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01 Jul 2011 18:31:48
hey ed is it true villa want Canales and what chance do you think we have of getting him
{Ed010's Note -I did read that both Villa and Roma are interested in signing Canales. The article also stated that the signing would only be on loan, as Real are not willing to sell him.
30 Jun 2011 19:28:11
I do not believe any Villa rumours anymore, none of you predicted the Bent or Mcleish signings. .just goes to show what a professional club Aston Villa are, all business behind closed doors, and long may it remain.
30 Jun 2011 18:02:56
Villa to sign:
Given 6 mil
N'zogbia 10 mil
Diego 12 mil
Pavychenko 10 mil
Kyle Walker 7 mil
Sergio Canales season loan
R. huth 10 mil
Downing staying, Bent staying, warnock and ireland to get chance under McCleish. Watch this space
I highly doubt we'll spend 55 million. We can only spend what we bring in so tell me where we'd get 55 million from. Please stop living in the clouds
To the guy who thinks we can only spend what we recoup from transfers. .when did we become a selling club? our chairman is a multi billionaire. and that's personal wealth not tied up in shares. 55 million is pocket change to Randy. .we can spend what he decides or Mcleish can pursuade him. i would love to sign all the players we are linked to but there is a reason we are debt free and its ultimately down to Mr Learner what we spend
Actually Villa have a personal loan from Lerner which is supposedly around 65 m which as a business man he wishes to re-coup
It isn't a personal loan. .is it you that keeps saying this? it is money he invested in a business he owns. why do you keep talking about villa owe him money. creating a him and us situation? there is just us. the man owns our club and i think he has done a pretty good job at ground improvements with more still to come and has financially backed o'neil (most of which he wasted) and houlier and i have faith he will provide considerable funds for mcleish. stop being so pesimistic and acting like the sky is falling down over b6. it could be a hell of alot worse look at our neighbours.
Im not a business man but randy clearly is and didn't make his fortune by throwing money away (or laundering. :D) but our assetts are worth alot more than 65mil. .an amount you clearly think will ruin aston villa? sometimes you have to speculate to accumalate. but i don't think randy see's us a business anyway he's a fan and he won't let us down. .he hasnt yet
Not a selling club don't make me laugh Gareth Barry, James Milner, , Gary Cahill
Ashley Young, and it looks like Downing
is on his way, so don't say your not a
selling club
We are a selling club its true but we aint the only ones tbf and all the players that guy just mentioned have moved or are going to move to more successful teams and i say who can blame them. Bar gary cahill who shudnt even be on the list cos we sold him as a youth player and bolton developed him not us
30 Jun 2011 12:10:08
i gather who wrote this don't listen to villa or bent much "29 Jun 2011 19:49:05
bent unhappy looking to be away" idiots hes stayin a villa and he confirmed it
30 Jun 2011 09:46:41
What is it with people trying to make up s**t about bent being unhappy? he isnt. oh and liverpool to sign every player past, present and future. .source sad dillusional scousers who still think their club is big
Totally agree and according to today's press that "big club" Liverpool can't afford Conor Wickham let alone Downing Hope he comes to his senses and realises Villa is the place to be
30 Jun 2011 09:23:31
we know things are a bit slow at the moment but everyone knows we need signings (even randy)and we usually make at least one markie signing each year milner would be nice but i think its more than likely to be one from defoe, j cole, parker and if yesterdays rumours regarding everton open to offers for arteta are true he could be just the play maker we are looking for gven looks like being no1 which im happy with but i think downings going to force through a move to liverpool which is a shame after we took a big chance signing him wilst being injured but id rather get someone in who wants to play for us n zogbia is favorite but i wouldn't bet against pennet coming in for less money
hope for
given
walker
samba
shawcross
warnock
makoun
milner
ireland
n zogbia
albrighton
bent
likely
given
young
dunne
collins
warnock
makoun
petrov
delph
albrighton
bannhan
bent
Out of the players have been linked with this would be my first choice
_ _ _ _ _ _FOSTER_ _ _ _ _ _ _
WALKER_SHAWCROS_SAMBA_YOUNG
_ _ _ _ DIEGO_ MILNER_ _ _ _ _
ALBRIGHTON_ _ _ _ _ _N'ZOGBIA
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ABONGLAHOR_
_ _ _ _ _ _BENT_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SUBS
JENAS
DEFOE
COLLINS
DELPH
BANNAN
30 Jun 2011 06:23:22
bent is staying .
he has make than obvious
villa will be strong (top 7 finish)
wait & see , what lerner pulls out into play.
I agree some of the players Villa are getting linked with are top quality
looks like were getting a decent keeper in Given or Foster
Then were after The Fantastic Milner, Diego, Jenas, Voeheck, N'zogbia, Canarles
Also rumors of Defoe coming so i think Villa will be back up there next season
29 Jun 2011 23:42:02
Villa interested in Diego Brazilian playmaker
and then the next day Liverpool also interested
Villa want to bring Milner back and they next day now Liverpool interested in him
Villa make a bid on Adam in January and then Liverpool go straight for him
Villa interested in Sergio Canales and Liverpool are interested
Liverpool not only want to sniper all the players we want to sign but their after Downing
Anyone wished Liverpool would leave our targets alone
I hate liverpool fc and all the pathetic lies their fans make up. .they are not a big club anymore. get over it you will not sign everyone you go for just because of the past
Grow up for gods sake, who said Villa were first to bid for A**m in January?, you must
believe everything you read in the papers
when a club is linked with a player its not
always true, just paper talk by lazy journalists, example Liverpool are in the market for a left back, so every left back
has been linked to the club, its also a well
known fact A**m wants to join Liverpool
its just the Blackpool chairman playing games
and as for being a big club you might be shocked to find out we still have a world wide fan base, as opposed to villa who are not known at all in Europe anymore
Deano95
29 Jun 2011 22:13:49
Aston Villa will try one last attempt to lure Nottingham forest Keeper Lee Camp to Villa Park. Camp would cost in the region of 5 million now he has become an international Keeper. But it looks very unlikely that camp will join due to the fact that Forest are about to announce the capture of Nicky Maynard from Bristol and Marc jancko from F.C TWENTE also Jermain Jenas from spurs for a season long loan will be announced. Villa will now try to capture Guy Moussi before he signs a new contract. the French Midfielder is a free Agent from 1st july.
With Villa set to sign Given or Foster as the Villa number 1 and looking to unload Guzan If Camp was sign he would be sitting in the number 13 shirt for a while and only being used in cup so can we see this when he gets first team football in a team who maybe strong enough to get promotion next season
It does say he is now unlikely to sign? and we do not yet have given or foster? What is guy moussi like anyway?
Moussi would be great at villa he is very strong player, as for camp i think he is better then shay shay is too old now and full of injuries.
29 Jun 2011 20:00:22
- - - - - - - - -Bent- - - - - - - -
N'Zogbia- - - - - - - - - - Albrighton
- - - - -Milner- - - - Adam- - - - -
Jose Enrique- -Dann- -Samba- -Walker
- - - - - - - - -Given- - - - - - - -
N'Zogbia=9m
Milner=14m
Adam=11m
Jose Enrique=7m
Huth=13m
Samba=5m+Collins
Walker=7m
Given=5m
Cost 71m
All of the players listed have been linked with Villa. Sadly I know Randy wouldn't want to spend 64m but I feel this team could match the likes of Everton, Liverpool and Spurs.
I don't think it would considering we would be playing with a man less all season
29 Jun 2011 17:12:12
"Carlos Cuellar will be sold to Spanish giants Barcelona for an estmiated fee of 3million pounds"
WOW You can't just make stuff up In a REAL rumour Sergio Canales has been linked to Aston Villa on a loan deal, not great I feel not permanent enough. In another note if Villa manage to bag Charles N'Zogbia, Stewart Downing will leave for 20 million. Oh and whoever wrote that rubbish rumour is this the same Cuellar who can't get into the Spanish Team?
28 Jun 2011 22:40:15
From reading the papers and all the speculation bout Milner coming back to villa park. I gather he's been told he's not first choice for a central midfielder spot with some of the superstars now pulling on a man city shirt and although they don't seem to want to use a player who plays his heart out and is relentless on and off the ball every game he plays. They've stated they will not sell him to any of the top 4 teams as well as liverpool and spurs and with how he was worshipped at Villa why can't he come back apparently 15 million would see the move happen. Just imagine Milner linking up with Bent even Ireland if Mcleish can get him playing again
28 Jun 2011 15:56:12
Arsenal and Motherwell fan here (strange combination I know), just respectfully passing on a few thoughts about McLeish and a few questions to throw out there :).
With regards to McLeish, there was a time in the mid 90's that Motherwell were the main challengers to the Old Firm, playing what was widely recognised up here as a gorgeous brand of passing and moving football (I remember us going away to Dortmund and outplaying them for pretty much the full 90 minutes. Okay, we lost 1-0 but the mystery of how we lost is a question Columbo couldn't answer). In his first full season, McLeish single-handedly destroyed our brand of football, turned us into a defensive outfit and sent us into a relegation battle. A lot of Hibs fans also said that their (relative) success was not down to McLeish but down to a player at that time called Frank Sauzee, an experienced touch of midfield class who controlled and captained the team on the pitch. Of course, Birmingham fans (sorry for mentioning the name of that team) spent the last two seasons crying out for a more attacking philosophy. Where McLeish does score points though is he work he did with our national team, turning us into a hard working top 20 side achieving some outstanding results (maybe international football is his only true calling). This may read simply like a rant about him but it isn't. Just an appraisal of what I've seen over a long period of time (not dismissing what he did at Rangers but it's hard to look at success in a two team league objectively). I do wish him all the best at Villa as he is a genuinely nice guy (I used to get the chance to meet him regularly outside Fir Park), but I cannot see any radical lessons learnt nor any change to a lifelong tactical approach. To summerise:
Strengths: Work ethic, team spirit and togetherness (which will be a bonus after what Villa have gone through the last few months).
Weaknesses: Tactical diversity to change the course of a game.
On to a few questions :):
Where are we with Barry Bannan? The games I saw him play last season hinted at a creative MC which was great considering he started life as a winger. The fact that McLeish is there might help his chances of regular football. I really hope so, because I see the potential to be a Scotland regular for many years.
Chances of Hutton going to Villa? It would break my heart to see him return up here to an inferior product. He is far from the best at defending but if Downing does go, you could have a fast, direct touch of class bombing down the right wing and with a capable RB behind him, offering back up when the team is defending.
Is Gary Mac being kept on? Always felt he has been under rated both as a coach and a presence (you may be noticing a Scottish theme breaking through here).
As an outside observer it will be interesting to see which way Villa go as there are (or appears to be) a lot of good young players there, but what would constitute a realistic season for you lot? Consolidation and getting your breath back? Or a top 6 challenge? If come the end of the season you finished 10th but achieved that with a majority of kids who all looked committed and ready for the long haul, would you lot be happy with that?
Whatever may be, I wish you the best of luck next season and thank you for any responses to this post offered :)
Ajeno.
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27 Jun 2011 23:10:09
where is all this downing stuff coming from? Am I missing something/ The guy said he wanted to put his contract talks on hold just before Mcleish was appointed. As far as I know he hasn't said a word since. Has he said he wants to leave? Just after the season ended, I heard him say he was happy here. Suddenly Liverpool have some money and we understand they want Downing and have a divine right to get him just cos they are Liverpool. They were not much better than us last year and we had 4 managers, even Man U would have struggled to cope with that and I recall us totally outplaying Man U, Liverpool and Chelsea at villa Park and Arsenal at the Emirates so we ain't that bad. I am just sick to death of journos and Agents stirring things up for the benefit of the so-called big 4, and we seem to be an easy target. I think we should deny Downing his move, even if he wants it. 1 good season is not enough for me for a player who cost 12 million 2 seasons ago, and was crocked for the first 6 months. He owes us another season at least. The grass is not always greener Stewart, and be careful what you wish for, you will still be a very rich man playing for a club where you are appreciated not like those moaning scousers.
27 Jun 2011 14:53:21
Jermane Defoe, think your getting mixed up with one of the boys from JLS you can't get near Villa Park today as Take That are performing you mixed up mug
Jermaine Defoe has been spotted coming out of Bodymoor which is a believable transfer seen as spurs have to sell 5 players before he can sign anyone
27 Jun 2011 10:45:37
Milner for £14/18m? You must be joking
Villa thought that all the birthdays and Xmas had come at once when they sold him. Half of the price would have been accepted and if they were to try and get him back about £12m should be the max. Matt Jarvis, Foster and the Wigan pair will be sought but will they come? Money from Young & Downing is all that Mcleish will get. £40m was quoted and that is what the two deals will put in the pot. I am not holding my breath, but some of the targets will arrive, but I fear that more will refuse.
27 Jun 2011 00:06:59
What is needed by Villa:
GK- Given or Foster
RB- Hutton
CB- Dann, Samba or Shawcross
CM- Barton or Adam
Wing- (If Downing goes) N'Zogbia
Wing- Wesley Verhoek or Victor Wanyama
ST- (Heskey replacement if he hopefully goes) Long or Pavlyuchenko
Can only see Hutton nad Verhoek coming off that list
Verhoek looks sharp so could be a goer but no need for hutton a fit young is 10 times better it will be intresting to see what players spurs offer in exchange for downing but i would love to see defoe, jenas and placious come to vp
26 Jun 2011 20:11:29
Anybody linking Scott Brown with anyone it really isn't going to happen, he isn't a player who can play a good pass, take the ball for a run and he doesn't score or set-up goals but Neil Lennon seems to confine in Brown because they are equal as each other. I am a Rangers fan and would fully admit who is a good footballer at Celtic but i'm being 100% honest and as a Scotland fan why Scott Brown gets a game I really don't know. I'll be following Villa next season. Hope you guys are successful big Eck is a really good manager and hopefully will win over the fans that don't like him.
26 Jun 2011 02:26:00
stop with the scott brown rumours, why would Mcleish, an ex rangers man want him?
