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The return of a judas ? – Gareth Barry

Next Monday sees the return of a former player. In most cases that does not matter but in Gareth Barry’s case then it is a return that I believe will split Villa supporters and their feelings towards him. Barry played over 400 times for us in a decade since he made his debut at 17 [...]

Affordability of attending Premier League games

This comment from Pete Bland on VT is well worth further discussion on what people think “One last comment – ticket prices – this is starting to really hack me off now. £35 quid for this one, £38 for Wolves, £48 for small heath and so on. Even tickets at Villa are expensive, now, for [...]

Time to start another run

The game was one I expected us to win and after three minutes all looked fine and for the next 20 minutes we were in goal but then a sloppy goal changed the game. For the rest of the game it looked like heading towards a draw and then another piece of bad defending by [...]

7 on the trot at Ewood ?

We face Blackburn tomorrow for 7 on the trot where for the last two seasons we won 4-1 and 2-0 and could have been many more. Blackburn are a tough side to play against but over the years have gradually got weaker as economic reality and the death of Jack Walker finally takes it toll. [...]

Harewood gone, Albrighton signs new contract

Finally the news that was always going to happen and Harewood goes on loan for three months to Newcastle, not surprised and certainly not unhappy he has gone, just hope he does well enough for them to sign him. Some very good news that Marc Albrighton has signed a new three year contract. This is [...]

Gabby fires us to 6 in a row

It was a bit disappointing that only 18,000 Villa fans could be bothered to turn up but actually they missed a very good open match in which Cardiff came to play and not ‘Park the bus’ We got off to a bright start when a surging Carew run down the left resulted in a good [...]

A good chance of success – GO FOR IT !!

We really have a realistic chance of success in this competition and after the failures of the last two competitions I hope that we take the lessons of the last two seasons and take advantage of Cardiff to progress into the next round. Now that the row over Reo-Coker has now been settled until at [...]

4 on the trot

You could say today was typical of a top team, we got the job done in the first half and then just made sure the second half was comfortable and I love it ! The stand out player today for me was Gabby with not only a very good goal and a top class finish [...]

Respect the Fans !

The following campaign is well worth our support please read this message from Liam White The road to Wembley, the chance to walk down Wembley way, to look up at the archway, to sing with your family, friends and fellow fans to support your team in a final, that’s the pinnacle of every football fan’s [...]

Silence the Pompey Chimes

OK, so the NRC ‘incident’ has overshadowed the game tomorrow which after 4 wins on the trot is a crying shame. I thought he may have started tomorrow but clearly this will not happen so I suspect that John Carew will come back and possibly Beye for Cuellar as a positive attacking RB. Whatever the [...]