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Great signing and to be honest I could give a **** about the length of contract, it aint my money thats been spent. 1st class keeper, proven and extremely well liked in the prem. Welcome to AVFC Mr Given

Didnt see the game personally but spoke to many who did and recieved a mixed bag of comments ref JM. Personally I dont think much more than an average performance could of been expected based on the fact that it was his first game for the club and everything, everyone and the pace of the game muct have been com,pletely different thaty what he is use to, plus poor match fitness thrown in. I remeber when i used to play semi-pro ice hockey and joined a new team down south. My first few games were pretty poor until i clicked with my team mates and understood the way the coach wanted me to play. I dont think premiership football, or any other sport in that fact, is any different. Give the lad a month to settle, learn the lingo and gel with the team and im sure he'll come good. If not then ta-ra!

Agreed, I dont want any of our first 11 regs to go

Personally i think it will be a good signing for us, he works hard and definately knows where the back of the net is. He has scored 36 goals in 63 appearances for the Cats which, even if you dont like stats, isnt somthing to be ignored. We havent had an out and out striker here for years, Bent could be the one especially with the service Young, Albrighton, Walker and Downing can provide. I dont give a rats ass at the price, it aint my money. All I care about is getting someone in that can finish! Even more so when you look at out main 3 strikers and their PL goals this season: Heskey 3, Carew 0, Gabby 0.

Great result for the Villa. 1st half was pretty decent but again we looked bad for majority of the 2nd half. Absolutely awesome header from Heskey for the winner, happy for him.

Im relatively happy with the appointment, GH has a good history post heart op and did good things at Liverpool. Hope everyone gets behind the team and the manager as this is the only way success can be gained. Will be interesting to see how he implanents his sty;e of play on our squad and who he picks. Obviously the Stoke game will be picked apart but being realistic we wont see his influence for a few weeks yet. Good luck Mr Houllier, welcome to Villa Park.

great win

OH MY GOD!!! how did that not go in

How did Carew miss that lol!!!

Very impressing today, Albrighton looks a star

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Not amazing but a pretty good window! I think the squad has improved on last season now Dunne is a done deal. Yes we havent replced Barry as such but Delph and Downing will fill that gap (I hope). Happier to see more depth in defence which is where we struggled last season. However, would have loved to see a top striker come in to shake things up a bit

Well my 2cents woth is that Barry has been excellent for us (and England) this season and i for one will be very sad to see him go this summer if he does.

Exactly, i think far too many people are hinging their 'unhappyness' on the lack of signings in July lol. However, when you consider the teams around us and their transfer activity then we are on a par, if not slightly ahead: Everton - ZERO Pompey - Peter Crouch, Glen Little Blackburn - Paul Robinson Man City - Ben Haim, Jo, Newcastle - Guthrie, Gutierrez Spurs - Bently, Bostock, Gomes, Modric, Dos Santos, Villa - Guzan, Fridel, Sidwell, Davies So looking at that we're in pretty much the same boat as the rest. We have another 28 days of the window left......chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill