aston villa thread

by jimmyinthewell68 Wed 18 Jul 2012, 1:26 pm

First topic message reminder :

well after the terrible frustrating long ball defend defend mcleash season ,villa have now a good prospect in Paul Lambert . when Martin oNeil left i was at first gutted like many villa fans but then when u add up all the average players he bought along with high wages then u can see why learner decided enough was enough .so Martin walked out . next come along gerard houllier a few weeks late in the season . lots of villa fans didnt take to him because of the early results but i liked the way we played under him and when he bought Darren bent and the players settled in his style of play we rocketed up the league .even beating Liverpool in revenge after that 4 nil beating and his infamous badly chosen words that didnt sit well with villa fans .poor health parted another manager . then come Alex .no more needs to be said on that . so now we have Paul . a few good signings come in and i for one now feels we can compete in cup games and perhaps a eighth position in league .

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 13 Jun 2013, 12:47 pm

Di Santo definitely isnt great, but on a free and with his age I could see him being a Lambert squad addition.

Not surprised on Anderson, I really think something brilliant could be made of him though. Remember him playing brilliantly against Arsenal a few years ago and nullifying Fabregas, give him a regular place and responsibility and I think he'd do wonders in this league for a side of Villa's side, although Id imagine he considers himself worthy of the top clubs (wrongly)

by Guest Thu 13 Jun 2013, 1:05 pm

Yeah, Anderson is all about fitness. When he's at 90-100% you can see his quality and I remember games where he used to dominate and he's got under-rated passing and through ball ability. Problem is though his fitness levels and Fergie's decision to not play him or trust him week in week out ahead of Carrick, Scholes or Fletcher at that time. Understandable. He's like Rooney, needs games to flourish, otherwise he'll just go missing for months. Can see him back in Brazil or maybe in Spain for a top club. I think it's always difficult to accept a move to a lower team after United and I guess you always see yourself as a top level player.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 13 Jun 2013, 5:40 pm

I'd expect Lambert to take a couple from the lower leagues as well, he has a good eye for a player

by westisbest Thu 13 Jun 2013, 7:18 pm

6 fingered tractor boy wrote:I'd expect Lambert to take a couple from the lower leagues as well, he has a good eye for a player

I would rather him give some of our youngster ago(as thats the age he likes to sign), that won the next gen.

Michael Drennan
Graham Burke
Samir Carruthers
Jack Grealish(who was on the bench this season).

Those are 4 that id love(hope) to see this season, hopefully if not this, then next.

Even if its off the bench the odd time, or if we get a few injuries, just to give them experience.

by jimmyinthewell68 Tue 02 Jul 2013, 3:51 pm

five early signings and couple kids coming through release some dead wood and hopefully the beast will sign a better contract and stay with us . good cup runs hopefully and a top half finish

by westisbest Tue 02 Jul 2013, 4:36 pm

Have to keep hold of Benteke.
Looking forward to see how the new guys do.
Yeah, hopfully couple of the young guys get a run out.
Least we've made a few signings this summer.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 08 Jul 2013, 10:50 pm

Benteke hands in transfer request.

Best of luck in the Championship 2014/15 Wink

by NickisBHAFC Mon 08 Jul 2013, 11:46 pm

by westisbest Tue 09 Jul 2013, 8:16 am

Well with the money from him and Bent we should get in someone else world class:)

Not to sure what the championship is, as we've never been there:)
Shed some light on it for us Olly, and you Nick.

by westisbest Thu 11 Jul 2013, 8:09 am

Good to see Helenius score on his debut.
Also Lambert gave all the new signings a run out.

Key factor for pre season is the fitness and for the squad to gel.
Results dont bother me, as long as the new guys settle in quickly.

Really hope these guys do well this season and Villa on a whole.

by jimmyinthewell68 Fri 12 Jul 2013, 1:38 pm

yes good goal by the New guy . hopefully this season we won't go through Helenius and back . Tumbleweed

by jimmyinthewell68 Sat 13 Jul 2013, 8:46 am

two draws now . its all about fitness not results goal by weimann

by westisbest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 3:24 pm

Think Weimann will be player of the season next season.

Glad he signed a new contrack.

by jimmyinthewell68 Mon 15 Jul 2013, 12:02 pm

he scored a lot of goals for the youth side so looking forward to him playing more central

by westisbest Wed 17 Jul 2013, 10:31 am

Good to see Westwood put pen to paper to.

by westisbest Fri 19 Jul 2013, 7:45 pm

Great news that Tekkers has signed a new deal.
Was only a matter of time before the big dog changed his mind.

Few players signing new contracts.
Great to see.

Definatly do better than last season.

by rawa86 Fri 19 Jul 2013, 8:02 pm

Great news he has resigned. Will this speed up Bent leaving?

Also, do you think Lambert will do much more business? Still could do with an attack minded midfielder in my opinion.

by Guest Fri 19 Jul 2013, 8:27 pm

Apparently, Benteke asking for the move held up the Bent deal due to the uncertainty. Now Benteke is staying, you want to get rid of Bent, however we've been p***** off with your hardball attitude on the fee and his wage and now we've withdrawn our interest in Bent apparently and now are focused on Gomis.

That's how I understand it but you never know.

by westisbest Fri 19 Jul 2013, 8:48 pm

Rawa.

Not to sure. We've signed 6 player(ok none of them world class), but will all play a part.

Few players signed new contracts.
Centre midfielder would be good.

Main priority was getting Benteke staying, than Bent going.
Bent will go, someone will snap him up.
To be honest didnt know to much about Newcastle interest.
We have Helenius who has looked good in pre season so far.

