aston villa thread

by jimmyinthewell68 Wed 18 Jul - 13:26

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 Guest Fri 18 Jul - 15:36

Hutton is shocking, wouldn't surprise me to see Lambert start him. When is Benteke back, because quite a few rumours up north that we want him. I can't see it happening at all though.

by westisbest Fri 18 Jul - 21:10

Heard he is back September, which is earlier than expected.

by jimmyinthewell68 Fri 25 Jul - 12:06

villa 2 Dallas 0 . another win . dont know the quality of American club football , sorry meant soccer but least that two wins plus even learner watched .so glad we got Benteke coming back , would any one like to have bent and benteke the two starting strikers .

by westisbest Tue 29 Jul - 11:05

Read an interesting article on Tekkers earlier.

His heartbreak on missing the world cup and how he cant wait till the new season.

Good to have the big man back.

by jimmyinthewell68 Tue 29 Jul - 13:52

yes read the same article. gave me a chill about his injury when he said he heard it snap then his second thought was the world cup

by Guest Thu 31 Jul - 19:19

Lowton off to M'boro? Remember people creaming themselves over Lowton & that volley, even thoughts of a possible England call-up in the future.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 31 Jul - 19:31

Think he's good enough for the prem, lower level, but still good enough. But Boro look like they are coming alive a bit more so might be a promotion push

by westisbest Thu 31 Jul - 21:39

John wrote:Lowton off to M'boro? Remember people creaming themselves over Lowton & that volley, even thoughts of a possible England call-up in the future.

Really, hadn't heard that.

Shame if he does go.
Am a fan of Lowton.

by westisbest Fri 1 Aug - 10:13

If he does go.

Well that will mean a season of Alan 'how the fk did he become a pro footballer' Hutton.

Dear god Paul, what are you thinking.

by NickisBHAFC Fri 1 Aug - 22:35

That will be a class signing for Middlesbrough.

by westisbest Wed 6 Aug - 8:30

So Hutton scored the only goal in our 1-0 win over Walsall.

Well done Alan, now off to the Baggies you go.

by CaledonianCraig Wed 6 Aug - 9:10

westisbest wrote:So Hutton scored the only goal in our 1-0 win over Walsall.

Well done Alan, now off to the Baggies you go.

So Alan Hutton saved your bacon eh? Well played Alan and hope you move to a decent side worthy of your talents - perhaps another team in La Liga or another in the Champions League.

by westisbest Wed 6 Aug - 9:55

This is a joke, right Craig.
if not then.

Saved our bacon, it was a pre season.

Hutton and talent shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

He is dee readful.

Very bad player.

by CaledonianCraig Wed 6 Aug - 10:16

westisbest wrote:This is a joke, right Craig.
if not then.

Saved our bacon, it was a pre season.

Hutton and talent shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

He is dee readful.

Very bad player.

Come back when you know something about football eh? Hutton has played in Champions League football, in La Liga, in international football where he has played in sides that have beaten France etc and you claim he has no talent. Err alright you stick to the hating and I'll stick to the facts.

by Mackem Wed 6 Aug - 10:17

Hutton wasn't that bad when he was up here for a short period on loan. But I also thought he was playing to get a move from Tottenham (I think that's where we loaned him from).

Westy, what are your thoughts on the Kieron Richardson move? Are you'a going to play him at left back? Personally I don't think he is a left back. Possibly a wing back at a push. It was Steve Bruce that played him there first.

by westisbest Wed 6 Aug - 10:29

CaledonianCraig wrote:
westisbest wrote:This is a joke, right Craig.
if not then.

Saved our bacon, it was a pre season.

Hutton and talent shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

He is dee readful.

Very bad player.

Come back when you know something about football eh? Hutton has played in Champions League football, in La Liga, in international football where he has played in sides that have beaten France etc and you claim he has no talent. Err alright you stick to the hating and I'll stick to the facts.

ok, first off calm down.
Never said I hated him. Just think he is poor.
I have never seen him play well for villa.

