla - yes that wage is affordable, but i would imagine to come to us he would want around £70k per week after tax which would cost us in excess of £100k |
John Edwards
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... Last night Young was "available" lots of times when Lampard and Ashly Cole had the ball but they hardly ever passed it to him. Felt a bit sorry for him |
rob hathaway
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... trezzy, i agree but in turn i fear for carews future. if we play a lone striker with ash in the whole i think mon would prefer heskey or gabby. |
faangler
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... "In fact if anything we want to try and be a bit more inventive from the middle of the field and that is what we are trying to look at." Says MON today. So the hints go on and on Surely he must have something up his sleave ??? |
Snake Pliskin
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... KeefVilla...How many lamposts are there on a football pitch??? ak_27 you need to do some recognition tests!!! |
Nik Skilton
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... rob h - i would hope that we dont play a team for the whoole season, the whooe point of this team building has to be to get a squad to rotate? |
Trezzy
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... rob h,well im a big gabby fan to be honest, any1 with pace is a threat, and yes he was shocking at times last year but again hes young. when we signed heskey, i thought what for?? but yesterday he impressed me and lets face it hes already scored more for us than he did for wigan lol. Carew is a big fan favourite isnt, and class in my opinion hes still in his peak so i dont see the point of getting rid? |
George Hartless
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... faangler Just read that too! Does get you excited. I'm just praying it's not Sidwell he's referring to :/ |
ak_27
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... keefvilla he didn't have one of his better games but im going to put that down to being rusty after the summer. But nobody in a green shirt did. They couldn't deal with Tim Cahill dropping into the area between strikers and midfield. In fairness McGrath would have struggled last night if he had Gibson and Whelan playing in the CM in front of the defense. They are brutal. I put Dunne forward as he is a realistic signing. He is still miles better then Davies (which really isn't saying much) and im not going to judge him on one poor performance in a friendly. Don't comment unless you watched th entire 90mins. He was left totally exposed throughtout by a piss poor CM(which Mikey lead to him giving free kicks away). Unlike most on here i have seen him do what he can do and for £5m we could do a lot worse(Like Wheater,Cambell). |
Damian
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... Alex, even today I would have Albrighton start on the right ahead of Milner. 20 minutes of decent football in a different position doesn't make me change my ming that Albrighton is a better crosser of the ball from the right. Why should it? churchill, yes you can disagree but answer this; baed on the 20 minutes from Milner last night, where would you prefer him to play, left or right and for this question assume Young plays the holding role and Albrighton can play on thje right? keefvilla, it wasn't just me. All you have to do is search the site. Milner came in for a lot of stick and when we ran the recent poll, most actually voted to have Albrighton start over Milner. I'm actually praising Milner above, but you still like to have a little pop. 20 minutes isn't going to change my mind on Milner playing on the right. |
Nik Skilton
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... my only disappointment so far this summer is that we missed out on mattock, will be a quality LB one day. Would have signed him and Warnock myself.... |
Nik Skilton
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... id like to put this milner v young debate to bed. Milner scored more points on telegraph fantasy football. lol. |
Stuart Kinane
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... Milner is a top player and has the best attitude out of anyone from our whole squad imo. It is unfortunate that he doesn't get as much credit as Young does but maybe it's because he's not flashy and showy like Young. As for people complaining about Milner's crossing last season, that arguement is just plain wrong! Look at the figures: Premier League 08/09 Top Number of Assists - Berbatov - 10 Van Persie - 10 Fabregas - 10 Gerrard - 10 Ireland - 10 Lampard - 10 Milner - 9 A Young - 9 Agbonlahor - 9 Malbranque - Modric - 9 So Milner not only had the same number of assists as Young did, he only had one less than the premier league players with the highest number of assists last season. To suggest he can't cross the ball from the right wing is crazy. Fair play to the lad for finally getting the headlines that a lot of us Villa fans know he deserves. |
Matthew Clark
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... Firstly, Milner in general was terrible last year. This year may be different. To also suggest he could be a future england captain because he got an assist is funny as f**k. The problem with ashley is how light he is. If he had gone for that header that milner got to set up the 2nd goal, ashley would have been flung 20 odd feet into the air! He NEEDS to bulk up. |
seijder
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... i wish mon did not say anything about seijder. he got us all existed about a great player possibly coming to villa but in the end ends up disappointing us again in the transfer window. looking at DEFOE we could have got him. |
seijder
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... tuncay for harwood. how many managers would turn down tuncay for a fith choice striker ? |
Ronan Kenny
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... Faanglar He might still be trying to sign Defour and is likely still haggling with the price. Defour is more likely than the two dutch lads |
Paul Bennett
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... Its my Birthday today. Im sure MON and Randy got my gift list. They wont let me down. UTV |
Villa4life
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... forget that pointless England game.... Im glad that Young didn't play well..... keeps the likes of Man U off him!!.. Now to the pressing issues that WE STILL HAVE NOT REPLACED BARRY OR LAURSEN!!!.... im sorry but is MON playing mind games with other teams or with us?..... im pulling my hair out, why oh why has he not replaced these players?.... if i hear MON mention the small squad again i'm gonna scream. I just wish he sorts this but as the week is at an end I can't see it..... so its up to the last day of transfers for us to find out what pitiful players MON has dragged in! |
Steve Badger
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... Damian, I'm actually praising Milner above, but you still like to have a little pop. 20 minutes isn't going to change my mind on Milner playing on the right. Don't be so touchy mate. You have to admit it's quite funny, I think. I'm sure everyone on here respects your opinion even if some of us think it's a bit misguided at times. That's why we keep reading your blog mate  You're right though, the simple fact is that was probably the best I've seen him play and certainly some of his best crossing. Whatever, it bodes well. I'm not sure how many chances Young is going to get after that performance. Fortunately Mr Capello picks players on form so if Ash keeps plaing well, hopefully he'll be ok for SA. I'm going to hold my hands up here, as someone who thinks Heskey is generally useless. He played bloody well last night, imo. I'd like to have seen him with Defoe. |
avfc1983
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... BARRY LOOK POOR LAST NIGHT HA HA HA HA he will be as fat as fat spanish waiter soon |
Steve Badger
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... Villa4life, Now to the pressing issues that WE STILL HAVE NOT REPLACED BARRY OR LAURSEN!!! I think you'll find MON has replaced £arry in his mind (Downing). Agree about Laursen though. But don't worry. MON has said he'll replace him and I believe him. Whether we think it's the right replacement remains to be seen. |
avfc1983
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... distin http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/25039/Storrie_wants_to_keep_Distin.aspx |
Eoin Greene
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... Well i'm not going to chance my opinions on Milner based on 20minutes at the end of a friendly - no matter how impressive he was. I agree with Damian - last season he put so many crosses into the first man it was infuriating. Having said that - he has a great engine, great workrate and by all accounts a great attitude. If he can add that bit of class/quality, which he showed he has last night, then he could be a great player (although possibly as a central midfielder). One thing people should note from the table is that Ashley and Milner - our wing wizards, our creative dynamos - were matched on the assist chart by Gabby - the player that it seems to me no-one thinks he can do anything but run fast!! I'll say it again - I would have him ahead of every Brittish striker bar Rooney. Its about time the local lad Villa fan was given proper backing - especially considering how Luke waste of space, talentless, bad attitude Moore was liked on these boards |
Billy7
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... Milner was generally terribe last year??????????? It makes me wonder with comments like that whether people actually attend games! Milner was 1 of our top 5 players last season! His crossing , at times let him down, but he was quality, and is improving as shown last night! |
mikey18
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... I agree with eoin and chris, Gabby doesn't get enough support from the fans and is singled out as a one trick pony but isn't given the credit he deserves for the other work he does. When he played as the lone striker for part of last season he was awesome and very unselfish! Damian how many games have you seen albrighton play in? I'm not saying milner is a better crosser of the ball than albrighton because that is debatable, but milner is definatley a better player! He's all round contribution to the game and attitude is something albrighton can only hope to emulate. |
TheColonel
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... I dont know about some of the comments on here but personally i thought Milner was great for us last year. Not only at tracking back but going forward aswell. I admit his crossing wasent all that but everything else about him was great. Not to mention in the u21 tournament where germany destroyed england in the final, Milner was by far one of the best players in that tournament and miles betetr than any other england player, and he proved his talents last night aswell. I can understand people complaining about Gabby becuase lets face it, he went missing badly last season from january and he doesnt have that much more than pace, but complaining aobut one of our most talented players like Milner is a bit suprising. |
