Aston Villa Banter Archive March 01 2013 to March 31 2013

30 Mar 2013 23:10:23
You can say what you like about MON (I am not a huge fan due to the mess he left us in) but its a mistake by Sunderland to let him go with 7 games left. VTID

I agree it's a mistake but I still think he has been one of the most overrated managers of recent years
Mendax

To compound the error they now put a self confessed fascist in charge. Catapults Sunderland to the top of the list of clubs I want to see disappear off the face of the earth (just behind Blues)
Mendax

30 Mar 2013 10:07:06
Cannot wait for the season to finish so all of the norwich fans shut up. I don't get it, I know their crops are snowed over so they haven't got a lot of work to do but they seem to be the only fans who come on this page other than villa fans! They talk rubbish about how they don't miss paul lambert and how we'll be in the championship next year when the truth is they're not even half safe yet, and if they don't miss paul lambert or aren't jealous they why do they mention his name in every comment. I'm willing to bet that one or two have a cardboard cut out of his face stuck onto a pillow that they cuddle to sleep at night. I apologise to the couple of norwich fans that come on here and talk actual sense but the rest of you need to get a grip of 21st century football before you open your mouths.

Are you talking about the same lambert who our board wouldn't trust with any big money. haha

The only reason norwich are spending money this summer is because the books are balanced, if they didn't trust him with the billions of pounds they apparently have then why didn't they give it to hughton? Are you also forgetting that paul lambert wanted to leave and norwich threatend him with court action as they desperately wanted him to stay?

They have let Hughton spend far far more than Shambert. Shambert has proved with Ryan Bennett that he can't be trusted with decent money, yet let Hughton have money and he brings in class like Seb Bassong, Snodgrass Nd RVW

Rvw hasn't signed yet mate, and he might be rubbish for you. Lambert payed more than the club wanted for benteke and he's scored more goals that all of norwich's strikers put together, yet he can't be trusted? I think the problem was he couldn't attract players to a tiny club on the east coast as well as he will at one of the most decorated teams in europe!

28 Mar 2013 11:55:30
Would love to see carnuthers promoted to the first team istead of wasting money on wage hungry bench warmers

26 Mar 2013 17:11:33
I wonder who the Norwich haters will shout for this weekend when they play wigan, for the first time ever, I don't mind if Norwich lose if it drags Villa down. This may be childish but I would like to see the cling on's fall, Good games with the blues next year.

If norwich lose then they're in just as much trouble as us, not to mention sunderland who will only get about 4 points for the rest of the season. People seem to just look who's below villa and completely disregard the fact that we're only 4 points off 11th place, and the teams above us are on the decline, which is exactly why the gap is closing every week!

Lets be realistic, anyone in the bottom half of the table could be relegated if results go against them, as a Norwich supporter I know who I would like to go down, but for me Sunderland deservre to go down as they are really poor, I would love to see QPR go down just because they think money can bring success, and finally if Nigel Adkins can keep Reading in the prem at the expence of Southampton it will be justice.
Yes of course I would love to see Villa drop for taking Lambert, but in all honesty I think you have turned the corner and will be safe. Who would you Villa fans like to see relegated and why? please give 4 choices as I know you will all give Norwich as one of them,.

In all honesty I say norwich a lot, but i'll admit I don't think it will happen. I do think they've got to be very careful though! Think they suffered from a bit of complacency but they need to get back on track quick! QPR reading and sunderland are down for me, sunderland simply are not good enough, and they have probably the hardest run of fixtures of anybody in the bottom 10! P. s. the only reason villa fans wish norwich down is because they are so bitter about losing a manager. Not you specifically but norwich fans go on like paul lambert moving was a crime. Also many contradict themselves, going on tv saying thank you for everything he's ever done then turning back on it saying he should've never left and he's a disappointment! At the end of the day its 2013 and managers don't stay at clubs for decades anymore.

Villa are not out of the woods yet. We cannot guarantee that other teams will lose and we will win. The corner may be turned but I want to see another club below us to feel comfortable. It does not bother me who is below Villa but even though others are coming down, they are not down at this time. As the man says, because of the bitterness and the crap comments by some Canaries, most Villa supporters would enjoy seeing them down but Sunderland & Southampton would satisfy me.

