ruggermad 16,245 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Bring in Defour' date=' Hoolahan and a new CB.... Guidetti on loan to sort out Kozak's replacement and then do something like this.. -----------------Guzan ---------NEW CB----Clark Bacuna-----------------------Luna -----------Defour--Delph Albrighton------------------Gabby -----------------Hoolahan ------------------Helenius Also for the love of god play it on the deck![/quote'] I don't like Hoolahan. What's that team too? It's missing Vlaar and Tekkers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lincvillan 1,795 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * I don't like Hoolahan. What's that team too? It's missing Vlaar and Tekkers? Vlaar and Benteke would come back in when not injured/ on form... I'm not sure what Benteke needs... Read people saying he looks knackered and still unfit... If so I'd play Helenius in behind Tekkers... He needs support... if we play it on the floor we would be 10000x better off.. Hate this "hoof ball" idiocy we have been playing... It's football not Airball lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swanseajack 11,404 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * I can't see Guidetti wanting to join on loan to be third choice, possibly fourth choice if you'd consider Agbonlahor up front before him. I agree that you need to play the ball on the floor, you played the ball against us last season on the deck and got a win that you probably deserve, this season it looked like we were playing a completely different side that had no attempt to try and get a winner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ray1981 22,829 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * I have to say given Lambert's comments during the week I was not to dissapointed to see you go out and in many ways he got what he deserved. This is the only real chance of silverware for Villa a cup competition, you will end in mid-tale to lower half why not have a real go at a cup run, really gets up my one when managers spout rubbish like he did. Not only does it reflect badly personally on him IMO it sends out the wrong message to the players and gives them a ready made excuse for the defeat as there manager said it was not to important. A major Faux Pas from Lambert IMO, the team he put out actually looked quite strong but in terms of mental preperation of the players it was extremely poor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Vlaar and Benteke would come back in when not injured/ on form... I'm not sure what Benteke needs... Read people saying he looks knackered and still unfit... If so I'd play Helenius in behind Tekkers... He needs support... if we play it on the floor we would be 10000x better off.. Hate this "hoof ball" idiocy we have been playing... It's football not Airball lol Benteke needs a playmaker behind him. Helenius isn't the answer to that IMO. Delph has been the only midfielder to offer anything like that this season. If we had a better midfielder we might have more confidence to not just hoof it up. I have to say given Lambert's comments during the week I was not to dissapointed to see you go out and in many ways he got what he deserved.This is the only real chance of silverware for Villa a cup competition' date=' you will end in mid-tale to lower half why not have a real go at a cup run, really gets up my one when managers spout rubbish like he did. Not only does it reflect badly personally on him IMO it sends out the wrong message to the players and gives them a ready made excuse for the defeat as there manager said it was not to important. A major Faux Pas from Lambert IMO, the team he put out actually looked quite strong but in terms of mental preperation of the players it was extremely poor.[/quote'] I'm really annoyed about it as well. We're Aston Villa, a huge institution in the English game, in both the contemporary and historical settings? Not some nothing yoyo club with a load of Arab money for the last few years. The FA Cup is huge for clubs like ours with our history and fans and I'm furious that Lambert came out and said what he did. Our league cup run last year was great and I would've loved another one. No doubt other of our fans would agree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ray1981 22,829 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * I'm really annoyed about it as well. We're Aston Villa' date=' a huge institution in the English game, in both the contemporary and historical settings? Not some nothing yoyo club with a load of Arab money for the last few years. The FA Cup is huge for clubs like ours with our history and fans and I'm furious that Lambert came out and said what he did. Our league cup run last year was great and I would've loved another one. No doubt other of our fans would agree[/quote'] Precisely What have Villa got to play for now this season, just the mundane routine of picking up a few results for relative mid table obscurity nothing for the fans to be excited about, nothing to look forward to, nothing to dream about. Just think it is really poor from the manager, the extra games lark is a nonsense as well the first three rounds all have there own individual dates so you are playing one game a week from now on until the 6th round and the final is a weekend all on its own now as well, so essentially two extra midweek games even with a squad like Villa's professional players should easily be able to cope. These excuses wheeled out by the likes of Lambert are compete rubbish and don't wash with me, really poor. I generally quite like Lambert but really let himself and more importantly his club and the fans down here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swanseajack 11,404 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * I thought it was very poor from Paul Lambert, and was glad to see Sheffield United win the game to be honest. There's nothing really wrong with losing an FA Cup tie, as anything can happen in the FA Cup but all you ask for really is full commitment from the players and manager and his comments puts doubt in mind of their commitment. I agree that the amount of extra games really isn't a big deal, an additional five games in the season with the final one being after the end of the season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drink 1,718 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Great rumours, would love Defour & Lescott. Begging that Kiyotake is once again linked though, he would've been ideal for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VillaKnollBoy 91 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Wouldn't be overly impressed when/if Hoolahan puts pen to paper. KYQS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Hope Baker is alright. So glad to see Vlaar back though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * So looks like we're signing Grant Holt on loan. Doesn't exactly fill me with confidence but we do need another striker following Kozak's injury and hopefully Lambert will know how to get the best out of him following his days at Norwich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Even better news. Stephen Ireland is finally off our books and off to Stoke permanently. Don't know about the fee but it was mainly his huge wages I wanted gone so I don't really care how much or little it was Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pip 8,015 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Hey guys, what's up with Gary Gardner? Is he worth buying? Wasn't he supposed to become one of your best midfielders before injury? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ashtini 27,252 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Ryan Bertrand joining you on loan! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Ryan Bertrand joining you on loan! Mmm another somewhat underwhelming signing IMO. Is he better than Luna? Guess at least it'll provide quality competition for LB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Tough defeat today given how long we hung on for. We've been strong still and we should improve on our final position from last season if we continue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Coulda shoulda woulda won tonight. Not a great game by any means but we had two or three great chances in the last five minutes. Their keeper made a wonder save too which is always annoying. However a point away is a good point when we're trying to keep away from that bottom three Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Howard Hodgson's report on going ons at Villa behind the scenes Makes for grim reading our board seems clueless when it comes to running a football club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Typical that this is the first game in a while I can't watch live and we're winning 4-1 at home Glad Benteke has decided to turn up though. First goal was brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Club ran a promotion for this game. Anyone with a Chelsea home ticket gets a home kit for a tenner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gAv Gav 1,242 Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Great opportunity for Villa now playing Chelsea with 10 men. KYQS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Brilliant Amazing result for us. Can't say it wasn't deserved at all. We played well; kinda annoying we don't play like that every home game. Ramires' tackle was disgraceful and I have no idea what Mourinho was so annoyed about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ashtini 27,252 Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Well done Villa, you played better than it reads on paper with the sending offs. #DelphforEngland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * Delph has been superb all season Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ruggermad 16,245 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Re: Official Aston Villa Thread ! * no spoilers * No need to change the team after the last two games (apart from Bertrand in for Bennett) so we line up thus: Guzan; Bacuna, Vlaar, Baker, Bertrand; El Ahmadi, Westwood, Delph; Weimann, Benteke, Agbonlahor As I write this Delph lays it on a plate for Benteke who slams it home to make it 1-0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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