ak_27
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... I do believe Mickey that Gabby is a one trick pony but that one trick ie his blazing pace can be a very effective trick. Its just we don't use it properly. Instead of having players with the ability to thread balls through for him to run onto goal and finish Gabby 8/10 times is left chasing 70 yards punts into the corners where once he wins the ball he is often in a tight situation where his lack of technical ability lets him down. He did lose his confidence in the second half of the season but hopefully that will be forgotten now. If Gabby played for a team like Arsenal he would bang in 20 plus goals easily. |
ruffy
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... What is this fixation with playing right footers on the left?  Downing will be more natural for us there and lefties can always get in a quicker cross without the need to check back on to the right foot. |
Damian
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... mikey hands up. i'm basing, as well as more than half that voted in the poll i'm guessing, my views on albrighton purely from the peace cup but even so, milner was younger when he played for leeds in the top flight and all i'm aying is i've seen albrighton put in a higher percentage of successful crosses from the right in those few games than i saw milner do last season bottom line, milner did fantastic in his 20 minutes on the left last night which is great news but i'm not going to allow that to change my view, because it cant, that he struggles with crosses on the right i'm also not saying drop or dont play milner. I'm saying albrighton deserves a chance. He's not a kid anymore and if he gets his run and doesn't do the business, then that is another thing but milner got his run and while he didn't do badly, he did waste a large number of chances by simply putting in rubbish crosses. if we have a player than could put in 3 better crosses a game and we get an extra goal for every 6 (these are just numbers but you need a base) then we could maybe finish higher up the table or win more matches. All ifs but my point is milner struggles to get a high consistancy of his crosses in, from the right. It wasn't the case last night from the left |
John Edwards
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... eoin 1981 Don't always agree with your viewpoints but am 100% behind you with your views on Gabby. Spot on. |
Damian
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... Colonel for workrate i dont think there is anyone better in the league than milner, but when you play on the right and struggle beating men with pace and then crossing t becmes a thing |
Rob The Villain
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... Great for Milner last night, I think he's going to have a really good season. Did anyone watch the Fiorentina game? I noticed that Milner popped up on the left quite a bit with him and Young switching positions constantly. I think MON is looking for a much more fluid midfield and I can't wait until Downing is fit. Imagine an attacking 3 of those, all switching positions, it'll be a nightmare for the opposition to track. Hopefully Delph and Petrov sitting behind. This excites me massively! More digs at Gabby I see! Lay off the guy, he does loads for the team and constanly chases long hoofs down the field and gets us going again. p.s Jesus, why do we have to have Heskey! |
simondgm
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... don't we have to register new players by close of play tonight for them to be able to play on Saturday? if so it's only going to be a back four from our current squad vs Wigan. |
londonvilla
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... This could be total nonsense but randomly a friend has just posted on his facebook page that we are holding a 2pm press conference today???!! I asked him how he knew this and have heard nothing back, surely we would hear something through the club first? Stranger things. . . . |
DaveyBoy
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... i truly cant beleive the stick ashley young is receiving on this post he received 3 player of the months in 2008 the only player to do so in a calender year (outside top 4 sureley more impressive) and was young player of the season wheras the previous season had the joint most assits in the league. Once he's comfortable with the england setup he will be one of the most important players just you wait UTV!!!!!!!! |
Eoin Greene
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... londonvilla - i think its a press conference for Super Andy Marshall which shall be followed by an open top bus parade of him for the city of Birmingham. I haven't been this excited since we signed Habib Beye. |
Billy7
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... Damien... Albrighton looks good, but by no means would he be more of an asset to the team than Milner, his workrate/experience and ability says it all. Milner will be 1 of our top 5 players AGAIN this season and hopefully go S.A. With Ash and co. |
Keith
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... Billy7 "Milner was generally terribe last year??????????? It makes me wonder with comments like that whether people actually attend games!" They don't. Damian You were very anti the signing of Milner and have slagged him off at every opportunity, even though mostly it wasn't warranted. Just admit you were wrong and Milner is getting better and proving to be an excellent signing, as most of us on this site told you he would. "but when you play on the right and struggle beating men with pace and then crossing it becomes a thing" but playing on the left means is different? |
maccathegod
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... worth a read............ http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/08/13/villas-race-to-bring-in-defender/ |
Doubledown9
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... Van der Vaart tittle-tattle http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=2823 At least we know its possible. |
Sean
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... successful crosses from the right in those few games than i saw milner do last season "because it cant, that he struggles with crosses on the right" "putting in rubbish crosses" "if we have a player than could put in 3 better crosses a game and we get an extra goal" "All ifs but my point is milner struggles to get a high consistancy of his crosses in, from the right." "but when you play on the right and struggle beating men with pace and then crossing t becmes a thing" ok damian we get it milner's crossing is immense stop going on about it |
Doubledown9
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... errr this cant be true http://goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2009/08/13/1437301/rafael-van-der-vaart-could-exit-real-madrid-for-nothing |
Villain down South
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... http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/...erested-in Doesn't look like Sneijder is going to happen. |
Tim Wood
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...errr this cant be true VDV's wife is extremely ill, althogh VDV is more than likely a true proffesional you can't help but believe that his mind would not be 100% (understandably) on his football this year and this could be extremely detrimental to the Team. I think we should all be looking away from the dutch duo as WS has stated that he doesn't want to leave Madrid. |
ak_27
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... This guy is quality. He got banned from the 606 blog last year and he set up his own site. http://davepundit.blogspot.com/ |
Peter Dragoonis
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... I have set up a mini league for anyone that uses The Sun fantasy football. its called thevillablog and is for everyone on here to join. the details are below; Pin: 119040 Password: laursen |
steven the toffee
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... hello damo.milner looked very impressive last night.young looked a bit nervy but that is understandable he is a fantastic player. |
faangler
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... Re Sneijder: Everyone (except Barry) says they love it where they are and want to stay so they don't become a fan hate figure if they can't get a favourable move. He's just hedging his bets - probably because MON won't cough up the asking price |
Snake Pliskin
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... I guess the Milner crossing debate would mean Lennon is a load of old shite as well, as 95% of his crosses hit the ankles of the defender in front of him!!! I will have to disagree with you, Damian, on this one....It's just my Opinion. |
clarkamus
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... warnock rumour seems to have some substance in it i hope we get someone in before the weekend |
Snake Pliskin
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... Steven......yeah, let's hope Villa and Everton will be the 2 teams pushing for the champions league and not "loads of moneeeeeey" Citeeee or Fire damaged lego faces Tottenham!! |
Michael panizza
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... So if we're signing a third left back in Warnock I suspect it's curtains for Bouma's career... |
confusedvillafan
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... just seen on skynews that luke youngs younger brother found dead in greece, |
clarkamus
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... no necessarily monkey wrench i doubt bouma will play until christmas time anyway and we need cover until then but when he does come back you would imagine that 3 LB is to many maybe MON sees him as a CB could just be speculation anyways its making my brain hurt |
adam
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... are hull owned by a middle eastern consortium cuz they have started buying Kamels sorry couldnt help it im bored |
deansaundersperm that's perm
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... i wish he would just buy Tuncay, just something a bit different, the x-factor |
jk92923
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... all the albrighton/milner talk...it was the peace cup afterall and Milner didnt have a chance to shine at it. the first chance he had directly against Albrighton, i thought he did better (against Fiorentina), in fact, i was very disappopinted with Albrighton for that. he gave the ball away alot more than Milner did. but i agree damo, albrighton proved he is worth a chance this year and i hope he gets it but i think the experience and quality lies with milner over Albrighton. but time will tell i suppose.... |
