Aston Villa Banter Archive July 01 2011 to July 31 2011

28 Jul 2011 23:14:00
This isn't a rumor more of a question Mcleish has stated he won't sign anyone else unless players leave the club
and then he would replace them if anyone is to go
who would it be

Heskey, Beye, Ceullar?

And then who would be the replacements ?

Hutton, Upson, Goodwillie or santa cruz?

What does everyone think bout the squad we have at the min quality keeper i personally feel we have a half decent defence a good midfield which is based on the youth players making an impact and Ireland getting back on track.
And although we have Bent up front I feel we need other options as if he was to be injured we'd be F**KED
as Agbonlahor is being played more of a winger and Heskey doesn't score goals well no more than 3-5 a season whats the general feeling

Think we still need a few new signings to cover all bases in the event of injury, suspensions etc., Would be nice to see a keeper as back up to Given, a decent CB and a striker to support DB. As a bonus a good attack minded midfielder. I have no doubt that the likes of Bannan, Herd, Hogg, Baker, etc will make the grade but will they be able to do that consistently this season is the $64million question ? Yet to be convinced that Ireland has the qualities to rekindle the exciting form he showed earlier in his career so think that relying on him stepping up is a gamble. Believe we should offload players who are not justifying their wage packet and sign players who will

Totally agree but although upson would be exellent he would cost around 50 60 grand a week and i think clark would be a more than sutible replacement if either centerback gets injured plus id hold on to beye and keep the 5mil on the table for hutton and although i think banhann and delph will come of age this year i think they will play 2nd fiddle to ireland makoun and petrov in the middle now here is where we need to spend money although n zogbia looks a done deal we still need a wideman that can cover both flanks now there are some crackers around swp vargas bentley a mcgeady kranjier anyone of those would pose another major threat going forward up front id like to see defoe k jones bendtner or sturrige but if not id move ireland further up supporting bent with makoun and petrov anchouring

Ben Arfa & Bendtner please

Alright maybe Bendtner is a bad egg but Ben Arfa is quaility

27 Jul 2011 13:42:39
can anyone answer a few questions for me?

ive just watched the asian cup and can't believe how well and strong our back 5 looked given bossed the defence and made a tremendous save from emerton which was made even more special by the fact he aint played for a 12 month and where do i start with the back 4 how the hell did houllier keep over looking warnock him dunne and collins were flying into tackles and headers and winning almost everyone of them also why are we considering wasting 4-5 mil on hutton when we already have young and beye as well as being def sound young was flying down the flank and producing some brilliant crosses into the box.
in midfield makoun looked much more settled and him and petrov protected banhann very well with the young man looking sharpe with his passing and awareness.

up front we struggled on the left but in all fairness to heskey he aint no winger but did look better when more central in comparison i thought gabby was outstanding and looked for work for a change and bent could have had 4 on another day and once again he ll be up there for top scorer

all in all i think we need 2 maybe three players plus n zogbia and for me they have got to be another center back{upson to add competition to what already looks strong) a flexible winger (left or right swp or bentley}
plus another striker {defoe or bendtner}

and any team could do with parker or hitzlesperger so hopefully big ek will have a better idea come this time next week and gets some bids in

Totally agree Although Mcleish has stated on SSN that N'zogbia will be Villa's last bit of business with the emergance of youth and using frozen out players he's happy with the squad unless he sells any more players then he'll bring in replacements

24 Jul 2011 10:54:14
Villa are not skint, Lerner is running the squad to a 25 man rule and once we sign Downings replacement that 25 man squad will be full.

If we sell any other players then another player will brought in, if cuellar goes then we will sign somebody else.

This is happening as MON got totally out of hand with who he was signing wages. lerner is wealthy and i think he wants to stay that way

Look at the post of the squad that's gone to hong kong thers 11 youngsters in it now i believe Villa have 5 maybe 6 which are ready to cut first team action theres 45 of them who are not and a couple of players who need moving on

23 Jul 2011 15:13:29
Is it me or dose anyone else think that Dave Whelan is trying to pull a fast one and force the issue with Nzogbia by claiming there are more clubs intrested.trying to call villa's bluff

Exactly theres been no other official bids posted on ssn just that statement from dave whelan saying Everton sunderland are also interested personally i'd hijack the Jeffren-saurez move to Bolton at 5m and 20 yrs old what a bargain beens as Villa seem to be trying to operate saving money

22 Jul 2011 10:33:39
small heath city fans. . Im sick of them, Birmingham are officially the worst team in the west midlands, enjoy life being taunted by the baggies and wolves fans as well as us villans. .