I know nothing about football because i think a player is rubbish. If you say so.
Christ its just a matter of opinion.

How good do you think he is then.
He can't get in our team, so cant be that good.

by CaledonianCraig Wed 6 Aug - 10:34

First off I am calm.

Second off you haven't seen him play for Villa in how long? He fell out with the club but Lambert now offers an olive branch - that alone says what your own manager thinks of him. Your opinion that he is rubbish is natural because he is not singing the praises of Villa and why should he when he has been treated the way he has.

He is certainly better than being out-casted by the likes of Villa . Why? Well look at his career stats and clubs and competitions he has played in and that proves it.

by westisbest Wed 6 Aug - 10:35

mackem

Richardson is an interesting move.
Maybe got him a bit to late in his career.
Think he will probably play left back.
Was quite quick wasn't he?

Luna is gone on loan, so that leaves Bennett.

N'Zogbia is back from injury, so would expect him to play left wing.

Who knows what Lambert will do.

by westisbest Wed 6 Aug - 13:13

Yacuba Sylla completes loan move to Kayseri Erciyesspor.

MK Dons looking to take Samir Carruthers on a permanent deal.

by Mackem Wed 6 Aug - 13:48

Richardson was quick. I didn't follow him much when he left but I'd assume he isn't as quick now. Age does that that to you. We played him left back simply because we had no/one to lay there and he was left footed. Good old brucey

by westisbest Fri 8 Aug - 21:06

Aly Cissokho joins us.

Welcome and good luck.

by **Crimey** Fri 8 Aug - 21:07

He'll need it.

by westisbest Fri 8 Aug - 21:24

Who knows, he may turn out to be a good signing.

I will reserve my judgement.

by westisbest Sat 9 Aug - 20:48

Lets hope we see more of young Jack Grealish this season.

the kid is a talent.

by westisbest Sat 16 Aug - 18:00

good win today.
played well. Also good to hear Senderos & Cissokho played well.

only one game, but hope for a better season than last.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat 16 Aug - 22:34

I've always thought you'll be alright, and I stand by it. You've a strong spine to your side especially when Benteke is back

And you've a fantastic manager

by westisbest Tue 19 Aug - 16:09

we'll be ok this season.
Hopefully when Tekkers is back, he'll start banging the goals. very lightweight up front.

Wouldn't say Lambert is a fantastic manager. Not at this level anyway.
Hopefully he can turn it around.

by CaledonianCraig Sat 23 Aug - 23:13

Lambert admitting his mistake about Hutton? After today's game he said: 'Alan Hutton has been outstanding.'

by westisbest Sun 24 Aug - 18:06

He played very well yesterday in fairness.

Hope he can keep it up.

by westisbest Wed 27 Aug - 21:39

God we cant do cup games against lower league teams.
Fkn annoying. Jeez.
Fkn disgrace.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 27 Aug - 21:41

If the capital one cup mattered Westi it'd be a problem, but it doesn't and thus isnt

by westisbest Wed 27 Aug - 21:48

It matters to me, am sure it matters to Lambert, or at least it should.
I'm not one if these fans who say a cup doesn't matter cos we're out.
Pretty fkd off.
Fair play Orient though and good luck to them.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 27 Aug - 21:50

We're through and I wish we was out

Capital one cup is nothing more than a distraction, FA Cup a different matter however

by westisbest Wed 27 Aug - 21:54

Chance to win some silverware.

Anyway no surprise really.

by westisbest Mon 1 Sep - 8:52

Great start to the season going into the international break.

Stoke, Newcastle and Hull are the teams we need to be taking points off.

Tough september ahead, starting with a trip to Anfield.
Done well there recently, so can go with some confidence.

Glad to see the new signings settling in well, have been impressed by them.

