CLIVILLA

Isn't it ironic that on this day, the anniversary of the most memorable of day in the history of Aston Villa, we should be discussing the possible departure of of one of the clubs 'star players'.

I rarely post on here but do read the comments, sadly it is usually with a wry smile on my face, as all I ever read is the same old rhetoric from the club that I have read for the last forty five years since I first went to Villa Park. Yes I know that makes me an 'old git' in the eyes of all you mainly young ones that post on here.

What is being written now is no different to what I have been writing about for years, either to the local press or the club itself, don't forget we didn't have messageboards etc. I have had many, many letters printed demanding answers to the way the club is run, why we always have to sell our top players as soon as some club comes knocking or we want to buy someone and have to sell first.

There are a few older posters on here who I am sure will confirm theses facts. The Board, whoever it consists of, will always deny we are a selling club, stating look at these figures, look at our investment, who else is doing...etc etc. Nothing ever changes though as we sell star after star player year after year. Instead of 'pushing on' we sell, why be the next 'Harrods' when we can trade like a corner shop thank you very much?

I wont go back to far, you can have a look in your record books, the younger ones may not remember some of the names we have sold, but their are dozens going back to the sixties, just as we start to achieve something we sell. Remember we won the 1st division title and were European Champions, just a couple of years or so later we were relegated without trace!

Straight upto date, a flirt with top four finish, Champions league football, let's go the extra mile......mmmm no not this time let's sell our captain, Barry. Next season, Milner, this season possibly Young, Downing. But we are not a selling club, we have ambition, we want to be challanging the top four, getting into the Chamipons league keeping our stars, attracting top stars!

Lads, I and guys my age have seen and heard all this from every board for as I say nearly fifty years, it will never change we are Aston Villa! Succesive top six finishes and then a relegation battle, the club I love, the club I have travelled around the Country literally several hundred times to watch, the club I have watched in a couple of dozen European countries, the club who I have had a season ticket with for the forty five seasons I said earlier.

You may ask why I still go down Villa Park if I feel like this, simply it is the same as you.....I love the club and always will, but beware things will never change here. The Five year plan is nearing it's end, we have lost/could lose star players, where are we/how far have we come.......pretty much the same as we were five years ago.....strange and just very sad isn't it?

We are very sorry to hear of your sad news General,

condolences to you and your family.

General

I want to echo what others have said and send our

Best wishes to your Father and to you and your family.

tune "of when johnny comes marching home again"

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la

with carlos cuelller in defence tra la tra la

play the ball up in the air

try and win it if you dare tra la la la la tra la la la

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la

with curly hair and ball at his feet

carlos cueller will never get beat tra la la la la tra la la la la.

tune "rule brittania"

styl iaaan petrov we`re proud to call him stan

from midfield he will be our main man

styl iaaan petrov we`re proud to say that name

from midfield he will run the game.

REPEAT

tune "hokey cokey"

he puts his right foot in, his right foot out

in out in out he puts himself about

his name is reo coker and he`ll scream n shout

thats what he`s all about

NIGEL REO COKER, NIGEL REO COKER, NIGEL REO COKER da da da da da da

he puts his left foot in, his left foot out

in out in out he puts himself about

his name is reo coker and tackles with a clout

thats wht he`s all about

NIGEL REO COKER, NIGEL REO COKER, NIGEL REO COKER da da da da da da.

Tried adapting some old of the Holte end songs before but didnt go down to well, but worth a try i think??? some of the younger ones will have to ask about the old tunes/players!!

tune of rod stewart sailing: old andy gray, andy townsend song:-

oh gareth, oh gareth youre the greatest the holte end say

oh gareth, oh gareth we`ll be with you all the way

repeat.

old andy lochead song:-

curtis, curtis davies, curtis davies in the air

curtis, curtis davies, curtis davies in the air.

old sammy morgan song:-

6 foot 2 eyes of blue

martin laursens after you na na na na na na na na na

big and strong from denmark

he`s the king of villa park na na na na na na na na na

Glad you got this going again blackcountry!!!

All the posts on here about the need for new songs and all we do, as you say, is sing

"one gareth barry, steve sidwell etc etc etc

a total embarrassment, especially at villa park.

