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    Joe Cole

    in Other Football

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    Anybody just got the feeling that this a good signing? I have and I agree it does feel like a Merson. He doesn't need legs when we have runners all around him. In fact I'd rather he split opposition defences with a bit of skill or a pass rather than running into trouble. We've been crying out for a number 10 since the MON era. Welcome Joe

    New Kit 2014-2015

    in Villa Talk

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    Kit release is on my Summer agenda of things to look forward to. It wasn't so long ago we were contemplating looking forward to an impending relegation and the associating negativity. Thanks be to McGrath it's premier league patches on the arms this year!

    Confirmed: Houllier is the new Villa manager

    in Hall of Fame

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    I think this is a shrewd appointment by the board, one which I'm warming to.

    Does he have premiership experience? check

    Did he win trophies during said premiership experience? check

    Does he have continental experience of winning? check

    Is he widely respected within the game? check

    I also think he's probably learnt from his mistakes in the transfer market, but as many have said for every Salif Diao you have a Dietmar Hamman, also it's easy to forget that the whole Liverpool team when he took the reigns needed rebuilding, we're different we're two or three players short of ruffling a few feathers in the top four, and hopefully Gerard can unearth these. I'm looking forward to what the future holds.

    Spurs - Arry's gone but we still dislike them...

    in Other Football

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    Dawson reminds me a lot of Davies and needs to be handheld by King or Woodgate in most games to look good.

    Problem is with them 2 injured a lotI dont think Gallas is capable mentally of minding Dawson

    Again, I don't think this is fair and it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. When he was younger I'd say you'd have a point, but since Harry as been at the club he's played 14 Prem games without Woodgate or King and we've only conceded 10 goals. That's a fantastic defensive record and he's key to it. He definitely doesn't need anyone minding him anymore and he can't do much more than prove that in the Prem, which he has.

    It's as if people are determined to find fault in him or different ways to explain our defensive record without crediting him. He's defnitely got mistakes in him and as others have said clearly isn't good when defenders get in behind him. But he's obviously doing enough right to mean that he's major asset and big reason why we've got a decent defence. Maybe it's time people start looking at what it is he does so well that makes him a good defender. It's easy to point to the times he's made mistakes, but this ignores the things like when he makes so many last ditch blocks, clearing headers, early tackles and interceptions, that he's worth the odd mistake, to the point that our defence condedes less with him than without him and last season he had a better goals against record than any of your main defenders. I'm not being antagonistic by comparing him to your defenders, but think it needs to be pointed out that despite the shit he gets, when he plays, we concede less than you and that's with or without Woodagate and King. I do understand the criticism as you aren't Spurs fans and therefore wont watch our games that closely and thus when Dawson makes an error it gets highlighted on MOTD and so it seems like he's a liability. But that doesn't tell the true story. It ignores the numerous times every game Daws cuts out trouble early so it doesn't even make the highlights on MOTD.

    No matter how hard you try and cover up for him, he's always going to be error prone as shown by his performance in the England friendly where he went missing.

    Dawson was obviously instrumental in your clean sheet against Wigan.....oh wait.

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