22 Jul 2011 00:31:36
So Bent has felt the need to come out and pledge his future to Villa. . 'I'm here for the long term'. sounds like the kiss of death from that mercenary.

I agree. when he was at sunderland he was kissing his badge and saying he was there for life but when we doubled his wages he was quick to do one.

21 Jul 2011 17:06:04
personally i think mcleish is copying of sir alex i bet hes planning 4/5 more signings which include nzogbia , vargas dann , defoe and kyle naughton
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Your probably not far off the mark as he's already stated 100's of agents are ringing him 24/7 so it's prob to get them off his back so Villa can look at their targets

He also hasn't said he won't sign any more players just that this will be his last before the season starts as he wants to assess his squads strengths and then look to fill the weakness (even though we can all see the weaknesses but can't wait to see more of Albrighton, Delph, Bannan, Deflounso, Clark and i hope Ireland gets back to the form he had under Mark Hughes if so we'll have a good squad

i think we'll sign N'zogbia/Mcgeady

then near the transfer window close we'll bring in Naughton/Hutton, Defoe/Kalou, Pjanic/maringa,
And
Hitzlspuger and Upson on FREES

Whilst I believe the youngster have quality it would be better to introduce them gradually rather than filling 2/3 of the starting lineup with them, we saw last season that this didn't work. And although I agree that Ireland demonstrated talent @ City under Hughes he certainly didn't show that @ either Villa or Newcastle last season. Think the downside of the waiting game is that the target players may well have signed deals elsewhere. If the happens what's plan B ? Think it would be sensible to cover the weakneses of last season sooner rather than later and if that creates competition in the squad all the better.

21 Jul 2011 05:02:17
It's to mu understanding big Eck fancies himself as the new alEX ferguson. He's going to try and compete with kids as fergie did with scholes, becks, butt etc etc. To words Eck; Not Happening We need someone with a spine to stand upto the board and create a spine through our team. We've got Given, we need a leader at the back, strong/scoring midfielder and Defoe to compliment Bent and put Gabbys nose out of joint Fed up with "we're signing no one else" and "we're looking for a right back" when we've got Young who's a work horse Same old same old I guess

Villa do have 5 quality youngstrs though Albrighton, Delph, Bannan, Deflounso and Clark and herd and Baker arent bad either Dune was a good strong leader at the back until GH came but we do need a striker having got rid of carew and heskey on way out we need other options than Bent and the emergance of Deflounso Cause Gabby can't hack it up front and would be better on the wing with his speed

20 Jul 2011 23:41:45
Alex mcleish will prove everyone wrong, villa will have a good first season under him. He has high expectations of himself so do the fans, lets be honest we need him to build a future not a quick fix of crap sinings like martin o'neil made in his time. Only ever 3 good signings after blasting 120Million. Randy will not be as naieve as before looking back now, realising how high the wage packet of these flop signings actually cost him.

Totally agree although i make it 6 quality signings

Friedal, Young, Downing, Collins, Dunne and Milner the rest of them were total sh** and on to much money i can see Collins or Dunne going to i bet there on over 60k a week just like rest of MON's signings

20 Jul 2011 18:53:03
Mcleish is the manager now so get used to it and get behind the club the fans will have slot to do with this season.SO f*** up complaining.

This mans right fast up complaining. he wants to see more complaining and quicker

20 Jul 2011 13:02:27
guys im a villa fan through and through but calling for randys head just shows how fickle we are as supporters and to be honest makes us a laughing stock amoungst other teams and is total rubbish since he has been in charge he has provided more than enough money to his managers but m o neil blew 120 mil on utter s h i t but you could all kiss the ground he walks on take a look at some of his transfers they are shocking big ek never said he wouldn't buy he just stated that he would have a good look at the squad before deciding if and where he needs to strenghten

rubbish buys

c davis 10.75mil
salifu 750.000
routledge 1.5mil
dunne 5mil
collins 3.5
beye 2.5
cueller 7.5
marshell 500;000
heskey 2.5mil
harewood 2mil
guzan 1.2mil
reo coker 8mil

good buys

young 10.25mil
petrov 5.0mil
friedel 4mil
warnock 5mil
carew swop baros
milner 12mil
downing 12.5

absolute madness players sold/free

g cahill 3.5mil now worth 15mil
c gardener 4.mil now worth 7mil
l ridewell 2.5mil now worth 5mil
z knight 4mil same
mellberg free