Frosty
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... I think we have replaced Barry, he's currently sat in Santas sack and will be delivered about Christmas time wearing the no. 6 shirt. |
George Hartless
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... Frosty I hope they put holes in the wrapping for Stewie's sake. Otherwise it's going to turn into Christmas 1996 all over again. How was I to know the puppy wouldn't make it through Christmas eve without air holes? Fair to say my mum wasn't delighted with her gift come Christmas morning :/ |
Rich
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... Wouldn't Negredo be a decent option Apparently stalling as although he favours The Premiership, would prefer it to be someone bigger than Hull |
SlimJimVilla
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... To be fair to Ashley, it was a lot more competitive in the first half and he didn't get that much of ther ball in attracking positions (nobody did). He was also up against Heitinga who is top draw at right back. Don't read too much into it...he's still new to the squad (whats that three shouts now in difffering squads?). Fresh for Saturday and with a point to prove so all good. Milner was very good (as always I might add), good work rate, touch and looking very strong. Also pleased to see Barry looking very average. Give me Delph any day. Still tickets available for Saturday! What are you waiting for. |
faangler
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... He's just hedging his bets and has obviously got a smarter agent than Barry If a big club pays the money, he's gone |
jonnie 5
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... What footballers are saying on facebook Rio Ferdinand: going to hit the Amsterdam cafes before the game, who's in? Gareth Barry likes this ------------------------------ Bobby Zamora rejected Phil Brown's friend request Fraizer Campbell rejected Phil Brown's friend request Marc-Antoine Fortune rejected Phil Brown's friend request Michael Owen rejected Phil Brown's friend request --------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsene Wenger is not worried about his lack of transfers this summer as he has internal solutions 1 hour ago Alexander Song Billong likes this Visakri Diaby likes this Denilson likes this ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joleon Lescott has to go to work tomorrow : ( 13 minutes ago) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Bellamy has joined the group Money is ruining football - Benjani likes this ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alberto Aquilani: Oh no! I've just had my new house robbed!!! Steven Gerrard, Jerzy Dudek, John-Arne Riise, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Peter Crouch, Jose Reina and Daniel Agger like this --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Sat'day random drinks n' antics LOLZ Ledley King has been tagged --------------------------------------- Ashley C can't find his phone, can some1 give it a buzz for us? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roque Santa Cruz is looking forward to starting on Saturday Craig Bellamy is looking forward to starting on Saturday Carlos Tevez is looking forward to starting on Saturday Emmanuel Adebayor is looking forward to starting on Saturday Robinho is looking forward to starting on Saturday Benjani is looking forward to starting on Saturday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Gerrard hopes his 'groin' injury clears in time for Sunday z Yesterday at 20:03 · Comment · Like Ben Foster Ditto z ------------------------------------------ Joleon Lescott became a fan of money. Gareth Barry likes this ------------------------------- Marcus Bent is hoping to start at Old Trafford - 1 hour ago Mr. Ferguson Likes This. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Goram became friends with Andy Goram ------------------------------------------------------- Jamie Redknapp is literally on facebook -------------------------------------------------- Frank Lampard is LOLing at Stevie G - 3 hours ago 3 comments -Steven Gerrard ****** off Lamps -Rio Ferdinand oi oi epic banter lads -Steven Gerrard did he dedicate the banter to his Mum -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ashley My evil plan is almost complete. Niall Quinn & Peter Reid like this. ------------------------------------- Glen Johnson is looking at new toilet seats in B&Q ------------------------------------------------------------ Tomas Rosisky is fit and loving life! can't wait for the new season 1 week ago Tomas Rosisky is depressed 3 days ago --------------------------------------------- Samir Nasri is watching Top Gear on Dave. Cheers Abou -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Moyes is skint Mark Hughes likes this --------------------------------- Didier Dropba poked Jens Lehmann 3 years ago Jens Lehmann went down holding his face ---------------------------------- Rio Ferdinand feels like a ***** after his mistake tonight 10 mins ago Defoe likes this |
Paul Theiss
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... Unfortunately, I wouldn't count on Bouma doing much in any position this season. |
PAUL WARREN
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... Johnny5 - laughing my f-ing ass off, people at work wondering why I'm sat at my desk crying. |
jonnie 5
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... Paul W Just found it on another site thought it worth a read, glad it made you laugh. UTV |
steven the toffee
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... david bentley has been arrested for drink driving.he crashed into a lamp post last night.that guys career has just nose dived at a rapid rate. |
connor rust
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... Apparently Sneijder stated that he will not be coming to Villa...he wants to stay and fight at Madrid. I mean, who can blame him, he has practically got the dutch national team there, and he is playing champion's league.... |
Matthew Smith
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... I've just read that Luke Young's younger brother Andre was found dead after going out drinking with mates in Greece... http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2009/08/13/aston-villa-footballer-luke-young-s-brother-dies-in-holiday-tragedy-97319-24435494/ |
Nik Skilton
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... Bentley arrested for drink driving, think its safe to say we wont be going near him |
David
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... Could this be Bentleys madcap way of getting Bungnapp to offload him on the cheap? Just a thought! |
Michael panizza
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... rob h: I didn't think about the Bouma centre back option..he's played in that position before, at least for PSV Eindhoven..now there's a thought So sorry for Luke Young, I've lost my younger brother too in an accident.. R.I.P. Andre Young |
probinson
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... Very sad news. RIP. Only 17 years of age. My thought are with Luke and his family. God Bless. |
Nik Skilton
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...Could this be Bentleys madcap way of getting Bungnapp to offload him on the cheap? Just a thought! No one will touch him whilst this is hanging over his head |
VillaDude
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... It looks like there is not going to be a signing today. Am i right in thinking - if there is a signing tomorrow, he is elegible to play on saturday? |
David
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... Maybe it'd be a nice gesture of support from us, the fans if we sang his name (Andre) on Saturday before kick-off against Wigan. |
niall donlan
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... Friedel-Passed it L.Young-good Davies-ok Cuellar-shit Shorey-improvin Milner-improvin Petrov-brill Delph-14future Young-brill Carew-good Gabby-ok |
probinson
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... Doesn't look like any transfers will come in but you'd never know. As has been said on here before, MO'N keeps his cards close to his chest when it comes to transfers. I believe our squad is very strong because we have many players that can play in a few different positions. Not much dead wood left in the squad, only making up the numbers. Versitile players can keep the numbers needed in a squad down and in turn keep players happy; more likely to get games. Bouma (LB or CB), L Young (LB or RB), Beye (RB or CB), Milner (LM or RM or CM), A Young (LM or RM or No 10), Delph (CM or LM), Gabby (CF or RM). This is just my opinion but I |
Damian
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... alex a gem am i, lovely thanks. that MAKES ME FEEL SO SPECIAL and peace cup or not, it doesn't really make a difference when it comes to competitive football do you think the players didn't take it seriously? its also not just me, more than half of the people that voted in this poll picked albrighton above milner too http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/...-midfield/ it isn't just me alex, but you wont understand that as i suspect you are either just ingnorant or stupid. maybe even both, becasue you don't seem to be able to get yoru head around a few things as you seem to be making it personal in fact i'll go so far as to say you are probably like a monkey with a toy told to do something, you'll get confused. you probably see things as purely black and white, no layers, no shades, no possible exceptions. do you have a simple life alex or are you on regular medication? |
Michael panizza
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... alex: I saw the Peace Cup and I agree with Damian..time will tell but I suspect you're the 1 talking out of your bum. Another one for Specsavers. |
probinson
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... I meant no transfers today. Need two more before window closes. I think we need one good commanding CB. One creative CM would be welcome too, but only if better than what already have i.e. Little Dutch Boy |
steven the toffee
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... Its mid august and the season is nearly here so lets crack open a bottle and drink plenty of beer.Players have been bought players have been sold lets hope villa or everton break the same old top four mould.ronaldo has opted for pastures new hes gone to spain to sit in the sun and stay out of the rain.man city have shown everyone the money seeing them fail would be rather f...ing funny.gareth barry is greedy lescott too the two of them belong together in a f...ing zoo.fat rafa is still whinging he needs to keep his head out the fridge and stop his food bindging.no one cares about birmingham who are they just a poor side whos players are going grey.the transfer window is ticking down tick tock tick tock i wonder if birmingham will sign another shit jock.i love everton i like villa too if we dont get fourth i hope its you.two days to go and all is near i just hope we dont lose david moyes and end up with joe kinnear.A fantastic blog this is damians done great lets hope he keeps writing so we can carry on the debate. GOOD LUCK FOR THE FORTHCOMING SEASON VILLANS. FROM STEVEN THE EVERTONIAN. |
