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2009

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Broken Britain, tainted love

If I’m asked to change the colour of the lounge one more time or install fancy bloody lights in the bathroom

A victory for the Irish

The problem is that there are twenty two players and one referee and if the players all abandon the rules at the same time he couldn’t cope

Sing for The Villa

Sing at Villa Park from all four stands and make it a place to be feared in the Premier League

Aston Villa beat Liverpool 3-1 at Anfield

We did tonight what we have threatened to do on so many occasions but playing five in the middle allowed us to not only break Liverpool down and stop them putting anything together

Love, questions, probing, answers and Aston Villa

We are free to question, for example, whether the Acorns deal was an act of genuine philanthropy from an enormously kind and generous man or whether it was simply a calculated strategy to generate both goodwill and media coverage

A trip down memory lane

I remember the away matches in the old third division we were like an invading army completely swamping some of the smaller grounds

Aston Villa v Oxford and Fabian Delph

This is only me speculating and we have only had a fee agreed it doesn't actually mean that it will get done today although you have to fancy O'Neill

Nervy summer, bright future

Supporting Villa isn’t the only thing I’ve inherited from him he and I both tend to lean towards the optimistic side of being a football fan

Zat Knight joins Bolton Wanderers

There has been a lot of speculation surrounding Knight and him leaving does suggest that Martin O'Neill has a player lined up to replace him but Knight did a decent enough job for us and he is a Villa fan

Peace Cup live, speculation, sniffs and Steve Sidwell

Sidwell has to get back to the player we know he can be and if he does he can become an excellent player for us but he also needs the likes of Milner and Young to use those channels and he needs Petrov to work with him

Are Villa going scouse?

But having read Martin O'Neill's comments on DJ Stew's signature in which he emphasises that he sees Downing playing on the left

Downing deal almost done for £12 million

He is a cultured player and he does have a very good left foot and he does play in very much the same position that our Ashley has done for us although our Ashley can also play on the right

Lest we forget

A meagre crowd are at Villa Park to watch the match against Portsmouth and it is a draw

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What's Next? The Doc's Prescription

In the past three seasons, O'Neill has set his stall out to recruit young British players primarily from Stuart Pearce's England U21 squad and the fringes of the full England side

The Doc's Diagnosis: Villa vs Newcastle United

I actually think Villa were caught unawares it seems to me that O'Neill got the boy really up for this game what with 5th to play for and more points than last season and all that

Aston Villa finish season in 6th place after sending down Newcastle

PThere will be a man of the match vote to the right and we will do the post mortem tomorrow but first to the match. It wasn't the best game although we were clearly the better team but Newcastle are really poor and much like Hull, we were going to beat them although they may feel unlucky not to have

Post-mortem: Aston Villa give us exactly what we all expected

It comes down to quality in my opinion and while I'm probably deluding myself I want to have a little faith in the consistency position Changing managers can not be good and I want to see what it will be like with the same manager for five seasons

Ashley Young: PFA Young Player of the Year

The award is considered quite an honour as it's voted for by other players let's hope it acts as a little incentive for Young to get his season back on track

For one day only, you are the Aston Villa manager

It also suggests that the manager isn't going to change the formation to 4-5-1, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or whatever you want to call it but I don't think that such a bad thing if you are going to play with John Carew

Have Aston Villa actually got the balls?

Martin O'Neill is in the FA dock for his behaviour towards Mike Riley on Sunday and to an extent I understand his frustration but the Liverpool Chelsea game last night

The Doc's Diagnosis: Manchester United vs Aston Villa

United were out-of-shape listless and outplayed by a sharper and more mobile team for long periods of the game But they dug deep late on in their inimitable way and found the two pieces of magic to supply the theatrical finale Sky must have been praying for

Friedel should learn where the line is

I didn’t see the pass back so I can’t comment, but I was disappointed that for all three goals Friedel was far enough off his line to not give himself enough time to react

Rumour time: Negredo and Maxi

On the other hand it could just be that people are going to be linking us with people left right and centre because it's clear as day we need some new players

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