Dunne is good

Totally agree personally i don't rate Petrov either and you forgot Sidwell 4.5m sold for 3m and was on 65k a week and he was s**t

Villa will sign another 4 players after we sign N'zogbia/Mcgeady it just won't happen till the end of the window

Disagree,

Davies should have been good. Was in the England squad when he got injured at Arsenal away i believe when we drew 1-1. Had a blinder that day. Never really recovered from that.
Dunne and Collins were awesome first season, dreadful last. Think Houllier has some part in this, but i expect one or both to be better this season. How you can say Warnock was a good buy and these 2 not is beyond me
Cuellar was too much money, but really should be given a go a cb, where i think he has looked good.
Heskey has actually been ok, certainly better than Carew for the last 2 seasons.
Guzan at 1.2 mil for a young international GK is quite a good signing IMO.
Cahill being sold is the single worst thing MON did. FACT Zat Knight wasn't fit to lace his boots, so i also disagree with you saying it was mad to sell him.
Ridgewell was useless, best shot of him as well. Gardner wanted to go the the scum, is a scum fan, so best rid of him as well. I think Sunderland paid to much for him as well.
Mellberg wanted to leave to try his hand in another league and play in the Champs league. No issues with him leaving whatsoever.
In summary then, yes MON bought some shockers, but not as many as you suggested. O'Dreary did the same. Gregory spent 12 mil on Balaban and Stone, money up the wall. Essentially all our recent Managers have.

20 Jul 2011 10:50:07
why would am say he is only signing 2 more players when we need a right back a centre half and a winger. . Doubt he will spend more than 25mill. . Dont belive everything he may just be saying this to take the pressure off the players, he may bring in more players to impress the fans which would be achived with 2 unexpected signings.

19 Jul 2011 23:25:46
Just watching ssn 11pm bulletin. .did am just say there would only be 1 more signing coz he had to balance the books? or was it just sky twisting words again? they did it this afternoon with jt saying modric was disrespectful. ive seen the interview a couple of times and didn't hear it like that and im not sure am said that either, and journalists don't lie, manipulate or do anything for a story do they? lol seriously though do not think given and nzogbia/varguez are an adequate replacement for what we have sold/released. in my opinion we would still need a left back, quality centre half, creative centre midfield player, left winger and a centre forward. .please tell me sky twisted am's word and the purchases won't end at 2

Mcleish has stated he'll only sign one more player a winger before the start of the season giving youth and frozen out pllayers a chance he'll assess the squad as a whole and then if needed hell add to the squad near the end of the transfer window

19 Jul 2011 15:14:19
As a Liverpool fan before you start saying get back to your website bin dipper or anything like that, i come in peace. I think you could've made one of the signing's of the season in Shay Given. I don't know how you felt about Brad Friedal leaving at the time but i suspect that your more then happy how things have turned out. Always had a bit of a soft spot for Villa because of the Irish players they had, McGrath, and two ex reds in Houghton and Staunton. And when they run Utd so close in the title race. Staunton's goal at Old trafford is still one of the best strikes i've seen still to this day. Only post i'll make on here but good luck and great signing in Given. Jonson6

19 Jul 2011 12:19:42
some people need their heads looking at. . SHAY GIVEN Joined manchester city because newcastle got relegated not because he was a money grabber u plank. If he was a money grabber he would have stayed at city wouldn't he?

Didn't he join Man city the season before they got relegated but hey uality signing for Villa so who cares

18 Jul 2011 20:33:16
How refreshing in the money hungery would of football is it to see a player put playing football ahead of money welcome to villa Shay

Is this the same Shay Given that left Newcastle for the riches of Man City Don't give me loyalty, it doesn't exist in football any more unless your of the ilk of Sid Cowans or Bobby Charlton

17 Jul 2011 21:47:29
Maurice edu as part of the package to take cuellar to rangers as well as £2million , the american is keen to try his luck in the premiership and rangers are desperate to land cuellar.
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Rangers can't afford Cuellar's wages so he's in talks with Espanyol who also made a bid for him

17 Jul 2011 12:28:36
ha aha haha love it I love the fact that villa are a feeder club to man utd Liverpool mancity I could go on I remember a few years ago I was in Mexico watching a villa match and there was about 15 villa fans chatting so much CACK I was laughing how they was a big club they are a small club with small fans you keep buying the players an after a few seasons there off love it

Is this a blue nose if so guess what your a feeder club to clubs like us in the mid table so i wouldn't really start trying to stand on a stool cause it'll be knocked from under your feet

Easily pleased Guliver Spare us your boring holiday stories.

