Archive for July, 2009

Bend It Like Robertson

Scotland vs New Zealand during the 1982 World Cup.

Peace Cup – Update: Day 4

I’m currently one of a handful of people watching Malaga vs Atlante – by the way, Atlante just achieved what Villa failed to do by scoring. As you’ll probably be [...]

Keep It Simple Stupid

I was surprised at some of the criticisms I’ve read from Villa fans about the new 2009/10 home shirt. Two common themes seem to be, a) nothing special/innovative and, b) [...]

Zat Knight Joins Bolton

I like Zat Knight. He’s a Villa fan, I’m a Villa fan. That shouldn’t affect how we rate players, but I can’t help letting it be a factor. I was [...]

Malaga 1 Villa 0

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I’m going to be brief, I’m in a rush to get out. MON seemed to be thinking along the lines I was when I wrote the preview – throw the [...]

Factcheck – Transfer Spend/Revenue Ratio

My old mate Damo has been banging an interesting drum recently which is summed up pretty nicely in a comment he made on his blog today:- I think the most [...]

Youngy, Milly & Downy

Curtis Davies exposes the extent of his nickname repertoire. Hat tip to Off The Post for the vid.

Peace Cup 2009 Attendances

I speculated earlier that the local ex-pat community around Malaga might pack out the Estadio La Rosaleda when Aston Villa comes to town tomorrow. Now I’m not so sure. I’ve [...]

Hey, Where’s The Fonz?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that Nathan Delfouneso has been absent from the last couple of pre-season friendlies and is also missing from the Peace Cup 2009 [...]