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being generous, it has a 90% chance of failure...

quality. Why don't people wait before reacting so badly? yea, its awesome... 3 goals in, what is it, 24 games? (i stopped counting after 2 in 20)... cant wait for his next goal in 10 games...

a disgrace to the villa crest...

heskey on for luke young... **** retard...

i woke up about 30 mins ago after a very messy night to see us 1-0 down, and i just knew, just knew, that petrov was straight back in the team... if i was nigel reo-coker, then i would tell martin o'neill to 'do one'...

where are you watching these rob?

and for large periods of last season, villa were sat in 3rd and 4th... means jack shit at this stage of the season... we are quite happy with the stadium we have thanks, especially with the plans to upgrade the capacity...

personally, i would call him a bellend...

today was superb from us... petrov and heskey missing, and we had partnerships through the central midfield, and up top, which then took the attention away from the wingers and allowed them to do their job and create and cause problems.... and for that, we looked superb and every time we attacked, we looked like we could put the ball in the net... i am not naive enough to think that it was all us though... as usual when bolton come to our place, they play with such a high defensive line and allow our pace to get in behind them, and in the past 3 seasons we have beaten them 4-0, 4-2, and 5-1, at our place... you would think that megson would learn... i am glad that he doesnt..

disgraceful...

i personally think that the deficiencies in the team, are obvious to most... except the manager, who continues to shoehorn certain individuals into the team, to the detriment of performances, and ultimately, results... a lot of money spent on a whole load of mediocrity...

i am off today as i had a long weekend for my birthday today, however my little dog has hurt her back leg (the other one was amputated about 5 years ago due to cancer), and she can not move without asistance... she is becoming very frustrated that she can not walk... i could not get a vets appointment until 16:20, so i am sitting nursing her for the day... she is feeling very sorry for herself... bless her...

a year ago, we had gareth barry in central midfield... and while i think we have certainly improved on him in the long term with fabian delph, and possibly with downing when he is fully fit in the new year, but as it stands, we do not have the same midfield as last year, so to compare our comments about the midfield or backline last season is a little unfair, as it is not the same midfield or back line as last year... one has improved, one has weakened... in my humble opinion... the defence have improved significantly... even with a centre back playing at right back... the basis for our results this season... james collins in particular, has been an inspired signing... but the midfield, we have basically taken the composure and ability to keep posession of the ball in gareth barry, and replaced him with steve bloody sidwell... my hope when barry left was that we would replace him with someone who had the pace and creativity to go with the composure on the ball, and that would improve our midfield... but as it stands, we are weaker in that department and that is evident as teams waltz straight through the midfield... thank jebus for the defence as mentioned above (and congrats to the manager for finally getting that right)... (i would like to point out that i back the manager to a degree, but i wont blindly back him and argue his case when i dont agree with what is happening on the pitch... i support the club, not the manager)... i agree with your comments about the youth players... the youngsters, excite me a lot... delph, while being a purchase, is a superb talent and potentially far far superior to the likes of barry, and certainly potentially better than anything we have in the central midfield at the moment... delfouneso, attitude permitting, is THE single most exciting prospect we have had from our academy in my living memory... albrighton has worked on beating his man, and has improved ten fold for that as a winger... ciaran clark has shown that he has the natural ability and desire to become a solid centre back, and fitness permitting, nathan baker has looked a better defender than clark for me when i have watched the youth or reserves... so we have a lot to be excited about in the long term... but i go on... i have said my piece and that is all i can do... i wouldnt want you trying to influence the managers job (and i very much doubt you would want to), but i have got my thoughts off my chest and i thank you for giving us the opportunity to do that...

my overall viewpoint is constructive, believe it or not... when we do get people in who can do a job better than the dross like heskey and sidwell, then we will improve vastly... and with downing coming in when he is fit, i hope that we do improve in this area... that is the positive that i take from the situation... however, when i say "same old same old", i mean that the obvious deficiencies within the team, mainly central midfield and up front, is pretty obvious for most to see... and have been for most of the season... it is frustrating to watch, knowing that we can perform much better, while watching the ball bounce off heskeys shin for the umpteenth time and go straight to the opposition and then watch sidwell do his crappy little crab impression and then allow the opposition to waltz straight past him like he isnt there... (and lets be honest, they both might as well not be).. petrov is another matter... when used in the right system, he can be effective... but in a 4-4-2, he is not, as he lacks the mobility and pace to be effective... which is why the likes of everton, with all of their missing players, went through our midfield like a hot knife through butter, while we parted like the red sea and invited them onto us over and over again... especially when we know how good we can actually be, when we play proper football on the deck, and actually use our strengths... 2 pacy tenacious central midfielders doing the leg work, in front of the anchor man in petrov and the wingers supporting the lone striker... agbonlahor tends to play better up top on his own, as his pacy movement means that he can run the channels and pull defenders into space which allows the midfielders to then support the attack... he actually lookes a decent striker when in this role... it works better as we tend not to lump the ball forward, and actually play posession football, pass it around like a proper football team, and attack with pace and numbers... and with petrov sitting deeper laying simple balls off to players with the legs, we look a much better side for it, both in terms of defending, and attacking... i understand and respect the fact that you can not "name and shame", for a variety of reasons, however, i do not have to adhere to the same rules... and while it seems like i am having a bitch at you, my comments are very real concerns that i have about the team, in relation to your comments about the match...

i am not an idiot trent... i know when and why villa fans do it... i have done it myself, along with thousands of others, after anyone touches the ball... us or them... and that includes the keepers and ball boy... indeed...