Villa Signings and General Rumours Thread

invincibleirish

Villa to beat Derby but not to keep a clean sheet, prove me wrong guys!

nevermind sending Sorensen elsewhere, what harm in giving him a runout for the last few games of the season? Carson isnt exactly inspiring confidence anymore is he.


Watch out for the those pesky free kicks Scotty!

Helix

invincibleirish wrote: »

nevermind sending Sorensen elsewhere, what harm in giving him a runout for the last few games of the season?

nah, id be more up for giving tayls another go

invincibleirish

Helix wrote: »

nah, id be more up for giving tayls another go

Yes, Yes, i'll actually change my Viewpoint and agree with you, if i recall he was reasonably solid without being spectacular when he played around xmas time, or are my tinted glasses blinding me to some forgotten howlers?

IMO i found Taylor, before he even joined Villa to not have that imposing presence goalkeepers need.

invincibleirish

Only Carew out (and Gardner doubtful), surely Marlon to start?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7332038.stm

Come on Villa boost that GD!

Bounty Hunter

The Hare starting alongside Gabby will prob be the only change but id like to see Reo-Coker sit this one out to avoid suspension which after today wont happen.

Time Magazine

Lol, poor Paul Jewel: "While we have five games left as much as we'd like the season to be over we want to try and get some points on the board and get past that magical 15 points."

invincibleirish

Poor old Paul Jewell, managing Derby makes a man do strange things.

shoutman

the magical 15 points lol.

This being streamed anywhere?

Helix

1-0

ashleh

shoutman

Ashley Young has put villa 1-0 up after 25 minutes.

Raekwon

2-0

John Carew 26th minute

shoutman

Carew has put them 2-0 up after 26 minutes, poor derby.

Helix

3-0

petrov from the half way line lol

shoutman

This is turning into a rout, 3-0 petrov scoring.

Raekwon

Great to see Petrov on the score sheet

shoutman

Helix where are you watching the match?

Bounty Hunter

Petrov Villa legend;)

Helix

shoutman wrote: »

Helix where are you watching the match?

im not

shoutman

Is it yahoo updates for everyone yea?

Helix

soccer saturday for me

One Cold Hand

Sounds like a good first half for the boys.

Surely MON will make a sub or two at half time? Big John sounds like he's carrying a knock, and NRC needs to avoid another yellow. I see Routledge is on the bench: Give him a run Martin!

Xavi6

Just saw Petrov's goal there at half time in the City game. Absolute screamer.

Bounty Hunter

Salifou on for Reo-Coker, Harewood on for Carew and Routledge also to make an appearance in the next 45mins

Helix

4-0

gaz baz

Helix

5-0 gabby

One Cold Hand

And thats 5! Gabby

Villain

Berger and Salifou come on after 80 mins, Routledge doesn't feature but Berger who will be leaving in the summer most likely does?????

Helix

6-0

the hare

Villain

What a joke, Derby have to be one of the worst teams to have ever played in the Premiership.

Savman

Villain wrote:

Berger and Salifou come on after 80 mins, Routledge doesn't feature but Berger who will be leaving in the summer most likely does?????

Villain wrote: »

What a joke, Derby have to be one of the worst teams to have ever played in the Premiership.

Any more negatives you want to bring up? Can't we enjoy just one victory please?

One Cold Hand

Kinda feel sorry for Derby.

I think I'm starting to understand why MON doesn't play the Hare more often. He only seems to score in the 85th minute. No point in playing him for the rest of the game, when you can stick him on after 84 mins and let him score!!!

Helix

One Cold Hand wrote: »

I think I'm starting to understand why MON doesn't play the Hare more often. He only seems to score in the 85th minute. No point in playing him for the rest of the game, when you can stick him on after 84 mins and let him score!!!

ahaha spot on

full time 6-0

Savman

Great result, even if we were playing cannon fodder. Delira' for Stan

shoutman

No matter how bad the other team is, six nil is always a positive result.

Helix

2 clean sheets in a row now

wooo

lol

Villain

Savman wrote: »

Any more negatives you want to bring up? Can't we enjoy just one victory please?

Ah I'm happy we won, but I fully expected an easy win.

I really am pissed off though that Berger got a run out ahead of Wayne Routledge. The one signing we made in January and he has hardly got any game time while Berger who looks set to leave gives a run out.

On a more positive note the Brum have got a draw off Everton lets hope Newcastle can do us a favour.