25 Jun 2011 23:02:02
Anyone think that picture of Downing and Carrol with the liverpool scarf in a bar in Ibiza is real
Seen as they are on hol together there and ent it funny how 3 days later all of a sudden he's handing a transfer request in to Villa
And can anyone tell me why were bothering to chase players who say they wanna go Liverpool (Adam) and Newcastle (N'Zogbia) Personally i'd be looking at the youngsters from the under 21 euro's see who could be signed hey we need a Keeper what about Fielding he's only 20 and he'll be cheap
25 Jun 2011 15:21:01
hi all is anyone else really starting to get worried about the situation at villa we had a very small squad last year and this has been decimated even more with the recent departures (13 in total so far and downing expected to follow shortly)but there aint no movment coming in and why would any half decent player want to come to us when we are selling our best players (again may i add)can any of you really see defoe, milner, samba, bendner, given, n zogbia and dann coming to us?
i feel we will be left to pick the bones of the transfer market with players like bothroyd green hitzlesperger
and so on even larsson turnd us down and he is s##t
We can't offer the same the high wages like other clubs that why we will miss out on players like given bendtner samba. we don't have a large transfer budget it seems to buy milner dann defoe. we will have to take a risk on players like bothroyd and see if they can play in the prem
In all fairness looking at who's gone the only Significant lose/loses are Young, Friedal (but he is getting old hopefully we don't replace him with Green), and maybe Downing as the rest are seen as over priced dead wood and hopefully heskey goes i'd also like to see Petrov replaced as his legs have gone and he's been a good servent
I can see Given coming as he hasn't played regular for 18 months so the team that signs him are effectively taking a risk and i see Villa getting one big name it won't be Bendtner or Milner
N'Zogbia and Samba have both pubically stated what teams they want out of the interested teams and Dann personally i feel R.Johnson is better than Dann and less than half the 15m asking price for Dann which is the stumbling block
25 Jun 2011 14:54:11
Things are looking real good for us Villa fans now, Downing is apparantly set to hand in a transfer request to force through a move to Liverpool. Mcleish better start signing, there was a rumour he would be given 40m to work with, add the 17m from Young and the 15-18m for Downing if he goes, that's around 75m to get a good solid keeper, a winger or two and a better striker than Heskey, which im sure won't be hard to find.
Closer to 20-25mil given to mcleish. watford were given 3mil from young transfer and he won't be given all the rest. wouldn't be surprised if some of fee from downing goes to middlesborough which is why we are demanding 20mil. if downing goes mcleish will have 40-45mil to spend.
Around 1.5 million reportedly going to Watford But the Wage bill restrictions are the same for every club to attempt and cut the mega spending done by some clubs so that each club can't spend more than they earn each year and as Villa's wage bill was over our gate sales Villa are attempting to re-structure our pay sale to bring our wages in line with revenue
Waiting so long to sign fourth or fifth choice manager, means signing fourth or fifth choice players.Deep down Villa fans must know that the left-over brigade (Rob Green, Danny Simpson, etc) will come in alongside mediocre foreigners you have never heard of. It's going to be a long hard season for Big 'Eck- well hard for as long as it lasts. Shame because I have met him and he is a top bloke, just wrong club, wrong time. Too late to stop Downing etc moving an Young was always gone this time round.
24 Jun 2011 21:08:52
Names rumored to be on Alex Mcleish's wanted list. .
Sebastian Ribas
Yusef Ramekin
Rodney Rodgers
Eyong Enoh
Stephane Orlando aka 'Penny-farthing'
Graham Dorrans
Under the Gerard Houllier regime Villa had agreed a deal to bring goalkeeping legend Bruno Martini to Villa park to work as a coach, apparently Randy Lerner is still keen to do this hence the delay in signing a first team gk for the forthcoming season without Martini's advice, rumors of French lunatic/psycho Stephane Ruffier of AS Monaco joining up.
Has anyone heard of any of these players????????
24 Jun 2011 16:36:04
Rangers have told Villa McGregor is not for sale
As a Villa Fan I would prefer to Foster or Given pull our number 1 jersey on as i Feel there of proven quality in the Prem were as Mcgregor plays in the spl and only gets tested in two matches a season against Celtic so could he be worthy of the fast pace of the Prem?
Come on Villa fans what do you think
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there was me thinkin rangers play celtic at very least 4 times a year, well this year they actually played 7 times ! did u forget about the 6 champ league games, the europa cup games and the scotland internationals. I don't see rangers selling him on the cheap tho. would cost 9-10 million quite easily assumin he would wanna leave. Iv seen him play quite a lot and the guy makes big big saves ie kinda the ones were u can't see a save comin but somehow gets to it . . check out the save against werder bremen i think no word of a lie one of the top 5 saves i have ever seen.
24 Jun 2011 16:02:37
'Not sure this will happen mate, as Goodwillie was questioned by police in relation to an alleged crime'
'Not just any crime, mate. Court appearance soon'
Whoever diasgreed with this, which part do you disagree with? goodwillie HAS a pending court appearance FACT (google it) and that apparently is why Rangers are bidding way below Utd's asking price.
24 Jun 2011 13:34:08
Not sure this will happen mate, as Goodwillie was questioned by police in relation to an alleged crime
Not just any crime, mate. Court appearance soon
24 Jun 2011 08:54:58
We all know the real reason Young went to Utd - it was not to win trophies but down to their grass being softer than at Villa Park, stopping him hurting himself every time he dives! !
24 Jun 2011 08:40:17
Young has left villla to utd! i wish him the best of luck at utd he has been a great player for villa and proud that he played for us
23 Jun 2011 23:32:51
23 Jun 2011 16:00:46
Mcleish won't go for Barry Ferguson! what is with all these rumours? He isn't near Villas standards.
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EH?? You serious
Ferguson was the 2nd best passer of the ball in the league last season agree he is in his 30's but there could be one or 2 seasons left in him
I am a rangers man mite be a bit bias but fergie is better than any centre mid villa have just now, petrov, makoun, in a holding roll he can ping a ball about a midfield all day long.
23 Jun 2011 20:15:59
mcleish looking to strengthen the midfield by trying to resign reo-coker and looking to bring in scott brown. Expect downing to leave as well. Surprisingly mcleish will go after arsenal's aaron ramsey as it is said that mcleish is a big admirer of the welshman and with the number of options wenger has in midfield he is willing to let go of ramsey for a fee of around the 20million mark.
I hope this is tru but one I can't see Wenger letting him go and Also heard Mcleish doesn't have the 40-50 million to spend which the papers are speculating Apparently he has 6 million from the ash transfer and 20 million
And we need a decent Keeper can't see us getting Foster or McGregor as both are rated 10-12 million would hope for Given for 5 million but will prob end up with Green for about 3 million then a winger were looking at a few options there as well as a defender and a good attacking centre midfielder unless he can finally get Ireland back playing at his best but doubt that
If you guy's hated the thought of big Eck coming, DREAD Scott Brown, he is f***ing pash ! ! a captain of runners up, good luck in the new season Villa. A Rangers fan
23 Jun 2011 18:05:59
Helloo Aston villa fans i am a blue nose and just like to say ur goin down next season and were comin straight back up. .godd luck! ;(
More chance of Elvis Presley doing a comeback tour than you lot coming back up enjoy life in the lower leagues blue nose He He
You are nearly bankrupt so if you do survive enjoy the 15pt deduction and 1st division 2012/2013. .i hear hartlepools lovely this time of year!
How are Villa Bankrupt mate the owner is worth 1.5 billion Villa arent floated on the stock exchange and have a personal debt to Lerner of around 65 million so come on pull the other one Villa are to strong a team to be relegated were not the Blues who bounce like a yo-yo between championship and prem cause your a mickey mouse club
Im a villa fan you cock. .read the txt! it goes premiership, championship then 1st division. how could you get relegated 2 divisions in one season?? bcfc are the the ones in financial trouble. .i have been a season ticket holder for over 30yrs at vp i am well aware of our history and current financial posistion. idiot
Villa fans are soooo thick the remark was aimed at birmingham city derrrrrrr. . villa fans you could'nt sh*t em
23 Jun 2011 16:00:46
Mcleish won't go for Barry Ferguson! what is with all these rumours? He isn't near Villas standards.
23 Jun 2011 17:03:27
rangers fan here. just wondering if use would like to keep cuellar or sell him. believe for keep/ unbelieve to sell thanks
Rhysrfc
Not arsed mate don't really rate the player feel Villa have better options than him in Collins, Dunne, Warnock, L. Young
23 Jun 2011 16:32:33
Heard from a source in the medical team, Cuellar's knee is dodgy and he'll struggle to last a competitive 90mins. If he stays he's gonna be a bit-player next season
23 Jun 2011 12:45:27
well young is off great start mcleish {Ed007's Note - It was out of McLeishs hands, the deal was 99% done weeks ago}
What are you talking about you kn*b? he was long gone before Mcleish came in and he would have gone no matter who the manager was. I know he is a good player but he is a cheat anyway and a couple of times last season i was ashamed to watch his antics wearing a Villa shirt. . he will fit in well at Man Utd. .he just needs to brush up on his harrassing the referee and change his goal celebration from pointing to his name to shouting foul language at the tv cameras!
Look lets be realistic Ash is gone Downing is going Apparently from reports on news speculation sites Mcleish hasn't got much to spend in the transfer window is only getting 6m of the Ash sale and about 20 million so therefor if he wants to re-build the squad he can't afford 10 million on Foster and 15 million on Dann and that's before looking at N'zogbia for 10 million that's why he's saying our talented youth will break the first team next season with Albrighton guarnteed first team Clark, Bannan, Delph and Deflounso set to break the first string with Herd and Baker on the frings Apparently to bring any big names in Mcleish will have to sell and get playewrs in on a lower rate of weekly pay
23 Jun 2011 10:06:31
if villa are gonna let young go for 16million and downing 19 million than why not make a bid to bring milner back to villa park as the villa park outfit still love him to bits and would welcome him back with open arms . . . .
and as for signing alan mcgregor please he was the best keeper in the spl last year but will rangers put an outrageous price tag on him to turn clubs away
Completely agree. .id love to see james milner back at vp. anyone fancy fat frank to partner him?? got to be worth the 5mil the mirror reckons he wud cost this morning!
Also heard that mcleish has his eye on a young swiss kid central midfielder/2nd striker bit like young was for a while
22 Jun 2011 20:33:25
MON spent 150 mill , sidwell we lost money plus 45 000 a week . reo coker we lost money again 45 000 a week . gary cahill who knows what we have lost. c davis, n shorey, h beye, g barry could have got 18 mill got 12 mill . that is not good management and to make it worse we won sweet FA my beloved MON FAN.
22 Jun 2011 20:10:36
22 Jun 2011 16:44:01
Alex McLeish has sanctioned the £3m sale of Carlos Cuellar to Newcastle and has agreed a fee with Dundee United for David Goddwillie after having already brokered a deal for the striker with BCFC he knows the fee and terms required, anyone seen Goodwillie play?
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Me, a Dundee United fan! Google on youtube Scottish Cup Final 2009 OR Goodwillie overgead kick v Motherwell
22 Jun 2011 18:59:38
To the muppet below who stated that o neill wasted a fortune on players!
what profit did we sell james Milner for?, What profit will we be making on Ashley Young, What value will we be putting on Stewert Downing. Add up the cost of all the players u listed & we made that on the james milner sale!
If you are going to slag off O neill at least put a balanced opinion - Muppet
We made 8 million on the Milner sale remember we got Ireland in that transfer who was rated at 8 million Young were making 6.5 million so combind that's 14.5 million Davis cost 8.5 and was sold for 3.5 million Cahill we could have got 8-9 back then if he hadnt been frozen out and we got 3 million Gardener we should of kept but also got froze out so again only 3 million could of got 6-8 million if he was playing reo-coker signed for 4.5 million let go for sweet FA and that's without listing the others we lost money on. And Heskey 3 million and all the wasted chances he's had going for 500,000 now can't wait to see his and carew's replacement
Now don't get me wrong O'neill was a very good manager in some respects and got us up there challenging the big and if he had of rotated his squad a little more as he ran then his first string into the ground even brought the young player of ther year 09 and never played him in Delph it would of been more use sending him back to leeds on loan for 2 seasons only now is he being touted to break the first string next year And O'neill never gave the Academy kids a game either which is something we started to see under Houllier and Mcleish has said he'll make more use of our talented Academy youngsters.
Now don't go thinking I'm a O'neill hater as I'm not he was a great manager but there were a few bad and stubbon decisions the worst being the year we were touted to win the uefa cup and he fielded a weakened side to see us knocked out (that was gutting)
22 Jun 2011 16:24:55
note to villa fans how to find a new manager
make a shortlist
discuss privately top choices
interview them
decide on best choice
offer contract
announce new manager
im not the biggest fan of the blues board as they have gone back on promises on funds but they have shown alot more respect then the villa board when they were chasing chelsea manager ancelotti fulham manager hughes bcfc manager mcleish. a bit of respect by the board for the way they approached a manager and a bit of realism by the fans as we know we are not man utd and can't attract some of the greatest managers in football unlike some.
doc
Why don't you find out the facts before spouting your mouth off. we never approached ancelotti or hughes who neither were attached anyway, the only person we did was martinez and i seem to remember whelan commending villa for their conduct stating he wished all clubs acted in the proffessional manner in which they did. mcleish tendered his recogniton due to the interference of your board. why are you always on our site anyway? worried you are going out of business? jealous? either way just f**c off back to your shed and your own site you bluenose pr**k
Doc do you come on here just to be harassed or because you miss Mcleish or maybe to see when we sign your keeper and maybe johnson
Maybe he gets off on the abuse! can imagine him wearing a big nappy crying coz the scum got relegated and now lost their manager and soon to lose their keeper and best player!
Firstly apology for ancelotti who villa did not approach. hughes though was approached and was still employed by fulham at the time. also i did not put martinez name on their as he was approached the right way. mcleish emailed his resignation which was rejected and talked to villa before talks between 2 clubs had allowed him to talk and compensation was confirmed. finally i have started visiting this due to the recent move of mcleish and the current rumours of foster dann and johnson. only here to see the potential future of bcfc players and have no interest in any other moves of villa.
doc
22 Jun 2011 14:38:24
Rangers have told Villa McGregor is not for sale
As a Villa Fan I would prefer to Foster or Given pull our number 1 jersey on as i Feel there of proven quality in the Prem were as Mcgregor plays in the spl and only gets tested in two matches a season against Celtic so could he be worthy of the fast pace of the Prem???
Come on Villa fans what do you think
22 Jun 2011 10:18:19
Villa set to make a 8.5 million bid for defoe and if the bid fails apparently Mcleish will go for Pavlochenko as a back up to bolster attack now Heskey is finally on the way out (o'neills worst ever signing)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Worse than Agathe, Dunne, Salifou, Sidwell, Shorey, Routledge, Beye, Marshall. MON wasted millions and some fools want him back
Dunne had a great first season. He hasn't been a waste.
