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Lerner will let a manager buy who they want, I think all he wants is a manager he can trust to then get rid of them if they don't work out.

Was really excited by his performance against Chicago Fire, thought he looked outstanding there. Looked up for it and sharp, played some great passes, think it helps that he seems to have someone on the same wavelength as him in El Ahmadi.

I see him having the potential to be a match winner and possibly captain one day. He does seem to possess the desire to grab the game by the scruff of the neck and the confidence to try things. He's very raw at the moment, he reminds me of how Gerrard was when he first broke in to the Liverpool team.

It was emotional.

Some mad drunk bloke in the pub (The greatest of sources ) thinks we'll sign Daniel Sturridge. He had it on 'good authority' that he woudn't reveal to us at the bar, but he seemed very certain and passionate about it. Had such ferocity in his attempts to convince us to believe him he was like this so I but later I saw him in the beer garden

If spurs don't want him, he's either no good or they want him training up. Don't think we should go for that again, I'd rather buy someone.

Martin O' Neil used to buy people and if he didn't like them anymore or they didn't play well, instead of selling them on, he'd just leave them out to pasture until there contracts ran out. Or if another club happened to want them, he'd sell them before he had a replcement, possibly because he may have never thought about replacing this player he'd just left to rot. Aston Villa is a business to Randy Lerner, and this is not good business practice. When Lerner challenged O' Neil on this, they had a bust up and O' Neil left. I think Randy Lerner is just looking for an employee in the manager role who will move people who are not working out on whilst simultanously replacing them with better quality. Not build up a collection of players where only one is ever used causing the wage bill to mount up. In Paul Lambert, Randy Lerner seems to have found an employee with this quality.

Welcome Roncrete! I think it may be a patnership of Dunne and Vlaar with Clark learning the ropes through the season and getting his fair share of game time.

I think there's room for both.

Heskey won't fall over Heskey won't fall over La la la......oh, he has.

I wonder if we could do a swap, Cresswell for Warnock? Probably not Don't think Warnock would go for it with the likely wage cut. Which is the shame because I think he'd do well at that level and they'd be happy to have him. I suppose the age swap might be an issue for Ipswich.

I've sat in the Upper for a three consecutive seasons and heard four and half songs sang.

I thought going to the U.S.A. was a great idea, three good performances, three good wins, the humidity, the fitness and physicality of the opposition, the buzz, the meeting of a different culture and the excitement and willingess of our hosts. Yes, it removed us physically from any transfers but a lot of the business communications can be done by e-mail, telephone etc and now Lambert will return to deal with anything he has to. I'm sure there were representatives (Faulkner for the most part except the Portland game) that were available to meet and greet anyone. Lambert only has to let people know what he wants. Going to The States was a huge success, in my opinion.

Remember, it could be worse, you could be in the upper North

I think with Lamberts' reputation as someone who likes to mix things up tactically he will like to have different strike options. So he has a Poacher in Bent A Scrapper in Weimann A Speedy striker in Agbonlahor and an useful supporting striker in Delefouneso. So there is a space open for a strong target man that, regardless of ability, Heskey and Carew have left. Agbonlahor is strong to be fair, but the strength aspect of his game has been developed as a defence against the batterings he takes and is not part of his natural game. A squad with five strikers competing for a place in the starting line-up would be fair. Especially with each offering different qualities.

Some great penalties in this games. Ballotelli seems to hav rubbed off on people.

Ireland really excited me in this game. Supported by El Ahmadi he looked spectacular.

If we do sign Carroll, will he be the new Heskey?

It will be a shame if we do lose Makoun, if it ends up being our own choice, before we see how he would link up with El Ahmadi.

Yes, it was an interesting thing that Dunne was at the Press Conference.

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Good first half. Busy Midfield sound great for us. At least 2-0 to us by full-time I hope. Interesting that the first goal was set up and scored by two players under scrutiny. Like to see Lambert make all the changes possible for the second half, give everyone a run out.

I thik there's a few beig given a starting place here with a 'make-or-break' pressure on them. Could result in an interesting game.

Hope he does well, he's a lot like Agbonlahor, not only in being a Villa fan but also in th sense he is a simple yet exciting player who I think can do well under the correct management,