Si.

But saying that the Delf & Holman are both number 14 :? Who knows!

Didn't El Ahmadi wear the number 8 for the Burton friendly? Pre season numbers mean nothing. He is number 8 on offical website. Link

Amen to that!

:shock: Bargain!

Very smart, smart business from the club if this comes off! And to think we paid over 3 times as much for Curtis Davies :shock:

God bless you Stan. Fantastic news!

He has scored 50 goals for Villa in the Premier League. Only Dwight Yorke has done the same. He's in good company is our Gabby. True but how many games did it take him to score 50?

Szczeny? He cost Arsenal the league cup with an absolute howler in the last minute of the final last year. He dropped one into his own net in Poland's biggest game in a decade during Euro 2012. He is a decent keeper, but error prone to say the least. Yeah I agree. He cant handle the big games.

Sorry, OT, but you do know it's a Bee Gees song don't you?

I like his tattoos

I think of all the people in the world, all 7,000,000,000 people, Piers Morgan is the one who's opinion I care the least about. The man is an arsehole. The fact that he was still considered Arsenal's most embarrassing fan when Osama Bin Laden was still alive speaks volumes. Bin Laden was an Arsenal fan? :shock: Thats not harsh compare to his comments about Nasri What did that dickhead say about Nasri?

:shock: My brain just..err..exploded.

In all fairness the club did rip us off last season...

I hope we get a Premier League class replacement actually. I think El-Ahmadi was good for Feijenoord but any level higher than the Eredivisie and I doub't he'd make it. He's not that physically strong and while his vision is spot on I think he needs too much time on the ball to make those forward passes. Would be pleased with this deal, assuming he's backup and not for the first team, but would also prefer Clasie for a couple million more. El Ahmadi is deffo Premier League material and especially for Villa (if you don't mind me saying). Clasie is nowhere near PL level mainly because of his physique. He was subbed many a time this season because he had trouble adapting to the pace of the Eredivisie and therefore got tired after 70 mins. El Ahmadi was the real engine in midfield and he helped Clasie massively. When El Ahmadi wasn't in the team the midfield was 2 levels less. El Ahmadi will not be the dominant creative playmaker on the ball (you rightly say that he is a bit of a mailman on the ball) but he can truly dominate a midfield and make sure that your team stays on the attack when pressing high up on the pitch. For the people that do not know him...the vid below sums him up completely Right on pretty much all accounts, but I still think most of the people on here are vastly overrating him. FWIW he can definitely do a job for us (especially for €2.8mill) but don't expect another Tioté. He is not the full on destroyer we need in midfield, he's actually quite similar to Barry but not as good. And regariding Clasie: I'd prefer him because of his amazing talent. Yes he gets tired quickly but that's soething he can work on. For me he is a massive talent (even more than Gary Gardner IMO) and while it's true Feijenoord's midfield lacked when Clasie wasn't supported by KEA, I think the other way around was even more lacking. The obvious answer would be to just sign them both! By the way, a little fun fact: Feijenoord's very first home kit, back when they were still Wilhelmina was based on our very own Claret and Blue top! According to Wikipedia, Clasie's just as tall as me sign him! Same height as me too Sign him for us dwarfs!

Am I the only one that likes the gold trim at the bottom?

Milton Jones anybody?

Born in Wordsley around 12 miles away from Villa Park. My Uncle & Cousin were massive Villa fans and took me to my first ever football match at Villa Park when I was about 10. Been hooked ever since. Majoritry of my familly are Albion/Wolves. My old man is a plastic Liverscum supporter. **** that! Villa till I die.

By the looks of it the short sleeve shirts, the sleeve comes to about the elbow I think and is quite baggy - so it depends whether you like that or not. I'm still unsure what size shirt I should get because i was a small in Nike, but i'm not sure what size I should get in Macron... Sleeves really dont providing you get the right size here's a few 'facebook slag in mirror' shots for you all to enjoy Sleeves normal, collar tucked in; collar tucked in and sleeves rolled up, smug look on face; apologies for darkness, only got a few lamps on tonight. You're quite ugly to be fair Extremely unnecessary.

They will behead him after 8 league games.

:crylaugh::crylaugh:

Anybody got any pics of the away kit in flesh? Or any other apart from the one on the OS where it looks yellow?

The green looks yellow on that pic.