randy_69

left wing, right wing or central midfield apparently...oooh, versatility....seamlessly swapping positions, total football....then wakes up realising gabby is still up front :-)

Good job he isn't signing for them down the road, as that would make him a blue cheese and he'd be playing in front of the (s)tilton !!!!

Swansea swap for ayew and some bloke I've never heard of http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/580803/Jordan-Ayew-Swansea-Aston-Villa-transfer-news

Isn't that westwood going in for a tackle?

Nilis can't be on that list. He was a major coup at the time. Loads of caps for Belgium and a top class pedigree. I'd certainly heard of him beforehand! One of the most sickening injuries ever that one....

Midfield? 2 suggestions: sasa curcic and the name that should never be uttered...Steve hodge (for obvious reasons)

Adam Rachel (just for that appearance away at Blackburn ....shudder)....

Hutton and Baker?

Having been there also, and fans were awesome! Dare I say it looked to me like a classic MON away performance (....puts on his tin hat). Not everyone's cup of tea, and I recall people moaning then about the lack of possession...but it was the last time we were effective for a sustained period. If that's how to win then great. Let's see what potato head's plan B is now when it comes to a team sitting back against us on Saturday...

Which is impotent no matter which combo is used due to the absence of any midfield (with the only exception being tish when fit).

Not happening according to journalist who broke it :-( http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/08/29/albert-adomah-turns-down-aston-villa/

No Nahki Wells in Huddersfield team today (not on bench either). Hmmmm

The fountain of knowledge that is the daily star seems to think that Pearson will spit his dummy about not being number one choice! http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/517709/Nigel-Pearson-Aston-Villa-management-hunt

The Chinese magnate who has agreed to buy English football club Aston Villa has said the final purchase price for the club would range between 75 million pounds and more than 100 million pounds, depending on how the club performs next season. Recon Group chairman Xia Jiantong told Reuters that he will pay at the upper end of the price range if the club immediately returns to the English Premier League next season. A failure to gain promotion could see the purchase price as low as 75 million pounds, he said. Xia said he will spend between 30 and 40 million pounds on new players for the upcoming season, and will announce a new club manager in the next two to three weeks. Aston Villa, the historic English club that was relegated from the English Premier League this season, was one of eight Premier League clubs that Xia considered for acquisition, he said during an interview in Beijing on Thursday. Xia also said he was in talks with various soccer teams in Spain and Italy, as well as Chinaand India, for potential acquisitions within three years. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-avl-sale-recon-idUKKCN0YA0W5