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I normally hate the Telegraph but I'll like them a bit more if there is any truth in that.

Definitely got ability that has never been in doubt. I think he is a big confidence player and his motivation for the game stems from that. Very much remains to be seen whether he can gain that confidence and motivation at Villa but a loan is the right way to answer that question in my view. For those moaning about losing him if he turns out good, I'd imagine he'd be fairly inclined to sick with us bearing in mind the problems he's had finding the right club for him to be successful. An interesting punt with nothing to lose.

Welcome back BOF Would I be correct to assume you went away and redesigned your online life around the name "admin" and proceeded to crash and burn a potential competitor to the monolith that is Villa Talk. If so...nicely done...nicely done.

If he plays a 100 games for them maybe, but judging on his current fitness levels I'd be surprised if he completed 10 games for them. I'll also be hoping this is true, someone has been very quick off the mark to get that photo though is it not more likely to be shopped?

I went to the cinema on my own for the first time last night. I watched ex Machina which was really excellent, throughouly recommend if anyone gets the chance to see it in the last few days of its release. As I was waiting for the film the ads came on and who should appear 10 foot tall but VT's very own Jenny Jones sliding about looking all exciting on an ad for the Nissan Juke which you can customise in different colours.

So last season when we won away to the Arse on the opening day it cost me £30,000 as it was the only score in an accumulator I got wrong. So this year I am betting on the win and due to us being 14-1 for the win, if my accumulator comes in that is £128,000. Now I'm no CVByrne when it comes to this stuff but does mean its not likely to happen?

If he stays great, if he goes then it is time for Clark to make the position his own. Either way Clark and Okore have earned the right to be our starting pairing.

Three way tussle, sounds exciting

Would be a nice addition but doesnt seem to be the strongest of links at this moment. Everything seems to be saying he is going to NUFC or am I missing something?

Hello Gordon, Thanks for your views on Carles always good to get new fans on to VillaTalk with views of our players. Did Carles ever score any goals like that for Elche?! Also I watched a bit of your match against Barcalona the other day as you seem to be our new feeder club. Quite the battering. Still we've all been there.

Agreed but think it'll be a long time before we see him back and even then it could be months before he is fit and firing. With such a long term multi set back injury the possibility also remains that he'll never be the same. I have no idea whether that is the case. Still I'd be focusing on wide attackers ahead of strikers righ now.

Would be nice to get one more attacking option in. You really feel that our squad is very close to being good. GK - Good starter and back up Defence - Good starters and back up certainly in the middle. I think Richardson is decent cover at LB and Lowton is OK good going forwrad but ropey. Defensive midfield - Good starters and cover. Box to box - Think this is an area we have to improve with coachin - Delph. Cleverly and Bacuna all capable of doing more in opponents box. Attacking midfied - Gill has had a great start little support with Cole perenially injured. Wide attack/wing - Weimann, Gabby, N'Zog - A glaring lack of quality compared to other areas of the team. Still need additions here. Strikers - Benteke still a beast for me even if he has been poor lately, think he'll kick on big time once he gets a goal and hopefully the confidence of the whole team lifts. Struggling for cover in this area too.

In statistical terms I can break the game down as follows. (I live in Bournemouth and have a number of Bournemouth supporting friends) In the first half I had 21 texts with varying degrees of chirpiness. In the second hald I had 1 text conceding defeat after our second goal. About sums the game up for me.

What if we loaned Utd Vlaar for the rest of the season. Would that effectively balance out the Cleverely loan so we could loan in Januzaj

Good man Fab, I always like you!

Always been a good instinctive finisher, it's when he gets a second to think he struggles. Decent today though so pleased he got his goal

Go and get the guitar...

Sometimes it is a bit buried so just have a bit of a dig around

I remember once after coming back from 3 month travelling trip and going to gym. When I woke up my arms where pinned in position to my chest as I couldn't bend by biceps. Took me a few minutes to straighten them out, was both scarey and hilarious at the same time.

Premier League 2014-2015 - Best Defence Pos. Team Goals against 1 Southampton 16 2 Chelsea 19 3 Manchester United 21 4 Manchester City 22 5 West Ham United 25 5 Arsenal 25 5 Aston Villa 25 8 Liverpool 27 8 Stoke City 27 10 West Bromwich Albion 29 11 Swansea City 30 11 Hull City 30 11 Tottenham Hotspur 30 14 Crystal Palace 33 14 Sunderland 33 16 Leicester City 34 16 Everton 34 18 Newcastle United 35 19 Burnley 36 20 Queens Park Rangers 39 Just to add a bit of balance not saying this means anything either way was just stuck by how bad our attacking stats are bearing in mind league position but as you can see it is offset by the defence. Actually third best in league for away goals condeded. Exciting times...

Just DOMS... entirely normal, just keep going and they become less of an issue.

Somebody needs to write a book about you RV I have a feeling you would make Hunter S look like William Hague

I live in Bournemouth and been speaking to a few season ticket holding mates this week. Consensus seems to be that they are no great shakes at the back but pretty fluid going forward. Tend to out score most teams rather than clinically beat them. One of them said a player like Benteke could cause them all sorts of problems. Sounds like we have pretty much opposite stengths and weaknesses so could make for an interesting game.

Yeah £3m seemed crazy money for Sinclair bearing in mind the risk and wages. Be nice to think we had other options but who knows, more than likely Gil was the other option

Injured for Saturday, dear oh dear