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Ticket are on sales to ppl with any booking history now,so don't think it can get any easier to book tickets for an away match. Arsenal are already sold out,but they still quite a few tickets on the Villa side. Hope we are able to sell out, should be a good day out,outsinging 60,000 odd Arsenal fans. Can't wait,easily the best away day last season.

To be fair to AM, we have the same point total as Liverpool who spend over £100mil over the last 8 months. AM was always a lost away from a crisis just because he came from Birmingham. I think he trying to make Villa defensively sound again as we did leak too many goals last season. So we going to have to go through a period of playing some unattractive football. It doesn't help that our flair players are out of form in Albrighton, N Zogbia and Ireland. Not going to start to panic yet, I just think the lack of a crowd and atmosphere at Villa Park is not helping. Also under MON the fans were crying out for 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 and now under AM we alll seem to want 4-4-2. We need to make our mind up.

I think Ireland will play good in a attacking side. I thought when Houllier first came in, he was cautious, shown by the game against Chelsea and Birmingham and only start attacking when he had all those injuries and played the youngster. McLeish is a defensive coach by nature. Wouldn't be suprise to see him playing 2 sitting midfielder and expect Ireland, NZogbia, Albrighton and Bent to attack. In that case Ireland will struggle. I think if Villa were to play with some flair, we see the best of him, but it hasn't been Villa style for a long time and coaching setup indicate it won't happen this season as well.

I would like to see Delph, Bannan and Gardner midfield, it young and I think a high energy midfield. With Makoun, Petrov and Ireland providing cover or adding experience depending on the opposition.

Saw The Chaser today, stunning film. Secret Sunshine is another film I loved, disturb me for a while. Peppermint Candy wasn't to bad. Waiting to watch Eastern Promise and that should finish my film watching for the week.

Given has been a class act at Newcastle and Man City, in all fairness, shouldn't have been dropped last season for Hart, but Hart such a superb talent, I can understand why Man City did. But it wasn't really down to Given form. People talk about resale value, but we do have some really good young GK, who should hopefully be ready to take over soon when Given is ready to hang up his gloves. Would be excited with this transfer.

I personally think Ireland will play the AMC role much better then Ashley did last season. I like to see him given a run of games as well, but if Villa do play the 442, it be hard to see that happening.

Selling Downing for 20 mil and getting in Nzogbia for 8-10 mil would be a superb bit of business.

How will it cause disruption, it'll be far easier replacing him next year than this year, especially now Young has gone. How has Young disrupted our summer as well? we knew he was leaving pretty much november onwards. If Downing doesn't sign a contract but stays, we will know he will leave next summer as well and will plan for that. Last season the team was shaped around A Young, so we effectively have to get a new attacking CM and LW, because Downing and Albrighton can't play the whole season and we missing a creative force through the middle, unless Ireland steps up. Nothing was concrete about Young leaving and him leaving has cause distruption to this summer transfer agenda. The simple fact is, I rather get rid of Downing this summer and get someone like A Johnson in now, then lose our star player for the 4 season in a row, next summer. If Downing doesn't sign a new contract, we will probably lose half his transfer value next summer, so IMO it make more sense in replacing him this summer and letting A Johnson play himself into the team, changing personel every summer isn't going to help the team morale.

If the management team at Villa have any brains about them, they should sit down with Downing and get him to sign a new contract, if he doesn't move him on. Because next summer he will force our hands just like Ashley did this summer and cause distruption to the next summer plans. We can get a decent fee and invest in A Johnson or someone this summer, instead of waiting till next season and then just reacting as we always do.

I say sell him while his stock is high. Can't be bother seeing another half arse display from a winger who has eyes on a move. We will get much less next season, so sell now and invest while we have a new manager, hopefully we can have a quite low key summer next season, without any want away players.

Don't really want him at our club anymore, I say get the 20mil and reinvest, starting with Adam Johnson. If he doesn't leave this year, he will leave next summer, might get rid while we still have all the cards on our side. Lucky to get 8 mil next summer.

Loved Bittersweet life, Friend, Failan, Sympathy of Mr Vegance and Mother are other good SK film to watch. I watch Uno a film based in Oslo and it has to be the best film I seen this year, just brillant.

The things that annoy me more then anything, is that we had to wait 2 week for this. Really? I don't think he be a bad manager, will do a steady job, midtable no doubt from now on. But 2 weeks for McLeish. Mate said 2 weeks ago we get him and he had money on it as well, wasn't ITK or anything, but obviously knew more about the club and it management then most Villa fans. 2 weeks for this, its laughable.

I think that a 100% correct storyline thus so far.