Martin O’Neill wasn’t the only one talking to the press today. It probably shouldn’t be too surprising that Richard Dunne also had a few microphones shoved in his face and of course was asked for his thoughts regarding some of the Irish players that Villa have been linked with recently.
He naturally spoke in glowing terms:-
Richard Dunne
Stephen Ireland is brilliant so, if he became available then absolutely I’d recommend him. But the manager does his own thing. Regardless of
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Twitter has just erupted in a James Milner based explosion sparked by a claim that Martin O’Neill has told Sky Sports News that Milner wants to join City and he is ready to sell at the right price.
It took a while for an actual post to appear on the Sky Sports website, but here it is. There are no actual quotes, but Sky are quite unambiguous; they claim that MON “has told Sky Sports News that he is ready
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Nathan Delfouneso and Nathan Baker both played 90 minutes for England in a disappointing European Under-19 Championship loss to Holland in France tonight and now face the ominous prospect of needing a result against a very impressive French side to progress.
FC Twente’s Steven Berghuis scored the only goal of the game for the Dutch in the 6th minute with a strong header from some distance to cap a fine cross. They were clearly the stronger side and enjoyed much
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Unsurprisingly, with the pre-season schedule underway, I’ve started to spot one or two Villa fans crouching in corners gibbering about lack of signings, hyperventilating with a paper bag over their mouths. Does that describe you? Read on.
I did this before last year, so I’ve updated it with the data from 2009. All you have to do is look at today’s date in the left hand column and then scan across to the right to see how many players
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Judging by the early responses to the Season Expectation Survey, I may be preaching to the choir here, but I’m going to state my case for hoping Aston Villa have a good craic at the Europa League this season regardless. (I apologise unreservedly for the atrocious pun. Read on if it’s not obvious.)
Not everyone holds the second tier European competition in such high regard though, I may have seen it referred to as the “Europa LDV Vans Cup”
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2010/11 will be Martin O’Neill’s 5th season in charge of Aston Villa and before a major player has been bought or sold and before a single ball has been kicked, I want to find out what you expect the club to deliver next term.
I’m not looking for your predictions, I’ll leave such things in the capable hands flippers tentacles of sea creatures, I want to know what your expectations are. Is it all about the league for you? Do
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Clearly this is extremely fluid between now and the end of the summer transfer window with players moving in both directions, but following the confirmation of Yaya Toure’s move, here’s the current list of first team midfielders at Man City for next season:-
Michael Johnson
Stephen Ireland
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Adam Johnson
Gareth Barry
Patrick Veira
Nigel De Jong
Yaya Toure
David Silva
I suppose from our perspective, and, I suspect, a lot of teams, that’s a pretty intimidating array of talent. I can’t help wondering whether that’s something James
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I added the transfer rumour page for a little light relief over the summer, but then gave it even less attention than it was due because of the World Cup. Let’s face it, whatever I’ve missed over the last few weeks has hardly come to fruition yet.
I was just having a quick nose around to see if there was anything interesting doing the rounds and I stumbled on this little nugget from the ever reliable Daily Mail:-
I know, not
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Let’s be honest here, two goals over three games in a group The Sun christened “EASY” (England, Algeria, Slovenia, Yanks) won’t be causing any of the other nations to shake in their boots, but we’re though and that’s all that counts.
James Milner was given the nod to start on the right against Slovenia for the final group game with England requiring a win to ensure progression. Fortunately his confidence didn’t seem dented following his horror show against USA in
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