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I have to say - the old shirts with no sponsors look so much better. Maybe we can follow Barcelona's lead and have just the club badge...

The only shirt sponsor whose logo looked good was, in my opinion, MG (and it didn't do them much good, sadly).

Going back a few pages, totally agree about the Sabbath. Geezer Butler (see avatar) is the big Villa fan among them....

Fantastic!!

Who would have thought, as long as ago (!) as this summer, that anything like this was possible.

Welcome, general!

In my Premiership football career, it happened a few times and they generally scored. :shock:

Sure it did, mate

Although, I never like facing a player on his debut, particularly a striker.

Has this happened alot to you?

Anyone think we're going to get to 300 pages on this thread before the whole saga is over?

Jesus, I was only kidding.

So what's it to be - 400, 500...??

I also meant to add that according to the takeover panel website, the need for secrecy before an announcement can't be emphasised enough.

Anyone who is privy to the confidential information (especially price info) or even a contemplated offer must keep it secret and only pass it on to others if absolutely necessary.

Which is a very good point. I think the majority of fans on here, if not Villa fans full stop, would prefer to see Lerner 'win' this battle. We are told that negotiations have started again, and it's all looking good. Seeing as how swift Lerner and the Americans 'pulled out' last week, the quieter it gets, perhaps the better looking it is.

Most Villa fans I know hav stated that they want the best man/men for the job. That does not necessarliy mean that would be Lerner.

No, but since we're in the dark about all the bids, we can at least say that he evidently has some money, and past behaviour suggests he runs things quite well (according to Cleveland Browns fans). The same can't necessarily be said for Neville...

Anyone think we're going to get to 300 pages on this thread before the whole saga is over?

My head says the squad is good enough to finish mid-table, my heart says (no money, no new players, no new owners) we are heading for the drop. Or is it the other way round?

Obviously keep Barry.

Looking at the fact we have limited money and now need a Centre back (quality) a quality forward and a reserver left back and if Solano goes a quality right winger do you think it is time to kill the Baros deal and use the money in other ways

So we're going to get four players with 6.5 million pounds in the 8 remaining business days?!

Exactly [PB]. The only "if" is if he wants to come - not "he says he wants to come to VP"

As I understand things that is not the 'if'. I believe that there is absolutely no doubt in his mind that Villa would be a good move for him and I have no doubt that Aston Villa can afford his wages and consider them reasonable. I think that of all his current options Aston Villa is the most attractive.

I also believe that the manager of Aston Villa is *very* keen on this deal going through very quickly, and was hoping it would have been done so the player could play against Wolves.

I also believe that Aston Villa could afford the deal, should they so wish.

So once again, do Aston Villa (perhaps more accurately the board thereof), want to sign Milan Baros enough?

We will see.

The crux of the matter is presumably whether Langham's business plan is in effect (the funds for "four top quality players" etc) or whether the summer funds are Ellis's usual 4 million...

I'm not utterly convinced Baros would be a good signing, he's still to really prove himself in the Premiership. He's definitely not "shit", though, as someone has said.

I'm amazed so many people are so keen to get rid of Vassell, a very useful player to have coming off the bench at the very least (and streets ahead of Luke Moore at the moment).

I think we'd be foolish to get rid of Vassell, although of course we could do without him. It's surprising that people want to get rid of a home-grown England international on the back of one poor, injury-plagued season. If that's so, let's get rid of Angel too while we're about it.. Noone was coming out with this stuff at the end of O'Leary's first season.

Two other things - I don't think we'd get that much money for Vassell (the massively inflated prices for English players notwithstanding), and I don't have that much faith we'd get in anyone who be so much better.

Obviously everything massively depends on what happens this summer. If the season started tomorrow and assuming the full fitness of all the squad, I'd say we'd finish around 13th...

Q. Why are Pirates scoundrels?

A. Because they AAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

How much does a pirate pay to get his ears pierced?

- Buck-an-ear!!!

He's highly rated by almost all Newcastle fans seemingly as a model pro and decent utility player. So for a small fee, Hughes sounds like a useful addition to the squad (if we have in fact signed him)...

Luke, and Stefan for that matter, would have got much more of a look in if Graham Taylor had stayed. He has a pretty good track record of developing young players. They may well both have flourished, Steven Davis too. However, we would have been in the Championship...

Dec 1970, don't remember a thing...

but an interesting addition for me would be aliadiere (sp?) on loan for a season, quality player who arsenal migh be willing to let go out on loan.

Good prospect, definitely. But no more loans please for god's sake. For the same reasons as before...

Smith.

Yakubu a close second, the main worry being his application. Remember any great moments him from our two games against Pompey this year? Thought not. Then again, if we signed him it would make a change from our habit of signing players who play their two best games of the year against us...

You could argue that DOL has made some players worse in his time here. We all know how bad GT was but we had 2 stars that season in Barry and Mellberg, and they haven't really got back anywhere near that.

However, neither are playing all that badly, in fact both often play very well (under O-Leary). Perhaps given how bad the team as a whole played under Taylor II their good performances stood out that much more?

1 vote for Gary Kelly? I see Doug Ellis has been on the site again

How dare you! I wouldn't buy anyone. It's like pouring money down the drain. What with this amortisation business, it'll set the club back for decades.

Love, Herbert.

Where did Napoleon keep his armies?

In his sleevies.

...Taxi!

well as I couldn't vote both I went for someone else

for my money I would go for

Noy - Gav - Lee and GB

bri - forget the hits assists he hasn't even looked like one and as for those 35 yarders at the moment they wouldn't travel that far

My sentiments exactly, surprisingly enough :wink:

Agree with both of these. Hitz can come on if Barry/Hendrie/McCann fade or don't show up...