Villa

Great result today having a few beers to celebrate as we speak

Yup. Makes a change to bring in established Premiership and/or international players, albeit in their twilight years, rather than fishing for youngsters in English Leagues 1 and 2, or second/third division of various European leagues, or top division of minor European leagues.

Helenius, Bennett, Stevens, Sylla, Bowery, Moon, Bacuna, Lowton, Kozak spring readily to mind.

whats villa fans aim , top 10 ?

would top 6 be pushing it

Not going to get to carried away as lambert is still a clown. However a very pleasing win today

Be delighted with top 10 then push on when the club is finally sold

1 Arsenal......1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Swansea......1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Aston.Villa..1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3

Will be delighted with third come May next year.

I'll be happy not to be looking over my shoulder for most of the season! I've got 3 sons aged under 4 so mid table Premiership for the next few years will suit me fine. Don't think we'll really have a go again until Randy sells. Great win today tho - think we're stronger than last season easily with some good players to come back UTV

Defence looks v.strong especially if we can keep Concrete Ron. Going forward not so without Benteke...N'Zogbia gives a little added dynamic to the shiit that is Gabby and Weiman.

going down,going down,going down

wipe that snot etc etc etc

I agree with Hamsterdam - the likes of Clark, Baker, Bennett, Luna, Lowton never really kicked on, and it looks far stronger now.....that's the main difference from last season.

hope yous can get back up the league , always liked watching games at villa park

Rumours we're still trying to sign 2 players, any ideas?

samaras

Scott Sinclair wouldn't surprise me. Although on current form, its more likely to be in the Rio Ferdinand ilk, or re-signing Brad Friedal.

The word is Sanchez starts

All that matters is Villa park is now in FIFA......weve made it boys!

Assuming everyone is fit, what is your best starting IX........

---------------Guzan----------------
-Hutton---Okore----Vlaar---Cissoko--
-------Sanchez-----Delph----------
Agbonlahor-----Cole-------Weimann
-----------Benteke------------------

Any thoughts? Westwood for Delph? Senderos for Okore?

reality is
they have no line-up
that makes them competitive
for a title

villa = dog poo

another intelligent comment from a blues fan

Unchanged team

Aug 23, 2014 -- 10:30AM, ExtremeX wrote:

reality isthey have no line-upthat makes them competitive for a title

True. We also lack a moneybags owner to fund a team to make us competitive for the title. Gone are the days when the likes of Villa could win the title or the European cup

Top of the league

Two clean sheets

tash on busvaldo

K`R`O. 

2 shots on target this season (270 minutes), three shots on target in the last five games.

http://www.myoldmansaid.com/shocking-aston-villa-stats-paul-lambert-hide/

I'd take almost the exact line up as you Froggitt, but switch Nzogbia in for Weimann. It is though a shame to break up the fledgling partnership of Concrete Ron and Little Ron (Senderos). But very big things are expected from Okore if he can stay fit.

---------------Guzan----------------
-Hutton---Okore----Vlaar---Cissoko--
-------Sanchez-----Delph----------
Agbonlahor-----Cole-------Nzogbia
--------------Benteke---------------

My fall time favorite Villa XI since I have supported them is....... probably......

---------------Spink-------------
Barrett---McGrath----Laursen---Staunton
---------Milner-----Barry----------
Young---------Platt--------Daley
--------------Yorke---------------

I think we would probably take a top 4 spot with that team all in their prime.

Cleverley a shocking omission.

You should know better.

Surely not Cleverly.......isn't Carlton palmer available?

milner,barry whens the tkts go on sale i cant wait,
if these  are in your fav villa midfield maybe your currently getting the football you deserve, ffs

sure tony daley made worst England team ever

tony daley.....100 metres in 10.5 seconds but he crossed the ball more like tony adams

holtby from spurs would be a great signing......cleverly deal hopefully will be scuppered by his wage demands (he thinks he is a world class player obviously)

looks like we might be getting a few players in

or maybe not..........

not a disaster, was more important that vlaar and benteke stayed put

Indeed for us keeping our best players was the most important. Canales would have been good, but can see why he rejected.

agree. if looking relegation safe by xmas, can see them letting vlaar go for a few quid, rather than letting go for nothing next summer. clever tom will be acclimatising himself to occasional u21 games at Carrington now there are no league cup games for manure......please villa didn't pay top wages for average player for a change (file under l.young, n.shorey, j.collins and r.dunne)

cleverly might be back on as a loan

villa will be top 8

Chelsea 4 4 0 0 15 6 9 12
Aston Villa 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 10

Great start from the Villa.

