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I wouldn't care, people (Including myself) will still call it Villa park, like I still call Newcastles ground St James Park (Not even sure what its name is now?).

Even Cheltenham Town have renamed their ground from Whaddon Road to the Abbey Business Stadium...... everyone still calls it Whaddon Road.

Norwich (H) - Draw

Man City (A) - Lose

Chelsea (H) - Lose

Stoke (H) - Win

Man U (A) - Lose

So, 4 points

Huge disappointment, great first game, just went downhill from there!

Ronaldo!

Or a not so old Peter Schmeichel!

I often speak to/work with a bloke that used to be a judge on scrapheap challenge..... Now that really is a rubbish claim to fame!

Also used to work in a petrol station and often served Sue Barker as she lived nearby...... also served Geoff Hurst and a bloke from Right said Fred haha.

My PE teacher at school played for Arsenal a couple of times haha..... before playing a few hundred times for Cheltenham Town  FC lol.

Man City for me, even with the 0-0 draw at Norwich.

I think the biggest cheer was for the girl who nearly won the half time competition.

Has anyone actually won anything yet? Every attempt I've seen is further off target than a Tonev shot!

I'm gonna start sitting in the Holte End from now on. Sat in the North Stand twice this season - it's not great.

I prefer the North stand, purely because whenever I go in the Holte end I end up next to some scumbag chav screaming utter shite for the whole game...... think my favourite ever was some guy acting like a hard man the whole game shouting "we'll see what you got after the game you c***s" etc etc then mid way through the second half a bee flew near him and he screamed like a girl and was like "wtf was that!?" to which I replied ".... a bee."

We were losing by 1 goal and he left after about 75 mins so needless too say, the away fans didn't get to "see what he's got" after the game lol.

We have the same points as Man Utd from the last six games. 

That's hardly something to be proud of this season!

As for my predictions:

Cardiff (A) DRAW

Newcastle (A) LOSE

Norwich (H) DRAW

Man City (A) LOSE

Chelsea (H) LOSE

Stoke (H) WIN

Man U (A) LOSE

Fulham (H) WIN

Palace (A) DRAW

Southampton (H) LOSE

Swansea (A) LOSE

Hull (H) DRAW

Spurs (A) DRAW

Which is 11 points!

Could be worse, could have Norwich's last 4 games which are:

Liverpool (H)

Man U (A)

Chelsea (H)

Arsenal (A)

I think they may well go down! Can see Fulham going down too.... just the third team I can't decide on.

 

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Swansea are attempting to sign Bannan on loan but #CPFC are undecided on whether to let the midfielder out on loan.

Is Laudrup just wanting to **** Swansea over by signing some of the worst players in the country?

 

N Gog and Bannan??? Seriously?

 

He can do that if he likes One more team to finish below Villa haha.

Thought he did well last night, seems to be able to hold the ball up very well and I can only see his presence as a positive. Good loan signing IMO.

I think he played well when he came on last night, solid performance although I still worry every time he is near the ball haha.

don't think that is the villa hardcore, their called the fat squad or something like that. anyone read the hardcore book?

Well at least their not in denial!

Sounds like a terrible system. I'd happily watch Man U get relegated and not be given 2 more seasons to save themselves.

Mind you, our lot look like an advert for slimming world

Lol saw this pic on the "half price hooligans" twitter account!

As for the OP, I hope their fans don't sing that tomorrow as it will get stuck in my head lol.

Couple from the Southampton away game that made me laugh were "Is there a fire drill?" as their fans started leaving and also a few times "You only sing when you're drawing"

"You're just a fat Spanish waiter" was sang at Benitez last season.

Some of the loudest singing I've heard was at the Bolton home game in the McLeish era when we went 2-1 down, the whole stadium was singing "the villa is ours, the villa is ours....f*** off McLeish, the villa is ours".

Spanish article linking us to that Barcelona kid, anyone translate?

http://www.elgoldigital.com/el-aston-villa-ofrece-dos-millones-por-la-joya-del-fc-barcelona/

Jean Marie Dongou, delantero del Fútbol Club Barcelona, ya ha mostrado su calidad a Europa entera. El ariete está demostrando cada vez que sale al campo, tanto del filial como del primer equipo, que tiene magia de sobra para estar junto con los Cesc, Messi, Xavi o Piqué. Y el instinto goleador que tiene, ha hecho que muchos clubes están apuntando el nombre del camerunés como una de las alternativas a las delanteras de sus respectivos equipos.

Quien sí que puja fuerte por él es el Aston Villa que, según informa el diario Metro, estaría interesado en hacerse con los servicios del canterano azulgrana. Los pocos partidos que ha disputado con el conjunto del Tata Martino, han sido suficientes como para querer llevárselo a la Premier, algo que no vería con malos ojos tras los pocos minutos que está disputando.

El equipo que dirige Paul Lambert estaría dispuesto a ofrecer dos millones de euros por él, una cifra en la que el Barcelona se pensaría a la hora de sentarse a negociar. Pero no lo tendrán fácil los ‘villanos’, puesto que clubes como Manchester City, Chelsea, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion, Reading, y también Torino, tirarán la casa por la ventana por Dongou. La última semana de las negociaciones se

 

 

Pretty much just quoted what the Metro said. And said all those other teams are interested too which is probably BS.

Is it just me who has never heard of some of the players we are self linking ourselves with?

Nope, same here! Although tbf I'd not heard of half our team before we'd signed them!

Only ones I'd heard of were the English lower league players as I go to the odd game

I'll be there Doug Ellis stand for me this time, probs been villa 30+ times and never seen a derby game! Looking forward to it.

There's also a hotel just by Star City, it's a budget hotel, possibly etap or city inn, or something along those lines. And don't forget there's the Aston Hotel right outside the ground (tesco roundabout). Not sure if they still have rooms though ?

That is one grim looking building! Think it every time I see it.

He won't be sacked this season, maybe half way through next season if they still doing poo (Well , poo for United, I'd love Villa to be 7th/8th haha).

chamberlain and kagawa on one page!

 

almost as good as the sniejder and huntelaar days

Both are young and not picked every game, could benefit from a loan to another PL team.

Not really the same as the other 2 as they are experienced World class players.

Barely misses the target and knows how to finish..... FFS just play him lol.... we have the "physcial" players in Benteke and Holt to take the beating and then all Helenius would have to do in run across and slot it in which he would apparently do as he knows how to finish!

Lambert might aswell just say "He doesn't dive enough so won't win us free kicks"..... most of our free kicks are utter turd anyways!!!

 

 

I reckon they had an exciting AM player in mind but it's not materialised

I'm sure (I hope) they see the lack of creativity in the middle of the park like we all do.

Although the last two games have shown some hope that we're ready to start playing football again at last

The transfer market is such a mine field though, especially in January when clubs and agents know buyers are desperate!

 

I think it may of been Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but because of the injury to Theo Walcott that didn't pull through.

 

I am still hoping we get someone half decent in to show some ambition but I am not counting on it

 

 

 

How can you possibly think -

 

1. Arsenal would sell Oxlade-Chamberlain

 

2. We could afford him

 

3. He would want to come here

 

 

unfortunately the general rule is, if you like him that usually means he's good enough for the team he's already playing for.

 

Sorry meant to say on loan.... obviously we'd have no chance of signing him permanently!

And I think that would of been perfectly viable.... he's only 20, only played 3 times this season and would get straight into our team for a bit more experience before going back to Arsenal in the summer. Doubt he's on more than say 40k as he's not a guaranteed first team player for them....yet.