Hoping Jenas is going to be fit and Ireland can displace Heskey
Villa 1 Norwich 0
Ray Graydon
Must win, 6-pointer blah blah blah...
Storming 4-2 win with Bent, Gabby and 2 from The Zogster
Sitting in the Trinity for only the third time since 1974 - do they allow swearing?
When the fixtures came out, people rather naturally looked at this game and would have thought 'home banker'. However, their form and style of play will have surely prompted a rethink, and our own ability to cope with pressure and cause problems ourselves has been brought into question. I think we'd do quite well to get something out of this, and it really could go in any direction.
4-0 to us, it's going to click eventually and this is the match.
Look out for the special extended Match of the Day this weekend:
Villa 8 (eight) - Bent (4), Agbonglahor (2), Petrov, Ireland Norwich 3
Jenas will be on the bench if he's lucky.
Look out for the special extended Match of the Day this weekend:
Villa 8 (eight) - Bent (4), Agbonglahor (2), Petrov, Ireland Norwich 3
We'll still only get 2 minutes at the end.
Villa 1 Norwich 0 Ray Graydon
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Failure to collect all three points ought to lead to a lot of anti-AM statements. Ole Gunner Solksjaer just won the Norwegian league championship fopr the the first time in his club's history in his first year as manager. The budget must be tiny. Get him in?
They really seem to be struggling to draw a crowd, even from among richer folk: http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2501498,00.html
Must win, 6-pointer blah blah blah...
Storming 4-2 win with Bent, Gabby and 2 from The Zogster
Sitting in the Trinity for only the third time since 1974 - do they allow swearing?
Depends where in the TR.
In the central part of the TR Lower, we tend towards sarcastic comments.
However, we do have one bloke designated as the one to have ago at the visiting manager.
Any news on bannan?
Plus has jenas had any reserve games?
Failure to collect all three points ought to lead to a lot of anti-AM statements. Ole Gunner Solksjaer just won the Norwegian league championship fopr the the first time in his club's history in his first year as manager. The budget must be tiny. Get him in?
Because success with Molde is a sure-fire guarantee of success in the Premier League.
Failure to collect all three points ought to lead to a lot of anti-AM statements. Ole Gunner Solksjaer just won the Norwegian league championship fopr the the first time in his club's history in his first year as manager. The budget must be tiny. Get him in?
Jenas is going to be injured again isn't he?
I thought N'Zogbia played very well last week.
It'd be nice to see him carry on this week. He's an exceptional player who is just taking time to settle.
I think the people giving him most stick have obviously forgotten what happened with Downing.
I agree with you Paulie, I thought he played well.
He brought a lot of players into play and look dangerous on the break. My one criticism is that he likes to drift inside a bit too much for my liking, after a good few years of watching Young maroud down the line, I'd like to see him take the full back on a lot more.
I agree with you Paulie, I thought he played well.
He brought a lot of players into play and look dangerous on the break. My one criticism is that he likes to drift inside a bit too much for my liking, after a good few years of watching Young maroud down the line, I'd like to see him take the full back on a lot more.
I don't think he has the pace for that.
He would play far better for us if we kept the ball around the box as opposed to panic and get over anxious.
Albrighton was supposed to bridge the wing gap, but he isn't doing it.
N'Zog will be a great player for us IF we play to his strengths.
If we don't, he'll continue as he is.
I don't think N'Zogbia is actually sure what his role is. Surely this would have been discussed with him before we bought him. And the fact the manager admired him for so long makes the fact he looks lost in the team even more of a mystery.
Is it just me or is anyone else getting worried abouthe fact that Jenas is being cast as some kind of saviour this week? I seem to recall someone else being lauded to the skies in the week before a home game with Norwich and we all remember how that turned out.You might need to remind of who that was?
Is it just me or is anyone else getting worried abouthe fact that Jenas is being cast as some kind of saviour this week? I seem to recall someone else being lauded to the skies in the week before a home game with Norwich and we all remember how that turned out.
