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I've said this 10000 times on here, and 9999 times when he was still playing for us - Dave, please interject here and confirm this, lest anyone say it is sour grapes - but Barry is not the player you see turning out for England. He goes missing for massive great chunks of the season. He's doing the same for City he did for us.

I would hardly call it terrible. The important fact was that we won the game and easily deserved to do so. Today we saw Plan B for the first time, and it was good. I just hope he sticks with it now rather than going back to type next week Incidentally, VitalVilla is a horrible little site, inhabited by drooling trolls.

That's it, really. When we can play on the counter, and play fast balls out to the wings, we're sometimes really exciting to watch. When we can't, we are crap. We're either exhilirating or abysmal. Today was a bit different, we played far more to feet, and had plenty of movement off the ball.

I must admit, I thought he was bonkers. I was wrong. I was also underwhelmed when we signed Dunne. He's no Martin Laursen, but Dunne for 5m or Lescott for 24m ...... *scratches head*

heh, love how loads of villa fans thought it was time for o'neill to go earlier in the season. To be honest, we have been abysmal for large parts of the season. What do you think's up with you at the moment? I just cant seem to work out Villa. Porous central midfield. Play the ball out wide all the time, but if that doesn't work, we have nothing creative in the centre of midfield and 4-4-2 with two wingers, you have to have one niggly fucker in teh middle. NRC back today and see what happens. I#m not a fan of his, but he's a prickly fecker and makes things hard for the opposition in the middle. On the bright side, defensively we've been immense. Collins and Dunne have looked unbelievably good, Warnock is the best signing MON has made in a long while, and even Cuellar is starting to look the part too. On the bright side, we've only played well three times this season (Chelsea at home, Liverpool away and today) and we're still, what, fifth, is good.

heh, love how loads of villa fans thought it was time for o'neill to go earlier in the season. To be honest, we have been abysmal for large parts of the season.

You heard it here first. Stephen Warnock will be on the plane to South Africa. If Bridge goes ahead of him, Capello is fuori di testa

Why play a dedicated right back at right back when you can stick an out of position centre half there? Cuellar is suspended this week, so we shall see who gets the nod, Luke Young or Beye.

Steve Bruce - potato for a head, scored the 7 minutes of extra time goals that derailed our title tilt in 93, managed the shit. Lots of reasons to think he's a shit wanker, but he's a decent manager. West Bromwich Albion - I'm supposed to think they're shit and hate them, as a Villa fan, but I don't Adrian Chiles - he's alright. Zat Knight - he's alright.

Against us he was booed every time he touched the ball, and it definitely got to him, he was poor. Yesterday against Blues they (surprisingly) did the same thing, but it had the same effect Still, I've been saying on here for about three years now that Barry goes missing for weeks / months on end.

Barry and De Jong in midfield look incredibly one-paced, which is the same problem we had with Barry and Petrov there. Ireland is a quality player, I agree with you

Can't believe anyone would pick Vermalen - goal threat he may be at times, but he's so suspect defensively. Also - Ashley Young (someone picked him on page 1, can't be arsed to look back) - have you seen him play much this season? He's been awful, as he was for the second half of last season.

Bar Newcastle United, who is your favourite team? Aston Villa. Which team do you hate the most? Life's too short to hate. Who is your favourite player? Currently, James Collins. I haven't seen a defender ping 30 yard passes around like that for ages. Better than Messi, like. Which player do you have the most hatred for? Life's too short to hate.

Naming rights for an existing stadium are worth shite all, because everyone uses the old name. Cisco Park / Budwieser Stadium etc might work on a new stadium that nobody knows, but people will still call SJP SJP, which sponsors know, and is reflected in the price. Has the club spoken publically about this? If so, Christ, now low rent and tacky, and what a gigantic cunt Ashley is. If not, he's still a gigantic cunt.

Ha ha Guzan has saved four pens tonight. 1 in normal time, and *three* of four in the shoot out.

My gripe with modern football stadia. Another slightly bigger version of the Riverside / Reebok / Britannia / Whateverbowl. These new grounds have all the charm of an out of town shopping centre.

That's old as the hills. Blues have been doing that for ages. Personally, I preferred our chants of "handball", but then again I'm biased. Terrible game. We're good against decent teams, but when we play shit ones, we just drop to their level and look rubbish. Playing with two wingers is fine, but you need an tough presence in the centre. Sidwell and Petrov aren't that.

Can't find a bigger version, but Sir Brian Little scoring at (I think) Bristol City. http://www.avscstudleyandredditch.co.uk/photos/070325185304484.jpg

Arsenal are great to watch, I wouldn't be at all unhappy to see them win the league. Their problem - cliched though it is to say this - is that they're such a bunch of gigantic pussies, no steel whatsoever. So when things are going well for them, they will go well. When things don't go their way, though .... Oh, and a real, championship winning level goalscorer.

Started a few, but fell foul of Martin's bizarre full back weird-outs. You watch, in about February, he'll remember that Cuellar is a centre half, stick Beye there, and play him every game till the end of the season.

I see he's still diving to the very best of his ability. Nah. His technique has deteriorated in that as well. He tends to throw his arms out too wide and too soon these days, watch. You'll see it soon enough.

I never, ever thought I'd say this, but Dunne and Collins have been magnificent for us since MON bought them.

Drogba scores. How come you're not there fella? Got a bastard of a flu this week. Was going to go, woke up this morning, felt shite still, opted to watch on telly. Is your name Steve Bennett? My ST seat is currently empty, no time to arrange a replacement for me.

999 times out of 1000 it woiuld have resulted in nothing. Awful from Brad.

Drogba scores. How come you're not there fella? Got a bastard of a flu this week. Was going to go, woke up this morning, felt shite still, opted to watch on telly.