Not getting carried away, but hope we can keep up the good start, will be tough, but the confidence is there.

by mystiroakey Mon 1 Sep - 8:55

Yep cracking start.

by jimmyinthewell68 Tue 2 Sep - 15:36

7 points out of 9 can't fault that . a few hard games coming up but every game hard in the premiership . talk of cleverly sneaking in on loan . rather that then paying 8 mil for him .

by westisbest Tue 2 Sep - 16:02

Cleverly loan deal gone through

by NickisBHAFC Tue 2 Sep - 16:35

by GSC Tue 2 Sep - 16:36

Could be a masterstroke. Talented player there but looks bereft of confidence. If Lambert gets his arm around him and builds him back up he could shine.

by mystiroakey Tue 2 Sep - 16:45

FA obviously let this one go and did some paperwork shuffling... Cleverly gets a loan deal....

I am happy for him, he needs to play football. But if cleverley scores a winner against palace and we go down.. We are going to go full on Vincent Tan on ya. Wink

by Rowley Tue 2 Sep - 17:02

I don't understand all the negativity around the Cleverley signing. His confidence is obviously shot but you don't get into a good Man Utd side at 20 year old without having some talent. Last season our central midfield three was Delph, Westwood and El Hamedi, it could now read Delph, Sanchez and Cleverley. As far as I am concerned that represents a massive step forward.

by mystiroakey Tue 2 Sep - 17:09

Palace just paid 7m for McArthur(CM)

I know there is a lot of negativity surrounding cleverly and his wages would probably not suit us. However villa could end up getting him for free.

I would rather cleverly than McArthur. A lot of big club fans like to laugh at united rejects.. To be honest there are still decent players and need to be playing.

I will make a bet that Zaha, Cleverly and Welbeck's stock will increase this time next year.

by westisbest Tue 2 Sep - 17:24

Rowley wrote:I don't understand all the negativity around the Cleverley signing. His confidence is obviously shot but you don't get into a good Man Utd side at 20 year old without having some talent. Last season our central midfield three was Delph, Westwood and El Hamedi, it could now read Delph, Sanchez and Cleverley. As far as I am concerned that represents a massive step forward.

Indeed Rowley.

Westwood to.

I think our sqauad is decent.

Defence is looking better.

Hopefully Benteke can come back and bang in the goals.

We have got rid of guys like KEA, Sylla(loan) and got better players.

Also keeping Vlaar was a big plus.

by westisbest Tue 2 Sep - 17:26

NickisBHAFC wrote:

You can laugh at the end of the season if he was poor.
If he does well, we'll be laughing at jokers like your good self. Very Happy

by jimmyinthewell68 Wed 3 Sep - 12:12

only thing is its a year loan deal but man united can recall him back in January if they see fit . in other words if he regains is confidents and plays well .

by GSC Wed 3 Sep - 12:21

Villa can also sign him for 7.5m in Jan

by jimmyinthewell68 Wed 10 Sep - 9:40

well done to Delph on his first start for England . played well . anyone else think he was being lined up before kick off, as the fall guy if England lost

by westisbest Tue 16 Sep - 15:45

Great to see us second in the table.

The Villa go marching on.

by mystiroakey Tue 16 Sep - 16:03

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:well done to Delph on his first start for England . played well . anyone else think he was being lined up before kick off, as the fall guy if England lost

nah. roy would be the fall guy if delph didn't deliver. It shows balls from a manager to play him. Roy is doing ok to spot that talent and use him in his system- a solid 7/10 from him.

The fall guys are allways the big names- the Wilshire's, the rooneys, the gerrards , or the manager.

But at the end of the day we were playing Switzerland- a team on papaer only as a good as a bottom half PL side..

ANyway back to Villa.

Well done- great start. I think Keane is the perfect bull dog... Maybe the 'bull dog' role will become a major team role in the future. Maybe Keane will never become a coach.. and will create this new role for himself and demand big money..

Imagine Pulis with Keane to back him up.. Your team would never ever concede a goal!!

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