Dunne was flatered in an over performing team and had milner tracking back, warnock playing the best football of his career. he can only pass in the direction he is facing and looked like he had one too many pies last year! sunday league stuff from him and collins last year and the pair of them clearly had to much to say off the field. .i say if as rumoured wolves-dunne and bburn-collins we should take the money and good ridance from b6
Dunne and collins have been the best centre back villa has had in along time and warnock played brillient but they didn't play well this year coz a good manager left before the season
O'neill was a great Manager who at times was brillient but he also made some really s**t decisions I.E. some of his transfers he brought were terrible and over priced he also froze out 3 players who were good players Curtis Davis, Craig Gardener and Gary Cahill these were all good players and i expect them all to be commanding large transfer fees in the near future
O'neills biggest flaw was stubboness to run the same 16 players into the ground so they couldn't maintain there challenges on the top 4 i feel if he had of rotated the squad a little we would of cracked the top on at least one of those seasons
So Dunne and Collins are the best centre halfs we have had for a while eh? Ive seen milk turn faster than them and the pair of them can only pnt the ball forward in hope it finds a claret and blue shirt! neither them are fit to lace Mellbergs, Laursens, Southgate or Paul Mcgraths boots. . and O'neil leaving isn't an exscuse for the trouble they caused off the field last year or the piss poor performances on it.
Very true they Are good centre half's although just cause o'neill that shouldn't of effected there performance and yes when you list our best centre halfs ever they don't compare (although i never rated Southgate he was always scared of a head on challenge)
Aston villa's best centre backs ever are laursen and mellberg say no more!
Yes but i agree mellberg and laursen have been the best centre backs ever but one left threw injury and the other left now tell me who is better now?
21 Jun 2011 21:05:17
Aston Villa To come in top 4 with Alex Mcleish and his 6 possible signings
Ben Foster
Scott Dann (possible or Roger Johnson)
Sebastian Larsonn (possible or N'zogbia)
Daniel Sturridge
Danny Simpson
Jermaine Defoe
Transfers possible but top 4 finish very optimistic with how much Man u, Chelsea, Man City, Aresnal, Liverpool and spurs will spend although with those signings i could see Villa maybe winning Silverware as providing we replace ash with some quality and maybe downing we have the potential to be up there
21 Jun 2011 14:49:18
check the picture of downing on twitter.
Its a fake.
It looks real to me and i would'nt surprised if it is to attempt to push his transfer through.
Although Villa have released a statement saying it's fake
For me if Liverpool are willing to spend big money on unproven players Carrol Henderson (yes they show promise but are not worth there fees) then why can't we sell Downing for 25m plus
And get Shaqiri in for 10-15m
First of all the image is fake look as there are 4 left hands for 3 people look at were downing is holding the scarf. also downing is a gd player but 25+ is over optimistic for a player who has shown talent but not consistently. finally shaqiri is worth about 10-15 mil but as he is being linked to the like of man utd madrid and barca its unlikely he will go to villa. blindness bias and plain stupidity by a villa fan no surprises on this site.
doc
Here we are again a liverpool fan giving his view on villa again i sick of hearing liverpool fans about downing listen he has a contract at villa and if we value him at 25 mill or 10 million if you want him you ll have to pay that for him then saying we wouldn't get shaqiri maybe not but liverpool wanted young and look where that got you but then again liverpool fans will be saying where going to win the league this year i think not
Actually Shaquri has been linked with Villa, Fulham, Liverpool, forentina and Roma who are currently the front runner's to land him
Hey guys just tracked this Doc guy down He's a blue nose whats the matter checking our page to see when we'll land your keeper and one of your centre backs
Shaqiri has been linked with Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool, Manchester United and Fiorentina in the past few months.
from goal.com
The talented 18-year-old has caught the eye of the Bianconeri with his performances for the St. Jakob Park outfit. He is being touted as a potential future star and is reportedly also being tracked by the likes of Barcelona, Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, and PSV.
from guardian
arsenal liverpool man utd munich much bigger team then villa.
doc also im not a liverpool fan i can't stand them they are a 1 man team and without gerrard they are average.
21 Jun 2011 12:41:00
check the picture of downing on twitter.
DEVIL {Ed007's Note - It is on the LFC site:
www.liverpool-rumours.co.uk/lps_244.php
Is there any back from that for him??}
It looks fake either andy caroll or the woman has the longest arm ever! and why would you take a scarf to barbados? if it turns out to be real then he is a c@*t! and should never wear a villa shirt again. .go and play with that gypsy caroll theyve got about as much chance as us of winning something as us next season anyway. . f**c all!
21 Jun 2011 08:36:26
McLiesh is Fergusons bitch. Villa have become Man U. nursery club.
20 Jun 2011 23:15:56
Mcleish will NOT go for Barry Ferguson, what is wrong with you people? He will go for a goalkeeper as first priority, and the targets are realistically going to be: Given, Camp, Foster or Green. Hopefully he sees Heskey as deadwood and sells him to Leicester.
20 Jun 2011 20:12:36
Rumors that Alex Mcleish wants to send out a message that he can attract quality players by luring Keisuke Honda to Villa Park as a direct replacement for Ashley Young, would be a real coup if he pulls it off.
Allan Mcgregor will sign and claim the no 1 jersey in a deal sending Carlos Cuellar in the opposite direction, Scott Dann is high up on Mcleish's 'wanted list' expect to see him in a Villa shirt come August, same with Alan Hutton at right back. Warnock apparently still has a future and may hold down the left back position, Ciaran Clark could take the remaining CB spot as Collins/Dunne are both available for transfer according to rumor?
Stewart Downing is expected to stay with talk he may be moved into the middle of the park partnering. . Stephen Ireland! (whom Mcleish is a fan off, hence the reason he'll go out of his way to correct Ireland's situation at villa) Albrighton/Agbonlahor will compete and play right wing, leaving Jean Makoun playing in a defensive midfield position and finally Darren Bent will carry on as the loan striker, Dj Campbell also linked as backup one would assume?
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Hutton- - - -Dann- -Clark- - - Warnock
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Albrighton- -Ireland- -Downing- -Honda
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20 Jun 2011 19:41:48
I'm a rangers fan and I have to feel sorry for u gettin eck he is one of the worst managers in our history the guy is rubbish
One the worst managers in your history yet won everything achievable in your league while your direct competition was manged by the Legend that is Martin O'neill and achieved a worthy run in the Champs league getting you to the final 16 for the first time in what 10-20 years
So yeah i feel a bit of scottish bitterness
He won rangers the domestic treble in his first full season as well, so mcLeish is far from rangers worst manager
Big eck was a great rangers manager.no money but still overturned the leprechaun.he will be good for villa given the backing. Airdrie bear {Ed007's Note - How many relegations did he take Birmingham to?}
20 Jun 2011 18:46:31
Alex McLeis is going after C******e A**m who saw moves to Liverpool and Spurs collapse six months ago. any one know wot the storie is with young going to UTD?
Alex Mcleish is going after Charlie Adam as he gave him His Break at Rangers and Scotland And His transfer's to spurs and liverpool collapsed cause Blackpool wouldn't sell as he was there best chance of staying up and Mcleish is exepted to sign off Ash's move to Man u this week
He's also set to make a bid for Foster and has Given as a back up
He also has his sights on Dann/johnson from brum wes brown and simpson from newcastle
and is also rumored to be attempting to hijack kevin Nolan from West hams cluthes
20 Jun 2011 14:47:45
Is Carlos Cueller going back to Rangers
Rangers fan here, cueller is mcCoists main target to strengthing the defence at rangers , it just depends if mcLeish wants him, cueller has already said he would love to come back to ibrox. that's the news from last week in glasgow, just need to wait and see what happens
20 Jun 2011 14:15:38
You guys must stop hounding Alex McLeish, he is a good manager and will do a good job if he gets the support that any manager needs.
you will no doubt say that managing in the spl isn't as difficult as the epl but he won many titles with rangers at a time when celtic under o'neil were at their best.
he also took rangers to the last 16 of the champions league.
the reason birmingham went down was down to big eck but a lot of the brum players didn't perform at the best of their abillity each week.
so just give the guy a chance.
19 Jun 2011 19:13:45
Villa attempt to hijack Kevin Nolans move to West ham in the hope prem football will tempt him
Also Villa set to make bids for Ben Foster, Scott Dann/Roger Johnson from Brum
Wes Brown is another move Mcleish is interested in
Apparently in talks to re-sign Reo-coker
And finally i hope this one isn't true but Villa set to make a move for Joey Barton
All the above is straight from the sunday paper's
19 Jun 2011 18:55:42
Rumours surfacing of a 15 million pound bid for sturridge around Midlands, but probably a lie. The other rumours are:
IN
Alan Hutton Tot
Ben Foster BIR
OUT
Emile Heskey LEI
Ashley Young MUT
Heskey is better than some of our players
Heskey is terrible. . almost as bad and lazy as pires
19 Jun 2011 18:37:22
The Mirrror says Villa have given McLeish 40 million to spend. The Express and Star says Villa have put a 9 million pound bid for Adam. News of the world claims Blues want 15 mill for Dann. Skysports.com says that Manchester United defender Wes Brown is a possible target. The News of the World also claim that we turned down a £12million bid from Liverpool for Stewart Downing. Villa are going to hold out the 20 million pounds they asked for.
The Express say that Villa will bid in the region of £10million for Ben Foster. The Mirror say that Villa are in a group of clubs hoping to sign Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia. Newcastle, Liverpool, Spurs and Sunderland are also said to be in the £7million race. The daily mail have say Leicester have offered 2 million for Heskey.
Kyle Walker has sort of hinted that he might be prepared to stay at Villa if he can't get first team football at Spurs. He told Sky Sports 'My main thing is just to play football. It's the game I love. I get out of bed every morning and play football. Would Villa be a nice option again? Villa is perfect but you never know. Football is weird.'
The People says Villa are interested in Marseille's left back Taiwo who's contract runs out this summer.
The same report also says that if we get Taiwo, Stephen Warnock will be allowed to leave for a 'bargain fee'
Lille want 15 million for Ivory Coast star Gervinho. Rumours are saying that Villa put a bid of 10 million in for the striker however it was turned down. Lyon are willing to let Kim Kallstrom move to VP for 6 million. Kallstrom has 12 months left on his contract.
19 Jun 2011 14:10:10
McLeish will try to use Carlos Cuellar as bait in a 10mill deal for McGregor and Naismith from Glasgow Rangers. .
Radio Clyde this morning
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Are you serious? This is a non starter for a few reasons, McGregor wants to be a ger for life and be reconisied as one of the goalies - goram-woods
and naismith as well just signed long term deal
Secondly the fee is way out, cuellar is worth 2-3 million tops! !
Mcgregor - 9 Million minimum
Naismith - 5 Million minimum
But as we are in a position that we don't have to sell i would say 12-14 million plus Mcgregor
Fed up with english teams coming up here and thinking they can get our best players for pennies, when they pay the most RIP OFF PRICE ON THE PLANET - HENDERSON 20 MILLION, MORE LIKE 4, CARROLL 35 MILLION UR HAVING A LAUGH - JELAVIC IS BETTER {Ed007's Note - £14 million for McGregor? Come on, you've been up all night drinking haven't you?}
In all fairness to a Villa fan it sounds like a scottish rumor as there has been no speculation bout this move down here and we don't really rate any players from the spl the latest shortlist of players on Mcleish's shortlist are
Foster GB (b'ham)
Johnson/dann CB (b'ham)
Adam CM (b'pool)
Gervinho F (Lille)
AND for me i would rather see these pull a Villa shirt on than Naismith and Mcgregor (the only half decent keeper in Scotland)
I argee that we shouldn't sell English players cheap for pennies. I think young for 15 mill is cheap. I have heard that Liverpool want both downing and albrighton! Willing to pay 28 mill all in! Don't think albrighton will go though.
19 Jun 2011 14:04:21
I would like see a swop of S Ireland and S Warnock for J Guttierrez and J Enrique from Newcastle.ed do you if Villa will get anything if G Cahill is sold by Bolton.
18 Jun 2011 23:43:02
Im a scot and I think Alex mcleish will do a good job
at villa , he does not make decisions like walking away
from a club lightly and if he did -there must be something fundementally wrong at Birmingham city further to that he has not done anything like this before so you will be able to judge him on his own merits but he is a man of his word and will put villa back up where they belong.
I am a Scot too< he walked out on the Scotland job ya nob ! !
In all fairness both jobs he walked out on are none starters.
The Scotland job= being beaten consistantly on the international stage.
The Brum job= being relegated or in the relegation battle each season
18 Jun 2011 23:30:53
as a blues fan i am loving the change in mood by the fickle villa fans. before it was confirmed nobody wanted mcleish now it is done everyone is saying give him a chance. the main reason we were relegated was mcleishs stubborness in not changing the formation or the starting 11. he does not change his mind and when villa start to struggle he won't change what he does. im personally happy he has gone and ecstatic that he has to villa. expect negative and defensive football for the next few years down at villa park.
Mcleish's stubboness to not change the starting 11 was due to him wanting to put his strongest side out the thing he does do is not change his formation.
Its not being fickle that we can't change the fact he's our manager therefor as a loyal supportor of Villa I'll give him chance and judge after a season or two
18 Jun 2011 15:20:43
if martin o'neill was givin the financial backing by lerner he could hav taken yous to new heights he is the best in the business lets face it you will always be a small club and bringin in mcleish has just proved that, do u think mcleish is gonna get the money o'neill didn't dream on
Is this another Jock or a brum fan
Cause i think you need to do your homework Martin o'neill spent just under 150 million on players over 4 years if that's not being backed by the board
WHAT IS
out of that half the players he bought were sh*t and over priced which we then had to make loses on and he froze out some good players and sold them for a pitence such as Gary Cahill, Craig Gardener and Curtis Davis. O'neill spat his dummy out and quit when Randy started asking questions why he only used and ran the same 16 players into the ground and left players who he had spent 8 million plus on not even on the bench
Thats not saying he was a poor manager just pointing out his flaws he brought some cracking players and played good football he also mad some dodgy decisions to
So please don't chat sh*t mate Randy has backed all his managers and he'll back McLeish
Why you so concerned about our club bored with your own or what, i bet you only sing when your winning.
Yea well lets see if amazing mcleish will do any better
Only sing when we are winning my team lost the league and we were still singing martin o'neill took yous out of the bottom half of table got yous into europe and yous still gave him crap do me a favour
Martin O'neill was a very good manager he had his time at Villa spent 150 million over 4 years brought in a good style of football and brought some good and bad players so he was far from perfect.
