tremz

jesus christ what an idiot

does he not realise that he will be competing with far superior players like lampard, mikel, essien and ballack

thats annoyed me, i honestly believed he was in the bag

if that's the situation then it's a blessing in disguise for us. wouldn't want him at villa if he's just a money grabber. no loss

Wouldn't want Barton or Bellamy here at all. Do we really want a Robbie Savage?

Also not keen on the idea of Bent at Villa either, can't understand why people on here rate him so much.

I'd like to see Milner back, works hard and good at crossing. Sidwell would be a good signing aswell if he's not already off to barcodes.

I think Nugent would do quite well here aswell, although I don't really know if we need another striker tbh. I've heard good things from a Hibs fan about Boruc although I don't know if I can trust his judgement

Just to raise something, this thread is huge so I haven't had chance to see what others views are on this, but I've seen there is talk of a star being included in Villa's new badge? I am personally against this, and don't think we need a star at all, I think it would look tacky and would ruin the badge. If we were to get to the champs league in 5 years time (hopefully sooner!) we would have a star above anyway. It is unnecessary and I hope this is decided against.

General Krulak here:

Hopefully everyone is beginning to see that there is a plan...that Randy and Martin do work together and work together very well. We have a LONG way to go...we understand that. We NEVER promised miracles...or overnight fixes. What we said is that we, like YOU, are Villa through and through and that we want to restore the history and tradition of the great Club. We need the fans to stick with us...to come to the games and support Martin and the team.

How do all the folks at Villa Park and Bodymoor heath feel? We feel energized, optimistic, proud, excited, cautious to not get too "over the moon", careful, we feel like a team!!!

it's difficult for a lot of us to believe how things are changing at villa park after so many years of negativeness. perhaps thats why there are still some doubters, and maybe that will take a bit of time to change. but there's definitely a good air around all this now. very positive