Helix

if we win the remaining 4 games we'll finish 5th

*edit* not mathematically obviously, but im positive 12 points will get us 5th, considering the fixtures left for each team

Savman

Villain wrote: »

I really am pissed off

We won 6-0 for feck sake, there's nothing to be 'pissed off' about. That's just being picky. I don't really care if he puts out the reserves so long as we get these results.

As for this:

I fully expected an easy win

...someone has a very short memory

Raekwon

Lovely looking scoreline there

Bring on Small Heath

Helix

right, im gonna change my "we'll finish 5th" to "we'll qualify for europe" if we win our last 4, based on this:

5 Everton Pld 34 Pts 61
6 Portsmouth Pld 33 Pts 56 (Playing Newcastle in the late K.O.)
7 Aston Villa Pld 34 Pts 55

Remaining fixtures:
Everton
Everton v Chelsea
Everton v Aston Villa
Arsenal v Everton
Everton v Newcastle United

Pompey
Portsmouth v Newcastle
Manchester City v Portsmouth
Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough v Portsmouth

Villa
Aston Villa v Birmingham City
Everton v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
West Ham United v Aston Villa

It doesnt matter a jot what Pompey do, theyre already in the UEFA. So if we can pick up 12 points from our last 4, we'll be in the UEFA unless everton manage to pick up 7 points from Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle, which they wont

Villain

Pompey aren't guranteed Uefa spot, if Cardiff win the cup it looks likely they may well be allowed the Uefa spot. Having said that I fully expect Pompey to win.

Helix

Villain wrote: »

Pompey aren't guranteed Uefa spot, if Cardiff win the cup it looks likely they may well be allowed the Uefa spot. Having said that I fully expect Pompey to win.

if cardiff win the fa cup they get a wildcard from uefa, the fa cant give them one of their spots because cardiff arent under their jurisdiction

pompey qualify for the uefa, either as winners or as highest finishing english team in the competition

Villain

Thats Uefa, the FA have said they looking at the rule also, or at least thats what I read?

Helix

sure how can the fa give them a spot when theyre not under the fa's jurisdiction?

they either have to split from the faw or wait on uefa to give them a freebie

Villain

Yea thats what I thought don't know, ah pompey will win anyway

Helix

yeh its not an issue

i cant see pompey dropping enough points for us to finish ahead of them unless newcastle manage to get a goal in this game

Time Magazine

Helix wrote: »

right, im gonna change my "we'll finish 5th" to "we'll qualify for europe" if we win our last 4, based on this:

5 Everton Pld 34 Pts 61
6 Portsmouth Pld 33 Pts 56 (Playing Newcastle in the late K.O.)
7 Aston Villa Pld 34 Pts 55

Remaining fixtures:
Everton
Everton v Chelsea
Everton v Aston Villa
Arsenal v Everton
Everton v Newcastle United

Pompey
Portsmouth v Newcastle
Manchester City v Portsmouth
Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough v Portsmouth

Villa
Aston Villa v Birmingham City
Everton v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
West Ham United v Aston Villa

It doesnt matter a jot what Pompey do, theyre already in the UEFA. So if we can pick up 12 points from our last 4, we'll be in the UEFA unless everton manage to pick up 7 points from Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle, which they wont

We're six points shy of Everton. If we beat them, then we're three points short. That means if we win all our games and they lose to either or both of Chelski or Arsenal, we're well in there with a chance of overtaking them.

We're two points behind Portsmouth. If we win all our games and they drop points (and the above happens), we'll come 4th.

It's very unlikely, granted, but those defeats at Fulham and Sunderland are looking very costly.

Bounty Hunter

Ibid wrote: »

We're two points behind Portsmouth. If we win all our games and they drop points (and the above happens), we'll come 4th.

sure it was just a typo and you meant 5th cos we are not going to catch Liverpool. think its a possibility but id still say 6th will be what we will get and Intertoto with it. never like having to win every game as i never expect Villa to do the expected and would think we might slip up in atleast one game although it might only be by drawing with Everton/West Ham both of which are away from home.

Time Magazine

Sorry yeah, that was unfortunate typo. I meant 5th.

Raekwon

Ibid wrote: »

It's very unlikely, granted, but those defeats at Fulham and Sunderland are looking very costly.

As were the points dropped from home games against Boro, City & Blackburn.

Overall though this has been a very good season for Villa and most people would have been delighted with a top 8 finish never mind a top 5 finish and UEFA Cup place before this season had kicked off.

I have to say I'm very optimistic about next season