Karim El Ahmadi CONFIRMED (Reply #278)

[JUAN PABLO]

The Governor

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/07/12/3238188/new-aston-villa-signing-karim-el-ahmadi-ready-for-premier-league-?

[KRS]

I have no doubt he'll work and play well with Ireland...both players want the ball and have good football intelligence. Should be a delight to watch if they click.

[Mazrim]

""You can see that there is more speed here but the training and what we do with the coach is similar to the training that we do in Holland"

Oh thank christ.

[Louzie0]

Is that PL?  Or Victoria Beckham?
Either way, cool.

[KRS]

""You can see that there is more speed here but the training and what we do with the coach is similar to the training that we do in Holland"

Oh thank christ.

That quote does contradict what he said on SSN this afternoon even though it was more about playing style than training methods.

[PaulWinch again]

""You can see that there is more speed here but the training and what we do with the coach is similar to the training that we do in Holland"

Oh thank christ.

Well let's hope there's a shift to that.

[Monty]

""You can see that there is more speed here but the training and what we do with the coach is similar to the training that we do in Holland"

Oh thank christ.

In full:

"The gaffer hopes to play good football with Villa and has told us to be scared of nobody, especially at home.

"I hope the fans are going to support us and help us do everything to take Villa to a good level, back where it belongs.

"You can see that there is more speed here but the training and what we do with the coach is similar to the training that we do in Holland.

"There are a lot of precision games with the ball, so compared to Holland it's the same.

"It's about always wanting to play football. That's what I like and it's like how the Dutch teams play.

"I think with this coach we're going to play some good football."

It's a comment which as made me as happy as I have been to be a Villa fan in quite a long time.

[PaulWinch again]

Very happy to hear that.

[TheSandman]

That sounds very positive. Exactly the kind of thing we all want to hear.

[VILLA MOLE]

arent Feyenoord the stoke of dutch football

[Monty]

arent Feyenoord the stoke of dutch football

Maybe in the same way the Belgians think of Leffe as industrial piss.

[Percy McCarthy]

Do Feyenoord play in red and white? If so, maybe they are the Stoke of Dutch football in the same way as PL is MON2 because he wears glasses.

[Legion]

Mmmmmm........Leffe...

[OCD]

""You can see that there is more speed here but the training and what we do with the coach is similar to the training that we do in Holland"

Oh thank christ.

That quote does contradict what he said on SSN this afternoon even though it was more about playing style than training methods.

I wasn't very impressed with the way SSN edited that interview after reading the original article that Monty's re-posted. In his SSN interview, I think he said that he was used to playing in sides that played it out from the back and seemed to intimate that we had been struggling a little in training in this aspect. Given the style of play that we had been playing and some of the players that we still have in defence, that would make sense. I'm feeling very good about the way things are shaping up.

[Matt Collins]

Is this SSN interview available online?

Tbf, I don't think many English sides play from the back the Dutch way, but we have been one of the worst.

I don't think I've ever actually seen a lambert side play a full game, thinking about it! So not really sure what to expect in terms of style