brummybloke

well while mclaren is manage of england, he knows he will be guarenteed an england squad place, he is also carrying out his life long dream of playing for his boyhood club. some people moan about players being money grabbing and so on, this time it appears that like alan shearer before hand, a player is following his dreams rather than chasing the money. no doubt he will also get paid shit loads of money but that is the luck of the draw.

thought angel named his child geronimo or something?

how long was paul mcgrath at villa for? it wasnt 10 years, he was good but did just as many stupid things off the pitch that hendrie did. 10 years nowdays is almost unheard of, however he has actualy been at villa alot longer than 10 years, he was a villa player aged 15 or even younger. he was promised a testamonial, now bearing in mind i doubt anyone bar gareth barry, will ever come close to doing 10 years at our club again, it may be a very rare thing indeed. i would like to see players from dwight yorke ( grrr), paul mcgrath, bosnich, kevin gage ( the real super kev), sid cowans, ian taylor ( hendries debut he sent taylor clean through to score in a european game), benito carbone and other legends and semi legends. to some hendrie will never be a legend, however people always go on that we need a nasty b@stard in the middle, well he was a semi nasty b@stard with a fair bit of skill to link up play. always seemed to be in the team when ever we had our most successfull periods. he wont play for us again, ever so i would like to go and see him play 1 last time in a match which would be upto hendrie what happens to the money, im sure his accountant would advise him that it worth him giving 50% to charity or something. it will be an emotional night, infact if the new board offered hendrie £100.000 to NOT have a testimonial, im sure he would turn it down, in order to play 1 last time for his team. now THAT would say alot more about him than any swipes at his off field activities.

if you asked again in 12 months time, im sure people would be amazed that there was any question over the ridge and cahill, i voted laursen and the ridge but laursen wont be around next year,. we will see the emergence of the two young guns and they will do us proud for a good long time.

that huntalaar's agent appears to be mooting him around, hinting that he would prefer an english team. he is apparently the canines testicles, however also appears to be a costly player. on the other hand, is there and feyanord players who are any good? now they are out of europe.

im hoping the liverpoo take over doesnt happen just yet, otherwise it is yet another club who will have more of an advantage over us. we need to make our financial advantage count now before it actualy counts for nothing. chelsea splashed loads and loads, but they got the players they wanted to get, why is it any different for us? we have money, splash over the odds if it means we get sthe players MoN wants now. what is to say they would come in the summer anyway, we could be in the position of waiting until the summer, then the player doesnt want to come anyway, which would leave us again, with no players. or more likely, all premier teams have extra money, this makes buying ANYONE from anywhere in the world a more expensive proposition. speculate to accumilate is the old saying, enough people wanted it when the last chairman was here.

And the three players released have been no help at all but they would have been available if called upon. they may not be great players but they are players who are employed by aston villa, do you count laursen as not an aston villa player due to his absence through injury? what about delaney? well they are still classed as in the squad, yet are not available if called upon. same for luke moore, not been available for best part of 3 months. most teams who have a reasonable sized squad will have players that never get a game, they are there for emergencies.

i thought MoN was saying 2 weeks ago that we needed more players, more help for the youngsters, more help for the squad, this wasnt 2 months ago, this was 2 weeks ago. we are also 3 players down. MoN started the season with the squad, he has let players go out on loan and got rid also. of the players available to MoN from the squad, we have 3 less to choose from, no matter how many games they may or may not play. this is the player action since the summer, when we finished with a small squad. INCOMING Stilian Petrov Celtic £ 6500000 30-08-2006 Didier Agathe Celtic Signed 12-09-2006 Chris Sutton Birmingham Free 03-10-2006 Gabor Kiraly C Palace 13-12-2006 Phillip Bardsley Man Utd 08-01-2007 OUTGOING out on loan Patrik Berger Stoke 23-11-2006 Eric Djemba-Djemba Burnley 12-01-2007 got rid of Didier Agathe 11-01-2007 Mathieu Berson Levante 01-08-2006 Kevin Phillips West Brom £ 700000 22-08-2006 Ulises De la Cruz Reading Free 25-08-2006 Pete Whittingham Cardiff £ 350000 11-01-2007 Gabor Kiraly C Palace 13-12-2006 i would be extremely disapointed if we did not get anyone in before feb, even if it is for cover, and if it is for cover, what would be the point? we have people out on loan or sold who were cover.

Maybe 4 or 5 years ago.................. Still a class act and his missus aint bad either teeheeeheee she forgot her underwear.

he went from charlton to spurz, having been sold by liverpoo for 4 million about 3 or 4 years ago

not a chance, MoN has stated that barry above any other villa player, is the one who could play for ANY team in the premiership, if he thinks that, he thinks he is our best player, if he thinks he is our best player, he wont sell him unless he has to. does he have to sell anyone?