Norwich fans are not bitter about losing Lambert trust me, don't get me wrong he was an excellent manager and will do well for Villa if you stay up but I think Hughton has given us the stability we needed and I honestly think with Lambert this season Norwich would have gone down.

Not bitter? Why are they constantly coming on this site wishing we go down because we stole their superb amazing manager that did so much to get them to their current status. You might not be bitter personally, but there are a lot of norwich fans that are and I sure hope that the divorce rate is low in norwich as clearly they don't take well to people leaving them!

Haha intelligent response! Let's see how you get on with your 'superb amazing manager' when you are in the championship

I don't really care who goes down, but I believe it will be Norwich, Sunderland and reading

Just as much trouble. we have four points more than you and your abysmal goal difference is the same as having another point

He has really turned your team around hasn't he, were abouts were you this time last year, oh that's right exactly in the same amount of turmoil that you are in now, groundhog season at village, what an improvement, thanks for the money for him

Closer to the Canaries than last year. What does that say about Norwich?

You won't be closer when we relegate you in May, can't wait. Oh the irony of sending lambert back where he belongs, the lower leagues.

Interesting that you see how close you can get to us as a gauge to your success

26 Mar 2013 09:19:41
Hi, Liverpool supporter here in peace.

It looks as if my club are showing an interest in Weiman. Can you lot give me the lowdown on him & what you think his valuation is?

Cheers & good luck for the rest of the season (just not against us!)

I would say he is worth 12 million. His best position this season is playing off the striker but can also play up front.

Your not having him

Dont want him to be honest. but thanks for the reply.

12 million? are you insane? So he's as good as sturridge?

He's not the same type of player as Sturridge, but yes he's worth the same amount. I'd pay a lot of money to keep him at villa, happily sell bent and not reinvest to keep him. Andi weimann will be a top goal scorer in 3 or 4 seasons. His finishing is frightening and if daniel Sturridge worked as hard as Andi did then maybe he would be better. But he doesn't.

24 Mar 2013 21:55:22
If we stay up:

Guzan Seigrist Marshall
Lowton Lichaj Herd
Olsson Stevens
Vlaar Clark Baker Wilson
Wijnaldum Albrighton
N'Zogbia Holman
Gardner Westwood Delph El Ahmadi Sylla
Benteke Weimann Guidetti Gabby Bowery

23 Mar 2013 19:29:19
Next season villa will be once again stronger with the emergence of the youth stars who could play a key part in our season. With also Gary
Gardner back in to help out the midfield.
Get rid of Ireland and then we will have no money grabbers.
Also does anyone know if Stan Petrov will be back and available for next season.

Stan won't be back this is the last season of his contract and he's 33 34 by the time he can play again.

we still have
Makoun 60k a wk might go to rennes
Ireland 80k a wk
bent 90k a wk might go?
given 60k a wk
hutton 30k a wk might go to mallorca

and then we'll have no money grabbers BUT to keep Benteke/ weimnan they'll want more money

All of them players above will probs leave. If we are paying Benteke and Weimann large amounts of money I wouldn't are because they deserve to be payed it and they always play well.

The counter arguement to that is bent always played well until his wing service was sold being a last ball striker he only finishes goals he doesn't do any build up play other than to put it on his right foot

so we could argue if we get Sinclair there's an arguement to keep bent

22 Mar 2013 21:59:52
I have just watched England play San Marino, I love to see teams get smashed 8-0.

Wow, that's really witty mate. I see what you did there. All of us who read this site should feel lucky that we are in the company of the new Oscar Wilde
Mendax

22 Mar 2013 18:19:41
Weimann to norwich ha ha ha ha the silly season has started early

They couldn't even afford him

Steady on lads, it wasn't Norwich that started the rumour.

Course we can, we'll have the 70 million on the new deal with sky that villa are going to miss out on, enjoy spending your parachute payments at the bargain basement

And we would still atract better players than delias laughing STOCK

Really, you should read today's transfer news yam yam

70 million pound transfer budget? You should go after falcao with that budget! Rooney is an option too and maybe try and get yaya toure as well! Get real mate, this supposed £8.5 million deal is going to make you poor for the rest of the transfer window, and I doubt will be getting too much money from the sales of grant holt, john ruddy and robert snodgrass, you're talking £5m all together maybe! And half of that is going on deliahs next tv show!