Mate, you cannot try to annoy us villa fans when you can punctuate your argument to make sense. Maybe we do sell off our best players each season but that just shows the integrity of the team to keep playing well and consistently finish in the 10 and still be considered one of the top teams in England. And if you are a fan of the blue scum, sour grapes mate

17 Jul 2011 12:01:06
Upson, who is now a free agent will be offered a deal by McLeish, he will sign a 2 year contract, this will happen by the end of July. Excellent bit of business in my opinion. He will join up with Parker, Given, N'Zogbia, Vargas and DJ Campbell at Villa Park. What do you think ed?

EJ

16 Jul 2011 11:59:03
cuellars a bargain, McCleish is an person not only for selling him but for £2m. the sooner gingers out of VP the better.

Look Rangers can't even afford his wages so i can't see cuellar going but if he does he's only a good squad player easilly replacable

That guy you called ginger will do a good job for use who cares if he was manager of birmingham he will prove use all wrong and show use how dedicated he is guranteed he is much better then that person martin oneil or what ever use call him alex mcklesh much better and he is a born winner

15 Jul 2011 17:30:34
oi u mug no players no ambition?? How bout given n nzogbia u mug. . Thats just the start

15 Jul 2011 13:44:27
all these villa fans panicing and slating the club are not true fans just like the mugs that protested the arrival of mcleish, why don't you go and buy a season ticket at the hawthorns or just start supporting united or liverpool just like half the country. People have forgot how proud to be a true fan. A true fan doesn't have a second team as there is only a place in my heart for aston villa, yes we may be a selling club but we were years ago when we sold yorke to united, and we still managed to get into europe until deadly doug was keeping an eye on his pension.

I fully agree

As a life long Villa fan i've never been bothered who our manager is and to lose 1 key player doesn't matter its easily replaced but 2 key players worries me a little as a villa fanalthough im hopeful we'll get some good players in

15 Jul 2011 08:51:05
'hi all you villa fans can you update me on the cuellar to rangers rumour I personally doubt its happening yet if at all? anybody got any posts just what you know.'

Daily Record here in Scotland on back page, Villa accept £2m bid. Carlos on £40k + a week and Rangers likely to offer £25k. May be a stumbling block.

14 Jul 2011 20:55:58
just read villa have put in a 7.5m bid for scott parker

Iv heard from a very reliable source that it is a loan deal with a loan free with option to buy if west ham do not get promoted to the PL next season

14 Jul 2011 13:29:31
villa will come out of this exodus of players stronger, 2 good signings that oneil made have gone we just need to clear out the deadwood like those released at the begining of the season. We have quality coming through like delfouenso he will be just as good if not better than sturridge once he finds his feet, marc albrighton another quality youngster that will want to make a stamp on the first team, hes better than what young was when he arrived from watford. Barry bannan, cairan clarke fabian delph. . And a few others will be making the step up so atleast we have back up and bent has speaken highly of all these youngsters. We just need a few new signings to help these youngsters intergrate into the team properly. Youngsters bring more pace and stamina. .

You think delfonso is better than sturridge are you mad and he could never be considered for a starting spot yet.squad player at best, can't believe you think we will come out stronger.HOW??

Maybe not but Deflounso has a better eye on goal than Gabby does and as the above post says given time he can be as good as Sturridge

14 Jul 2011 12:50:12
getting tired of stupid rumours on here, most of chat is taken direct from papers unless people have some genuine info then shut f==k up, all this is getting boring. ed sort them out, , , facts 10 players released, friedel gone, young sold at which were told the money raised from sale is offset against purchase of bent which is ridiculous as we had 18 mill left from milner sale, now downing off for 20 mill, AVFC feeder club sell all our best players, and big eck left to feed off scraps, with sales of the last 2, 40mill should have been generated to recruit new players be lucky if eck gets half of that, I personally was against his appointment however you have to give him chance, I for one will not give him grief now if we fail as Randy and his fools Faulkner and Krulak are setting eck up for a fall and leaning towards putting our club on a major downward spiral. unless they show the same determination in backing the manager as they showed in appointing him we have a few hard seasons ahead.