Nik Skilton
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... if anyone has done a team for telegraph fantasy football join my league: name: angloscottish password: 9003680 www.fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk |
jk92923
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... Wow Damo, you speak so diplomatically and then *BANG* "as i suspect you are either just ingnorant or stupid. maybe even both"....i love it! haha!  |
faangler
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... Milner looks like he might be about to step up Albrighton looks like he's going to come through Happy days. And I expect the Fonze is going to keep Gab on his toes too. Happy happy days Then there's Delph |
Nik Skilton
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...GOOD LUCK FOR THE FORTHCOMING SEASON VILLANS. Good luck and tidings to you aswell young sir |
londonvilla
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... Great, even the man responsible for this blog is starting to get personal.. . . . Villa fans united as ever?! |
Keith
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... Damian Do you think you can ever criticise anyone for personal insults after what you have written? |
Michael panizza
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... If people didn't come up with idiotic and personal attacks on Damian I suspect he wouldn't have the need to reply. It's not about being united, it's about not being stupid. Isn't it, alex. |
jk92923
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... i think we should all sing a song together to unite us as one...join in Villa fans... "HEAL THE WORLD....MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE....FOR YOUU AND FOR ME AND THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE...." take it away fellow bloggers!!!! |
Juan Pablo Angel
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... Well done Damien, solme people don't know a good player unless they kick them in the face. Albrighton looks to be a really decent prospect, as does Clarke. Personally I think Lichaj is getting there but not ready just yet, I think more a lack of experience and confidence than ability. Three more players please, I would be perfectly content if they were Bentley, Jenas and Huth. Although can't really see the point of signing more midfielders. Ideally if Fulham want Reo then I want Hangeland and if Boro want Pubic Harewood then I want Wheater, Huth or Tuncay. Milner is class, always has been, always will be. Future England captain, possibly Villa captain very soon too. Anyone who thinks Carlos Cuellar is shit doesn't know anything about football. Stop wasting my life with your ignorant dross posts and go knock one out to Jeremy Kyle you cretin. |
steven the toffee
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... damian your posts and comments are always put across in the right manner.i writ a poem there and all this has took the shine off it.ha ha. |
Michael panizza
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... Inter Milan seem closer and closer to Bordeaux's Gourcuff..and if they sign him as playmaker, Sneijder and VDV will defo not move there.. |
seijder
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... vdv now please. tuncay, huth wheater and mabe warnock. thats all we need. for me jenas and bentley r a wate of space. come on mon. |
seijder
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... give albriton a chane f**k bentley hes shit and a wate of money. albriton is much better. spend the cash on VDV he was great last night. |
bobvillian
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... there will be a signing tomorrow before 5.0pm dont have a clue who but heres hoping its tuncay? |
faangler
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...there will be a signing tomorrow before 5.0pm dont have a clue who but heres hoping its tuncay? Signing Schmining |
vogra
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... I think its criminal that we are going into the first game of the season with MON not replacing Laursen and Barry. What a joke, he's got rid of Knight without replacing him, and please don't come out with that rubbish that Downing is a replacement for Barry because he is not. 1)He's a winger and not a central midfielder 2)He can't even play till November. But im not suprised in the slightest, we all know MON has absolute no clue what he's doing in the transfer market. |
mitchvillain
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... NEWCASTLE RECIEVE 4M BID FOR DUFF BETS ITS FROM VILLA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O!!!!! |
Michael panizza
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... How many wingers are we gonna play this season? 7? Naah it's not a bid from the Villa, more likely to be from Hull or Stoke, maybe Small Heath..from a small club, basically. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... I just wish Alex could find the caps lock key. |
Villa Kidd
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... Alex - Theres a button on your left side of your keyboard called Caps Lock, then you can type in lower casing! Milner did good, did anyone noticed that England team did better and more confident when Barry came off. He was trying so hard to be like Stevie G going for goals outside the box and running in hard. |
steven the toffee
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... sky are horrible dirty shit stirring c**ts.all they are arsed about is man city.the p***ks. |
Altan Kargaci
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...Who said there will be a signing before tomorrow at 5? If true I bet it's Warnock. Only two more sleeps to go....... UTV |
Steve Badger
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... God knows where that came from. My understanding is that to play on Saturday, a player has to be registered by 12 noon on Friday. It's academic anyway. I don't ever remember MON signing someone and playing them next day (but I could be wrong). |
seijder
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... it has to be a cm or striker. vdv or tuncay. we dont need warnok. shorey and bouma r good enough. |
Steve Badger
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...If true I bet it's Warnock. It's interesting reading the comments on the following link about Warnock. It seems they rate him quite highly and are pretty resigned to him going, just not at that money. BFS has just been on SSN saying they have no dough too. I think this one is a goer, as I think Bouma's knacked http://www.lancashiretelegraph...vers_star _Warnock/?ref=rss |
oldnick
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... Once again we have been let down by Mon/Lerner for not having a squad ready for the start of the season. I do still feel optimistic but very disapointed that in 10 weeks we have managed to sign 3 players and a stranger only!, and one of them is not fit. I know its a private club but i just wish they would explain why we seem to struggle obtaining players that we so desperatley need. |
Rich
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... Agree with Badger. Warnock will be next in. Shame its not in a position we actually need to strengthen and our side against Wigan will be as per last apart from no GB. |
oldnick
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... Has there been any news on season ticket sales? just interested to see if they are up or down on last year. |
Steve Badger
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... Nick, I know its a private club but i just wish they would explain why we seem to struggle obtaining players that we so desperatley need. Who says we're struggling? You just don't know that mate! I could quote Arsene Wenger saying that most business is done in the last week of the window, but it seems it doesn't sink in with some people, so I won't waste my time. Shame its not in a position we actually need to strengthen Rich, If I'm right and Bouma is knacked, I'd suggest we do need to strengthen LB. |
Steve Badger
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... Steve the toffee, Yes, liked it mate Nick, Sales were up compared to last year, but they started selling earlier. The club limits STs to 29,000 anyway (iirc) so people have a chance of getting to the game. |
John Edwards
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... Badger Arsene Wenger actually said "Most business in the transfer market is done after the 27th August" so I'm with you. Also think Warnock would be a great signing |
Steve Badger
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... Nick, Have you also considered that if you sign a player very early, it's costing you 2 months wages while the player is doing sweet FA and not producing? No, I thought not. Do some sums. £50K a week = £200k a month per player. Perfectly good business sense, imo. |
straff24
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... comment 233, ive just read the blackburn fans comments on warnock they seem to rate him very highly, cant say i know too much about him myself but they love him to bits |
TrueVillan
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... chances of a really big signing are decreasing by the day! wot happened to MON statement 'he is not in the habit of selling players unless he is confident of replacing them' so who replaced knight? would not be the first time he left us short in defence (remember aaron hughes) 2 CB at a club before the kick off is ridiculous, and both davies and celler are injury prone, the latter missing half the last season NEVER sell before you buy! thank god for the kids (and sid cowans who coaches them)because we would be in trouble without a few of them to call upon! MON still has not had a great transfer window to date for me, always average, premeiership players (delph excepted) |
Rich