Haha you would dream of having Ruddy and Snodgrass at your village

I wouldn't want either of them in my team! There just the best of a bad bunch! Watch your backs norwich, we're coming :)

19 Mar 2013 14:02:23
If we can stay up I think we should look at signing Adam le Fondre. If QPR go down then we should look at signing some of their players. We need width so we could sign junior hoilett and maybe Shaun wright-Phillips. Then we could bring loic Remy in if we lose benteke.

So your plan is to sign players that couldn't keep those two teams in the premier league, in order to keep us in the premier league?

If u add players in the positions we need then the team will become better overall. then the position we finish in will be higher.

IF and IF we were to raid QPR I think a good idea would be to get Remy, Samba (if we could afford him), Boswinga, Park and Taarabt if the Sinclair doesn't come off

No, no, no

Look at the QPR squad they have so much quality all the way through it and if they had Harry all season they would be mid table.

and people turn their noses up at their players when half of them are highly rated and were playing champs league a season or 2 ago for top teams

Huge wages, and Hughes isn't a bad coach

Out al them players at qpr you named I would want remy and park only. samba too old and ain't looked solid since signing, boswinga same, taarabt since they returned to prem has played one good game in 4

17 Mar 2013 23:10:25
Just a quick one for all those norwich fans that come on here to be bitter on a daily basis. You've been spending all your season basking in the glory of being above us in the table, but maybe you should open your eyes and have a look beneath you, we're only 4 points away and when we come to carrow rd and smash you like we did earlier on in the season it will only be 1, that's providing that you match all of our results of course, although you should be so lucky to do so!

One thing we definitely won't match is your brilliant goal difference, so envious.

Agreed, goals conceded has shown our squad for what it truly is. poor at best
Mendax

Norwich goal difference is not very good either, 18 and it does look like the carrott crunchers are going down with the Reading

Without the goal fests for chelsea and man city it would be about the same, but I guess when we stick 3 past them it won't be far off even!

Y do Norwich fans come on here anyway haven't they got anything better to do with their lives?

Ermm. I never said the above actually. (it's not even funny)
That said it 's largely hard to argue with
The only area where we do have real quality is up front
If we had the equivalent of Weimann and Benteke in midfield and defence we would be flying
Mendax

The truth is that comparatively speaking Norwich, with the budget they have, have done spectacularly well. It will be difficult for them to keep it up of course, so it is understandable that they want to make the most of it while they can.
If we were in their position we would probably do the same. It wouldn't be any less tragic, sad or pathetic but it's probably what would happen
Mendax

Thats football, we will all shout about our teams when we have the chance, at the start of the season some of you Villa fans were calling for Lambert's head, now most of you feel this is the turning point of the season, if you stay up, you will all be saying what a fantastic job Lambert has done with a young team, building for the future.
I am over Lambert leaving Norwich but will still visit this site and stick in the odd comment, this is a banter site after all.

16 Mar 2013 21:12:09
Just watching Villa v QPR on football first. Still empty seats in the stand that is viewed by the camera during most of the play and in the corners. When are Villa fans going to fully get behind their team?

38, 594 turned up for the game with a capacity of 42, 788 I guess they were everywhere. the segregation between the 2 sets of fans, the corperate seats and the odd couple here and there.

i guess your club has a capacity of 100,000 and you have a sell out every game? or do you support norwich and have a 27, 220 and a average attendace of 26, 664 I guess I should also point out our min attendance is 2, 620 more than your max so far this season.

presuming your a norwich fan this is.

Oops, just making a point but seem to have hit a nerve. thing is you can't sell all your tickets, is your ground too big for you or have you lost some die hard fans to the Baggies?

Maybe they'll get sell outs when they drop into the championship and are forced to lower their ticket prices

Who is this muppet? Its nothing to do with fans! Its to do with the economy, even arsenal don't sell out anymore! We filled every single seat in both stands behind the goal, as for the stand in the cameras view, half of it is corporate and press, the corners are expensive for a view of the corner flag and the top tier are bad seats cause of the height! can't moan at us for having a big stadium with a tall new stand, as apose to 4 wooden walls around a flat alotment in the countryside

Don't rise to him mate. The poor lad is suffering from the terrible affliction known as "Bluenositis"
It makes you more interested in Villa than in your own club. Hopefully there will be a cure one day
Mendax

Hit a nerve we still average more gates than our ONLY rivals Birmingham City, are you from one of those clubs that are obsessed with Villa!

