Petrov speaks.

[andyh]

Mods - can you shorten the link if necessary please.

So, our captain seems to be blaming all and sundry for our poor start this season (hope he has looked at himself in the mirror).
Not what I expect from a captain.

Petrov

[Matt C]

Thanks Captain, really helpful.

[OzVilla]

Feck me, that's fighting talk.   

The malaise at the Club has just reached a new low with that interview Stan, idiot.
 

[Chris Smith]

It's difficult to disagree with anything he says though, isn't it?

We do need to strengthen, it is a disappointment to lose your player of the season and we have conceded too many goals.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Putting the ball away from 12 yards would have helped - knob.

[OzVilla]

It's difficult to disagree with anything he says though, isn't it?

We do need to strengthen, it is a disappointment to lose your player of the season and we have conceded too many goals.

Maybe, but he's the Club Captain so perhaps if he feels that way it's better not to telegraph it to the entire nation through the press.

It's the deafeatism that irks me the most.

[Ian.]

Its all very honest and a very true.
It is time to do all the talking on the pitch now though.

As the penalty, he aint the first and he wont be the last to miss a penalty FFS. He didn't do it on purpose.

[Matt C]

Exactly. He's the captain of Aston Villa. Captain. Show some backbone son.

[eastie]

He's also mons captain and as expected his comments reflect that- with a new manager he will be lucky to be in the team judging by his abysmal displays in the last year, mon isn't there now to choose his favourites and petrov must be worried!

[Shrek]

"You could see how outstanding he was in his very first game for Manchester City. We've lost a great player. That's the way football goes. When you get offered money like that you will get some chairman who accept it and others that don't.

"Unfortunately, we accepted it here. James Milner is not the first and won't be the last. Good players are wanted by good teams."

Is that not a pop at Randy, I think this is perfect excuse to make Dunne captain.

[Karl Bridges]

Heskey hitting the rebound into the floor with an open goal at his mercy was even worse than the penalty.

[midnite]

Didn't Petrov say after the first game against west ham how great is was to be playing under KM? Nice to play something different other than counter attacking football. Sounds like the players are just ask fickle as fans LOL!!
What is the point of Petrov saying all this? Yes we need players, thats very astute of him! Bloody genius!!
Don't you think the small issue of having a manager in place first is a little bit more important though? Surely if we go out and buy players now it's shows the board are doing dealings, that could cause problems with any new potential manager who might see that as the wrong way to do things. MON has left us with a small squad. We can't add to it. We have to deal with it until January. Those players out there, need to role their sleeves up and give us villa fans something to be proud about today. Not come out slamming the current situation. It's tough for everyone but it will be put right and soon.
Get a grip Petrov and learn how to take a penalty!

[Holtemeister]

Pop at Randy or not .... its Kevin Mac's decision while he has the gig whether to drop Petrov as captain. 

What worries me is that the team in Vienna and at home on Thursday smacks of the team in Moscow and so does the message it sent out.

The fans laid the blame at O'Neil at the time and although I'm personally glad he has gone as I believe he was to blame for many (not all) of our current woes, it seems that the real decision to field a weakened side came from on high.

If this was the case then where were O'Neills principals then ?

I haven't got a problem with this but don't kid the fans ... in the Moscow year it was almost as if we were duped into thinking for some time that we were in it to win it.

At least this year the intention was laid down at the very start

[Monty]

Yowser. And we thought we were depressed about the week. It seems to me that he feels he has a responsibility as club captain to be honest about what he feels about the club at the moment. If that's what he feels about the role, then you can hardly say he hasn't fulfilled it.

[darren woolley]

He his the captain he should be motivating the players not speaking about the club in this way.