Rob182

Played online last night! Some guy called 'Dannywayne' (or something like that) kept shooting me with a sniper rifle everytime I re-spawned.. So me and lapal_fan started a posse and kicked his a$$ for about half an hour non-stop! ... he was running scared. I love to think it was one of you guys but it probably wasnt :winkold: lol I'm "Robbb182" if anyone's online on there in the next few days! Oh... btw... I was not amused when I first started playing it and I was a woman with a donkey. I had to go and shoot a sheriff just to have a decent horse!

loook Am I wrong.. or have Nike got a big picture of James Milner as a statue as the first background on this website...? Remember what we did for you Jimmy!!! You used to be the one carrying the stones, now they're making statues of you!!! Remember Villa!!! :cry: ... getting a bit emotional EDIT: and the permanent background for this one

Yes, we probably are going to sign some players this summer. If we are after Keane (which does seem VERY likely) then we'd probably have to wait for Redknapp to get back from South Africa. Also - We'll probably wait until after the WC to do any transfers because we need to see what will happen with Milner. I'm sure MON, no matter how much some people probably don't believe it, has a list of different players that he'd like to buy and their respective estimated-prices. There's no point us going out now and buying a striker for £8m if we then sell Milner and could have got a better option for a few million extra. Be patent, is the key this summer (as it is for Villa fans most summers )

Any of the Italy or France squad? :winkold:

You've overtaken me Milfner! I got it the Saturday before you and I've only played it for about 10 hours. The World Cup keeps getting in my way, I'm going to get a few hours in tonight either side of the Holland game though!

This... Then..

I thought Rainer meant 14 or 16 hours "in a row" ? A question! Does wearing the bandana stop your honour and fame going up as well as going down? If so, then I've done about 3 or 4 missions with it on and wasted a chance to get more honour

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Well according to some in this thread, its easy for us to find a replacement as good if not better than Milner so no worries there And I'm one of them! I think Ireland would be a perfect replacement for Milner. Also he is more disciplined to staying in the centre of the field so wouldn't leave Petrov as unprotected as Milner does. But other than Ireland, I'm not sure who we could go for. I'd say Boussouffa but I haven't seen him play, just YouTube clips!

Ozil looked like he had a slight injury at the end of the game, and I think Schweinsteiger has done his hamstring so is about 50/50 to be ready for Sunday's game.

When Milner comes back to England we'll offer him a contract extension. If he declines it then we'll sell to Man City - and they're not exactly shy with their bids. I don't think the Milner-saga will drag out. The only thing that I think could drag out is getting a replacement for Milner and any other transfers using the money from selling him. (Of course.. IF he goes)

I haven't been Online yet.. what's all this about making a posse?

I must have done that "my wife has been kidnapped" challenge 4 or 5 times now lol 8) I think it's good practice for using the deadeye.

That was quick! I haven't got to Mexico yet. I've been doing random stranger missions and the challenges to raise my Survivalist and Sharpshooter levels.

Though that performance was terrible; I don't think it can all be put down to Capello not being brave enough to drop the "stars". I don't know many people who, when making "their England Team", would have left out Rooney, Gerrard or Lampard. It just looked like every player was missing every pass, lacking in confidence/ overcome with the pressure/ scared of Capello's wrath?.... What ever it was, Capello has to make some changes now. Whether it's dropping players/ switching formation/ or trying to motivate them to their best. Something needs to change.

True.. but Dunne was late 20's and most people hadn't heard the best reviews about him. Ireland was probably Man City's best player 2 seasons ago and is still really young. Though Man City have buckets of cash, I doubt that they would let their "4th place rivals" take Ireland off them for less than £10m-£12m. ... And to the people disputing MysteryMan.. Do you not think it's a bit of a coincidence that he said "the sponsor will be announced today" and then it was? (yes he came back and said it'd been delayed 'til next week, but plans can change and I don't think a "random-guess" would have worked out that well)

I haven't looked through all of MM's previous posts but I'm sure quite a lot of them have been "we're looking at XXXX" or .. "we've made an offer of XX for XXXX". If so then I think it's extremely likely that deals can be cancelled/ better offers can come in from other clubs/ the players can change their mind or not agree to a contract. With so many parties involved it's probably hard to predict exactly who we will buy. If he has said "XXX is definatly signing" and then it hasn't happened, then fair enough.

MM was very quiet whenever anyone mentioned Boussoufa.. maybe there's some truth in us tracking him? I think Keane is the most likely and realistic person I could see us going for this summer. Ignoring all the saft rumours that Blues are going to beat us to him.

I think if we consider that we got Ashley Young for £9m. Then Ireland will cost more than that - he's performed at a higher level in the Prem and got their YPOTY last year. I doubt they'd sell him for anything cheaper than £10m.

I do agree it would be a great window, we'd be set for a good few years with only a little bit of tinkering needed in the following windows just to fill any gaps left by the older players. But I think it's optimistic to think we could get Ireland for £7m. Even if he wants to leave I don't think Man City would drop his price that low.

I'm finding it hard to believe we could afford all those players. Some rough guesses: Out: Heskey £2.5m, Sidwell £4m, Shorey £2m, Beye £1.5m, L Young £4m. £14m in. In: -Richards would cost at least £6m -Doyle and Rodallega are the best players in their respective teams and Doyle would probably cost around £12m and Rodallega would cost more towards £15m -Ireland would be a bargain at £12m -Parker is the best player in the West Ham side, so he wouldn't be cheap. I'd guess they'd ask for at least £10m (probably more). Randy would have to put forward about £25m-£30m. Unless we're counting the sale of Milner. I think we'll see 3 signings this summer. A right back, a forward and a midfielder.

I wasn't actually suggesting we go for Pires. I was just stating as a fact that he's a free agent who has commented on coming to England. I wouldn't really want him at Villa but if we did get him just to cover injuries or as a player to bring a bit of a spark in the last 15-20 minutes then I wouldn't be too upset. He still has the quality that he had when he was younger - just probably not for a whole match anymore :winkold:

Robert Pires is a free agent and has been quoted saying he'd be happy to come back to England (he even said he'd be happy to come to a team like Leicester and help get them promoted). Maybe a bit too old at 36.. I saw him in a few Europa games earlier this year and he didn't look terrible.. He must have a few free kicks left in him!

Must be the "late special" (says me who got it 5 days earlier) :winkold: You playing it yet?!

I don't think I did.. I just got the normal game booklet and a map What is it?