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Fabulous effort by Stourbridge. I really hope they can use the money generated to get themselves up to the next division (Conference North/South) at the very least!

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-legend-comments-contract-12419278 article is there. I don't like this bit; “He hasn’t asked me about Scotland, but I’m going in next week so we’ll probably have a conversation if he wants to know anything about it.” He's meant to be a Villa man and we have offered RHM a contract - therefore we want to keep him. He shouldn't being going into Bodymoor and advising about a move or bigging up Scotland. If it was Libor Kozak, who is on the way out, that he wanted to advise then fine.

If Delph was interested in coming here then we should take him. Then when we end up back in the Premier League Steve Bruce can tell him the following; Steve: "Fabian I'm not using Xia's millions to sign better midfielders. You are staying at the football club and I can't wait for the start of the season with you captaining this great football club." He then signs a new deal on the back of this. Then we go out, sign a new midfield and let him rot in the reserves. Just for 'lols' we give him a packet of snake sweets every day at Bodymoor along with a Nokia 3310 installed with Snake for him to play on.

I have to say loans without options to buy when they are young players with limited experience are a bit annoying. Johnstone could have a good 6 months here but we might just be providing a valuable first-team slot to help improve a Man Utd player rather than our own players. Still, I hope he plays well and then we can get a sensible deal done for him in the summer rather than him disappearing into the sunset like Kyle Walker did.

Tiago Llori joining Reading for £3.75m according to Paul Joyce from the Times. Seems a hell of a lot of money for a player that has barely played.

Would like to see him go out on loan again this window. Maybe Shrewsbury or Port Vale would be good clubs?

I think it's harsh to call him awful. Two horrendous injuries have been his downfall. Before that he was doing alright for us in the Premier League. Let him go and play somewhere and wish him luck.

What about Akpom on loan from Arsenal? Was at Hull last season under Bruce. We need a forward. His scoring record on wikipedia at club level doesn't look great but at international level (u17 - u21) it's pretty good. Wonder if that is because he played out wide for Hull?

Maybe we could do a straight swap with Forest? Gardner for Lansbury?

We don't want more though, do we?

No to Delph. Don't want to see anyone in who treated the club so badly. I'd welcome some ex players back but not Delph.

Irvine seems to be doing well at Burton. Defensive midfielder who can score goals. Could he be an option for us?

Take £25 million now and hope that they were asleep in China and missed tonights match

Matty James linked in the B'ham Mail for a loan deal. Would be happy with that.

I agree with it being too forced. Take away any push from the club and leave it to the fans 100% - just wish one would evolve!

Something I've always wanted at Villa Park is a unique song that all of the fans sing together. I know we have some good songs but such as "Yippee aye eh" but for me it just ends too quickly and doesn't have enough to it. The kinds of songs I think work well are ones like "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Liverpool/Celtic), "Glad All Over" (Crystal Palace), "Forever Blowing Bubbles" (West Ham) - probably loads more. What are the key ingredients for a song like this to happen? For me ideally I'd like it to be a local band and something well known. Is this something as fans we need to start or do you think the new owners might be able to help things along? I think with all the exciting things that could be happening at the club for me this would be a huge thing on the agenda too. Also for big games I'd love to see more of this type of thing at Villa Park; I know there is a chants thread but I wanted to create a separate thread on this topic as I'm not talking about chants in general (mods if you feel this doesn't warrant its own thread apologies. Of course feel free to merge or move it). Does any one have any song or band suggestions? I think Black Sabbath, UB40 and Duran Duran are pretty well known!

I wish we had a song like this that goes on for more than just a couple of lines. Yipe aye eh just dies down too quickly for me. No idea what the song could or should be.

Darren Bent's celebration was great. SHA could end up in free fall!

I'm looking at it the other way - it keeps the automatic places alive the more that Newcastle and Brighton lose. Newcastle obviously have a lot of points on the board but their form is dipping. We all know how their fans can cause a negative environment if things are going against them and they still have Ashley there. It still could blow up on Tyneside you never know.

I was only pulling your leg. I think Bruce is thinking IF he can get anywhere near having Gabby at the level he was 5 or so years ago then we have a good player to help us at this level. The African nations is going to be affecting our forward line and Gabby is collecting a big wage, so why not get him working hard and giving him some opportunities? You could argue it would be better to give Andre Green a chance and I wouldn't disagree with this. Either way I trust Bruce to do what he thinks is best.

Ah yes the renowned football expert Dave J "telling us now" that it's a worry that the far less experienced Steve Bruce rates him. It's got me questioning why we didn't hire Dave J instead of Bruce really. Doctor Tony out!

Bah Humbug!! JC was part of the best Villa side in the last 10-20 years and we haven't had many better strikers that I can remember - Benteke/Yorke/JPA maybe. Fond memories for me and I'd certainly say he was better than OK.

John Carew was just superb - committed and had a big personality. We had some great chants for big JC and I loved his interactions with the fans like picking up for the ball boy for the 2-0 goal v SHA. I really miss him and regret we never got a chance to give him a farewell (same for JPA) like we did with Mellberg.