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... Need to offer Real M money for VDV now B4 everyone and the cats mother starts sniffing should he be allowed to move for free. Why hasn't MON denied Sneijder links like John Robertson was quick to do regarding Veloso. I'm no football agent but one of the first things I would have done if interested in a player would be to contact his agent with the question: 'Should we be able to put together the right financial package, would your client be interested in playing for us?' I can only assume that should Soren Lerby/Sneijder have been put this question then we were not rebuked as this Madrid speculation has been dragging on. MON would not have wasted further timeand the whole thing would have been easily quashed weeks ago. Contrary to posts today on this blog, Sneijder has not said directly that he is not interested in joining AVFC. He has said that he would like to stay and fight for his place at Real M, which is entirely different from a direct rebuke to us. Offering the right deal NOW could still secure either of the Dutchmen. They would have seen that Villa were more than well represented in the International last night and the quality we possess. We cannot afford to dither any longer. |
ak_27
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... Warnock would be a good signing. We do need another left back at the club. One who is good on the ball and Warnock is perfect. He is also very versitile and can be played else where in the midfield. Duff was linked with Wolves last week so i think that is who probably made the bid. I don't think we need anymore wingers to be honest. |
Rich
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... On a positive note, we do seem to be going for players who are highly regarded by their fans. This is the acid test. Downing, Beye and now Warnock. I haven't seen a -ve comment on any of them from Boro, Geordie and now Blackburn supporters. |
John Edwards
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... Rich It was reported, during the match last night and earlier on this blog that VDV's 31 year old wife has been diagnosed with cancer. Firstly commiserations to them both, but then purely from a commercial point of view are you going to want to sign a player who's mind is probably going to be all over the place. |
Rich
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... My commiserations to them both as well and I sincerely hope she makes a full recovery. Also to Luke Young with the very sad news today. In answer to your question THE FRENCH CONNECTION, I really don't know. What I do see though is a very good professional and an EXTREMELY gifted player. |
Michael panizza
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... Badger: sorry mate I normally agree with you but I totally disagree on the Downing-injury issue. The bloke's young, are we going to avoid signing him because he'll miss the 1st 3 months of his career at the Villa? On that basis, Paul McGrath would never have played for our club. |
Steve Badger
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...Contrary to posts today on this blog, Sneijder has not said directly that he is not interested in joining AVFC. He has said that he would like to stay and fight for his place at Real M, which is entirely different from a direct rebuke to us. Spot on. Whereas I think he has been quoted as saying he's not going to Inter. Whilst I don't think for one minute we'll get him, sometimes it's better to look at what's not being said. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... Wow. It's like all the children have left the room and just the adults are having a civilized conversation. Thank you, Rich, Connection, Badger, ak, et al... |
Steve Badger
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... Monkeywrench, Badger: sorry mate I normally agree with you but I totally disagree on the Downing-injury issue. The bloke's young, are we going to avoid signing him because he'll miss the 1st 3 months of his career at the Villa? On that basis, Paul McGrath would never have played for our club. You've lost me mate?? I think Downing is a good signing. A very astute move, because he would have been nearer £18mill uninjured, imo. Was it the comment where I said I think MON thinks he'll be £arry's replacement, that misleads you? I actually think that is the case. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... I'm totally under the kosh at work, but keeping checking in for any transfer news. Although it's always a little disappointing not to see "Sneijder has signed!", there is consolation in finding good comments to quickly read. As you say, Badger, what's not being said is rather interesting. I doubt we'll get him, too, but it certainly wasn't something WS just rubbished out of the gate. |
Villa man
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... I have a feeling that warnock and tuncay are in brum today. To sign for the 5pm deadline on Friday! Villa must sign someone before 5pm. It's got to happen! If it doesn't happen then mon has let us down again! Mon should also cone out and say that villa lost out on sneijder to stop all the fans w**king over the Dutchman! It's becoming stupid now! Mon get ur finger out or just come out and say we ain't got any more money! We have only spent 8m this summer so far!!! We must have 25m left! He needs to buy big! |
Anthony Laud
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... Damian - once the fantasy football is finalised after registration do you plan on setting up a cup knockout competition within it as well. I know the site does one itself but it is possible to set one up within your own league. just an idea for those that are a bit of the pace mid way through the season gives more interest |
jerry
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...Now, mon has told us he is going to change the way we play and we need certain players to do this. well IF we are after bently he must be part of mons master plan. So if mon wants him, I want him. Rob, when I read that I felt my heart lift. Finally, someone gets it. If you trust him then you trust his master-plan, whatever that might be. If the master-plan fails then we can be critical, but until it does we should support him. O’Neill is entitled to that. I didn’t know you were critical of A. Young when he came (or the price!). You’re mea culpa does you credit – it takes a man to do that. Only me and Damo have never made an error of judgement. |
Steve Badger
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... Villaman, Mon should also cone out and say that villa lost out on sneijder to stop all the fans w**king over the Dutchman! I think he already has mate, but I still like the idea of him coming, so I'll go with it until it's a definite "no". We've never before in my 40 years of supporting Villa, been linked with this class of player and I love it Even talk of this geezer is a sign of how far we've progressed. Shame some of us can't see it, hence I'll just ignore the rest of your post. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...churchill Exactly. Nothing has indicated that either RL or MON are anything but honorable men acting in good faith. They're entitled to the benefit of the doubt until...well, until they decisively prove otherwise. |
bluey from great barr
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... having read the blackburn fans comments i think we should make a offer their player of the year at £4,000,000 plus shorey!! |
Steve Badger
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... bluey, D'you know that crossed my mind too. But if Wilf is knacked it doesn't really take us forward, does it? And just to get up Villa man's nose, Sneijder's agent was quoted as saying he wants to go to a team where he'll be constantly played. Surely this gives us a shout as he'd definitely start most games? |
Michael panizza
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... Badger: that was my hope too with regards to Sneijder..he wouldn't get a better stage than Villa Park to prepare for the 2010 World Cup. I'd keep Shorey though, I think he's improved a lot since we signed him and looks settled in the squad now. |
Pat
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... There will b no chance off any Big names coming never mine Sneijder,Mon will not SPEND the money,lets face it lads.Sorry 2 burst OUR bubble.. |
steven the toffee
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... pat with all due respect if i was a villa fan i would be quite pleased with what MON has done.look at us we havent signed anybody how frustrated do you think we are. |
Pat
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... I am PLEASED with MON,but u no how he works with players.NO big names,so i think he will never bring in £20m players & i don't blame him one bit.. |
Steve Badger
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... Pat, I am PLEASED with MON,but u no how he works with players.NO big names,so i think he will never bring in £20m players & i don't blame him one bit.. That's fair comment and I don't disagree on the whole. But Sneidjer is not that sort of bloke. Money is not his god and he wants to play. Which, regardless of what is being said by him wanting to stay at RM, is not going to happen. He is definitely MON's sort of player, imo. Which is why I'm happy to keep on about him. He ain't coming, I know that. But hey, it's a nice thought while we wait for MON to do his last minute business |
Damian
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... keefvilla Do you think you can ever criticise anyone for personal insults after what you have written? Yes, absolutely. Did you see his first post? I should have deleted that and that would have been it, but I'm having a good day and it was aimed at me, so I decided to let it go. Then he comes back with more at me, but again, I let it go, but I respond, because it needs a response. The thing is here, it is at me. I've not started laying in to him, I've not started having a pop at someone, so yes, I can criticise if it starts but I'm big enough and old enough to be able to handle it when I want to, I don't know if others are and others don't have the ability to delete comments. Had I started it, I'd understand what you have written, but I didn't. The poster clearly has an issue and is unable, maybe through ignorance or intelligence to understand, it's not my fault. |
Pat
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... He does look a great player,so yeah if he can get him in then by all mean's GO get him Marty..PS i c the blues sign another Rangers REJECT,team will soon b full of them GOING DOWN AGAIN. |
Keith
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... Damian So next time someone puts something personal about me, I can call him anything I want without you commenting? I just think that you should practice what you preach. I thought you were bigger than that mate. |
mikey18