"wee bit" can mean either loads or a little. i doubt MoN or any manager would say they are going to sign loads of players or indeed, only 1, it gives the game away and may also upset the small squad we have at our disposal.

i know clubs are not keen to sell now, hence paying the inflated price for the services. im sure the prices will be even more come summer time when there is a dutch auction for players, especially when there will be most of the premiership with money burning a hole in their pockets. at the moment, there are not many teams who are in a postion to buy, in the range we are looking to buy. arse, chelsea, man ure and liverpoo aside, and they would at this stage have different targets i guess. this leaves spurz, west ham and maybe everton with cash although everton are in a lot of debt. it just feels that for once, we have the advantage and by wafting money under the noses of the targets we want, may do the trick. come summer time, we will be on an even keel with the majority of the teams and any advantage ( unless we qualify for europe) is gone.

just a thought. would it not make sense to buy in as many of the ones MoN wants now, rather than wait until summer time when all the teams will start spending the money before they get it from the new premiership deal? i would rather we paid 10 million for bent, 10 million for swp and so on, now, rather than have 8 teams fighting it out for each player and the prices going even more inflated. we are in a position now where we should be able to grab the players we want and need now, then in the summer the new spopnsorship deal can come in and recoup the spending. we would also get alot more money on sponsorship having a couple superstars or at least top quality players in the team. i remember the crazy days of anyone in a premier team costing £3 million at the very least, no matter how rubbish they were. at least if we got players in now, we would be saved the even more inflated prices come the summer time. also gives us time to have a proper preseason build up on the pitch and off it.

looks like i saw through the thinly veiled " we wont sell him ever" stance.

just thought i would point out joe cole, michael carrick, glen johnson and jermaine deffoe, did we all considered them crap?, as they all played for west ham the season they got relegated, not sure if lampard played any part in that season but with those players all part of that team, they went down. im no fan of the shrunken headed one, however as we are lacking firepower and players all over the field, a premiership forward, not at the end of their carreer would be a welcome boost. i also agree though that why should we be the ones linked to him as west am want to sign bent? ok so bent played for curbs before, but why play in the championship next ear when you can play for the real claret and blue?

is bent injured? or is it a ploy by chorlton to sell him now and spend the money on replacements, stating that he wouldnt be playing for a whole month anyway? a way of appeasing the fans of chorlton. swp bent finnan dystin gamst pedersen thankyou.

you say that, it wouldnt suprise me if swp speaks to his dad, his dad is a big fan of MoN, maybe 'wrighty' can persuade son number 1 that it would be better for his england chances and for his long term development?

We have lost players we have wanted to keep in the past, yorke, Southgate, Ehiuogu, Boateng..........all left because, once more money is offered, and they are enticed - you just cant keep them. For once, I believe, and I may be proved to be wrong, the boot is on the other foot as we have the money to entice players that our 'rivals' don't want to lose. Would Pardew really turn down 13M to spend on his own players in his quest to keep charlton up?????? really??? Distin WILL go to the highest bidder, and whoever is willing to meet his 50k wage demands. Barton, if he has a clause, will most probably do likewise..... got to agree with this, £13 million may be a little too much but certainly £10 million and the djemba twins for bent. £10 million would get charlton 4 championship players. they are going to have to down scale slightly now, like blues did, signing deejay camel when they did. otherwise they are gambling with the whole future of the club, if they go down bent wont go for as much money and they are stuck with players on big money and poor crowds who wont help pay for the wages. they could sign 3 players with the money, and all 3 would be proven quality for the championship, they are going to have to gamble a little as by keeping bent, hasnt done them any good so far this season.

no thanks, maybe a year ago or 2, but not now.

Defo agree that we need a new RB that gets forward. james milner?

i thought most stadiums with sponsors names were names because the sponsor paid for the majority of the stadium and the stadiums were in gerneral new builds? i would not like it for villa park to be completely renamed, infact i would rather it left as villa park. maybe changing the way we have sponsors in the ground would do for starters, instead of being sponsored by big johns chippy on a couple banners , why not have corperate sponsors in the ground and the local business in the match day programmes? and changing the old crap boards for electronic things all the way around the ground and maybe renaming the ellis stand and the north stand to one sponsor, then if it is a positive responce from the fans, get ground sponsorship and get the 2 stands renamed on a public vote on what we want the names to be.

randy for me also. football is a business nowdays, not a plaything for the rich. chelsea will go under if the russian gets bored. i want the club run as it has been but with everything in larger scale ( not the debt obviously). an initial spend and business plans to recouperate and make a profit. steady investment into the team and club which will bring steady improvement in the team and club. then if in 5 years randy departs, the club is still a going concern rather than concern if it is still going.

im going for 3 dont know why as we show no signs of getting anyone else but then again most have come from no where.

because distin has apparently stated that if swp goes, he wants to as it shows a lack of amition to get rid of your best players ( although it didnt do everton any harm did it?)