We know what you are, we know what you are OBSESSED WITH VILLA THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

38, 500 for villa, a team just above relegation, 36,000 for spurs, a team in the champions league places. Yet you still question our fans commitment? Our stadium has more seats than stamford bridge, so you'd expect one or two to be empty when you're having a bad time! Not to mention the fact that tickets aren't cheap for premier league teams in big cities!

That really did hit a nerve, didn't it

Proven wrong so resorting to saying 'i've really hit a nerve'? Such a shame

Not wrong at all, we sell out on a weekly basis and could sell loads more, you can't. simples

Ooooo, it still rankles then.

God this is tiresome!
The long winter nights in Anglia must really drag if this is the best form of entertainment the poor luvs have
Mendax

16 Mar 2013 10:01:37
would love to see in

seighurst promoted
diarra
lescott
olsson
stan added to coaching staff

out - given dunne makoun stevens (loaned) ireland

squad
guzan marshall seighurst
lowton, lichaj
vlaar, clarke, lescott, baker
olsson, bennett
diarra, sylla, herd, delph
weimann, albrighton
westwood, bannan, nzogbia, gardner,
holman, carutthers,
benteke, agbonlahor, bent, bowrey

?

13 Mar 2013 07:54:12
Maybe i'm being optimistic, but 2 seasons ago we were pretty much in this mess but we had a really strong finish to the season and ended up finishing top half. Right now we are only 6 points away from tenth place. If we get some form then 2 wins for us and two losses for sunderland/newcastle and norwich and they'd be in as much fear of the drop as us! 3 points from QPR and 3 points from sunderland and we might just make it, maybe scrape a point from a few top half teams as well and we'll be well on our way! I really hope it doesn't come down to the last game of the season because I don't particularly fancy us travelling to wigan and have to win to stay in the league! Utv

Lets hope that they can replicate the Reading result against QPR this week. Then another win against Sunderland would lift us up the table. After all the carp that the duck from Norwich puts on our site we may go there level on points and might just put them in danger. The yellow belly will be confident with all the crowing that he has done all season but it may be that he is in love with PL and really wants him back. This of course will be denied, but it does seem that a certain amount of envy is apparent.

Norwich will destroy you I'm afraid

Sorry Norwich are so confident of beating a team who early in this season we've drawn 1-1 and beat them 4-1 when we were playing very spradic least now we appear to be maintaining some form with some good recent displays I reckon Villa will beat Norwich

And let's not forget it was only 1 - 1 because we went down to ten men, look what happened when we had eleven men on the pitch in the Capital One Cup

I am a Norwich fan, although I hate to admit it I do think Villa will come out on top when the two sides meet, the reason for this is Lambert will be desperate to stick one up Norwich, so motavating the players will be easy, Hughton will not give a sh#t as long as he gets a draw, the Norwich players will show to much respect to Lambert, and will be put off thier game, above all it is fact Norwich can't beat teams below them. PS. I still hope you get relegated.

You were talking some sense right up until the 'p. s. '! A paragraph of honesty followed by a line of bitterness. However I disagree that it will just be because of the managers, our top three have all played for their countries and two still do, so I do believe we have more quality up the top! Although I am worried about the height norwich have, and the lack of corner defending ability we have

Norwich have scored less than we have, so how will they destroy Villa? This guy is totally dim. Is he the duckd that keeps leaving silly comments on here? Shame for him. The norwich game will be a useless draw as both sides will cancell each other out. Some weeks back this waste of space was telling us that the Canaries were heading into Europe. I wonder if Delia could write a song for Bonny Tyler as that is the only way Norwich will have any input in Europe.

How could the worst scoring team, apart from QPR destroy anybody? The fat guy even fell over and then missed the pen in your previous game.

Two very fortunate wins against Reading and QPR (villa out played in both games) and you think it's job done. 8 games yet to bury you.

Out played in both games, despite having much more possesion in both? This is the problem with donuts that judge games based on who had more highlights on match of the day! I would stick my house and mrs on the fact that you only watched both games hightlights and not the full 90 mins!