Houllier came in and spent 30 million over 9 months and was a decent manager as Villa usually flag towards the end of the season although due to his training methods we got better and pulled away from the bottom to finish 9th
And now it's Mcleish's time instead of doing cheap digs at him wait and see what he does at Villa before you judge Lerner wouldn't of appointed him and give him no money as the boy cot would cost the club more so wait and see what players he brings in and who he performs over the season.
I wasn't a fan of houllier but saw the benefits of his training
And now many of us wouldn't of picked Mcleish but i have a feeling a move of this kind making Mcleish our manager i feel he must be being given around 50 million to spend to re-build the holes in team left by barry milner young and maybe dowing going
18 Jun 2011 10:38:45
McLeish also managed Scotland to a. 1 0 victory over France in Paris. . Aw wait a forgot France were s**te at that time it had been a whole year since they'd lost the world cup final by a penalty that hit the bar and Scotland players are just so f***ing brilliant !
Get a grip and gee the guy a chance
18 Jun 2011 04:20:43
Without doubt this is the darkest day in Villas history. Not only a manger that relegated them twice, his general management is terrible. at rangers he had money and done not much, motherwell hibs a complete failure, i bet carlos is captian next season and we will buy some rejects from rangers for millions to help pay their debt. i can't believe this has happened what has he got to offer? his tactics are p**s poor, his record in the transfer market is sh**e and coz he won some daft trophys in scotland he can manage a big club like villa. rangers arent exactly the top of the pile, any pile to be honest and now he comes here, we have won european cups etc in our history who are poxy rangers or motherwell in the bigger picture. this stink to high heavens of jobs for the boys with scots managers to help out their game up their, with taxes and takeovers and no money etc,
Time for change villians
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i smell a celtic fan here, using the term "coz, p**s poor
so you from glasgow? Idoit!
Mcleish didn't have money to spend at rangers, rangers were skint and just to keep you up to date rangers got bought over and don't have any debt
Hwo quick you sing a different tune first you hate him now you love him trying to deffend him lets face it two faced villa should change your name to aston city. .englands second city and not a team between ya your all becoming blue noses you got one thing right championship here you come babbiebird
Glasgow rangers are the most successful club in the world so to say they "aren't exactly the top of the pile" is BS! aston villa are a small club in a small town, with a small rivalry. Villa brum derby is nothing compared to other derbies in the UK, villa are a tiny tiny club and there fan base is three times less of rangers AT LEAST!
Who is this loser saying who are poxy rangers, rangers are easily one of the top 10 clubs in the planet villa are not, fair enough european cup but villas history does not compare with rangers, and rangers fan base is superior to villas.and fans make the club
If you think rangers are top ten on the planet then you know nothing about football and are just one of these people that sit on forums n watch match of the day and that's all you do to be involved in the footballing world. wheres rangers in this list . 1. barca , 2. man utd, 3. real madrid , 4. inter milan ( even though they had a shocking season ) 5. chelsea , 6. arsenal , 7. man city , 8. ac milan , 9. liverpool. 10 . tottenham , rangers arent in the top 20
So you are saying the ten biggest clubs in the world six of them are english, what a load of carbage, theres only two teams from england that would make that list, man u and liverpool
Rangers are bigger than spurs, arsenal, chelsea, man city easily. you clearly have your english shades on and one of those guys who only listen to papers about the spl and not actually watch it!
I have watched the spl before , normally the old firm games, and there nothing special , rangers havent done anythink recently and are no where ear as good as the english teams , if they moved down to the premier league they wud be a bottom half of the table team
18 Jun 2011 03:30:46
Without doubt this is the darkest day in Villas history. Not only a manger that relegated them twice, his general management is terrible. at rangers he had money and done not much, motherwell hibs a complete failure, i bet carlos is captian next season and we will buy some rejects from rangers for millions to help pay their debt. i can't believe this has happened what has he got to offer? his tactics are p**s poor, his record in the transfer market is sh**e and coz he won some daft trophys in scotland he can manage a big club like villa. rangers arent exactly the top of the pile, any pile to be honest and now he comes here, we have won european cups etc in our history who are poxy rangers or motherwell in the bigger picture. this stink to high heavens of jobs for the boys with scots managers to help out their game up their, with taxes and takeovers and no money etc,
Time for change villians
18 Jun 2011 01:23:26
villa fans should give Alex , McLeish a chance let him prove too yous that he is a very good manager he has a brilliant cv aye he managed Birmingham so what he will bring success to villa trust me hes done it every team hes managed theres only one Alex mcleish
17 Jun 2011 22:34:56
mcleish to bring roger johnson, ben forster, zigic and seb larsson with him and also signing bougerrha from rangers in a deal with cueallar . outs collins heskey petrov young.
Please not Zigic or Larsson.
And we don't want players from Rangers look at Ceullar he couldn't hack the pace and is going back to them
But Foster would be a good signing and Johnson would be good
I can't see Collins leaving if the door has apparently been opened for Dunne to leave as he was seen as the main perpertrator in the training ground bost ups were not gonna lose both centre backs
17 Jun 2011 22:22:34
alec mcgleish is set to pay 25 million for birmingham stars foster, dan, larsson
Why do you want Villa to waste 5million mate
Larsson is free, Dann is 10-12 million and Foster is 6-8 million so where you getting 25 Million from
But anyway one thing is for sure Villa need to spend to re-build the squad with Ash gone and Hopefully Downing on the way out as if he doesn't wanna play for us we should sell him and captulise and his value instead of sellin players with only a year left so we can't make money on them plus i'm not a fan of making a player see out their contract when they don't wanna play for us as you can see it in their performances
Cause with those two gone we will need a big name or two coming in or another wis kid like when we brought Ash someone hungry out to make their name in a squad which regularly get watched by Fabio Capello
When we bought foster a year ago he was a disappointing goalkeeper who had failed to show his potential. we paid 6mil for him. a year later he is been called back into the england squad only for him to retire due to injury concerns and was the first choice goalkeeper in the prem team of the year ahead of the likes of reina van der sar cech and our keeper last year hart. you still believe he is roughly 6 mil. his value would of atleast doubled maybe up to even 15mil. 25mil for the 2 of them is roughly right with 12mil each as a minimum.
doc
Sorry Doc i think you've got your rose tinted glasses on there. Had Birmingham stayed in the premier league you may have been able to command those fees but the truth is Blues went down and therefore you have to sell due to your dodgy chairman being skint. £20 mil would be more than enough to get those 2 players!
UTV
17 Jun 2011 22:12:23
New players will be as follows:
Foster
Johnson
dann
Ashley Young is NOT joining man u
as Man u have got a new winger about to join that's why the Young saga has been going on so long!
Fixtures for three games are:
fulham - away
blackburn - home
wolves - home
Ashley Young will sign for Man u this week as he has already agreed personal terms the only reason he hasn't already signed is cause randy wouldn't conclude any business while the search for a manager was going on.
17 Jun 2011 22:01:37
I think its funny villa have got mcleish, small time manager for a small club
17 Jun 2011 19:46:29
well randy and alex m have got big balls, fergie, george graham, owen coyle all back the man plus the scotts have proved to be good managers in the prem could turn out to be villas alex f . get behind him. villa till i die.
Or the next graeme souness
17 Jun 2011 19:09:46
17 Jun 2011 17:20:40
alec mcgleish is set to pay 25 million for birmingham stars foster, dan, larsson
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Larsson is available as a free agent, we aint gonna be paying £25 mil for Foster and Dann-£15-18 mil would see the pair arrive i reckon!
Totally foster will sign for 6-8m and i reckon dann for 12m providing he doesn't sign for stoke as they made a official bid today for dann of 12m
17 Jun 2011 18:25:32
Expect a number of surprise moves as the board will look to regain the backing of the club's fans. Shaquiri, barnetta, dann, nzogbia, sturridge and wellbeck to be the principal targets. Loan targets are Raphael from united and walker. Warnock and Ireland to be culled. The surprise is that Michael Bradley will be staying as will downing although only for another year. Mcgregor is the goal keeping target not foster. Don't rule out a marquee signing.
Hasn't McGregor signed a new 4 year deal with Rangers
17 Jun 2011 18:02:05
mccleish has named his targets within the clubs budget.
1st will be foster for 10 million activates a release clause. 2nd will be nzogbia who mccleish could not afford at blues 12 million. 3rd will be charlie adam while others are thinking about it 10 million . if he can not land adam will turn his attentions to out of contract owen hargreaves an finally upson who is also a free agent.
villa will re-coup 16 million for ashley young going up to a maximum of 19.5 with add ons. collins will join blackburn for 8 million.
Owen hargreaves what planet are you on if Villa signed him he would play one game and then be injured for two years so come on mate pull the other one
17 Jun 2011 16:29:10
As a Rangers fan i have to sympathise with you Villa fans, i never like Mcleish even when he was at Rangers but after taking Birmingham down, it just shows he's a glory hunting rat that has deserted the sinking ship.
How can you appoint a manager that just got his team relegated! Brum have a decent squad and should never have gone down! And I will add, he plays a pants style of football!
I would start the Lerner out chants!
Lerner is probably the best owner in the premier league, don, t want him out just spend more money on new players.
Lerner no longer shows interest in the games he didn't allow oniell to spend money that he made by selling barry and milner he shows no respect to houllier who would know his health situation better then anyone and then he hires mcleish who is an average manager. his was one of the best owners a couple of years ago but now he needs to go
17 Jun 2011 14:14:22
villa linked with move for david weir
17 Jun 2011 14:10:03
i can't believe mcleish has been appointed i mean birmingham got relegated does that not say somethin, i think its all downhill from here
I agree he just isn't good enough
Mcleish ent that bad he has a decent record really so what brum got relegated twice under him and how many times did the get relegated before him he still gave them their first trophy in 30 plus years so lets just give the man a chance if he can end our 15 year drought we'll all chant his name so just give him a chance
Im sure they would hav rather stay in the prem than win a tin cup
17 Jun 2011 12:00:14
villa are on the verge of signing john beausejour from blues for 6M
17 Jun 2011 12:35:23
(To the Carlos Quellar tune)
He quit your club to come to us McLeish McLeish
He quit the s**t to come to us McLeish McLeish
The king of town he took you down
For that the man deserves a crown
Alex McLeish villa manager
Missed a verse. "He'll take us down too!"
"Then we will take his crown and all have frowns!" lol
17 Jun 2011 11:25:21
Coming from Glasgow I'm kinda biased in the whole mcleish debate. He did a great job at Rangers, and I think he will do well at villa, I mean when did villa beat arsenal in a caring cup? I think all the people need to realise that the city villa rivalry is tame at best. I
Mate city villa rivalry is more than just tame its only because were not the only two clubs in england that play football, unlike scotland whose football is s**t.
Nah just got no stones
17 Jun 2011 10:23:10
Mcleish is manager of villa wish him the best of luck and hope he does will for us this year we did s**t last year until the end of it !i hope he will bring in great player 2 i know alot of ppl don't want him but name a manger that would come to villa?
Exactly Mcleish has a half decent record yeah so what he got the blues relegated who yo-yo between the championship and the prem anyway so no surprise there was never really given full backing off the owners at brum and still managed to win the carling cup and obviously Randy's taken a risk appointing him so expect spending this summer to give Mcleish support he also has 7 reasonably easy first fixtures so hopefully we'll be off to a flying start And if he can bring silverware to villa park we'll all be happy
So we jjust need to give him a chance and if he's rubbish the chance is he won't last long so lets just get back to supporting our club and see what the summer brings
17 Jun 2011 07:30:28
on the 29th may i commented about when houllier would call it a day and press
conference would be called. i was a day out due to the bank holiday.
im confirming all this will still happen.
villa's new kit will be made by nike. the stadium will be re-named the nike arena
on a 10 year deal for 60 million.
rafa will be named as next manager. check the odds with all book-makers.
why do you think they appointed glen roeder !
3 games before the end of the season he was employed to look at any potential
transfers.
were there is no question about rafa as a manager. he has made some shocking
purchases.
i think villa have covered everything.
a very clever set up.
i would prefer wilkins an ancelloti .
there is to much information here to be a rumour.
beleive don't beleive up to you.
up the villa. bye bye small heath
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Wrong so everything else you said is clearly a LIE
Oh and it will always be Villa Park! The Nike
Whatever?
U know nothing my friend McCleish is dead cert for Villa and look at his track record he has on stuff with Rangers and even hate to say the bluenose scum! However if he is prpared to leave the BRUMSCUM for us then it shows he has no loyalty to them n prefers us! UP THE VILLA! And to many years of McCleish glory!
17 Jun 2011 00:38:28
c, mon guys lets all get behind our new manager, ive got a feeling big ecks gonna have the villa pushing for the title in a few years(top 5 guys), lets all pull together for the sake of our club.
LMFAO. .what? Top 5 ? Is that the Championship? ha ha
16 Jun 2011 23:17:23
TO ALL VILLA FANS
Mcleish is set to sign a 3 year deal tommorrow and looks set to sign Dann and Foster as his first
signings which would be decent signings regardless of coming from the blues.
Now i'm a die hard Villa fan and Mcleish ent my first choice but come on wee was never gonna get moyes like we all wanted but if Mcleish can win the carling cup with blues and the scottish cup with hibs then provided Randy opens his pockets Mcleish hopefully can bring silverware to Villa and end our 15 year drought
I was also felt the fans who graffitied the training ground and protested just shamed the club and the rest of us fans over the years we've had lot's of rubbish managers and some good now's the time to give him a chance and see what villa achieve and if the Football is boring to watch so be it if it gets results we'll all be happy if not he won't be our manager for long!
SO PLEASE WE ALL JUST NEED TO SUPPORT OUR CLUB AND STOP THESE STUPID PROTESTS BY MINORITY'S WHICH MAKE THE REST OF US FEEL SICK
Completely agree. .graffiting BH was like taking a dump on your own carpet. .idiots
If Lerner spends AM will do better than GH
Yeh right on matey
16 Jun 2011 22:29:10
villa are not getting simon grayson. he's on holiday in Barbados and doesn't know anything about the rumours.
Grayson is Leeds through and through so ofcourse he won't leave Leeds he has done a top job. Keep up the good work Grayson or should i say Gr8son!
