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General - unfortunately I have to agree with the posters above and post a message regarding the current transfer situation. I cannot ever remember a time when we were so light on numbers. The continued messages from yourself that Martin knows the situation and is working on it is becoming a well worn path. Simply put , if we don't get significant quality additions then this team is going to stand still which in the premier league means going backwards. Thanks A truly puzzled Villa fan

we desparately need a right midfielder. Someone of real quality and skill . 4 years ago Solano came to us in Jan and transformed our play as all of a sudden we had balance. If MON can pull something out of the bag then we could go on to have a storming end to the season.

The most impressive thing about Gabbys goal return is he isn't patchy. He doesn't score a hatrick and then dissapear for a month. He has scored 6 goals in 6 separate games which suggests real consistency to me . I think we can safely say that he isn't just promising any more. Now if we can turn these games where he scores once into games where he scores twice then we will have a serious talent on our hands. My feeling is he will do it as the improvement over last year is plain to see already. His ability in the air has improved, his ability to hold off defenders has improved, his technical ability has improved. I expected him to be a marked man this season as defenders know all about him now. The fact that they know all about him but still can't do anything about it is testament to his improvement.

General. The holes in the ceiling are unacceptable . However to think that there wouldn't be broken bottles, glasses etc in a pub where EVERY person is there to watch the football, and everyone a Villa fan at that is just a pipe dream on derby day . The derby brings passion and stupidness in equal measure . People you see at games who normally wouldn't say boo to a goose go crazy .When you have a city rivalry that literally splits it and friends straight down the middle this is the result. I can't think that I would EVER throw beer or coke in a friends house but The Holte is a pub . A beautifully restored pub but still a pub at the end of the day. With the way our culture is and has been for hundreds of years a pub is a place to go to drink alcohol and let your let your hair down. Broken glass and damage is unfortunately a side effect of that letting off of steam. As has been echoed before , maybe making the Holte guests only when the derby comes around is the best way to go.

shit your probably right. Was our win against SHA 2 years ago not televised? it wasn't . Shitty statistic isn't it and one that is pretty unbelievable

as I said. 6 and a half years since we won away in the premiership on tv. Last win was away to Charlton in 2001

I hate to bring this up again but if we are to win at the sty we are going to have to break what is now a 6 1/2 year stretch without an away win on the tv in the premiership. Oh how I would like to break that particular duck. They always raise their game but if we can get the right players on the ball and have less hoof, more craft then we definately have the tools to do the job. Everyone is going to have to be on their game as you can be sure they will. Carew will be key and I just have sneaking suspicion that Petrov will come up with something on Sunday as well.

thought I would revive this one as I saw them live last week at the Gamestation supplier conference of all places. Came back from Berlin to do the show and then straight back to Munich afterwards. No going through the motions for the cash. They **** rocked it. They have a fantastic vibe with the crowd. Had a good chat and a beer afterwards with them. Chatted to Phil about the Villa , he's from a die hard claret and blue family. Also heard some great stories about driving round Brighton in Mike Skinners pimped up roller. Completely down to earth lads and realise they are living the dream. Just gonna have fun while it lasts. Me thinks they'll have a difficult second album though

General. Just a small gripe about the phone system at the ticket office. I was trying for about an hour today to get through to an advisor. Thats understandable with the Liverpool tickets on sale. However after getting a dialing tone and going through to the options and pressing 1 to speak to a customer advisor the phone was engaged and I would have to ring again. After 5 successful attempts to get through the first part, followed by 5 engaged tones for the customer advisors I gave up. Surely we can be placed in a queue system to avoid this annoyance?

Gabby. Luke is slightly the better finisher but Gabby has the pace to kill defences . He also gets a v high percentage on target (58%) last year

Parker- its obvious he wants to be back in London. Injured more and more these days . We have a younger, more energetic version at VP already. Goes by the name of Gardner.

welcome to the transfer window summer 2007. The second West Ham stayed up our transfer targets went up by 50% in price.

we're not in a position to go for Daniel Alves type signings yet. We don't want to blow 6 mill on an unproven 17 year old like Bale either so Matty Taylor is the best thing for us. Can play left back/left mid and will chip in with goals, some spectacular. At 5 mill or less he is good business

straight from the hot goss section of shoot magazine. Expect Martin O'Neill to make a mega bid for Luis Fabiano because he's wicked!

First try and go for Bent. If that fails and he goes to Spurs then go for Defoe. Simple as

some text deleted for off topic Matty had a bad experience with a steward to the point that it nearly ruined his childrens day out....a paying customer and can expect a certain level of service

http://tinyurl.com/2fs87g pretty unimpressive really. On this clip he doesn't seem to have any power in his shot!!!!!

Reo Coker is as bad a passer and as good a tackler as McCann. An athletic McCann if you like. Nowhere near the ability we need

I dont think we'll have £50million to spend, I think around half that is a more accurate figure.

a complete hero in 2003/2004 but didn't really ever acheive that status again in the other 6 seasons at VP.

some excellent suggestions there. None of them out of our league and all gettable . However the one area we would need a different player would be central midfield. Sidwell is a box to box player . Very much a Petrov type of player. We still need a top, top class holding midfielder .

Micah was born in Brum because his mother gave birth while visiting relatives. That is as far as the connection with the West Midlands goes

Gavin McCann cannot pass a ball to save his life!!! which is exactly the point I'm making. We have been moaning to high heaven about McCanns lack of passing ability. Nigel Reo Cokers passing ability ain't all that either.

he is very strong and combative but is not a better passer than McCann.

David Nugent please. The more I see the more I realise he is pure class. Can do virtually everything and will want to prove himself in the premier. Nuge might go for 8 mill. If not then Darren Bent,another who is bloody good at everything . He'll probably go for 15 mill + though