14 Jul 2011 11:57:55
Bellamy, Defoe, N'Zogbia and Parker should all be realistic targets. I would love us to get Milner back but can't see it happening. Given deal dragging on abit now getting a bit worried about that as was supposed to be done before last weekend. Also, Kalou would be a great signing. He always seems to score goals.

14 Jul 2011 10:12:43
13 Jul 2011 20:15:05
MILLER DOESNT PLAY WITH RANGERS AND DAVIS TOO GOOD FOR VILLA,

This had me rolling with laughter, Davis too good for Villa ?. are you forgetting we're the club that bombed him out because he was s**t in the premier league. Then Fulham took him and he flopped under Sanchez. Then he goes to the spl and play's decent against teams which would struggle in the English League 1.

14 Jul 2011 09:39:36
Officially starting to panic NOW 2 KEY PLAYERS OUT the door and nothing coming in PLEASE BIG ECK i hope th rumors of signing either Defoe, Kalou, Bendtner, Parker, Diego, Milner, Hitzlspuger, Given are true we need some skilled players coming in the door now we've seen enough sold now
Do SOME SIGNINGS

14 Jul 2011 06:28:00
ER ED007 so Sky sports news is wrong that states a 20m offer has been accepted by aston villa from Liverpool
I guess you must know something they don't {Ed007's Note - SSN have been wrong on numerous occasions, the information came direct from the player himself. I would imagine he would know more about the deal than SSN}

I would say the Ed's are wrong more times than SSN ;) {Ed001's Note - if you like but SSN are the ones reporting the Boateng to Bayern is done according to their 'sources', while everyone else knows it is on Bayern's website as an official statement. SSN lie consistently to make a story, they said Henderson cost Liverpool over 20m, that is completely wrong as the fee is 15.6m + future add ons. They also say Phil Jones cost around 16m when United themselves said the deal is over 20m. So you can carry on believing a company that makes their money out of making up stories to get you to bet on their betting arm or you can listen to people that actually take the time to find out and will say if they don't know. We may be wrong sometimes too, but we are happy to admit when we are wrong, unlike Sky who are just another Murdoch puppet.}

14 Jul 2011 00:49:46
am seeing a complete rebuilding of squad but don't think mcleish will be given time, not looking good for season coming, worried about the whole state of the club to be honest, it is not coincidence that all our big players are leaving. Something behind the scenes is not right

Totally amazed that the downing transfer has gone through within hours pending a medical but the given transfer saga is still going on and on and on

13 Jul 2011 12:28:01
darren bent openly said that he is commited to the villa cause and has had the backing of juan pablo angel that he will be a holte end goliath next season. . All was on avtv yesterday so why would we sell bent after his warm welcome and his desire to commit?

In one of his first interviews bent was quoted about how he was looking forward to the service of young and downing and he was looking forward to playing with them 2 players. He will be gone in january u mug

Maybe beacuse he goes anywhere for the money, he did the same thing at sunderland got a brilliant welcome, the fans loved him, he said he would stay, kissed the badge when he scored then wanted to go for more money and was sold. I'm not having a go at Villa but just seems like Bent is doing the same things and it doesn't look good when he said he wanted Young and Downing to stay but now one has gone and the other soon to be.

13 Jul 2011 10:34:32
Very very sad Downing is leaving. . Liverpool are getting one hell of a player. .

If liverpool are willing to pay 20 million for Downing, I'll drive him up there myself. He's shown a lack of loyalty to the club, who brought him from the footballing backwater of Middlesborough, and then paid his wages for a season with a broken leg. Downings a good player but not a great player. Its about time we started selling at a profit.

13 Jul 2011 03:19:49
""""12 Jul 2011 23:54:09
villa to sell bent to arsenal for £20 million.
Will table £10 million bids for both defoe and n'zogbia with the money. Whelan is chancing his arm with his n'zogbia valuation. have heard from good source that he'll accept 10m if it's an up front payment."""""