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... Damian i totally agree that albrighton is a very bright prospect and he deserves a chance this season. I don't quite see him in the same ilk as Downing but i do think of the squad of having to very good players that can play on the left and 2 very good players that can play on the right, 2 of the 4 can play on either! I just take issue with your comments on milner because i think the lad doesn't get the praise he deserves. His poor crosses are heavily criticized and his determination and the graft he puts in are well praised but what fans don't seem to realise is he actually has an end product 9 assists is impressive! I think we will see milner develop this season and its exciting! On the other hand Damian i was with you this time ish last season when we had a bid rebuffed for Bentley and i, like yourself, wanted bentley ahead of Milner! One year later it seems we got the better player wouldn't you agree? Although its undeniable that bentley is one of the best crossers of the ball in the world he still can't make it into an england squad and is behind Beckham, SWP, Lennon and Milner! |
seijder
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... mon has to start buying big names. im happy with what we have brought but really is it better than what we got. ok beye is just for cover but delph and downing better than barry, petrov, sidwell, young and milner, no. we still nedd two good center backs, a big name cm NOT JENAS and a gooood striker. 18 days to do this, mmmmmm. |
Keith
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... seijder Maybe he should sign Sneijder, or someone whose name he can spell! What about Engelbert Humperdinck, that's a big enough name for you? |
steven the toffee
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... the end of the day damo lets people write what they want to write.there is no need for personal insults.the 1st time i came on this blog i was recieving insulting comments from one particular individual because i was an everton fan.this is a fantastic blog that damian has done really well with.he doesnt deserve stupid comments being labelled at him. |
Rich
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... Whats all this big name rubbish. We are not talking Ronaldo, Robinho, Eto'o , Mr Ego, etc etc here. I don't believe the two Dutchmen in question are like this. I neither will not buy this 'upset the dressing room argument'. What sort of players do we have/want at Villa? Those who can't accept that someone comes in (and deserves) a little more money and has to go banging on the managers door or a group of players who embrace extra quality coming in and the opportunity to play alongside them. It is the former then MON has nott acqquired the players with the sort of attitude I think he has. |
Keith
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... steven the toffee Who does deserve personal insults labelled at them? I am merely stating that if Damian decides to respond with insults of his own them he really shouldn't complain when others on this blog do the same. |
steven the toffee
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... the end of the day damian is the one writing the articles so he is putting himself in the firing line all the time.if people dont like his points of view they could comment in a more diplomatic way.thats all im saying keefvilla. |
Keith
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... Rich I agree with you to a degree. But them someone like Bellamy comes in, decent ability, upsets the dressing room by twating someone with a golf club. Is that the type of player we want? No, so let MON buy players he knows will fit in and become part of the team. |
rob hathaway
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... keefvilla you deserve insults you are a scum bag, blues fan, bum bandit, bad lad, naughty rotter, and if you were a football player you would be jerome ROTHEN or ARS HAVIN or BENT or joey barton |
Keith
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... steven the toffee They could, I agree. But I would reiterate that if he decides to respond with insults of his own then he really shouldn't complain when others on this blog do the same. |
Dave
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... the thing I like about Milner is that he plays his football as if he was playing down the park. Rooney plays the same and it's great to see. He came on last night and was bloody good lets face it. Damian why do you think it is that he can seemingly cross from the left and not the right- is it because he has to check back onto his right foot and allow him a bit more time. From what I can see we haven't got a player who can consistently whip in good crosses on the run and I include Ashley Young in that. I'm not disagreeing with your observations cos I think you're right a lot of the time but it isn't just him - the amount of times crosses hit the first man is appalling really... |
THE AV VILLAN
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... Steven, is that poo on your nose!!! My stance on you has not changed!!! UTV!!! Lescott to Citeh!!!!  |
rob hathaway
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... keefvilla, absolutely! all tongue in cheek you appreciate? agree with your bellamy comment by the way. i think milner is a perfect example of bringing in the right type of player rather than predigious talent. when your one nil down and milner runs the length of the pitch tackles the ball off gerrard, turns plays a one two, runs back up the length of the pitch and has a shot, it lifts the crowd, the team and the game. it is untrainable. it is mon. and it is avfc. its what we are. |
rackface
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... Chaps, you won't believe what I have just heard on SkySports News. One of the presenters actually pronounced the word "schedule" correctly. Normally these bufoons pronounce the word the American way as if it contains the letter k. I am astounded. You can tell there isn't much going on on the transfer front! |
Dave
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...i think milner is a perfect example of bringing in the right type of player rather than predigious talent. spot on Rob |
rob hathaway
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... keefvilla i knew you would. you know me well enough by now. Must say tho the fact sneijder didn't get it was even funnier |
Keith
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... robh You calling me a faggot and then eating Doritos, you sure you aren't FatKevs? THE AV VILLAN That really was funny |
steven the toffee
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... yeah i have poo on my nose av villan.well done 10 points to you.the best part of you fell down your mothers piss flap.ha ha ha.didnt they name a town after you called leatherhead.haha. |
faangler
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... Why is MON saying he's not going to bankrupt the club ? Of course that's a good way to operate, but it's an arse of a thing to say. A damper !!! |
Dave
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... Alex - what you're looking for is above shift and below tab - try it and see what happens |
connor rust
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... Bayern are in for Wesley and Robben..there is no way he is coming to Villa Park now.... |
faangler
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...... MON won't bankrupt the club |
Steve Badger
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... The burp, the thing I like about Milner is that he plays his football as if he was playing down the park. Rooney plays the same and it's great to see. He came on last night and was bloody good lets face it. I'm not sure who you're on about tbh, but I'm wondering if you've watched Albrighton? He can certainly whip a cross in while he's running. I made that very point during the Peace cup and I think that's Damian's reason for arguing for him (not that I agree he should start before Milner). Rob h and Keef, Don't, imo. Not everyone comes on here often enough to know you pair get on fine. |
r0bb0
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... Some people are getting a bit carried away with Albrighton. In the youth and reserve teams he played well and looked good, but so did other players. I would certainly say that Delfouneso tended to stand out more in matches where I saw them both play. Because Albrighton did well in a couple of matches in the Peace cup some people are imagining that he's the second coming and suddenly better than Milner....he isn't....not yet anyway. He clearly has a lot of potential and we all hope that he continues to improve, but please let's not get too carried away and heap unrealistic pressure on him. |
Dave
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... Badger - -didn't see any of the peace cup unfortunately as was away but if that's the case then it bodes well for us |
faangler
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... MON says he doesn't want to bankrupt the club - what an arse thing to say in the transfer window |
r0bb0
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... Alex....if you think I am sensible...will you listen to me if I ask you nicely to take the caps off? |
Dave
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... Actually - Downing can deliver a decent cross on the run (still not quite used to him being a Villa player) |
steven the toffee
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... looks like david bentley wont be going anywhere except borstal this summer boys.i would of liked us to have signed him.never mind ay. |
Keith
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... Badger Read comments 292 & 293. The bloke deserve all the ridicule he gets. Will Albrighton be on the plane to South Africa? No. Will Milner? Yes. |
FatKevs
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... We may still sign bently we know MoN is prepared to take time to get his man. The trouble is he will pay up front now |
rob hathaway
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... fatkevs yes. just think how much mon could haggle now. i bet redknapp is well pissed with bentley. mon offer 2.5mn. |
Dave
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...I fear that our big signing will be Sol Campbell To be honest I wouldn't mind seeing on the bench for Saturday now - any injuries and we fu*!ed |
steven the toffee
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... i still think given time david bentley will be on the plane to south africa providing he finds another club and doesnt go to prison.ha.milners a good player but i cant see him making the world cup squad. |
rob hathaway
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... smallville, you may be right but i think mon must be close to someone with some creative spark in the midfield with all his clues. |
rob hathaway
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... steven doubt it. i get the impression that capello is similar to mon and takes no shite. he would never unless he can prove his attitude is right |
Tim
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... Alex, I also think that Damien talks cack at times especially about Milner. However, I think anyone who spends so much time blogging and creating topics is bound to say some stuff that is utter rubbish. It is inevitable. He must put a lot of effort into this site and therefore he should command a degree of respect. Nothing wrong with diagreeing with him but abusing him is ridiculous. |