So according to Villa then, if we do reach any final does that mean that the..

"yeah iam a villa fan, have been for years, i just dont go very much now though" ..

type of fans who fancy the final just goes on official travel and get themselves a ticket.

Season ticket holder for 40 years, {old git i know}

Throughout that time travelled length and breadth of the country several times over, going to 75% of away games, upto 5 years ago,

Travelled abroad, independently on most trips unless it was far flung and better to go official {not to queue jump} to watch Villa on several occasions.

I really fancied doing the Prague trip, and although still a season ticket holder, realised i had no chance of a ticket unless paying official Villa trip prices, this i wasnt going to do, just to queue jump.

I can sympathise with all you guys doing anything/everything to get there, ticket or not. I have been in that situation many times and it rankles big time that it is us that suffers.

If they do reach general sale Friday, i still couldnt buy one knowing i was taking a ticket from someone like how i used to be, willing to travel all over the country week after week.

Way off the mark this decision from Villa in my opinion, but best of luck guys!

sorry about not putting tunes to songs, i did for half of them

the songs are crap but just an idea for the rest of you to juggle about with.

milner - saints go marching in tune

ashley young - man u. ronaldo song

davies - old, andy, andy lochead in the air, tune?

coker - okey cokey tune

petrov - rule britannia tune

cueller - johnny goes marching home tune

friedel - my old man tune

shorey - mcNamaras band tune

barry - sailing tune

bouma - blue moon tune

luke young - fight, fight wherever you may be, tune

sidwell - old alan wright, got no hair we dont care, song

martin, robbo, walford - the spinksy, birchy, mcinally tune

o`neill - here, there, every f****g were tune

randy - johnny goes marching home tune

with martin and robbo, stevie walford too

they`re the boys thats gonna see us through

and with randy lerner`s dollars

we are bigger than the scousers

and you wont beat the villa boys.

altogether now....

repeat.

he`s here, he`s there

we`re not allowed to swear, martin o`neill, martin o`neill

he looked, he thought, torres and then said "who", martin o`neill, martin o`neill

he looked, he thought, and then bought john carew, martin o`neill, martin o`neill.

when randy came to england he thought, he thought

when randy came to england he thought, he thought

a football club must be sought

got rid of ellis and villa he bought tra la la la la tra la la la lalala

when randy came to villa park to see, to see

when randy came to villa park to see, to see [when johnny goes marching home]

a massive club, is this for real

must go and get martin o`neill tra la la la la tra la la la lalala

when randy came to a game he said, he said

when randy came to a game he said, he said

is that the stars n stripes thats flying

to keep the holte happy i better start buying tra la la la la la lala tra lala

steve, steve, stevie steve sidwell

he`s got ginger hair

but we don`t care

stevie, steve sidwell.

sidwell, sidwell, stevie steve sidwell

he dyed it claret

but it came out carrot

stevie steve sidwell.

wayne, wayne routledge, wayne routledge on the wing

wayne, wayne routledge, wayne makes the holte end sing

wayne, wayne routledge, wayne routledge going out wide

wayne, wayne routledge, wayne playing on either side.

freddie, for the villa you play

you`re tackles make us say

for the villa you`ll stay

bouma, you`re as strong as an horse {slowly to- blue moon}

your tackles bite of course

for the villa you`ll stay

freddie, for the villa you play.

luuuuke young wherever you may play

win the ball and give it to ash-er-lee

get it back, fly down the wing

cross for carew with a right foot ping

luuuuke, luuuuke wherever you may play

you bound to hear the holte end say

luke, luke, wherever you may play.

