04 Jan 2014 18:44:22
PL looking at Emilo Izzaguire (think that how u spell it) from Celtic £3 million, LB with great pace & champions league experience.
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I hope he is looking for a new job
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How long is our Randy going to persist with his inept tactics? I for one have had enough!
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Lerner will never sack a manager half way through the season. He'll give him money this window and its results or the door!
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No chance mate. Zero funds as we are about to be sold.
Hoolahan can come if we get rid of Ireland permanently for 1.2 million.
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Sold to who?, Randy ain't going to sell Villa half way during a season at the end when we know here we are is the best time to sell certainly not know.
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Not if were relegated, at least at the moment were still in the premier league.
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Enjoyed that game today well won :) lol
utb
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Another awe-inspiring post-match interview from lamberk where he said the same old trash about us "not being good enough", well done mate you have noticed that we are a joke, question is, what do you plan to do to resolve our demise? 90 percent of fans sick to the back teeth with your piffle! sort it out or walk, we've had enough!
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The same Paul Lambert name yous where all shouting to get when he was in charge at Norwich, aye I remember it
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Yeee things look grim but were still above Norwich could be worse!
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Could be a lot worse
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True we wanted Lambert but at Norwich he seemed to actually know a thing or two about tactics. We might have made a bad call but enough is enough, we can't put up with such poor managerial decisions.
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Give him this window to add then look in to it in the summer but I have a feeling he will turn it around, all our strikers are just that strikers, we are short on a winger, cam or 2, dm, cb, lb and rb.
If he can get quality here and add to what we got and still not get results then fair enough he had ample opportunity but till then I would keep him!
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04 Jan 2014 13:00:48
HI all,
It seems that PL is talking about Hoolahan from Norwich for 1.5m. Report from a red top today.
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I believe this deal will happen, not that I want it to be we are Aston Villa, so we buy
Slow, no touch, no resale value players so Hoolahan welcome to VP
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Clearly have no idea about football, the comment above, as your slating this one off without even knowing the facts. Analytically, Hoolahan is a top player. He is skillful, clever, highly technical and offers something very much missing in the current AVFC team. He is experienced and Lambert knows how to get the best out of him. Plus at 1.5m he is a snip and will do very well for us. Since when did Hoolahan have no touch, have you even seen him play? Really does my nut in when naive and clueless fans make comments like yours, I've been working in sports analysis at the top levels for a long time and although your opinion is allowed, you are speaking utter rubbish. Period.
Azza
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This is what we have come to Norwich reject I did say fed up of young and hungry but it should be young and good, skilful PL you are not villa class LEAVE, villajk
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I always thought lambert would go in for Hoolihan but not sure now is right time. He is the attacking style midfirlder we need but he isn't the plsyer he was last season!
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Azza so you are a sports analysis SO WHAT, PL is a manager of Aston Villa 1 good buy poor football poor buys or don't you agree, as a Top Sports Analysis you view please villajk
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If you want Hoolahan it will cost more than £1.5 mill something like £4 + Benteke and Guzan
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Further more, Norwich have long memories and won't deal With Villa Hoolahan signed new contract in the summer so dream on
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Money talks and as you have non you'll take what's on offer country boy
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Well done mate. You have just made yourself look foolish. The fans may have long memories but the boards at clubs deal in finances only
The deal will be done if it makes financial sense
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Hello Azza - all due respect to a fellow Villa fan etc. Hell, the last thing we need is internal strife but as you used the same tone, have some back - actually, you are the one talking 'utter nonsense'. Even I, as a non-sports analyst (what is that, by the way? Not being sarky, I'm genuinely intrigued), know that one player doesn't make a team - either in the literal or in the figurative sense. Hoolahan may well be a gifted technician but what we need right now is a mixture of guile, tenacity, leadership and bottle. I wouldn't wish to heap those expectations or responsibility on just one new player - it would be unfair when the remainder of the current team appear to have very little appetite to deliver. Would you agree that teams generally reflect their manager? If so, Villa are currently a miserable, downbeat and somewhat unintelligible mess of a football team.
Pete D
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Dunno about Azza, but I'd agree with that last bit
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Lol there's some childish stuff on here sometimes.
Hoolahan is a decent player who does make things happen so it can only be a good thing if we signed him.
Yes one player don't make a team but I'm sure Lambert will try get a couple more in this window.
>Scg87
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One man can change a team totally. Providing he has a brain one player could alter us from chasers to a real team.
don't know who that might be, but for a comparison, one man made Spuds, Bale.
Now without him they are having to work very hard to stay in the top half.
If Bale was still there he would probably put a dozen in the net by now and Spuds would be in the top 4.
I know that AV cannot be compared to Spuds but losing one player has had a detrimental effect on their season.
It will take more than Hoolihan to change AV.
SuperMac
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If the person who thinks Norwich have no money have a look at the end of season financial status, Norwich city DEBT FREE and with funds to spend and NO need to sell before bring in new players, have fun Playing them Blue noses next season Villa
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Above all things we need a midfielder with energy, drive, strength and not only a killer touch but the ability to hold the ball and allow others around him to play, move into space and know that the right ball will be played to the right player. I am not talking Inesta, Xavi, Alonso, Silva, Hazard etc, they are all way out of our league but better than Hoolahan
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Norwich are closer to relegation. We just aren't happy because we have higher standards than Norwich City Football Club.
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Hey Canary, what use is £7. 50?
Thats why you need to sell Hoolihan for £1.5m.
It is no wonder you are going cheap.
Most of the fans say "no" but PL knows him better than we do.
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Perhaps the canaries are going to sell a dozen size 1 brown eggs donated by Delightful Delia. Should double the transfer budget in one go.
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Message for the country boy, what's the point in been debt free if your not allowed to spend any? This on top of your relegation battle (that you've been in all season) and the fact that your star man winki hasn't done anything! Personally I for one would not be on this page but on gates of my club screaming and shouting!
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04 Jan 2014 11:01:03
According to inside fotbol the agent of Steven Defour has said his client would be interested in a move the the premier league and more specifically Asotn Villa no more is expected to develop until the 10th of January he has been valued at 7m euros by Porto
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Would love him at the club. Also if we can get Heitinga that shows intent. Guidetti or Saha on loan as well. Still think full back is a serious weakness though!
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Everton fan Heitinga showing intent?. Intent on being relegated you mean, the guy is a liability, stay clear, go for Lescott instead ten times the player.
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I agree that heitinga is not prem class at all, jus look at what benteke did to him in the 3-3 draw last season and that wasn't even his worst performance!
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