Villa player loan watch

[Karlos96]

Bennett started and Gardner came on at half time in their 2-2 with Charlton.

Steer started in goal for Doncaster as they lost 2-0 to Oldham

Johnson started for Chesterfield in their 2-1 at Port Vale (played 84 minutes)

Donacien played the whole game in Tranmere's 2-1 win against Morecambe

From what I can see Luna, Sylla, Helenius and Tonev all their teams play tomorrow.

Nice one. Can I be cheeky and say 'keep up the good work'?

Sure I'm going to try and keep tabs on them all so I'll keep posting on here whatever I can find out.

[eamonn]

We'll smoke you a kipper Karlos, for when you come back.

[Villa in Denmark]

Gardner came on as a sub for Brighton tonight in their win at Swindon. Bennett was benched. The last time he played there, I imagine, was the night Paolo tried to take the piss out of us.

I noticed Aalborg were in the Champs League qualifiers on ITVs round-up but got hammered by Apoel. Don't know if Helenius was involved. Odd to think that he and Tonev might have been playing in the group stages of the Champs League had their teams progressed tonight.

Helenius was a second half substitute.  As with the first leg, some decent hold up play and bringing others into the game, but woefully short on confidence in front of goal.
Missed their best chance of the second half, while the score was still only 2-0.

Clean through, tried to hit it early and ended up more of a back-pass.

[Villa in Denmark]

Helenius starting for AaB away to Silkeborg.
If you think we're goal shy, Silkeborg haven't scored in their 1st 5 games!

[Karlos96]

Today's updates:-

Tonev is still crocked so hasn't been able to let one of his shots enter the Glasgow sky.
Helenius played the whole game for Aalborg in their 2-2 draw with Silkeborg.  Didn't score but was booked.
Sylla played the whole game for Erciyesspor in their 0-0 draw with Trabzonspor.  Was booked.
Luna was an unused sub for Verona as they drew 0-0 with Atalanta.

[UK Redsox]

Tonev's not injured. Celtic aren't playing him due to a request by Icelandic air traffic control.

[Legion]

Now that is funny.

[Karlos96]

Tonev's not injured. Celtic aren't playing him due to a request by Icelandic air traffic control.

Very good

[Grande Pablo]

Tonev's not injured. Celtic aren't playing him due to a request by Icelandic air traffic control.

Still on take off at that point.  AWACS is scrambled for landing.

[Karlos96]

Donacien played the whole game for Tranmere yesterday in their 3-2 defeat against Accrington.

[berneboy]

Donacien played the whole game for Tranmere yesterday in their 3-2 defeat against Accrington.

He gave away a penalty, mind.

[Dante Lavelli]

Donacien played the whole game for Tranmere yesterday in their 3-2 defeat against Accrington.

He gave away a penalty, mind.

I think this is the loan system working well for us.  It's better that a player has these problems whilst at another club rather than with us.

We've sent out some good loans this year, players that we rate, so it's a great chance for Donacien, Gardner, Steer and a few others to impress at their current clubs and improve as players.  It'll get them closer to the Villa first team that U23 matches that is for sure.

[richard moore]

Donacien played the whole game for Tranmere yesterday in their 3-2 defeat against Accrington.

He gave away a penalty, mind.

Good, in one sense. Character forming and you learn much more in any walk of life from your mistakes I think

[Ad@m]

Gardner and Bennett aren't impressing the Brighton fans it seems. They reckon Bennett can't defend (no surprise there) but they're accusing Gardner of lacking work rate. I'm surprised by this and hope he's not losing motivation by being out on loan again.

[SoccerHQ]

Daniel Johnson actually looked good on the highlights for Chesterfield. Did we sell or loan him out?