Shoody

We are in a position now where, to get better than what we have got - for instance, if there was X amount of pounds to spend, I would spend it on one player," he added.

"I would think we are at that sort of level now. But to get a player like that, who I have in mind, they are simply not available. I wouldn't have thought they are available, anyway.

Patience

"We will just have to be patient and wait for the right one.

"Sometimes in January, you have to give yourself an injection or give your club a lift.

"I don't think we need that at this particular moment unless the right one becomes available - and if he does, believe me, I will knock on the chairman's door.

"I don't think the players we are looking for in January will be available, so if they are not available, I am not going to go and just add to the numbers.

"We will have to be patient and look and wait until we can do something, which is possibly in the summer."

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11695_6623639,00.html

As funny as the Houllier Out ones are I think the players should feel it's them we're pissed with so they just perform for a few games. That or just encourage them.

Like 5 minutes of continuous applause at the Start of the Sunderland game. Then if we're still shit, 5 minutes of boos at the end.

One the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

12 JEAN MAKOUNNNS

11 Jean Makouns

10 Jean Makouns

9 Jean Makouns

8 Jean Makouns

7 Jean Makouns

6 Jean Makouns

5 DEFENDERS

4 Jean Makouns

3 Jean Makouns

2 Jean Makouns

AND A JEAAAN MAAKOUNN

... villa Villa VILLAA VILLA Villa villaaaaa

Well if these stories regarding Warnock are true and Houllier is still picking him then that tells you all you need to know about Warnock and more worryingly Houllier.

that Hou has only one backup to Warnock (Injured Luke Young) and doesnt fancy playing three Centre Defenders instead of Left and Right backs at a time where we need all four defenders cause none of them cut the mustard and its not Hou's fault as he's yet to have 1 minute in the transfer market?

It is hard to tell fact from fiction at the moment and i still believe there is a lot of Smoke & Mirrors designed to support a failing manger.However after my little contretemps with MysteryMan on the Houllier thread I have made him a partial apology for suggesting he was a club flunky and now accept some of what he has said - that said I stand by the right to challenge His ITK comments that are too often taken by many as being Unchallengeable facts. That said it was suggested that one of the players was very very negative about the club and the area. I therefore have in the last hour made a few enquiries from others who are undoubtedly ITK and whilst I still think Houllier is weak and has to go there is a certain LB who should NEVER be allowed to wear the Villa colours again and if he plays against Chelsea it will just further prove how weak Houllier really is. I don't really care whether people believe me or not but irrespective of my position on Houllier I am now willing to accept that we have at least one clearing in the woods on our squad who needs to be booted out!

for footballing reasons i hope.

What him and MM were talking about is allegedly a player completely disrepected the Management and said that he Hated the Club, Hated the Area (Birmingham) and that he didn't care about any of it as he was out of here anyway. but MM didnt say who it was. MMv2 has done though

without taking this personally I am always on the side of people who know people ITK and I think most people who come with these stories are just either on the Payroll, disgruntled fans, or people just thinking its funny to spread shit to fans.. However I believe this of Warnock he hasnt played this year well enough I think he's been marginally better lately in an attempt to get a glimpse of himself in the shop window. What details have you got about what he did?

West Ham about to sign Demba Ba on loan

and apparently have 15 targets for January according to their co-owner

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6625482,00.html

I dont quite understand why he's played as a striker whenever I've seen him play, admittedly this is only a couple of times, his movement on the ball seems great like when he had the ball on the edge of the box against Spurs and played it beautifully past their defenders, but he doesnt appear to be able to shoot. If that comes in time then fantastic but if he can keep the ball, take it past players and pass (is he a good passer?) can he just be the guy we play 'in the hole' when/if Ash ends up leaving as this appears to be the formation we're going ahead with.

P.S. Mark - whats wrong with 451? our strikers cant score and I cant see us getting 2 proven goal scorers in in any window we've never had a great striker and we aren't going to get 2 at once. Real Madrid, Arsenal, Barcelona to some degree all manage just fine with 3 Midfielders, 2 Wingers and a Striker so please get a grip, it's not like we're playing 4-6-0 like Scotland [i think did it a month or so ago?]

Ask him to sign on for one more year with the promise we will sell him in the summer if the right contract offer comes in for him.. That way he doesn't screw us mid-season (through no fault of his own if he just wants to move on with his career) and we still get a transfer fee for him and he still gets to leave to a bigger club if he so wishes come the summer.

Win/Win. Only losers being his agent and advisors who would have to wait a little bit to get their pay packet.

Wont ever happen though, makes too much sense.

I think we all agree on that, it just the defence.. apparently L. Young isnt going to be fit .. or as SkySports puts it 'is Losing his battle to be fit'

So probably looking at

-----------------Friedel--------------------

Lichaj-----Cuellar----Collins----Warnock

-------------------NRC©------------------

Albrighton------------------------Downing

------------------Young(vc)---------------

----------Heskey-------Gabby------------

Starting XII

-------------------Friedel-----------------

Cuellar------Clark-----Collins-----Young

--------------------NRC-------------------

Albrighton-----------------------Downing

--------------------Young-----------------

-------------Heskey-----Gabby----------

Purely because Im still not convinced on Lichaj and I simultaneously dont think Cuellar should be dropped but Clark should have a game at CB to heal any confidence issues from that game at CMF cause I cant see him being risked against the bigger games we have coming.

Cant see the above happening but would be happy with it for a starting XII but only if we play well.

-------------Delph----Makoun

Albrighton---------------------Downing

-----------------Young

------------------Gabby

With the ability to bring in Bannan NRC Petrov and Ireland (if he sorts himself out) we could be beginning to have a nice squad developing come February (Makoun being a bit of a wishlist of mine) possibly Delph could replace Young in the hole if we sell Ash, i know its not a great source but Delph always plays fantastically for me in the hole on FM. Will be great to see how he develops

wow, highest placed team we've beaten this year is BLACKPOOL.

yeah he did touch the anfield sign they showed it a few times on Sky Sports.. that was before the game though not half way through this Shitstorm.

Relegation battle.. 6 months after fighting for 4th..

Strikers wanted.

wow, not the situation i wanted to be making my first posts in.. but jesus, our players are pathetic, how this can be the same defese we had last year i will never know, Stephen Ireland is such a lazy bastard. Clark looks purely livid with half the players, he's a centre half, shouldnt really be at CM, but hes making more tackles than Dunne and Collins. Theres just nothing about us. our upcoming fixtures dont instill confidence in me either. wheres our fire?