Based on what? Darren Bent is not going anywhere. if Villa are in the tank midseason and in the bottom 10, then yes, Bent would maybe leave. .but until then. get your head out of your ARSE. you Arse fan. .and keep on dreaming. Hows losing Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin and Clichy treating you. .missing anyone? yeah Bentner too. .a chuck of your team is leaving because you have no chance to stay in the top 4. .

heck, Villa are selling Young and downing, yes, we release 10 useless players prior to that, yes. but a big portion of your top players are going out the door or are barking their way out the door. you are not far from being in worse shape than us. .so don't try and pipe dream your way out of it by MAKING UP a rumour that BNent is coming. you wish Bent would come play for your side. .but no. you have a better chance of getting Downing off us because we would do it just to spite the Liverpool slime. .who are only out slimed by the Blue Slime. .in your dreams, pal. .

while youre at it. .

Villa will sway Luke Young, Bent & Downing for Nasri, Van Persie, Bendtner, Walcott, and Arshavin. .thats as likely to happen as selling Bent to you outright. .

12 Jul 2011 14:16:50
What is taking so long in signing Given? We have been "close" to signing him for a week now. Get it done Mcleish.

He is now in talks so that would suggest its just a matter of the medical and personal terms neither of whitch should be a problem

I have a really bad feeling about this transfer going t*ts up and arsenal coming in for him its taking far to long

He will come GIVEN time. .you see what i did there GIVEN time. .GIVEN GIVEN time. i know sometimes i amaze myself.

11 Jul 2011 14:35:01
I too are now starting to worry about the transfers of what is coming into Villa Park. AY has gone and now SD wants out. Thats fine but with the orginal squad in a somewhat poor state, we need the strengthen, replace and buy in quality, so that we do not have the same situation as large parts of last season, looking behind us rather than in front Looked at the names being listed and there are some good players being mentioned but unfortunately we have no signings as of yet, this to me is a worry, especially when we still have not off loaded EH, MON has a lot to answer for with some of his signings. Lets get it done and get it done quickly and for how ever many seasons now our best players leave and we leave until the last minute. I woul love to see Defoe, Jenas, Parker, Given, Krancar all good players BUT not Dann, Jerome, Hammer, Nzogbia, Cole there no good and we need better players at the club than them. So come Villa get it sorted, good quality players, mixture of old and new with additions of Albrighton etc, their the future. . . .AVFC4EVA

Generally agree with the sentiment about the lack of transfers, is this becoming a clear sign of either our inability to attract the calibre of player we need or apathy on the part of the management ? I hope neither, but I do disagree regarding the quality of Dann, N'zogbia and Cole. I would be more than happy to see them at VP next season. Apart from anything else new players need time to adjust to a new club and teammates let's get our deals done now, we all know that SD will go and there will be cash in the pot. Whether RL and AM want to spend it may be a defining decision. But as Birmingham, West Ham & Blackpool will testify the rewards in the Championship are nowhere near those in the Premiership, so come on let's see some decent signings that the loyal fans can get behind and that give us a greatr chance of getting back to where we deserve to be, around the elite of the premiership. AVTID

10 Jul 2011 19:42:52
Think snn are a little premature saying downing could sign for liverpool as early as tomorrow as no acceptable bid as been recived from liverpool.

A bid has been received of 17.5 and accepted rising to 20 if liverpool qualify for champions league. He was given permission to speak to liverpool last week so personal terms have already been argeed.

Shut up liverpool havnt bid higher than 15 yet soo yeah bulls**t

10 Jul 2011 12:10:10
Alex McLeish plans to unveil Irish keeper Shay Given later this week - as the first of four major summer arrivals at Aston Villa. In addition to the Man City stopper, 35, Villa are closing in on deals for West Ham playmaker Scott Parker, 30, Wigan's French winger Charles N'Zogbia, 25, and Liverpool outcast Milan Jovanovic, 30. In total that quartet will cost the best part of £25million - and news of a significant spending spree will come as a huge relief to Villa fans.

