OnePablo

he is excellent in Pro Evo Soccer 6.........

I agree - we need a CB, RB, 2 WF's and a strong CF target man. We'd be the bollocks then

i'd like to see us play 2 DM's, 2 wingers and 2 forwards. The DM's can then take it in turn top cover, like cambiasso and viera at Inter.

if you think about it, gravesen was bought in at celtic as petrov was leaving

Newscastle United - what a way not to run a club. I'm very confident MON and Lerner wont run us into the ground a la Shepherd and Roeder.

This is a very 'robust' appointment. Lerner is looking to boost the perception of aston villa globally - more fans, more money, more sponsors, therefore attracting great players. The good times are back

Maloney collection on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd8LAzszQPo Skip to 1min 30 to avoid all the pointless montage (Even Rocky had a montage - MONTAGE!)

£4m tops, or how about £4.5m +JLS oooo - you bitch

googling first normally avoids embarassment

urgh.... has anyone got a kleenex?

richard - what's your track record on guessing tranfers correctly? i hope it's good, because maloney would be a great acquisition

Ronaldo, Ronaldhino, Henry, Robben. garrinchia, zico, pele

Dust? Anyone? No?

gera?

the data makes him look very much like petrov, so if we did buy him it would be quite crowded in the centre of the park. saying that, manu manage to play rooney, scholes and a defensive midfielder - and they're top of the league. i reckon we should purchase him - it would be a great acquisition and would start to give us strength in depth

hasn't smith gone to cardiff on loan?

and he looks like the dude from the phantom of the opera without his mask

i'd love keane at villa. we should have bagged him from coventry all those years ago

no - it would be my dream job.........! 8)

Dear General Krulak Can I just say how positive it is of you to take some time to post a message on Villa Talk. We have been quite jaded of recent having to tolerate a chairman who didn't want to listen to the ambitions of hundreds of thousands of villa fans. We're a very patient fan base who don't expect things to change overnight, but every football fan I speak to agrees that Martin O'Neil was the best signing of the summer. The general feeling surrounding Aston Villa at the end of last season was pure disillusionment. We had a tiny squad that was hampered by injury, and couldn't even find £1.5m to keep on James Milner. I suppose this had something to do with the fans voting with their feet and opting not to attend home games. Having a chairman who was so bloody minded that he wouldn't even allow any memorabilia of our European Cup win in 1982 was unforgivable amongst the fans. What I can say now is that the whole team and fan base is visibly lifted. Of course the 'honeymoon effect' has something to do with this, but we all believe that something great is being built here and good times will return to Villa Park sooner rather than later. From a commercial aspect we can also see that the executive management are ‘thinking big’ – I’ve always thought we’ve undersold ourselves to investors and sponsors. If your sales director role ever becomes vacant – please contact me! All the best, and up the villa! Ben

Yep, decent young player, sign him up...................... if his leg has healed properly. would be a SUPERB acquisition

If we get a left winger and a left back, where do you propose to play Barry? Centre midfield of a three with Petrov and McCann? i dont see him as a winger - more a left sided centre-mid. and i think we'll piss him off playing him at left back

i really do think we should stick with 4-3-3, get rid of baros and buy a strong striker a la koller to compensate for the 'light' wingers. so; one striker left winger milner RB and LB I reckon £25m should do the trick

That he doesnt have what it takes really....and Taylor wasnt MON´s choice...it was a buy from DOL that seemed a little bit surprising by many. So...he wasnt anything else than a short term deal for a backup. The only way that I can see MON go back for Myhill is that he has a "buy-back" clause. I dont think that Myhill is such a big goalie that MON cant find a better player to compete with Sorensen. I think this story isnt true tbh. we need a world class goalie to take us to the next level. not sure who though.

ooooo. robben and cole on the wings. that would be lovely.