16 Jun 2011 21:18:21
When people bleat on about managers given time etc etc like Fergie at Man Utd to turn things around well, that is in the past and its about time we get down to what football really is and that is a results business. Any manager is only as good as his last few results and if it is McLeish then he will need to hit the ground running straight away with his signings and results in order to try and sway the AVFC fans that don't hate him already. I don't like McLeish purely because that we have dragged our club through all this nonsense for what is a second rate manager. Anybody can be a manager of Celtic/Rangers and win the league (didn't McLeish finish outside the top 3 and also relegate Motherwell) and it none it bodes well for AVFC. . For gods sake Randy who is advising u about McLaren and McLeish being good managers???!
I totally agree with what your saying but the man is going to be our manager if we like it or not, we now need to get behind the team (and him) nxt season and lets hope we get our club back where we know it should be, as we say we are the twelth man.
Mclaren is a good club manager, not a good international manager, much better credentials than mcleish
16 Jun 2011 20:19:53
JUst seen Roland Rat and Kevin the Gerbil in London with Randy Lerner looks like they followed the Scum Bag McLeish from the sewers I hope this mess is sorted out soon in is really getting on my nerves and i would like to know who the hell is advising Lerner on these Managers who ever it is needs sacking
Ian Holloway or Sven for Villa
16 Jun 2011 19:14:44
big alex took rangers to last 16 o champs lge he should be backed and he will deliver best manager EVER in scotland hope he keeps cuelar and proves you all wrong carlos will end up in the spain side under the big man FACT!!!!
16 Jun 2011 19:05:28
16 Jun 2011 18:04:43
to the villa fans big alex will do well he never got the players or money he was promised at brum but if he gets the right backing he will deliver from a celtic supporter . hail hail
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he spent 6 mill on zigic, yeah he knows what hes doin alright lol
16 Jun 2011 18:04:43
to the villa fans big alex will do well he never got the players or money he was promised at brum but if he gets the right backing he will deliver from a celtic supporter . hail hail
16 Jun 2011 11:44:18
the word is that gary macallister recomended macleish for the villa job fronting a coaching setup off a macleish g macallister g cowans g roader and r gonzalez roader and macallister are understood to have identified upwoulds of 30 possible transfer targets as well as the players macleish has brought to the table
players mentioned
given
forster
green
steele
westwood
danns
johnson
walker
figaroa
riise
samba
brown
n zogbia
larsson
gago
diarra
barton
noble
collinson
defoe
sturridge
cole
gyan
crouch
anelka
as a wole the coaching team looks strong but i can't hide the fact that he has still managed the small heath bluenoses to a double relagation bad manager or genius?
Im more leaning to the bad manager side. . yes he has won trophies with Rangers, but look at the players he had then. .R. De Boer, B.Ferguson, Arteta, Caniggia, Numan, Ricksen, Klos etc. . Unless we spend substantially we are in deep deep doo doo!
16 Jun 2011 03:32:26
hey guys. .im a Rangers fan i found it hard to listen to when a villa fan said on sky sports any guy can win silver. . have a bit of respect like we do for u guys big ek i give u that his football is s**t style of play as a seson ticket holder for 10 years i remember being bored at games he is a diffrent style of manager but give the guy his chance he is gona work with u guys if it kills him respect right ther for the record i understand why u don't want him for his style of play but on the otherhand he is gona do his all for u b a real fan and back ure club as i have done up here!
15 Jun 2011 20:38:18
The protests are lookin rather. .ehm. .awful
Mostly wee eight year olds who don't have a clue
15 Jun 2011 16:28:06
I am SAFC season ticket holder, I said to villa fans when you took Darren Judas Bent from us that you would not have him long before he would be looking for a new club.Now you are going to lose Downing, Young & co , he has no mates left .No manager, Bent has european clubs & turkish clubs sniffing around him, He will be off where the money is, after he said Villa is a big club !.What goes around comes around, you deserve it ! Villa don, t tap up HA HA HA ! !
DopeÂ
Still got sour grapes macken get over it
Why you moaning sunderland fan you got 24m out of it i bet you've already gone onto the liverpool page to slag them off over henderson signing for 20m you need to chill your beans least you have 44m to spend in the transfer window for the first time get over it
How is Darren Bent a judas? Your just annoyed you lost your best player. Villa are twice the club Sunderland will ever be, he made the right choice.
European Clubs and Turkish Clubs? Has Turkey moved since I left school?
Great shout mate.utv
15 Jun 2011 15:23:18
Claudio Ranieri Is Randy Lerner's BackUp Plan
15 Jun 2011 12:40:54
Any decent players you have that could come to Forest?
Hey mackem fan, get real u are a truly s**t team
15 Jun 2011 11:37:19
A visiting Liverpool fan and I often drop in on other forums to see what's happening - you see, I'm one of those football fans that is dedicated to my club, but also has a wider interest in the game.
Hence my poking my nose into the staggering shambles and grief that is currently Aston Villa.
I can't believe a man with so much business sense (Randy Lerner) can make such a monumental cock-up of appointing a new manager. I deride the idea of Alex McCleish joining you (despite Alan Brazil bigging him up - as he does with every mate!) as he is not top class. Yeh, he won the title with Rangers, but in a two horse race each year, what are the odds on anyone failing? Even that serial loser with the appalling dentures (and friend of Brazil) George Burley could have won the SPL title!
Now, here's the bit where some of you Villa fans will have a go at me, but I need to make my point. AVFC is a very big club; a very big club, but these days not in the same category as MUFC, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal or MCFC. We never like to hear that about our club, but it is true. You are on a par with say Spurs, but they are similar to you in not really winning anything big for years. The one thing you do have over the London clubs is that you were once European Champions and that's to be respected.
The trouble you have in 2011 is that outside of the Midlands, AVFC is seen as a mid-table club. I think I would accept that Martin O'Neill was right to be let go, but then you lost the plot in replacing him. NOW . . you have panicked and made what many fans will consider a real disaster selection in McCleish.
Your biggest mistake was in rebelling against the idea of Stev McClaren as manager. The tabloids did a good (sic) hatchet job on the man, but he remains a skilled manager and admirable coach. He worked wonders in the Eredivisie with FC Twente and would have made Wolfsburg a strong side if he had been allowed more time. He was a flop at England, but the weight of expectation was too much for a younger manager. Despite that, he has skills and contacts that would have made him an ideal choice for Aston Villa. I think you will come to regret that. The Sun's "Wally in a brolly" was just a cheap headline and name calling and personal slurs should be avoided when considering a man's pedigree in the coaching and managerial arena.
Many Liverpool fans will have soft spot for AVFC as a member of that exclusive club, a team winning the European Cup. What they will also be saying is that the Villa fans have been at times rude and arrogant about others and about the heights the club can reach. You don't have the money to compete with the big 5 and you will not have a manager with a reputation like Wenger's or Dalglish to attract the really big stars. You are a middle table team and under the new Scotsman, you might be lucky to cling onto that position! That for me will be a real shame.
Joe 45
Glad i am a forest fan. McClaren will turn Mcgugan from a good player into an outstanding one.
Being realistic i know Villa are a top 10 team and compete for european football and domestic silverware. but Liverpool also need to realise the reason your wasting all this money on inflated transfers is cause your owners want you to get back into the top 4 which prob won't happen and if were being realistic theres the top 3 fighting for the title manu chelsea and city then arsenal and liverpool fighting for 4th then spurs everton and villa fighting for uefa places.
In all fairness i don't care if Mcleish gets the job he's won silverware with hibs which got him the rangers job and won silverware with brum who should of never beat arsenal but did if he can do the same at villa i'll be happy
Lets see what happens when Mcleish has a owner behind him who will happly give him 40m plus for transfers which is what randy has been doing
Typical reaction: the tenet of the discussion was NOT about Liverpool, but you felt it necessary to have a little dig at LFC. Well if it takes your mind of the embarrassment of ebing an AVFC becuase of this laughable event, then I can live with that. It was a LFC fan trying to be supportive, but I suppose when you've been deluded for ages into believing you are the biggest club (in the Midlands) it is only natural you will want to lash out at anyone.
A lfc fan trying to be supportive have you read all of your message i suppose you can't take the truth back then hey Villa fans know were the biggest club in the midlands and were not deluded thinking were a top 4 team which were obviously not i bet as a lfc fan your deluded enough to think you have a chance of winning the league next cause of "king Kenny" give me a break.
And whoever does become Villa's new manager will have my support been supporting them 30 years seen some good managers and some rubbish ones but still a villa fan till i die
Hey mate the original poster was talking sense. Villa till you die? I guess it'll be a blessing to die rather than be a Villa fan these days! You aint a big club, except in the Midlands. To even think you were anywhere near LFC is laughable. You couldn't find anyone decent who wnated to be your manager and now you're gonna be stuck with a rival's manager, a bloke who took them down and this is all you think yu nee? KK wouldn't even use him to coach our U17s! Deluded fans, sh*it club and less trophies than Katie Price has got for horse jumping!
14 Jun 2011 23:56:10
ok , lets look at this logically, firstly i follow villa the last 44 yrs, mc leish is being touted in some quarters as being a good manager who managed on limited funds, and got bcfc into europe via c cup.also his record as rangers boss brought success, REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . if rangers , celtic and anyother spl team were in the premier league theyd be relegated in their first season, the man has got bcfc relegated twice. . . . , and is not wanted at our club by the villa fans who shell out their hard earned cash week in week out in these tough economic times, im lookin beyond the villa bcfc rivalry here, if and rightly so lerner and co did a u turn on mc clarens appointment through the opinion of us villa fans.then why does he seek to appoint this man, i think at this stage he doesn't give a damn about the club or football in fact.randy do the decent thing and listen to the people that make our club great OUR SUPPORTERS. . , YOUVE HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE ON THE MC CLAREN U TURN, BUT APPOINT MC LEISH AND SEE HOW MUCH THE FANS WILL TURN AGAINST U
14 Jun 2011 21:17:55
Makes me smile how bluenoses come on here and say see u in the championship. Effectively condemning themselves to at least one promotionless season next term
14 Jun 2011 19:49:06
as a bcfc fan i don't visit this page much but with mcleish saga im just wondering how many of you want it and how many don't want to go to villa park. also just something else if he was to join you what is the likelyhood of you signing some blues players like foster johnson and dann who have been linked to many prem teams like villa.
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As a Villa fan i don't see him as a blue nose he's a half decent manager who managed to win a trophy with little funds to spend and a team which on paper should never of beaton arsenal in the final, Even though i know alot of people will protest if he does become the manager but if he can emulate the same success trophy wise with villa i'll be happy and i reckon we'll sign foster regardless of if he's the new manager or not
Im happy to see him leave he was too negative and i know people will say we didn't have the players but he played jerome up top on his own and left phillips and derbyshire on the bench all season. hopefully reports about hughton zola and di matteo are true as they play gd football. as for foster i still believe he will stay for 1 season and if we don't go straight up he will leave. if he does leave then i think arsenal are favourites to sign him before villa
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Brum have already released statements that your top 5 players will need to be sold as you can't afford their wages in the championship with the massive drop in revenue thus foster, dann, johnson, gardener and jerome are being touting to be sold
Our highest paid players are zigic jerome mcfadden gardner and foster. the 2 cb johnson and dann are on low wages as we took a risk signing them from championship sides when we were promoted and that's why we can wait and demand high fees for them.
doc
14 Jun 2011 19:32:20
Ha hA McCleish is joining Villa. See you in the Championship then. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 Jun 2011 18:21:39
even though i am a great supporter of cuellar, i feel that he has not had the greatest of times in england, and i think he himself would appreciate to play back in the spl, consistent game time and be rated as one of the best player in the league, also he would be playing in europe.
14 Jun 2011 17:54:16
this is fact, if you can get a bet on it, then put a few bob on Ruud Gullit being Villa boss by the weekend {Ed011's Note - He is apparently on the verge of getting sacked from his job in Russia
Please no Not Gullit have you heard what he'd been doing with the team giving them training sessions off to go on the piss and when the team was on international break they returned and he returned 2 days later so God no please not a manager who won't care
least Mcleish will come in hungry with something to prove
But seriously as VILLA FANS WE NEED TO LET THE CLUB GET ON WITH IT LET THEM APPOINT A MANAGER AS WE KNOW RANDY WILL OPEN HIS POCKETS FOR WHOEVER IT IS TO RE-BUILD THE TEAM AND MOVE FORWARD HOPEFULLY BACK TO EUROPEAN FOOTBALL AND IN CONTENSION FOR DOMESTIC SILVERWARE
14 Jun 2011 16:31:29
Mcleish wants villa move and has been long time planned. . although blues relegation made resignation easier.
14 Jun 2011 16:23:40
"Downing is going nowhere because lerner will no let more than one big name player go in a window"
Wow, hope that is right !
I support Liverpool.
Personally let him go and get Jarvis wright-phillips or even adam johnson in his and ash's places along with albrighton whats the point having players who don't wanna play for us capitulise on his contract and sell him for 25m plus
14 Jun 2011 13:09:19
Is there anyone who posts on here that has the same opinion as me - mcleish has only been a bluenose for a short time but is really a rangers man - does it matter who he once worked for, if he gets the job surely all that matters is that he brings success to the villa- I couldn't care less what ever else anyone has done as long as villa do well again - or are we not villa fans anymore but just people that hate the blues
I am not worried about mcleish being ex birmingham
i am not worried about ginger hair
i am not worried about the manager sounding like russ abbott
i am worried abiut dire s**t boring defensive goalless football and paying £550 + a year to watch it 37 goals in 38 games oh randy what are you thinking of
I'm not bothered about him managing blues, what concerns me is most blues fans complain about the style of football and are glad he's gone, that's why I don't won't him. .
I think everyone should stop listening to rumours cos that's all they are! Skysports know nothing either, they see something interesting to report on and imbelish. Let's just wait and see who villa appoint and then we can comment then.
100% agree all that matters is Villa achieving success again Mcliesh has good pedegree regardless of managing brum
So who ever Villa choose we as fans of the club need to stop being closed minded and get behind the manager and team
P.S. Mcleish never had the funds to buy the players he wanted so given the money to bring in who he wants may be a different story
13 Jun 2011 20:52:55
im glad youngs gone, he wasnt great anyhow last 2 seasons, 16 million yipeeeeeeeeeeeee
13 Jun 2011 20:52:54
What is randy trying to do to the villa fans has he gone mad what the hell do we want that bag of s**t for in alex mcleish he should get himself on here to see what the villa fans want not listening to the stupid board god why not go to a pub team and ask there manager come run villa im sick of here stupid names lets get the better managers to villa park but by the sound of things randy wants to try and lose his money if he isn't interested in villa sell the club to some1 who will do the right things for the fans
13 Jun 2011 20:27:32
i think villa should go for walter smith for the managers position what does everyone think?