This is straight fromt he sunday paper although i hope Villa don't buy Parker 30 and Jovanovic 30.
At 30 how long are going to be able to take the pace of the prem.
Would rather see Jenas 27 and Hitzlspuger 29 come to Villa

Parker was named the best player in the whole of the premier league last season; of course he can withstand the pace of the premier league. Plus Hitzlsburger is only one year younger than parker and anyways he's took time away from the prem

I meant Jenas as replacement for Parker as i honestly don't feel he's any good And Jenas is in his prime could sign for 5 years were as Parker could only do 2 3 at best

08 Jul 2011 13:34:31
Brad Friedel not replaced
Nigel Reo Coker not replaced
Ashley Young not replaced
Kyle Walker back to Spurs
Stewart Downing possibly leaving

My patience is running low

Completely agree with you mate it is an absolute joke. Bulls**t that he has had to wait till they are back in training to assess the squad. he knows that we definitely need a keeper if nothing else so he could have done deals for these players a while ago. However it now looks as if we are going to lose nzogbia to sunderland so i hear anyway. Disappointing season ahead i think

WHyare you worrying Given will be signed and if we lose out on Nzogbia theres talk of a double swoop on Bentley and defoe or SWP who is cheaper

As a villa fan I can understand the fustration at the lack of transfer activity how ever its early days yet and deals can be done in a matter of hours we need a mx of three mabe four players. watch this space next week

@this rate we'll be lucky to sign any one who is half decent and we'll finish below Wigan. Are Villa going to reduce to cost of season tickets to the level of Wigan ? Which, according to the poster behind Martinez yesterday, is the home of the £250 season ticket Seriously, need signings now not at last minute. AM has something to prove to Villa fans but is slow off the mark

07 Jul 2011 23:54:42
Glad you lot took Bent off our hands for an exorbitant fee. . is he sorry now you have sold all your best players. Bottom 3 for you this season, your manager is an old hand at that.

Ashley is not all our best players. Bent moved from Sunderland because he knew villa are a better club on all levels. You are buying man u cast offs and are likely to have problems of your own next . Bore off you gordie

We've got the best finisher in the premireship, and you've got steve bruce and a couple of man u has beens.
i know who i prefer. .

You ve signed players with there best years behind them WAKE UP idiot.

Ha HAHA idiot. I bet you were crying your eyes out when bent left you for a bigger club. Also you may be buying loads of players but in all fairness you have got larson who fair enough is a good player, gardner who is a villa cast off and a small heath loser, two aging man u cast offs, a blackpool player who aint charlie adam (therefore they are terrible) and a striker who eats dogs from korea. WOW your gonna win the league next season. Geordies eh ? Loll. Up The Villa.

A bigger Club? Ha Ha you're living in the past mate. Look at your stadium, we demolished a better one 10 years ago.
Also, Vaughan was Blackpool's player of the year.
And the Geordies live over the river, are fat, bald, and wear black and white. so yes laugh at those idiots.

Bent left you cause he wants to play at the highest level theres more chance of that happening at villa than in sunderland sorry its a FACT

Not if you selling your best players. Young, Downing, Friedel has gone, watch B£nt jump ship, you have been warned

07 Jul 2011 20:44:41
looks that wigan player is in sunderland no b'ham

07 Jul 2011 19:06:16
i want to take this time to thank sunderland for signing brown and o'shea now they can stop being linked to us, hallelujah. now start the signings mcleish, get given first of all.

07 Jul 2011 11:47:42
Aston villa will not make any signings untill he sells someone because he has been told that hes not being given money this summer, the ashley young money went straight to pay for the bent signing, managers have never been the problem with villa its all because of the owner. randy lerner needs to F*** OFF

Now that's un fair lad Lerner has bank rolled nearly 200m into Villa and gave all his managers money we still need to realise he has till august 13th to get a keeper and a winger the rest can come by the end of the window yeah weve got rid og alot of players and he wants to get the club iinorder by reducing the wages to meet new relegations plus With Villas quality youngsters coming through providing they can hack the big stage which remember we played Manu this season at VP and had 5 youngsters on the pitch and for most of the match out played them

If Delph, Albrighton, Bannan, Clark, Hogg, Herd, Baker and Deflounso and 4 new signings we'll be fine with a good balance of youth and experience

What planet you living on playing youngsters will definitely get us relegated we need proven players in this league

06 Jul 2011 21:31:49
Hooper 3.5 million + Petrov is this to open the door for Scott Parker?

Hooper won't leave the celts loves them

06 Jul 2011 16:32:10
Ed paris is not by the coast

06 Jul 2011 15:33:01
Begining to look like we are going to play Youth team next year without a Goalkeeper. Turning into a selling club but will soon run out of sellable products.
Why are we not accusing scousers of tapping Dowling, Answer - We want the money.

