I know Twitter isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but you ought to know by now that I’m a big fan. Some people seemingly just want to use it as an additional method of publishing their blogs, and it is good for that, but I prefer to look at it as two-way communication. For me, it’s about having a conversation and that’s the theme of this Follow Friday Team of the Week on the last Friday before our Carling
I just wanted to take a quick moment to fill you in on a couple of things that caught my eye in the feeds this morning.
Firstly, if you’re in San Francisco, The California Lions Club says the place to watch the game will be Kezar Pub who will be opening their doors an hour before kick off at 6am. Those of us with fresh enough memories of World Cup 2002 will understand the dedication it requires to get
That’s ‘The People’ as in the “news” paper, not some grandiose reference to the citizenry of any particular country by the way. Just needed to make that clear straight away.
Look, here’s the thing folks; whenever we start challenging for honours, like when we’re riding high in the top four for several weeks or, oh I don’t know, about to take on Man Utd in a Wembley final, the tabloids always start publishing stupid stories about the club. It’s
I’m just checking Rafa’s Wikipedia page to see whether he has any background in accounting as this might have been what he had in mind when he guaranteed that Liverpool would finished in the top four. We all know how close Portsmouth are to total collapse. Today I saw a suggestion of what might happen if they go out of business and it’s not great news for us, but it would be a disaster for Arsenal and the
Martin O’Neil has been describing it as his most important week since joining Aston Villa and while I wouldn’t rush to disagree, with our season apparently continually hinging on our next game, which weeks aren’t important?
However, with a resurgent Everton now chasing on our heels, three points against Burnley tomorrow are, well, just as important as they were before Everton beat Man Utd today. It remains to be seen whether Everton can maintain their form should Landon Donovan return
Last season, possibly around this time of year, Aston Villa were looking fairly solid in the top four and, by contrast, Arsenal were really struggling to show their quality. We all know how it turned out, so no need to go over old ground, but one particular piece of banter from a section of the Arsenal support stuck in my mind. On a number of occasions I stumbled on a Gooner opining that Aston Villa would not be
Once upon a time being compared to Michael Owen would have been considered a good thing. These days, not so much. Nevertheless, Dmitri Sychev, due to his pace, has apparently earned the comparison in his native Russia where he has also been called “the most sensational young Russian forward since Vladimir Beschastnykh” and is now being linked to Aston Villa.
Who knows how much truth is in this story, and it’s not my usual cup of tea to address baseless speculation
The academy side recorded a 4-1 victory over Milwall in the 5th Round FA Youth Cup, setting up a quarter final against Fulham. The draw for the semi-finals has already been made and if they manage to beat Fulham they’ll face either Newcastle or Crystal Palace.
Young Dutchman Arsenio Halfhuid notched up an impressive hat-trick in the win over Milwall, all three provided by strike partner Ryan Simmonds, who bagged the other Villa goal himself. I was interested to
Aston Villa enjoy a fantastic bunch of fans who travel to away games, some of them getting up at ridiculous hours and going to great effort and expense to make the trip. Spare a thought though for the Villans on the west coast of America who have to get up for every weekend game at crazy o’clock to make a trip to a local sports bar that screens the Premiership, or to huddle around a computer or TV, propping