Michael panizza
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... alex, you may think it's abit of fun but when I read the bullshit you type (still in caps), my impression is more of an arrogant little p***k with a big gob. You talk to people like shit mate, get off your high horse...until then, if Damian tells you to f**k off because of the way you stick the knife in, good for the bloke. |
steven the toffee
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... exactly what i mean rob h this time last year david bentley was one of the most coveted players in the prem.tottenham just have a habit of f**king players up.without doubt he is probably the most skillful england winger behind beckham and one of the best crossers of a ball.he just needs a new leese of life. |
rob hathaway
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... steven the toffee yes spurs do tend to kill players careers but bently contributed to his own downfall. However, as i said in a post on here this morning. if he is good enough for mon he is good enough for me. also if mon was interested and was quoted 15mn lets say then that price will surely have dropped now! |
steven the toffee
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... i agree.as i say i would love everton to sign him.i think a new club would be a new leese of life for him.spurs is a poisonous club. |
Rich
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... Keefvilla Iaagree entirely about Bellamy. He is one who I wouldn't want to see . My point though is that to the best of my knowledge the Dutchmen are true professionals with no ego to them and therefore should only be a positive influence. |
cockneyvillan
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... DAMIAN, I agree with everything you say about milner if your talking 6 - 12 months ago, and i was p***ed off when we got him instead of bentley, but the lad has turned a corner!! since the back end of last season, he has turned into one of the best widmen in the epl. I live in london and all my mates rate him up, and were saying "the guys class" when he was about to come on last night, and he was!! and has been for a while now. Take a fresh look at james milner and see for youself. |
Rich
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... Rather see Clarke on thew bench than overrated, over the hill Sol on £60K a week to warm the bench. He is just the sort of player who would upset the spirit of the club with all the baggage he carries. |
rob hathaway
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... rich, agreed. we are still building a side and the thought of hindering clarkes development now for the sake of campbells experience would be wrong. I hope mon signs a new cb but only one so at least clark gets a look in. we need to encourage him now. |
rob hathaway
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... talking of player progress...... does anyone remember the opening game against liverpool 2 seasons ago? they robbed us in the 86th minute gerrard free kick. remember? craig gardner played that day and did well but still has not been able to command a place. it may be last chance saloon |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...rackface said: How do you pronounce "technology" then? Or "chaos"? How about "schematic"? |
Villa4life
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... do you know what.... You might as well stop speculating on players because we will be disappointed by the end of it..... like last year with Defoe..... this year it is Sniejder. Im sorry but it aint going to happen... I for one love MON but his one weakness is the lack of any transfer knowledge. Does he not realise that we have a game on Saturday!!!!.... obviously not or he would have sorted the team out by now and replaced these players we have lost..... |
faangler
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... MON won't bankrupt the club he must have a ceative player up his sleave after all the hints, surely |
r0bb0
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... Villa4life. The thing is....bringing in the transfer targets you want is very difficult. Even Hughes with limitless funds at his disposal can't get all the players he wants. Moyes is struggling to get anyone at all. I reckon that MON actually DOES know we have a game on Saturday and if he can get players in before then, he will...as will Redknapp, Benitez, Bruce etc etc. We've done better than most so far this transfer window (as we needed to)and hopefully there'll be more to come, but if we don't you can guarantee it won't be for want of trying |
Steve Badger
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... f**k me, sorry lads if I've lost the plot. I go on this Audio/Video site and just had to play samaritan with some geezer threatening to top himself (I kid you not). Keef, I was on about you and rob h pretending to insult each other |
Tim
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... kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly said: How do you pronounce "technology" then? Or "chaos"? How about "schematic"? As if they had a k in them. But "schedule", you most certainly do not. |
SlimJimVilla
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... C'mon boys. They're all heroes to me, every last one. I`ll be singing my heart out on Saturday, thankful that we are a real club. We might not be Real Madrid, but we are Aston Villa. Man City can do their thing, they will gain no love from anyone who appreciates the game and when we beat them, we will be so proud...we do it the football way, not the oil way. f**k the signings, I don't want anyone who doesn't dream of playing for the Villa. MON is the heart, the players the muscle, and we are the soul. Please welcome my wife to the Holt End on Saturday, her first game! Lets sing like we never have before and show her and all of Japan that Villa is the greatest family to join. |
Steve Badger
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...fatkevs Absolutely. Mind you you'd have some on here saying it would be a rubbish buy at that money |
SlimJimVilla
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... She's a Tokyo girl in case that read funny. Got her ticket, new shirt, and family up at 2 am to watch the game. Happy f**king days. |
mikey18
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... I'm the eternal optimist but my patience is wearing thin! i am close to praying for an injury to cuellar or Davies to force MoN hand into signing a CB. For all that is said about how difficult it is to sign a player how quick did Fat trap sign Bassong after 3 of his CB's got injured. How quick did MoN sign Shorey when Bouma got injured? This recent comment about MoN not bankrupting villa is further proof, i feel, that he is unwilling to pay what he deems over the top. I just think maybe his valuations of players is what is holding us back. Although 12mil for warnock is stupid money! I think Fulham would snap our hands off if we bid 15mil for hangeeland. Same with West Ham and Upson. We need a CB of good quality so i think we may just have to bite the bullet! |
Villa4life
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... rackface said: ... Chaps, you won't believe what I have just heard on SkySports News. One of the presenters actually pronounced the word "schedule" correctly. Normally these bufoons pronounce the word the American way as if it contains the letter k. I am astounded. How do you pronounce "technology" then? Or "chaos"? How about "schematic"? you an idiot...... so your saying we pronounce School... skool or are you saying its shool?????....... i pronouce it the american way because it makes sense that way as im not going to shool.........you fool |
SlimJimVilla
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... Doesn`t the transfer close at the end of August? Haven`t we signed a few decent players? Didn't Beye win his best accolades as a centre back for club and country? Aren't the youngsters looking good? I know I'm an optomist but c'mon lads, give em a chance. And I have no doubts that there will be more signings before the window closes...patience. One love. One Villa. |
SlimJimVilla
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... 12 million for Warnock would be a death sentence for any manager. People saying 3 mill was too much for a starting England striker. 12 mill? lol |
mikey18
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... slimjim villa im an optimist mate, but we have 2 senior Cb's at the club and our first game is in a day or two! come on mate thats not good news! Apart from that im happy, if we were to sign 1 or 2 CB's i'd be happy! I'd love a CM but i think we've got enough their |
Steve Badger
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...How do you pronounce "technology" then? Or "chaos"? How about "schematic"? Teknology, Kaos, Skematic and Sheddule http://www.yourdictionary.com/schedule Skedule is american (bastardised) english. And while we're on the topic, can we please stop calling it the "off season" and "offense". It's the close season and the attack. Bloody yanks Apologies to any of our yank friends and rant over |
SlimJimVilla
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... I hear you Mikey...too true we need some cover, but transfers aint over yet and I'm confident either way. I expect we'll pick up someone like Campbell or Neill as cover with a view to strengthen later. |
steven the toffee
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... lets get a bit of a fantasy debate going here boys who would be your dream team and dream manager if you could pick anyone from the premier league. this would be mine 1.given gk 2.johnson rb 3.vidic cb 4.terry cb 5.evra lb 6.valencia rm 7.essien cm 8.gerrard cm 9.young lm 10.torres fwd 11.rooney fwd MANAGER-ARSENE WENGER |
SlimJimVilla
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... nice team mate...my only doubt would be Johnson. Good value last year but I`d be tempted to choose leighton baines over him. Free kick specialist and getting better by the game in my eyes. Arteta and Cahill have always served me well in midfield as well. But all in all that looks like a winning side |
SlimJimVilla
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... having said that, Johnson is likely to score highly with Torres on the end of his attacking runs. I just f**king hate Liverpool |
SlimJimVilla
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... odds dropped on Campbell to join villa...The best news I've had all day is seeing Redknapp even considering bringing big Sol back to Spurs! w****rs. Talk about clutching at straws. And we thought we were light at the back! |
steven the toffee
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... lets do a world team this would be mine 1.buffon gk 2.maicon rb 3.vidic cb 4.terry cb 5.evra lb 6.messi rm 7.iniesta cm 8.kaka cm 9.ronaldo lm 10.eto'o fwd 11.torres fwd MANAGER-PEP GUARDIOLA |
