Curtis Davies

[Rancid custard]

Barring injury during K mac's tenure, isn't it safe to say Dunne and Cuellar are the starters anyway? Leave Jimbo and Curtis to the early round cups.

Curtis could be great, but needs a decent run, will this ever happen?

[barrysleftfoot]

   Its probably being left to the new manager as to whether its worth giving him a new longer better contract.He might be more difficult to move on if he gets a better contract.

 I presume that is the reasoning anyway.

[citizenDJ]

Well, the General has quite strongly dismissed the rumour about Curtis and his contractual situation as 'total nonsense'.

[JUAN PABLO]

yeah Total Bollocks   ;-))

[Risso]

Well, the General has quite strongly dismissed the rumour about Curtis and his contractual situation as 'total nonsense'.

I'm sorry, but the evidence from Sunday makes the official line look a little bit suspect.  We started with a not fully fit Clark on the pitch, then had two right backs in Beye and Lichaj on the bench.  It would have made much more sense to have Davies in the squad ahead of Lichaj.

[Matt Collins]

Yes, the General did also dismiss criticism of our wages to turnover ratio, claiming it was all under control. It now looks like this is significantly hampering our strategy, as we can't shift the dead wood.

[DB]

Yes, the General did also dismiss criticism of our wages to turnover ratio, claiming it was all under control. It now looks like this is significantly hampering our strategy, as we can't shift the dead wood.

I wouldn't say Davies is dead wood, he's a good player, but when Collins and Carlos are fit I can't seeing him being 1st choice, but you never know what the new manager may do...

[SoccerHQ]

Well, the General has quite strongly dismissed the rumour about Curtis and his contractual situation as 'total nonsense'.

I'm sorry, but the evidence from Sunday makes the official line look a little bit suspect.  We started with a not fully fit Clark on the pitch, then had two right backs in Beye and Lichaj on the bench.  It would have made much more sense to have Davies in the squad ahead of Lichaj.

I always connect it to that back to last season when Davies come on against Brighton and then
disappeared for the rest of the season, not even making the bench.

[LeeB]

It may help Curtis if his agent were to come out and say "Curtis is not interested in a pay rise as he's spent half his time here either injured or shit, and just wants to play again and repay the club in some way" rather than "Curtis is due a pay rise when he plays a few more games".

However the first statement would in no way benefit his agent financially so is highly unlikely.

[Oscar Arce]

Oscar's being rested, and I'm sure you wouldn't like to go the same way.

Dave that's fine and I'll drop it after this. But of all the people on this board, I've seen you come out strongly against the "better fan", "loyal fan" bollocks before and you didn't on this issue. Which is very disappointing. This board has lots of loyal fans living away from home that have just as valid opinions as those that go to games every week. We can all have different views on Villa, but debates that go that way are completely devalued. Our opinions count, something that should be defended.

I did'nt have the right of reply that Toronto Villa was afforded because I have been 'rested' but now I'm back onside for a short while I will say that firstly, you said I had lost my marbles and it was someone else said I was a disgrace, so apologies for my mistake.
I stand by my opinion that if, as someone (not me by the way) inferred on this thread, that Curtis Davies will not be playing any more league games because of financial reasons, it is a disgrace, and if Doug Ellis had done that we would be calling for his head.
Perhaps I was a bit over the top with the Lerner comment but that was raw emotion after the game, I can indeed confirm that I have not lost my marbles.
I did not say the situation with Davies was fact, as most things are'nt on a message board with thousands of opinions, I was reacting to what someone else had said.
Also on your main point I'm sure it hurts like hell in Toronto, Canada, but I can assure you that here it hurts much more and I also stand by that.
I have had nothing but stick and 'banter' for the last two days, with constant windup texts and emails from our friendly neighbours which has been great fun indeed. Surrounded by Bluenoses and plastic Mancs here in Brum I have had to develop a very thick skin that perhaps you could too.
I don't see why I had to be 'rested' from this site anyway, as by reckoning I'm 3-1 down on the personal insults score, but don't worry I won't be posting on here again with my obviously appalling opinions.
Up the Villa !

[Chico Hamilton III]

If you won't be posting on here, Osc, I trust you'll still be frequenting the Villa Memories page? there's a photo quiz on there for you at the moment.

[BannedUserIAT]

I wish he'd said all of that in reverse order. Would have saved me two minutes of my life.

[Toronto Villa]

Oscar's being rested, and I'm sure you wouldn't like to go the same way.

Dave that's fine and I'll drop it after this. But of all the people on this board, I've seen you come out strongly against the "better fan", "loyal fan" bollocks before and you didn't on this issue. Which is very disappointing. This board has lots of loyal fans living away from home that have just as valid opinions as those that go to games every week. We can all have different views on Villa, but debates that go that way are completely devalued. Our opinions count, something that should be defended.

I did'nt have the right of reply that Toronto Villa was afforded because I have been 'rested' but now I'm back onside for a short while I will say that firstly, you said I had lost my marbles and it was someone else said I was a disgrace, so apologies for my mistake.
I stand by my opinion that if, as someone (not me by the way) inferred on this thread, that Curtis Davies will not be playing any more league games because of financial reasons, it is a disgrace, and if Doug Ellis had done that we would be calling for his head.
Perhaps I was a bit over the top with the Lerner comment but that was raw emotion after the game, I can indeed confirm that I have not lost my marbles.
I did not say the situation with Davies was fact, as most things are'nt on a message board with thousands of opinions, I was reacting to what someone else had said.
Also on your main point I'm sure it hurts like hell in Toronto, Canada, but I can assure you that here it hurts much more and I also stand by that.
I have had nothing but stick and 'banter' for the last two days, with constant windup texts and emails from our friendly neighbours which has been great fun indeed. Surrounded by Bluenoses and plastic Mancs here in Brum I have had to develop a very thick skin that perhaps you could too.
I don't see why I had to be 'rested' from this site anyway, as by reckoning I'm 3-1 down on the personal insults score, but don't worry I won't be posting on here again with my obviously appalling opinions.
Up the Villa !

Oscar, I don't want to carry this on as you're clearly a very passionate fan and I respect that. I found it odd though that given all that Randy Lerner had done personally and financially for the club, that you would seemingly call for his head over Curtis Davies not playing. Even if it's true and that was the decision, it would have made little difference to the score on Sunday. I'd expect all of us to get a lot more animated if the player in question was Ashley Young or Gabby, but we are talking about the 4th CB at the club, and you were seemingly taking sides with him versus the owner that has given us much more than the player has and likely ever will.

I understand all about banter. I don't know if you think I'm Canadian, but I'm not. I'm as Brummie as you are. I just live out here now. I've been through many bad defeats as a Villa fan going to school or working in Birmingham. We had a good number of years taking it from the wankers down the road. I'll grant you I don't get the in your face stuff anymore, but quite frankly I never really took it from others back then either. I know our place in the game and certainly in the Midlands, so I couldn't care less about other teams. I especially don't care for noses, and even more so any glory hunting tosser Brummie supporting Liverpool or Man U. Living away from home doesn't make me any less passionate than you, and as peter W pointed out, it can be much harder, because who do I vent my frustrations to? I've got you lot, because Mrs TV doesn't care, and my dog just stares at me.

Lets draw a line under this. I am confident that things will be fine in the end because I trust the people in charge have our best interests at hand. They've no really let us down at all as owners since arriving, so we owe them at least some patience in return until they find the right manager.

[TheSandman]

The story was that he was due to get a new contract at 60 games. By my sums tonight is his sixty-first.

So utter bollocks.

[kippaxvilla2]

He is also fucking terrible tonight.