Is it just me or is anyone else getting worried abouthe fact that Jenas is being cast as some kind of saviour this week? I seem to recall someone else being lauded to the skies in the week before a home game with Norwich and we all remember how that turned out.
Ugo in 92/93 was my first thought, but I can't remember him being 'lauded to the skies' prior to the game?
I don't think N'Zogbia is actually sure what his role is. Surely this would have been discussed with him before we bought him. And the fact the manager admired him for so long makes the fact he looks lost in the team even more of a mystery.
His role is that of the wide right player in a 4-3-3. I don't think there's any communication issue there - just that he's been playing poorly!
I really don't have a clue how this game will pan out. Fingers crossed for a good solid team peformance and 3 points.
I don't think N'Zogbia is actually sure what his role is. Surely this would have been discussed with him before we bought him. And the fact the manager admired him for so long makes the fact he looks lost in the team even more of a mystery.
His role is that of the wide right player in a 4-3-3. I don't think there's any communication issue there - just that he's been playing poorly!
We don't seem to be playing 4-3-3 though. It's more like a 4-4-2, switching to a 4-5-1.
There will also be a rapier on show - a surface to air missile developed by the British Army.
From Pravda...............QuoteThere will also be a rapier on show - a surface to air missile developed by the British Army.
Who will it be aimed at ?
When the fixtures came out, people rather naturally looked at this game and would have thought 'home banker'. However, their form and style of play will have surely prompted a rethink, and our own ability to cope with pressure and cause problems ourselves has been brought into question. I think we'd do quite well to get something out of this, and it really could go in any direction.
From Pravda...............QuoteThere will also be a rapier on show - a surface to air missile developed by the British Army.
Who will it be aimed at ?
Classic 6 pointer
we`ll lose :'(
Classic 6 pointer
we`ll lose :'(
Oh dear Woody, you need a lie down / pint of beer mate! 6 pointer? In November?
Every home game is important. There is no chance we're going to get relegated this season. Whatsoever.
QuoteI know, Villa always of late seem to do their best to spoil Christmas and with that set of fixtures they may again.
Looking forward to beating them about 4-0. Maybe that will stop some of the bleating.
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it won't.
The bleating may stop, but wait until December fixtures!!
Regarding Heskey:
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2011/11/03/alex-mcleish-we-all-love-emile-heskey/
OK up front. Adequate on the wing. Abysmal in central midfield.
QuoteI know, Villa always of late seem to do their best to spoil Christmas and with that set of fixtures they may again.
Looking forward to beating them about 4-0. Maybe that will stop some of the bleating.
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it won't.
The bleating may stop, but wait until December fixtures!!
QuoteI know, Villa always of late seem to do their best to spoil Christmas and with that set of fixtures they may again.
Looking forward to beating them about 4-0. Maybe that will stop some of the bleating.
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it won't.
The bleating may stop, but wait until December fixtures!!
For some reason my feeling is that we will underperform in the easier fixtures this month, but take some unexpected points in December, leaving us in lower midtable by the new year.
I think we'll lose and it'll be the beginning of the end for McLeish.
It worries me that when Mcleish was talking about Jenas in relation to this game he said the wages are still astronomical and need to be brought down. How on earth can that be?
I think we'll lose and it'll be the beginning of the end for McLeish.
Aston Villa 3 (Bent 37, 44. Agbonlahor 77)
Norwich 1 (Hoolahan 7)
How can we bring down wages any more? obviously getting rid of Heskey & Beye but if either left i'd be hoping to bring better players in to be honest. This club gets more depressing by the fookin minute
Norwich v Villa: Ruddy, Martin, Johnson, Morrison, Holt, Pilkington, Houlihan, Bennett, Barnett, Tierney, Naughton. Subs: Rudd, Crofts, Jackson, Surman, Fox, Wilbraham, Delaet.
: VILLA v Norwich: Given, Hutton, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Herd, N'Zogbia, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Bent. Subs: Guzan, Jenas, Ireland, Delph, Albrighton, Clark, Cuellar.