Benji76

Huh, huh! I went onto VT late at night and used silly words! Huh! - Nice one, NV

You wanna put some talcum powder on that - NV

Nurse? Nuuuuuuuurse! - NV

Keep going, nothing to see here - NV

We have such a sales pitch for up and coming players. There's stacks of opportunity to make a difference in a team that's a sleeping giant. And, I'm sure most players respect MON - he's like a younger Fergie.

Think i should place a bet? Good to see our pursuit being taken seriously by the bookies :cry: i read marco van basten has told him to go on holiday and not make any decisions yet

Just read this about Reo-Coker on another site. Made for interesting reading IMO. Wouldn't mind him here, would still maybe prefer Barton though?! NRC would add to what MON is building though - young, british and pacey. I like. I really wouldn't like Barton. I was chatting about this to a Uni friend of mine (also a villa fan), and he was confident that MON could tame him. however, even if MON could tame him, it would detract from the rest of the team. and for what? someone who's good in the tackle and can make the odd pass....? saying that, i'm sure if he started to piss any of the villa players off, carew would grab him by the neck whilst mellberg would **** him up, a la ljungberg edit: PS i agree it's nice MON is building a british spine.....

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i'm not overly concerned about us signing another forward. i reckon carew is going to have a BRILLIANT 2007/8 season. i really do. i like what MON did in January - he built from the front with the philosophy of attack is the best form of defence, which did work towards the end of the season. however....... great teams have a strong defence and midfield. we've all seen the great teams of the modern era win silverware because of a solid defence (ac milan, italy etc). my point is that i think MON bought a load of fire power (petrov, young, carew, maloney) to buy time and a place in the PL (i.e a short term fix). I really do feel now that he will start building from the back - if we sign a great DM then i relly feel we#ll start going places.... e.g Wembley. i mark my words.... feedback anyone

but what decent RB's are available...? Unless we scour the rest of the world outside of the PL, I'm a little concerned I think we missed a trick with not signing Jagelka (sic)

It is not far from the truth... However...it might be someone more versatile that can play two places. It seems as we are looking for a central midfielder and a striker first... In your opinion, what is the position MON is prioritising? I think it's RB

OK. Let's recap on what we will most likely buy: GK RB CB D/CM CF Putting the 555 pages behind us, do you all think that's what MON is thinking at the moment?

Bouma will be on the plane to Thailand tomorrow with the Dutch squad handing out brochures of Bodymoor Heath and giving a carefully rehearsed sales pitch on behalf of Mon and Aston Villa. We will then sign the whole of the Dutch national team in the next ten days. Sorted! I laughed out loud then. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.... 8)

News of the World said we're after Jason Komas from West Brom. Haven't seen much of him the season, but Four Four Two magazine awarded him 'Best Player in the Championship' for this current season. LB - Gareth Bale. Not going to happen though.

News of the World is reporting we're going to offer Angel plus £8m for Keane. Not sure how I feel about that.