Ooh-Ah

Nope.

Blackburn at home in 1997. I was ten. It was a night game and we were in the Lower Holte. Lost 4-0. Sutton got a hat-trick.

Second game was in Stamford Bridge the following year. League Cup. I went with my uncle who was a Chelsea fan. Sat in the Shed End. Lost 4-1. Vialli got a hat-trick and John Terry made his debut.

No one made me support Villa. My dad was a Leeds fan and all my friends supported United or Liverpool. Don't ask me why I didn't jump ship.

Personal terms will have been discussed at some stage but I wouldn't be surprised if the player and his agent significantly upped their figure today, knowing full well that the chairman has promised a world class No. 9 and is under pressure to deliver.

I obviously don't know the ins and out of it but this could be one of those cases where Xia's transparency is counter-productive.

6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

I think di Matteo's careers over after this if things don't improve soon.

2 hours ago, AlwaysAVFC said:

If that Keith is right and Xia is a fraud and Samuelson owns the club  Then he is going to extraordinary lengths to hide it all.

 

Good to see Jack Grealish front and centre. Last year he would have been down the back smoking a fag.

Amavi's positioning for the goal 

9 minutes ago, skarroki said:

Please just do one or get a career ending injury 

That's pathetic.

15 minutes ago, Richard said:

He has had one decent game for us when it looked like he could be a top player.  He is Lee Hendrie mark 2

He was decent the other day against Wednesday so I'm presuming that's the one game you're referring to.

He looked a class above virtually everyone else yesterday when he ran with the ball but I don't think he worked especially hard nor did he look like he wanted to be there. I know he typically plays with a scowl on his face but last season his work rate was fantastic. Didn't see that yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised if he left tbh.

6 minutes ago, AndyBM said:

he seems a player that would cause shit in the dressing room if he doesnt get his way

What are you basing that on?

31 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said:

That's what the Mail said, but I'm not convinced...

It looks wrong but in this piece the reporters (from Reading) pronounce it Tish-bo-la, and also refer to him as 'Tish'.

That's going to bother me. Like Nathan Delfouneso. How was that Del-fon-so?

The away one is very reminiscent of this:

1 hour ago, Gary Thomas said:

Gregg Evans suggests it will be announced Tuesday Wednesday

 

 

HABIB BEYE

14 hours ago, Barney_avfc said:

Pretty sure it's fake, but looks pretty good.

Definitely fake. That image of Villa Park is a wallpaper someone put online a couple of years ago. I know because I downloaded it. 

Also the logo is really poorly positioned and shopped, and I doubt that dark swoosh will be there. It doesn't seem to fit in with other UA designs as far as I can tell.  And why would they make the shirt transparent in a promotional graphic for the shirt?  

No stars. 

I was actually enjoying VT for a couple of days there. 

Is that Neil Warnock talking about the Villa job? 

2 hours ago, mjmooney said:

I'm not condemning him, but I'm massively uncomfortable with this. I see our government closing down the British steel industry in the rush to suck up to a country that seems to be gearing up to control the world economy. Now I see the Chinese have decided to dominate world football. Well, fine, I lost interest in world football many years ago. The money aspect of the game, the Sky hegemony, ticket prices out of reach of the average punter, players' wages that are frankly disgusting, English clubs owned by Arab sheikhs and Russian oligarchs. It stinks. All I had was Aston Villa, Birmingham's proudest. I thought we were better than that. This is the club whose players refused to salute Hitler. We knew that the worst thing that could happen wasn't playing in the third division, it was losing the soul of the club. That process has sadly been accelerating since the birth of the Premier League. All I see on this thread is hysteria about money. Money, and shut your eyes to everything else. Rename Villa Park? Sure, think of the money. This used to be Aston Villa. Now it it seems it's just another PLC. I'm not celebrating this morning, I'm sad, very sad. I'm not saying I'm walking away from it all, I'll follow what happens with interest, and no doubt I'll be pleased if we can start winning games, but it's not MY Aston Villa any more. 

So basically you want to go back to 1958 and live there forever.

The potential for nicknames alone has me excited. 

Dr X

Dr Tony

Tony Danza

Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman

The Good Doctor 

Dr Dre

Tone Loc

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

T-bone Mendez 

Dr Chairman 

34 minutes ago, alreadyexists said:

Welcome Dr!

 

Think it's pronounced more like 'Shaow' but could be wrong.

My Chinese isn't great but I think it's more similar to "sha". 

1 hour ago, Richard said:

he can spit a mean chewing gum though

That wasn't Richards. 

I'd rather stay down for two years and allow a good manager develop a new team with a positive ethos than bounce straight back up by playing muck football under a negative manager. 

I want to enjoy watching Villa play again. 

Looking forward to seeing the Under Armour training gear. Spurs' stuff looks quality.