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I'm all for pedantry but 'villan' isn't actually a word, is it? It might be a an archaic alternate spelling of 'villain' but personally and from a branding point of view I'd much rather we were called 'The Villains'.

My story is similar. I remember watching an Ireland game in the bar with my dad, I reckon it was '91 or '92 so I would have been around four or five, and a graphic came up on the screen saying 'Paul McGrath - Aston Villa'. When I asked my dad what 'Aston Villa' meant he explained how all of these players play club football in England, and that he supported Leeds United. Paul McGrath was my favourite player so I announced that I was an Aston Villa fan. I'd be lying if I said there haven't been brief moments when I've regretted my decision, but then I just think about how lucky I am that my dad didn't force Leeds on me!

I can confirm that while not as tight fitting as the Napoli shirts, they are NOT baggy and loose or too large. Get the right size! The best advice I can give is to try one on or look at Gabby in the shirt for the best idea of how it hangs/fits.

Hang on... Just been on the OS: http://tinyurl.com/cr4hr8f In the preview images here the shirt is clearly slim-fitting... The shirts the players were wearing in those videos were NOT the same shape as the ones being advertised here. You can even see that DB's shirt in the image on the left isn't the same shape as the ones being sold. Is the replica a different shape to the players' kit or are the players just wearing bigger sizes than they should be?

I feel the same way too. I'm not expecting us to go to extremes and start trying to emulate Barcelona but we do need a drastic change in strategy at the club. Lambert's a very good manager and I have no doubt that he won't get us top 8-10 eventually but will he do it using the same methods as MON? As I keep on saying, we need two things: a) Change in style of play and start using the ball more. We don't have to be like Swansea but we're so poor at passing and moving that it's embarrassing. Scout abroad as well at home. Not as important as changing our style of play but still vital. The two points you've outlined there go hand in hand. The only player MON brought in from abroad just so happened to be a 6'6" battering ram who was lethal in the air. Other than that he bought UK bred players who fitted his classically British way of playing. Full backs who are there to defend not attack. Destructive midfielders who are capable of getting the ball to pacey wingers who are there to attack on the break and supply early crosses to strong forwards. If we alter the way we play we should go to were players that fit that style of play are. So if we're after attacking full backs, ball playing midfielders, and creative attackers to suit a new way of setting the team up then we will (hopefully) look to where they are brought up that way. I know I'm generalizing alot here.... Salifou was that big?? He's on about Guzan.

If Lambert gets rid of Hutton and signs Naughton he automatically goes down as the greatest Villa manager of all time.

This website would be a lot more enjoyable if there was some way of filtering out CI's comments. The kit is fine, although I really wish it was more tight-fitting. Might just get it a couple of sizes too small.

Great touch by Lambert. He's doing everything right, isn't he? Feels nice to NOT have an incompetent buffoon as manager.

That's a profiler

Hahahahahahahaha...

I was hoping it'd be more slim-fitting but all in all it's alright. It'll look better on the players.

...shit? I actually think he's alright. Give him a chance, I say.

In one of the videos they show a cut up claret sock with AVFC emblazoned across it in sky blue. Might not mean anything but then again, it might. I'd prefer blue socks personally.

I guarantee you that if He'd played for Manyoo they'd have shown him... Ammmm...

I think that might be pretty much spot on. Looks great.

Never!

To anyone who might be thinking that the away kit is going to be white (or any other "normal" colour), in one of the videos the guy with the scarf says that there will be a surprise for the away kit, and that it was suggested by "the team". Also it shows them fiddling about with that famous green, black and red shirt from the 90s so if I had to put money on it, I'd wager that the reports suggesting that it's going to be green are on the money. As for the home kit, he says that the white and yellow one beside him is the template and it looks very nice indeed. Also, in all of the sketches there's a bar running down the side of the shorts. And finally, at one point they show a close up of part of a sock with AVFC sewn into it (I know, I'm a loser) and it was............ claret. All in all, I think it looks very encouraging.

How long before someone has this up on Twitter claiming it's been leaked from VP?

I was excited by the prospect of Solskjær at Villa and would have welcomed him with open arms, but if he turns his back on Molde now, after everything that's happened this week, he'll go down MASSIVELY in my estimation. Can't see it happening anyway.

Same. I'm still not entirely convinced he's definitely going to get it, but at this stage I am convinced that we're more privy to the ins and outs of this story than most of the media are. And the bookies seem to be reacting to the ill-informed musings of lazy journalists.

What are Sky basing their story on?

What's all this jive about Molde's investors threatening to pull out of the club if OGS comes to us? Mat Kendrick has just said that his Norwegian counterparts are saying that Molde have confirmed this... As he suggests, does this not seem like a major dose of emotional blackmail? Like a desperate girlfriend saying "Fine, leave me for that more attractive girl. But if you do I'LL KILL MYSELF!" It does worry me to be honest. Ole seems like a genuinely good guy and he might find it hard to up sticks if it means leaving Molde in serious trouble.

Ole seems like a nice enough guy. I'm sure if he notices that his name is spelled 'Solskjaer' at the foot of his contract the smile won't fade from his face, and he won't pause for a moment and stare blankly off into space with a wistful look as though he has just remembered a summertime camping trip he and his father went on when Ole was seven. He won't recall how his father, while roasting freshly caught halibut over a roaring campfire, explained to him that the name 'Solskjær' means 'sunshine', or 'sunlight breaking', or 'something to do with a rock or something'. He won't remember the pride in his father's eyes as he explained to him that the letter 'æ' doesn't exist in very many languages, and that in many ways 'æ' is a proud symbol of Norway's freedom, its beauty and its individuality. "When you go off to see the world, Ole, don't let the foreigners take away your 'æ'. In their ignorance they will try to steal it and split it in two. If you allow them to take apart the 'æ', you will be allowing them to take apart and destroy Norway; to take apart and destroy your own heritage," Ole won't remember his father saying. Then, as Randy and Paul look on in stunned silence (all this reminiscing has taken over fifteen minutes, during which time no one has spoken a single word), Ole won't drop his pen, he won't stand triumphantly to his feet, he won't rip open his shirt to reveal his proud Scandinavian chest, he won't flip over the boardroom table and he won't scream "HEIE NORGE!!!!!!" before storming out of Villa Park, making his way to the coast, commandeering a small fishing vessel and victoriously returning to Molde with enough lobster to feed the entire city. ...OR WON'T HE?

I think that out of respect to OGS, and as a sign of how happy we are with his (imminent) appointment, we should all make an extra effort to ensure we spell his name correctly. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Olé Gunnar Solskjær Alex McLeish Ole Gunnar Solskjær

She's not with Defoe is she? That could scupper the deal. Haha!