13 Jun 2011 20:15:28
i have a very good source at villa park my best mates uncle's 2nd cousins nan knows some 1 who knows the tea lady in the cafe down the road from villa park and she said someone who knows the tea lady at everton said david moyes didn't pop in for his usual cupa this morning so he's definatly goin to villa
13 Jun 2011 18:06:33
BIG ECK IS A BLUE BUT NOT A BIRMINGHAM BLUE, HES A RANGERS MAN.
IF HE GETS THE VILLA JOB IF HES GETS THE RIGHT PLAYERS TOGETHER HE WILL DO GOOD - HE GOT RANGERS INTO THE LAST 16 OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
BIRMINGHAM DONT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF TALENT IN THERE TEAM AND HAD A LOT OF INJURIES AS WELL
i THINK HE COULD DO A JOB FOR VILLA
Im a rangers fan if mcleish gets the money and time to build a team he will get u into europe when he took over at rangers after dick advocat he transformed the same team into winners and reached the q finals champions league
13 Jun 2011 16:03:07
NO DOWNING, NO YOUNG, BENT WILL LEAVE IN JANUARY REGARDLESS OF HIM SAYING HE WILL STAY, IRELAND WILL LEAVE AMONGST. NO OTHER MANAGER THAN ALEX MCLEISH WILL TAKE THE JOB SO HE WILL BE IN CHARGE. . . . WHICH MEANS MEDIOCRE AND RUBBISH TRANSFERS = LIFE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I CAN SEE NO OTHER OUTCOME REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A DEAD ON CERTAINTY. START PREPARING FOR LIFE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP VILLA FANS. (THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A VILLA FAN BTW)
Bent has 3 and a half years lefgt on his contract he ent going anywhere for at least 1 year
Look we have bannan, albrighton and delph and so on coming though the ranks have some belief! we can get a good manager
Delph and bannan meh not the best albrighton yeah fair enough he is quality. Lerner is slowly ruining our club.
Barry bannan has not been given a fai chance, especially with that d*** o'neill who only ever played strong six rooters because he didn't, t have a clue how to play descent football.Barry is wasting his time with your club he should move to someone with ambition.
We also have clark baker hogg and herd who are coming though and i expect bannan to break the first team more with delph albrighton clark and baker next season
13 Jun 2011 15:58:16
i'm fed up of coming on here reading a load of crap!
nobody wants to come to villa because of how crap we done this season, be more realistic.
mark hughes will be back in the race to become manager.steve mcclaren has been named as the new notts forest manager so it won't be mcclaren.
if hughes becomes manager i think he will sign players that like to play for him and get along with him
if alex mcleish becomes manager he will bring along:
foster-8m
johnson-7m
dann-8m
larsson-free agent
13 Jun 2011 15:11:51
this is point blank fact. frank rijkaard isall but appointed villa manger. he is the only man to say he wants the job, he has the pedigree lerner isclearly after and can attract good players whilst playing nice football, he is younger than houllier he is one of the bookies favorites throughtout this month but due to contract obligations outstanding with barcelona lerner has to jump thru multiple hoops to sign the dutchmen.
13 Jun 2011 15:09:34
Just a question to fellow villa fans what do we want in a manager someone of strong charactor who can carry on were o'neill left us and get the pride of the midlands back to winning trophies as its been 15 years since our last trophy so why appoint a manager who in 4 years of managing a poor team managed to win the carling cup the micky mouse cup but still a trophy and that's what i want to see villa doing again and if Mcleish can be the man to get us back to acheiving that then so be it
13 Jun 2011 13:15:07
Have you heard about the old lady walking past villa park carrying lots of shopping bags - Lerner sticks his head out a window and shouts "can you manage love" - she shouts back " no one else wants the job so why would I"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha HA Definitely a bluenose. Wheres your manager mate. Idiot.
Actually im not a bluenose im a villa fan and that joke was told to me by another life long villa fan. .it seems some fans have a sense of humour and some dont. if we can't laugh at ourselves with this farce going on who can we laugh at. now whos the idiot
13 Jun 2011 11:03:18
to the person who said Moyes has quit Everton he hasn't and really can you see him being Villa's next manager as it would cost 10m just in compo to Everton before even offering him a contract.
I'm hoping we get a manager of his caliber but seriously i can't see him coming to Villa as much as all us villa fans would want him to i won't be supprised if Mcleish or hopefully Rijkaard get it and Billy davies is due foe talks with Brum
13 Jun 2011 10:29:41
His was mentioned in August but nothing this time why don't we give Bob Bradley a try, He may not have the Premiership Experience but he seems like an exciting manager who like to play exciting football.
13 Jun 2011 07:28:30
heskey to leicester tell you what i wudnt give him a job on front cover at work place, n.e.xt
13 Jun 2011 04:51:24
What is going on down there??
Sorry, Im a NUFC supporter and we normally make the headlines for the maddest storylines in footy.
Why does ne body want the job. Ive read posts earlier saying that you havent offered anyone anything and are just at interview stage. Utter tripe! Theres always a No1 target. Martinez, Coyle, Ancelotti, Moyes. Not one wants that job.
As for Mcleish. HA. That just puts the Birmingham derby as no big thing! How can you even consider that! Should be ashamed!
Klinsman would do a good job.
Good Luck next season. .Think you will need it.
12 Jun 2011 22:50:59
C'mon Villa fans, don't knock until you are sure. Loads of typical Villans stating that they will stay away from VP if big Eck arrives. No one else wants to come to VP, read the press, Villa are a laughing stock not able to persuade an upcoming manager to even have an interview. There are more names than you can shake a stick at but none are saying yes I will come to VP. He is not a bluenose, he was pulled in from Scotland as City were desperate. Wait and see what he might do if he gets support from Lerner. Give him a chance. WE ARE DESPERATE! !
12 Jun 2011 20:32:22
hi ed what do you think about alex mcleish becomin new manager {Ed001's Note - I would worry for Villa if McLeish took charge, he has relegated Brum twice now, I am not sure what he has done to make him seem the right man for the job?}
12 Jun 2011 19:27:00
If mcleish comes to the villa I will resign myself to the fact that we will be heading into the championship. Randy learner needs to realise the damage it will do to his relationship with the villa fans. As a die hard villain I will not step foot in villa park as long as mcleish is in charge if appointed and I know others will do the same. So come on mr lerner give Raffa what he wants and take this great club forward.
I half agree with what you say but Rafa all he'll do is fill the squad with loads of rubbish spanish players
I think the majority of Villa fans would be happy with Rijkaard or Raneiri
12 Jun 2011 18:27:21
Bad news for Villa fans, Britain's best Goalkeeper Allan McGregor will not be joining Villa, he is in talks to sign a new deal with Rangers. It looks like Carlos Cuellar will be playing for Rangers next season as everyone knows he loves Rangers and said he would jump the chance to come back, I think Rangers could get him for around £2m-£3m. Of course, the Carlos Cuellar part is just my opinion :]
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Both sound like good news for Villa fans. We don't have a Scottish keeper coming to us and get rid of a clumsy defender
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ha Bad News for the Villa Thats why you'r not in CL football, Have Bad Keepers, And Sell Your Best Defenders:P
McGinn. ;) McGregor, would Sign For Us Anyway :L
12 Jun 2011 17:52:52
12 Jun 2011 12:39:00
does not matter hoo our new manager is i really think Cuellar will go back to Rangers, i don't blame him, bigger club and champions league football. something i don't think we will get next year !
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I agree about the Champs league even though they get knocked out early on but bigger club no way and its a rubbish league with only 2 real teams in it
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rangers are a bigger club than villa, FACT rangers might play in a poor league, but they have a biggar fan base, with a worldwide supporter clubs network, a bigger and better staduim which is a 5 star uefa (can Host champions league Final) Better training facilities.
Just because you play in the premier league doesn't mean you are a big club.
villa would have along way to go before they are on a par with rangers with fan base, staduim, etc
12 Jun 2011 17:39:31
the blue noses manager coming to villa ! ! watch this space.
when someone told randy get alex for the managers roll they did not mean that one !
alex
12 Jun 2011 17:11:21
as a villa fan i have read every bit of news i possibley can. a lot of us have aloud the press and other clubs to wind us up.well f### them all we know how big our club is apart from the so called top four or six who has spent more money than villa?. ash young is going to man u all our better players have gone to clubs with more money or can offer champs L so as villa fans we have nothing to be ashamed of .the martinez story was a publicity stunt by dave whelan to make the wigan fans happy we only asked to speak to him we did not offer him three times his salary as there was no meeting.and to put some other rumours to rest that we are now getting desperate, chelsea have yet to name a new manger either. so relax we will hear from randy and the board when they have a new man if we like it or not and as far as looking at the two time relagated brum scum manager , pull the other one.
12 Jun 2011 16:54:42
mcleish just left Birmingham, is he on his way?
12 Jun 2011 15:22:02
britans best goalkeeper is joe hart not fat alan mcgregor. You should try watching match of the day next season
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Fat Allan McGregor? You need to stay off the glue pal. . Best Keeper in Britain by a country mile and yous have NO chance of getting him, why would he take a step down to join Aston Vanilla??
Look Villa don't want your keeper and if wanted competitive football and to really make wide known name for himself he'd leave the spl as its a poor league with no money and if he was as good as you say i'm sure Sir Alex would of looked at him before david de gea so pull the other one mate
12 Jun 2011 14:53:09
hey guys just read in the news of world alex Mcleish is the top choice for the next manager who reckons that's a good choice I for one think it'll be good business if he's given Money to spend on transfers and it weakens City could we ask for more and would prob help us sign Foster/Dann
To the barmpot who wrote think mcleish will be good signing as manager, god he got the dirty side of brum relegated twice are you insane mate. villa should narrow it down. Moyes, Ranieri, Rijkard, hughes. also cuellar to stay he best defender at club collins can't pass straight for toffee.Ash not a great loss downing would be worse. also one of the biggest problems at villa is CEO Paul Faulkner he not got a bloody clue. .get the right manager give him 30 mill and money from Ash sale and go for it. and please villa board don't harp on about record signing of bent the money from sale of milner paid for him. .
Look lets all be real all we want to see is a manager come in re-build the squad and get us back to winning the odd trophy and european football. So there Alex McLeish has managed Brum a team we expect to get relegated when they come up or just survive relegation. So the expectation for them isn't high and yes they've been relegated but he guided them to winning a trophy along they way, which is something we need to get back to be doing 15 years is along time to go without a club our history but seriously i'm not bothered who the new manager is I would fancy Rijkaard or Ranieri also as a decent choice
12 Jun 2011 14:19:46
just hearing villa only planned talks with martinez at no time were they going to offer him the job without carrying out numerous interviews benitez who wanted 75mil to spend is the only person that has had talks so far with further interviews being carried out this week including megson, burley, zola, ranieri, riikjard, moyes and hughes being spoken to hughes will be later in the month because of the month notice enforced by his resignation from fulham looking at the candidates above all are interesting but i would like to see either moyes or riikjard get the post moyes makes very good signings on a poor budget and riikjard has excellent european player contacts
12 Jun 2011 13:31:33
Guys were not in a spiral or are we in a dire situation.
We were not turned down by martinez as we offered nothing for him to turn down. I believe randy is just trying to get the best fit and I think he is well aware of what he wants and it will not be grayson.
The press throw names around just to fill pages, last season we were linked with benzema and a hundred other players.
Trust that all is fine the transfer market has not peaked and we will get a good ambitious manager.
12 Jun 2011 12:39:00
does not matter hoo our new manager is i really think Cuellar will go back to Rangers, i don't blame him, bigger club and champions league football. something i don't think we will get next year !
I agree about the Champs league even though they get knocked out early on but bigger club no way and its a rubbish league with only 2 real teams in it
12 Jun 2011 11:46:35
Bad news for Villa fans, Britain's best Goalkeeper Allan McGregor will not be joining Villa, he is in talks to sign a new deal with Rangers. It looks like Carlos Cuellar will be playing for Rangers next season as everyone knows he loves Rangers and said he would jump the chance to come back, I think Rangers could get him for around £2m-£3m. Of course, the Carlos Cuellar part is just my opinion :]
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well our scottish keeper could get in to most epl teams .dont know why you wouldn't want him but i forgot your team is blessed with english keepers ha
12 Jun 2011 11:13:56
if downing leaves ? bent will put in a transfer request.
he understands asley young's decision.
so villa have to make a good appointment or im afraid we may be in a dog fight again.
looks like carlos will join rangers this monday for 2.5m rising to 3m.
warnock will go on a season long loan at west ham with a view to purchase for 3m if promoted.
stoke city will tempt villa with a 5m offer for gabby.
no wonder we can't find a manager.
the small squad is getting smaller each week.
think we could do worse than give sven from leicester.
experience of the premier league with man c an did good. picks up some goods players for small value.
also has the pulling power for big names.
12 Jun 2011 09:04:29
The jurnalist who wrote the story about Alex McLeish being line up for the managers job should be shot at dawn
Yeah i get he's brum's manager but he ent a bad manager really and it leaves brum in s**t as i can't see moyes, coyle, rijkaard, van gaal or sven coming in and Mcleish would be better than grayson or megson
11 Jun 2011 23:57:50
to person that said its good were not getting scottish goalkeeper how does it matter what nationality he is allan mcgregor one of best keepers in world and englisk keepers arent that good eg rob green paul robinson scott carson ben foster all made mistakes playing for england
11 Jun 2011 23:56:24
I believe Delph should be playing for England under 21 in Denmark. Of course it would be hard for Stuart Pearson to take take a player whose played no more than 6 times in two years and that's why I feel the next manager in charge should at least give Fabian a chance unlike O'Neil and Houllier because he's a class player with great potential.
JMO (just my opinion)
Stuart pearce
11 Jun 2011 23:48:47
I think Nolan would do well at VP. We need a bit of a creative midfielder and one who can score goals - 12 goals in one season is good for a striker let alone a midfielder! Newcastle want 6 million for for the 28 year old but I believe Villa could persuade them to let their skipper go for around the fee of 5 million.
11 Jun 2011 19:43:52
Im a Liverpool fan but i was just wondering if any of you would like Gary Mcalister to be considered?!