Two 'fortunate games' that we came out on top in. we managed to come through possibly our 2 biggest games of the season with 6 points the games will only get bigger and it seems the young lads have the heart to battle through! anyone on 33 points or less should still be worried, villa wining qpr's managers experiance and squad and wigans ability to win in the closing weeks should make it interesting.

What about Chelsea 8-0, the biggest defeat of any team in the entire five professional leagues this season?

That was 4 months ago, the original statement was about the last two games.

I think this is a case of people worried we are catching them up and they are getting worried so they have started clutching at straws picking faults with our team when they should be more concerned with their own team.

come on you lions!

10 Mar 2013 19:37:35
The most frustrating element to this shocking season is that we actually play worse when we are winning. Reading were unlucky not to draw, VTID

Good point
I think that when teams are forced to throw men forward against us, our incompetence defensively becomes even more apparent
We are like a 1/2 decent boxer with a glass chin. We can look OK for a while but the minute we take one on the kisser we are all over the place
Mendax

09 Mar 2013 18:38:30
If we stay up, I think we should do this:

Ins:
Guidetti - Man City (Loan)
Olsson - Blackburn (4. 5M)
Wilson - Liverpool (Free)
Greizmann - Sociedad (9. 5M)

Outs:
Dunne (Free)
Given (2. 5M)
Bannan (3M)
Herd (2M)
Ireland (4M)
Stevens (Loan)
Bent (10M)
Albrighton (Loan)


-------------------Guzan-------------------

Lowton-------Vlaar-------Clark-------Olsson

----------Gardner--------Westwood---------

Weimann---------N'Zogbia---------Greizmann

------------------Benteke------------------


Guzan, Marshall, Seigrist
Lowton, Lichaj
Olsson, Bennett
Vlaar, Clark, Baker, Wilson
Weimann, Albrighton
Greizmann, N'Zogbia, Holman
Westwood, Gardner, El Ahmadi, Sylla, Delph
Bentekers, Guidetti, Agbonlahor, Bowery

No one will pay a fee for Given

08 mar 2013 06:39:22
hope we play our football the way we have been lately and do not get our minds fixed on the drop, if we play the way we can we will avoid the drop, 3 points against reading will give the side a huge lift to get three from qpr and even liverpool after!


up the villa!!!!!

04 Mar 2013 21:58:14
If it was'nt for you keeper you would be relegated by now, I guess the reason he is so good is, he gets plenty of practice.

Sunk without him, you would be at least minus 60 good by now, He will be moving to a bigger better club come the summer, Do you still honestly think you will stay up?

We will stay up don't your cattle need sorting ohh arrh

The Goalkeeper is a part of the team, he is doing his job, its like saying Manchester United would not be where they are without Fergie; We are in the bottom 3 surely there is enough in that fact to wind us up rather than an argument based on if buts and maybes. Whoever you support I am sure your fellow fans are cringeing at this post.

Hypothetical arguments and debates are pointless and your attempt at banter has left me one of your rivals embarrassed for you

Well said mate
This site does seem to act as catnip for persons
Mendax

04 Mar 2013 11:56:37
Guys do you think that Makoun will come back back into the squad next year? He's just what we need.

It is stupid that we have a problem with a defensive player with good experience in the spot he plays, and hat do we do loan him out

It's cause part of his visa application to play in england is he must learn english something he hasn't done hence can't get a visa and has to be loaned out

02 Mar 2013 17:48:27
Blues caned Norwich slaughtered ha ha super Saturday

You had better beat Man City tommorow or you will get canned and slaughtered by Blues and Norwich fans on this site,

I can assure you that we will not concede a single goal against man city tomorrow, as we play them monday.

Smoked next time you make a comment check your diary ohh arrh

The baggies the carrott crunchers and the noses all lost and they still post on our wall, sad really. For the record the Blue noses are our only rivals other teams are simple wannabee rivals

Saying that baggies used to be a bigger rivalry than blues did, that was when blues were quite literally nobody though.

Caned maybe but still streets ahead of Village

You can tell the above is not a Blues fan call us Village and think we find it offensive at least the noses come up with decent banter, honestly carrot crunches and the boing boing baggies your banter is terrible