Sooner he goes the better for the club.
Shame it didnt work out for him.
If the manager does'nt want him, then best he goes asap.

by jimmyinthewell68 Sat 20 Jul 2013, 7:46 am

strange why bent been to so many clubs . the guy scores goals so it must be something to do with his attitude . wound be nice to keep him for the bench but at his age he would want to play regular . hope we get two more signings . players with experience Rooney would be nice lol Whistle

by rawa86 Mon 22 Jul 2013, 6:36 pm

Weimann out for a couple of weeks with a rib injury apparently.

by westisbest Mon 22 Jul 2013, 7:37 pm

Think we have a few out injured.

Am looking forward to seeing the new signings.

by rawa86 Tue 23 Jul 2013, 12:16 am

Ya really looking forward to seeing how Okore gets on. Hopefully will settle in quickly.

by jimmyinthewell68 Wed 24 Jul 2013, 2:03 pm

two nil lost against luton . lot of first team players injured so Im not that worried .

by westisbest Wed 24 Jul 2013, 2:49 pm

Think there was a few first teamers playing.

Heard second goal was a mix up athe the back between Vlaar & Clark.

Result isnt important in pre season.
About the fitness and new guys settling in well.

Think we have Newport County away this weekend.

by **Galted** Wed 24 Jul 2013, 2:55 pm

westisbest wrote:Heard second goal was a mix up athe the back between Vlaar & Clark.

Result isnt important in pre season.
.

Sounds a bit like last season.

by rawa86 Thu 25 Jul 2013, 11:35 pm

Going to be a hell of a tough start now with the chelsea game being moved. 3 games in 8 days.

by westisbest Fri 26 Jul 2013, 7:08 pm

When is that?

These players should be fit enough to handle that.

by westisbest Sat 27 Jul 2013, 9:24 am

Good win last night at Crewe 5-1

Weimann, Benteke(3) Bacuna.

10 changes made at half time, good to give people a run out, fitness, players settling in, what its all about.

Bacuna's goal was a bit special.

by jimmyinthewell68 Mon 05 Aug 2013, 10:24 pm

another win against shamrock . we got players who can score goals and a defence who kept clean sheets now . looking good but as mentioned we got a tough start to the prem. one win out of those 3 and i be happy

by westisbest Tue 06 Aug 2013, 12:32 pm

Think we'll still concede a fair few this season, but will certainly score more I feel.

by jimmyinthewell68 Tue 06 Aug 2013, 5:37 pm

if we win games 3 2 better then 1 nil .

by jimmyinthewell68 Mon 12 Aug 2013, 7:59 am

Benteke scoring for fun in theses pre season games . that's about seven goals i think . 3 , 2 win Saturday .

by westisbest Mon 12 Aug 2013, 8:11 am

More of the same this season hopefully.

Need to get off to a good start Saturday.
Think we can get a point at least.

by rawa86 Mon 12 Aug 2013, 9:06 pm

http://balls.ie/football/gif-more-proof-that-christian-benteke-is-a-beast/

Broke his collar bone! Shocked

by jimmyinthewell68 Tue 13 Aug 2013, 8:14 am

for a minute i thought u meant Benteke broke his collar bone Sad

. the guy so strong hes going to course a few centre halfs to have nightmares .

by rawa86 Tue 13 Aug 2013, 7:19 pm

Ya I didn't phrase that all that well. My bad.

by jimmyinthewell68 Wed 14 Aug 2013, 8:01 am

the bent saga taking its time .clubs holding out to get him on the cheap knowing villa want to get shot of him . i do feel sorry for him tho . well as much as i can feel sorry for someone on 50 grand a week . Ireland never wanted to come here and apart from one or two good games it really showed . hope it resolves soon because i think we would have one or two New signings in the bag before the transfer ends . Im getting excited . 3 more sleeps for the gunners Yahoo

by westisbest Wed 14 Aug 2013, 9:06 am

At the Village Hotel near me, its advertising that the Arsenal game is live.

On one of the BT channels.

by jimmyinthewell68 Thu 15 Aug 2013, 7:59 am

Lambert rejects man city loan out Barry .too right , great player when he was at villa but we dont want another man city player who doesn't want to be here . Lambert wants young , hungry players not ex internationals ridiculously high wages . there only two or three premier teams that can dish out wages like that .

by **Crimey** Thu 15 Aug 2013, 11:04 am

If you weren't paying all his wages, Barry would have been a decent signing. I don't know what his attitude was like at the end of his time at Villa, but I got the impression that he still loved the club but the Manchester City deal was too good to turn down.

I felt last year that Villa really lacked the cutting edge and experience to get the results, Barry would be a good player to have as long as he was on low enough wages. I'd say he's an improvement on a lot of your midfielders, he'd be a good replacement for Petrov.

by jimmyinthewell68 Fri 16 Aug 2013, 10:13 am

Lambert and moyes complaining about the fixtures . too be fair with villa there is just cause with chelsea being moved but at the end of the day (footballing term) you still got to play the big four twice a year . ok it be nice to have 3 weaker teams and get 9 points but it would be harsh if fans get on the teams back if we dont do well against the 3 we got . good luck tomorrow villa . hoping a draw at least

by westisbest Fri 16 Aug 2013, 10:47 am

Dont like it when managers moan about the fixture list.
These are pros after all, should be able to play 3 games in a week from time to time.

As for tomorrow I actually think we'll sneak the win.
2-1 or 3-2.

CLARET AND BLUE ARMY