DJ_Villain

Came here to make the exact same Westwood analogy . Spot on How is the Westwood analogy from L1 Crewe to Premier League Villa in ANY way comparable to Luke Shaw from Southampton (who were kicking arse and could have made a massive impact in the Premier League) to Man U (who post Fergie, will never be the club they were) in any way the same? Because there was a transfer involved?

Crewe to Villa? Easy switch - Two domestic leagues between them, massive step up... Blackburn to Villa? 1 domestic league between them Nice to Villa? French league to Premier league - No brainer... Regular football at Palace and/or Southampton - What is so bad about that? Not exactly the 'Dog and Duck' is it? Is he signing on to supplement his income?

Not at all. VTID. But sympathise with the saints as they have been torn apart like we have previously been in recent years

With no-one in front of him: Until LVG gets sacked and a new manager comes in and signs someone else? Until he spends another 6 months on the sidelines because LVG thinks he was 'overweight' or 'unfit'? If he had stayed at Southampton, he would be an iron-on guaranteed starter in the most competitive league in the world and would have been a legend for the club and indeed the whole city that made him... But just like Clyne, Lallana et al. he jumped ship quicksharp. Could have been a legend to a whole club and city... and that is something I would have respected. Sold his soul and career? Let him get on with it and don't expect sympathy if something bad happens

Ah, that old one! Its a classic! Playing really well with a team that is on the up and performing excellently for 2 seasons; as soon as a 'big club' comes calling, need to jump ship quicksharp... No mate, don't buy it... If he was still playing in League 1, yeah, I could understand it... but he had already done the hard work getting himself onto the big stage with Lallana and everybody else... If all of those moneygrabbing turncoats like him, Lovren et al had stayed put, they could have been pulling up trees; you never know... It's not like he moved to Newcastle, or Spurs, or Villa. This is Manchester United we're talking about. AND he was in the starting line up. You can't compare this to someone who like Victor Moses who moved to Chelsea and never got a game. He was moving on to the next level. Champions League and 70,000 home fans. He'd have been mental not to take that opportunity. Le Tiss never did...

Ah, that old one! Its a classic! Playing really well with a team that is on the up and performing excellently for 2 seasons; as soon as a 'big club' comes calling, need to jump ship quicksharp... No mate, don't buy it... If he was still playing in League 1, yeah, I could understand it... but he had already done the hard work getting himself onto the big stage with Lallana and everybody else... If all of those moneygrabbing turncoats like him, Lovren et al had stayed put, they could have been pulling up trees; you never know...

As someone who grew up in Southampton, has lots of friends who support the Saints, see them as kind of my second team, and have seen their team get ripped to shreds year on year by the PL's 'big clubs' (just like Villas in recent times), I have no sympathy for Shaw just like I would have none for Delph, Benteke et al. if it happened to them. Would have felt bad if it had happened and he was in a Saints shirt, but representing Man U? Nah, I just cant bring myself to feel sorry for him...

Out hope the opponents dont change it Easy then... Attack the players viciously but fairly and make sure they are forced into all of their subs in the first half!

From the official site: Tim Sherwood on the upcoming games… We have to go again. We have two big derbies coming up and we will make sure we are right for them. Oh God, please no... Not that phrase!!!

who are they playing today? Rwanda. Just about to kick-off. Didn't even know Rwanda had a football team! Nuff people say, you know they can't believe, Rwanda, they have a football team!

Really? I always thought he looked like Gru from 'Despicable Me'

Still hope that one day... one day... they do a Portsmouth and lose everything they have...

Probably been drinking too much whiskey and dabbling with the powder again... Hasn't had a good word to say about us since he left...

Graphic! Sorry chaps!

Dont know if this is already a thread, but some pundits I love listening to where as others never give us a good shake and/or just do my head in... Who do you like? Who do you hate? My favourites: Charlie Nicholas (Seems a good bloke, enjoys the game and gives decent unbiased commentary) Chris Kamara (Just pure comedy value... Gets so excited he forgets what he is talking about... What a lad) The tossers: Matt Le Tissier (Just comes across as a bit of a div) Jamie Redknapp (See Chris Kamara but take away the humour and add a smug-git factor to him) Gary Neville (Seems to understand the game really well... but he is about as exciting to listen to as reading a Hungarian lawnmower instruction manual)

Have we ever signed a player from Barcelona before?

There was the laughably poor Fabio Ferraresi... Ricci Scimeca was half-Italian...

Hope Tekkers does his cruciates in.... If hes not with us, he is against us...

Yorke Although it hurt at the time... He left us to win the treble with quite possibly the greatest club manager of all time... Benteke left us to take a small step up to a team supported by crack heads and gyppos, who is managed by Brendan Rodgers...

More Alan Thompson, both signed the same summer. Thompson had actually had a good season for Bolton the year before (and did well at Celtic after we sold him) but he was just one in a long list we signed from a relegated club and they couldn't handle the step up. The only connection I can think of between those two players is they are called Steve...

Yep... He has definitely taken the opportunity more than Bowery or Lowton ever did... It was, to be fair, one of Lamberts better signings and he didn't break the bank...

I would say Luc Nilis... Hopefully, if this does go through, Berba will fair better than that Belgian magician... I've never forgiven Richard Wright since that day... Still the biggest gut wrenching moment for me as a Villan. He was amazing that fella. We should have had memories to look back on that fate robbed us all of. Agreed... That goal against Chelsea was legendary... My dad jumped out of his seat when it went in and he was shouting 'Bloody hell, he can PLAY!!!!' Edit: Just had to watch that goal and his injury again... Seriously, Richard Wright should have been banned from ever being near a football pitch again... He callously jumped into Nilis without any intention of playing the ball... Pretty much assault...

1 goal....1 bloody goal in a friendly, and Sky Sports and BBC go nuts about him... Bloody biased media don't give everyone a fair shake... When Benteke was doing that for us, they were still questioning him... He scores one goal in a friendly against Swindon for the AIDS ridden scousers, and suddenly he is the black, footballing Jesus!!!

I would say Luc Nilis... Hopefully, if this does go through, Berba will fair better than that Belgian magician... I've never forgiven Richard Wright since that day...

Is his name pronounced Guest-ed-day? If so, hows this? Gest-ed-e Now our troubles seem so far away We're not the half arsed club we used to be Oh we believe, in Gest-e-de!