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General, i have been the first person on here to criticise the transfer dealings over the summer. I do however believe the capture of Curtis Davies from WBA will be a real coup. You may have seen the England Squad today, slowly but surely AVFC are getting more and more involved with the england setup, with more players being drafted in. I feel under the old regime this would not have happened and therefore you deserve great credit for this. Young and Barry are exceptional talents and deserve their place in the squad, more of the same to come hopefully! UpTheVilla

post deleted. You trying to get yourself banned? keep it up, and it will happen quickly. Blandy

Having little stalls just selling bottles of carlsberg for £2 would do it. In every corner of the inner holte and the other stands

I agree with the above post! Although Martin O neill knows a lot more about the world of football than me, would it be possible general to pass on a message to sign 'Juan Roman Riquelme'. I know it isnt your remit, but you get the chance to speak to 'God' and a big name signing like this will really get villa going again!? Will you be at the Wrexham game on Tuesday night general? or is this the attractive fixture you will be missing?! Upthevilla

Yes general! The Availability of the Aston villa shirt is incredible. You can go to nearly any store and find it now. Forward such an opinion onto Richard, he deserves praise for this. I will never be as proud to wear my Aston villa shirt around the streets of Cardiff as i will in the coming weeks! Up The Villa.

General, Do Aston Villa have a wage cap? Can they only pay wages of up to 45,000 p/w to a player, e.g. Gareth Barry. If this is in fact the case, i seriously recommend the club rethinks the stance on wages as we are never going to move forward and attract 'big name signings' (Richard Fitzgerald). Cheers

Whats it like being friends with a Billionaire? it must be amazing, something us mere mortals can only dream about.... Randy could get up in the morning and do whatever he felt like that day, it must be incredible.

Trekka. That is in no way a decent response from the general im afraid. What JC was asking is completely and utterly fair and the response from the general goes no way in answering the question. It is not the general's job to back a man up who is so vastly experienced in business as Richard Fitzgerald. Rather than constantly hearing good things off the pitch e.g. the kit and the holte hotel, im afraid im with JC. Its about time that Richard Fitzgerald and ian storey moore, for that matter, come out into the open and clarify what they said. What has happened so far is so similar to the ellis tactic of selling season tickets, its scary. Whilst i still have confidence in the villa board and the management team, im afraid it is no longer 100% confidence and its about time someone from the board commented on what is happening ON the pitch rather than the good things off it. One final thing. M'O'N constantly states that the reason we failed to achieve anything last season is because we had a small squad and the players that he signed failed to have a decent enough pre season. Now whilst im no expert, Martin has signed 2 players (whatever anyone thinks of them ability wise) and sold 7/8/9?... How is this in any way going to alleviate the problem of having a small squad. And even if we do sign a couple more players as Martin has come out and said...will they have had a decent pre season....? same excuse used again....? Villa fans want to hear from the people who matter, after all its our season ticket money that is the lifeblood of the club. I think we deserve an answer or two. Thanks, i look forward to yours and Richards response.

Im with Tricella. We need Class signings that could potentially force out the likes of bouma, mellberg and Petrov, This is the only way we will hit the next level.

I wish you were right 'twirlydoors'. but your not.

General, For all those villa fans travellin to the U.S, would it be possible too have a visit scheduled with randy and maybe a few players too reward our loyaltyl!? I know you will be busy but i think meeting with randy is every villa fans dream, just literally to tell him how much of a god he is? maybe a few players also? - barry? agbonlahor? sneijder? Mellberg? ...! Cheers!

'very reliable source' if i hear those 3 words mentioned on any transfer thread, im gonna rip my hair out. If u do have a 'reliable source' then tell us. Not saying, proves ur lying

cant wait for reo-coker to sign. I remember him playing against us at villa park this season. He is so strong, and will add to our budding contingent of young players. Like i have said before, him and defoe would make people sit up and think.... I still think though that we will sign some european talent, i noticed a lot of people saying we will only sign domestic players on here. There is no way martin and his scouts have been watching so much european football for no reason. They have also made it no secret that they are at european games. They would not have publicised it if they were not going to approach these european players.

I think its pretty certain that reo coker will be a villa player by tuesday. Shortly after, bent will move to spurs and defoe will come to villa. In my opinion these will be two very good signings. Two internationals, both english.

We definately need this issue taken up by the mods, i imagine some of them know people within the club. I reckon any tune regardless of whether i like it or not will make villa park and away games amazin. I do like the colonia one. Any news on if there is any progress or not?

Tell you something, if Parker and reo coker both sign for west ham and newcastle respectively, then ill be slightly annoyed. They are both good enough for the villa, and these are players that would improve us. Nani and anderson for utd, what a pair of signings they will be, the gap grows........

Barry-----Reo-Coker------Snjeider---------Young..............................Yehhhhh

AHHH i finish my exams on 2nd june. I Hope to god things hot up around then. i have 3 months off! something to keep me busy. Signings: June 1st - Nigel Reo-coker June 6th - C. Gordon June 11th - Wesley Snjeider June 14th - Afonso Alves July 2nd - L.Young

BRUNO ALVES, CB for porto. Rumours are MON is watching him, as have the scouts. Dont know much about him mind. Any ideas?

Man utd. spend 17m, 18m on hargreaves and Carrick. The board have constantly stated they want to be top four. Champs league. Fitzgerald - 'expect quality signings' - Which makes me think, if the above are worth that much and we want to be where they are: Ring Ajax: 'Hi, Aston villa would like to bid £20m for Wesley. We are looking forward to your response.....'

if we got any other celtic player, apart from Boruc i think i speak for everyone saying i would be VERY DISSAPOINTED.

Right then, where would this get us in the league, personally i think 3rd/4th: ---------------------------Gordon----------------------------- M.Richards------Laursen-----Mellberg----------Bouma Young---------Reo-Coker-----Snjeider----------Barry -----------------Carew------------Bent---------------------- Subs: Agbonlahor Cahill Maloney Sorenson Gardner

Koumas = definately worth a punt. if we sign anyone from the 'champ' it has to be him.

According to reports, we may have missed out on snjeider: I am a short link and easy to create Their are constant stories on here and in the papers about where martin o neill has been and what games he has watched. Can someone make a list or put down what games we think he has been too. Ill start: Killie vs hearts Monaco vs Marseille This way we can get a firmer understanding of exactly who he may be watching, rather than just putting down random names.....

General Just want to emphasis the point 'bromsgroveavfc' just made. What a superb idea. We need an anthem. and this is the best their is. If you have a moment, watch this : Forget all the instruments, interludes, and bobbing up and down. The impact this would have on the ground would be immense. Imagine replacing all those union jack flags with villa flags or scarves, with 43000 people singing it. This is a superb issue brought up and could make villa park a very special arena. Cheers