Villa players in drunken bust up

[WikiVilla]

A few beers and handbags maybe exactly what they needed

[Phil from the upper holte]

We all know the press pay people to make stuff up!

I wonder what action GH will take being an Ex teacher? 100 lines? Standing in the corner or staying behind after training?

[darren woolley]

I'm not worried if it is true typical friday out with the lads then make up and everything's rosy in the garden again.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I wonder what action GH will take being an Ex teacher? 100 lines?

I must not drink beer and punch team mates when away on team bonding exercises.
I must not drink beer and punch team mates when away on team bonding exercises.
I must not drink beer and punch team mates when away on team bonding exercises.
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[dicedlam]

If it was at the Stapleford Park Hotel, I'll try an get a little more info...

[Dan England]

I  think someone at the club could have found somewhere better for the players to have their mid week piss up than some hotel in boring Leicestershire.

Less of that! Leicestershire is great it has ............................................................................... Give me 5 minutes i'll think of something!

[rjp]

I  think someone at the club could have found somewhere better for the players to have their mid week piss up than some hotel in boring Leicestershire.

Less of that! Leicestershire is great it has ............................................................................... Give me 5 minutes i'll think of something!

Coalville?

[Dan England]

I  think someone at the club could have found somewhere better for the players to have their mid week piss up than some hotel in boring Leicestershire.

Less of that! Leicestershire is great it has ............................................................................... Give me 5 minutes i'll think of something!

Coalville?

Try again.

[ozzjim]

If it was someone telling Friedel that coming and getting a corner might help us out a bit then I hope the message got home. Or Dunne/ Collins/ Clark being told that the idea is to get to the ball first when a cross comes in is a mandatory quality requirement of a central defender then it would be nice!

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I  think someone at the club could have found somewhere better for the players to have their mid week piss up than some hotel in boring Leicestershire.

Less of that! Leicestershire is great it has ............................................................................... Give me 5 minutes i'll think of something!

Coalville?

With his old Leicestershire connections, I suspect the hidden hand of our arch enemy O`Neill involved somewhere.

[TheTimVilla]

It's made the French media: http://sports.orange.fr/breves/football/201110/aston-villa-bagarre-entre-deux-joueurs-_315212.html?popup

Aston Villa: Bagarre entre deux joueurs ?

Rien ne va plus à Aston Villa. Alors que le club de Gérard Houllier, 13e de Premier League à deux points de la zone rouge, se bat pour son maintien, le manager français avait décidé de mettre ses titulaires à l'écart pour le match de Cup contre City ce week-end, pour les faire réagir. Sauf que le Guardian rapporte que durant la mise au vert dans un luxueux hôtel spa du Leicestershire, après une partie de paintball et un dîner visiblement trop arrosé, deux joueurs, dont les noms ne sont pas connus, auraient eu une altercation dans la soirée. On a connu mieux pour resouder une équipe... De plus, ce n'est pas les premiers soucis que les Villans connaissent en interne, John Carew, prêté depuis à Stoke, Stephen Warnock et Habib Beye ont eu des problèmes avec Houllier, tandis que Richard Dunne a perdu sa place de titulaire après un clash avec l'assistant du Français Gary McAllister.

[LeeS]

Not sure I've ever read such a non story in my life

[Ian.]

Have reporters never played football at any level? Have reporters never been out with a load of lads for a few and never had a row of some kind?
Daft story. We have arguments (sometimes quite heated) at work all the time and that is without a drink.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

It's made the French media: http://sports.orange.fr/breves/football/201110/aston-villa-bagarre-entre-deux-joueurs-_315212.html?popup

Aston Villa: Bagarre entre deux joueurs ?

Rien ne va plus à Aston Villa. Alors que le club de Gérard Houllier, 13e de Premier League à deux points de la zone rouge, se bat pour son maintien, le manager français avait décidé de mettre ses titulaires à l'écart pour le match de Cup contre City ce week-end, pour les faire réagir. Sauf que le Guardian rapporte que durant la mise au vert dans un luxueux hôtel spa du Leicestershire, après une partie de paintball et un dîner visiblement trop arrosé, deux joueurs, dont les noms ne sont pas connus, auraient eu une altercation dans la soirée. On a connu mieux pour resouder une équipe... De plus, ce n'est pas les premiers soucis que les Villans connaissent en interne, John Carew, prêté depuis à Stoke, Stephen Warnock et Habib Beye ont eu des problèmes avec Houllier, tandis que Richard Dunne a perdu sa place de titulaire après un clash avec l'assistant du Français Gary McAllister.

Le Gaffeur ! Sacre Bleu !

[JJ-AV]

Since Houllier's come in it's really highlighted the lack of professionalism among certain players at the club. It does make you wonder if the lack of consistency and inability to put away some of the poorer sides was inpart affected by the seemingly bad attitude amongst some of the senior players.

I know some players are capable of having a pint and still being great, hell we should know it better than most. But the likes of Bale, Defoe and Dawson were all known to drink a fair bit before Redknapp took over and banned it there.