PittsburghVillaFan

I think if Bob Bradley wants the job it's his... My choice would be 1. Klinsmann 2. Bilic 3. Give Mac Donald a chance for a little 4. Bradley 5. Coyle

Terrible offside call. Great ball Ash

Heskey with the first touch of a pregnant elephant

Hows Clark lookin? Hes the reason Id be okay with us selling Davies and sometimes he can be our forgotten good youngster

You can never have enough money when you have a business like the NFL so yes theyll try to expand. And yes the Bettis and Whisenhunt things made for great storylines. It isnt that unfathomable that it was set up. And with the Patriots in 2001, all you need is to look at the Tuck Rule play...I understand coincidental things happen, but Im just sharing my thoughts after listening to some people who have experience with the NFL. Tim Donaghy, a man with lots of involvement in betting on pro sports and was a longtime NBA ref, once said something to the effect of "Pro sports in America are entertainment, not competition". Im not denying its not fun to watch, I just believe it isnt always honest.

What an awesome thread hahaha

Villa 2-1 West Ham. Goals: Cole 17', Milner PK 68', Webcam 87' possibly off of a cross

We have to actually get into the Europa League Group stages first! Last year we couldn't even get by Rapid Vienna

The NFL has so much money they don't need the big markets that's the thing. Pittsburgh and Dallas have the biggest fan bases across the country. Consider.........The PATRIOTS won the Super Bowl right after 9/11, the Steelers win it in Detroit when Bettis is retiring, Steelers vs Cardinals after the Cardinals take the Steelers coordinator, the Saints win it a few years after Katrina, etc, etc, etc. My grandfather knows a retired referee and he never admitted it was, but said referees are there for more than just to officiate lol thats all he would tell us. And it's an easy sport to change a game with one holding call on third down (there's holding on every play) or a big pass interference call. I'm not saying anyone has to agree with me, I just think of it as like a good movie sometimes but it's still entertaining. I also know a guy who played center for 15 years in the league and asked him and he said he wasnt sure. He worked as hard as he could to win a Super Bowl and he did with Tampa Bay, but he also remembered a couple key games where referees made a call that changed a whole season and wouldn't even explain it..... Actually the NFL becoming boring to me is part of the reason I turned to Villa I still love college football though. Something about the atmosphere on gameday is better than an NFL everyone get drunk and not even watch the game unless its playoffs (in which case get so drunk you dont remember it) atmosphere

Glad I'll be able to watch a link even though I don't care if we lose 8-0 cuz its meaningless. After we lost to Wigan last year after a great preseason I finally realized it means nothing until it counts

Steelers cuz I live in Pittsburgh, but I'm more of a Pitt Panther and college fan mainly because I have on good word the NFL is fixed to some extent so that pretty much ruined it for me.

I see this the same way I saw the Barry situation...cash in while you can before his contract gets to short and youre forced to sell for a lesser price. We got Milner for 12m just two years ago and if MON can manage to bring in 2 more players like Milner with the money then we'll be better off. It's the way this club has to be run until some Arab billionaire buys us.

Great article from a real, realistic, and well-informed fan by the looks of it

Shit 1-0 Portsmouth (lucky PK), Shit 0-0 Stoke. Judging by this we may see another low scoring game as they may play like a 6-3-1 so that we don't thrash them again . But seriously I see us winning 0-1 with a late Carew header!!! CMON! I'm getting excited already

does any1 want to change their mind after today's solid performance? I think he is good enough and he's still pretty young so in a few years he should be one of our best players

Heskey isn't fit to be in the same locker room as Carew IMO...just look at the facts. Carew scores about 4 goals every 10 games, while Heskey is lucky to get 1 and it is always a tap in. I'd rather we sell him and get our 3m and sell Shorey now for 3m and put that towards a good striker....but MON loves him so he'll be here for awhile

Is Heskey really suspended??

Heskey is a valuable assest, but I think I'd start Carew over him anyday....But I think they will both probably start Saturday. But I'm kind of worried about this match even though it is Wigan. We are 0-2-2 against Wigan at home I believe since they've been in the Prem, but I think we're due to beat them at VP!

GK-Freidel RB-Beye CB-Cuellar CB-Davies LB-Shorey DM-Petrov DM-Delph LW-Ashley AM-Gabby RW-Milner ST-Carew Subs: Guzan, Sidwell, NRC, Heskey, Young, Albrighton, Gardner

You would really start Heskey over Carew??

When I was young, I had a dream, To watch the world's greatest football team, and here we are, the dream is real, with Randy Lerner and Martin O'Neill Martin O'Neill, Martin O'Neill, Randy Lerner and Martin O'Neill... Just a catchy one that is one of my favs..