From what i can remember in his short spell as Manager he did orite and notched up wins against Arsenal and Liverpool, Just want to know what you think?
( Please post in rumours! )
Yeah he weren't bad i'd prefer him to stay on as number 2 to be fair though
11 Jun 2011 16:29:19
next aston villa manager is number 097.well its getting desperate now soon we will have to have a raffle.
11 Jun 2011 16:04:41
Check out leeds rumours site. . .
Grayson nearly odds on now. .
11 Jun 2011 12:39:27
Just read on news now Moyes won't come to Villa as he sees us as a club which is selling our best players and coyle doesn't want to be seen as second best after Martinez was approached before him so who's left Ranieri?
as Villa have already snubbed McClaren and Hughes the candiates are getting fewer and fewer for a job alot of managers should be jumping to do
Would love to see Van Gaal? Klinsmann? or Rijkaard? but guess it will be Grayson?
11 Jun 2011 08:32:01
Not particularly a Villa supporter but my mate is so I see a lot of Villa games on TV (live in Spain). I wish the club well but hope you get Mclaren as manager if that means you keep Downing. He played well for Villa last season but I don't fancy him at LFC.
Hope Villa have a god one next season so I don't have a miserable neighbour :)
11 Jun 2011 00:35:52
So in all the years villa have been. You have one year that you use to say villa are better than.xyz
Yes rangers won the european cup winners cup, got cheated by a corupt marsiele team who bribed officials to miss out on the champions league final in its first season, remember when we slapped leeds utd about and they were the best team in england by a mile,
Except. Utd, city.chelsea, arsenal we would hav no issue with anyone in the premier league and after one season of 30 mill tv money we would be flying
We r the most succesful team in the world more trophies than anyone, FACT
Just settle it you will never amount to anything. No english title no champions league just an average team in a good league
I hqve.no issue with villa just arogant people with stupid minds.
Glasgow rangerz 54 league titles and counting
Yeah ok mate if Villa were in the spl we would have no issue beating all of the teams in the league as noone even considers your league as competitive and you get spanked in the champs league every season lets be honest any top player would pick Villa to play for before Rangers as your league doesn't amount to anything your just a club of a fair size playing against teams which shouldn't even be on the same pitch week in week out with the exeption of celtic your only competitive rival least in the prem there is 8 top teams competing for the top spots manu city chelsea aresnal liverpool everton spurs and villa obviously the first 4 for champs league the next two trying to break into the champs league and the last two are consistantly competing for european places now please stay on your own site Villa fans don't wanna listen to Rangers rubbish
10 Jun 2011 23:34:05
Bad news for Villa fans, Britain's best Goalkeeper Allan McGregor will not be joining Villa, he is in talks to sign a new deal with Rangers. It looks like Carlos Cuellar will be playing for Rangers next season as everyone knows he loves Rangers and said he would jump the chance to come back, I think Rangers could get him for around £2m-£3m. Of course, the Carlos Cuellar part is just my opinion :]
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see that scottish GK ur slagging off mate he is in the top 3 best keepers in britain but why would he leave the champions anyway to go a team that he is 2 good for get a grip ur a nobody team always have been and always will be
Mcgregor top 3 keeper in britain be real mate hart, foster, robinson, given, even green are better keepers and seriously noone cares bout your keeper Villa fans want Foster, Given, al habsi or even green we don't really rate players from your league
10 Jun 2011 23:00:14
Villa fans:
vote agree if you want to see moyes in charge at the villa-disagree if not
10 Jun 2011 19:13:52
rangers are the laughing stock of europe??
at least we are known in europe
what has your club ever done in your league or europe ?? NOTHING
rangers are ten times the size of villa, you might have more money to spend but if rangers got 30 million every season im sure we would be challanging for the title in EPL.
No need to be an a** when someone is posting there view
If you can't get martinez to accpet a managers job you better be worrying about things at home before try to make fun of a team that can and has attracted top managers and top players for years
Villa have done nothing we've won the european cup and the european super cup
have rangers?
you only win the spl cause there's only one other decent team in it at least be honest with yourself if both you and celtic played in the english league you would prob struggle in the championship
and before you say we think the prem is the best league in the world its not but theres the spanish english and italian leagues which are the highest rated the spl is on par with the swiss or beligen league can you name three teams from either? exactly
10 Jun 2011 19:01:59
Bad news for Villa fans, Britain's best Goalkeeper Allan McGregor will not be joining Villa, he is in talks to sign a new deal with Rangers. It looks like Carlos Cuellar will be playing for Rangers next season as everyone knows he loves Rangers and said he would jump the chance to come back, I think Rangers could get him for around £2m-£3m. Of course, the Carlos Cuellar part is just my opinion :]
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Dont be so stupid mate, Villa would go a good way to have a keeper like mcgregor, he's best in britain
Cuellar hasnt done the best but playing a cb at right back is just not going to happen, next to davie wier he was excellent in the spl and europe
If villa would like to challenge for champions league if they spent some money, look at walter smith just ask sir alex who he would recommend
villa fans if you think walter would be gd click believable or unbelievable if not
Can rangers fans please stay on thjeir own page we don't want your keeper or your manager
and cuellar played struggled to feature in villa team at cb and rbby all means he'll prob perform better at slower paced football with only 2 competitive matches a season against celtic
10 Jun 2011 16:38:16
Getting turned down by a manager only avoiding relegation on last day of the season says it all were losing players experienced good players and talk of downing and albrighton getting snapped up to. what's going on we should be up there in the top 6 we've gone backwards and could fall even further we need a big summer
Truly agree but i can't see lerner spending the money we need to be back up there when he's already spent 30m just to give a 9th place finish realistically young is 16-20m as downing has 2 years left he should be 25m plus manu are gonna pouch clark and theres talk of albrighton getting pouched then the only young talent we have left to step up is delph and bannan so we need to spend some serious cash to re-build the team
Totes!
10 Jun 2011 15:16:10
please please not hughes as the manager he could motivate the team but in terms of bringing players in he did nothing with unlimited transfer funds so please not him (what do you think ED about steve staunton or slavin bilic both ex villa players and both decent managers) {Ed007's Note - I have said for ages that I thought Hughes would be next AV manager}
Staunton just say everythin about ur stupid post
Would you prefer hughes or coyle cause we won't get moyes lerner ent gonna spend the money just to free him from his current contract
10 Jun 2011 15:11:47
yep zola as manager and ray wilkins as his number two, both out of work
10 Jun 2011 14:52:49
why doesn't randy hire zola he has managed in the prem, has the respect of players, nows how to pick a number two and did just as well as martinez with westham plus he will cost nothing.
Another serial loser as a manager!
Fail at management in the Premier League and there's always another job for you!
10 Jun 2011 14:51:43
Oh dear!
Now . . . . who was your ninth choice for manager?
Jog on Bluenose
10 Jun 2011 13:17:23
Martinez stays put at wigan . . Refreshing . .and good luck to him . . Nice to see at least one non egotistical money obsessed individual in football
10 Jun 2011 13:02:04
Martinez staying with Wigan, just announced on AVFc/co/uk and SSN. .Dont know who's next on the list but they need to hurry! !
Phew! I for one am happy!
10 Jun 2011 12:56:13
gordon ramsey to sign for the corner flag restraunt, expect salad with your pies at half time. . Lol martinez has chose to stay in the city where footballs the second sport, good job his ambitions were not as strong as randy
10 Jun 2011 12:45:22
Lerner needs to sell up at villa he is turning them into a joke sack the board now
10 Jun 2011 10:41:05
ok, lets get real here fellow villa fans, we are still in the premier league unlike the bluenoses ha ha, marlon king lol lol lol.if its between martinez and mc claren, i would choose martinez, true he barely kept wigan up, but im resigned to the fact that he will be our manager, yes i have my doubts but we should give him a crack at it, there is a serious shortage of managers qualified for the villa job at the moment, be it not moving from their current club or not interested in the job.these are dark times for us villa fans, but hang on in there, and lets get behind martinez if he is our new boss.ps to all bluenoses ha HAHA ENJOY THE CHAMPIONSHIP
10 Jun 2011 09:05:56
so your telling me downing was a bad signing from O'neil and james milner yes i know he left to city scum but they have been good player for villa !why o'neil left was because lerner wants to keep the club out of debt but it happens to all clubs and hence why we didn't do so well this year !irish villa fan
09 Jun 2011 23:36:54
Bad news for Villa fans, Britain's best Goalkeeper Allan McGregor will not be joining Villa, he is in talks to sign a new deal with Rangers. It looks like Carlos Cuellar will be playing for Rangers next season as everyone knows he loves Rangers and said he would jump the chance to come back, I think Rangers could get him for around £2m-£3m. Of course, the Carlos Cuellar part is just my opinion :]
Please take him. The biggest waste of space in Villas history. probably better off up there with the rest of the con men. I thought you people up there hated him didn't he pi55 all over rangers when he left? you are very welcome to him and his ego and we will give you £2m too take him. you need the money or so i hear
Completely agree look on Rangers rumors they think he's a god after only season with them and try to say he was played out of position the whole time he's been at villa
Well that will be Rangers not winning anything next year. bye bye cuellar. I thought rangers were skint? Isn't the tax man after them?
I though you said you had bad news? Stick to your own site and worry about the taxman. your club is the laughing stock of European football! !
09 Jun 2011 23:25:09
what experience has deschamps of managing in the premier. . . . . . . .zilch
09 Jun 2011 19:34:32
08 Jun 2011 21:24:04
David Moyes having talks NOW with the Villa. Just left New Halll Hotel and he is with Paul Faulkner and Randy Lerner
Do not believe this, it's not true! Keep your home made rumours to yourself I'm sick and tired of all the bullturd on here.
David moyes has come out 4 times and said he has no interest in the villa job. and anyway why would he take a step back in his carear going to a smaller club than everton who has comsistantly out-perfromed them in the league. Villa fans be realistic ur a meaningless mid table club with no ambition.
Says the club who can't afford a half time pie never mind decent players look at the last 15 games we have played use for who s better
I thought the season was 38 games not 15. silly villians
09 Jun 2011 19:16:25
Martinez will be the worst decision since Houllier. He is championship rated at best and it is a HUGE step backwards. I applaud what he has done at Wigan keeping them up and so on but it was by the skin of their teeth just we stayed up by the skin of our teeth. Terrible decision hope he stays at Wigan. Not a clue who we will get though not many left that we havent been linked with
Martinesz has kept wigan up twice and villa is gone to lose there best players young , downing, cuellar who are going to replace them with?we need a manger that can keep us up i think he can unless u can name another manger that would come to villa and keep us up ?
09 Jun 2011 15:18:09
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09 Jun 2011 11:30:04
Martinez would be a huge step in the wrong direction, Wigan only just stayed up remember!
Very true we've gone from having o'neil who's on par with the best out there to Houllier who weren't bad towards the end but massively under performed and now to martinez or coyle give me a break our best option is Moyes but villa won't forkl out the cash to get him
Martinez is still young and TBH if you look at the betting odds before the season, wigan were favourites to go down and with that kind of squad to keep a team up in the premier; I think he's done a good job.
09 Jun 2011 11:17:54
Nobody wants to become your manager because all your good players want to leave!"! ! !
DCG
This a B'ham fan if so worry bout your own as most your team are leaving and you have to attempt a campaign in europe which at best will be laughable
Villa are and will always be the biggest team in the midlands players come and go but we always remain above B'ham
Spoken like a true Blues fan enjoy life in the championship SUCKER
I heard Marlon King your big summer signing. LOL
Not a brummie fan just telling the truth about you team you are screwed at best DCG
08 Jun 2011 23:28:40
we are in trouble bigtime, moyes won't leave everton, lerner won't deal with mark hughes agent jorbachen, ancelloti out for a year, benitez didn't get cash to buy players, now martinez in the frame. . . . . that's like giving the keys of a formula 1 car to someone who just passed their driving test, yikes. . . . , seriously, why oh why doesn't lerner bite the bullet and call martin o neill, give him a decent wad of cash to buy players and lets all move on from this, its gonna cost him more in the long run if he appoints mc claren, or martinez, cos we will be playin in the championship after next season, views please, dublin villa fan
Give Oneill cash to spend! He did and that's why he left the club, cos he bought a load of sh*t! Lerner didn't trust him with money anymore and that's why he left, and i know that for a Fact! Oneill? Give me a break pal.
Force the issue for Moyes
08 Jun 2011 22:47:04
I believe there is a great foreign coach who has just left a position. Won uefa cup and super cup, league cup, fa cup, 2 french league titles.
Why don't we go for Houllier?
Dumbass
Are u ******* serious
08 Jun 2011 18:59:43
-My Aston Villa squad 2011/2012-
(Not going to happen)
GK:Given (5m) Experienced goalkeeper available. I'm sure we will be in safe hands with him.
RB:Walker (7m) Young and full of enthusiasm. Has good potential and surely a few England right back.
CB:Huth (6m) Nine goals this season is as good as any other Villa player. A move to a bigger club will surely interest him.
CB:Samba (9m) Blackburn are ready to do a deal with Villa which would see Collins and Samba go in opposite direction. Without question I feel Samba has been one of the premier leagues best defenders.
LB:Taiwo (Free) Strong, fast and powerful. The perfect combination for a full back. Similar to Richards.
RM:Albrighton (/) Has obviously bags of potential and knows how to beat a defender. Able to keep his composure and deliver a ball.
CM:Nolan (Free) Twelve goals this season - what more do you want from a midfield available for a free deal.
CM:Adam (7m) Undoubtedly one of the premier leagues best passers of the ball this season.
LM:Downing (/) By far one of Villa's best players of the season and will always put a shift in. I Definitely think Villa need to do there are to keep him.
FWD:Bent (/) Given chances I'm sure Bent will grabs a few goals this season. Worked wanders at Sunderland.
FWD:Sturridge (10m) Future in doubt at Chelsea with their big £50 million man there. With the money I'd say Villa would stand a good chance of getting him.
Bench:
Agbonlahor
Demba Ba (Free)
Makoun
Delph
L.Young
Upson (Free)
Green (Free)
Reserves:
Marshall, Guzan, Clark, Lichaj, Baker, Ireland, Bannan, D.Johnson, Weimann, Delfounsou,
Out:
A.Young-16m-Liverpool
Collins-5m-Blackburn
Cuellar-3m-Espanyol
Dunne-3m-Celtic
Warnock-3m-Stoke
Petrov-m-Rangers
Beye-Loan-Ipswich
Heskey-0.5m-Leicester
Money Out. . £44,000,000
Money In. . . £32, 500,000
Cost. . . . . . £11, 500,000
A very imaginative idea which I think would work. Who would manage the team?
