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No because he can get away with just scoring goals because that's what he's there for, he couldn't get away with just chasing down defenders and not scoring, at the end of the day we want a striker who can score goals right?, and Yakubu scores goals right?, so i don't know what an earth people are complaining about.

I kind of agree, but I'd much prefer a player that at least has the potential to do both (i.e. Gabby).

agree entirely, this is the first time in ten years that we can demand both. That is what will raise our bar

I agree that Hamburg are bigger at the minute, but this exactly what we need to project, that we want Champions league players for champions league places. Bouma got to the CL semi the year we bought him. I agree entirely that certain players are above our attraction, but these are the likes of Adriano and Villa. But the smaller champions league clubs like the german/dutch/french/portugese clubs can be cherry picked. Don't ask don't get!

Van Der Vaart will like to move to Spain or England and we must try to sign him.

Hmmm, if we signed him I'd eat my own head. It's nice to dream, but I don't think that's realistic.

Carew was shock enough, Van Der Vaart is on a whole other level.

Everyone said that when he was at Ajax yet Hamburg got him for 6m euro's.

Hardly out of our league.

its not about whether opposition worry about him at night, its player of the season, so it's barry, with gabby young player and bouma most improved

PS my dog needs a villa top, we need merchandise for pets!

Actually Yakubu IS lazy. I lived in pompey for six years (poor me) and my mates never tired of telling me what a lazy shite he was. In fact my wife is a dental nurse and he used to visit her surgery and he was really friendly so I don't wanna ride him too hard, but he did have a rep down there of being slighly workshy.

this thing about the 20 goal a season bloke is a myth

yes to win the title you need one but we need three forwards between them to score 40, that would be much better

Agreed, Michael Owen has never scored 20 league goals in a season and its league goals that count, right?

I like Bent and I like Ashton but I'm sure MR O'Neill has a plan already.

How about Scott Carson? We'd get him relatively cheap, and I've seen nothing this season to say that he was overhyped earlier in his career.

Over here every bloody person is a fan of one of the big 4 teams. It's a joke. No-one bothers with family heritage, they just glory hunt.

Over there it's even worse. Every person has a relatively local club, and unless you have parents or family who follow a different club, your local club should be the one you support.

Glad you brought the family issue up. I'm a born and bred brummy exiled in leicester. When I have a boy he BETTER be a villa fan. But that does present issues, especially if at that point leicester are still languishing in a lower division.

oh and bradford were the best with 83% living within ten miles of the ground

Aston Villa Football Club is based in Birmingham and yet I would say that about 40% of it's support on match days comes from at least an hour away.

I'd contest that. Around where I sit, neary everyone has a Brummy accent, and I speak to a lot of people at gesm I haven't met before, and I've never come across one from outside the West Midlands. I'd say its more like 25%.

A survey last year showed that the club with the highest percentage of fans living further than an hour from the ground was indeed Man Utd.

Second was Southampton at, you've guessed it 40%. Villa did not merit a mention.

I was at the game and watched the full re-run the next day. I couldn't believe they were talking about how everton were making all the noise when the Holte end was roaring. Lawro's a tosser, so's Bright, Le Tiss was actually right in a lot of things he said and Motson just loves man u it had nothing to do with the villa.

And I'm afraid Gale has joined the list cos he was so negative it was rediculous.

I am currently serving in the Royal Navy though I leave in july to begin a new life ( though the General's thin red line line speech was close to making me withdraw my notice! awesome) I personally do not take advantage of the discount but the mere existence of such a scheme is enough for me to feel warmer than this country has ever made me feel for my service. I volunteered to join the Navy and I fully expected to experience some level of combat during my time. What I did not expect was to provide was humanitarian aid to the victims of Montserrat, or to ferry British citizens to safety from Beirut this summer. Unfortunately the British public have always been frighteningly ill-informed about what we do and your quote was no exception. I can only agree that there are many deserving people out there and I can understand your dismay at us being singled out but as far as I'm aware, when work is over most people go home to loved ones or friends or even just to read the local rag. And at these very moments we're not just in the high profile spots like Iraq and Afghanistan, we're in Belize, the Falklands, the Antarctic and west africa. And whilst you might assume that our greatest concern is losing a limb or a life, you'd be wrong, as not seeing my wife and children for seven solid months is head and shoulders the top of my shit-list. The American attitude to the Forces has always been a warmer more appreciative approach and I've always been jealous of it. Or at least I was until we got our General who, with help from VTers, put in place this lovely scheme to make me feel warm. And you don't like it. Well, cheers pal. Absolutely no need for the insult, no matter how strongly you disagree with the poster - please cease this behavior or a card will be forthcoming - Bicks