villa89

GK Guzan

RB L.Young

CB Cuellar

CB Dunne

LB Warnock

RM A.Young

CM Petrov ©

CM Milner

LM Downing

CF Gabby

CF Heskey

which begs the question, "will MON be looking at bringing in a quality striker in the next 2 weeks?"

No.

and if not, why not. I would assume it would not be a lack of finances, which would then beg the question as to why we can't get anyone in. does MON think what we have up front is good enough for top 4? Or can he not get the players(s) he wants (a familiar tale)

I think its down to the fact that now we are challenging for top 4 the amount of (available) players that can improve us decreases dramatically. IMO there's very little chance of bringing in the top quality striker we need in January. Everyone is saying we need a goalscorer but so does every team and they don't grow on trees. Hopefully we can get a top class striker in the summer but I'd be shocked if we sign anyone in this window.

1. Why the feck did L Young not play right back?

2. Wht the feck did MON not rotate the side, after a draining CC cup semi on thursday. What does he even have a squad for?

3. When players are clearly out on their feet, why not sub them? Or why not sub them before they can no longer move due to fatigue. Why do you even have subs MON?

I was asking those same questions especially the first one (I assume L.young is carrying an knock). I don't think I'll ever understand MON's hatred of using substitutions. One thing we did learn though is that if a team sets out to pack the midfield and get a 0-0 against us chances are they'll get it because we have no way to break teams down. We are counter attack or bust, there's no plan B and until we find one we won't ever finish top 4. (IMO).

When we have finalized the plans, we will let everyone know. We need to do that to not make the "trinity" mistake again.

This is great to hear, especially the bit in bold. I for one can't wait to see the plans for the redevelopment.

Anyone got a link for Heskeys's goal I only managed to get a stream for the second half..which is why I cant do a full player rating..Milner superb..always thought he would be good in the middle, but thought that would be in a 451 not as a 442..he is absolutely awesome..

Heskey's Goal

great performance by the villa. important to follow up the win at man ure with a win tonight.

Expected win against the shower of shite that is hull. The real work starts now with a very tough Xmas ahead and then 3 vital cup games for blackburn. Good to see Liverpool dropping more points. Milner in CM is looking like a inspired selection by MON.

First ju get the money, then ju get the power, then ju get the women.

And the new name of the ground is

sportsdirect.com @ St James' Park Stadium

, it rolls off the tongue

This is the team I think O'Neill will go for

Guzan

Warnock

L.Young/Beye

Collins

Dunne

Petrov

NRC

Milner

Young

Gabby

Heskey

1-1 Draw

37,716 attendance.

Did I win?

1-1 Draw

37,716 attendance.

is this on tv?

Yes, its a Monday 8:00 kick off on ESPN.

Hi General,

I would just like to update you regarding a recent transaction I had with the club shop. I purchased a rather nice Villa top on the website for a very reasonable price and the item was shipped to my house in under 5 days. I understand that with a communication medium like this one you often only get the negative feedback but I thought you might like to get some positive feedback too.

Tell the folks in the club shop to keep up the good work!

villa89

Del La knee. His sliding tackles were a thing of beauty.

We lost it in the centre of midfield, The decision not to get a proper replacement for barry means we had no chance of doing anything in europe anyway. Heskey was dire.

Poo. Might be a blessing in disguise but its seems like the win versus liverplop just papered over the cracks. Our central midfield is a shambles and MON failure to replace barry is a massive error.

Back in Black - AC/DC

Brad 9 - MOTM - some top quality saves

Shorey 7 - Did well, surprisingly

Davies 9 - One of his beest games for villa, deserved his goal

Cuellar 7 - Cuaght out once or twice, still looks shakey.

Beye 8 - Sundday Monday Habib Beye! Tuesday Wednesday Habib Beye!

Sidwell 8 - Great effort from sidders.

NRC 8 - See above.

Petrov 8 - Did well and likes playing in a 4-5-1 I would say.

Ash 8 - Did well and did alot of defending for the team

Milner 8 - Ran everywhere, defended and counter attacked well

Gabby 7 - Held the ball up a bit and put in one or two good crosses. Needs a partner though.

MON - 8.5 - Got his tactics and team spot on

I think the team will be:

------------Freidel

NRC-Cueller-Beye-Shorey

---------Sidwell--Petrov

--Gabby-Young-Milner

------------Carew

Davies subbed shortly after clutching his shoulder ..........good job we sold Knight eh Martin ?

I think that's the thing that irritates me most. Why the in the name of satan wasn't his shoulder fixed in the summer??? What sort of cornershop are we running, is Herbert back???

All we need now are a few terrible panic buys...

Friedel.

I'll give him to the end of this transfer window to see if he does do what needs to be done, but if we only sign defenders between now and the end of the window as MM has said then I'll be baying for blood.

From what I have seen, no he's not good enough. He dives in way too much especially high up the pitch which means he is frequently caught out of position. Hopefully he'll come good because I don't know if Davies will ever be up to standard.

Friedel - 5 poor

Beye - 7 Looked decent

Davies - 3 Awful. How long must we wait before people realise his "potential" is a myth. All over the place positionally, same as always.

Cuellar - 4 Dives in way too much especially high up the pitch.

Shorey - 2 100% shite. We need to sign Warnock on Monday.

Milner - 7 worked hard, unlike some others.

Petrov - 6 hit one or two nice passes but offered little else

Delph - N/A not going to rate the kid as he should never have been thrown in at the deep end like he was. Making the step up from League 1 to premier league and expected to start the first league game of the season???

Young - 4 Did few good things. lost the ball, ran into trouble and missed an open goal.

Gabby - 4 Did he actually do anything remotely useful in the game?

Heskey - 4 Had the ball hoofed up to him repeatedly and did nothing with it.

Albrighton - Had little of the ball.

Fonzie - See above

Sidwell - Looked okay, should have hit the target with the free header 12 yards out.

Overall it was puke and our terrible home form of last season continues. Wigan are NOT a good side but we made them look like barcelona at times. Should have been 3 or 4 nil TBH. Good luck to them, I like roberto martinez.