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la

play the ball up in the air

try and win it if you dare tra la la la la tra ra la la

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la

with carlos cueller in defence tra la tra la [johnny goes marching home again]

play the ball up to your feet

carlos cueller will never be beat tra la la la la tra ra la la

he came from the usa, he used to be a yankee

he saw sense, shaved his head and now he`s a brummie

brad friedel is his name, he used to shop at lidl [my old mans a dustman]

he saw saw sense signed for us, his name is brad friedel. [with slow hand clapping}

isiah oh oh oh oh

isiah oh oh oh oh

isiah... oooosbourne

isiah oh oh oh oh

he looks like viera

but isiah is more cool

isiah oh oh oh oh oh

isiah oh oh oh oh oh

isiah.... oooosbourne.

if you come to birmingham you will see [slow clapping]

a villa fan from yard-e-lee {yardley}

his names craig gardener he`s only 5` 4"

mess with him you`ll be on the floor na na na na na nanananana

if you come to birmingham you will see

a villa fan from yard-e-lee

his names craig gardener and he`s villa mad

dont mess with him he`s a bit of lad na na na na na na nanana

his name is nicky shorey from reading he did come

to take aston villa to the top of the prem [mcnamaras band]

he gets stuck in, he bites yer legs

he`s up and down the wing

and if anyone wants to argue he`ll have the f*****g lot la la la la tra la la tra la la la

oh gareth, oh gareth you`re the greatest the holte end say

oh gareth, oh gareth we`ll be with you all the way

oh gareth, oh gareth you`re the greatest the holte end say [sailing]

oh gareth, oh gareth we`ll be with you all the way.

brad, brad guzan, brad guzan in our goal

brad, brad guzan, brad guzan in our goal

he has , has no hair

cus he`s given it to cueller

brad, brad guzan, brad guzan in our goal.

oh when james milner goes down the wing

oh when james milner goes down the wing

the ball will come in from high or low

the ball will come in from left or right

oh when james milner goes down the wing [when the saints go marching in]

oh when james milner goes down the wing

he`ll score a few and make em for carew

oh when james milner goes down the wing.

he takes you out wide and then cuts inside

ashley young will take you on either side

he`s a bag of tricks

he makes you look like pricks

ashley young just takes the piss.

6`2" eyes of blue

martin laursens after you na na na na na na na

6`2" he`s from denmark

mess with him you want leave villa park na na na na na na na.

curtis, curtis davies, curtis davies in the air

curtis, curtis davies, curtis davies in the air.

he puts his right foot in, his right foot out, in out, in out

thats what he`s all about

nigel reo coker, nigel reo coker [okey cokey]

he puts his left foot in, his left foot out, in out, in out

thats what he`s all about

nigel reo coker, nigel reo coker.

stylian petrov were proud to say that name

while we sing this song we`ll win the game

stylian petrov were proud to call him stan [rule brittannia]

stylian petrov is villa`sr main man

Any of these songs are worth a try because it is getting very embarrassing listening to the `songs/chants` that come out every home game.

Did the Holte End think on Thursday night against Litex{ any home game for that matter}

Think that we were Playing Birmingham City

Think that McGrath should have been named man of the match

Think that the next best four players on show that night were Spink, Birch and McInally

Think that Carew and Agbonlahor had been bought on during the second half.

Why did only `four` real players get get a mention on Thursday night, albeit a short, quiet, subdued little chant {not a song, perish the thought}...

12mins A short, mumbled {as if the words were to hard to remember}......Salifou

27mins Feed the Hare {only after he had scored}

43mins A quick Friedel, Friedel {as he dived on a deflected shot, 2mtrs wide}

78mins A quick, quiet repeat of Ashley Young, Ashley Young {after 3 quick free kicks}

We have some of the Countries most exciting, young talent in Gabby, Young, Davies, Coker, Milner, Barry to name just some, and O`Neill is moulding them into a team that is not only exciting us, but the whole Nation.

Surely we can come up with songs for each and every player even if he is your favourite or not. I like the rest of you guys probably hate Manure nd Liverpool but fair play they have songs galore for everyone, not just a quick...

" There`s only one ....." or just a quick repeat of a surname or "shooot".

Our players should run out and throughout the game be lifted, encouraged by `personel songs`that make them feel wanted, valued, drive them on to be prepared to do and give even more. As it is all they hear are the `original, witty, awe inspiring, player encouraging classics like...

"Youre support is f****ng s**t

"Shall we sing a song for you"

"Youre not singing anymore"

And we cannot at this point forget our age old yet timeless anthem

"You fat B****rd aaaagggghhhh"