Sadly i can't see it being moyes but hopefully coyle will want a bigger challenge than bolton. Personally though I got to go for the front runner Hughes.
07 Jun 2011 19:29:15
as a villa fan, i am fearing the worst of steve mc claren or walter smith getting the job, premier league is not the spl, also mc claren is rubbish, hopefully we get rikjard or benitez, the joys of being a villian
07 Jun 2011 18:45:31
Adam Johnson will surely want to leave City as he can't get a game and a player of his quality moving in to his peak will need to play week in week out. Liverpool have been interested in him (along with every other winger in the prem) and villa won't sign him as long as his high on the a gender of dalglish. Although if Liverpool sign Downing then we'll have a lot better chance of gettin him cus we'll have the money and we'll need the player! 15 million will surely get him and that's about as much as we'll get 4 downing and i believe johnson has probably got a bit more quality than downing plus he's got another couple of years down the line. As well when we sell young that will bring in enough funds to sign a new keeper and a centre half. 5m for given; and 10 million Johnson will sort most of Villa's defensive problems but we'll also have to sign up walker at a price of 7 million. With the sellings of Heskey, Beye, Warnock and other fringe players we wouldn't have to pay much so far. James Collins and Luke Young will fill in the rest of the defence. On the left as I've said Adam Johnson could be a possibility and on the right Albrighton should terrorise most defenders with his skill and dribbling. In the midfield I believe 6 million would be a fair price for Charlie Adam and Fabian Delph is good enough for the big time. With the pace, power and finish of Bent and Gabby 25 goals a fair target.
Gk:Given
RB:Walker
CB:Johnson
CB:Collins
LB:L.Young
RM:Albrighton
CM:Adam
CM:Delph
LM:A.Johnson
ST:Bent
ST:Agbonlahor
Also daniel sturridge would be a quality buy to assist bent up front
Definitely and i feel if Bolton are our main rivals to sign him we'll stand a very good chance.
07 Jun 2011 07:14:45
Daily Mirror reporting today that Mark Hughes is now a possibility for the vacant Villa manager role.
Also on the same page there is a link stating that Villa are not in a rush to appoint a new man, although a deal will be done before the international transfer window opens on July 1st.
06 Jun 2011 21:46:23
Silverfox tells you all watch Owen Coyle for next manager. He was over 100/1 at 5pm look what he is now!
06 Jun 2011 16:53:02
please Randy go get CLAUDIO RANIERI knows the prem out of work and could bring some big names from serie A got to be a better bet than BROLLY MAN what you think ED {Ed001's Note - I am not convinced either are right for the post myself.}
06 Jun 2011 16:44:17
I'm afraid I just can't see Randy splashing 30 million this summer after he just spend 18 million on one player a few months ago. We will need to sell to spend! Young and Downing will easily 30 million but if we want to sign david moyes, a new keeper and walker then that will cost at least 15 million.
05 Jun 2011 21:59:56
honestly who thinks villa are going to sign drogba ? i am a villa fan myself and i would love him to come to villa it just isn't going to happen when he is getting guaranteed champions league football at chelsea?
I agree. The idiots that post this stuff know nothing about football. Get a Life DREAMERS
05 Jun 2011 19:31:34
ANCELOTTI WILL BE MANAGER BY TUESDAY OR FRIDAY AT THE LATEST!
YOUNG & DOWNING WILL STAY WITH RANDY LERNER GIVING ANCELOTTI ABOUT 40-65M + ALL MONEY FROM ANY PLAYER SALES TO BUY A NEW GOALKEEPER (FOSTER - 8M)
+ REBUILD A NEW CENTRE MIDFIELD(S) + RIGHT BACK
EXPECT:
PARKER (7-15M)
MILNER (12M RETURN TO VP)
EXPECT A BIG NAME STRIKER TOO TO PARTNER BENT
VILLA WILL PUSH SPURS , LIVERPOOL, EVERTON & MAN CITY NEXT SEASON TO TRY HIT INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLACES WITH LERNER WANTING A FEW TROPHIES TO SHOW ANCELOTTI IS THE RIGHT MAN TO LEAD ASTON VILLA FORWARD!
Milner said 3 months ago he made the right decision going to manchester; I can't see Lerner splashing the cash on another striker when there are more important positions to fill like at the back. Parker will probably go to spurs and villa have been strongly linked with al habsi. :(
05 Jun 2011 08:51:00
good, saying a scottish goalkeeper is good is like saying its difficult to score smack in Glascow. Rather have your mom in goal
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sorry villa fans but mcgregor will not be signing for u, he will meet with mr whyte and super ally on monday to discuss a new 4yr contract
Very true playing in the SPL is the equilivent of playing in league 1 so why would Villa want MCgreger, Foster will sign for Villa shortly
League 1thats a laugh the way villa are going the now they will end up in league 1in wales.Carlos culler and Barry bannan are not even getting a game and they are 2 of the best players you have.don't tell me nearly dune is a better player than Carlos cuellar
Villa have lots of players who at the moment are just not good enough to make the first team bannan, hogg, herd, delph, deflounso, baker all young talent that maybe loaning out to lesser teams in maybe the spl would bring them the exprience they need to play in the prem every week
04 Jun 2011 23:13:05
Who will replace Young?
Who will replace Houllier?
How much money will Villa spend?
Who will come and who will go?
N'zogbia
hughes or ancelloti
20-30 million
Who will give u your medication
04 Jun 2011 22:12:43
i love the fact that liverpool fans think they are getting downing for 12 million he miles better then carroll and you paid 35 million for him so keep dreaming liverpool fans and why would young sign for you too when man u are calling no player in the right mind would say no to man u.you can't even get warnock to sign for you let alone the 2 best wingers england have
No liverpool fan even wanted young some cheek talking about liverpool look how crap your club is to say all your top players want out, i just have to laugh at idiots like u. villa are shocking and when rafa becomes new boss ye will be even worse good times ahead for villa i think not haha
To your comments about villa be crap lets go back 2 years didn't steve g you know the player that's meant to walk on water so liverpool fans think ask to leave to go to chelsea cos they was better than liverpool so before you say anything about villa been crap lets see where young ends up MAN U did man u come in for steve g NO i think not young will be going to the only club that can make him a better player then what we have and if downing goes to liverpool more fool him plus for you not wanting young what a joke get in the real world mate liverpool have been would love to have him in fact they have only cooled there interest cos man u beat them to him FACT
04 Jun 2011 21:16:31
Gents/ladies, I am still 99.9% sure that the source where this info has come from will come good, and indeed after speaking to them this morning, I am also told now that Ancelotti will indeed be staying at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club from Monday, and as we all well know, this place is just a stones throw from Bodymoor Heath Training Ground.
One paper is reporting that RL arrives on Monday to further the search for our new manager! My source has once agin this morning reassured me that Villa all ready know who they want and that a deal has been put together in order to attain his services, but any deal will obviously need RL's final permission to be passed and rubber stamped.
Do people really think that if I had any doub't about where my info came from that i'd of posted it on here? Because the last thing that I would do is to place myself on a pedastal to get knocked off later on.
Believe people. They say that silence is golden, and at this very moment in time AVFC are been very silent, deals like this can sometimes take a little longer than first thought, but I for one know that my source has never been wrong before.
And for those of you who keep asking who is my source, the last thing that I am going to do is name them, if I did this then i'd never be told another snippet, and indeed they are a life long friend whom I wish to keep.
And Loyal if and that's a very big "IF" this don't happen at least we can blame Petrov :tung2rp:
This is the last time I will post on this subject until it comes to fruition. And as I stated earlier in this post, I am still assured that this will be going through.
ANCELLOTTI WOULD BE A VERY GOOD MANAGER FOR US BUT I PERSONALLY DONT TRUST FOREIGN MANAGERS I HOPE THE SPECULATION ABOUT MOYES OR McCLAREN ENDS UP BEING TRUE
Moyes yes mcclaren no
Id rather have a sunday league manager than steve mcclaren
Yes if it wasnt true why would you put yourself on the pedestal of an annonymous rumour website, youd go on sky sports and make some money.
Douche
Can the person who put the first post please explain how they feel now, after ancelotti has ruled himself out? Your source is full of sh$t! I play golf at the foa hotel and he is not there! It's time to face facts that we are going to end up with a clown like Steve McClaren. People should stop fooling themselves by thinking we are getting ancelotti and going to spend big because we are not. We will finish between 7th and 10th next season where we belong. Boring but realistic!
04 Jun 2011 20:51:06
Rainieri would be a class act at the Villa. Should have been given one more season at Chelsea and he would have won the premiership, after all
Mourinho used his players to do it. Went on to achieve success with Parma, Juventus and Roma. He would create a brilliant team at the villa and the best out of the current players. Proper tactician - just look at his record villains. Forza Claudio!
04 Jun 2011 11:34:35
Realistically, I can see villa getting a few good summer signings what with hopefully a good manager like moyes coming in and with the 30m+ from young and downing. The likes of Ba and Klose are on free bees but their wages could be out of our league.
Villa definately need to splash the cash on a good centre half but with a price tag of 18m on cahill and 10m on dann they arent gonna go cheap. Huth has a rating of around 6m but there has been no interest at all (and with 9 goals to his name that would make him villas joint top goalscorer) Samba could be on his way to arsenal so it looks like we've got little chance there. Hopefully Villa can buy walker off spurs. (The fee could be around 7m)
It looks like we're gonna relie on luke young to fill LB next season. We have been linked with jose enrique and izaguirre but with barcelona, man u, liverpool and arsenal on the hunt that's not gonna happen.
What with Friedel off to spurs I think now would be an opportunity to get given. He's definitely looking for a move away from city. Foster would also be a great addition if blues would allow it. Sadly it looks like its gonna be al habsi in the region of 3 to 5m.
In the midfield Villa are gonna have a big change around what with Coker already gone and Downing and Young on their way Villa we need to bring in some big names. N'Zogbia I feel would be able to replace either Downing and Young and I'm sure for a lot cheaper to. Matt Jarvis would be great to but I personally I don't think we need him.
Thankfully we've got Albrighton coming up the ranks and so we won't need to search for another winger. Matt Jarvis would be great to but I personally I don't think we need him. Charlie Adam is likely to come to Villa hopefully for no more than 10m. Parker is highly unlikely to come to Villa as Spurs are hot favourites to get him.
Kevin Nolan would be a brilliant signing and a fantastic replacement for Petrov if he was to go to Celtic or Rangers. 12 goals this for a midfielder is outstanding especially as he's at Newcastle and not a top 4 side. To sign him would be a miracle! Joe Cole would be a big risk as he hasnt played regular team football but he has got quality.
Upfront I'm sure Bent will be just as deadly next season as he was this. Maybe if Agbonlahor pulls his weight as well we could push for a top 7 finish next season. There is a chance of bringing in Ba or Klose as I've mentioned, Defoe or maybe Chamack. Out of them names I would certainly prefer Defoe but Ba on a free deal would save us some cash and again it would be a big risk to sign Chamack as like Joe Cole he lacks regular team football.
03 Jun 2011 21:14:37
I'd take rijkaard over Steve McClaren any day of the week. If it does turn out to be McClaren I will be very sad.
Everyone keeps saying that Ancelotti is way out of our reach, but if he wants to stay and manage in the UK then Chelski no, man u 3 years time maybe, arsenal not this season, man city not at the mo, spurs maybe in the world cup year toffees no and well I count Villa as even to spurs and the toffs in size so why not were his best chance.
McClaren is a very good manager at club level he took Middlesborough to the UEFA cup final and won the league with Wolfsburg he just bowed to pressure of the England job like al his predicores
I disagree! I followed England and went to most matches when he was manager and the mans a joke. He is a good coach but he should stick to just that. I want a manager that can attract good players not a clown like McClaren. If he becomes manager I fear for villa's future. MCCLAREN IS A JOKE IN ENGLAND, he should go and live on the moon.
03 Jun 2011 21:08:26
martin o'neil asked me if he could come back, i told him to do one
03 Jun 2011 17:23:28
Young & downing set to wait to see who the next Appointed Manager is before deciding on their future
Randy will give a budget of 30m to a new manager + money from player sales
Player Sales shall probably be:
cuellar
petrov
marshall
heskey
(young & downing may stay or may go - manager dependent)
lichaj - leeds ( Long season loan )
Players Faulkner is intrested in:
camp
foster
dann
johnson (from the land of Brum)
adam
most team changes
Most changes are expected to be from the youth team with randy looking at the wage bill with the possibility of keeping young & downing (if possible).
I've heard lots about .
Arshavin
j.cole
berbatov
bridge
all a joke & won't be at VP
Cuellers staying guaranteed he loves villa, the fans and brum (a lecturer at my college is est mates with him and this is cuellers exact words)
03 Jun 2011 11:02:19
We are gonna miss friedel pretty badly i reckon. Our poor defence gonna get us into a lot of trouble next season if we don't sign new players. Friedel was a quality keeper and without him this season i dread to think what would of happened. I mean Guzan is terrible. We need to sign mcgregor or given for me then we may just be ok.
Nah mate you will never get given wouldn't go to a petty club like villa
Very true Friedal's presence will be surely missed although Foster would be a good replacement and young so would be in team for years to come
I think we should go in for a big shot stopper while others waste time, go for Frey or Maarten Stekelenburg. Its time we aim big and we can deal on the european market cheaper than the English one.
Given
02 Jun 2011 16:55:48
They are trying to cut the wage bill doubt very
much ancelotti will be on 6 million a year and also where is the 50 million coming from
? only get 30 mil for downing and young provided they leave wheres the extra 20 mil
appeared from
02 Jun 2011 13:56:36
I would love to see Daniel Sturridge at the villa.
I reckon him and bent would play quality football as a
partnership
01 Jun 2011 22:49:17
god i hope we get david moyes we should have got
him first time round really but villa always do it the hard way just hope randy listens
to the fans this time round
01 Jun 2011 19:44:28
AVRAM GRANT TO JOIN THE VILLA. ha
HA
Bluenose im guessing pretty sure hell only be able to get CHAMPIONSHIP teams
01 Jun 2011 14:33:33
Be careful what you wish for with Moyes - his
sides can get a result against a big side a couple of times a season. But the rest of
the time its dire to watch. .
Ah but his side were not fighting relegation up until the final 2/3 games of the season and i don't think they ever have.