Surprised me, for one.

We are back with the big boys where we undeniably belong.

Certainly have a very good manager.

They'll all be coming out from under their rocks now, no more deluded fans exist than them.

I expect Nigel Kennedy will reappear.

Contract extension for lambert yes a great start but??????? What is going on? Lerner staying? Found a buyer?

A good time to break bad news imo. Lambert and the financial constraints here to stay.

Maybe, but new deals for gabby and hutton as well? Guessing they didnt sign for pennies? Need to get vlaar and delph to sign next

They are still on relative peanuts Gabby took a pay decrease it's not suggesting to me the take over is imminent more that Learner is here to stay, maybe wrong but that's how I'm reading it :)

Bit quiet on here..... 

..... 

K`R`O.    ..... 

5.0  West Ham tomorrow

some shroodies on here

Ssssssssshhhhhh !! 

aston "Nilla" 

K`R`O. 

Chelsea next. 

"Can someone please tell me when was the last time villa scored a goal? Was it in 2015?"

11 goals in 23 games.

Feb 1, 2015 -- 4:56PM, The Special One™ wrote:

  "Can someone please tell me when was the last time villa scored a goal? Was it in 2015?"

December 20th at home to Man U

mezman

villa will be top 8

Tash on, Busvaldo YFDC.

Only scored 12 goals all season yet loan out potentially their best goal scorer to a championship club. Shrewd,

12 points from the last 24 games.  Can't help but think now they're in the bottom three they won't get out.  Quite a feat given the mediocrity in the bottom half of the league.

Yes indeed, some very poor sides in the bottom eight !



They have to sack Lambert immediately to have any hope of survival !

Hal, get back to the horseracing forum!

Darren Bent is well passed his best.  He went down with Fulham last season.  Problem with Villa is they have no money and haven't had for a few seasons.  Leicester for instance bought Ulloa for £8 million and Kramaric for a similar fee.  Hull bought Hernandez for £10m.  They just aren't competitive financially and eventually its going to get them.

It's a joke they are labelled a "big club"  In terms of financial muscle it feels like they've been in the bottom 5 for the last 3/4 seasons.

In fairness to Lambert he inherited a club in a mess that wasted a lot of money before he went there and with owners who weren't prepared or couldn't dig deep to buy their way out.  The club has a name and expectations inconsistent with it's resources and it made the job one where you couldn't win.  Do well and it would seem he was doing an average job and do average (which is where I'd put him) and it seems he is doing a bad job.

In 3 seasons Okore at £4 million is the second most expensive purchase for Lambert which is buttons in the Premier League

When Villa bought Darren Bent for £18-£24 million in January 2011, a player reaching the end of his top flight career with no sell on fee, Bent left thinking he was going to a bigger club than the one he left. 

But since then Sunderland have bought Fletcher for £12m Johnson for £10m Rodwell for £10m Wickham for £8m Giaccherini for £7m.  There's no comparison

bit early to be celebrating two wins and you be back in your hole seething lol

pleasing re read

   

looking forward to the annual trip to the rubbish dump....hopefully it will be just the once

Don't take the bait from these inbreds froggitt. Bluenose your sister swallow tonight?

"Inbred" & "Sister" I would take offence if both was true.

You seem angry

I reply to prepared & the green light spot goes out. 

on a date

I'm here and yep took the misses out for dinner last night, i ain't gunna fight with you as can't be bothered look forward to
playing you lot next year. On a serious note bluenose you fancy your lot to go well next season?