SlimJimVilla
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... You have to rate everton...disappointing to lose out this year but glad it was everton not f**king spurs or city. And Lescott should have a word with himself about handing in a transfer request this close to 09/10 season |
Frosty
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... 1.Reina gk 2.carragher rb 3.vidic cb 4.turner cb (the English Laursen IMO) 5.evra lb 6.arteta rm 7.fabregas cm 8.gerrard cm 9.young lm 10.torres fwd 11.drogba fwd |
steven the toffee
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... yes mate i am a season ticket holder at everton.your right about lescott he is a bellend.i also prefer villa to any other team in the prem ive got a lot of respect for your club and your fans. |
steven the toffee
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... good side that frosty the only thing i would say is arteta isnt at his best on the wing i think he gets annoyed he likes to be in the middle.f**k that c**t gerrard off and get mikel in the middle.ha ha. |
SlimJimVilla
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... I'm a south london villain and the same applies. Our clubs get respect even from the hardened chelsea boys on my estate. Good luck this year mate, I can see silverware for Moyes, and hope for a top 4 for both or one of us. Show these all these oil rich w****rs what a team is. |
SlimJimVilla
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... damn right...I would kill to see Arteta grace the claret and blue...and lets not forget Cahill. The boy is class. Gerrard would be in bang up if that thing happened in a london club...I hope I'm a DJ if he's ever in town |
SlimJimVilla
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... If you had our start up at Goodison, or we had your finish last year, one of us would have finished third. We're so close I can taste the Guinness on the best piss up ever. f**k the City, f**k Liverpool, f**k em all. Game by game we've got teams, they've got players. Believe. |
steven the toffee
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... ive just been on the other villa blog o*****e and there were spurs fans on there just talking football and a villa fan called tom came on and said to the spurs fans get on your own blog.what is that all about.now i know this is a VILLA blog and im an evertonian but isnt that what football is all about mingling with other fans and enjoying the joys that football brings.i love mingling with other clubs fans its interesting to get a different insight and different opinions from different fans.i just tend to have more respect for villa fans than any other hence the reason why i come on damians blog.we only have to be enemies when the 90 minutes is under way between our two sides when that final whistle blows who says we have to still be enemies.some people need to lighten up. |
SlimJimVilla
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... f**king right. without opponents, what would we have? I quite often sit on the corner with a beer and a spliff with Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Man Utd and Fulham fans. All ranting, respecting, dissing, hoping, loving and occasionally hating. But we all share one love. The beautiful game. |
SlimJimVilla
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... On paper you look at Spurs and think damn...then you see the fans and turnover of staff and chuckle...same shit, different season! |
SlimJimVilla
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... I predict a similar season, with Man City getting into the top 7. Villa, Everton and Arsenal fighting over 4th spot to the end...maybe one even getting a run on and leaving the other two behind. A cup for everton, a final for Villa, and a few good players seeing sense over money come January. hughes to be scaked by Christmas and a big manager coming in to save the day. I see an accumulator emerging! I'll sleep on that. Easy boys. Sleep well and have big dreams. |
SlimJimVilla
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... I agree, he's gone way down in my estimations...and he wasn't particulalry high anyway! hughes too showing no class and both trying to weaken opponents instead of bulding a team |
SlimJimVilla
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... right...over and out. Pleasure chatting Steven. Big up to Everton. I'll buy you a pint after the Everton match. |
steven the toffee
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... just watching the premiership years villas 2-0 win over chelsea has just been on. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...Villa4life said: No, it's just a question. Why is "schedule" pronounced shedule in Englend, when schematic (both starting with sche) has a hard k? It doesn't seem the yank pronunciation is bastardized...it follows the majority of uses It seems shedule is an oddity. Take "aluminum". In England, it's pronounced "aluminium"...But there's no "i" in the actual spelling. So, sounds rather grand, but it's actually mispronounced. I'm just bored. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... ^^ But yes, you're correct. To say Skedule is bastardization, you'd have to say that Skool should be pronounced Shool. Shedule is an exception. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... And "drink driving"...Has Bentley been driving a drink around town? |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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...steven the toffee said: I'm just taking the piss, steven... |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... What an idiot...Tottenham really are a graveyard for talent. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... btw...enjoy having you on here, steven. One of my best mates is a Kiwi Toffee. |
steven the toffee
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... is he tell him i said up the toffees.good being on here villa are great fans. |
kohoutek, home now and name still not working properly
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... Cheers, steven. Likewise. And coincidentally, his name is Stephen. Anyway, I'm off. Have a good night/day, wherever you are. |
Damian
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... keefvilla look, nothing personal, but i'm getting fed up having toe exaplin my every action to you and the every other day pop i'm getting from you now i've proven my point about alex if you look at his latest reply and that was the point, i don't need to answer to you and i don't need you having a pop all the time. bottom line if someone starts personal attacks against you, i will delete it, if you reply, you'll get a slap on the wrist because you should know better and you do know better |
rob hathaway
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... damian today is a new day. I cant wait for saturday then 5 hours of soccer ball on sky sunday. the misses is gonna be well pi##ed. |
parisianrob
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... Can we please look fwd to the match this blog is getting negative with in-fighting A blog is where anyone should be able to air their views and yes not everyone agrees with them and banter good nature of course prevails but lets not get personal with it. I think this blog is one of the best in Uk if not the world for activity and passion so we should set an example to the others like the spuds who dont seem to have one of their own and the toffee lad yesterday who really enjoys it in our blog Lets leave the competative agression to the fantasy league and get behind the team for the rest of the season As for personal attacks well we are better than that IMO up the villa Now tomorrow I think the voodoo will be broken quite easily tomorrow we need an early goal to settle nerves but after that i see it being a comfortable victory and could sit us ontop of the league until small heath go to utd anyways my team friedel hebe davies carlos storey milner petrov delph young heskey carew UTV |
Altan Kargaci
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...friedel Think MON will play Reo C instead of Delph . BBC football gossip say villa will bid £5mn for Dunne ! For me that would be £5mn down the drain . We should just pay the £10mn + for 25 year old Michael Turner if you ask me. But hey what do I know . UTV |
jk92923
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... christ....is everyone still fighting?? where is the love?? FOOTIE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!! UTV! |
FatKevs
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... "O'Neill fears Aston Villa's chances of breaking into the Premier League's top four this season have been dealt a blow by Manchester City's huge spending spree" Forget Top 4, he has not improved the depth of our squad, our biggest purchase cannot play until next year & we have lost GB to a rival & lost the winnning influence of ML. He has sold players without having a replacement we have to hope for another panic purchase |
keithj
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... real madrid are acting like pimps with the dutch players, latest is sneijder and robben plus 30 mill for ribery. i believe (as with delph) madrid will come back to mon but only if they cant rip someone off first. the future is albrighton,the future is orange |
Trezzy
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... this would be as big a mistake as pulling us out of europe last year. i cant believe mon would leave us short. he has summit up is sleeve. no 1 fink it could be richards? or am i dreaming? |
Ronan Kenny
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... Trezzy You might well be right there although is suspect the Richards deal could hinge on if city get Lescott. |
probinson
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... Just saw a footnote on the bottom of the transfer gossip on Football365 that Tuncay has joined Fenerbahce (spelling) on loan. Can anyone confirm? |
Matthew Smith
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... When I was young, I had a dream, To watch the greatest football team, Here I am, the dream is real, with Randy Lerner and Martin O'Neil, Martin O'Neil, Martin O'Neil, Martin O'Neil... UTV |
SurreyVillan
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... I know it's only Goal.com but: http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/08/14/1439553/inter-real-madrid-agree-fee-for-wesley-sneijder-report Wezlee Seijder ain't a coming to Villa Park. A visit to Bodymoor Heath isn't in his skedule either! |
Woz_uk
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... I love this blog, its like a little family all of its own! Cheers everyone for getting me through the last 3 months of no footie! UTV and 3 points tomorrow!! |
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