06 Jul 2011 11:16:22
Liverpool did not pay 20 mill for Henderson , it was 16 and he could have a good sell on value in a few years. Downing will not have a sell on value and is not worth 20 mill.
Mcliesh is just doing his job as Fergusons lacky and trying to stop Liverpool from getting their man. I hope he succeeds.

Your talking as if Liverpool are actually competition for Man u be realistic there only competition is Chelsea and City it don't matter how much Liverpool spend they won't finish any higher than 4th providing Aresnal don't spend big

Disagree with that, i think if the scousers buy 2 decent wigners one being downing and a right winger i am pretty sure liverpool will be up there.

05 Jul 2011 16:06:57
People say villa fans are fickle. Sure we are its the truth every football team has ficlke fans. However liverpool fans take the p*ss when it comes to who they are linked with. NEWSFLASH YOU IDIOTS you aint in the champions league anymore and you aint a big club. Sure villa base their reputation on our history but my god do you scousers milk it. YOU WONT SIGN CLASS PLAYERS COS OF YOUR HISTORY. If Downing goes then so be it because as much as it pains me to say it I reckon liverpool will finish higher than us for a start (due to the fact that mcleish has made no signings and is guaranteed to relegate us). All i ask is that you stop saying you will buy everyone good who is available because you just won't

It's unfair to say we'll be relegated when were a better team than brum who are expected to be in a relegation battle each season they come up and we go to hong kong on the 24th just watch this space we'll have a player or wo by then

Fair point we are a better team than Birmingham but I just cannot believe we haven't even put a bid on a player yet when two of our prize assets are being sold off. Matter of time before Bent wants out i think too (i know he said he wants to say but that'll change when he won't be scoring like he was towards the end of last season because he's got no service. Plus the names we linked with aint exactly Fabulous replacements. For the quality Given Nzogbia Hitzlesperger etc have they aint ever gonna be friedel , downing , young so i think we just gotta live with the fact we aren't gonna get anywhere near europe next season and we will be the one staving off relegation. Add to that a p*ss poor manager in Alex Mcleish and its a recipe for disaster.

Jog on mate Blues are much better than Villa we only went down due to mcleish and his crap management. Period . Same thing will happen to you lot this season and we'll get promotion with the mighty chris hughton. THEN we will truly see who is best in the midlands. UP THE BLUES.

Coming from a man city fan, liverpool are a hell of alot better than villa and from tottenham looking like losing there top players same with arsenal wouldn't be shocked if liverpool did grab 4th next year after all they picked up the 2nd most points after chelsea from feb to may last season.

dontGOtevez

To the bluenose that posted on here earlier, go back on your club rumours pages and look at the promising transfer targets that your going to sign. . . oh no wait you went Down sorry that slipped my mind. Well i guess you are just as screwed as us then. p.s when are johnson.dan, foster, jerome(even though he is terrible) etc etc following gardner and larsson out the door and really leaving you in the brown stuff. .

ha birmingham best in the midlands don't make me laugh. I support liverpool and clearly you are the worst team in the midlands (except walsall but you can't really class them) What a joker you are.

To the city fan. I didn't mean that liverpool werent a better team than us they clearly are BUT i meant that the don't hold as much prestige as the would of 3 or 4 years ago when they were challenging for the title.

05 Jul 2011 14:46:15
Aston Villa to sign Gary Hooper from Glasgow giants Celtic for 3.5 million + petrov

. . giants? giants? your no even champions Away and have a wash ya zoomer

HAHA giants, don't want your rubbish thanks. might have izaguirre of you but that's is all lol and i reckon man u, city etc will get in there before us anyway.

04 Jul 2011 16:47:13
young is just a selfish brat goin man utd

Why is he selfish? Surely we moan when players go to average clubs like Liverpool Spurs etc but when they go Man U, Chelsea surely it is as they know they are going to win things. I am Villa through and through but stupid fans like you annoy me Why would a young player coming into his prime stay at Villa when man U want him what is selfish about that??

2rite well sed mate

03 Jul 2011 18:37:48
Shay Given to come to villa and get rid of Ireland, beye and cuellar they are a waste of space and bring in Diego and nzogbia.

02 Jul 2011 20:33:26
is it true dunne wants to leave?

Hope so.

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.